3 Big Problems

"3 Big Problems" Season 1, Episode 14 Prod. Code: 108a Premiered: March 23, 2015 Credits Written by:   Kevin Hylton & Mike Winn Storyboard by:   Stu Livingston Directed by:   Chuckles Austen Episodes ← Previous Episode "Number One, Number Two" Next Episode → "Cereal Criminals"

"3 Big Problems" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero. It premiered on March 23, 2015.

Synopsis

The team zaps into a world where they are enormous monsters and must convince the human President of a nearby island nation that the monsters mean them no harm.

Characters

Major characters

• Penn Zero
• Boone Wiseman
• Sashi Kobayashi
• Rippen
• Larry
• The President

Minor characters

• Phyllis
• Mr. Egsgard
• Terry
• Alex
• Monsters
• Townspeople
• Students
• Firefighters

Trivia

• Maria Bamford (Arrested Development) guest stars as the President
• Worlds seen/visited: Giant Monster World.
• This episode is a homage to giant monster franchises.
• Penn is an allusion to Godzilla, Sashi is an allusion to Mothra and Megaguirus, and Boone is possibly alluding to King Kong.
• The part time-heros are giant monsters, just like Rippen and Larry are giant babies in "Baby-Pocalypse".
• When Penn thinks that he is a lizard, he asks if his job is selling car insurance, an obvious reference to the Gecko mascot featured in numerous Geico commercials.
• The Foxtel TV guide mistakenly called this episode "4 Big Problems".

The Odyssey marquee signs

• TOGETHERNESS, ISLAND, 3 GIANT MONSTERS, CLOSED

International premieres

• June 9, 2015 (Australia)
• June 12, 2015 (UK and Ireland)
• July 9, 2015 (Israel)
• July 15, 2015 (Germany)
• August 5, 2015 (Latin America and Brazil)
• September 13, 2015 (Southeast Asia)
• September 16, 2015 (EMEA)

Gallery

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References

v • e • d Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Episodes Season 1 North Pole Down • Chicken or Fish? • The Old Old West • Baby-Pocalypse • That Purple Girl • I'm Super! • The Fast and the Floor Rugs • Brainzburgerz • Chuckle City • Flurgle Burgle • Temple of the Porcelain God • Defending the Earth • Number One, Number Two • 3 Big Problems • Cereal Criminals • I'm Still Super! • Balls! • The Princess Most Fair • Hail Larry • It's a Colorful Life • Larry Manor • Lady Starblaster • Amber • Totally Into Your Body • Fish and Chips • The Ripple Effect • Where Dragons Dare • Rip-Penn • Chuckle City 500 • Rock and Roll • Plantywood: City of Flora • Boone's Apprentice • The QPC • Shirley B. Awesome • Massive Morphy Merge Mechs • Ultrahyperball • Zap One • Save the Worlds Season 2 The Pirates, the Parrot, the Puzzles and the Talking Boats • Alpha, Bravo, Unicorn • A Game of Cat and Mouse • Wings of Destiny • Sensitivity Training • The Bewildering Bout of the Outstanding Automatons • Back to the Past of Future Balls • A Tale of Two Wizards • Rockullan, Papyron, Scissorian • Be My Ghost • The Chinchilla (episode) • The Kobayshis • Cereal Fugitives • The Last Mountain Beast • Ninki Ninja Fight Town • My Mischievous Son • That Purple Guy • Rootilda • The Most Dangerous World Imaginable • Trading Faces • 13 Big Problems • Mr. Rippen • At the End of the Worlds