Larry's Birthday

[Fireand'chutes77]

The "scenario 19" twist at the end with Larry in the battlesuit made up for the entire thing, though.

I saw that coming once Dementor and the rest were unable to locate the supersuit, but it was still fun anyway.

We get to meet Aunt June for the first time. She appears to be her father's sister., and about what I would expect for Larry's mother.

And if Larry is roughly the same age as Kim, we've finally gotten ages pinned down - Kim, Ron, and Larry are 19.

(And, unfortunately, my very first thought after that was "Whooo! Kim and Ron are both legal!" ...Which was immediately followed by my higher functions whacking my pituitary around several times with a shovel. :P)

[jeriddian]

The "scenario 19" twist at the end with Larry in the battlesuit made up for the entire thing, though.

I saw that coming once Dementor and the rest were unable to locate the supersuit, but it was still fun anyway.

We get to meet Aunt June for the first time. She appears to be her father's sister., and about what I would expect for Larry's mother.

And if Larry is roughly the same age as Kim, we've finally gotten ages pinned down - Kim, Ron, and Larry are 19.

(And, unfortunately, my very first thought after that was "Whooo! Kim and Ron are both legal!" ...Which was immediately followed by my higher functions whacking my pituitary around several times with a shovel. :P)

No. I would have to disagree with that. The ep says Larry is 19, not Kim or Ron. I think Kim and Ron are 18, and that Ron is a little younger than Kim (possibly even 17 for Ron), but that's just my guess. But there is no information in this ep or anywhere else that specifically says Kim and Ron are 19 years old at this time.

In fact, 19 years of age is a little old for graduation from high school for most kids, and for someone as as smart as Kim, she would not have ever been held back a grade. Now Larry is another matter. As smart as he is, his lack of interaction in the real world may have presented some socializing difficulties that may have posed some difficulties in progressing through school. but I don't recall anything being said that he was still in high school. He could very well be a freshman in college.

[Cloud23465]

Yeah, It's tough to guess the exact age when neither of the main charaters have had a birthday episode... but jeriddian right... 17-18 sounds way closer... all depends on the month of there birthday I guess.

[BluetoothThePirate]

Kim and Ron went through driver's ed in their sophomore year, i.e. Pre ASiT, so that means that they were 15 at that time. The series covers a two-year span, meaning by the end of senior year they must me 17 at least.

Also, look at the parents. I see them like this: JT Possible: 45, Mrs. Dr P closer to 42: it seems unlikely, given they both have doctorates, that they had kids before they were 24, and Mr. Dr. Possible just seems older than his wife. Aunt June may be older than JT, but she could also have started sooner; her personality screams old-fashioned housewife, and they don't traditionally wait too long to have kids. I'd say that if she's a Possible, then the order is James, Slim, June. If she's just married to Jim and Slim's unseen brother, all bets are off.

Of course, it could be that June is Slim's ex, but that just muddies the waters. I can't see Joss and Larry as 100% siblings. They could have different mothers, though... no, just too far out.

[campy]

I haven't noticed anyone comment on the intro yet. It looks to me as if they've solved one burning question: Ron's house is right next door to Kim's.

[MrDrP]

Dementor's Teutonicized English was as funny as ever, Ron was uberRonnish (but in a good way), and Kim was incredibly fallible but likable (her reaction to being with Larry and her manipulation of Ron).

Overall, this was a very funny episode.

[campy]

Another thing I noticed: that's some sensitive palm print scanner on Kim's closet if it can read through her glove.

[cpneb]

No. I would have to disagree with that. The ep says Larry is 19, not Kim or Ron. I think Kim and Ron are 18, and that Ron is a little younger than Kim (possibly even 17 for Ron), but that's just my guess. But there is no information in this ep or anywhere else that specifically says Kim and Ron are 19 years old at this time.

In fact, 19 years of age is a little old for graduation from high school for most kids, and for someone as as smart as Kim, she would not have ever been held back a grade. Now Larry is another matter. As smart as he is, his lack of interaction in the real world may have presented some socializing difficulties that may have posed some difficulties in progressing through school. but I don't recall anything being said that he was still in high school. He could very well be a freshman in college.

Larry could be one of those kids whose parents thought he was too small to start school at a regular time, had his birthday in May, or been held back a year in early grades because of his inattention: I picture Larry as someone with serious attention-span and socialization issues as a youth who retreated to games and books as his refuge.

Then again, I'm one to fill in the backgrounds so I can understand the characters, and this seems to make sense to me.

[campy]

We know from "Monkey Fist Strikes" that Larry never has friends over (because he's the dweebiest guy on the planet), hence Family Game Night. Although by "Steal Wheels" he's getting together with other gamers, though that could have been online. I figure June pressured James to force Kim to spend some time with him so at least there'd be someone.

There's no reason I can see to assume he's in high school or college or that his age has to be within some interval of Kim's for this to work.

[NinjaNaco]

Everyone stop talking about this episode until I get a chance to watch it!

Well, last night I was doubly, if not triply, thwarted in my efforts to watch this ep.

I'm on vacation (not saying exactly where :P ), and where I am the digital schedule said KP would come on at 7. So, I wait until 7, only to look a little bit feore than to see that it's been preempted by Hanna Montana and that KP will be on at 10. Remembering the "Big Bother/Harry Potter" debacle not too long ago, I wait until 7 to see what will happen. 7 o'clock rolls around, and it's the Hanna Montana intro (live action tween crowd screaming - obviously not Kim Possible). So, I resolve to wait until 10 to see Larry's Birthday. By 10, not only do I find out that my hotel doesn't get the Disney Channel (despite getting numerous other cable channels), but the digital schedule channel says that KP is not on at 10 anyways.

And now I found out that I seem to be the only person who got preempted when it comes to Larry's Birthday. So, my only options are wait until it comes out on iTunes, hope it comes on DxD or wait until the half-hour before "Graduation".