Philip forces Will to find an extracurricular activity, and Will joins Bel-Air Academy's Poetry Club to get with the girls there, particularly their leader Christina Johnson. Things get tricky, though, when Will makes up a poet named Rafael de la Ghetto and Christina asks Will to bring him to poetry night.
This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
- Be Yourself / "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: At the end of the episode, the family points out to Will that the poetry he wrote as Raphael De La Ghetto still received a positive response which would've worked out fine without having to come up with the ruse.
- Did Not Get the Girl: Will is ultimately unable to get with Christina, who gets with Jazz instead.
- Feigning Intelligence: Ned Fellows acts like he is a big fan of Rafael de la Ghetto, likely due to a desire to cover up his ignorance of black culture, not knowing that Will made de la Ghetto up.
- Hidden Depths: Will surprises everyone by making up a poem on the spot that he attributes to a "beat poet", and Jazz notes that Will doesn't usually sit by himself writing poetry. Phil knows he's doing it for a girl, Geoffrey encourages him to nurture this talent, and Vivian gives him the books that he requested.
- Getting the Boot: Jazz first plays this straight then averts it later, as he shows up in the Banks' backyard to avoid the "grass burns" from Philip throwing him out.
- Masquerading As the Unseen: Will is able to get Geoffrey to pose as Rafael for Poetry Night, and it initially works out, until Hilary and Toni recognize him.
- Terrible Pickup Lines: Subverted with Jazz's barbecue pick-up line, which Will finds unimpressive, until Jazz proves its effectiveness by getting Christina with it.
