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* AnAesop: There are no shortcuts to getting an education; you have to put in the work yourself. How well this is handled is debatable -- see BrokenAesop below.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: One of the only two episodes of the series where Moose is given an important role rather than being a named extra.
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* KickTheDog: After Moose has been using the helmet successfully for some time, Midge starts talking about their going on a date. Moose coolly tells her that he's been thinking he should find someone else; she's not smart enough for him. The insult makes Midge cry as he walks away.
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The following day, Moose surprises everyone by finishing the history test in record time... And then repeats the feat by acing every other test for several weeks in a row. Most people are happy that Moose has turned over a new leaf, but Archie feels something's off. His suspicions are confirmed when Moose's personality changes, he loses interest in football and his girlfriend Midge, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick he develops fearsome]] PsychicPowers. As it turns out, Diltoon's new invention is to blame...
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The following day, Moose surprises everyone by finishing the history test in record time... And then repeats the feat by acing every other test for several weeks in a row. Most people are happy that Moose has turned over a new leaf, but Archie feels something's off. His suspicions are confirmed when Moose's personality changes, he loses interest in football and his girlfriend Midge, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick he develops fearsome]] PsychicPowers. As it turns out, Diltoon's Dilton's new invention is to blame...
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* AnAesop: There are no shortcuts to getting an education; you have to put in the work yourself.
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* AnAesop: There are no shortcuts to getting an education; you have to put in the work yourself. How well this is handled is debatable -- see BrokenAesop below.
* BrokenAesop: The idea that Dilton's cap helps you ''memorize'' but not ''understand'' makes for an interesting plot point, but seems at odd with some of the events in the episode:
** Moose builds a PerpetualMotionMachine, which would require inventive skills rather than just memorization -- even if he can't explain how he came up with it.
** Becoming a straight-A student should require more than just memory, unless Riverdale's education system is based on rote memorization.
* BrokenAesop: The idea that Dilton's cap helps you ''memorize'' but not ''understand'' makes for an interesting plot point, but seems at odd with some of the events in the episode:
** Moose builds a PerpetualMotionMachine, which would require inventive skills rather than just memorization -- even if he can't explain how he came up with it.
** Becoming a straight-A student should require more than just memory, unless Riverdale's education system is based on rote memorization.
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* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: After juicing his brain, Moose starts wearing glasses for no apparent reason other than invoking this trope.
* SuperSpeedReading: At one point Moose is seen flipping through a book in seconds.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: {{Downplayed}}. At first only Archie find its strange that Moose becomes a genius overnight -- Betty, in particular, thinks that her tutoring sessions were simply very effective. When Moose develops PsychicPowers, though, people start to notice.
* SuperSpeedReading: At one point Moose is seen flipping through a book in seconds.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: {{Downplayed}}. At first only Archie find its strange that Moose becomes a genius overnight -- Betty, in particular, thinks that her tutoring sessions were simply very effective. When Moose develops PsychicPowers, though, people start to notice.
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Moose needs to pass a history test or he'll be kicked out of the football team, and since [[DumbJock he's never had much of a head for study]], his prospects are not looking good. Looking for "an easier way", he sneaks at night in the school's science lab.
The following day, Moose surprises everyone by finishing the history test in record time... And then repeats the feat by acing every other test for several weeks in a row. Most people are happy that Moose has turned over a new leaf, but Archie feels something's off. His suspicions are confirmed when Moose's personality changes, he loses interest in football and his girlfriend Midge, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick he develops fearsome]] PsychicPowers. As it turns out, Diltoon's new invention is to blame...
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!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* AnAesop: There are no shortcuts to getting an education; you have to put in the work yourself.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Moose returns to his former self at the end of the episode, although he now takes his studies more seriously and manages to improve his grades without AppliedPhlebotinum.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Moose has this reaction after blasting Midge with his PsychicPowers, which convinces him to renounce his powers. Archie and Dilton are a bit offended that he didn't have this reaction after blasting ''them''.
* MyBrainIsBig: Moose's brain grows after too many sessions with Dilton's machine. He keeps this hidden under a cap for most of the episode, until he reveals it at the climax.
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The following day, Moose surprises everyone by finishing the history test in record time... And then repeats the feat by acing every other test for several weeks in a row. Most people are happy that Moose has turned over a new leaf, but Archie feels something's off. His suspicions are confirmed when Moose's personality changes, he loses interest in football and his girlfriend Midge, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick he develops fearsome]] PsychicPowers. As it turns out, Diltoon's new invention is to blame...
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!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* AnAesop: There are no shortcuts to getting an education; you have to put in the work yourself.
* FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome: Moose returns to his former self at the end of the episode, although he now takes his studies more seriously and manages to improve his grades without AppliedPhlebotinum.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Moose has this reaction after blasting Midge with his PsychicPowers, which convinces him to renounce his powers. Archie and Dilton are a bit offended that he didn't have this reaction after blasting ''them''.
* MyBrainIsBig: Moose's brain grows after too many sessions with Dilton's machine. He keeps this hidden under a cap for most of the episode, until he reveals it at the climax.
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