"Operation: P.O.P."
Season 2, Episode 14
Mission:	028
Production Code:	201
Airdate:	October 03, 2003
Credits
Writer(s):	Mr. Warburton Mo Willems
Storyboards by:	Matt Peters Abigail Nesbitt
Episode Guide
Previous Mission "Operation: C.A.T.S."	Next Mission "Operation: S.P.A.N.K."

Preteens Oppose Prohibition

InformationEdit

The legal age for drinking soda has been changed to 13. Numbuh 2 is caught selling illegal soda at a local bar and discovers a conspiracy to bottle kids.

TriviaEdit

• This is the fourth Numbuh 2 episode.
• This is the first Mr. Fizz episode, the second being Operation: S.I.X..
• This is the first appearance of the soda control officers, who also appear in Operation: W.H.I.T.E.H.O.U.S.E. and Operation: S.I.X..
• Mr. Fizz yelling, "I need fizz!", his armor, and the merging with it are a parody of the 1980s cartoon, toyline, and comic "The Centurions", in which the merging scene spoofs how the Centurions would merge with their weapons in the cartoon.
• This is obviously a parody of the American prohibition act, except instead of alcohol, the prohibition is on soda.
• Obviously, soda is not really illegal for anyone under 13.
• There is no caffeine in actual root beer. However there is a similar soda that does have it called cola.
• At the end of the episode, Numbuh 2 has Mr. Fizz looking for Numbuh 5, not the whole team. While this might imply Numbuh 2 has feelings for her, it's also possible he already found Numbuhs 1, 3, and 4 already. Either solution is acceptable.