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Recap / The Wonder Years S 05 E 02 Day One

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Kevin starts his first day of senior high school, adjusting to going to a different school than Paul, while also having to deal with his civics teacher who takes a disliking towards Kevin and being reunited with an annoying former classmate who Kevin hadn't been around since elementary school.


Includes examples of:

  • Disproportionate Retribution: Kevin's civics teacher starts to dislike Kevin after he makes a punchline to a story his teacher tells the class.
  • Misophonia Gag: Kevin's teacher Mr. Bottner absolutely cannot stand the sound of paper being torn out of a spiral-bound notebook (he sustained hearing damage in the Korean War and sounds of a certain frequency aggravate the wound), and threatens to punish anyone caught doing so. When one of Kevin's classmates tears out a sheet without thinking, the teacher threatens him with detention, until Kevin tears out a sheet from his binder and gets the rest of the class to do so.
  • Toilet Paper Prank: At the end of the episode, Kevin and his civics classmates throw toilet paper at the teacher's house.


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