 I went to a bunch of different stores over lunch, and then I just happened to pass this in the window of a sex shop, and look, it looks just like Amy.
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| — Jonah |
"Mannequin" is the fourth episode of Season 1 of Superstore, and the fourth episode of the show overall.
Summary[]
Amy pranks Jonah with a mannequin, Cheyenne considers putting her baby up for adoption so Glenn and Dina compete.
Plot[]
He brought it up!
The staff are enjoying a rest in the Break Room and Jonah says he feels like he is fitting in. However, he manages to unintentionally insult Garrett's disability and implies Amy looks pregnant. As Cheyenne talks about how hard it is to work while pregnant and that she became pregnant because she couldn't get a ride to planned parenthood, Jonah offers her a ride in the future which prompts Glenn to express his abortion views. This starts an argument with Dina which Jonah watches, wishing he'd never started talking.
Glenn's looking for child #12.
In the store, Garrett and Amy look at a mannequin which they think looks like Jonah. Jonah thinks it looks like Tom Cruise so they tease him about his ego. A boy wraps another boy up in a garden hose. (♫ Burnin' For You - Blue Öyster Cult ♫) Cheyenne confides to Amy that she doesn't know if she's ready to be a mom and is considering adoption. Glenn overhears, offers to adopt her baby and walks away excited. In the Break Room, the staff have dressed the mannequin to look like Jonah complete with vest and name tag. They affect Jonah's mannerisms and sayings with the mannequin and though he tries to join in the fun, it falls flat. Glenn calls Jerusha about adopting Cheyenne's baby which Dina overhears. Dina approaches Cheyenne about adopting her baby.
After Jonah calls Amy the "responsible one", she re-doubles her efforts to prank him and to show she is fun. She starts by taking the mannequin and posing it with bananas in a manner Jonah described earlier. She continues dressing the mannequin in various costumes and poses. (♫ Ante Up - M.O.P. ♫) These become increasingly insulting until the mannequin is seated on a toilet reading a magazine. Glenn and Dina battle over who will adopt Cheyenne's baby. Amy plans her next prank and leaves shift assignments to be done by Garrett who hands it to Mateo. Jonah finally snaps and carries the mannequin into the Stock Room and tries to destroy it in a compacter. (♫ Dark Shades - Birdman ♫)
Looks like I touched a nerve.
Mateo is using his new-found power to assign everyone who has crossed him to the freezer. Carol asks where Amy is which gets her freezer duty. In Glenn's Office, Glenn has invited Cheyenne and Bo to get to know him better and not so subtly shows them pictures of his children. Bo wants money for the right to adopt. An alarm sounds and Glenn has to leave. In the Stock Room, Jonah has over-loaded the compacter which has tripped the alarm. Glenn sees the mannequin legs sticking out and freaks out thinking Jonah has put a person in. At the café, Bo and Cheyenne interview Dina and Glenn to determine who would be the best foster parent. Amy tries to get Jonah to admit he destroyed the mannequin because her fun pranks got to him. He refuses and tries a feeble prank with a blonde mannequin.
This is not a sexual thing.
The interview continues with inane questions being asked. Glenn ends up teaching Bo and Cheyenne a few things. Garrett catches Amy dressing up another mannequin and points out that things are falling apart in the store without her direction. He calls what she is doing a "work flirt" which she takes exception to. Glenn and Dina try to one-up each other in the interview and their arguments cause Bo and Cheyenne to realize neither would be good for their baby. Garrett and Amy catch Jonah in the Break Room dressing up a sex doll that looks like Amy. The doll is partially naked and Jonah looks like a pervert. The situation is worsened when other employees come upon the situation. Garrett says that rumors get started this way.
Big restocking fee for that doll.
A man with his pants down sits on the store display toilet the mannequin was on. (♫ Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell feat. Michael Jackson ♫) Glenn and Dina have come to a compromise - they'll share custody. They tell Cheyenne this and say that others will help so the child will be the "store baby". Cheyenne has decided to keep the baby which frustrates Dina. In the parking lot, Jonah catches Amy and shows her a return receipt for the sex doll. He says he knows why Amy was dressing up the mannequins - it was an initiation. Amy is relieved Jonah doesn't think she was flirting with him and says he passed. Bo and Cheyenne are in the maternity section and find a crib they like. Bo describes what life will be like for the baby in his unique style.
Cast[]
Main cast[]
Featured cast[]
See also[]
Running Gags[]
- Amy's name tag: Amy wears a different name tag in every episode. For this one it's "Sheila".
- Crazy Customers and music: For all customer interludes and music see Mannequin (music).
- Glenn's tie: Large cartoon clouds.
- Rhyme time: Garrett flirts with a female associate by saying "What it do, boo?".
- Spitzer Holding Company: At the end of every episode, the Spitzer Holding Company title card lists 3 of their "specialties". In this episode, they are "Entertainment", "Pharmaceuticals", and "Asset Management".
References[]
- When looking at the mannequin that looks like Jonah, Garrett compares Jonah to a guy he knew from school that dressed like Kris Kross. Later, he sarcastically says that if Jonah thinks the mannequin looks like Tom Cruise then he looks like Denzel Washington.
- Amy says that if Jonah looks like Tom Cruise, then she looks like Salma Hayek.
- As Glenn talks to his wife Jerusha Sturgis on the phone about adopting Cheyenne's unborn child, he says the sex of the baby isn't known but Cheyenne had a dream where Channing Tatum told her it's a boy.
- Dina says she used to work at Chipotle.
- Garrett tells Amy that Mateo assigned Betty to freezer duty because she criticized Lady Gaga.
Trivia[]
- Amy reveals that not only is she married, but she had her daughter Emma when she was 19.
- Glenn reveals he fosters children.
- Glenn's Office and Carol debut in this episode. She is apparently the one who "hastags" everything
- The Stock Room and Coffee & Bakery make an appearance.
Quotes[]
- “Jonah, I'd prefer if you didn't offer to shuttle our employees to the abortion clinic.”— Glenn
Gallery[]
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| Pilot • Magazine Profile • Shots and Salsa • Mannequin • Shoplifter • Secret Shopper • Color Wars • Wedding Day Sale • All-Nighter • Demotion • Labor
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