Ms. Li sets up a Renaissance Fair at school to pay for the repairs needed for the library's fallen roof. During the fair, Jake gets harassed by a surly teenager, Daria and Jane ride a Ferris wheel with a sobbing Stacy, Brittany keeps Kevin from participating in the play by driving far away from the school, and the Three J's try their hand at jousting with Mr. DeMartino, the Black Knight.
This episode provides examples of:
- Ac CENT Uponthe Wrong Syl LA Ble: Quinn begins doing this after Sandi convinces her that she is pronouncing the words for the play wrong.
- The Bad Guy Wins: Sandi and her mother Linda don't receive any comeuppance for being total bitches to Quinn and Helen, respectively. The last shot of the two is them clearly savoring Quinn's humiliation when the play goes off the rails.
- Enfant Terrible: Sandi's little brothers, especially the younger one.
- Fate Worse than Death: Daria and Jane being stuck on the Ferris wheel with Stacy sobbing her eyes out and ranting about her date after she pays the operator double.Daria: Excuse me, you can't do this.Jane: We're human beings, damn it!
- Green-Eyed Monster: A lot of examples, actually...
- Brittany can't stand the idea of Kevin playing a love scene opposite Quinn. Her solution? Sabotage the play by driving Kevin far away from the school.
- Sandi couldn't stand Quinn getting the part over her. Her response? She makes Quinn more nervous by mentioning her that she puts the accent in the wrong word.
- Since Kevin isn't there, Mr. O'Neill had to randomly pick Jeffy to play opposites with Quinn. Joey and Jamie's response? They mark the wrong script for Jeffy so he will blow the play.
- Inelegant Blubbering: Stacy spends the latter half of the episode crying her eyes out after she got snubbed by a guy following a date. Daria and Jane manage to talk her out of it after getting stuck with her on the Ferris wheel.
- Karma Houdini: All the parties responsible for the play going wrong get no comeuppance for their actions.
- Like Mother, Like Daughter: Linda and Sandi. It was already apparent in Linda's debut episode, but really on display here.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: This is one of, if not the only time, Mr. O'Neill is ever shown getting angry when Kevin doesn't arrive for the play.
- Passive Aggressive Combat: Helen and Linda are just as nasty to each other as Quinn and Sandi, regularly trading verbal barbs to get a rise out of the other.
- Pyrrhic Victory: Joey and Jamie trick Jeffy into reading the wrong lines as payback for getting to perform with Quinn. They don't get that in doing so, they're also responsible for Quinn getting humiliated (and would've probably had a massive breakdown if they realized what they did to her by proxy).
- Running Gag: The episode repeatedly cuts back to Brittany driving Kevin as far away from the school as possible with Kevin asking if it usually takes this long to get to school. By nightfall:Kevin: Now babe, I know it doesn't take this long to get to school.Brittany: Are you suuuuure?Kevin: ...aww, man!
- Stealing from the Till: After the library's roof collapses during a storm, Ms. Bennett is checking the finance books and is puzzled about where the school funds went. When she notices that Ms. Li has a polygraph right behind her, she claims that she won it in a raffle.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Parodied. Jamie is overjoyed when Mr. DeMartino gets his name right, leaving him open for the guy as the Black Knight to clobber him.
- Yes-Man: One moment Tiffany is supporting Sandi by saying she should have been picked over Quinn, and the other Tiffany complains to Quinn that Sandi is being ridiculous for being a Sore Loser about it.
