Guide to: Reading & Principals

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Guide to: Reading & Principals is the second episode of the third season of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.

1 Synopsis
2 See also

[edit] Synopsis

[edit] Guide to: Reading

[edit] Main Plot

When Ned forgets to read a book and an oral report is due, he hurriedly reads a " Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss, and has to do it over many times. He partly-reads many different books but iTeacher (his English teacher) catches him trying to cheat again. The book Ned reads half of is "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" by Ann Brashares. Then, since the book club is reading the same book, Ned listens by the door, hoping for a summary of it. The book club only talks about school rumors instead, but Ned thinks they are talking about the book, so when he goes to present his "summary" in class, he actually announces the gossip to the entire class, inciting an angry mob. The mob comes after Ned, angered by the rumors. iTeacher gives him some reading report tips. Finally Ned decides to join a book club. Then the wordophobic teacher reminds him she forgot something. Then she remembers: she forgot to tell everyone that what he said was all a big misunderstanding; the mob is still after him.This

[edit] Subplot

Moze starts an all-girl book club that only talks about guys where Cookie wants to enter. Cookie attempted to dress like a girl, but failed. Eventually, Moze was out and Cookie was in.

[edit] Trivia

It is revealed that Gordy has written a book that has sold a total of five copies worldwide, Janitor by Day, International Art Thief By Night. Unfortunately, one of those 5 was sold to iTeacher, so she stops Ned from cheating.
Moze has the same locker she had last year (or she had the wooden door moved to her new locker).
Missy talks about Lena, Bridget, Mike and Paul, who are names of characters in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants", except for Mike.
The "first rule" of Missy's book club is "Don't Talk about Book Club", this is a homage to the 1999 film "Fight Club" where the first rule is "Don't Talk about Fight Club."
When Gordy said "Who doesn't like ham?", he sounded like Cosmo from The Fairly OddParents. That's because Gordy is actually the voicer for Cosmo.
iTeacher breaks the fourth wall in this episode.

[edit] Guide to: Principals

Principal Irving Pal, making his very first appearance in this short, continuing the streak of at least one faculty member being introduced each season, is retiring, much to the fears of Ned, Cookie and Moze. They fear that Pal's retirement would make Vice Principal Crubbs the new school leader. However, there is no direct line of succession for school principal, meaning that Crubbs might not take the top spot.

The superintendent is coming in on the same day to conduct interviews for a new Polk Middle principal. Upon arrival, he expresses displeasure that no one has come in to interview yet. Crubbs plans to keep it this way. Ned and Cookie split into one group, with Moze and Gordy split into another group. Ned and Cookie try to talk to other teachers and convince them to interview for the job. However, every teacher either runs off in another direction or shakes their head, as Crubbs had earlier threatened them with termination if they interviewed for the job.

Meanwhile, Moze and Gordy take Pal around the school in order to get him to change his mind about retiring. However, they run into many things that only further fuel his decision to quit, such as kids bullying others and a massive food fight in the cafeteria.

Part two of Crubbs' plan involves redirecting arriving interviewees not to the room where they're supposed to go (Room 112, to be exact), but rather, to an outdoor room surrounded by walls, with vents and a large pipe; the door is locked from the outside. Several interviewees become trapped in the area, and eventually, so does Mr. Sweeney, though Ned and Cookie directed him there, since he professed an interest in interviewing himself. Ned, Cookie, Moze and Gordy then become trapped in the room when Pal shoves them into it on rollerblades (his post-retirement wish was to rollerblade across Africa). One angry interviewee expresses to the quartet that none of them want the job if they get out. Seconds later, Mr. Wright arrives with his doctorate from Harvard, and lets them all out.

Ned, Cookie and Moze then try to convince Mr. Wright to interview, but he resists. Crubbs then begins to profess each negative aspect of being principal, each a different way of saying, "You can't do the job." This fuels Mr. Wright, and soon, he and Crubbs race through the halls to get to the interview room with the three teens in tow. Hiding behind a corner, Pal hits Crubbs in the face with a broom, and drags him into the outdoor area. Wright and the others arrive at the door, and convince the superintendent to interview him. Minutes later, the two step out, with the superintendent most likely indicating that Alistair Wright would be the school's next principal. The episode ends with Gordy and Pal (in his underwear) guarding the door to the room in which Crubbs is trapped.

[edit] Quotes

Crubbs: Things are going to be different when I'm principal, if I get the job, and I will! Oh yes, I will!

Principal Pal (while guarding Crubbs in his underwear with Gordy): Eyes front, soldier!

Principal Pal: I've captured the enemy, and I'm bringing him back to base. *draggs Crubbs across the floor*

[edit] Trivia

The part in the episode where Crubbs was having the "Quarantine" Sign he talks about his plan and then he realizes that Ned, Moze, and Cookie were behind him seemed similar to the "behind the back" joke on Bob and George.

[edit] Running Gags

Ned, Moze, Cookie, and Gordy split up then end up with each other again.

Principal Pal (or some other unlucky character) gets knocked out and then somebody (Crubbs, Gordy) puts a pillow under his head. He also keeps lapsing into his days in the military, such as using a rollerblade as a walkie-talkie.

Teachers constantly falling for the fake interview and get trapped in a special prisoner-of-war room that is unable to be opened from the inside.

Principal Pal keeps calling Moze a boy.

[edit] Goofs

When Crubbs is talking to Mr. Wright and the kids, you hear a polyphonic tone. Crubbs leans to his watch to listen, and that starts the big race to the interview. While the tone is going, you can clearly see that Crubbs is wearing a regular watch and not a digital one. Therefore, it is unlikely that a regular watch has digital tones.
When Principal Pal falls from the stair with rollerskates, you can see that behind is him is a set of blue lockers, with a wooden locker (which can be Moze's). At the next scene, the lockers behind him are green.
When Crubbs tells the first candidate that the school had an infestation of lice, he had a one-piece suit and visor on, but his hair was completely exposed, even though your hair would be the first thing you would protect from lice.
When Gordy says he pushed Principal Pal from the second floor, he was in front of the principal's office, but after Pal fell downstairs,he passed his office.
When Crubbs threaten to fire anyone who rebels against him, he forgot that under US Law reguarding the board of education, such act this is actually impossible to warrant a firing. A teacher can go agaisnt the one who threatens others including the students and still keeps their job.
When Gordy and Moze were walking with Pal to the cafeteria, behind them is Principal Pal's office, then after Pal said is it dismissal already behind them is the bathrooms.
Crubbs threatened to fire anyone who went to the interview, however if one of the interviewees were to get the job, then technically they wouldn't be fired as they would be in higher power than Crubbs, and because of this also having the power to hire back those who Crubbs would have fired.