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Substitute Teacher Problems and Easily Offended Friends are connected

In Substitute Teacher Problems, Stephen and Matt switch their names for a prank. However, Stephen has been found to have murdered 30 people in the last ten minutes^note as well as parking his bike on a kitten. This can be tied to 'Easily Offended Friends', where the police was looking for a homicidal maniac, and Stephen revealed himself to be that maniac. In both sketches, Stephen has the same role of being a Devil in Plain Sight in a world of Super Gullible people. In Easily Offended Friends, Stephen revealed himself to be the homicidal maniac and pulled out a knife, but the others react as if it's normal to them. This explains why Stephen got away with murder in Substitute Teacher Problems, but he managed to convince his gullible class into thinking that Matt was him and vice versa, so Matt had become a scapegoat for Stephen's crimes, while the real Stephen got away scot-free. It sounds strange, until you watch the two together and things make more sense.

• Stephen could've targeted Matt because the latter was the Only Sane Man, who could easily tell the others about his crimes, so Stephen was eager to get rid of him by making everyone think that Matt was the one who committed the crimes. This is why he got everyone to chant "Destroy Stephen Meek!" while poor Matt was being dragged off to his death.

The carolers in Beware of Christmas Carolers are controlled by a Hive Mind

The carolers share a consciousness, communicating their collective thoughts with a Voice of the Legion in song. Then they continuously demand Mallory and Jeremy to hand over their stuff, becoming increasingly threatening when they are agitated. Had the couple not satisfied their needs, they would have become carolers too.