Weird Science/What Genie?

What Genie?
Season 3, Episode 9
Airdate	June 10, 1995
Production Number	76213
Written by	Kari Lizer
Directed by	Troy Miller
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Weird Science — Season Three

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What Genie? is the ninth episode of the third season of Weird Science, and the thirty-fifth episode overall.

Starring: Michael Manasseri (Wyatt Donnelly), John Mallory Asher (Gary Wallace), Lee Tergesen (Chett Donnelly)

and Vanessa Angel (Lisa)

Guest Stars: Jeff Doucette (Al Wallace), Bruce Jarchow (Principal Scampi), Emma Caulfield (Phoebe Hale), Richard Karron (Mr. Brinkman), Chad Cox (Ted)

With Kyle Fredricks (P.A.), Carole Goldman (Female Audience Member #2), Carol Poretz (Female Audience Member #1), Kevin Kennedy (Male Audience Member #1), Loren Freeman (Male Audience Member #2)

Plot Overview

The boys find out they once had a genie and try to trace back when they last had Lisa and what might have happened to her gone and their memories wiped.

Arc Advancement

Referbacks

• Wyatt reads from his March 13 entry, which, as we see in footage, is from the episode "She's Alive".

• Wyatt goes over his other journal entries, which recount the time they were rock stars ("Unplugged") and trolls ("A Tale of Two Lisas"), him dating a chimp ("Wyatt Erectus") and a robot ("Copper Top Girl"), and becoming President of the United States ("Mr. President").

Trivia

Allusions and References

• Lisa is initially dressed like Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie as it the puppet of one of the guests in the epilogue with the ventriloquist dressed like Major Nelson.

• The other guest in the epilogue is dressed like the genie from the 1992 Disney film Aladdin, which was turned into an animated series of the same name a couple of years later.

Quotes

• Chett: A genie? Oh, that explains a lot!

Principal Scampi: A genie?

Ted: A genie?

Al: Where'd Gary get the money for a sex change operation?