History Series / SmartGuy

** In "Dumbstruck," Floyd finds out that T.J. has regained his intelligence when he discusses a scene in the ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComics Archie]]'' comic that his son's supposedly reading (a decoy for the copy of the '’Journal of Quantum Mechanics'' that Floyd and Yvette find out, earlier in that scene, that T.J. has actually been reading) that Floyd reveals afterwards was completely made up when T.J. plays along with the story. At the end of the scene (after advising T.J. that he shouldn’t have to hide his intelligence to fit in while leaving it to T.J. whether to come clean), T.J. mentions that the storyline was pretty clever, given that it was made up on the fly, and that he should submit it to Creator/ArchieComics. During TheStinger, Floyd is shown on a computer writing an extension of the scene he made up, supposedly to send it to Archie Comics.

** In "Dumbstruck," Floyd finds out that T.J. has regained his intelligence when he discusses a scene in the ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComics Archie]]'' comic that his son's supposedly reading that Floyd reveals afterwards was completely made up. At the end of the scene (after advising T.J. that he shouldn’t have to hide his intelligence to fit in while leaving it to T.J. whether to come clean), T.J. mentions that the storyline was pretty clever, given that it was made up on the fly, and that he should submit it to Creator/ArchieComics. During TheStinger, Floyd is shown on a computer writing an extension of the scene he made up, supposedly to send it to Archie Comics.

** In "Dumbstruck," Floyd finds out that T.J. has regained his intelligence when he discusses a scene in the ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComic Archie]]'' comic that his son's supposedly reading that Floyd reveals afterwards was completely made up. At the end of the scene (after advising T.J. that he shouldn’t have to hide his intelligence to fit in while leaving it to T.J. whether to come clean), T.J. mentions that the storyline was pretty clever, given that it was made up on the fly, and that he should submit it to Creator/ArchieComics. During TheStinger, Floyd is shown on a computer writing an extension of the scene he made up, supposedly to send it to Archie Comics.

** In "Dumbstruck," Floyd finds out that T.J. has regained his intelligence when he discusses a scene in the ''Archie'' comic that his son's supposedly reading that Floyd reveals afterwards was completely made up. At the end of the scene (after advising T.J. that he shouldn’t have to hide his intelligence to fit in while leaving it to T.J. whether to come clean), T.J. mentions that the storyline was pretty clever, given that it was made up on the fly, and that he should submit it to Creator/ArchieComics. During TheStinger, Floyd is shown on a computer writing an extension of the scene he made up, supposedly to send it to Archie Comics.

** In "Dumbstruck," Floyd finds out that T.J.'s regained his intelligence when he brings up a scene in the ''Archie'' comic T.J.'s supposedly reading that never actually happened. At the end of the scene, T.J. mentions that the scene his dad made up was pretty clever and that he should send it to Archie Comics. During TheStinger, Floyd is shown on a computer writing an extension of the scene he made up, supposedly to send it to Archie Comics.

** In "Rooferman, Take One",[[note]](the episode in which TJ talks Floyd into making a commercial for his business, but [[{{ExactWords}} it ends up airing in the middle of the night rather than during prime time]] as the sales manager of the station they sell it to omits that the ad's contractually promised 8:00 to 10:00 slot is actually between ''8:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m.'')[[/note]] after Floyd discusses his roofing business’ advertising contract with a representative for (the fictional) WDCS-TV, the latter mentions the station's upcoming coverage of the Super Bowl, confidently predicting it will be close. Later, the family is watching the game, and it's anything but, with the New Orleans Saints routing the Indianapolis Colts, 54-3, at halftime.[[note]]In real life, Super Bowl XXXII (which was held on January 25, 1998, five days after the episode’s original airing) saw defending Super Bowl XXXI champions, the Green Bay Packers, lose to the Denver Broncos, 31–24.[[/note]]

** In "Rooferman, Take One"[[note]]The episode in which TJ talks Floyd into making a commercial for his business, but [[{{ExactWords}} it ends up airing in the middle of the night rather than during prime time]] as the sales manager of the station they sell it to omits that the ad's contractually promised 8:00 to 10:00 slot is actually between ''8:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m.''[[/note]], after Floyd discusses the advertising contract with a station representative, the representative mentions the station's upcoming coverage of the Super Bowl, confidently predicting it will be close. Later, the family is watching the game, and it's anything but.

** In "Lab Rats," Mo falls asleep during a wildlife documentary presented in class, and wakes up when the lights turn on, trying to cover that he knew what was going on ("''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994''. Five stars, first feel-good film of the year"). One of Mo's teachers in "Below the Rim" states that this is routine for him.

* ArtisticLicenseChess: A particular episode made just about every error you ever see, as well as a few completely new ones. In addition to having the board set up wrong, there was one scene where the black player made the opening move, and the protagonist's solution to defeating an advanced chess computer was to make completely nonsensical moves, which would have never worked in real life. (In fact, the move that was deemed to be "nonsensical" was moving the knight out first, which, according to chessgames.com's database, is actually the third most popular opening move among professional players, out of 20 possible opening moves, making this not even wrong).

* {{Acrofatic}}: In "The Dating Game", the husky yet muscular Mo does a backflip after getting kissed on the cheek by Yvette after he defends her honor when Deion pushes up on her yet again.[[note]]Although it is somewhat apparent that a stunt double, who is slightly slimmer than Omar Gooding, was used for this particular stunt.[[/note]]

* {{Acrofatic}}: The husky yet muscular Mo does a backflip after getting kissed on the cheek by Yvette after he defends her honor when Deion pushes up on her yet again in "The Dating Game".[[note]]Although it is somewhat apparent that a stunt double, who is slightly slimmer than Omar Gooding, was used for this particular stunt[[/note]]

* {{Acrofatic}}: The husky yet muscular Mo does a backflip after getting kissed on the cheek by Yvette after he defends her honor when Deion pushes up on her yet again in "The Dating Game"[[note]]Although it is somewhat apparent that a stunt double, who is slightly slimmer than Omar Gooding, was used for this particular stunt[[/note]].

-->'''Mo:''' From uptighten of hard-working king bolt, say "oh, yes, please." For fullness of grill, see diagram #3. In slot-making handle time, a happy sound occurs leaving nothing to hope at. Have joy with your hot saucy food. Makes sense to me.

** In season three's "Get a Job," Yvette and her friend Nina get jobs at a clothing store. Their new boss, Ms. Hendra, asks Nina (who is white) to follow Black people around the store to make sure they don't steal items. After Yvette catches Nina doing the task, Nina tells Yvette with clear disgust about being asked to [[{{Profiling}} racially profile]] black people. To convince Ms. Hendra that shoplifters can be of any race, Yvette sets up hidden cameras around the store, and hires Mackey (also white) and Mo to walk around the store (with Mackey, who is seen putting the items back on the display tables later on in the tape, playing the shoplifter); the tape of it doesn't convince Ms. Hendra and she effectively fires Yvette for disagreeing with her stance. Yvette has the founder and president of the store chain, who is Black, come in and pretend to browse inside the store, only to notice Ms. Hendra following him and informing her what Yvette told him about Ms. Hendra (though not mentioned, it's clear Ms. Hendra was fired afterward). A TruthInTelevision moment during her confrontation with Mrs. Hendra has Yvette mention that the average shoplifter is a middle-aged Caucasian female (particularly those who carry large bags, this fact is often taught in the merchandise industry).

** In season three's "Get a Job," Yvette and her friend Nina get jobs at a clothing store. Their new boss, Ms. Hendra, asks Nina (who is white) to follow black people around the store to make sure they don't steal items. After Yvette catches Nina doing the task, Nina tells Yvette with clear disgust about being asked to [[{{Profiling}} racially profile]] black people. To convince Ms. Hendra that shoplifters can be of any race, Yvette sets up hidden cameras around the store, and hires Mackey (also white) and Mo to walk around the store (with Mackey, who is seen putting the items back on the display tables later on in the tape, playing the shoplifter); the tape of it doesn't convince Ms. Hendra and she effectively fires Yvette for disagreeing with her stance. Yvette has the founder and president of the store chain, who is Black, come in and pretend to browse inside the store, only to notice Ms. Hendra following him and informing her what Yvette told him about Ms. Hendra (though not mentioned, it's clear Ms. Hendra was fired afterward). A TruthInTelevision moment during her confrontation with Mrs. Hendra has Yvette mention that the average shoplifter is a middle-aged Caucasian female (particularly those who carry large bags, this fact is often taught in the merchandise industry).

** In season three's "Get a Job," Yvette and her friend Nina get jobs at a clothing store. Their new boss, Ms. Hendra, asks Nina (who is white) to follow black people around the store to make sure they don't steal items. After Yvette catches Nina doing the task, Nina tells Yvette with clear disgust about being asked to [[{{Profiling}} racially profile]] black people. To convince Ms. Hendra that shoplifters can be of any race, Yvette sets up hidden cameras around the store, and hires Mackey (also white) and Mo to walk around the store (with Mackey playing the shoplifter, he puts the stuff back later in the tape); the tape of it doesn't convince Ms. Hendra and she effectively fires Yvette for disagreeing with her stance. Yvette has the founder and president of the store chain, who is black, come in and pretend to browse in the store, only to notice Ms. Hendra following him and informing her what Yvette told him about Ms. Hendra (though not mentioned, it's clear Ms. Hendra was fired afterward). Yvette mentions a TruthInTelevision that the average shoplifter is a middle-aged Caucasian females (particularly those who carry large bags, this fact is often taught in the merchandise industry).

-->'''Coach Gerber''': (to vice principal Militich) If I knew he could run that fast, I would have enrolled him in the track team.

* StandardizedSitcomHousing: The Henderson household, although the layout is inconsistent throughout the series, Marcus and T.J.'s shared bedroom is the only room regularly seen in the show that appears the same throughout (though it is not seen for the first time until the show’s third episode, "Brother, Brother"). In the pilot, the kitchen appears to be a revised layout of the Matthews family’s kitchen on ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' (Piedmont High's hallway and classroom are the exact same sets used in scenes on that show’s fictional John Adams High School at the time; but also changes appearances in the following episode and again in season three). For the remainder of season one, the kitchen is slightly larger than the layout used in the later seasons and contains a flight of stairs; the stairs are moved to the living room when it is added in season two. The third season has the living room slightly rearranged with the front door moved from the back of stage center to far stage left, though the window appearing next to it remains in the same position. Yvette's room is not seen until "Perchance to Dream" in season three, and is only seen once more in "The Graduate" later that season. The house has a storage room, which is converted into Yvette's personal bathroom in season two's "Men Working Badly" (it is not seen or mentioned again after that episode).

* StandardizedSitcomHousing: The Henderson household, although the layout is inconsistent throughout the series, Marcus and T.J.'s shared bedroom is the only room regularly seen in the show that appears the same throughout (though it is not seen for the first time until two episodes into the series in "Brother, Brother"). In the pilot, the kitchen looks like a revised version of the kitchen in the Matthews home on ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' (Piedmont High's hallway and classroom is the exact same as that used on that show; but also changes appearances in the following episode and again in season three). For the remainder of season one, the kitchen is slightly larger than in the later seasons and contains a flight of stairs; the stairs are moved to the living room when it is added in season two. The third season has the living room slightly rearranged with the front door moved from the back of stage center to far stage left, though the window appearing next to it remains in the same position. Yvette's room is not seen until "Perchance to Dream" in season three, and is only seen once more in "The Graduate" later that season. The house has a storage room, which is converted into Yvette's personal bathroom in season two's "Men Working Badly" (it is not seen or mentioned again after that episode).

** T.J. starts his own newspaper in "Stop the Presses," after he objects to Yvette relegating him to write puff pieces. ''The Weekly Veritas'' doesn't get any readers until he tabloidizes the paper at the suggestion of Marcus and Mo. Needless to say, the inclusion of sensationalized stories and a "Girl of the Week" feature increases readership. Yvette bribes Mo with movie passes in exchange for a story that was going to be in T.J.'s paper. As retaliation, T.J.'s doctors a family beach photo to remove himself and Marcus, leaving a swimsuit-clad Yvette in the photo and makes her the "Girl of the Week". Yvette is furious, and Floyd shuts down the ''Veritas''. T.J. offers Yvette to post a baby picture of himself in ''The Piedmont Penguin'', but has him do it in a final edition of the ''Veritas'' instead to preserve her journalistic integrity; Floyd, who is fond of "the tush picture", approves of the posting.

** In "Don't Do That Thing You Do"[[note]]The title itself is a ShoutOut to the 1995 musical comedy film ''Film/ThatThingYouDo''[[/note]], Ernie (a DJ-turned-music producer who emceed the Battle of the Bands contest earlier in the episode and T.J. hires to give Mackadocious an offer for a phony gig as revenge for being kicked out the band after he shows up Marcus with his keyboard playing ability during the contest), talks to Floyd about managing T.J.'s music career. Ernie mentions that T.J. needs to present an image that people will remember (like, as he says, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's ears, Music/MichaelJackson's gloves, and Music/{{Prince}}'s infamous buttcheek-exposing pants from his 1991 UsefulNotes/MTVVideoMusicAward performance), T.J. then comes out wearing the signature early '90s vertical afro worn by Kid 'N Play's Christopher Reid (who guests as Ernie and sports cornrows in the episode), only to topple on the floor while dancing due to the weight of the hairstyle.
** In "Dawgburger Rebellion," Deion turns on the radio while he, T.J. and several other students (including Marcus and Mo) are holed up in Vice Principal Militich's office to protest the school's ban on off-campus lunches. T.J. asks Deion to turn off the radio by saying "Would you turn that off? This is a sit-in, not SoulTrain!''

** In "Don't Do That Thing You Do"[[note]]The title itself a ShoutOut to the 1995 musical comedy film ''Film/ThatThingYouDo''[[/note]], Ernie (a DJ-turned-music producer who emceed the Battle of the Bands contest earlier in the episode and T.J. hires to give Mackadocious an offer for a phony gig as revenge for being kicked out the band after he shows up Marcus with his keyboard playing ability during the contest), talks to Floyd about managing T.J.'s music career. Ernie mentions that T.J. needs to present an image that people will remember (like, as he says, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's ears, Music/MichaelJackson's gloves and Music/{{Prince}}'s infamous pants with a cut-out of the butt), T.J. then comes out wearing the signature early '90s vertical afro worn by Kid 'N Play's Christopher Reid (who guests as Ernie and sports cornrows in the episode), only to topple on the floor while dancing due to the weight of the hairstyle.

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* WildTeenParty: In "Henderson House Party," T.J. throws a party while Floyd is at a home convention in order to increase his popularity (Mo places a $5 cover charge for people attending the party; surprisingly, it doesn't hamper the turnout). Marcus catches wind of this after seeing Mo arrive, before everyone else does. Unfortunately for T.J., everyone thinks the party was thrown by Marcus. It's not all too bad for T.J., as he meets the sister of one of Marcus and Mo's classmates (even getting kissed by her when he walks her home after the party). The party gets out of control, when a guy who Nina tries to fend off thinks Mo's making a move on her, and accidentally punches another partygoer through the window. Floyd arrives early (though Marcus gets everyone, except a guy who snuck beer into the party and got drunk and throws up on the pathway, out before he arrives). Floyd blames Marcus, but after being informed that T.J. threw the party, T.J. confesses; Marcus admits blame since he volunteered to be in charge while Floyd was gone, and both brothers are grounded (though they are forced to attend Yvette's all-female adaptation of ''The Brothers Karamazov'').

* [[YouKnowImBlackRight You Know You're White, Right?]]: Mackey, who is white, often tries to "act black" in an attempt to be cool. Played with further in "Sit In (a.k.a. Dawgburger Rebellion)," when he decides to do an oral report on Jackie Robinson like Marcus, Mo and Deion plan to do, only for them to object to it, and then when he gives the report at the end of the episode and receives complete silence unlike the applause that the others get. Both times, he exclaims, "it's because I'm white, isn't it?"

** Floyd sometimes treats him as a third son especially if it involves doing something T.J. and Marcus have no interest in, such as breaking in Floyd's new [=BBQ=], HilarityEnsues.
* DropTheHammer: In "Boomerang," Mo is assigned as T.J.'s shop class tutor (the only class that T.J. isn't good at). HilarityEnsues. A literal example of the trope happens when Mo teaches T.J. to hammer a nail and Mo holds it, with T.J. driving the nail in on the last hit, breaking Mo's thumb; Mo then teaches T.J. to use an electric screwdriver, T.J. flips it the same way that Mo did but drops it on Mo's foot by accident; Mo then teaches T.J. how to work an electric sander, T.J. loses control of it and sands Mo on the side of his right eye. Mo then quits, and hops off without his crutch when T.J. tries to show him that he can work a nail gun.

** "Never Too Young" deals with T.J. succumbing to peer pressure by underage drinking at a party and then lying to Floyd about it; it switches back-and-forth between this plot, and Marcus and Mo becoming lunch ladies as punishment for accidentally hitting Vice Principal Militich with bread pudding (HilarityEnsues).

* YourMom: The dirty dozens are SeriousBusiness for Mo and Marcus, who treat it like a martial art, even bowing before and after a match. HilarityEnsues in "From A to Double D," when they attempt to instruct T.J.

* ¡ThreeAmigos!: T.J., Marcus and Mo, though T.J. is sometimes considered to be the TagalongKid in the trio, depending on the episode.

Not to be confused with TheSmartGuy.

** During a volleyball game in gym class in "Break Up Not to Make Up," T.J. guide a pretty blonde student named Jennifer (whose gym uniform includes a [[BareYourMidriff cropped shirt]]) to pretend to bend down to tie her shoe in order to allow a member of his team to make a serve. Yvette considers it morally reprehensible, until T.J. points out that whoever wins the game does not have to run laps, asking Jennifer to "do what the kid says." Mackey and another male student on the other team look in awe when Jennifer bends down, allowing the ball to bounce off Mackey's head, giving T.J.'s team the extra point.

* GretzkyHasTheBall: "T.J. Versus the Machine" Listing everything the episode got wrong about chess would take way too long, but a couple of examples to note, black moves first in one scene, and TJ states that an initial move with the knight is a crazy idea, despite it being a popular opening IRL.