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Recap / My Gym Partners A Monkey S 4 E 9 Glazed And Confused

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It's spring break, and Adam is going to Captain Clowny Land.


  • Anachronic Order: The parts of this story are told completely out of order.
  • Beach Episode: This episode generally takes place on an island.
  • Blackmail Backfire: Jake threatens to tell the whole school, that Adam isn't a natural redhead, unless he helps him save Mrs. Warthog, but Adam has dirt on Jake, about a time he lost all his fur in a freak bubble blowing accident.
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: Adam and Principal Pixiefrog do this multiple times, as they are the narrators of this episode's story.
  • Callback: Mrs. Warthog's tasteful photos from "The Ivy Leave" make an unwanted, second appearance.
  • Cannibal Tribe: The Cartoonish Natives wanted to eat Mrs. Warthog. Yes, I know, she's a pig, but later on, they tried eating Jake and Adam too, so they count.
    • Toyed with in that they're not actually Hollywood Natives but white Scottish people visiting Hawaii for a "grass kilt convention".
  • Captured by Cannibals: Jake fears this will happen to Mrs. Warthog.
  • Do You Want to Haggle?: Principal Pixiefrog bargains with Mrs. Warthog, asking for her to take her job back, but she does not seem to be a good haggler.
    Pixiefrog: Hog, I want you back. I need you back!
    Mrs. Warthog: 30% raise?
    Pixiefrog: 1%.
    Mrs. Warthog: Deal.
  • Given Name Reveal: Mrs. Warthog's full name is "Geraldine Shannon Warthog".
  • Look Behind You: Adam throws a red herring at Kerry.
    Adam: Look, your other eye!
  • Messianic Archetype: Adam wraps a towel around his head, carries a tombstone, and holds Jake's tail, which is bent into the shape of a cane, for a gag that makes him look like Moses.
  • Noodle Incident: Jake lost his fur in a freak bubblegum blowing accident.
  • Rage Quit: Mrs. Warthog quits her job.
  • Shout-Out: Principal Pixiefrog's side plot is a parody on The Birds.
  • Tap on the Head: Jake knocks Adam out cold with a mallet, as a way of forcing him to go to Hawaii with him.
    Jake: Thanks for letting me borrow your pillow, Windsor.
  • Too Dumb to Live: Jake describes Hawaii as the 67th state of the USA, and then refers to it as "The Winter Wonderland", despite him literally being in the area, so he should know the place is tropical.
  • Unreliable Narrator: Adam and Principal Pixiefrog.
  • Vacation Episode: The gang, some faculty members, and Kerry Anderson all go to Hawaii from spring break.
  • Whole Episode Flashback: This whole episode is told through the perspective of Adam reminiscing about his spring break.

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