History Recap / PeteAndPeteS2E12YellowFever

* NiceHat: Ellen sports a rather stylish one in this episode, which the crew on the DVD commentary loves on her.

* AbsenteeActor: Understandably, Little Pete isn't in this one, as the field trip plot is already fairly loaded with subplots.

* FelonyMisdemeanor: Endless Mike spilling soda down the aisles, getting everyone's shoes wet and causing Della to get into "pee mode". According to the DVD Commentary, Nickelodeon had a limit to what they could show as bullying acts, so...this was all they could come up with.

* ShoutOut: [[AStreetcarNamedDesire DELLA!...DELLA!]]

!!"This is 'Yellow Fever. And these are its tropes.":

!!!This is "Yellow Fever". And this is its trope list.

* EveryoneIsASuspect: Who wrote the love letter--Teddy? Bill? Wendell Hyde? Endless Mike, Pete's archnemesis? Or Mark Twib?

* LoveLetterLunacy: Ellen gets a love letter sent to her, much to Pete's chagrin. [[spoiler: Mark Twibb sent it.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Mark Twibb]] sent the letter.

* LoveLetterLunacy

Our journey begins with a briefing from Ms. Jerpoozy, who goes on at length about field trip rules as our protagonists are about to embark on a trip to the Gulch County Milk Museum. The number one rule is that no one is allowed to sing "If You're Happy and You Know It", as it's disturbing to their bus driver, Stu Benedict. It had been his favorite song, shared with him by fellow driver Sally Knorp, who--of course--has dumped him. ''[[RunningGag Again.]]'' '''Over NOTHING!''' Okay, sure, he's fairly calm this time around, but he's nearing his breaking point.

And then there's [[TheWoobie Mark Twib]], the local bully magnet, with his insanely flickable ears. And Wendall Hyde, who wants to sing for special events. Della Sum, meanwhile, has bus-ride-induced bladder issues, Teddy is determined not to finish his lunch during the ride, and Bill develops an instinct for practical joking--he hangs a sign on the window of the bus reading "Help! Being kidnapped! Call police!" Guess how long it takes for the bus to get pulled over.

Stu passes his tests and reboards the bus in a particularly foul mood, sending Big Pete to the back of the bus for arguing. He is greeted with open arms by [[ArchNemesis Endless Mike]], as to Pete's shock Bill takes the seat next to Ellen. Tensions begin to run high, as Della's blatter has set the bus two hours behind schedule, and to top it off Bus Driver Stu is horribly lost--he even passes by street signs entirely in Spanish and Korean. As he stops to ask a farmer for directions, only to find out that he's made of straw, Ellen finds out that Bill has absolutely no knowledge of the love letter and only sat with Ellen for the hell of it. Big Pete doesn't know this, of course, and with a little convincing from Endless Mike he decides to get revenge on Bill for stabbing him in the back. Pete puts some mentholated warm lather (undetectable to human touch, painful when exposed to a popped zit) on Bill's hand and then gets Bill to touch his face, sending him into a world of pain. Mike, Pete and their crew celebrate by pouring four whole bottles of soda pop down the aisles of the bus, causing all their classmates to have to get out and pee.

Once back on the bus, Twib decides to exact his revenge upon his classmates, by singing "If Your Happy and You Know It". Stu seems fine, though, as he starts happily singing along...and then dancing through the aisles. With the bus moving. Towards a cliff face. Only one man can save them now!

Unfortunately, Wendall Hyde's ChekhovsSkill is [[SubvertedTrope ultimately useless]], as trying to change the song does absolutely nothing. Stu just keeps dancing to "If Your Happy". It's only the cry of "NO ONE'S DRIVING THE BUS!" that finally makes Stu's senses--or something approximating them--return to him, and he hits the breaks just in time to save them all.

They finally show up to the Milk Museum, which looks suspiciously like a farm, as an outraged Ms. Jerpoozy demands to know who sang that song, and says the culprit will receive an F on the project and four weeks detention. (How she knows it was sung is never explained.) Big Pete takes the hit, feeling horribly guilty, and is told to sit on the bus for the entirety of the trip. Endless Mike kicks him out of his gang. When Pete apologizes to Mark, Mark reveals that he sent the love letter, and decides to let Pete and Ellen figure out where they stand before trying again. Pete apologizes to Bill, who accepts, but not before slapping a kick-me sign on Pete's back. Ellen and Pete make up as well, and she decides to sit on the bus with him while the rest of the class tours the museum.

!!!This is "Yellow Fever". And this is it's trope list.

-->''"Everything's a-OK. Fine.''

* DeadpanSnarker: Stu on occasion.
-->'''Della:''' (''after peeing in some bushes'') Finished.
-->'''Stu:''' Finished? Are you certain? Couldn't there be some spot of condensation, some dew perhaps, floating inside your body?
* EvilFeelsGood: Big Pete mentions this in narration as he's about to prank Bill.
* FeelNoPain: Real Life example according to the DVD commentary: When Bus Driver Stu throws down the pitchfork inside the bus, Damien Young gashed his hand just out of frame, but finished his lines without reacting.

* FridgeLogic: Bill didn't have any popped zits. Why was the lather so painful?

* GRatedDrug: Bill's home-blended armpit powder. He uses a sodium-benzoate base. It's white, powdery, and he sniffs it. DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Wendall Hyde sings us out as the credits roll.

* OhCrap: Pete's face when Twib starts singing. Mike, by comparison, is relatively calm--and then Stu starts dancing through the aisles.
* {{Overcrank}}: Ellen's "I'm never talking to you again" gets this, for some reason.
* LoveLetterLunacy

* ShrinkingViolet: Apparently Wendall Hyde is usually one of these, except on the bus, where he rivals only Ellen as the personification of FleetingPassionateHobbies. In this episode, he wants to sing at weddings and Bar mitzvahs.

* SoundtrackDissonance: Wendall singing an upbeat Bar mitzvah song about becoming a man in the background of a montage illustrating how all of the main cast have regressed into nasty, childish behavior.
* {{Understatement}}: Most of Stu's dialogue. "I am ''exceedingly'' '''not pleased!'''"

->''"It's more than a school bus. On long rides, it becomes a giant incubator, filled with the churning psyches of forty-eight kids. Inside, a kind of...chemical reaction takes place. People change. [[FaceHeelTurn Friends become enemies.]] [[HeelFaceTurn Enemies become friends.]] And a class trip becomes a journey into the darkest recesses of your own soul.''

Meanwhile, someone's left Ellen a love letter from someone promising to reveal themselves by sitting next to her on the way over, and [[UnresolvedSexualTension it's bugging Big Pete for some reason even he can't put his finger on.]] Big Pete, in spite of his better instincts, suddenly becomes a JerkAss with regards to Ellen's secret admirer, taking the seat next to her and teasing her over the letter.

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[[caption-width:347:"It's more than a school bus..."]]
---------->''"It's more than a school bus. On long rides, it becomes a giant incubator, filled with the churning psyches of forty-eight kids. Inside, a kind of...chemical reaction takes place. People change. [[FaceHeelTurn Friends become enemies.]] [[HeelFaceTurn Enemies become friends.]] And a class trip becomes a journey into the darkest recesses of your own soul.''

* {{Understatement}}: Most of Stu's dialogue. "I am ''exceedingly'' '''not pleased!'''"
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous: Endless Mike spilling soda down the aisles, getting everyone's shoes wet and causing Della to get into "pee mode". According to the DVD Commentary, Nickelodeon had a limit to what they could show as bullying acts, so...this was all they could come up with.

Our journey begins with a briefing from Ms. Jerpoozy, who goes on at length about field trip rules as our protagonists are about to embark on a trip to the Gulch County Milk Museum. The number one rule is that no one is allowed to sing "If You're Happy and You Know It", as it's [[UnderStatement disturbing]] to their bus driver, Stu Benedict. It had been his favorite song, shared with him by fellow driver Sally Knorp, who--of course--has dumped him. ''[[RunningGag Again.]]'' '''Over NOTHING!''' Okay, sure, he's fairly calm this time around, but he's nearing his breaking point.

* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: Wendall Hyde sings us out as the credits roll.

* CallBack: To the shorts, as well as "Time Tunnel", when Endless Mike calls Ellen Pete's girlfriend.

* {{Understatement}}: Most of Stu's dialogue. "I am ''exceedingly'' '''not pleased!'''"

Our journey begins with a briefing from Ms. Jerpoozy, who goes on at length about field trip rules as our protagonists are about to embark on a trip to the Gulch County Milk Museum. The number one rule is that no one is allowed to sing "If You're Happy and You Know It", as it's [[UnderStatement disturbing]] to their bus driver, Stu Benedict. It had been his favorite song, shared with him by fellow driver Sally Knorp, who--of course--has dumped him. ''Again.'' '''Over NOTHING!''' Okay, sure, he's fairly calm this time around, but he's nearing his breaking point.

Meanwhile, someone's left Ellen a love letter from someone promising to reveal themselves by sitting next to her on the way over, and it's bugging Big Pete for some reason even he can't put his finger on. Big Pete, in spite of his better instincts, suddenly becomes a JerkAss with regards to Ellen's secret admirer, taking the seat next to her and teasing her over the letter.

And then there's Mark Twib, the local bully magnet, with his insanely flickable ears. And Wendall Hyde, who wants to sing for special events. Della Sum, meanwhile, has bus-ride-induced bladder issues, Teddy is determined not to finish his lunch during the ride, and Bill develops an instinct for practical joking--he hangs a sign on the window of the bus reading "Help! Being kidnapped! Call police!" Guess how long it takes for the bus to get pulled over.

And with those words begins "Yellow Fever", an episode filled with betrayal, misunderstanding, manipulation, love lost, and ear flicking.

Stu passes his tests and reboards the bus in a particularly foul mood, sending Big Pete to the back of the bus for arguing. He is greeted with open arms by Endless Mike, as to Pete's shock Bill takes the seat next to Ellen. Tensions begin to run high, as Della's blatter has set the bus two hours behind schedule, and to top it off Bus Driver Stu is horribly lost--he even passes by street signs entirely in Spanish and Korean. As he stops to ask a farmer for directions, only to find out that he's made of straw, Ellen finds out that Bill has absolutely no knowledge of the love letter and only sat with Ellen for the hell of it. Big Pete doesn't know this, of course, and with a little convincing from Endless Mike he decides to get revenge on Bill for stabbing him in the back. Pete puts some mentholated warm lather (undetectable to human touch, painful when exposed to a popped zit) on Bill's hand and then gets Bill to touch his face, sending him into a world of pain. Mike, Pete and their crew celebrate by pouring four whole bottles of soda pop down the aisles of the bus, causing all their classmates to have to get out and pee.

Ellen and Big Pete get into a big fight, and Endless Mike congratulates him on taking down Bill, asking him what he has in mind to piss of Ellen. Pete remembers Ellen's earlier suggestion that he'd turned into the sort of creep who'd flick Mark Twib's ears, and does that. Twib turns around and is confused to see Pete is the one who did it, and Ellen declares that she's never talking to him again.

Stu passes his tests and reboards the bus in a particularly foul mood, sending Big Pete to the back of the bus for arguing. He is greeted with open arms by Endless Mike, as to Pete's shock Bill takes the seat next to Ellen. Tensions begin to run high, as Della's blatter has set the bus two hours behind schedule, and to top it off Bus Driver Stu is horribly lost--he even passes by street signs entirely in Spanish and Korean. As he stops to ask a farmer for directions, only to find out that he's made of straw, Ellen finds out that Bill has absolutely no knowledge of the love letter and only sat with Ellen for the hell of it. Big Pete doesn't know this, of course, and with a little convincing from Endless Mike he decides to get revenge on Bill for stabbing him in the back. Pete puts some mentholated warm lather (undetectable to human touch, painful when exposed to a popped zit) and then gets Bill to touch his face, sending him into a world of pain. Mike, Pete and their crew celebrate by pouring four whole bottles of soda pop down the aisles of the bus, causing all their classmates to have to get out and pee.

------->''"It's more than a school bus. On long rides, it becomes a giant incubator, filled with the churning psyches of forty-eight kids. Inside, a kind of...chemical reaction takes place. People change. [[FaceHeelTurn Friends become enemies.]] [[HeelFaceTurn Enemies become friends.]] And a class trip becomes a journey into the darkest recesses of your own soul.''

->''"It's more than a school bus. On long rides, it becomes a giant incubator, filled with the churning psyches of forty-eight kids. Inside, a kind of...chemical reaction takes place. People change. [[FaceHeelTurn Friends become enemies.]] [[HeelFaceTurn Enemies become friends.]] And a class trip becomes a journey into the darkest recesses of your own soul.''