The Devourer is the 23rd episode of tv series Monster Allergy. It doesn't aired in Kids WB.
Plot
It begins with the monsters were sacred in the storm, thinking it the lightning monster is angry at them having due to story-telling of Ben-Talak. Zick came angrily to them, asking where his shoes are. The lightning bolt zaps on both Bombo and Snyakutz Bu, revealing that each of them has the shoes. Synakutz Bu told Zick that its full of vitamins said by Bombo. Zick, his parents, and his grandparents are having a meeting about Jeremy since he's not here, the monsters begin to misbehave, and been gone for hours. Elena came to Zick's house to find Jeremy in the street. Jeremy explained about what happened.
It was revealed that he witnessed an alliance between the Dark Phantoms and Gorkas. He manage to escape when the two villain teams found him. Jeremy asks Zick to go to Bibbur-Si and warn Bibbur-Si about the danger, and tell Zob to call the Thaur family. Zick get his Teleskates, saw Elena is sad. Elena said when thing get serious, she has no use. Zick tells her its not true, and talk about when he gets back. Thaur family agreed to help. Jeremy tell Elena to go home since she have no use to them sadly leaves the house when she feels of not being useful.
Zick teleport his way to Bibbur-Si, but ended up teleporting to a container at Magnacat's secret lair. Later, Zob, Teddy, and his parents decided to spy on the Dark Phantoms and the Gorkas. Elena gets sad by this and saw Purrcy trying to make friends with Jeremy. Jeremy stops him by zapping him. Elena gets curious when Jeremy recovered quickly, and going to the opposite direction. Puffy showing that Elena follow him, and she says its a good idea.
In Magnacat's secret lair, Magnacat tell that there is a traitor in them, and that Zob, and Thaur family are going to a trap. Zick continuously zaps the container to escape and faints, Magnacat is pleased that the Devourer have absorb his Dom energy, and when he wakes up, he doesn't have any powers left at all. In the night, Zob and Terrence are spying of the Dark Phantom, and feeling something not right. Terrence notice the tree is a fake, and said its a trap. Omnised, and Omniquad called the Dark Phantom to attack the Tamers, and they successfully defeat them. Elena follows Jeremy to the sewers and founds out that he is going to Magnacat's secret lair. Jeremy finds her and attacks. When he said to Elena about the Gorkas giving him a mission, it turns out that Jeremy is under Magnacat's mind control. The Digesting Plant knocks him out, making Magnacat lose control over him.
Back in Zick's house, Jeremy is glad that he didn't hurt Elena. Greta asks him about what happened. It was revealed that after Jeremy escapes the meeting, he was put under Magnacat's mind control. He sabotaged Zick's Teleskates that ended him teleporting to Magnacat's secret lair. Jeremy states that Magnacat is using to blackmail them. When Elena has decided to save Zick, Greta thinks it is the moment to give her a present. She covers Elena's eyes and explains that she can pass the gift of "sight", the ability to see monsters to others. When the ability is given to Elena, Bombo appears magically. Elena gets happy that she can see him. Other monsters appear magically. Elena is happy that she can see them and hugs them. She also finds Zick's ghostly grandparents there. Elena touches hands with Theo which her hand phases through. She cries happily for the gift. She promise to bring back Zick, and Greta is worried about for what she did, and Theo saids she'll be fine.
Elena uses the Digesting Plant to gain access to Magnacat's secret lair. In the lair, Zick wakes up and tries to break the container but his Dom energy is depleted. He also cannot see and hear Magnacat when the container also loses his ability to see monsters. Elena sees this and enters the lair, pretendng not to see Magnacat. She knocks down Magnacat, who is unaware that Elena can see him, with a kick at his face. When Zick asks her about what she is doing, Elena explains to him that she can see monsters. The two proceed to go to Bibbur-Si. Zick ask how can help without his powers, and Elena said they'll use hers.
Meanwhile, Zob, Teddy, and his parents successfully captured Magnacat's minions. The Dark Phantoms starting to move to attack Bibbur-Si. Terrence saying that there too many of them to fight back. Greta came just in time and explained that Magnacat has captures Zick. Omnised says if they try to stop them, it will be the end of him. Greta stated that there only hope is Elena and can be able to save Bibbur-Si.
In Bigburg, Elena is guiding Zick to Bibbur-Si since he cannot see the monster world. She is happy to see many monsters, while Zick is angry about not seeing it. They went to Timothy for help. Elena tells him that she is a Keeper, and Zick lost his powers. The Dark Phantoms attacked the city. Timothy tells them to get Anti-Ghost Shield, while he distracts them to get Zick and Elena to activate the shield. They Activate it, and the attacking Dark Phantom were destroyed, and retreat. Elena celebrates with the monsters, while Zick is asking what is going on. Magnacat's plan is foiled, and stated that the battle has just begun.
In the morning, Jeremy gets worried that he'll lose his job of being in charge of the Barrymore house after he helped Magnacat with his plot but Elena allows him to keep his job. Zick gets sad that for the first time, he is a normal boy.
Devourer, The
Plot
It begins with the monsters were sacred in the storm, thinking it the lightning monster is angry at them having due to story-telling of Ben-Talak. Zick came angrily to them, asking where his shoes are. The lightning bolt zaps on both Bombo and Snyakutz Bu, revealing that each of them has the shoes. Synakutz Bu told Zick that its full of vitamins said by Bombo. Zick, his parents, and his grandparents are having a meeting about Jeremy since he's not here, the monsters begin to misbehave, and been gone for hours. Elena came to Zick's house to find Jeremy in the street. Jeremy explained about what happened.
It was revealed that he witnessed an alliance between the Dark Phantoms and Gorkas. He manage to escape when the two villain teams found him. Jeremy asks Zick to go to Bibbur-Si and warn Bibbur-Si about the danger, and tell Zob to call the Thaur family. Zick get his Teleskates, saw Elena is sad. Elena said when thing get serious, she has no use. Zick tells her its not true, and talk about when he gets back. Thaur family agreed to help. Jeremy tell Elena to go home since she have no use to them sadly leaves the house when she feels of not being useful.
Zick teleport his way to Bibbur-Si, but ended up teleporting to a container at Magnacat's secret lair. Later, Zob, Teddy, and his parents decided to spy on the Dark Phantoms and the Gorkas. Elena gets sad by this and saw Purrcy trying to make friends with Jeremy. Jeremy stops him by zapping him. Elena gets curious when Jeremy recovered quickly, and going to the opposite direction. Puffy showing that Elena follow him, and she says its a good idea.
In Magnacat's secret lair, Magnacat tell that there is a traitor in them, and that Zob, and Thaur family are going to a trap. Zick continuously zaps the container to escape and faints, Magnacat is pleased that the Devourer have absorb his Dom energy, and when he wakes up, he doesn't have any powers left at all. In the night, Zob and Terrence are spying of the Dark Phantom, and feeling something not right. Terrence notice the tree is a fake, and said its a trap. Omnised, and Omniquad called the Dark Phantom to attack the Tamers, and they successfully defeat them. Elena follows Jeremy to the sewers and founds out that he is going to Magnacat's secret lair. Jeremy finds her and attacks. When he said to Elena about the Gorkas giving him a mission, it turns out that Jeremy is under Magnacat's mind control. The Digesting Plant knocks him out, making Magnacat lose control over him.
Back in Zick's house, Jeremy is glad that he didn't hurt Elena. Greta asks him about what happened. It was revealed that after Jeremy escapes the meeting, he was put under Magnacat's mind control. He sabotaged Zick's Teleskates that ended him teleporting to Magnacat's secret lair. Jeremy states that Magnacat is using to blackmail them. When Elena has decided to save Zick, Greta thinks it is the moment to give her a present. She covers Elena's eyes and explains that she can pass the gift of "sight", the ability to see monsters to others. When the ability is given to Elena, Bombo appears magically. Elena gets happy that she can see him. Other monsters appear magically. Elena is happy that she can see them and hugs them. She also finds Zick's ghostly grandparents there. Elena touches hands with Theo which her hand phases through. She cries happily for the gift. She promise to bring back Zick, and Greta is worried about for what she did, and Theo saids she'll be fine.
Elena uses the Digesting Plant to gain access to Magnacat's secret lair. In the lair, Zick wakes up and tries to break the container but his Dom energy is depleted. He also cannot see and hear Magnacat when the container also loses his ability to see monsters. Elena sees this and enters the lair, pretendng not to see Magnacat. She knocks down Magnacat, who is unaware that Elena can see him, with a kick at his face. When Zick asks her about what she is doing, Elena explains to him that she can see monsters. The two proceed to go to Bibbur-Si. Zick ask how can help without his powers, and Elena said they'll use hers.
Meanwhile, Zob, Teddy, and his parents successfully captured Magnacat's minions. The Dark Phantoms starting to move to attack Bibbur-Si. Terrence saying that there too many of them to fight back. Greta came just in time and explained that Magnacat has captures Zick. Omnised says if they try to stop them, it will be the end of him. Greta stated that there only hope is Elena and can be able to save Bibbur-Si.
In Bigburg, Elena is guiding Zick to Bibbur-Si since he cannot see the monster world. She is happy to see many monsters, while Zick is angry about not seeing it. They went to Timothy for help. Elena tells him that she is a Keeper, and Zick lost his powers. The Dark Phantoms attacked the city. Timothy tells them to get Anti-Ghost Shield, while he distracts them to get Zick and Elena to activate the shield. They Activate it, and the attacking Dark Phantom were destroyed, and retreat. Elena celebrates with the monsters, while Zick is asking what is going on. Magnacat's plan is foiled, and stated that the battle has just begun.
In the morning, Jeremy gets worried that he'll lose his job of being in charge of the Barrymore house after he helped Magnacat with his plot but Elena allows him to keep his job. Zick gets sad that for the first time, he is a normal boy.
Devourer, The
Making a comparison of power plants used to generate electricity involves many factors. In general, the term is used to refer to large scale electric power generation.
Current world electricity generation
United States
In the U.S. 4,055 billion KWh was produced in 2005 from these sources:
*Coal 49.7%
*Nuclear 19.3%
*Natural Gas 18.7%
*Hydroelectric 6.5%
*Petroleum 3%
*Other renewables 2.3%
*Other gasses 0.4%
*Other 0.1%
Types of plants
The following types of electric generating plants are considered:
*Biofuel power plants
*Coal-fueled power plants
*Geothermal power plants
*Hydroelectric power plants - 20% of the world's supply of electricity, cheapest source of power
*Natural gas power plants
*Nuclear power plants
*Petroleum-fueled power plants
*Solar power plants
*Wave farms - Recently becoming more popular with new technologies
*Wind farms - Becoming more popular with mass production and scale, becoming more competitive with hydro
Experimental plants are not considered since they are still unproven and being refined.
Economic costs
Uranium
Nuclear plants require radioactive fuel. Generally, the fuel used is uranium, although other materials may be used. Since 2003, uranium prices have been increasing. In 2005, prices on the world marked averaged 20 a pound (0.454 kg). In April 2007, prices reached US$113 a pound and are expected to increase, at least in the short term.
While the amounts of uranium used are an insignificant fraction of the amounts of coal or oil used in conventional power plants, fuel costs account for about 28 percent of a nuclear plant's operating expenses. The mercury mainly enters the fish when airborne mercury is absorbed by the fish as air dissolves into water.
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), coal-fired electric power plants are the largest source of human-caused mercury air emissions in the U.S. These power plants account for about 40% of total U.S. man-made mercury emissions. Other large sources are industrial boilers (about 10% of U.S. mercury emissions), burning hazardous waste (about 5%), and chlorine production (also about 5%).
Radiation
Mining
Land use
Location issues
Safety and security
Coal mining
Uranium mining
Radiological accidents
Terrorism
Nuclear proliferation
Political issues
NIMBY
Nuclear fears
Characteristics:
*cost per kW
*maintenance cost
*construction time
*infrastructure cost
*depreciation % per year
*Energy production range
*Production capacity
*Energy stability
Externalities - include negative and positive externalities. Wind farms, hydroelectricity, and solar panels all have positive externalities of their contribution to overall world wide technological development. For example, wind farms, hydro dams, and solar panels drive down the cost of technologies such as generators, electric motors, and solar panels that people can use at home themselves. Those benefits are not directly stated in the costs and profits of a power plant, but those benefits are real because only by their use positive technologies are being promoted for future benefits. Contribution to dependence on oil and accumulation of radioactive material are negative externalities. Other examples include: contribution to political instability, economical instability, and war. Negative externalities are generally not recorded in the construction and maintenance costs of a plant, but they are real. Other externalities of wind farms include aerospace and fiberglass technologies. Airplane manufacturers could benefit from those technologies if they use some of the same lightweight materials and aerodynamics research.
Current world electricity generation
United States
In the U.S. 4,055 billion KWh was produced in 2005 from these sources:
*Coal 49.7%
*Nuclear 19.3%
*Natural Gas 18.7%
*Hydroelectric 6.5%
*Petroleum 3%
*Other renewables 2.3%
*Other gasses 0.4%
*Other 0.1%
Types of plants
The following types of electric generating plants are considered:
*Biofuel power plants
*Coal-fueled power plants
*Geothermal power plants
*Hydroelectric power plants - 20% of the world's supply of electricity, cheapest source of power
*Natural gas power plants
*Nuclear power plants
*Petroleum-fueled power plants
*Solar power plants
*Wave farms - Recently becoming more popular with new technologies
*Wind farms - Becoming more popular with mass production and scale, becoming more competitive with hydro
Experimental plants are not considered since they are still unproven and being refined.
Economic costs
Uranium
Nuclear plants require radioactive fuel. Generally, the fuel used is uranium, although other materials may be used. Since 2003, uranium prices have been increasing. In 2005, prices on the world marked averaged 20 a pound (0.454 kg). In April 2007, prices reached US$113 a pound and are expected to increase, at least in the short term.
While the amounts of uranium used are an insignificant fraction of the amounts of coal or oil used in conventional power plants, fuel costs account for about 28 percent of a nuclear plant's operating expenses. The mercury mainly enters the fish when airborne mercury is absorbed by the fish as air dissolves into water.
According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), coal-fired electric power plants are the largest source of human-caused mercury air emissions in the U.S. These power plants account for about 40% of total U.S. man-made mercury emissions. Other large sources are industrial boilers (about 10% of U.S. mercury emissions), burning hazardous waste (about 5%), and chlorine production (also about 5%).
Radiation
Mining
Land use
Location issues
Safety and security
Coal mining
Uranium mining
Radiological accidents
Terrorism
Nuclear proliferation
Political issues
NIMBY
Nuclear fears
Characteristics:
*cost per kW
*maintenance cost
*construction time
*infrastructure cost
*depreciation % per year
*Energy production range
*Production capacity
*Energy stability
Externalities - include negative and positive externalities. Wind farms, hydroelectricity, and solar panels all have positive externalities of their contribution to overall world wide technological development. For example, wind farms, hydro dams, and solar panels drive down the cost of technologies such as generators, electric motors, and solar panels that people can use at home themselves. Those benefits are not directly stated in the costs and profits of a power plant, but those benefits are real because only by their use positive technologies are being promoted for future benefits. Contribution to dependence on oil and accumulation of radioactive material are negative externalities. Other examples include: contribution to political instability, economical instability, and war. Negative externalities are generally not recorded in the construction and maintenance costs of a plant, but they are real. Other externalities of wind farms include aerospace and fiberglass technologies. Airplane manufacturers could benefit from those technologies if they use some of the same lightweight materials and aerodynamics research.
Pahoota is a fictional American town in an undisclosed area of the United States of America that comes under attack from alien visitors in the film Bad Channels. It is also home to Super Station 66, which is where Dangerous Dan O'Dare broadcasts his whacky radio show.
Diminutive police officer Brick Bardo later goes there looking for Nurse Ginger in Dollman vs. Demonic Toys, because she was shrunk by aliens and may provide suitable companionship for him.
Diminutive police officer Brick Bardo later goes there looking for Nurse Ginger in Dollman vs. Demonic Toys, because she was shrunk by aliens and may provide suitable companionship for him.
Nurse Ginger is a fictional character who appeared in the 1992 Full Moon Features science-fiction movie Bad Channels, as well as Dollman vs. Demonic Toys, which also served as a sequel to Demonic Toys and Dollman.
Nurse Ginger was portrayed by actress Melissa Behr in both her appearances.
Bad Channels (1992)
An alien and his robot assistant arrive on Earth and take a prankster prone DJ hostage, with the intention of using his Pahoota radio station to shrink women by broadcasting rock tracks nation-wide. This vivid trickery causes the women to hallucinate, and behave like they are featured in a music video. The next thing they know, they are 12 inches inside a glass container. The aliens manage to capture Cookie, Bunny and Ginger, but do not succeed in capturing TV reporter Lisa Cummings.
The film concludes with a laughably campy battle involving Germasil, and although the ladies are eventually unshrunk, Bunny remains trapped in one of the glass bubbles.
A possibly deliberate continuity error occurred, suggesting that Nurse Ginger was miscast in Dollman vs. Demonic Toys instead of Bunny, since Nurse Ginger wasn't the lady who was left unshrunk.
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993)
Nurse Ginger (now only a few inches in height) has to team up with the also very small Brick Bardo (Dollman) to battle a gang of dangerous toys, with the aid of regular sized policewoman Judith Gray (again played by Tracy Scoggins). Ginger is more or less just the eye candy of the movie, and gains he unwanted affection of Baby Oopsy Daisy.
Nurse Ginger was portrayed by actress Melissa Behr in both her appearances.
Bad Channels (1992)
An alien and his robot assistant arrive on Earth and take a prankster prone DJ hostage, with the intention of using his Pahoota radio station to shrink women by broadcasting rock tracks nation-wide. This vivid trickery causes the women to hallucinate, and behave like they are featured in a music video. The next thing they know, they are 12 inches inside a glass container. The aliens manage to capture Cookie, Bunny and Ginger, but do not succeed in capturing TV reporter Lisa Cummings.
The film concludes with a laughably campy battle involving Germasil, and although the ladies are eventually unshrunk, Bunny remains trapped in one of the glass bubbles.
A possibly deliberate continuity error occurred, suggesting that Nurse Ginger was miscast in Dollman vs. Demonic Toys instead of Bunny, since Nurse Ginger wasn't the lady who was left unshrunk.
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys (1993)
Nurse Ginger (now only a few inches in height) has to team up with the also very small Brick Bardo (Dollman) to battle a gang of dangerous toys, with the aid of regular sized policewoman Judith Gray (again played by Tracy Scoggins). Ginger is more or less just the eye candy of the movie, and gains he unwanted affection of Baby Oopsy Daisy.