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* ShoutOut: Kenny’s pajama outfit is a {{Franchise/ScoobyDoo}} onesie.
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* HonorBeforeReason: [[JustifiedTrope A justified example]] Even when he realizes he made a bad call in banning the class from Pajama Day, PC Principal can't back down from his decision for fear he will lose all authority in the eyes of the students. When he talks with Wendy as he prepares to reverse his ruling, he is in tears as he believe that if he reverses his decision, he must voluntarily resign for not upholding the principles of being a principal. However, considering how unruly the students and their parents get, to the point the police have to arrest several people wearing pajamas in protest after they start rioting, PC Principal probably right that the students will do this all over again the next time if he gives in.

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* HonorBeforeReason: [[JustifiedTrope A justified example]] example.]] Even when he realizes he made a bad call in banning the class from Pajama Day, PC Principal can't back down from his decision for fear he will lose all authority in the eyes of the students. When he talks with Wendy as he prepares to reverse his ruling, he is in tears as he believe that if he reverses his decision, he must voluntarily resign for not upholding the principles of being a principal. However, considering how unruly the students and their parents get, to the point the police have to arrest several people wearing pajamas in protest after they start rioting, PC Principal probably right that the students will do this all over again the next time if he gives in.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Even when he realizes he made a bad call in banning the class from Pajama Day, PC Principal can't back down from his decision for fear he will lose all authority in the eyes of the students. When he talks with Wendy as he prepares to reverse his ruling, he is in tears as he believe that if he reverses his decision, he must voluntarily resign for not upholding the principles of being a principal.

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* HonorBeforeReason: [[JustifiedTrope A justified example]] Even when he realizes he made a bad call in banning the class from Pajama Day, PC Principal can't back down from his decision for fear he will lose all authority in the eyes of the students. When he talks with Wendy as he prepares to reverse his ruling, he is in tears as he believe that if he reverses his decision, he must voluntarily resign for not upholding the principles of being a principal. However, considering how unruly the students and their parents get, to the point the police have to arrest several people wearing pajamas in protest after they start rioting, PC Principal probably right that the students will do this all over again the next time if he gives in.
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** Another one is made at America's apathy towards school shootings, Cartman [[{{Pun}} shooting]] Butters' suggestion to commit one down knowing that it won't get any attention.

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** Another one is made at America's apathy towards school shootings, Cartman [[{{Pun}} shooting]] Butters' down Butters's suggestion to commit one down knowing that it won't get any attention.

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* HonorBeforeReason: Even when he realizes he made a bad call in banning the class from Pajama Day, PC Principal can't back down from his decision for fear he will lose all authority in the eyes of the students. When he talks with Wendy as he prepares to reverse his ruling, he is in tears as he believe that if he reverses his decision, he must voluntarily resign for not upholding the principles of being a principal.



* JerkassHasAPoint: While PC Principal is too harsh in taking away Pajama Day from the 4th grade class, he justifies standing by his decision by saying if he goes back on it, the students will believe that if they complain enough whenever they don't get their way, he'll cave in. Considering how the students typically behave and how they are comparing him to Hitler, this is a reasonable fear.



* KnowWhenToFoldThem: While Wendy is aware that the class didn't actually deserve to have Pajama Day revoked, she recognizes that PC Principal will only listen to Mr. Garrison, so the kids need to swallow their pride and apologize.

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* KnowWhenToFoldThem: While Wendy is aware that the class didn't actually deserve to have Pajama Day revoked, she recognizes that PC Principal will only listen explained to Mr. Garrison, her his reason why he can't openly go back on his decision, so the kids need to swallow their pride and apologize.apologize to Mr Garrison so PC Principal has an excuse to give it back to them.



* TheScapegoat: To save face at the end of the episode, PC Principal throws Mr. Mackey under the bus for the Pajama Day fiasco and claims that today is Opposite Day instead.

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* TheScapegoat: To save face at the end of the episode, PC Principal throws Mr. Mackey under the bus for the Pajama Day fiasco and claims that today is Opposite Day instead. However, Mr. Mackey doesn't seem to mind as he is seen with the rest of the school in his pajama's happily skipping along and the students don't seem angry at him.



* UngratefulBastard: PC Principal throwing Mr. Mackey under the bus after the latter tried to warn him that banning the Fourth Graders from Pajama Day would backfire.

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* UngratefulBastard: PC Principal throwing Mr. Mackey under the bus after the latter tried to warn him that banning the Fourth Graders from Pajama Day would backfire.backfire, though thankfully since it's a relatively harmless example, Mackey doesn't seem to care.
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** PC Principal's opinion of Garrison is much different than before. Thanks to Garrison's deal with the Hollywood Elites, no one remembers his antics as both a political candidate and President. As far as PC Principal remembers, Garrison is just a long-time teacher at South Park Elementary with very disruptive students.

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** PC Principal's opinion of Garrison is much different than before. Thanks to Garrison's deal with the Hollywood Elites, no one remembers his antics as both a political candidate and President. As far as PC Principal remembers, Garrison is just a long-time teacher at South Park Elementary with very disruptive students. Or alternatively, it could just be him acting fearful towards him, seeing what he was capable of doing so as President.
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'''Original air date:''' 2/2/2022

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'''Original air date:''' 2/2/2022
2/2/2022 ''(produced in 2021)''

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Wendy proposes the class just apologize to Mr. Garrison so he will convince PC Principal to lift the ban, Cartman agrees because he thinks that this is some brilliant psychological manipulation tactic she came up with.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint:
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When Wendy proposes the class just apologize to Mr. Garrison so he will convince PC Principal to lift the ban, Cartman agrees because he thinks that this is some brilliant psychological manipulation tactic she came up with.with.
** Downplayed with Wendy and her plan to apologize to Mr.Garrison when she also knows it was his fault. Though she could just be saying this so his class could wear their pajamas.


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* OnlySaneMan: Stan was the only one on board with Wendy while everyone else just went along with it.
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* KarmaHoudini: Mr. Garrison starts everything by forcing his class to endure his personal drama instead of ''actually'' teaching them anything and has their class' Pajama Day privileges revoked twice over. By the end, Garrison gets off scot-free while PC Principal makes Mr. Mackey TheScapegoat.
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* TheBusCameBack: Kip Drordy returns here, whose last appearance was in "Butterballs", which aired nearly ten years ago.

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* TheBusCameBack: Kip Drordy returns here, whose here; his last appearance was in "Butterballs", which aired nearly ten years ago.



** PC Principal's opinion of Garrison is much different than before. Thanks to Garrison's deal with the Hollywood Elites, no one remembers his antics as both a political candidate and President. As far as PC Principal remembers, Garrison is just a long time teacher at South Park Elementary with very disruptive students.

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** PC Principal's opinion of Garrison is much different than before. Thanks to Garrison's deal with the Hollywood Elites, no one remembers his antics as both a political candidate and President. As far as PC Principal remembers, Garrison is just a long time long-time teacher at South Park Elementary with very disruptive students.



* DespairEventHorizon: PC Principal nearly crosses this at the end of the episode as he has reached his breaking point. For him, it seemed that all hope was lost and he would have to resign, only for Wendy to point out Opposite Day, giving him the idea to TakeAThirdOption.

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* DespairEventHorizon: PC Principal nearly crosses this at the end of the episode as he has reached his breaking point. For him, it seemed that all hope was lost and he would have to resign, resign due to his internal conflict, only for Wendy to point out Opposite Day, giving him the idea to TakeAThirdOption.



* KnowWhenToFoldThem: While Wendy is aware that the class didn't actually deserve to have Pajama Day revoked, she recognizes that PC Principal will only listen to Mr. Garrison so the kids need to swallow their pride and apologize.

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* KnowWhenToFoldThem: While Wendy is aware that the class didn't actually deserve to have Pajama Day revoked, she recognizes that PC Principal will only listen to Mr. Garrison Garrison, so the kids need to swallow their pride and apologize.



** Not only is Mr. Garrison spending all of class time involving the kids all about his love life, but when the kids don't enable him or can't quote him accurately, he throws a tantrum and has PC Principle take away their privileges.
** The "protest" gets so out of hand, people are getting arrested for harassing people who aren't wearing pajamas, one women being arrested for shitting on a person's car over it. At one point, a woman calls the police on her husband because he wants to wear his day-clothes in bed.

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** Not only is Mr. Garrison spending all of class time involving the kids all about his love life, but when the kids don't enable him or can't quote him accurately, he throws a tantrum tantrum, and has PC Principle Principal take away their pajama privileges.
** The "protest" gets so out of hand, people are getting arrested for harassing people who aren't wearing pajamas, with one women woman being arrested for shitting on a pajama-less person's car over it.car. At one point, a woman calls the police on her husband because he wants to wear his day-clothes in bed.

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