Teen FORCES NERD To DO GROUP PROJECT, What Happens Next Is Shocking is the 98th episode of the 12th season of Dhar Mann. It aired on June 14, 2023.
Plot[]
The episode opens with Nick reading a basketball magazine. As he decides to clean his glasses, Julian walks by and takes them, mocking Nick in front of the class. Everyone laughs, before Julian takes a closer look at the magazine.
He offers Nick two tickets to a basketball game with the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. Nick excitedly accepts, before Julian reveals that it was all a prank. Instead, he will be taking Jessica. Just then, the teacher, Mrs. Baker, comes in and announces to the class that their final assignment for the year will be a duo presentation on Friday. The entire class is assigned to choose a partner to do a report on one of the 50 states. The assignment is worth half of their grade.
Julian is then called up to the front of the room, where Mrs. Baker tells him that he failed another test. If he does not get an "A" on the project, he will spend the summer in summer school. Hearing this, Julian decides to partner up with Nick, forcing Jacob to leave. Together, they are assigned to work on the state of California, their home state, and Julian plots to use Nick to earn an easy "A".
Throughout the entire week, Julian refuses to do any work, not even making the slightest contribution to the assignment, despite Mrs. Baker's frequent reminders. On Thursday night, he comes to Nick's home and upon noticing a PS5, he immediately rushes over to play on it, as Julian's mother took away his Xbox. Instead of promising to help out on the project, Julian spends all his time playing video games, with Nick bearing the entire workload and being forced to pull an all-nighter to finish the project.
The next morning, the class presents their projects. Having pulled an all-nighter, Nick falls asleep in class, before Mrs. Baker calls on him and Julian. In an attempt to get out of doing the hard work, Julian decides to have Nick lead the presentation while Julian turns the slides. Unfortunately for Julian, his plan quickly falls apart as Nick is barely able to even keep his eyes open. Having heard that the duo supposedly stayed up late to finish the project and seeing that only Nick was extremely tired, Mrs. Baker instantly sees through Julian's dishonesty and allows Nick to go to the nurse's office. Julian attempts to leave, but Mrs. Baker forces him to carry the presentation by himself, which only confirms her suspicions. As Julian did not do any work, he could only give a few basic facts such as entertainment, sports, restaurants, and the good climate. However, Mrs. Baker then asks him to discuss the geography, history, and ecology, and Julian is utterly unable to continue on.
Julian's plan ends up completely falling apart and backfiring, with Mrs. Baker giving him a failing grade while allowing Nick a retake. After school, Julian is seen fuming about his failure, before Nick meets up with him, having just woken up. Julian angrily blames Nicholas and berates him for allowing his plan to fall through, and is about to punch Nick in the face before his mother appears, reprimanding him furiously and demanding that he apologizes to Nick. Having heard all about Julian failing the project, his mother reveals she talked to Mrs. Baker, and they both agreed that Julian should be sent to summer school. In addition, he will not receive his Xbox back for a long time.
This only serves to make Julian angrier, with him balking that this is the worst day of his life. Jessica then appears and asks whether they are still going to the Lakers game that night. Julian lights up, but his mother once again pours cold water over his plans. She asks Nick if he is a Lakers fan, to which Nick answers yes. She offers him the chance to go to the game with Jessica, to which Nick happily agrees, before forcing Julian to give Nick the tickets. Nick thanks Julian's mother, before he and Jessica excitedly grin at each other.
Morals[]
- "There is no I in "team"."
- "Bullying is never okay."
- "Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat."
Cast[]
Main Characters[]
Nick - Ayden Mekus
Julian - Devon Weetly
Jessica - Neela Jolene
Teacher - Rachel Alig
Supporting/Minor Characters[]
Julian's Mom - Socorro Jones
Student 1 - Tatiana Mclane
Student 2 - Julian Vega
Student 3 - Maribel Landeros Loera
Student 4 - Zhengzhao Yang
Student 5 - Payson Mitchell
Trivia[]
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References[]
- This episode, like many previous "Bully Forces Nerd to Help Them" themed episodes, has Ayden Mekus playing the Nerd, and Devon Weetly playing the Bully.