| Gordo and the Girl | |
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| Episode Information | |
| Episode #: | 18 |
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| Air Date: | August 17, 2001 |
| Writer(s): | Melissa Gould |
| Director: | Kim Friedman |
| Prod. #: | 120 |
| Credits | |
| Starring: | ■ Hilary Duff as Lizzie McGuire ■ Lalaine as Miranda Sanchez |
| Recurring: | ■ Davida Williams as Claire Miller ■ Christian Copelin as Lanny Onasis |
| Guest(s): | ■ Kyla Pratt as Brooke Baker |
| Episode Guide | |
| Previous: | Rated Aargh |
| Next: | Educating Ethan |
| Chronological Order | |
| Previous: | Sibling Bonds |
| Next: | Rated Aargh |
Gordo and the Girl is the nineteenth episode of Lizzie McGuire's first season.
Synopsis[]
Lizzie and Miranda feel neglected, when Gordo spends more time with his new girlfriend, Brooke. Meanwhile, Matt lands in trouble when Jo finds out he's been accepting bets from his friends.
Summary[]
Gordo begs off going to the horror movie marathon with Lizzieand Miranda, saying that he's spending some time "bonding" with his father. But at the Digital Bean after the show, the girls see him with Brooke. At first, they don't believe he's on a date because he didn't tell them about it, but then they see him kiss Brooke. The girls aren't sure what to think about this. The next day at school, Gordo tells Lizzie he was with his father the day before. When he skips lunch with Lizzie and Miranda to help a "friend" with homework, the girls are even more confused. They can't picture their longtime friend as anyone's boyfriend. Later, when Gordo is about to tell the girls about Brooke, Lizzie tells him first that she thinks Brooke is using him, and that she's hurt he didn't tell her about his girlfriend before now. Gordo, for his part, is upset with Lizzie and Miranda for reacting the way they do.
Miranda becomes more accepting of the idea of Gordo having a girlfriend, but Lizzie is still troubled by it. When she overhears Claire saying she has to help get Brooke ready for a "hot date" at an Italian restaurant, Lizzie is sure she can't be talking about Gordo and thinks Brooke is two-timing him. She visits the restaurant to spy on Brooke and drags Miranda with her, dressed as a boy. At one point, Lizzie pushes Miranda into following Brooke's date into the men's restroom, much to her displeasure. Miranda returns with the news that Brooke's date is Gordo. Before the girls can leave, the host, thinking they're a couple on a date, seats them. When they try to bolt out of the restaurant, they run into a waiter and end up on the floor in front of Gordo and Brooke, covered in pasta. Gordo is very disappointed with the two of them.
Lizzie and Miranda are lamenting the loss of their friendship with Gordo when he stops by to talk with them. He's still not happy about the way they acted, but he realizes that they do care about him. He tells the girls he broke up with Brooke. It seems that he wasn't ready yet for a relationship like she wanted. Brooke was asking for too much of his time, including time he spent with his friends Lizzie and Miranda. The trio is back on good terms once again, but that doesn't stop the girls from pestering Gordo to describe his "lip-lock" with Brooke.
Meanwhile, with Matt[]
Meanwhile, Sam helps Matt learn a math lesson about odds and percentages by using candy to illustrate the principles. Matt learns the lesson too well. He and Lanny begin making bets with classmates like a couple of bookies and start winning things from them. When Jo finds Matt's betting book in the laundry, she confronts him. He says people just gave him stuff because they were grateful that he helped them learn about odds and percentages. Unconvinced, Jo instructs him to return all his winnings.
Trivia[]
- The filming dates for this episode took place between February 7-10, 2001. The clapboard on the blooper reel at the end of the show is dated February 9, 2001.
- The restaurant scenes were filmed at Buca Di Bepo, which is located in Redondo Beach, California.
- This is the only episode to date that Claire appears without Kate.
- In one of the Animated Lizzie segments, Gordo is represented by a frog. This is also seen in Movin' On Up.
Goofs[]
- In the scene where Jo finds Matt's book in the laundry, both Matt and Lanny walk in, loaded down with bling. A few seconds later in a wide shot, Lanny has already placed his stuff on the table, but in the next shot, he can be seen placing the items on the table and quickly leaving.
- When talking about kicking over the Social Studies globe, Matt says "accent" instead of "accident."
- In the scene where Miranda and Lizzie were spying on Gordo in the restaurant, they both bumped into the waiter and knocked the glass plates to the floor. They should have been broken, but in the next shot they seem perfectly fine.
Quotes[]
Miranda: Correct me if I'm wrong, but are Gordo's dad and Brooke Baker the same person?
Miranda: Look at them! Private table, away from the crowd. Sitting close. Gordo even looks like he brushed his hair!
Miranda: Gordo just kissed someone! I'm not sure, but I think I just lost my appetite.
Animated Lizzie: Gordo's got a girlfriend? And I thought the movie marathon was going to be scary!
Animated Lizzie: I feel like I'm in a dream where everyone want to kiss my frog.
Lizzie: Does he honesty think we don't know?
Miranda: We saw them kissing.
Lizzie: Maybe they were just talking really close.
Miranda: That wasn't talking.
Lizzie: Maybe she had a smudge on her mouth...or...something.
Miranda: He was trying to get off, with his lips?
Lizzie: Don't take this the wrong way, but...ummm...Have you ever thought that maybe she's using you?
Gordo: Is there a right way to take that?
Lizzie: I thought I told you that between the hours of twelve noon and twelve noon, you're supposed to ignore me.
Miranda: I can't go in there! They have those weird fountain things on the wall!
Jo: Heya, Matt. I found your book.
Matt: So I did leave it at home. I mean...ummm...That's not mine.
Jo: Honey, you're lying, cheating, and gambling.
Matt: Okay, so maybe I did lie. And sure, you can throw in gambling. But I'm Matt McGuire. I'm not a cheater.
Lizzie: No more Gordo.
Miranda: No more Gordo.
Lizzie: No more long lectures about how we care too much about what other people think about us.
Miranda: No more useless information about stuff we never even cared about, in the first place.
Gordo: I guess I just like the idea of having a girlfriend a lot better than actually having one.
Pop Culture[]
Lizzie: Here's the part that gets me all Confucius: Not that Gordo has a girlfriend, but that Gordo is somebody's boyfriend.
- Assuming this is not a goof, where Hilary Duff intended to say "confused".... Confucius was a Chinese philosopher who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages.[1]
When Lizzie imagines the different forms that Gordo could take, when picking up a girl for a date, this is an homage to the commercial for the 1960's girl's board game, "Mystery Date."[2] Gordo is pictured in a leather jacket, a tuxedo, and with a folk guitar.