Slips joins Mr. Mandrill for a day, as his little "assistant psychologist" and quickly picks up the ways of the school guidance councilor, helping people with their issues, better than Mr. Mandrill used to.
- Absurd Phobia: Lupe has a fear of French toast and Windsor has a fear of cats.
- Always Someone Better: Slips was a better guidance councilor than Mr. Mandrill ever was.
- Berserk Button: Mr. Mandrill hits his breaking point, which is shocking for him, especially.
- Brick Joke: An anthropomorphic piece of French toast comes up to Mrs. Warthog, asking her where Lupe is. note
- Child Prodigy: Slips instantly picks up the power of psychology and gets a diplomat straight away.
- Compressed Hair: When Mr. Mandrill lets his hair tie loose, he has a gigantic, puffy afro.
- Dumbass Has a Point: Slips proved to have a genius understanding of human (and animal) emotions.
- Enlightenment Superpower: Slips has the ability to solve people's problems, by just saying a single thing to them.
- Freak Out: For the first time ever, Mr. Mandrill has this.
- Gainax Ending: Mr. Mandrill gets shown up once more by Slips and finally hits his breaking point. He has a massive freak out, and we suddenly get a spontaneous 60's dance number, complete with psychedelic kaleidoscope backgrounds. Slips quits his job as a councilor and a giant piece of French toast comes up and asks where Lupe is.
- Hidden Depths: Slips is revealed to be a master psychologist.
- Hippie Teacher: Slips becomes one.
- Malicious Misnaming: Mrs. Warthog refers to Slips as "Spits" all episode long.
- Noodle Incident: Slips had a nightmare about a lawnmower and jelly donuts once, as mentioned by Jake.
- It's possible the dream featured a lawnmower driving over the jelly donuts, destroying them in a way that resembles blood, but at the same time, this is just an assumption.
- Sad Clown: The Not So Live Entertainment at Mr. Mandrill's office was a fat, stinky, lazy, clown, who sat on the couch and watched TV, sporting a massive, grouchy frown.
- Vocal Dissonance: Every time a character is enlightened, they'll say "I'm cured doctor!" in a 1950's voice.
