History Recap / AmericanDadS15E19TopOfTheSteve

* ReplacementScrappy: Parodied with the characters that move into the Smith household after Steve and Roger leave, neither of whom Stan (understandably) takes a liking to.

* WillTheyOrWontThey: This is another trope that Roger brings after realizing that he and Steve are in a spin-off--Spitz and the Babe claim to be the only lesbians at Pendlingtonton Academy, but they never seem to consider having a RelationshipUpgrade.

* ReplacementScrappy: Parodied with the characters that move into the Smith household after Steve and Roger leave, which consist of an obnoxious Series/PunkyBrewster parody and an absurdly stereotypical british half-cousin. Stan understandably doesn't take to either of them. %%invoked

* WillTheyOrWontThey: This is another trope that Roger brings after realizing that he and Steve are in a spin-off--Spitz and The Babe claim to be the only lesbians at Pendlingtonton Academy, but they never seem to consider having a RelationshipUpgrade.

* BizarroEpisode

* ValuesDissonance ({{Invoked}}): When Steve and Roger try to run away from all the cliched characters who want them to stay at Pendlingtonton, they bump into a Latin foreign exchange student who tells them "...in less than three years," her performance will be considered offensive.

* OperationJealousy: One of the tropes that Roger brings up after realizing that he and Steve are in a spin-off is when a girl asks Steve to go to prom with her and Roger claims that she's only asking Steve to be her date for the dance to make her boyfriend over at PA's brother school jealous.
* ParentalSubstitute: Combined with CoolTeacher--after realizing that the writers are trying to keep them in the spin-off, one of the tropes that's brought up is when a male teacher comes out of one of the classrooms and describes himself as "the laid-back history teacher who's taken a special interest in the new kid." And after Steve and Roger run away (because at this point, they've decided to go back home), the teacher yells "I could've been a father-figure."'

After Stan ruins their rain project, Steve and Roger run away to a boarding school...only to realize it's an all-girls' school and everything that happens to them feels like something out of a cheesy 1980s spin-off sitcom. Meanwhile, a vulnerable, yet spunky orphan girl and an eccentric British relative move in to replace Steve and Roger.

* StoolPidgeon TeachersPet: Carla (later renamed "Beth") is this to Headmistress Mahoney--though it's unknown if she still retains this after Steve leaves the spin-off and Spitz becomes the new lead character.
* ValuesDissonance ({{Invoked}}): When Steve and Roger try to run away from all the cliched characters who want them to stay at Pendlingtonton, they bump into a Mexican foreign exchange student who tells them "...in less than three years," her performance will be considered offensive.

* StoolPigeon TeachersPet: Carla (later renamed "Beth") is this to Headmistress Mahoney--though it's unknown if she still retains this after Steve leaves the spin-off and Spitz becomes the new lead character.

* ParentalSubstitute: Combined with CoolTeacher--after realizing that the writers are trying to keep them in the spin-off, one of the tropes that's brought up is when a male teacher comes out of one of the classrooms and describes himself as "the laid-back history teacher who's taken a special interest in the new kid." And after Steve and Roger run away (because at this point, they've decided to go back home), the teacher yells "I could've been a father-figure."

After Stan ruins Steve's rain project, Steve and Roger run away to a boarding school...only to realize it's an all-girls' school and everything that happens to them feels like something out of a cheesy 1980s spin-off sitcom. Meanwhile, a vulnerable, yet spunky orphan girl and an eccentric British relative move in to replace Steve and Roger.

* ValuesDissonance: {{Invoked}} When Steve and Roger try to run away from all the cliched characters who want them to stay at Pendlingtonton, they bump into a Mexican foreign exchange student who tells them "...in less than three years," her performance will be considered offensive.

Fed up with Stan's attitude, Steve and Roger run away to a BoardingSchool called Pendlingtonton Academy. However, shortly after arriving, they discover it's an [[OneGenderSchool all-girls school]] (Roger quickly disguises himself as a girl because of this). Eventually, after noticing that a lot of stuff about their situation just seems ''off'', Roger comes to the conclusion that he and Steve are in a spin-off--with '''''Steve''''' as the lead character.

In the meantime, while Steve and Roger are off at boarding school, [[ReplacementScrappy a slew of characters come to the Smith Home in an attempt to replace Steve,]] much to the discomfort to the rest of the family (especially Stan, who ends up missing Steve the most out of everyone).

* WillTheyOrWontThey: This is another trope that Roger brings after realizing that he and Steve are in a spin-off--Spitz and Babe claim to be the only lesbians at Pendlingtonton Academy, but they never seem to consider having a RelationshipUpgrade.

Fed up with Stan's attitude, Steve and Roger run away to a BoardingSchool called Pendlingtonton Academy. However, shortly after arriving, they discover it's an [[OneGenderSchool all-girls school]] (Roger quickly disguises himself as a girl because of this). Eventually, after noticing some things about their situation that just seem ''off'', Roger comes to the conclusion that he and Steve are in a spin-off--with '''''Steve''''' as the lead character.

* OperationJealousy: One of the tropes that Roger brings up after realizing that he and Steve are in a spin-off is when a girl asks Steve to go to prom with her, and Roger claims that she's only asking Steve to make her boyfriend at PA's brother school jealous.
* ParentalSubstitute: Combined with CoolTeacher--after realizing that the writers are trying to keep them in the spin-off, one of the tropes that's brought up is when a male teacher comes out of one of the classrooms and describes himself as "the laid-back history teacher who's taken a special interest in the new kid." And after Steve and Roger run away (because at this point, they've decided to go back home), the teacher yells, "I could've been a father-figure."

Fed up with Stan's attitude, Steve and Roger run away to a BoardingSchool called Pendlingtonton Academy. However, shortly after arriving at the school, the duo discovers that Pendlingtonton Academy is actually an [[OneGenderSchool all-girls school]] (Roger quickly disguises himself as a girl because of this). Eventually, after noticing some things about their situation that just seem kind of ''off'', Roger realizes that he and Steve are in a spin-off--with Steve himself as the lead character of it.

* OperationJealousy: One of the tropes that Roger brings up after realizing that he and Steve are in a spin-off is when a girl asks Steve to go to prom with her, and Roger claims that she's only asking Steve to make her boyfriend at Pendlingtonton's brother school jealous.

Fed up with his dad's attitude, Steve runs away to a BoardingSchool called Pendlingtonton Academy--Roger, also tired of Stan's attitude, goes with Steve. However, shortly after arriving at the school, the duo discovers that Pendlingtonton Academy is actually an [[OneGenderSchool all-girls school]] (Roger quickly disguises himself as a girl because of this). Eventually, after noticing some things about their situation that just seem kind of ''off'', Roger realizes that he and Steve are in a spin-off--with Steve himself as the lead character of it.

Fed up with his dad's attitude, Steve runs away to a BoardingSchool called Pendlingtonton Academy--Roger, also tired of Stan's attitude, goes with Steve. However, shortly after arriving at the school, the duo discovers that Pendlingtonton Academy is actually an [[OneGenderSchool all-girls school]] (Roger quickly disguises himself as a girl because of this). Eventually, after noticing some things about their situation that just seem off, Roger realizes that he and Steve are in a spin-off that has Steve as the star of it (hence the episode's title).

Fed up with his dad's attitude, Steve runs away to a BoardingSchool called Pendlingtonton Academy--Roger, also tired of Stan's attitude, goes with Steve. However, shortly after arriving at the school, Steve and Roger discover that Pendlingtonton Academy is an [[OneGenderSchool all-girls school]] (Roger quickly disguises himself as a girl because of this).

Meanwhile, while Steve and Roger are off at boarding school, [[ReplacementScrappy a slew of characters come to the Smith Home in an attempt to replace Steve,]] much to the discomfort to the rest of the family (especially Stan, who ends up missing Steve the most out of everyone).

* OperationJealousy: One of the tropes that Roger brings up after realizing that he and Steve are in a spin-off is when a girl asks Steve to go to prom with her, and Roger claims that she's only asking Steve to make her boyfriend over at Pendlingtonton's brother school jealous.
* ParentalSubstitute: Combined with CoolTeacher--after realizing that the writers are trying to keep them in the spin-off when they decide that they'd rather go back home to the original show, a male teacher at Pendlingtonton Academy (who teaches history) says, "I'm the laid-back history who's taken a special interest in the new student" (referring to Steve) and later claims that he could have acted as a father-figure to Steve.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: This is another trope that Roger brings after realizing that he and Steve are in a spin-off--Spitz and Babe are the only lesbians in an all-girls school, and while they do appear to be close friends, they never seem to consider having a RelationshipUpgrade.

After getting fed up with his dad's attitude, Steve runs away to a BoardingSchool called Pendlingtonton Academy--Roger, also tired of Stan's attitude, goes with Steve. However, shortly after arriving at the school, Steve and Roger discover that Pendlingtonton Academy is an [[OneGenderSchool all-girls school]] (Roger quickly disguises himself as a girl because of this).

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After getting fed up with his dad's attitude, Steve runs away to a BoardingSchool called Pendlingtonton Academy--Roger, also tired of Stan's attitude, goes with Steve. However, shortly after arriving at the school, Steve and Roger discover that Pendlingtonton Academy is an [[OneGenderSchool all-girls school.]]