History Headscratchers / Fillmore

* In the episode 'Cry The Beloved Mascot', how did Harrison know about where missing retainers would be found or when corned beef and cabbage would be served? While it is likely that he stole said student's retainer in order to complete the 'foot-in-the-door' phenomenon with Alistair, how did he know about the corned beef and cabbage? While it is also likely that he knew from his journalism job, he isn't a well-known reporter, considering he always got stuck reporting on Alistair. If it wasn't that hard to obtain the information of when corned beef and cabbage would be served then wouldn't it defeat the purpose of Alistair being supposedly 'psychic', since it wouldn't be that hard to find out about when it would be served?

* Another question about the Red Robins episode: when Ingrid met the girls, she said "I'm a transfer from another Red Robins troop." Why didn't anyone ask said troop if she's really a transfer?

** my guess: Tahama may not be as high profile as Ingrid, but she's a) been at the school longer, meaning the suspects must have seen her at least as often as Ingrid (emphasis on "at least"). B) She is of Japanese descent, which should make her stand out even more.

* Obviously Ingrid being the one to go undercover in "Red Robins Don't Fly" falls under TheMainCharactersDoEverything but Tehama's reason for not being an option, which boils down to "They'll recognize me", doesn't really make sense given that Fillmore and Ingrid AKA the two best officers in the patrol can go undercover with ease no matter how much or how little they actually disguise themselves (heck; Fillmore wears his signature shades ''every time he goes undercover''). How precisely does someone who isn't nearly as high profile be more recognizable than the officers who have been involved the majority of recent busts?

* Why did Mr. Guirerro in "Next Stop: Armageddon" think moving to another town would be a more sensible alternative to, say, expanding the store stock? Surely adding something like a more expanded modeling market would have worked just fine and it's no guarantee that a new town would have a thriving fan base for model trains or even one as small but devoted as the one in the town the show takes place in.

* I know that the culprit saying Fillmore busting him for pen pal fraud in the casino in "The Currency of Doubt" is meant to be a parody of mail fraud but how the heck does "pen pal fraud" even ''work''?

* I know that the culprit saying Fillmore busting him for pen pal fraud in the casino in "The Currency of Doubt" is meant to be a parody of mail fraud but how the heck does "pen pal fraud" even ''work''?

** That explains the first one and maybe even the second one but he specifically states "last week I got sick after 4", meaning that he only noticed something was wrong 4 eggs in and apparently never registered precisely what was wrong.

** It is possible he ate the first cheese egg without realizing it. Sometimes you can go on "autopilot" when doing something you've done repeatedly before. Toby eats hard-boiled eggs so often it's become muscle memory. His brain may not have reacted to the wrong taste[=/=]texture because it was already anticipating the taste of a hard-boiled egg. By the time he realized something was wrong, he would have already eaten the first cheese egg.

* In "The Currency of Doubt", Toby is set up by [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink having his hard-boiled eggs replaced with cheese eggs to set off his lactose intolerance.]] However, he mentions that he eats hard-boiled eggs regularly, meaning he's familiar with their taste and texture, and when his lactose intolerance was brought up during the initial investigation, he pretty much says it's bad enough that he can't have lactose products at all. So how exactly did he miss the fact that the 4 eggs he managed to eat before he got sick were not only the wrong color (when Fillmore finds the remaining egg, it's uniformly yellow) but also were the wrong texture and didn't taste right, namely by tasting like ''something he had never eaten at all''?

* The standardized testing episode raised protesting as a way for people to get their voices across, without breaking the rules or hurting others. All well and good, but doesn't that fall a bit flat in this case? Protest all they want, is anyone really going to listen to a bunch of kids on the matter? Not to mention the episode had one protester, and they were shown to be very ineffective and more of a joke.

** Just to clarify, it's not all foreign students, just relatives of diplomats, which this kid was, as was presumably the previous one Fillmore busted.

** That was actually Folsom's fault. Due to [[NoodleIncident a previous incident]] [[DestructiveSavior where Fillmore caused massive amounts of trouble busting a foreign exchange student]], she basically gave foreign students the immunity. If you want to give someone the IdiotBall, give it to her.

** That was actually Folsom's fault. Due to [[NoodleIncident a previous incident]] [[DestructiveSavior Fillmore caused massive amounts of trouble busting a foreign exchange student]], she basically gave foreign students the immunity. If you want to give someone the IdiotBall, give it to her.

* Why the fuck is there an issue about diplomatic immunity when it comes to the trade of forged baseball cards and plates? The culprit is a ''student'', not a ''diplomat!'' Now, if he committed a crime worthy of the police, then yes, he'd be in a lot of trouble.

** Also the episode "A Cold Day at X" is essentially about Academic Integrity. Just because a lot of the action doesn't take place during school hours, doesn't mean kids aren't learning. It's also likely that they work during free periods.

** You seem to be watching this under the influence of the TethercatPrinciple. Just because you don't see something doesn't mean it doesn't happen. The plots for the episodes are based around extracurricular activities and sports because they have the greatest potential for interesting plots and satire of school and cop show conventions. Not to mention there ''was'' an entire episode based around standardized testing.

** You seem to be watching this under the influence of TheTethercatPrincipal. Just because you don't see something doesn't mean it doesn't happen. The plots for the episodes are based around extracurricular activities and sports because they have the greatest potential for interesting plots and satire of school and cop show conventions. Not to mention there ''was'' an entire episode based around standardized testing.

* Does it not bug anyone else that this series takes place in [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything The School That Doesn't Do Anything?]] In every single chase scene the students are shown partaking in a seemingly infinite number of activities... '''except''' actually going to class. You see the kids do sports, arts and any club activity you can imagine, but you never see them behind a desk. Even the main characters seem to be at the Safety Patrol office the entire day. When do they actually, you know, get educated? It seems that all the effort Principal Folsom puts in maintaining the school's image makes her completely forget to make the school do what it's supposed to do: educate children. How is she not fired yet?

** Because, in a case of RealityIsUnrealistic, most criminals, even when cornered, will run. Even when there's many members of law enforcement after them, no safe hide away, no back up plan or no reason, humans have a fight or flight instinct, and thus every kid bolts for it because every instinct they have says it's what they should do. The Patrollers give chase because, like police in the real world, they have a duty to make sure the fleeing criminal doesn't harm someone or do more damage in the process of fleeing than they had by committing the original crime. Would you really expect the school's security to sit back and shrug as someone runs when said person has broken a dozen school rules already with no remorse? What kind of heroes would those people be?

** Because, in a case of RealityIsUnRealistic, most criminals, even when cornered, will run. Even when there's many members of law enforcement after them, no safe hide away, no back up plan or no reason, humans have a fight or flight instinct, and thus every kid bolts for it because every instinct they have says it's what they should do. The Patrollers give chase because, like police in the real world, they have a duty to make sure the fleeing criminal doesn't harm someone or do more damage in the process of fleeing than they had by committing the original crime. Would you really expect the school's security to sit back and shrug as someone runs when said person has broken a dozen school rules already with no remorse? What kind of heroes would those people be?

** Also, RuleOfCool. If every episode opted not to give chase and instead went "eh, we'll get him when he comes to school tomorrow," it would make for quite the boring series. Also keep in mind this entire show is basically one big parody of 70s buddy cop shows, which all pretty much had a chase in every episode as well.

** And sometimes the crime is on a time limit and the culprit can win or at least make everyone lose by playing for time.

** If they don't take care of it now, that means the student has all that time to attempt to make themselves not look guilty.

* Why do they give chase in every episode? The student will come back to school the next day and could easily be arrested then. It's not the like the student can just move across the country.