History Recap / VeronicaMarsS02E13AintNoMagicMountainHighEnough

** Veronica wonders which version of ''Film/TheThomasCrownAffair'' Weevil watched to prepare his BatmanGambit.

* ShoutOut: Jackie snarks about her and Madison singing "[[{{Grease}} You're the One That I Want]]".

* TitledAfterTheSong: The title of the episode is a play on the MarvinGaye duet (with Tammi Terrell) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".

* CallBack: The Triton initiation, and the Kane Scholarship.

** {{Foreshadowing}}:...which proves [[spoiler: Cassidy's sociopathic tendencies before it's revealed he was behind the bus crash]].

** Ophelia is wearing a ''WesternAnimation/PowerpuffGirls'' backpack.

** Wallace tells Veronica he's here with [[TheBigLebowski his special lady friend]].

** Ophelia is wearing a ''PowerpuffGirls'' backpack.
** Jane doesn't get the quote right, but she says, "Just a bit offside" in the same way Bob Uecker says "Juuuusst a bit outside" in ''MajorLeague''.
** Terrence claims Ms. Dumass got ''FatalAttraction'' on him.
** Veronica wonders which version of ''TheThomasCrownAffair'' Weevil watched to prepare his BatmanGambit.

Neptune High. Inside health class, students are preparing banners for Winter Carnival, including Madison Sinclair and J.B. (Jake Sandvig), while Corny and Weevil look on. Veronica comes in and asks Ms. Hauser for decorations for the FBLA booth. Ms. Hauser asks J.B. to get them; J.B. snarks that Veronica is his "nemesis", but goes to get them anyway. Ms. Hauser then tells Corny and Weevil to pay attention as their test the following week is worth 30% of their grade; Weevil points out she doesn't have any problem with Madison talking aloud in class and paying more attention to the decorations than the class. Ms. Hauser tries pointing out the carnival is raising money for the senior trip, but Weevil would rather go to [[{{Disneyland}} Magic Mountain]], even though Madison insists she's not going to watch him get sick on her. J.B. comes back with the decorations, but warns Veronica he's only three one-thousandths of a point behind her in the race for the [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS01E17KanesAndAbels Kane Scholarship]]. Veronica looks unimpressed. She goes on to sarcastically congratulate Madison on all of the [[ChekhovsGun glitter she's put on her poster]].

** Dick calls Mac ''Film/GhostWorld''.

** Dick calls Mac ''GhostWorld''.

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title of the episode is a play on the MarvinGaye duet (with Tammi Terrell) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".

* NoodleIncident: "You remember Sally?" WordOfGod is that she was Dick's pet tarantula, and was killed by Cassidy in an earlier revenge.

* NoodleIncident: "You remember Sally?" WordOfGod is that she was a pet of Dick's that Cassidy killed.

* NoodleIncident: "You remember Sally?"

Meanwhile, Dick leaves his car, spitting, and disgusted at the fact the HotMom turned out to be a man DisguisedInDrag. Logan looks on as both Cassidy and Mac cheer. Dick runs up to Cassidy and threatens him, but Cassidy says he'll hurt Dick worse. Dick, afraid, backs off, and Logan is still laughing.

* ShoutOut: The title of the episode is a play on the MarvinGaye duet (with Tammi Terrell) "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".
** Jackie snarks about her and Madison singing "[[{{Grease}} You're the One That I Want]]".

* DroppedABridgetOnHim: The revenge Cassidy takes on Dick...
** {{Foreshadowing}}:...which proves [[spoiler: Cassidy's sociopathic tendencies before it's revealed he was behind the bus crash]].

* StageMagician: Veronica imitates one when she says she's going to get J.B. to confess to stealing the test.

Inside the health classroom, Madison bitches about how they now only have $3,000 for a senior trip. J.B., Ms. Hauser and Clemmons are also there when Veronica comes in with Jackie. She tells Ms. Hauser since Jackie has been proved innocent, she might want to recant her accusation. Madison and Ms. Hauser both shoot Veronica and Jackie and DeathGlare, but Ms. Hauser reluctantly apologizes. Veronica then produces the test, and asks Ms. Hauser who had access to it. Turns out it was J.B., since he's Ms. Hauser's student aide, and while he denies it, Veronica says she's going to take him outside and get him to confess. In the hallway, Veronica points out J.B. borrowed the keys from Ms. Hauser, and he also knew when to do so because, having been a Triton before (on her laptop, she shows him the pictures she took of last year's initiation), he knew when the streaking would occur. J.B. says she's bluffing, but Veronica dares him to call it.

Back at the winter carnival, Veronica asks Weevil about [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS01E07TheGirlNextDoor the time he and Logan put their teacher's car around the flagpole]], and wonders how they got the tools for that. Weevil tells Veronica the shop teacher gave everyone a set of extra keys, and storms off.

In the hallway, Veronica hears scraping coming from the girls bathroom and sighs. She goes into the bathroom and finds Jackie, who claims she's changing into her bathing suit. When Jackie comes out of the stall, Veronica discovers Jackie had been using the screwdriver to black out graffiti that had been written on it: "Jackie Cook is a........" Veronica apologizes for her suspicions, and Jackie says she knows. Veronica wants to know why Jackie is in a bathing suit, and Jackie mentions before Terrence was accused, she signed up for the dunk tank, and after Terrence was accused, people made sure she won the contest (putting money in to see who gets dunked). Veronica sighs and says Jackie has nothing to prove, but Jackie points out Veronica acted the same way when her dad was an outcast, and leaves.

Back at Mars Investigations, Keith offers Terrence a beer because he says it's been his fantasy to share a beer with Terrence. He adds that he's followed Terrence's career since he was in the minors, and he also wants to play catch with him later. Terrence is flattered, but less so when Keith brings up [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E12RashardAndWallaceGoToWhiteCastle the picture of Terrence and Ms. Dumass]]. Keith warns Terrence he's not going to take the case unless Terrence tells him the truth.

Ms. Hauser, of course, assumes Veronica stole the money, but Veronica points out there's no place she could have hidden the cashbox. She also says Clemmons should have [[Recap/VeronicaMarsNormalIsTheWatchword the metal detectors in school]] moved to the exit of the carnival. Clemmons agrees, and says he already locked the janitor closet and the shops, and is authorizing locker searches. Madison walks over and accuses Jackie, bringing up her plan to "ruin everything". Ms. Hauser bluntly tells Jackie that being Terrence's daughter doesn't excuse her for her actions. Jackie looks at Veronica.

Back at Mars Investigations, Keith, who's a little drunk, reminisces about the effort he went through to get the ball of one of Terrence's career home runs. Terrence smiles at the memory, and says he's going to have to call a cab. He asks Keith once again if he's taking his case, but Keith points out he's still holding something back, and plays [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E05BlastFromThePast the recording of Lamb blackmailing Terrence about his betting on baseball]]. Terrence, defeated, admits Ms. Dumass overheard two Fitzpatrick goons threatening him about gambling debts, which is another motive.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The revenge Weevil takes on Thumper here is just a warm-up. Also, Madison's comment about how she's moved on to older men.

** Veronica wonders which version of ''TheThomasCrownAffair'' Weevil watched to prepare his BatmanGambit.

Inside the health classroom, Madison bitches about how they now only have $3,000 for a senior trip. J.B., Ms. Hauser and Clemmons are also there when Veronica comes in with Jackie. She tells Ms. Hauser since Jackie has been proved innocent, she might want to recant her accusation. Madison and Ms. Hauser both shoot Veronica and Jackie and DeathGlare, but Ms. Hauser reluctantly apologizes. Veronica then produces the test, and asks Ms. Hauser who had access to it. Turns out it was J.B., since he's Ms. Hauser's student aide, and while he denies it, Veronica says she's going to take him outside and get him to confess. In the hallway, Veronica points out J.B. borrowed the keys from Ms. Hauser, and he also knew when to do so because, having been a Triton before (on her laptop, she shows him the pictures she took of last year's initiation), he knew when the streaking would occur.

That evening, inside Clemmons' office, Clemmons and Ms. Hauser have gathered Veronica, Jackie, Madison, J.B., Weevil and Ophelia because they were near the cashbox when the streakers ran by. Veronica brings up the fact she got a $50 bill with "Nancy" written on it, along with a phone number.

Over at the Leap Frog booth, Logan is attempting to catapult one of the frogs into the lily pad. Hannah (Jessy Schram), who's manning the booth, mocks Logan's technique.

Outside Neptune High, the winter carnival is in full swing, with Madison and the cheerleaders serving pies, younger kids playing in a ball pit, and Veronica trying to sell slushies.

It's winter carnival time at Neptune High, and there's a whole lot going on besides the fun and games. Since Terrence Cook has been connected with the bus crash, Jackie is now the most hated girl in school, and she gets punished by being in the dunk tank; only Wallace, his new girlfriend Jane, and Veronica let her off the hook, in their own way. The money from the winter carnival, which is supposed to pay for a senior trip, goes missing; Jackie of course gets blamed first, but Veronica figures out Ms. Hauser took some of the money, and when it's long over, she also figures out that Weevil stole some of the money as well. Logan spends most of his time at the carnival flirting with Hannah, who works at the leap frog booth, and it's not until the end of the episode that we find out she's the daughter of Dr. Griffith, [[Recap/VeronicaMarsS02E06RatSawGod the one who claimed to have seen Logan stab Felix to death]]. Finally, Cassidy and Mac are now a couple, and Dick isn't very happy about that, but Cassidy has a plan of revenge on him. Meanwhile, Keith bonds with Terrence Cook, and agrees to help Cook prove he didn't cause the bus crash, but only after making Cook admit some very unflattering aspects about himself.

* CallBack: The Triton initiation.

* ShoutOut: Wallace tells Veronica he's here with [[TheBigLebowski his special lady friend]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The revenge Weevil takes on Thumper here is just a warm-up.
* GamblingAddict: We learn the full extent of Terrence's transgressions here.