Huh?

Fei · Post by **Fei** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 4:56 pm

I just figured out some kind of problem in Odyssey. How can Rodney buy spraypaint in Gathering Thunder. He's under aged and wouldn't the sale clerk refuse to sell him the paint considering his less than shining reputation? Odyssey sells spray paint to minors

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Arwen · Post by **Arwen** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 6:46 pm

Eh...Rodney's age has never been very clear. Usually he's 15 or 16...maybe he was 18 in that episode! $\:D/$

Me · Post by Me » Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:36 pm

Once upon a time it was not written that minors could not buy spray paint. Then people started getting overprotective.

Shadowpaw · Post by **Shadowpaw** » Sun Oct 08, 2006 8:38 pm

The laws are different all over... especially 11 years ago when that show aired.

It's not illegal where I am for minors to purchase spray paint (then or now).

Macnut · Post by **Macnut** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 6:41 am

Yeah. But it was illegal in another episode, I think it was No Boundaries.

Applesauce · Post by **Applesauce** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:15 am

Maybe the law changed. There were five years between the Darkness Before Dawn series and "No Boundaries." But that is a very good point! Maybe somebody should point this out to the writers.

(Although, as Arwen said, it is very possible that Rodney is now over 18 but still in high school.)

wooton_bassett · Post by **wooton_bassett** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:22 am

I think that the writers just didn't think of it, but they could cover it by saying Rodney was 18, he's so immature it wouldn't surprise me.

Ruthie · Post by **Ruthie** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:57 pm

Forever being held back- the plight of AIO characters.

wooton_bassett · Post by **wooton_bassett** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 12:59 pm

Although, Rodney needs to graduate SOMEtime...go to college?? probably not,..what would Rodney do??

Crazy 4 Pugs · Post by **Crazy 4 Pugs** » Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:21 pm

Live at home and sponge off his parents, do nothing but watch TV and create trouble

HarlowRoxMySox · Post by **HarlowRoxMySox** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 9:41 pm

Yeah, I can't picture Rodney as an adult. I like him as a 16 year old forever.

H Tide · Post by **H Tide** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:39 am

Me too...I like Rodney as the perpetual bully who torments practically every child in Odyssey.

Agent3xq · Post by **Agent3xq** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 11:41 am

I think they could make him become a little older in his teens, but for him to get older than like 18 would be hard to imagine

HarlowRoxMySox · Post by **HarlowRoxMySox** » Thu Nov 16, 2006 2:59 pm

Waluigi Freak 99 · Post by **Waluigi Freak 99** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:42 am

It's possible that it was legal for Rodney to buy the spraypaint in "Gathering Thunder", but then the law changed, and it was illegal in "No Boundaries". A five-year gap separates the two episodes. However, it seems odd that mayor Tom Riley would allow the sale of spray-paint to minors.

Was Rodney actually heard purchasing the spray paint? (I haven't heard that episode.) It's quite possible that he stole it.

Post by **Catspaw** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 7:34 pm

We don't actually hear him buying it, but Jellyfish seems to assume that he did, since he says that the clerk would be suspicious tomorrow when he hears that something was vandalized with candy apple red spray paint. I can't remember for sure, but I think that Rodney said that he bought it, as well.

Spray paint isn't a controlled substance in all areas.

Laws against surprise me more than a lack of laws, so perhaps Odyssey was formerly in the same happy mindset as me.

Waluigi Freak 99 · Post by **Waluigi Freak 99** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:04 am

It would be fitting with Rodney's character to steal the spraypaint.