Watching this, I was struck by how dark this show has the potential to be. Apparently the creators have the green-light to kill without restraint thanks to the euphemism of "derezzing;" I can't remember any other kid-focused show that had an innocent civilian murdered on screen in the first ten minutes of the first…

Whenever I see her name I can't help but think about that GQ piece linked to earlier. It may not be a full-on "hit piece", but it's still a solid ethering, top to bottom.

So…Pax Romana, then.

Chugging large quantities of hard liquor "just doesn't happen in real life"? You've never been in high school, have you?

Sometimes it WAS a manhole cover. Usually it was a trashcan lid, though. There was a minor running joke throughout the series regarding Virgil stealing trashcan lids and the different things he'd use when they weren't available (once he used a bike frame).

Not only do they work, but the arrangement of the answers on screen shifts to match the big button controller layout, and the voiceover instructions specifically instruct you to hit the big button to screw/buzz in during the Jack Attack.

Then there was the third trip to the well, TigerSharks:

You fail.

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The Devil. The Devil.