Line #65 Headscratchers/DrakeAndJosh


1	! NOTE: Please think over if your question "can be answered by RuleOfFunny?" If yes, consider whether posting it is a good idea. Keep in mind that this page is ''for actual questions and NOT violent, senseless ranting.'' Schneiderverse shows rely on ComedicSociopathy and sadomasochistic tendencies, along with heapings of BellisariosMaxim. Much like ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', it's loaded with sociopaths with the family of the titular duo as the lead.
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4	* 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 afford [[PlotTechnology government-issued spy equipment]] only used to pester her brothers.
5	*** Maybe her parents got them for her, all she has to say is that it's for a school project. Hey, these doofuses are so dumb that they don't know that she's evil, so that adds fuel to my WMG.
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7	* In the episode where Josh plays the Theater Thug, he's repeatedly assaulted by stupid people and arrested. While the public's stupidity is acceptable, he's repeatedly hauled off by the same cops. He wasn't the thug the first two times so why would he be this time?
8	** The Theater Thug and Josh looking almost nothing alike are more perplexing.
9	*** 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.
10	*** And not to mention, Josh was the one wearing a uniform.
11	*** And let's not forget, the program Josh was on warned people not to approach the Theatre Thug because he was "extremely violent". Didn't stop Josh from being attacked by old women, and tackled by a bunch of ''EIGHT-YEAR OLDS.''
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13	* 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 forces 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?
14	** They decide to call someone else but then realize that neither of them has 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.
15	*** It was the fact that ''Drake & Josh didn't think of using the HOME PHONE''' to call Josh's cell that bothered me.
16	*** Even if they called, there would not be a reason for them to answer Josh's phone, out of courtesy.
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18	* There's an episode where Drake is blamed for putting Mrs. Hayfer's car 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?
19	** She'd probably block it, or something. Because Drake and Josh can never get her back... unfortunately.
20	** No matter what she does, she will never get in trouble.
21	** To be a little more realistic, her parents might just blow it off as her simply being a kid and having fun.
22	*** "What's that? Your sister tried to murder you in your sleep? And you have video evidence? Oh, quit your whining, [[KarmaHoudini She's just playing!]]"
23	*** What?
24	*** They put a cat on his face, then note that he's allergic.
25	*** We never learn how bad his allergy is, though. It could be mild. Not all allergies are fatal.
26	*** "What's that? Your sister tried to provoke your non-lethal allergies in your sleep and you have video evidence? Oh, quit your whining! [[KarmaHoudini She's just playing!]]"
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28	* 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 to Drake. 1. When Drake, Josh, and Yooka are performing the "friendship" ceremony, but soon realize that it's 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".
29	** 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 have 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 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 important anymore.
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31	* In the Christmas Special, Megan got a present from Santa. What, exactly, did she do to make Santa forget everything she's done? Hell, even in the special, she did nothing nice.
32	** She could go on a murder spree and still not make the smallest blip on Santa's naughty radar.
33	** Actually, she did do something nice. She deactivated the boys' ankle bracelets for them. Later on, she reversed it because Drake had lied to her about a promise.
34	*** Only doing something nice because of a bribe, and later undoing it and saying figure out your problems yourselves, probably doesn't count.
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36	* How the heck did the Peruvian Puff Peppers get smuggled in? Who's the dude giving them to Megan?
37	** 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 website about the pepper.
38	*** Given that Drake was the one doing the research, it's not improbable that he glossed over that fact.
39	*** And another thing: when it's pointed out at the salsa contest that the Peruvian Puff Pepper is illegal in the US, why didn't Drake and Josh speak up and say that they didn't know it was illegal?
40	*** It wouldn't have mattered. Them not knowing the peppers are illegal doesn't nullify them having used them.
41	** 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 have told people what they were before they entered the contest, especially which ingredients are not allowed. As they say, ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it.
42	** I just went back and watched the episode and at no point is it specified that the peppers were illegal in contests only. The host plainly states that the pepper is illegal in America in general due to the health problems it creates.
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44	* Eating a monkey is weird, but how is it a crime?
45	** Animal cruelty charges?
46	** 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.
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48	* Has no one mentioned this yet? Where the hell is Drake's real dad or Josh's real mom?! I don't think we get any mention of either of them. Not one!
49	*** 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 or injury. 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, suggests to some fans that Drake's dad left them.
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51	* In the episode where Drake and Josh are hiding in the bathroom from Mrs. Hayfer's dog, the dog catcher mentions that he fought in 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 supposed to buy that he has never heard of Vietnam?
52	** On top of that, how is a trained animal control officer who HAPPENS TO BE A VIETNAM VET get scared by a mean dog?
53	*** RuleOfFunny?
54	*** Probably just a fear of dogs he has from the war. Either that or he exaggerated what his role was in Vietnam since not all soldiers might even see combat.
55	*** At one point he didn't recognize the word ''America''. He might be horrible at geography in general.
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57	* 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?
58	** Maybe Drake published the lyrics online.
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60	* Why don't Drake and Josh ever try and use one of Megan's own devices on her? Other than the fact that HeWhoFightsMonsters might come into play.
61	** Well for one, Megan likely keeps her devices under good security so no one else can get to them, and two, it's doubtful that the boys could even figure out how to use her gadgets.
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63	* So Mrs. Hayfer doesn't have anyone to watch her dog while she's away? Doesn't she have a daughter? AND a husband?
64	** If she went out of town on vacation, it's likely her family went with her.
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66	* 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?
67	** Sadly, this is how it is at some schools due to budget cuts. They may start 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.
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69	* 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.
70	** Drake's an idiot. You expect him to do the things he does. Josh is supposed to be the brains of the duo, so when he does something like not read a contract and sign it on someone else's behalf, it comes off as incredibly irresponsible and uncharacteristic. You aren't wrong, Drake can be seen as hypocritical, but the scenario has to do with the dynamic the brothers follow.
71	** Not to mention this was rather serious, not that what Drake got Josh into wasn't, but his whole career and reputation was at stake due to what happened. Drake's antics as bad as they were did not have that bad an impact.
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73	* In I Love Sushi, Drake, and Josh mention that their parents were coming up on their fifth anniversary. But I also remember in season 1, Drake & Josh was 15 years old. So they'd be...20? But they're both in high school for the whole series?
74	** I always figured that they were just lying to the contest people. I don't know why, but a fifth anniversary sounds better than a three-year one.
75	** Perhaps it's 5 years if you include the period when Audrey and Walter were dating.
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77	* Was Megan always an evil genius or does she have some FreudianExcuse for her actions?
78	** Nothing in the universe confirms why she is the way she is but she's probably just a child prodigy catalyzing some sibling rivalry.
79	*** I took it that their parents met when they were kids (as implied in one episode, when Megan was in a stroller)) and then dated for awhile, getting married when they were ten.
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81	* 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 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?
82	** It's been a while since I've seen the episode, but didn't they turn away from the TV when they dialed?
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84	* In the episode Josh is Done, on the day of an important chemistry exam Drake takes the car and leaves Josh behind. Josh ends up having to run to school but ends up late for class unable to take the exam. Why didn't Josh call Drake's cell phone to tell him to come back? It wouldn't have taken that long since Drake had left seconds before Josh came into the kitchen.
85	** Drake was only thinking of himself, which was the main point of Josh disowning him.
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87	* Do Walter and Audrey hate their sons and think they're devil spawns that 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 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 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? 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.
88	** 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.
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90	* 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 is 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 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.
91	** Mrs. Hayfer obviously would do everything in her power to convince herself and others of her pre-existing bias that Drake is responsible for everything wrong in her life, and it's clear that the judge presiding over the trial is an apathetic idiot who shouldn't be anywhere near a courtroom, much less in charge of one. It takes Mindy literally confessing in front of him for him to acquit Drake, and he does it almost as an afterthought on his way to get soup.
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93	* In the pilot, why did Tiffany not only not tell Buck when he came in that Drake was the one she was on the date with and not Josh, but seemingly confirm it to him by saying "I can date who I want" after the obvious misunderstanding? Her waiting till Josh was ''on the ground'' before telling Buck who she was actually on the date with seems like a serious and unrealistic lapse of judgment.
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95	* 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.
96	** He was probably just panicking and not thinking straight.
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98	* 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 them 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?
99	** Another question about that episode is what Audrey said later on: "Well how were we supposed to know that you were gonna get all tangled up with actual criminals?" First off, did the parents not know what the program was about? What did they think was gonna happen? More importantly, would she have said the same thing if something irreversible happened to them?
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101	* Did Audrey and Walter ever watch the Dr. Phyllis Show when the boys were on? Considering Drake and Josh had the freedom to tell the world only some of the things that their demon sister did, one has to wonder if they ever confronted her about that.
102	** Perhaps they thought were they exaggerating? Alternatively, given that the interview ended with Dr. Phyllis attacking Drake, perhaps it was pulled from circulation due to the controversy, so they never actually saw it.
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104	* In "Helicopter", Audrey and Walter forbid Drake from going skydiving cuz it's "too dangerous". Yet they'll gladly force him to go up onto the roof and put a tarp over a leak during a storm at night and sign him and Josh up for the program mentioned above.
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106	* Isn't faking your death illegal? Magic trick or not, doesn't that warrant some jail time?
107	** It's only illegal if you're doing it for illegal activities, like tax evasion. All Doheny did was play an elaborate trick.
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109	* Why didn't anyone report Mrs. Hayfer to the school principal? Even if Drake is a poor student, you can't tell me that they didn't agree that she was being unfair. Josh at least should've done so, considering Drake's his brother.
110	** Josh is a huge teacher's pet. He probably didn't want to get on Hayfer's bad side. As for the other students, they probably didn't pick up on her hatred of Drake.
111	*** From her introduction episode onward, she has shown plenty of times that she hates Drake. Josh even told another student that Mrs. Hayfer hates him, so they know that already.
112	*** Fair enough, then I'd argue it's a case of "not my circus, not my monkeys".
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114	* In “Megan's Revenge” why did Megan need revenge if it turns out that her hamster didn’t die?
115	** She didn't "need revenge" per se, at least not in the way you mentioned. This was just another moment where she was messing with her brothers for going into her room and using her camera without permission, despite the many times where she's done the same thing.
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117	* In "The Bet", if the GameSphere wasn't supposed to come out for another three months, wouldn't Josh have a lack of games to play on it?
118	** That would depend if the Gamesphere supported backward compatibility, which it likely did.
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120	* Shouldn't Drake have gotten a harsher punishment in "Paging Dr. Drake"? Posing as a doctor to flirt with the female nurses is one thing, but he attempted to take the reins during a surgery and delayed it to the point where the patient's anesthetic wore off. I could be wrong but that's medical malpractice isn't it? He should've definitely been arrested, all things considered.

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