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* KissingInATree: In "At the Museum," Mrs. Munger tells the kids in her class to buddy up for the museum trip. However, Mahoot ends up with no buddy, and when she asks him where his buddy is, he just does his routine of repeatedly asking "What?" She says that she'll be his buddy and the class sings the song, the two "S"es replaced with Mrs. Munger saying her CatchPhrase "Simmer! Simmer!"
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* NeverSayDie: In "Gerald the Gerbil", Mrs. Munger is forced to avert this trope because her class doesn't understand that "passed away" means "dead".

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* NeverSayDie: In "Gerald the Gerbil", Mrs. Munger is forced to avert this trope because her class doesn't the Georges don't understand that "passed away" means "dead".
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* NeverSayDie: In "Gerald the Gerbil", Mrs. Munger is forced to avert this trope because her class doesn't understand that "passed away" means "dead".

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The Georges are neither alike nor are they twins, so this is not an example.


%%* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: George and George.
-->"WE'RE NOT TWINS!"



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In "Gerald the Gerbil", Mrs. Munger announces that Gerald has "passed away". The twins are oblivious to what this means, prompting the class to mess with their heads until Mrs. Munger [[NeverSayDie finally says flat out he's dead]].

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In "Gerald the Gerbil", Mrs. Munger announces that Gerald has "passed away". The twins Georges are oblivious to what this means, prompting the class to mess with their heads until Mrs. Munger [[NeverSayDie finally says flat out he's dead]].

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* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: George and George.

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* ButtMonkey: Grace, often because of her weight.

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* {{Goth}}: Karyn, complete with a [[BlackComedy morbid sense of humor]].

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* InformedJudaism: Dawn in the ChristmasEpisode.
* InsufferableGenius: Dawn, who constantly shows this off to Mrs. Munger, who isn't especially impressed by this.

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* %%* InformedJudaism: Dawn in the ChristmasEpisode.
* %%* InsufferableGenius: Dawn, who constantly shows this off to Mrs. Munger, who isn't especially impressed by this.



* OnlySaneMan: Gordon and Yvonne.
** Dawn is usually portrayed as such, but still insists on sucking up to Mrs. Munger.
* PigLatin: Lance speaks entirely in this manner.
* PokemonSpeak: Mahoot, though by saying "What?".

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** %%** Dawn is usually portrayed as such, but still insists on sucking up to Mrs. Munger.
* %%* PigLatin: Lance speaks entirely in this manner.
* PokemonSpeak: Mahoot, though by saying "What?".
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* SpeechImpediment: Theodore. He frequently gets called upon to answer questions regardless.

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* UnusualEuphemism: Mrs. Munger [[OncePerEpisode ends almost every episode]] with one. "Oh, criminy Dutch!"

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* %%* UnusualEuphemism: Mrs. Munger [[OncePerEpisode ends almost every episode]] with one. "Oh, criminy Dutch!"



* VerbalTic: Gordon. Olé!

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In "Fire Drill", Theodore is enamored with Coach Susan's firefighter helmet, repeatedly stating he wants to wear it. By the end of the short, Theodore can be seen leaving with the hat on once the bell rings.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** In "Makeover" the class surprises Mrs. Munger with the Sven, a handsome makeup artist. Before he is properly introduced, a flustered Mrs. Munger informs Sven his "dancing" won't be needed.
** One episode has Cissy complain to Mrs. Munger about Dawn "smoochin' patootie." In other words, she's ratting Dawn out for being a kiss-ass.
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* TeachersPet: Dawn, who sits right next to Mrs. Munger.

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* TeachersPet: Dawn, who sits right next to Mrs. Munger. She even calls the rest of the class "the children".
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* InformedJudaism: Dawn in the ChristmasEpisode.
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* CrossDressingVoices: Mrs. Munger is voiced by OSM executive producer Peter Hastings.



* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Naturally being sued out of existence means the show can never be released officially anywhere, but fortunately Disney doesn't seem to care about keeping it off the Internet either.
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* ScrewedByTheLawyers / AuthorExistenceFailure: The aforementioned lawsuit, which led to ''Centerville''.
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* OneSteveLimit: Two students are named George.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Simmer! Simmer! Simmer down, students!]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Simmer! Simmer! Simmer down, students!]][[caption-width-right:350:The class.]]

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* ArtEvolution: There are a few subtle improvements in season 2, including a better bus animation and full bodies for the characters.

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* ArtEvolution: There are a few subtle improvements in season 2, including a better bus animation and full bodies for the characters. Some of the students even sport new looks, with Cissy and Lance sporting new hair and Gordon getting a new 'picture'. The outside of the school is also changed a bit, including some trees in the background and a new title card on the school sign.


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** Mahoot's voice has a higher and raspy voice.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In "Makeover" the class surprises Mrs. Munger with the Sven, a handsome makeup artist. Before he is properly introduced, a flustered Mrs. Munger informs Sven his "dancing" won't be needed.

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** One episode has Cissy complain to Mrs. Munger about Dawn "smoochin' patootie." In other words, she's ratting Dawn out for being a kiss-ass.
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''Mrs. Munger's Class'' was a series of 90-second shorts directed by Tim Maloney that aired between commercial breaks on Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''OneSaturdayMorning'' block from 1997 to 1998. It is a yearbook page of students and their exasperated teacher exchanging funny insults and dialogue. Each student had a different personality to go along with his or her portrait.

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''Mrs. Munger's Class'' was a series of 90-second shorts directed by Tim Maloney that aired between commercial breaks on Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''OneSaturdayMorning'' ''Creator/OneSaturdayMorning'' block from 1997 to 1998. It is a yearbook page of students and their exasperated teacher exchanging funny insults and dialogue. Each student had a different personality to go along with his or her portrait.
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* ArtEvolution: There are a few subtle improvements in season 2, including a better bus animation and full bodies for the characters.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The class.]]

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In "Makeover" the class surprises Mrs. Munger with the Sven, a handsome makeup artist. Before he is properly introduced, a flustered Mrs. Munger informs Sven his "dancing" won't be needed.
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'''''Mrs. Munger's Class''''' was a series of 90-second shorts directed by Tim Maloney that aired between commercial breaks on Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''OneSaturdayMorning'' block from 1997 to 1998. It is a yearbook page of students and their exasperated teacher exchanging funny insults and dialogue. Each student had a different personality to go along with his or her portrait.

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'''''Mrs. ''Mrs. Munger's Class''''' Class'' was a series of 90-second shorts directed by Tim Maloney that aired between commercial breaks on Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''OneSaturdayMorning'' block from 1997 to 1998. It is a yearbook page of students and their exasperated teacher exchanging funny insults and dialogue. Each student had a different personality to go along with his or her portrait.
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* InsufferableGenius: Dawn, who constantly shows this off to Mrs. Munger, who isn't especially impressed by this.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Dawn attempts to take charge of the class in "Rock's Song" when Mrs. Munger is forced to step out. This prompts Rock to end his silence and use his alien powers to zap her and anyone who questions his command until only he and Lance remain. [[spoiler:Turns out it was all a dream though.]]
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* BigEater: Grace, who is known to ''barbecue'' in class.


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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In "Gerald the Gerbil", Mrs. Munger announces that Gerald has "passed away". The twins are oblivious to what this means, prompting the class to mess with their heads until Mrs. Munger [[NeverSayDie finally says flat out he's dead]].


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* OnlySaneMan: Gordon and Yvonne.
** Dawn is usually portrayed as such, but still insists on sucking up to Mrs. Munger.
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-->'''Mrs. Munger:''' Yvonne, please spell the word, "woman". "Woman".
-->'''Yvonne:''' Woman. O-P-P-R-E-S-S-E-D. Woman.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness
** In the first few episodes, Gordon is played by a guy instead of Creator/CreeSummer.
** The Georges have deeper voices early on.
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Actual school portraits were used for the characters, though distorted and manipulated to avoid clearing personality rights. Despite this, it still eventually led to a class-action lawsuit against {{Disney}} from the teacher and four of her former students whose portraits were used in the show.

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Actual school portraits were used for the characters, though distorted and manipulated to avoid clearing personality rights. Despite this, it still eventually led to a class-action lawsuit against {{Disney}} Creator/{{Disney}} from the teacher and four of her former students whose portraits were used in the show.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The class.]]
''Simmer! Simmer! Simmer down, students!''

'''''Mrs. Munger's Class''''' was a series of 90-second shorts directed by Tim Maloney that aired between commercial breaks on Creator/{{ABC}}'s ''OneSaturdayMorning'' block from 1997 to 1998. It is a yearbook page of students and their exasperated teacher exchanging funny insults and dialogue. Each student had a different personality to go along with his or her portrait.

Actual school portraits were used for the characters, though distorted and manipulated to avoid clearing personality rights. Despite this, it still eventually led to a class-action lawsuit against {{Disney}} from the teacher and four of her former students whose portraits were used in the show.

After the lawsuit, Maloney created ''Centerville'', which used the same premise of talking student photos.

Episodes from both shows can be watched [[http://www.youtube.com/user/MrsMunger here]].
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!!This show contains examples of:
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: George and George.
-->"WE'RE NOT TWINS!"
* ButtMonkey: Grace, often because of her weight.
* CatchPhrase: Many characters have one.
** Mrs. Munger: "Simmer! Simmer!", and variants thereof.
** Grace: "Cut it out!"
** George and George: "WE'RE NOT TWINS!"
** Mahoot: "What?"
** Gordon: "Olé!"
* CloudCuckooLander: Half the class.
** Or better yet, anyone who isn't Dawn or Yvonne.
* CrossDressingVoices: Mrs. Munger is voiced by OSM executive producer Peter Hastings.
* FlatWhat: Mahoot.
* {{Goth}}: Karyn, complete with a [[BlackComedy morbid sense of humor]].
* GotMeDoingIt: In "Spelling Bee", Mrs. Munger responds to Theodore's attempt to spell "gather" in which he lists most of the alphabet by sarcastically suggesting that he left out a letter... "Olé!"
* HiddenDepths: The two times Mahoot said something besides "What?" During an oral report he said a complex sentence praising the diversity of America. Another time, he gave a sympathetic "Oh." when Dawn revealed her FreudianExcuse for being a perfectionist and teacher suck-up.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Naturally being sued out of existence means the show can never be released officially anywhere, but fortunately Disney doesn't seem to care about keeping it off the Internet either.
* OncePerEpisode: The whole series runs on running gags, but in the first season, Mahoot almost ''never'' leaves when the bell rings.
* PigLatin: Lance speaks entirely in this manner.
* PokemonSpeak: Mahoot, though by saying "What?".
* TheQuietOne: Rock, though he eventually starts talking (and sounding a lot like [[StarWars Yoda]]). [[spoiler:He even reveals himself to be an alien after Mrs. Munger takes a sick leave and zaps all his classmates (except Lance, who is also an alien), then invites his alien friends. This, however, turns out to be a [[AllJustADream daydream]] as Rock is awoken by Mrs. Munger, who is revealed to be his mom. However, [[DreamWithinADream this, too, is a dream]] as a delirious Mrs. Munger wakes up.]]
* ScrewedByTheLawyers / AuthorExistenceFailure: The aforementioned lawsuit, which led to ''Centerville''.
* SpeechImpediment: Theodore. He frequently gets called upon to answer questions regardless.
* StrawFeminist: Yvonne.
* TeachersPet: Dawn, who sits right next to Mrs. Munger.
* UnusualEuphemism: Mrs. Munger [[OncePerEpisode ends almost every episode]] with one. "Oh, criminy Dutch!"
* VerbalTic: Gordon. Olé!
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