Awesome / Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

• It was pretty awesome how Ned and Cookie wrecked the school play, even if they didn't intend on knocking down the whole set and injuring Suzie, Spencer, and Mr. Combover in the process.
  • Before that, it was pretty awesome how Moze was able to stop all of their crazy schemes to stop the play, even the scheme with Gordy!
• It was pretty damn satisfying watching Cookie beat the Killer Bees in the Spelling Bee contest, all thanks to Ned's eureka moment.
  • To recap. Cookie was about to lose the contest. When he's about to misspell "Victorious" (while being taunted by the Killer Bees from their seats), Ned decides to strip his pants so Cookie will see someone in underwear. Then, every boy in the terraces decides to do the same, giving Cookie the encouragement to proceed and spell the word without any pause. Cue to everyone cheering on him. The Killer Bees' expressions sets it all.
• "If there was ever a time to beat somebody up for no reason, it would be now."
• Missy of all people gets a surprisingly satisfying stab at Suzie constantly being a bitch in the first season and friendzoning Ned in the second.
  Missy: You had your chance to date Ned, in fact you had a hundred chances, and you blew all of them. So bye!!!
• Plenty from the movie. Like when Mr. Wright says that they need new equipment to break into the wall and catch the weasel. Cut to Gordy knocking down the front doors with a bulldozer.
  • Ned, Cookie and Moze running from Crubbs, art museum guards, and samurai warriors which they use to their advantage and catch the art thieves.
• Moze singlehandedly taking out all of Loomer's team in dodgeball.
• Moze flipping Loomer after seeing him harass Ned about being "beat up by a girl" in Guide to: Gym.
  Loomer: Come on, Jennifer, I wanna see loser get his butt flipped!
  Moze: (smirks) You got it! (flips Loomer)
• Moze beating all the boys on the wrestling team (all except the ones who ran away of course).
• Tired of his students daydreaming, Mr. Sweeney keeps the student's trapped in class during lunch time (on pizza day) until they can solve a riddle of his. Ned, while daydreaming, is able to determine that the answer to the riddle is in fact spiders.
• Moze being able to outsmart Bitsy by failing her exam so that she too would fail for copying her answers in Guide to: Cheating.
  • Makes it a double whammy when Bitsy, OUT LOUD NONETHELESS, says she'll copy the answers off from someone else. Behind her teacher, who proceeds to remove her name from the honor roll.
• "Guide to: Principals" has this as well: After Ned, Moze, and Cookie realize Mr. Wright is the perfect candidate to be Principal, Crubbs begins to make fun at the sheer fact that someone like Mr. Wright could be Principal. This instead causes Mr. Wright to prove him wrong.
  Mr. Wright: *holds up his Harvard diploma* That's Dr. Wright!
  • Lampshaded by Crubbs, who realizes his mocking only inspired Wright. The kids and Wright nod in agreement.
  • In the same episode, the current Principal, Mr. Pal, acts senile and doddering, making Wright reluctant to tell him he's being replaced. When he finally manages to break the bad news, Pal drops the act and reveals that it was all a test—as a principal, Mr. Wright needs to be able to make tough decisions and face difficult situations firmly, but kindly. By being honest, Wright proved himself capable of that, and so Principal Pal gracefully retires.
• Another Principal Pal example appears in "Guide to: Getting Organized." Moze and Cookie get upset when Vice-Principal Crubbs replaces all of the fruity granola bars in the school's vending machines with powdered mini-donuts, his personal favorite snack. Mr. Pal overhears them talking and says the situation reminds him of Samuel Gompers, a labor organizer from the early 1900's who helped disenfranchised people fight for their rights through peaceful protests and strikes. He then tells the kids that he technically can't suggest they do the same, but remarks that if he was their age, he'd certainly try. This inspires Moze and Cookie to become organizers themselves and get the fruity granola bars back.
  • The end of the episode is also awesome. It turns out that Moze and Cookie organized the entire student body into walking out of classes and sitting in the hallways, refusing to budge until Crubbs listened to them. Crubbs tries threatening everyone with detention and calling their parents, but they just smile. Realizing he's outnumbered, Crubbs reluctantly puts back the fruity granola bars. Score one for the people!
  • In a bit of a Brick Joke, Mr. Pal himself is seen sitting among the students, showing that he's not too old to stick it to the Man.
• One episode sees Loomer and his bullies teasing Ned for his supposed weakness, especially when Ned tries tricks to make himself appear bigger and stronger. That's when Coach Dirga shows up and not only defends Ned, but gets Loomer to agree to a bench-pressing contest that Friday to see who is truly the strongest of the pair. She then trains Ned to exercise properly, and he ends up winning the contest thanks to her help.
  • In the same episode, Moze feels self-conscious about her height, especially when the other girls call her a "giant freak." Coach Dirga gets another Moment of Awesome when she helps Moze stand up to the bullies and tells them that kids can grow until their twenties. On a show where the teachers are often nasty, it's nice to see the Coach so firmly helping kids and fighting bullying.

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