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Recap / Big Mouth S 02 E 03 The Shame Wizard

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After getting caught masturbating over Leah's swimsuit, Andrew is forced to face the consequences of his rampant sexuality. Nick starts trying to woo Gina.


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  • Bittersweet Ending: More bitter than sweet as while Nick does connect with Gina, Jessi turns to a life of thievery (albeit a small one since it ends in the next episode), and Andrew wallows in his self-loathing courtesy of the Shame Wizard and Maurice cannot do squat to help Andrew.
  • Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Subverted. Maurice becomes Andrew’s lawyer, but his Cloudcuckoolander tendencies don’t exactly give Andrew much help.
  • Call-Back: The people testifying against Andrew include: his dad's associate Susan, the woman on the Athleta magazine, the woman on the butter container, a tomato, and Svetlana.
  • Caught with Your Pants Down: Leah catches Andrew masturbating to her bathing suit.
  • Everyone Has Standards: Maury is a little disturbed that Andrew has a erection from being called to the stand and being told that he's not a good person.
    Maury: You got a boner from this?
  • Fan Disservice: Duke's "lovely assistant" in helping Nick is Rick in a slinky dress.
    Duke: I can't believe this is your hormone monster.
  • Epic Fail: Jay yells at Nick to throw the pool ball at him so that he can do an alley-oop. Jay fumbles to even get the ball and then hits the rim face first before landing in the pool.
  • Freeze-Frame Bonus: Two of the trucks that run over Rick have humorous messages on them: Just Friends Moving Co., and Stop - quoting Jay's dad's law commercials 555-LUV-DIES.
  • Judge, Jury, and Executioner: The Shame Wizard is both the judge and jury since the courtroom he takes Andrew to is filled with clones of himself.
  • Just Friends: Nick is hoping to be more than this with Gina.
  • Kangaroo Court: The Shame Wizard’s trial against Andrew are filled with copies with him that serve as the judge, jury, and audience. He also brings in manifestations of people and a sock who Andrew has wronged, and when Andrew is declared guilty, the Shame Wizards turn into copies of Andrew and judge him.
  • Not Helping Your Case: When Maurice tries to defend Andrew, he is stating Andrew’s various inappropriate tendencies as if they are actually good things.
    • Andrew gets an erection when filled with anxiety on the witness stand, incriminating his accused perverted status further.
  • Perverted Sniffing: Andrew does this with Leah's bathing suit after some prompting from Maury.
  • Product Placement Nick blatantly pitches Netflix to Gina.
  • Putting the Pee in Pool: Jay does this, to Nick's disgust.
  • Real After All: Bad Mitten is actually alive, and plans on killing Coach Steve before he loses his virginity in the next episode.
  • This Is Gonna Suck: This is Andrew's reaction when he learns that Maury is defending him.
  • Visual Pun: All the Shame Wizards turn into Andrew and chant "Guilty!". Lampshaded by Maury.
    Maury: Andrew, stop judging yourself!

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