Sputnik's Birthday

Sputnik's Birthday is a Season 3 episode of ''Astroblast! ''It was directed by Ed Valentine and Wayne Grayson.

Characters Present

 * Halley Vivian
 * Jet
 * Comet
 * Venus
 * Sputnik Vivian
 * Matt
 * Lillian Vivian
 * Patricia
 * Frogerina
 * Brianna
 * Claude
 * Blake
 * Luke
 * Robert

Synopsis
''It's Sputnik's birthday! When her parents tell her that now that she's older, she will have more responsibility, Sputnik decides to regress and become a baby again. - Description from Sprout.''

Plot
The episode begins at Sputnik's house as Matt delivers a letter to Sputnik. It's Sputnik's birthday, and in her room, Sputnik is looking at a picture of the Taj Mahal, thinking about using it as a summer home. She then sees Matt, and tells him that she's been making last-minute suggestions for her birthday. Matt then tells her that a birthday card came for her in the mail. Sputnik excitedly runs up to the letter and opens it, but as she looks through the card, she is disappointed not to find any money inside, and tosses it on the floor. Matt picks up the card and reads it to her, revealing it to have a poem from her grandmother. He tears up as he reads the poem. Sputnik, missing the point, tells Matt that her grandmother must have forgotten to put the money in the card, and they can always call her so she can deliver it to them. Matt then tells her that he's been thinking about how grown up she's become lately. Sputnik tells him that she is, and soon, she'll be an adult that can do whatever she wants. Matt tells Sputnik that now that's she's a year older, he and Lillian will be able to treat her like an adult and trust her with more responsibilities. Sputnik asks Matt if responsibility means she will be able to stay up late and eat ice cream whenever she wants, but Matt tells her that responsibility means taking care of yourself, and doing such things as clearing your own plate from the dinner table, picking up your own toys, and paying a mortgage, among other things. Sputnik tells Matt that that stuff doesn't sound like fun, but Matt tells her that part of growing up is doing things that you have to do, not just doing whatever you want. It isn't all fun and games, and it also involves a lot of hard work. Sputnik is shocked when she hears about all the hard work she'll have to do in the future.

Speaking of hard work, downstairs, Lillian is on the phone with Jonathan as a Reptar piñata is being hoisted up. Lillian wants only the best for her daughter's birthday, and has spared no expense. As she talks to him, a caterer brings in a cake the size of a wedding cake, with a figure of Sputnik at the top. Ben comes in after him, carrying a present, and Charlotte tells him Sputnik's upstairs. She then tells Jonathan he'll be in a lot of trouble if the karaoke machine she ordered doesn't work.