Just One of the Gamers is the fifth episode of the first season of Code Monkeys. It is preceded by Super Prison Breakout and followed by The Take Over.
Plot[]
After Mary pitches her latest game, Space Marines, Larrity approves it. To her dismay, however, his sexist views of women makes him think that Dave is responsible, driving her to tears. As Mary is sobbing in her office about how she is held down by the Man, Benny appears, explaining how he can relate to Mary's problem. After reciting a story that one of his blood relatives told him, Mary goes to the mall and buys a wardrobe for men, and disguises herself as "Mitch."
After getting on Clare's good side by treating her with better respect, "Mitch" introduces himself as the "late" Mary's brother, who wants to continue developing her game as her final wish. Larrity hires him with only a short lecture about how he got as rich as he did.
Mitch encounters several problems trying to blend in with the men, but usually comes up with a witty explanation to cover up the fact that he is actually Mary in disguise. Dave becomes increasingly suspicious, and vows to find out what is up with Mitch after he steals "his" game of Space Marines. He goes as far as to teams up with Todd, who had formed a friendship with Mitch but breaks up when the new guy gains all of the attention. After interrogating Benny and bribing him with a hundred dollars and a pack of cigarettes, Benny reveals the truth. Dave then calls out Mary and threatens to out her in front of everyone, but she bribes him out of it, unaware that he already informed Todd.
During the launch of the Space Marines game, Larrity promotes "Mitch" to succeed him one day at GameAVision. Todd reveals Mitch's identity but no one believes him. Just then, Jerry (who had been crushing on Mitch all episode) jumps on stage declares his love for Mitch before kissing him, causing his wig to fall off and reveal Mary. Mary gives a speech how gender bias allowed her game to be approved in the first place, but Larrity suspends her for a month without pay. He changes his mind and grants her a raise after she reveals dark truths about the staff that she learned while she was under cover as Mitch. Larrity still cancels Space Marines, admitting that he would prefer that over having a woman's name on a game.
In the final scene, Dave tells Jerry that Mary was impressed by his courage the other day, and wants to make out with him in the closet. However, the one in the closet ends up being Clarence, effectively "proving" that Jerry is, indeed, gay.
Video Game References[]
- The details of Mary's game pitch sound very similar to the popular series Halo.
- Dave Jaffe makes a guest appearance as himself as a kid and pitches God of War to Larrity to no effect. God of War is an action trilogy series for the Sony Playstation 2 and 3. Dave Jaffe has a facial tattoo similar to Kratos, the protagonist of the game.
- Jerry's Sequence of Mitch is resembling to the Game Joust.
Movie References[]
- The title of the episode and premise is in reference to the movie Just One of The Guys
- When "Mitch is discussing why he won't take a shower with the guys, he describes the plot to Con Air.
References[]
- Manly Man Ricky Ravage, who appears in the episode Wrassle Mania, makes a brief appearance in this episode. His clothes, however, are a different color.
Notes[]
- It is revealed that Clarence found out he was gay by kissing a man named Stan.
- This episode shows that Mary does have some good ideas, but is merely not taken seriously due to her gender.
- It is unknown why Mary took no legal action against GameAVision, as she clearly had a sexual discrimination and prid pro quo sexual harrassment case against GameAVision.