History Headscratchers / DrakeAndJosh

** It's only illegal if you're doing it for illegal activities, like tax evasion. All Doheny did was play a really elaborate trick.

* There's an episode where Drake is blamed for putting the teacher's (who I forgot the name of) cars in the middle of the classroom, and Josh defends him in a school court. In that episode, it shows that Megan's site has a "Doing Stuff To Josh While He Sleeps" segment. Why won't they show the videos there to their parents to prove Megan is a demon?

*** "What's that? Your sister tried to murder you in your sleep? Do you have video evidence? Oh, quit your whining, [[KarmaHoudini She's just playing!]]"

*** "What's that? Your sister tried to provoke our non-lethal allergies in your sleep and do you have video evidence? Oh, quit your whining! [[KarmaHoudini She's just playing!]]"

** , as far as I know, primates are illegal to eat (or at least use as marketable meat to be bought and sold) because they are close enough to us genetically that we can easily get diseases such as A.I.D.S. and Ebola from consuming their meat. Even if that isn't the case, Dr. Faversham likely does something in particular in the illegal process. It could also, more simply be that exotic primates are endangered (which orangutans are or at least are not in proper population condition), and killing one in any circumstance is illegal.

* Honestly the episode "Steered Straight" has no reason to exist in-universe because Drake and Josh have already been arrested and jailed before this episode, most notably for the Gary Coleman grills (which Aubrey even mentions here) and Josh being arrested for being mistaken as the Theater Thug. How will getting arrested again this time for an act be any different than the last times they went through it for real, seeing as it didn't affect their behavior?

* In “Megans Revenge” why did Megan actually have the need for revenge if it turns out that her hamster didn’t die?

* In “Megans Revenge” why did Megan actually have the need for if it turns out that her hamster didn’t die?

** , as far as I know, primates are illegal to eat (or at least use as marketable meat to be bought and sold) because they are close enough to us genetically that we can easily get diseases such as A.I.D.S. and Ebola from consuming their meat. Even if that isn't the case, Dr. Faversham likely does something in particular in the illegal process. It could also, more simply be that exotic primates are endangered (which orangutans are or at least are not in proper population condition), and killing one in any circumstance is illegal.

* One big question about Megan is [[Film/Batman1989 Where does she get all those wonderful toys?]] Think about it, She's supposed to be a kid somewhere around the ages to be in elementary/junior high school, and she somehow manages to somehow afford [[PlotTechnology government issued spy equipment]] only used to pester her brothers.

** The Theater Thug and Josh looking almost nothing alike is more perplexing.
*** And the conclusion of the people. Josh and Drake just beat the holy crap out of the Thug, the cops come charging in, the place is a horrific mess and they let one of the two guys just walk out the door. Because, some other dude who was there when a public theatre got trashed might not at least be valuable as a witness if not a suspect.

* In one episode, Drake and Josh have to drive a wedding cake to their aunt's wedding, but Drake gives Craig and Eric Josh's bag, containing his cell phone and the car keys and forcing them to drive his [[TheAllegedCar friend's terrible car]]. (Which of course leads to a MyCarHatesMe episode.) At one point Drake suggests to Josh that they call Craig and Eric and get them to bring the bag back and Josh states that they don't have cell phones. But Drake gave them the bag with the keys and JOSH'S CELL PHONE. So why didn't they just call that?
** They decide to call someone else but then realize that neither of them have cell phones on them themselves because Josh is, as you said, with Craig and Eric, and Drake dropped in his in soup because he "wanted to see if it would float." But it's still interesting that, before they realized that Drake didn't have a phone, it didn't occur to them to use it to call Josh's.
*** It was actually the fact that ''Drake & Josh didn't think of using the HOME PHONE''' to call Josh's cell that bothered me.
*** Even if they called, there would not be reason for them to answer Josh's phone, out of courtesy.
* There's an episode where Drake is blamed for putting the teacher's (who I forgot the name of) cars in the middle of the classroom, and Josh defends him in school court. In that episode it shows that Megan's site has a "Doing Stuff To Josh While He Sleeps" segment. Why won't they show the videos there to their parents to prove Megan is a demon?

*** "What's that? Your sister tried to murder you in your sleep? You have video evidence? Oh, quit your whining, [[KarmaHoudini She's just playing!]]"

*** "What's that? Your sister tried to provoke our non-lethal allergies in your sleep and you have video evidence? Oh, quit your whining! [[KarmaHoudini She's just playing!]]"
* Here are a couple of problems that I have with the "We're Married" episode, you know, the one where Josh's e-pal from Eudonia comes to call and accidentally gets married Drake. 1. When Drake, Josh, and Yooka are performing the "friendship" ceremony, but soon realize that it's actually a marriage ceremony and Yooka is now married to Drake, Josh was under the sheet with them, so wouldn't Yooka be married to Josh as well? Or was Josh just best man or something? It begs an explanation. 2. Why did Josh have to resort to lying that Drake cooked the so-called "goat's meat" so that his marriage with Yooka would end? 3. It is said that Drake and Yooka can divorce if they both want to, but when Yooka's dad ended the marriage between them, Yooka wanted the divorce, but not Drake. It could be because the country was disgraced, but I feel that wouldn't be acceptable if Drake apologized and they accepted his apology. So is there a loophole or something? And that's what bugs me about "We're Married".
** 1. Josh was the one that married them, so in that ceremony it was probably required that he be under the blanket 2. Josh had to lie because there wouldn't had been any show if they just said it was a mistake and ended the marriage, plus Drake was going to go along with it just to be rich. 3. Well this one I agree with you because of the fact that they didn't know Drake already wanted out of the marriage, but it could be that Josh specifically found something that if done nullifies the marriage. There are controversies with just divorcing because you want to, but if one of the parties does something like adultery, abuse, etc. then consent is not really important anymore.

** Another thing that bugs me about that episode. Drake & Josh win the salsa contest with the peruvian puff pepper but are disqualified when it is revealed that the pepper is banned in the US. However, earlier on, Drake & Josh were seen looking up information about the pepper. Wouldn't the boys have read that the pepper was illegal? I'm just thinking that it's one of the first things that would have popped on any websites about the pepper.

** To answer all of those questions, the peppers were illegal in US "contests". They weren't like drugs or anything, it was like banned cards in playing cards contests like Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic the Gathering and so on. Drake and Josh probably just read the description of the pepper, they didn't read the whole page about it, just like if you were looking it up on Wikipedia, they give you a short description first, then they divide things, you know what you wanted to know before even reading a quarter of the page. And lastly, just because they didn't know it was against the rules doesn't mean they weren't gonna get disqualified anyway, although if they had rules they could had told people what they were before they entered the contest, especially which ingredients are not allowed. Like they say, ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.

** Actually, as far as I know, primates are illegal to eat (or at least use as a marketable meat to be bought and sold) because they are close enough to us genetically that we can easily get diseases such as A.I.D.S. and Ebola from consuming their meat. Even if that isn't the case, it is likely that Dr. Faversham does something in particular in the process that is illegal. It could also, more simply be that exotic primates are endangered (which orangutans are or at least are not in proper population condition) and killing one in any circumstance is illegal.

*** Word of God is that the question was deliberately left unresolved because it just wasn't important to the series. Now, for the fanon: Josh's fear of hospitals ("Paging Dr. Drake") suggests that he's had bad experiences with them. This, coupled with his quicker acceptance of his new family than the Parker kids implies to some fans that Josh's mother died of some sort of illness. Drake, on the other hand, took a much longer time to get used to having a stepbrother and stepfather. Even at the end of the series, he and Megan still called Walter by his first name rather than "dad." Josh had been calling Audrey "mom" for at least half of the show's run. This, plus his behavior in the episode where D&J thought Walter was having an affair, suggest to some fans that Drake's dad left them.
* In the episode where Drake and Josh are hiding in the bathroom from Mrs. Hayfer's dog, the dog catcher mentions that he fought it Vietnam. Drake makes some typical airhead remark about it being in New Jersey. Now, Drake may not be the most educated person on Earth, but it's canon fact that he loves music, especially the Beatles - are we really supposed to buy that he has never heard of Vietnam?

*** Probably just a fear of dogs he has from the war. Either that or he really exaggerated what his role was in Vietnam, since not all soldiers might even see combat.

* In the episode "Blues Brothers", the boys' choir hears Drake play a couple of lines of "I Found a Way" and ask if it's the song his band is going to play in the talent show. Later, they rip-off his song for the show, but how did they know the full song if they only heard a few lines of it?

* Why don't Drake and Josh ever try and use one of Megan's own devices on her? Other then the fact that HeWhoFightsMonsters might come into play.
* So Mrs. Hayfer really doesn't have anyone to watch her dog while she's away? Doesn't she have a daughter? AND a husband?

* Why is Josh, a certified genius straight A student, in the same classes as too dumb to live Drake? Their school doesn't have different levels of classes?
** Sadly, this is how it is at some schools due to budget cuts. They may start off with an Advanced, Intermediate, and Basic, but when teachers and programs get dropped, Advanced and Intermediate might get put together, or Basic and Intermediate, or even Advanced and Basic if the school only had those two levels.
* Is it me or was Drake such a hypocrite in the Great Big Shrimp episode? Over the last 3 years Drake had screwed things up NUMEROUS times for Josh and some had been serious. Even to the point where Josh was completely done with Drake and refused to acknowledge him. So the one time Josh screws things up for Drake by not reading the contract he gets furious and doesn't forgive him until he switched the songs which is exactly what Drake wanted but then as soon as they get in trouble with the law he gets mad at Josh again! Oh, please Drake! Don't you know that YOU also have gotten you and Josh into trouble? If I were Josh this whole situation would have been like payback to me.
* In I Love Sushi, Drake and Josh mention that their parents were coming up on their five year anniversary. But I also remember in season 1, Drake & Josh were 15 years old. So they'd be...20? But they're both in high school for the whole series?
** I always figured that they were just lying to the contest people. I don't know why, but a five-year anniversary sounds better than a three-year one.

* I have a question. In the spring break party episode, when Audrey and Walter see the party on TV and call home, and Drake blows the air horn to shut the kids up, which apparently the parents hear on the TV, Drake then shouts at them to be quiet for 60 seconds before Josh picks up the phone. Wouldn't the parents have heard Drake's voice on the TV as well, increasing their suspicions?

* Do Walter and Audrey hate their sons and think they're devil spawns who go out of their way to do bad things just for the sake of it or are they just plain stupid? Some of the stuff I can understand them getting angry about, such as going skydiving when forbidden to since that was entirely Drake and Josh's fault, but the episode where Megan adopts a sheep always baffled me. Here they ground Drake and Josh for a ''month'' just because they found a sheep in the house, but they have no proof that Drake and Josh were at fault here other than the fact [[SarcasmMode that their precious little angel Megan would never do such a thing]]. Do they really believe that Drake and Josh would just go out and randomly buy a sheep just to purposely disobey them and spite them, and why do they easily believe Megan's lies? Obviously a little girl would be more inclined to get a cute, fluffy animal than two older teenage boys and yet they, as their parents, seriously think that Drake and Josh would be the types to want to own a sheep? With that being said, the sheep could have just escaped a petting zoo and wandered into their yard for all they know, so why couldn't Drake and Josh just say that they randomly found it and were trying to find a home for it instead of saying it was Megan's fault, since at this point they should know that Megan would just manipulate her parents into thinking she's innocent? They're completely aware that she's an evil genius and there's no use in trying to get her in trouble.
** Drake and Josh are just really bad at hiding their wrongdoings unlike Megan. Plus Audrey and Walter aren't known for their intelligence, so they just readily assume the brothers since it's easier to blame them. Another factor is age. Drake and Josh are teenagers, who are generally more competent than Megan, who at the start of the show was 8-9 and at her oldest was 12-13. It's more believable for teens as self-reliant as Drake and Josh (more so Josh anyway) to do these shenanigans than a grade school girl.
* In "Honor Council", Drake is accused of placing Mrs. Hayfer's car in her classroom and put on school trial, wherein a guilt verdict sees him getting suspended from school. Aside from his hatred of Mrs. Hayfer (which, to be fair, no doubt stems from her [[JerkassToOne openly hating him]]) being a motivation for the deed, the one single evidence implicating Drake of the prank was his jacket being found in the car's trunk, which seems a reasonable case. ''Except''... The only possible way for Drake's jacket to end up in the trunk was if he deliberately removed the jacket from himself and placed it in the trunk, which even [[BrainlessBeauty Drake]] isn't dumb enough to do, especially as "Dune Buggy" established him as being very good at [[KarmaHoudini avoiding getting caught for misdeeds]]. So it shouldn't take much thought for anyone to realize that the jacket was put into the trunk by the true culprit to frame Drake, yet not even [[OnlySaneMan Josh]] comes to this conclusion. And even then, there was no way Drake could actually commit the 'crime' since he'd have no knowledge or method of moving the car into the classroom without damaging anything, something that the entire trial overlooked, even though figuring out how events truly happened is a big part of court trials.

* In "Helicopter", when the brothers are stranded in the helicopter after accidentally blasting the pilot out of there with the fire extinguisher, Josh decides to call their parents for help. Quick question: WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY GONNA DO? No really, what are a housewife and a weatherman gonna do if you're stuck in a helicopter? Yeah Drake suggesting they call the fire department was pretty stupid but at least he was onto something about calling emergency services. All their parents could've and would've done is freak out at them for disobeying them.
* Honestly the episode "Steered Straight" has no reason to exist in-universe because Drake and Josh have already been arrested and jailed prior to this episode, most notably for the Gary Coleman grills (which Aubrey even mentions here) and Josh being arrested for being mistaken as the Theater Thug. How will getting arrested again this time for an act be any different than the last times they went through it for real, seeing as it obviously didn't affect their behavior?

** Actually, as far as this Troper knows, primates are illegal to eat (or at least use as a marketable meat to be bought and sold) because they are close enough to us genetically that we can easily get diseases such as A.I.D.S. and Ebola from consuming their meat. Even if that isn't the case, it is likely that Dr. Faversham does something in particular in the process that is illegal. It could also, more simply be that exotic primates are endangered (which orangutans are or at least are not in proper population condition) and killing one in any circumstance is illegal.

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* One big question about Megan is [[Film/Batman1989 Where does she get all those wonderful toys?]] Think about it, She's supposed to be a kid somewhere around the ages to be in elementary/junior high school, and she somehow manages to somehow afford [[Main/PlotTechnology government issued spy equipment]] only used to pester her brothers.

*** Yknow, [[BluenoseBowdleriser S***]] like that is why I hate the show. Megan. Gets away. With everything. I'm just waiting for the episode "Megan gets torn limb from limb by a pack of rabid wolves."
*** Dude, chill. She's a kid. An annoying, bratty one, but still a kid. She's not a mass murderer.
*** She risked giving a whole crowd full of people kidney failure ''just'' to mess with Drake and Josh. If that doesn't go beyond annoying and bratty, I need to buy a new dictionary.

* Here are a couple of problems that I have with the "We're Married" episode, you know, the one where Josh's e-pal from Eudonia comes to call and accidentally gets married Drake. 1. When Drake, Josh, and Yooka are performing the "friendship" ceremony, but soon realize that it's actually a marriage ceremony and Yooka is now married to Drake, Josh was under the sheet with them, so wouldn't Yooka be married to Josh as well? Or was Josh just best man or something? It begs an explanation. 2. Why did Josh have to resort to [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop lying that Drake cooked the so-called "goat's meat" so that his marriage with Yooka would end]]? 3. It is said that Drake and Yooka can divorce if they both want to, but when Yooka's dad ended the marriage between them, Yooka wanted the divorce, but not Drake. It could be because the country was disgraced, but I feel that wouldn't be acceptable if Drake apologized and they accepted his apology. So is there a loophole or something? And that's what bugs me about "We're Married".

* In "Honor Council", Drake is accused of placing Mrs. Hayfer's car in her classroom and put on school trial, wherein a guilt verdict sees him getting suspended from school. Aside from his hatred of Mrs. Hayfer (which, to be fair, no doubt stems from her [[JerkassToOne openly hating him]]) being a motivation for the deed, the one single evidence implicating Drake of the prank was his jacket being found in the car's trunk, which seems a reasonable case. ''Except'''... The only possible way for Drake's jacket to end up in the trunk was if he deliberately removed the jacket from himself and placed it in the trunk, which even [[BrainlessBeauty Drake]] isn't dumb enough to do, especially as "Dune Buggy" established him as being very good at [[KarmaHoudini avoiding getting caught for misdeeds]]. So it shouldn't take much thought for anyone to realize that the jacket was put into the trunk by the true culprit to frame Drake, yet not even [[OnlySaneMan Josh]] comes to this conclusion. And even then, there was no way Drake could actually commit the 'crime' since he'd have no knowledge or method of moving the car into the classroom without damaging anything, something that the entire trial overlooked, even though figuring out how events truly happened is a big part of court trials.

* Do Walter and Audrey hate their sons and think they're devil spawns who go out of their way to do bad things just for the sake of it or are they just plain stupid? Some of the stuff I can understand them getting angry about, such as going skydiving when forbidden to since that was entirely Drake and Josh's fault, but the episode where Megan adopts a sheep always baffled me. Here they ground Drake and Josh for a ''month'' just because they found a sheep in the house, but they have no proof that Drake and Josh were at fault here other than the fact [[SarcasmMode that their precious little angel Megan would never do such a thing]]. Do they really believe that Drake and Josh would just go out and randomly buy a sheep just to purposely disobey them and spite them, and why do they easily believe Megan's lies? Obviously a little girl would be more inclined to buy a cute animal than two older teenage boys and yet they, as their parents, seriously think that Drake and Josh would be the types to want to own a sheep? With that being said, the sheep could have just escaped a petting zoo and wandered into their yard for all they know, so why couldn't Drake and Josh just say that they randomly found it and were trying to find a home for it instead of saying it was Megan's fault, since at this point they should know that Megan would just manipulate her parents into thinking she's innocent? They're completely aware that she's an evil genius and there's no use in trying to get her in trouble.

* Are Walter and Audrey extremely strict, hate their sons and think they're devil spawns who go out of their way to do bad things just for the sake of it, or are they just plain stupid? Some of the stuff I can understand them getting angry about, such as going skydiving when forbidden to since that was entirely Drake and Josh's fault, but the episode where Megan adopts a sheep always baffled me. Here they ground Drake and Josh for a ''month'' just because they found a sheep in the house, with no proof that even Drake and Josh were at fault here other than the fact [[SarcasmMode that their precious little angel Megan would never do such a thing]], but for all they know, the sheep could have just escaped a petting zoo and wandered into their yard or something. Do they really believe that Drake and Josh would just go out and randomly buy a sheep just to purposely disobey them and spite them? With that being said, why couldn't Drake and Josh just say that they randomly found it and were trying to find a home for it instead of saying it was Megan's fault, since at this point they should know that Megan would just manipulate her parents into thinking she's innocent? They're completely aware that she's an evil genius and there's no use in trying to get her in trouble.

* Are Walter and Audrey extremely strict, hate their sons and think they're devil spawns who go out of their way to do bad things just for the sake of it, or are they just plain stupid? Some of the stuff I can understand them getting angry about, such as going skydiving when forbidden to since that was entirely Drake and Josh's fault, but the episode where Megan adopts a sheep always baffled me. Here they ground Drake and Josh for a ''month'' just because they found a sheep in the house, with no proof that even Drake and Josh were at fault here other than the fact [[SarcasmMode that their precious little angel Megan would never do such a thing]], but for all they know, the sheep could have just escaped a petting zoo and wandered into their yard or something. Do they really believe that Drake and Josh would just go out and randomly buy a sheep just to purposely disobey them and spite them? On another note, why couldn't Drake and Josh just say that they randomly found it and were trying to find a home for it instead of saying it was Megan's fault, since at this point they should know that Megan would just manipulate her parents into thinking she's innocent? They're completely aware that she's an evil genius and there's no use in trying to get her in trouble.

* Are Walter and Audrey extremely strict, hate their sons and think they're devil spawns who go out of their way to do bad things just for the sake of it, or are they just plain stupid? Some of the stuff I can understand them getting angry about, such as going skydiving when forbidden to since that was entirely Drake and Josh's fault, but the episode where Megan adopts a sheep always baffled me. Here they ground Drake and Josh for a ''month'' just because they found a sheep in the house, with no proof that even Drake and Josh were at fault here other than the fact [[SarcasmMode that their precious little angel Megan would never do such a thing]], but for all they know, the sheep could have just escaped a petting zoo and wandered into their yard or something. Do they really believe that Drake and Josh would just go out and randomly buy a sheep just to purposely disobey them and spite them? On another note, why couldn't Drake and Josh just say that they randomly found it and were trying to find a home for it instead of saying that Megan was the one who adopted it, since at this point they should know that Megan would just manipulate her parents into thinking she's innocent? They're completely aware that she's an evil genius and there's no use in trying to get her in trouble.

* Are Walter and Audrey extremely strict, hate their sons and think they're devil spawns who go out of their way to do bad things just for the sake of it, or are they just plain stupid? Some of the stuff I can understand them getting angry about, such as going skydiving when forbidden to since that was entirely Drake and Josh's fault, but the episode where Megan adopts a sheep always baffled me. Here they ground Drake and Josh for a ''month'' just because they found a sheep in the garage, with no proof that even Drake and Josh were at fault here other than the fact [[SarcasmMode that their precious little angel Megan would never do such a thing]], but for all they know, the sheep could have just wandered into the garage. Do they really believe that Drake and Josh would just go out and randomly buy a sheep just to purposely disobey them and spite them?

* Are Walter and Audrey way too harsh and strict, hate their sons and think they're devil spawns who go out of their way to do bad things just for the sake of it, or are they just plain stupid? Some of the stuff I can understand them getting angry about, such as going skydiving when forbidden to since that was entirely Drake and Josh's fault, but the episode where Megan adopts a sheep always baffled me. Here they ground Drake and Josh for a ''month'' just because they found a sheep in the garage, with no proof that even Drake and Josh were at fault here other than the fact [[SarcasmMode that their precious little angel Megan would never do such a thing]], but for all they know, the sheep could have just wandered into the garage. Do they really believe that Drake and Josh would just go out and randomly buy a sheep just to purposely disobey them and spite them?

** Actually, as far as this Troper knows, primates are illegal to eat (or at least use as a marketable meat to be bought and sold) because they are close enough to us genetically that we can easily get diseases such as A.I.D.S. and Ebola from consuming their meat. Even if that isn't the case, it is likely that Dr. Faversham does something in particular in the process that is illegal. It could also, more simply be that exotic primates are endangered (which orangutans are or at least are not in proper population condition) and killing one in any circumstances is illegal.