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Recap / The Cleveland Show S 1 E 12 Our Gang

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Cleveland forms a club, to help lead a gang of unruly, troubled teens, back to the path of righteousness.


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  • Amusing Injuries: Principal Farquhare underwent this, getting trampled by a bunch of students, including the football team, the marching band, and the cast of the current season's Biggest Loser.
  • Artifact Title: The gang is called "The Crazy Eights", but with the inclusion of Cleveland and Junior, there's ten of them. At the end of the episode, Cleveland and Junior left the gang, justifying the title again.
  • The Cameo: Chris Griffin makes a cameo, crashing through the ceiling of the house.
    Chris: Hi, Cleveland.
    Cleveland: Go back to Quahog.
    Chris: OKAY!
  • Delayed Reaction: Cleveland had two of these. First in regard to finding out his gang was selling drugs, and their rival gang was coming for him, and again, when the rival gang threatened to kill Junior, unless he gave their drugs back, right after he flushed them down the toilet.
  • Dirty Coward: The kids of the Crazy Eights. Until Cleveland slaps them into complying, they aren't too eager to go rescue Junior even with his life on the line, even though the entire situation is their fault in the first place. Hell, they even start crying!
  • Paper Tiger: The Crazy Eights, including Cleveland as their temporary leader; when the former believes he's running a cookie-selling operation, he acts like an outright gang leader complete with intimidation and controlling roughness yet the moment he realizes he actually is part of a drugs operation and in rival with another gang, he freaks. The youths of the Crazy Eights then reveal that, in spite of being willing to sell drugs in spite of competition, they are completely terrified of the situation they're in.
  • Trampled Underfoot: Principal Farquhare gets trampled by the school football team, the marching band, and the cast of The Biggest Loser.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: Crazy Eight, Fontaisha abruptly stopped appearing on screen, even in full group shots, halfway through the episode.

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