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That's One Gigantic Pumpkin, Jet Propulsion!
Season 2 Episode 9 | 23m 25s | CC
The kids are attempting to grow prize-winning pumpkins in the back yard. Jet gets carried away and uses his Bortronian Grow-Lamp to grow a huge pumpkin. Now they just have to get his enormous pumpkin downtown to win the contest!
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