History Recap / LittlestPetShop2012S1E11BooksAndCovers

* FreezeFrameBonus: When Vinnie pushes an X-ray in front of Scout, you can see her skeleton. But when she shoves it away, it flies over Vinnie and for a split-second, you can see his skeleton.

* LostAesop: The Mathletes story and the Scout story seem to be building up to lessons of "Trust in what you believe is right" and "Don't judge a book by its cover," but by the end of the episode, Blythe gives in to Mrs. Mondt even though she knows she's right, and Scout may just be the spy the pets had suspected her of being.

** Similarly, Kathleen Barr initially sounds very much like Trixie from that same show, but moves out of it when Scout calms down. She then invokes this intentionally, slipping into a stereotypical Asian accent right before her owner returns.
* SanitySlippage: Sherman doesn't have the mental stamina to weather the Mathletes season and suffers a mental breakdown early on. Youngmee starts succumbing to it by Act 3 and needs a splash of water on the face from Blythe to regain her senses.

* ShownTheirWork: Whittany's use of analogy to allow Brittany to quickly solve equations is very similar to techniques people in real life use to process large quantities of information at a time, most easily noticeable in those who memorize and recite in bulk. The equations on the board, however, do not match what they're saying at all.

* SuperiorTwinTeamwork: The Biskit Twins need each other's help to solve math problems, with Whittany translating the equations into shopping terms that Brittany can understand, allowing the latter to solve them. Unfortunately, this means that they're rendered useless when Brittany is incapacitated by an allergic reaction.

* ViewersAreGeniuses: Pepper suddenly running out of skunk spray fluid will look like an AssPull unless you know in real life, skunks who spray as recklessly as Pepper could exhaust their supply that quickly.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If the pets just actually asked Scout Kerry what she was up to (she was actually just trying to get Ms. Twombly's soduku puzzle to sharpen her claws), then all the chaos that happened wouldn't have happened. Scout herself lampshades it.

--> '''Vinnie:''' We could just, you know, ask Scout what she's doing.
--> '''Zoe:''' Or we could just let our imaginations run wild.

** Vinnie is said to be dumb in other episodes, but in this one, he consistently stops Scout for long periods of time and is the only one able to do so.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Ashleigh Ball starts slipping towards her [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] voice when playing lawyer with Mrs. Mondt.
** Similarly, Kathleen Barr initially sounds very much like Trixie from that same show but moves out of it when Scout calms down. She then invokes this intentionally, slipping into a stereotypical Asian accent right before her owner returns.

* WonderTwinPowers: The Biskit Twins need each other's help to solve math problems.

Blythe comes up to the Biskit Twins and asks them to join the Mathletes team complimenting them for being geniuses, to which they somehow take offense to. Relgardless, they promise to join if Blythe stops calling them "geniuses" and end their detention with Mrs. Mondt. Blythe accepts the deal but isn't sure how to fulfill her end.

As Blythe and the other Mathletes members go into the meeting room, they find the Biskit Twins in the back, though they're just serving detention. Mrs. Mondt writes equations on the board for practice, but the Biskit Twins, bored out of their minds, solve each equation before any of the Mathletes team members could: Whittany translates the equations into complicated mall sales as Brittany processes it into the correct answer. Sherman, on the other hand, is unable to take the pressure and freaks out during the session, taking him out of commission for the day. Unfortunately, there is a Mathletes event in the afternoon, and they require a stand-in for Sherman. Blythe suggests the Biskit Twins, but Mrs. Mondt rejects them due to their low test scores.

Blythe comes up to the Biskit Twins and asks them to join the Mathletes team. They promise to do so if Blythe can end their detention with Mrs. Mondt. Blythe accepts the deal but isn't sure how to fulfill her end.

After much bargaining, Blythe convinces Mrs. Mondt to let the Biskit Twins into the Mathletes team for the day. However, the Biskit Twins object to the bright yellow shirts the Mathletes have to wear to the competition. Whittany swallows her pride and arrives at the competition wearing it, but Brittany suffered an allergic reaction to the polyester and has been incapacitated. Blythe drags Whittany into the third-seat chair at the Mathletes event kicking and screaming.

The teams are tied at the Mathletes competition by the final equation. Blythe and Youngmee have burned themselves out and turn to Whittany, who has spent the whole time filing her nails. Whittany is able to translate the equation to fashion sales, but without Brittany to interpret it back into an answer, Blythe's team runs out of time. The competing team had since come up with the correct answer, and Blythe's team loses the event, taking them out of the competition.

* ViewersAreGeniuses: Pepper suddenly running out of skunk spray fluid will look like an AssPull unless you know in real life, skunks who spray as recklessly as Pepper could exhaust their supply that quickly.

!! This episode contains examples of:

* GeniusBonus: The equation already present on the board when Blythe walks in is Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, though slightly embellished on the other side of the equal sign. Mrs. Mondt writes it again after wiping the chalkboard clean.

As Blythe and the other Mathletes members go into the meeting room, they find the Biskit Twins in the back, though they're just serving detention. Mrs. Mondt writes equations on the board for practice, but the Biskit Twins, bored out of their minds, solve each equation before any of the Mathletes team members could: Whittany translates the equations into complicated mall sales as Brittany processes it into the correct answer. Sherman, on the other hand, is unable to take the pressure and freaks out during the session, taking him out of commission for the day. Unfortunately, there is a Mathletes event in the afternoon, and they require a stand-in for Sherman. Blythe suggests the Biskit Twins, but Mrs. Mondt rejects it due to their low test scores.

Back at the pet shop, the regulars grow suspicious of why Scout is constantly staring at Mrs. Twombly while shredding paper. Vinnie suggests asking, but Zoe, Penny, Pepper, and Russell start feeding off each other's fears and conclude that Scout was sent from The Largest Ever Pet Shop to shut down The Littlest Pet Shop. Before long, all of the other pets become convinced of Scout's ulterior motives. They repeatedly try to ask Scout what she's doing, but Scout just sits in one place ignoring everything or reacting hostilely without speaking.

The pets position themselves all around the pet shop and keep a close watch on Scout, who continues to watch Mrs. Twombly. Scout bares her claws and takes a lunge at her. Minka, Pepper and Sunil slow Scout down but can't stop her. At striking distance, Mrs. Twombly suddenly walks off to a ringing phone, forcing Scout to retreat. On the other end is Vinnie, who kept a phone handy for this reason.

The pets resort to more desperate measures to keep Scout away from Mrs. Twombly: Sunil attempts to perform martial arts (though of an unspecified kind), and as a skunk, Pepper attempts to spray Scout, but Scout proves too nimble for either of them. Russell tries luring Scout away with a cat toy attached to a fishing rod, but when she catches it, Russell is unable to pull Scout away. Vinnie sneak-attacks Scout as she lunges from the top of the scratching post once again, this time successful. The other pets capitalize on this moment of surprise and pile onto Scout to prevent her from moving, but everyone falls to the floor. Scout explains that she loves shredding paper and was never after Mrs. Twombly, but the newspaper kept in her pocket. Everything cleared up, the regulars are now friendly with Scout.

The teams are tied at the Mathletes competition by the final equation. Blythe and Youngmee have burned themselves out, and turn to Whittany, who has spent the whole time filing her nails. Whittany is able to translate the equation to fashion sales, but without Brittany to interpret it back into an answer, Blythe's team runs out of time. The competing team had since come up with the correct answer, and Blythe's team loses the event, taking them out of the competition.

When Blythe returns to the pet shop, all of the pets try shredding paper too. Zoe explains that [[AnAesop she was wrong to jump to conclusions about Scout's behavior]]. When Mrs. Twombly hands Blythe a stack of more newspapers for the pets to shred, Blythe lets Mrs. Twombly know that she's been reading a NewsParody the whole time, which hits Mrs. Twombly and the pets like a bomb, but everybody laughs it off. Scout's owner returns to the pet shop, and as Scout leaves, she points out to the others, that she may or may not be a spy, notably changing accents and leaving everyone uneasy.