History Recap / CloneHighS1E03ADDTheLastDIsForDisorder

When the teachers of Clone High finally get fed up with Gandhi's increasingly disruptive behavior, he is diagnosed with A.D.D and ADHD by Mr Butlertron, immediately finding himself ostracized by an uninformed student and parental body. On top of that, he has a falling out with Abe who finds himself pressured to distance himself from Gandhi as well by Cleo and his desire to get in her good graces. Meanwhile, Joan Of Arc finds herself hearing a spectral voice she belives to be the voice of God that her predecessor heard, and is elated to finally be living up to her legacy, however, when the voice persists at all hours of the day, she begins to spiral into madness as she can no longer sleep, and begins to try and spread the message it conveys. Meanwhile, Abe runs into Tom Green at an ADD-Information Bookstore, and is persuaded by him to stand up for his friend by taking a public stance against the paranoia and fearmongering that has gripped the town. While all of this is going on, Principal Scudworth notices that Mr Butlertron is able to better bond with the students than him, and beliving the cause of this being Butlertrons sweatervest rather than any failings on his own part, begins to wear it himself, making him form a bond with John F Kennedy.

* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: It seems to set up that Scudworth became a mildly competent principal thanks to this trope, but its then implied Butlertrons sweatervest really IS magical.

* SpoofAesop: If you can't get people to accept something, make them feel more uncomfortable about something else to make that first thing ''less'' weird by comparison. Abe can't convince everyone to accept Gandhi despite his A.D.D, he grabs Gandhi and starts passionately kissing him, knowing that everyone will be less accepting of homosexuality than they will of mental disorders.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: About 90% of the jokes in this episode.

* DrivenToMadness: Joan eventually goes insane because the Voice Of God wont let her sleep.

* MyEyesAreLeaking: Scudworth seems genuinely disgusted by JFK crying.

* RunningGag

* SpoofAesop: If you can't get people to accept something, make them feel more uncomfortable about something else to make that first thing ''less'' weird by comparison. Abe can't convince everyone to accept Gandhi despite his ADD, he grabs Gandhi and starts passionately kissing him, knowing that everyone will be less accepting of homosexuality than they will of mental disorders.

'''Original Air Date''': November 10, 2002

!!Tropes present:

* WaxingLyrical: When Cleo asks Abe if he has a celibacy wish (because he's talking to Ghandi), Abe emphatically replies "No! No! A thousand times no!", in reference to the TinPanAlly song of the same name (and a WesternAnimation/BettyBoop cartoon named after it).

* WaxingLyrical: When Cleo asks Abe if he has a celibacy wish (because he's talking to Ghandi), Abe emphatically replies "No! No! A thousand times no!", in reference to the TinPanAlley song of the same name (and a WesternAnimation/BettyBoop cartoon named after it).

* UnusualEuphemism: ADHD is ADD's "hyperactive cousin."

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Gandhi being ostracized for having ADD is a spoof on the HIV/AIDS scare of the late 80s/early 90s.

* ShapedLikeItself: "This year, the theme for the Awareness Fair is... awareness!" [[SarcasmMode You don't say.]]

* GoodTimesMontage: After Gandhi disowns him, Abe remembers all of the good times they had together. All of which consist of Gandhi sticking things up his nose.

When the teachers of Clone High finally get fed up with Ghandi's increasingly disruptive behavior, he is diagnosed with A.D.D and ADHD by Mr Butlertron, immediatly finding himself ostracized by an uninformed student and parental body. On top of that, he has a falling out with Abe who finds himself pressured to distance himself from Ghandi as well by Cleo and his desire to get in her good graces. Meanwhile, Joan Of Arc finds herself hearing a spectral voice she belives to be the voice of God that her predecessor heard, and is elated to finally be living up to her legacy, however, when the voice persists at all hours of the day, she begins to spiral into madness as she can no longer sleep, and begins to try and spread the message it conveys. Meanwhile, Abe runs into Tom Green at an ADD-Information Bookstore, and is persuaded by him to stand up for his friend by taking a public stance against the paranoia and fearmongering that has gripped the town. While all of this is going on, Principal Scudworth notices that Mr Butlertron is able to better bond with the students than him, and beliving the cause of this being Butlertrons sweatervest rather than any failings on his own part, begins to wear it himself, making him form a bond with John F Kennedy.

* BrickJoke: At the end of the first act, Ghandi's HeroicBSOD is interrupted by his fascination with the extra flappy skin on his elbow, which he promptly starts playing with. Later, when Tom Green launches himself out a several-stories-high window, his screams of terror are interrupted by him playing with the flappy skin on ''his'' elbow.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The Voice that Joan's been hearing is actually the broadcasts from a Christian radio station that she has been picking up with her retainer that Ghandi dented early in the episode]]
* DistractedByTheSexy: When Abe tried to talk to Cleo about his concern for Ghandi, she interrupts him by showing off the open-mouth kissing techniques she plans to use for her kissing booth. Abe is ''very'' happy.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Ghandi being ostracized for having ADD is a spoof on the HIV/AIDS scare of the late 80s/early 90s.
* GoodTimesMontage: After Ghandi disowns him, Abe remembers all of the good times they had together. All of which consist of Ghandi sticking things up his nose.

** Ghandi sticking things up his nose.

* SpoofAesop: If you can't get people to accept something, make them feel more uncomfortable about something else to make that first thing ''less'' weird by comparison. Abe can't convince everyone to accept Ghandi despite his ADD, he grabs Ghandi and starts passionately kissing him, knowing that everyone will be less accepting of homosexuality than they will of mental disorders.

'''Original Air Date November 10 2002'''

* SpecialGuest: Tom Green AsHimself and Zach Braff as Paul Revere.

* AttentionDeficientOohShiny: Well, it ''is'' an episode where a character discovers that he has ADD.

* AttentionDeficientOooShiny: Well, it ''is'' an episode where a character discovers that he has ADD.

* {{Malaprop}}: Courtesy of Scudworth.

* RunningGag: Ghandi sticking things up his nose.

* SeriousBusiness: ADD and ADHD is treated more like a deadly disease than a neurological disorder
* SpecialGuest: Tom Green AsHimself and Zach Braff as Paul Revere.

* {{Malproper}}: Courtesy of Scudworth.

* MyFaceIsLeaking: Scudworth seems genuinely disgusted by JFK crying.

* DistractedBySexy: When Abe tried to talk to Cleo about his concern for Ghandi, she interrupts him by showing off the open-mouth kissing techniques she plans to use for her kissing booth. Abe is ''very'' happy.

When the teachers of Clone High finally get fed up with Ghandi's increasingly disruptive behavior, he is diagnosed with A.D.D and ADHD by Mr Butlertron, immediatly finding himself ostracized by an uninformed student and parental body. On top of that, he has a falling out with Abe who finds himself pressured to distance himself from Ghandi as well by Cleo and his desire to ge in her good graces. Meanwhile, Joan Of Arc finds herself hearing a spectral voice she belives to be the voice of God that her predecessor heard, and is elated to finally be living up to her legacy, however, when the voice persists at all hours of the day, she begins to spiral into madness as she can no longer sleep, and begins to try and spread the message it conveys. Meanwhile, Abe runs into TomGreen at an ADD-Information Bookstore, and is persuaded by him to stand up for his friend by taking a public stance against the paranoia and fearmongering that has gripped the town. While all of this is going on, Principal Scudworth notices that Mr Butlertron is able to better bond with the students than him, and beliving the cause of this being Butlertrons sweatervest rather than any failings on his own part, begins to wear it himself, making him form a bond with John F Kennedy.

* AsHimself: TomGreen
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The Voice that Joan's been hearing is actually the broadcasts from a christian radio station that she has been picking up with her retainer that Ghandi dented early in the episode]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The entire plot of the episode is deliberatly treated like the AIDS scare of the 90's.

* SpoofAesop: Rather than learning a lesson about acceptance, the townspeople decide to accept Ghandi and ostracize Abe instead, because his solution to showing solidarity, kissing Ghandi, creeped them out more than Ghandi's ADD.

* SpecialGuest: Except for Tom Green, the episode also features ZachBraff as PaulRevere.

* ChekovsGun: [[spoiler: The Voice that Joan's been hearing is actually the broadcasts from a christian radio station that she has been picking up with her retainer that Ghandi dented early in the episode]]

* ChekovsGun: [[spoiler: The Voice that Jean's been hearing is actually the broadcasts from a christian radio station that she has been picking up with her retainer that Ghandi dented early in the episode]]
* DrivenToMadness: Jean eventually goes insane because the Voice Of God wont let her sleep.