Explanation for Frank going back to being a slob in the first episode...
- It's an Alternate Universe in which Shane was never born. Simply. Considering that, in the pilot episode, Ozzy mentions being in "Snot Patrol" when he should have been promoted to something much higher after the events of the movie, this makes the most sense.
- Or it happened after Ozzy's award ceremony and before his hike with Shane.
- Shane died in an accident during the hike and Frank reverted back to his old habits as a coping mechanism.
- Borrowed from the movie's Fridge Horror entries: He was unable to maintain any attempts to become healthy because of the brain damage incurred from his massive fever—104 degrees Fahrenheit, while not guaranteed to be lethal, is the threshold for permanent brain damage.
- Or Shane grew up and went off to college, and, either out of loneliness or for lack of anyone to hold him accountable(which, if we combine this with the above fridge horror, would be a necessity for Frank to make any progress), Frank reverted back to his old habits.
Ozzy and Drix would have eventually returned to Frank.
And Maria, Dander, and Backseat would have come with them.Spryman hasn't actually ever won mayorship; he's essentially a Puppet King.
This basically works by having Spryman's backer being the real political force but using Spryman as The Face, with plans to use him as The Scapegoat in the event of a major catastrophe. To keep Spryman from figuring this out, the staff, on orders from the backer, give the kid whatever he wants. As for why Spryman never gets replaced, it's partly because no major disasters have been directly caused by him (the one time this appeared to be the case turned out to be sabotage on his opponent's part), partly because Spryman , for all his faults, does genuinely care about Hector's health and well-being and partly because of his backer's continued efforts.- Continuing on this thread, while most bodies have a mayor that is the physical age of said body (teens have teenaged cells while adults have adult mayors), there's generally also a mentor or backer in the case of minors who is meant to guide them into learning how to do the job properly; this would explain why Christine's mayor, despite being Spryman's age, actually clearly knows what she's doing and is mature enough to handle the job with some assistance. Spryman was just unfortunate enough to get a "mentor" who wanted to use him instead of helping him grow and learn.
