History WhatAnIdiot / DrakeAndJosh

'''Instead''': [[TooDumbToLive They once again mistake Josh as the criminal and arrest him instead.]]\\

* "Helen's Surgery": In a NoFourthWall moment, Drake can't tell a story so he called in Josh, who refuses to tell him his story because he might steal it. Therefore, he tells him that he needs an idea so the latter ended up telling his story. Then, the former puts down the phone, obviously, he's going to steal his story.\\
'''You'd Expect''': That Drake should turn off his phone after the call. Even if he attempts to use Josh's story, it can't be traced back to him.\\
'''Instead''': He ended up leaving his phone on while Josh can hear what he is planning. Drake ended up being tackled by Josh as a result.

'''You'd expect''': One of them to keep a close eye on her just in case she tries to make any backups on this.\\

'''You'd Expect''': Ms. Sherman to ''just tell them the truth'' -- that she and their dad are ''not'' having an affair, and that she's a newswoman from Good Morning Today offering their dad a great job opportunity.\\

* "The Affair": Walter is in talks with a woman from ''Good Morning Today'', which is said to be a highly respected news anchor, about earning a job as a weatherman. While this could be a huge step up in his career, Walter is reluctant about getting his family's hopes up about the offer.\\

** Drake and Josh find out that Megan bought herself a sheep and makes a deal with them to take care of it, hide it, and in return, she won't pull any pranks on them for three months.\\

'''You'd Then Expect''': For Josh to relent and assign his students actual 5th grade learning material. Because if your entire class isn't learning, you are doing something seriously wrong.\\

* "Alien Invasion": The boys have had enough of Megan's pranks on them, and so they decide to get even with her by making her believe that there are aliens about to invade the Earth.\\
'''You'd expect''': One of them to keep a close eye on her just in case she tries to make any backups on this.\\
'''Instead''': They just prank her with all they got. Megan gets back at them by hiring someone to dress up as an alien.

* In "Driver's License", after Drake promises to pay for the traffic ticket Josh received for accidentally running a stop sign, Josh tells him that he's really saving his butt. Megan then strolls into their room and asks Josh how Drake is saving his butt.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Josh and/or Drake to sternly tell her that it's none of her business, ask what she's doing in their room in the first place, and tell her to get out.\\
'''Instead''': [[LameRhymeDodge Josh awkwardly claims that he didn't say that Drake was "]]''[[LameRhymeDodge saving]]'' [[LameRhymeDodge his butt", but rather, "]]''[[LameRhymeDodge shaving]]'' [[LameRhymeDodge his butt"]], and Drake, meanwhile, says nothing.\\
'''The Result''': Megan obviously doesn't buy it (but ''does'' agree that Josh's butt is in dire need of a shave), and vows to find out what horrible thing Josh has done (which, thankfully, she never does).

'''The Result''': They arrested them, and if it hadn't been for Megan's help, the boys would've spent years in prison. It also doesn't help that they wasted part of the interrogation asking stupid irrelevant questions about the product itself, in a very mean and aggressive manner.

** The titular duo and Megan are taking part in a salsa contest, it soon turns out that Megan is apparently using a Peruvian Puff Pepper for the contest.\\

* "Drake & Josh Go Hollywood":
** Drake and Josh are kidnapped and held in a private room. Josh pulls out his phone.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Josh to keep quiet, wait, and then use his phone to call the police to save himself and Drake.\\
''' Instead:''' He doesn't hide his phone, and one of the bad guys walks into the room that Drake and Josh are in, takes his phone, and walks out. [[SarcasmMode Way to go there, Josh.]]
** Earlier in the same movie, Josh accidentally switches his G-O (basically an [=MP3=] or [=iPod=]) on the plane with the one owned by the bad guys. The bad guys can track him down at the hotel.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The bad guys to calmly approach Drake and Josh and play it cool, just tell them there was a mix-up and switch back. After all, Drake and Josh don't know their plan yet, and maybe they can make up a lie about the strange money contents.\\
''' Instead:''' They immediately start acting aggressively toward the boys and threateningly demand the G-O back. This makes Josh even more suspicious that the guys are up to something illegal. And one of the bad guys accidentally leaves his wallet behind, which clues Megan into what's going on and leads to her enacting their undoing.

* "Two Idiots and a Baby": Drake and Josh [[BabysittingEpisode have to look after Josh's Dad's Boss' infant son]]. At one point, they, along with Megan, [[TheDiaperChange must change his diaper]]. They are about to put a clean diaper on him, when [[TinkleInTheEye he pees all over their faces]].\\
'''You'd Expect:''' They would find some paper towels and use them to wipe their faces with.\\
''' Instead:''' They wipe their faces with the baby's diapers.\\
''' As A Result:''' They have no clean diapers to put on the baby. They eventually resort to using the kitchen curtains as a diaper. It's also implied that the baby used them at the end of the episode when Audrey asks Drake and Josh why her kitchen curtains smell like pee.
* "Smart Girl": Drake is on a game show with a smart girlfriend of his, Craig and Eric. They are one point away from winning, and Josh is trying to give one last answer to Drake, but there is interference from Mega Burger which is keeping Drake from hearing Josh's response. But at the same time, you can clearly hear the intercom in the room that Drake and the contestants, as well as the game show host, are in.\\
'''You'd expect:''' That after this happens ''twice'', the host or someone else would get suspicious and ask to see if Drake has anything on him that would be transmitting information to him to see if he's cheating.\\
''' Instead:''' Drake's team can remain in the competition. Drake gives the host $20 to stall for a time-out.\\
'''However:''' It's a Dan Schneider show, and [[AdultsAreUseless it's expected that adults are not meant to be smart]], but still...\\
''' You would also expect:''' That Drake would catch on that there is radio interference happening. He should at least recognize that that isn't his brother's voice he's hearing in his transmitter.\\
''' Instead:''' He (albeit hesitantly) repeats back what he hears from the Mega Burger drive-thru signal twice. He then calls a time-out to go blame Josh for feeding him the wrong answers. [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere This leads him to walk out on Drake in frustration.]] Luckily for Drake, he knows the answer to the final question without Josh feeding it to him.
* "I Love Sushi": Drake and Josh find two people at the movie theater who are supposedly producers from a reality TV series called ''Pump My Room'' holding a contest for a room makeover with suspiciously easy rules which include shooting a video showing the producers the room you want redone and why you feel you deserve it. The boys decide to get the makeover for their parents' fifth anniversary to compensate for their half-assed gifts in the past and they end up winning. The producers then tell them to make sure their whole family is out of the house between 11 AM and 5 PM, a good six hours, while they redo the room.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The boys to know better than to give complete strangers access to their house while nobody is home and to refuse, or better yet, mention it to their parents or the police.\\
''' At Any Rate:''' You'd think they'd smell something fishy about a reality TV show they've never even heard of and try to look it up online.\\
'''Instead:''' [[TooDumbToLive With no questions or suspicions whatsoever, they just comply with the producers' unusual requests.]]\\
'''[[SarcasmMode Big Shocker]]:''' When they return home after driving all over town, the boys and their parents find not a made-over living room but a completely bare one. The police even [[LampshadeHanging call the boys idiots]] after hearing of the situation.\\
'''Earlier:''' Drake and Josh hear the doorbell ring and are approached by a boy offering them free nachos.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The boys to question why someone would give them nachos they didn't even order.\\
''' Instead:''' While Josh tries to point out that they didn't order nachos, Drake takes them willingly. The nacho cheese turns out to be glue as a prank by Megan and her accomplice, Tyler. The boys' mouths are glued together, and they're unable to maintain a proper conversation when trying to talk on the phone.

* In the post-finale "Merry Christmas Drake & Josh" after Josh first gets arrested he calls Drake and tells him to withdraw $3,000 from his bank account and call a lawyer. We see that the lawyer has requested Drake pay him in advance on the street corner.\\
''' You'd expect:''' Drake would think something is suspicious and refuse to pay the lawyer ahead of time.\\
''' Instead:''' Drake pays the lawyer ahead of time. Asking why he must, the lawyer bolts away with the money.\\
''' To Make Things Worse:''' The guy's license plate read "FKELWYR" or "Fake Lawyer".
* "The Affair": Walter is in talks with a woman from ''Good Morning Today'', which is said to be a highly respected news anchor, about earning a job as a weatherman. While this could be a huge step up in his career, Walter is reluctant about getting his family's hopes up about the offer.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Walter to tell his family the news, but also tell them to not be disappointed if he doesn't land the job, thereby being honest and keeping things from spiraling out of control.\\
''' Or''': Him to tell his family that he has a possible surprise for them so that he can break the news to them more easily if it doesn't come to fruition.\\
'''Instead''': He not only withholds the information from his family at all times but makes up BlatantLies as cover stories.\\
'''The Result''': PoorCommunicationKills. Drake and Josh grow increasingly suspicious about Walter's obviously secretive behavior, eventually concluding that their dad is cheating on their mom with the newswoman. This leads to them confronting the woman at a very important dinner for Walter, and shoving various foods in her face as punishment. Disgusted and humiliated, the woman scolds Walter for his family's behavior and refuses to give him the job, robbing Walter of his opportunity for good.
* "The Treehouse": Drake and Josh screw the last wall to the rest of the treehouse. The problem is, Drake forgot to saw a hole in one of the sides for the door and now they're trapped inside. Soon Megan shows up and they ask her to hand them the saw through the window.\\

* "Battle of Panthatar": Drake and Josh are invited to the birthday party of rich teen Thorton Locke, which will be broadcasted on MTV and have the cast of [[Franchise/StarWars "Galaxy Wars"]] reenacting a scene from the movie. But when Drake puts the moves on a hot chick at The Premiere, who unbeknownst to him is Thornton's girlfriend and Thornton happens to see this, their invitations are revoked. Since Thornton is a huge Beatles fan, Josh is certain that offering Drake's newly acquired Beatles album that's autographed by all four members will make Thornton reconsider for sure. Drake isn't psyched about this but ultimately decides it's worth it to attend the party. Thornton accepts the gift, but still denies the boys entrance to the party.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Drake and Josh to simply tell Thornton that he can't have the album unless he lets them in.\\
''' Instead:''' The boys knock out two of the actors from the Galaxy Wars (who are [[CaptainErsatz knockoffs]] of the clones from ''Franchise/StarWars'' and steal their suits to get into the party and try and find the album, only to realize that [[DidntThinkThisThrough they have no idea where Thornton put the album and they're expected to take part of the "Galaxy Wars" reenactment soon.]]
* "Helicopter": Drake and Josh are offered a ride in a helicopter, but a chain of events leads to their pilot getting knocked unconscious. Luckily, Drake and Josh can get him to come around.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Drake and Josh to help the pilot to his seat, and probably tell him to bring them back to land to avoid any other disasters.\\
'''Instead''': After the pilot asks what he hit his head on, Josh, rather than simply telling him, grabs the fire extinguisher that was the cause of it and pulls the hose out, accidentally spraying the pilot and sending him tumbling out of the helicopter with the only parachute.\\
'''The Result''': Drake and Josh are back to where they were when the pilot was knocked out, forcing them to find a way back to safety on their own, and eventually resulting in their family having to pay the pilot a fortune for his lost helicopter. What's more, if the pilot didn't have the parachute to help him land safely, Josh would have just committed ''manslaughter''.

'''You'd Expect''': They would do that.\\

* "Megan's New Teacher": Josh is accepted into the "Tomorrow's Teachers Today" program where high schoolers teach students below their own grade level. He is assigned to teach Megan's science class, a class full of 5th graders.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Josh would assign materials appropriate for his students' grade level.\\
'''Instead''': He grossly overestimates his students and assigns these ''5th graders'' college-level material beyond their understanding, his reasoning being that he believes that children are smarter than they let on.\\
'''The Result''': Nobody in the class finishes their homework because they can't understand it.\\
'''You'd Then Expect''': For Josh to relent and assign his students actual 5th grade learning material. Because if your entire class isn't learning, you are doing something seriously wrong.\\
'''Instead''': Josh, [[NeverMyFault believing that his students are just being lazy]], doubles down on his flawed approach to teaching and assigns the class a pop quiz, knowing well that everyone would fail it. This is despite one student telling Josh that even her parents couldn't figure out the material.\\
'''The Result''': Megan's entire class hates her now for being related to Josh, and Drake's substitute drummer (who is in Megan's class) is forced by his parents to leave the band for failing his pop quiz. Drake and Megan are ''pissed'', and rig Josh's next class to backfire on him in front of Megan's regular teacher during an evaluation. The next day, [[HumiliationConga Josh humiliates himself in front of her]] [[LaserGuidedKarma and is promptly fired.]]
* "Sheep Thrills": Drake and Josh find out that Megan bought herself a sheep and makes a deal with them to take care of it, hide it, and in return, she won't pull any pranks on them for three months.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Them to not fall for this, knowing that she has a history of not keeping her word at all about her actions, like when she attacked them with her paintball boombox earlier.\\
''' Instead''': They immediately agree and keep it in their room.\\
''' As A Result''': Not only does the sheep give birth, but it also escapes and wanders around the house, making it even more difficult to hide it from their parents.\\
'''Predictably''': Audrey and Walter find out about the sheep eventually.
** Following this, Drake and Josh once again try to convince them that it was all Megan's fault, but they once again don't believe them.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Josh to go into Megan's room, grab her laptop, and pull up her browsing history, that way he can find the website where she bought the sheep and show the proof to their parents.\\
'''Instead''': When their little sister walks into the room, they demand her to tell them the truth, believing that she'd keep her word.\\
'''Predictably''': She pulls out her old "innocent little girl" act and pretends that she didn't know about it.\\
''' It Gets Worse''': Drake and Josh are both grounded for a month and Megan once again gets away with another one of her schemes.
* "The Wedding": Drake and Josh are tasked to bring the cake to their Aunt Catherine's wedding, and Audery leaves the keys to the SUV so they have a car. Before they leave, Craig and Eric stop by to borrow Josh's laptop.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Them to wait until Josh comes downstairs since it shouldn't be that long.\\
''' Alternatively, You'd Expect''': Drake to pull out Josh's laptop and hand it to Eric.\\
'''Instead''': He just gives Eric the whole bag, which also had the keys and Josh's cell phone, even though he should've had the latter in his pocket.\\
'''The Result''': They don't have a car at first. Luckily, Drake remembers that his friend Trevor has a spare car and they call him to borrow it. Unfortunately, the car is ancient and breaks down on the way to the wedding and they're stranded.
** At some point, both brothers have to pee.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Them to take turns: one goes pee while the other stays by the car in case someone else passes by.\\
'''Instead''': They both go at the same time.\\
'''The Result''': A police car pulls up, leaves a ticket, then drives off. By the time they get back, it's too late.
** A little while later, a tow truck shows up. While the driver makes terrible jokes at first, he is still willing to help them out, smashing the window so they can get the car registration and they can make it to the wedding. While waiting, Drake finds out that the driver is the Leslie of "Leslie's Towing Company".\\
'''You'd Expect''': Drake to simply say "Ah" or "cool", or better yet, ''nothing at all'' about that.\\
'''Instead''': He starts laughing, and when asked, he points out that Leslie's a girl's name.\\
'''You'd Then Expect''': Josh to apologize and explain that Drake just doesn't know any better.\\
'''Instead''': Being a suck-up as usual, he [[BlatantLies claims they don't think that at all]].\\
'''The Result''': Drake keeps insisting that it's true. [[DumbassHasAPoint He's actually half-right:]] "Leslie" is a unisex name, but still he should've kept it to himself.\\
''' So Now You'd Expect''': Leslie to simply shrug it off. Given that he's been in the towing business for 26 years, he's bound to have experienced that a few times before.\\
'''Instead''': He flat-out abandons them, while telling them to [[KickTheDog "rot in a sack"]]. Seriously, how has he not lost his job already if he's ''that'' sensitive about his name?\\
'''The Result''': While the boys do manage to get the engine running again, it immediately catches fire which spreads to the rest of the car. This forces them to walk to the wedding empty-handed.
* "The Theater Thug": Ohh, where to ''begin'' with this episode?! After Drake and Josh appear on FBI's Most Wanted, people all over San Diego keep mistaking Josh for the Theater Thug and have been beating him up everywhere he goes, even though he keeps telling people he's not him. Even when he tries wearing a disguise, it still happens.\\
'''You'd Expect''': At least the police to know he's not the guy and arrest those who keep assaulting him.\\
'''Instead''': Even ''they'' think he's the Theater Thug and keep arresting him.\\
''' Alternatively, You'd Expect''': The people from the TV show to go on the news and remind people that Josh is not the Theater Thug, it was just a reenactment, as well as the warning they gave the viewers about what to do when they see the real criminal.\\
'''Instead''': They do nothing and Josh just keeps getting tortured, with Drake being no help at all.
** Later on, the ''real'' Theater Thug shows up and tries robbing the Premiere. Luckily, Drake and Josh manage to stop him long enough until the police show up.\\
'''You'd Expect''': The officers to ''finally'' realize who the real criminal is, and apprehend him accordingly.\\
'''Instead''': [[TooDumbToLive They once again mistake Josh as the criminal and arrest him instead.]]\\
'''[[FromBadToWorse But Wait, There's More!]]''': Not only does the real Theater Thug manage to get away, but on a more meta level, this becomes known as one of the most hated episodes in the entire series.

* "Alien Invasion": The boys had enough of Megan's pranks on them that they decided to get even with her by making her believe that there are aliens.\\
'''You'd expect''': One of them should keep a close eye on her just in case she tries to make any backups on this.\\

'''As A Result:''' Inevitably she [[MundaneSolution walks up to the TV to hit the power button]] and discovers it won't turn on and Josh's behavior result in her pegging Josh as the culprit.

''' Finally, You'd Expect''': Leslie to simply shrug it off. Given that he's been in the towing business for 26 years, he's bound to have experienced that a few times before.\\

'''As A Result:'' Inevitably she [[MundaneSolution walks up to the TV to hit the power button]] and discovers it won't turn on and Josh's behavior result in her pegging Josh as the culprit.

'''You'd Expect:''' For Josh to keep quiet, wait, and then use his phone to call the police to save himself and Drake.\\

'''The Result''': Drake keeps insisting that [[DumbassHasAPoint it's true]].\\

'''Instead''': [[LameRhymeDodge Josh awkwardly claims that he didn't say "saving my butt", but rather, "]]''[[LameRhymeDodge shaving]]'' [[LameRhymeDodge my butt"]], and Drake, meanwhile, says nothing.\\

'''Instead''': Josh, being the one who suggested putting the plate in first, arrogantly forcibly jams the pod into the rocket from the bottom and goes with Drake to find a hammer to fully tap it in. But with the imbalanced order of the components, the rocket lands on its side and immediately flies out the window when the boys aren't looking, destroying the treehouse; causing the three of them to get punished by forcing them to rebuild it.

'''You'd Expect''': Drake would be proactive in confessing to Buck that ''he'' was dating Tiffany to break the news gently and own up to his actions. And that he would give Josh some time to heal from his concussion after blackmailing him.\\

'''The Result''': Megan obviously doesn't buy it (but does agree that Josh's butt is in dire need of a shave), and vows to find out what horrible thing Josh has done (which, thankfully, she never does).

'''The Result''': They arrested them, and if it wasn't for Megan's help, the boys would've spent years in prison. It also doesn't help that they wasted part of the interrogation asking stupid irrelevant questions about the product itself, in a very mean and aggressive manner.

** A little while later, a tow truck shows up. While the driver makes terrible jokes at first, he is still willing to help them out, smashing the window so they can get the car registration and they can make it to the wedding. While waiting, Drake finds out that the driver is the Leslie of "Leaslie's Towing Company".\\