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It's back to school day and the Our Gang kids are not happy about it--all except for Darla that is, who brings an apple for the teacher. Spanky and Alfalfa concoct a scheme to get out of school: Alfalfa will claim a toothache and Spanky say he has to help Alfalfa get home. To make it convincing, Spanky will blow up a balloon in Alfalfa's mouth to make it seem as if his face is swollen. However, the new teacher Miss Lawrence overhears them plotting outside the classroom window, and comes up with a surprise of her own to get the kids to come back to class.
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It's back to school day and the Our Gang kids are not happy about it--all except for Darla Darla, that is, who brings an apple for the teacher. Spanky and Alfalfa concoct a scheme to get out of school: Alfalfa will claim a toothache and Spanky will say he has to help Alfalfa get home. To make it convincing, Spanky will blow up inflate a balloon in Alfalfa's mouth to make it seem as if his face is swollen. However, the new teacher Miss Lawrence overhears them plotting outside the classroom window, and comes up with a surprise of her own to get the kids to come back to class.
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* AppleForTeacher: Darla brings one to school.
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* SkippingSchool: The kids boys want to, to do this9, but Miss Lawrence lures them back with ice cream.
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''Bored of Education'' is a 1936 comedy ShortFilm directed by Gordon Douglas, starring Film/TheLittleRascals.
It's back to school day and the Our Gang kids are not happy about it--all except for Darla that is, who brings an apple for the teacher. Spanky and Alfalfa concoct a scheme to get out of school: Alfalfa will claim a toothache and Spanky say he has to help Alfalfa get home. To make it convincing, Spanky will blow up a balloon in Alfalfa's mouth to make it seem as if his face is swollen. However, the new teacher Miss Lawrence overhears them plotting outside the classroom window, and comes up with a surprise of her own to get the kids to come back to class.
Winner of an Oscar for live-action short film, the only Our Gang comedy to win the award.
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!!Tropes:
* ChekhovsGun: Why does Spanky have a stopper valve to plug the balloon, rather than tying it off as people usually do? So Alfalfa can swallow it.
* CoolTeacher: Rather than sending the kids to the principal for trying to skip school, Miss Lawrence orders ice cream for the whole class in order to lure them back.
* FramedFaceOpening: In the opening title card which was standard for the Our Gang shorts after being acquired by MGM.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Alfalfa's excruciatingly bad singing was a RunningGag throughout the series.
* HotTeacher: The lovely Miss Lawrence. Alfalfa is struck, saying "''She's beautiful'',", but an unimpressed Spanky shoots back with "Beauty's only skin deep."
* {{Isophagus}}: Alfalfa's tone-deaf singing is made even worse when he swallows the stopper in the balloon, which causes every line he sings to be punctuated with a whistle.
* IdiotHair: Alfalfa's trademark cowlick.
* PlayingSick: Alfalfa fakes a toothache.
* PunBasedTitle: ''Bored'' of Education, get it?
* SkippingSchool: The kids want to, but Miss Lawrence lures them back with ice cream.
* TeachersPet: Darla, who is pretty enthusiastic about going to school and brings an apple for the teacher.
It's back to school day and the Our Gang kids are not happy about it--all except for Darla that is, who brings an apple for the teacher. Spanky and Alfalfa concoct a scheme to get out of school: Alfalfa will claim a toothache and Spanky say he has to help Alfalfa get home. To make it convincing, Spanky will blow up a balloon in Alfalfa's mouth to make it seem as if his face is swollen. However, the new teacher Miss Lawrence overhears them plotting outside the classroom window, and comes up with a surprise of her own to get the kids to come back to class.
Winner of an Oscar for live-action short film, the only Our Gang comedy to win the award.
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!!Tropes:
* ChekhovsGun: Why does Spanky have a stopper valve to plug the balloon, rather than tying it off as people usually do? So Alfalfa can swallow it.
* CoolTeacher: Rather than sending the kids to the principal for trying to skip school, Miss Lawrence orders ice cream for the whole class in order to lure them back.
* FramedFaceOpening: In the opening title card which was standard for the Our Gang shorts after being acquired by MGM.
* HollywoodToneDeaf: Alfalfa's excruciatingly bad singing was a RunningGag throughout the series.
* HotTeacher: The lovely Miss Lawrence. Alfalfa is struck, saying "''She's beautiful'',", but an unimpressed Spanky shoots back with "Beauty's only skin deep."
* {{Isophagus}}: Alfalfa's tone-deaf singing is made even worse when he swallows the stopper in the balloon, which causes every line he sings to be punctuated with a whistle.
* IdiotHair: Alfalfa's trademark cowlick.
* PlayingSick: Alfalfa fakes a toothache.
* PunBasedTitle: ''Bored'' of Education, get it?
* SkippingSchool: The kids want to, but Miss Lawrence lures them back with ice cream.
* TeachersPet: Darla, who is pretty enthusiastic about going to school and brings an apple for the teacher.
