"The Ripple Effect" is the second double-length special episode and the twenty-sixth episode of the first season of Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero. It premiered on July 6, 2015.
This is the second "tent pole" of four important double-length episodes that "dig a bit deeper and tell a bigger story," of the first season, the first being "North Pole Down".
It is revealed that Phyllis has been working on finding the Most Dangerous World Imaginable in order to save Penn's parents.
Boone reveals that he is the only one out of the three heroes that Phyllis considers responsible enough to have a key to the Odyssey.
When the heroes try to use the MUT without Phyllis, Penn discovers that it is possible to go into another dimension with the MUT without zapping into someone else's body.
This is the first episode where Penn doesn't zap into someone else's body.
Penn is the first character to get fired from his part-time job, and get re-hired in the same episode.
The Zero family name is revealed to come from the fact that the Zeroes have never failed a mission.
Penn unofficially applies to become a part-time villain, though he is doing it to get back into the Least Dangerous World Imaginable and fix things.
Penn uses the villain's portal in Fish Stick on a Stick, making him the first hero to use it.
Phil gets one in "The Ripple Effect", where he hires Penn as a part-time villain, allowing him to use the villain's portal to enter TLDWI and save everyone.
The process of becoming a part-time hero or part-time villain includes a job interview.
According to Sam Levine, the process also involves signing something.
When Penn is captured by Cuteling Citizens and restrain him on ropes is reference to Jack Black's film Gulliver's Travels.
A "ripple effect" refers to a situation in which one action or event sets in motion a subsequent series of actions or events, as well as to the series of actions or events thus caused, just as the creation of one ripple in a liquid (as by dropping an object into it) sets other ripples in motion (as when those ripples strike against an object projecting from the liquid).
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (Opening Theme) • We're Breaking Out of Here for Christmas • Time to Kill • We Can Catch the Milkman • What is a Princess? • Pigoilet • Victory is Mine at Last • The Truth of It Is • Moonlight Bright • This is a Real Song • Boone Reads On • Race to the Top • Race to the Top (reprise) • You're a Karaoke King • High in the Sky • Breath In, Breath Out • Bad Weed • Today's The Day • My Name is Penn Zero • Save the Worlds • In the Splishy Splashy Sea • Come Aboard with Me • Training to Win • Wings of Destiny Song • Sometimes We Need a Friend • Build and Backup Now • The Time Table • Everybody Chillax • Why Won't You Turn Green • It's the Best Friend Song • It's the Best Friend Make Up Song • Grinkon's Song • Its Not Just Today
Middleburg • Middleburg Central High • The Odyssey • Fish Stick on a Stick • North Pole • Knight World • Superhero World • Arabian World • Plush Toy World • Clown World • Dinosaur Cowboy World • Cereal World • Old English World • Giant Monster World • Zombie World • Space World • Ocean World • Color World • Musical Fairy Tale World • Caveman Spy World • Future Barbarian World • Ultrahyperball World • Demon World • Alien World • Galaxy World • Temple World • Dragon World • Gothic Mystery World • Plant World • Animal Barbarian World • Toy World • Outer Space Court World • Robot World • Pirate World • Fairymania World • Steampunk World • Ball World • Ghost World • Rock, Paper, Scissor World • Beast World • Anime World • Sitcom World • Nothingness • Most Dangerous World Imaginable • Least Dangerous World Imaginable
Objects
Multi-Universe Hologram Uplink • Multi-Universe Transprojector • Pigoilet • The QPC Unit • Vortex Tops • Specs