Mina's Party

Mina's Party is the second episode of Jelly Jamm. This episode first premiered worldwide on September 5, 2011 on Cartoonito.

Official Synopsis
"Mina wants to be the go-to girl for fun on Jammbo and tries to create Jammbo's best party ever! When her Four Phase Fun Plan fails to achieve 'Maximum Fun-ness' for the group, Mina learns to chill and listen to her friends for ideas on how to get the good times flowing."

Characters
In this episode, the following characters appear in chronological order:
 * 1) Mina
 * 2) Rita
 * 3) Bello
 * 4) Ongo
 * 5) Goomo

Mini-Mina makes a cameo.

Plot
The episode begins with Mina reading a math book while her friends play games with bubbles and Dodos. While watching the others play, Mina realizes she doesn't understand what is so fun about the games. Goomo answers her rhetorical question by explaining that they're "maximum fun-ness." Mina, determined to show the others her idea of "maximum fun-ness," brainstorms ideas for fun things to do, but can't come up with anything...until it hits her in the most literal way. A book falls on Mina's foot and opens up to a page about a great party. Mina decides to use the book as inspiration and throw a big party for all her friends.

It's time for the party to begin, and Mina's friends enter. They are less than impressed when they enter to just see a few party decorations coupled with Mina depicted on the big screen in her home, awkwardly stroking a balloon. Once everyone is settled into the house, Mina explains what will happen at the party. The kids are excited, but once again, their expectations are ruined when Mina is overly strict about the activities. She blends a "party juice" made of vegetables and fish that makes their stomachs churn, won't let Goomo eat any snacks unless he rates the food's color and texture, and contorts everyone into awkward, painful poses during a simple game of Freeze Dance. Mina is the only one enjoying the party.

Goomo suggests that Mina should check the Fun-O-Meter, which she constructed to rate the level of fun at the party, to see if they've achieved "maximum fun-ness" yet. The Fun-O-Meter is at red - zero fun. Bello tries to tell Mina that she's been doing something wrong, but Mina doesn't realize it's because she's been overly-controlling and strict. She assumes that she needs to think of even more fun activities, so she gives her friends 30 minutes to complete connect-the-dots sheets. While Mina is gone, the others do what they want - they dance to music and make paper airplanes out of their sheets. When Mina returns, she is surprised that nobody did what she wanted them to. Bello explains to Mina that fun can't be measured, forced, or controlled - it just happens. Mina realizes where she went wrong and joins in on everyone else's idea of fun - she dances to the music and has a good time with everybody.

Songs

 * I Love You (You're My Friend)/Surfing Jammbo - used as the instrumental montage song
 * Don't Get Angry - used as the vocal ending song

Script
See Mina's Party/transcript for the episode script.

Foreign Dub Titles
Every foreign dub title is a direct translation of the original English title, save for the Taiwanese Mandarin title.
 * Flag of Spain.pngFlag of Mexico.png La Fiesta de Mina
 * Flag of Brazil.svgFlag of Portugal.svg A Festa da Mina
 * Flag of Romania.png Petrecerea Minei
 * Flag of Poland.svg Przyjęcie u Miny
 * Flag_of_Japan.svg ミナのパーティー (Romaji: Mina no party)
 * Flag_of_Italy.svg La Festa di Mina
 * Flag_of_Albania.svg Festa e Minës
 * Flag_of_France.svg La fête de Mina
 * Flag_of_China.svg 米娜的派对 (Pinyin: Mǐnà de pàiduì)
 * Flag_of_Taiwan.svg 蜜兒派對 (Pinyin: Mìer pàiduì English: "Mina Party")
 * Flag_of_Germany.svg Minas Party

Trivia

 * This episode marks the debut of Mina's signature screeching sound effect, which would later be reused in the following episodes:
 * Radio Goomo
 * Inventor Bello
 * Flying Lies
 * Great Student
 * Home Flying Home
 * This episode also marks the debut of using real life pictures within an episode. In this case, it’s a picture of colouring pencils.

Video
qW3Y0E3wmK8