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02x23 - Vicki Goodwrench

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Small Wonder". Aired: September 7, 1985 – May 20, 1989.*
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Chronicles the family of a robotics engineer who secretly creates a robot modeled after a human girl, then tries to pass it off as their adopted daughter, Vicki.

02x23 - Vicki Goodwrench

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Intro

[Music]

good morning Jamie this is your wake-up

call you told me to get you out of bed

at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning right

that's coz the early bird gets the worm

summer vacations only a few weeks away I

want to look for a job and make some

money that'll be nice for a change

instead of working why don't you do what

you always do what's that get your

father for a loan no I do that too much

I'd like to show him I have some

initiative between loans that would be

nice for a change

don't be a wise guy

[Applause]

Breakfast

[Music]

breakfasts ready honey oh just about

mm-hmm hmm flapjacks yeah my favorite

let me a stack Mickey

[Laughter]

P only four don't expect that if Jamie

put away the paper you can read the

comics after breakfast I'm not reading

the comics mom that's for kids yeah mom

that's for kids

Garfield eats Snoopy yet my friends are

getting summer jobs to make a little

extra dough so I thought I would do I've

been a burden on you and Dad long enough

well I'll get your boots on honey

getting little deep in here ordinarily

I'd take you up for a raise in my

allowance

that was before I matured you hit me up

for a raise in your allowance just

yesterday see how fast I've matured how

about some breakfast Vicki I can expect

a tip see any interesting jobs yeah

here's one earned $1,000 a week in your

spare time I'll take it I'll take it

give me the phone

[Music]

Sid Barker

hello anybody here boy I wish my mom

could see this mess makes my room look

good hiya kids what can I do for you how

are you I'm Sid Barker oh I'm sorry

about that

but it comes right off don't worry about

it see I'm looking for a part-time job

one that pays $8,000 a week without the

use of a handgun I'm not afraid of hard

work mr. Barker look kid I like your

spirit but I think you're a little too

young oh I'm not too young I'm immature

twelve Wow I got socks older than you

did you something quick to prove to him

that I'm a terrific worker Hey come here

clean this place up on the double on the

devil

it's green daddy get me the job when it

comes to salary I hope he's not as cheap

as he looks so as I was saying kids I'd

like to help you out but I hey what's

going on here it's clean

are you kidding if you could cook I'd

marry it tell you what you start work

tomorrow afternoons and Saturdays okay I

hope you're not as cheap as you look

she's just kidding

so money really isn't that important

tell you what I'll give you a dollar an

hour okay all right two dollars an hour

but that's it take it or leave it I'll

take it but you have to hire my sister

too

sure no problem same deal $2.00 an hour

you know two dollars for the both of you

he's as cheap as he looks don't pay any

attention to her I'll take it it's a

deal deal you got it

I'll see you tomorrow well it's not all

bad Vicky you do all the work and I got

all the money

yours cheapest he looks

James

[Music]

[Applause]

Ted please not in front of plants honey

I'd rather they learn it here than out

on the streets he's too young to get a

job

no honey do you realize all the jobs I

had when I was Jamie's age you did well

I delivered newspapers mowed lawns

walked dogs shoveled snow wait a minute

shoveled snow you grew up in Florida and

say I made a lot of money at it that's

terrific James what kind of job cleanup

it's his garage run afternoons and on

Saturdays I got a job too you did

I've been a burden on you and Dad long

enough you know actually it's not a bad

idea for Vicki to get work I mean she

has to have new experiences if we want

her to be more human right yeah keep an

eye on her and she'll learn from

watching me right Vicki right along has

you sit around on your behind while I do

all the work

[Music]

Vicki

after two days of this I'm pooped

this is hard work it'll be easier if you

use a straw don't be a smart aleck robot

here read this repair manual educate

yourself educate myself I'm educated

fire again mr. Carson I'm sorry I'm

afraid you're gonna have to leave it for

a couple of days Oh No what's the

problem a friend I just fix him I don't

explain him try again mr. Carson

try air again mr. Carson she fixed

that's incredible hey KITT from now on

you'll be known as Vikki Goodwrench

thanks little girl you're fantastic put

it on my account see sure hey wait a

minute you don't have an account I do

now mr. Barker

if I weren't such a bashful kid I'd

bring up the subject of a raise

you're about as bashful as a great white

shark but you keep up the good work kid

you never know Oh Sean Vicki I'm gonna

work real hard and get a raise out of

them if it kills me you mean you'll get

a raise out of him if it kills me

[Music]

Karl

screwdriver wrench don't tell me your

horn is stuck no see you're not gonna

believe this little girl is a genius

since she fixed my engine last week I'm

getting a hundred twenty four miles to a

gallon a hundred and twenty four miles

to a gallon what do you live on a hill

sit I mean I'm getting 124 miles to a

gallon holy moly

I'm a genius when people hear about this

Karl's will be round up around here for

miles to be fixed sit this little girl's

gonna make you rich

Vicki honey come here darling

tell uncle Sid how do you do it

she's just mechanically inclined it's a

gift you know like a photographic memory

or a perfect pitch perfect pitch

[Applause]

[Laughter]

look at this dad this is our boss mr.

Sid

Bharat oh hi how are you

just call me SID hi sorry I was a

greasing the motor here yeah thanks

Vicky your uh your big health hi SID

this is my wife Joan oh honey this is

SID the kid's boss we really want to

thank you for giving our children a job

hey that was my lucky day it's turning

out to be more than just the job mr.

Barker wants to make us partners

partners why would you want to do that

I don't know how Viki does it but that

kid does something to a car's fuel

injection system that's fantastic that

is an unless it's a flute what kind of

flute when it makes a card get 824 miles

to the gallon no flute dad I had Dickie

read all the mechanics manuals at the

garage she's a mechanical wonder that

kid and out of the goodness of my heart

I'm willing to make Vicky a partner 5050

5050 will she take 6040 Sid Sid listen I

really appreciate your offer but I think

there was 70/30 Sid listen I think we

really need some time to think about

this sure sure I understand I understand

perfectly

no rush I'll be waiting outside in front

of my car

do you believe that he just offered a

70% of his business well I think we

better find out more about this and

maybe even consult a lawyer we've gotta

get the best deal we can

we're partners 50/50 60/40

Vikki I'm your brother 70/30 boy kid

learns fast

Nicky go set the table for dinner please

do you believe that after all I've done

for her she wants to make it 70/30 I got

Lawson

it mr. Lawson

yes good morning I'm Norman hops with

the automated Auto Parts cooperation I'd

appreciate a few moments of your time

it's quite important well I mine in it's

my wife Joan I'll get right to the point

we've learned about your daughter's

discovery and we would be proud to

introduce the world to the fabulous

Lawson fuel injection system the Lawson

fuel injection system it's very

impressive mr. Hobbs yeah it's got a

nice ring to it

of course we don't want to rush into

anything as you know haste makes waste

yes sir I have a check made out to you

for $500,000 on the other hand he who

hesitates as a dummy well in that case

mr. Lawson is it a deal all you'll have

to do is sign on the dotted line

well I would like to salt with my wife

first

Joanie yeah what do you think got a pin

Salam alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatuh

good morning madam

I am Sheikh Abdullah Hakim hello

you are mrs. Lawson yes I had no idea I

would be met with such a vision of

loveliness madam you are a banquet for

the eyes you can cut the desert song

Abdullah my dear friend Norman you two

know each other

does the mongoose know the cobra and you

two I build a tower all your wives don't

us one gets a headache they all get a

headache hi I'm Ted Lawson what can I do

for you a sheet mr. Lawson my government

is vitally interested in acquiring the

rights to your secret fuel injection

system boy the word gets around well

you're too late this time Abdullah I've

already offered them five hundred

thousand dollars for it

camel feed why would an oil-producing

country one an invention that could

radically reduce oil consumption simple

economics first they buy it then they

take it out into the desert and bury it

that makes sense but not this time

I'll raise that $500,000 to a million

million 2 million 3 million 4 million

and I'll throw in six wives and one

camel six wives

you drive a hard bargain make that one

wife six camels

ones are these gentlemen your offers are

very generous but this is too big a

decision to make on a spur of the moment

we're gonna have to have a little time

to think about this and you too mr.

cannibal luck yeah honey that said mr.

Cobra Sheik Hakeem your wish is my

command

we will await your decision after you

after you what happened he offers I'll

top and I'll stop him we can have

everything we've ever wanted travel to

exotic places a Rolls Royce for each day

of the week yeah with new furniture

honey that lamp you see that lamp this

lamp right over here I have always hated

this lamp so what we'll buy you a new

lamp we'll buy a lamp Factory honey come

on we're rich

I've always hated that chick not to

mention this table right here and this

table not the table - of course the

table - honey I mean let's do this right

okay ugly pillow pillow

another ugly bill what happened in here

folly modeling hi join the fun

break something how you doing partner

you can forget that partner stuff it's

all over what do you mean all over

what's the matter it's all those cars

Vicky fix to get a hundred and twenty

four miles to the gallon you mean

they're not getting 124 miles to the

gallon oh they're getting it alright

then what's the problem

after one tank full of gas the engine

blows blows

[Music]

[Laughter]

I'm through fixing cars I'm going into

some other business maybe I'll repair

Washington

I'm sorry mom yeah goodbye to all our

riches yeah well we didn't make any

money on this deal but let's look on the

bright side we didn't lose any either

oh no what about all that furniture you

rat see there is no bright side Vicky

why didn't you tell us those engines

were gonna blow hey Frank I just fix

them I don't explain them

[Applause]

[Music]