Electrica and the Blackout

Electrica and the Blackout is the first half of the second episode of the American animated television series The Alpha Squad. It originally aired on Nickelodeon on June 10, 2000, and it was paired with the episode The Highwell Hoedown. The episode was directed by series creator Conner Jones, co-written by Jones and Alice Miller.

Summary
When the power goes out in Highwell, Kylie tries to figure out who's siphoning the city's electricity.

Plot
Kylie prepares for a movie night at her house while waiting for her friends to show up. Just as soon as she finishes preparing, Tyler and the others show up to watch the movies with her. Things start to go well until the power suddenly goes out at Kylie's house. Pretty soon, Kylie and the others find out that the power is out in the entire city, resulting in a blackout. Thinking that it's a major electrical problem, Kylie suits up as Electrica to figure out what caused the blackout.

Electrica heads into the city and shocked to notice that people have already started rioting and looting despite the fact that the blackout began only a few minutes prior to her arrival. She asks a few of the non-rioters what might've caused the blackout to occur, and they tell her that there might've been a disturbance at the power station. She heads over there to check it out.

Once Electirca arrives at the power station, she notices that the plant operators are being attacked by a strange monster that feeds on electricity. The plant operators tell Electrica that the monster just showed up and started absorbing the electricity from the generations, causing the blackout to happen. Electrica then tries to attack the monster, but it's too powerful for her. She then decides to give the monster some of her electricity, which causes the monster to become overcharged with electricity and then explode. The plant operators thank Electrica for saving them and she uses her powers to give the generators electricity and restore power to Highwell.

With the power restored, Kylie returns home to start movie night with her friends without any further delay.

Trivia

 * This episode marks the first time an Alpha Squad member goes on a "solo mission", which became a recurring thing throughout the series.
 * This was also the first episode of the series to be 11 minutes long.