Homecoming (10 Mar. 2007)

Jake and Rose come to a crossroads, as the Huntsclan achieve the power to eliminate all magical creatures.

Director:

Steve Loter

Writer:

Matthew Negrete

Stars:

Dante Basco, Jeff Bennett, Nicholas Brendon

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Dante Basco	...	Jake Long (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeff Bennett	...	Huntsmaster (voice)
Nicholas Brendon	...	Huntsboy #89 (voice)
John DiMaggio	...	Fu Dog (voice)
Charlie Finn	...	Spud (voice)
Miss Kittie	...	Trixie (voice)
Kyle Massey	...	Huntsboy #88 (voice)
Sandra Oh	...	Sun Park (voice)
Mae Whitman	...	Rose (voice)
Keone Young	...	Jake's Grandfather (voice)

Storyline

Rose has kept her distance from Jake, as she distracts him in his duties as the American Dragon. But when they're nominated for homecoming king and queen, Jake and Rose once again toy with being a couple. Meanwhile, the Huntsclan finds the 13th Aztec skull, that will grant one irreversible wish to whoever holds the last skull. Rose (as Huntsgirl) helps Jake retrieve it instead. But in doing so, she is recorded talking with him, revealing that she has betrayed the Huntsclan. The Huntmaster blackmails Rose into helping him get the three skulls that Jake and Grandpa possess, by threatening her long lost parents, that he kidnapped her from after she was born. The skulls must be placed in statues that happen to be at the location of the homecoming dance. After scaring the students away, the Huntsclan begin to set up the skulls to grant wishes. Jake, Trixie, and Spud have stayed, revealing to the Huntsclan who the American Dragon truly is. Grandpa, Haley, Ms. Park arrive, and battle the ...

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Plot Keywords:

moving away | blackmail | boyfriend girlfriend relationship | revenge | self sacrifice | 

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Genres:

Animation | Family

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Details

Release Date:

10 March 2007 (USA)

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Trivia

The original idea for the episode was to be an hour-long season finale in which Sun Park was set to die. However, due to the darkness of the scene, Disney axed the scene. Executive producers Eddie Guzelian and Matthew Negrete were told if they wanted it to be a two-parter, if would have to be humorous and have nothing to do with their original idea for the story line. The result of this was the episode being shortened to a 22 minute episode, while still keeping the plot of Rose being blackmailed by the Huntsclan.

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Goofs

The 13th Aztec skull has yellow eyes throughout the battle to obtain it. But when Grandpa, Fu, and Jake line up the three skulls they have (including the recently-obtained 13th), none of them have yellow eyes.

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Quotes

Huntsmaster: 88! 89! I have an assignment for you. It appears we have a traitor in our midst...

User Reviews

Great, but it seems out of place...

I loved this episode, and I think it's one of the best ones yet. It just seems out of place. Too much happened to fit into a half-hour slot, and it would've been better off as a two-parter or even a movie. Think about it, the huntsclan is destroyed, Rose looses her memory, and she moves to Hong Kong. They sort of set themselves up to get stuck. Now, it would be hard to bring back the huntsclan, which was one of the best enemies of the show. The "Rose and Jake" thing is at a standstill, and that was a major plot of the show, of how a dragon and a dragon slayer's relationship could work out.

I'm not saying this episode was bad. In fact, it's great. I just can't wait to see the new ideas that the writers come up with.