Quote from: Calder Smith on March 09, 2014, 12:11:22 AM
Why is Portia karate chopping him in the groin?
LMAO!! She isn't.
In the beginning of this episode (Follow The Leader) Zipper is screwing around doing karate moves. Portia shows up in a karate uniform (looking utterly adorable, of course) and reminds Zipper that he promised to give her karate lessons. He attempts to cop out with a lame "I said some day" response, so Portia cranks up the charm (looking, oh so cute in the process). Then he tries the typical "you're too young to learn karate". That's when he puts out the branch and....well...you see what happens.
I actually used that kernel of an idea (Portia learning karate) for a fic en titled: "The Lesson". Portia gets beat up (a scene that I hated to write...

...I know...I know) so she decides to take a karate class. The girls run into the bully later that day at lunch and Kathy beats the hell out of her (a scene that I would LOVE to make a reality, rather than just something in print..oh well) anyway...there was also another meaning behind the title for this fic. Portia had to remain in the closet as far as her parents are concerned. But Rebecca (Laura's mother) talks with Portia's mother, Sharon (against Portia's wishes) and then it all works out in the end since her parents suspected something all along.