History Recap / RecessS2E7GusLastStand

* NotAfraidOfYouAnymore: Subverted. Gus makes clear that he is not afraid of Gelman. Gelman instantly settles for breaking Gus in half (a thing [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown he can do with tremendous ease]]).

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At one point, Gus tries to evade Gelman by putting on a disguise (an old-man beard). This kind of disguise often works in this show, even when it is obvious who the heck is wearing it. So to Gus' surprise, Gelman sees through it immediately.

--->'''Gus''': Gosh! Who'd have thought? [[DavidVsGoliath Little Belgium winning over big Germany]]!\\

* ForWantOfANail: The whole plot is kicked off by Gelman needing a new punching bag and the reason is all because the latter went to the bathroom at the wrong time.

* KarmaHoudini: Gelman basically gets a slap on the wrist after spending the entire episode bullying Gus. Even though the entire student body manages to prevent him from whaling on Gus even further, he's never seen facing any punishment from the school faculty and later episodes show him to continue bullying other children.

* ForTheEvulz: Gelman bullies and tortures George and later Gus just for his own sadistic amusement.

%%* TheBully: Gelman.

* AdultFear: Gus's parents react this way when they realize something's wrong at school and come as soon as they can. They see their son beaten up in wrestling gear, with his glasses broken. His father goes to him, makes sure he's not too injured, and takes him to a doctor, as well as ice-cream.

* TheBully: Gelman.

* YouAndWhatArmy: When T.J. tells Gelman he's stopping the beat down, Gelman says this in response. The rest of the gang joins T.J., but Gelman declares he'll just beat up all six of them. Then everyone else on the playground joins in saying he'll have to fight them too, to which an overwhelmed Gelman decides to leave.

* AdultsAreUseless: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zigzagged]]: Gus' friends suggest telling an adult. Said adult is Miss Finster, who angrily warns Gelman to stop bullying Gus under threat of a trip to the principal's office. Unfortunately, not only does Gelman ignore this warning without a second thought, Miss Finster seems to have been ''completely forgotten about for the rest of the episode''.

* PaperThinDisguise: Another one of Gus' attempts to evade Gelman is by dressing up like an old man playing tetherball. His disguise involves only a fake gray beard and a cane. [[RealityEnsues Gelman doesn't buy it.]]
* RealityEnsues:
** When Gus' father tells him about how Belgium resisted against Germany in UsefulNotes/WorldWarI:

** Gus's father gives his son a RousingSpeech about how you have to stand up to bullies, even if they kick your ass. The actual war is not letting them intimidate you. We find out he would ''never'' want his son hurt for real and thought Gus was actually asking for a history lesson about world wars. At the end of the episode, he drives to school immediately and gets Gus medical attention, as well as an ice-cream cone. He's extremely apologetic if dignified.

* GoryDiscretionShot: During Gelman's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown; we just hear Gus grunting in pain. We do, however, see the horrified expressions of literally every other kid on the playground as it happens.

-->'''Gus''': Gosh! Who'd have thought? [[DavidVsGoliath Little Belgium winning over big Germany]]!\\