Mandrill of the House

Mandrill of the House
	Season 4, Episode 11
Air date	April 10, 2008
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Mandrill of the House is the eleventh episode of season four.

Synopsis[]

Windsor feels both threatened and creeped out by the fact that his single mom is dating Mr. Mandrill!

Plot[]

Windsor covertly looks through his Crystal Collection, and cuddles his glass cat figurine, he named "Puss Puss". Slips comes up and Windsor slams his locker door, keeping the figurines hidden in embarrassment. Just down the hall, Mr. Mandrill finishes a conference with Adam and Jake, giving them some advice as they walk out, that apparently even he doesn't understand. Mr. Mandrill claims to have heard what he taught the two from his "special lady", much to the bemusement of Adam and Jake.

At lunch, Adam and Jake spread the word to their friends and everybody laughs at the idea of Mr. Mandrill dating anybody. However, Windsor's reaction is not the same, as when Adam tells him about it, he has an abrupt freak out, and then runs away, crying. When Adam asks what Windsor's problem is, to anyone that would know, Slips casually says it's because Mr. Mandrill is dating his mother, Margie Gorilla, and brushes it off, acting like this news is nothing important or relevant to the situation. Naturally, this sparks an uproar of Zuh? among the group.

Windsor is crying in a bathroom stall and Adam, Jake, and Slips come in, trying to help him feel better. Jake says that the singularity of Windsor's mom is going to make it inevitable for her to date. Slips makes the mistake of mentioning how she's also "wicked hot", which gets Windsor to have another freak out, wherein he kicks down the stall door and rings Slips' neck. After calming down, Windsor explains how it's just very awkward, having his mother date a teacher. It's also then learned that she used to date Principal Pixiefrog, which was a situation, that was no better. After their relationship ended, Windsor issued a restraining order, keeping Pixiefrog from going within 10 yards of her.

During one class involving animal mating rituals, and when Mr. Mandrill makes a joke about "monkey love", which Windsor does not take well. In Mandrill's office, the unqualified guidance counselor tries to bond with Windsor, who keeps shutting him out. He then reveals to Windsor that Margie suggested that he drove him home, much to his horror.

Characters[]

Major Roles[]

Minor Roles[]

Production Music[]

Bush Trail (B) – Sam Sklair (title card)
Young Cubs At Play – John Fox, Mac Prindy (Windsor at his locker)
Hot Night – Alan Parker (“Now, I’m not a licensed therapist…”)
? (“My special…lady…”)
City Tour – David Morse (Windsor “crying” in the bathroom)
Unlimited Love – Alan Parker (Animal Mating Rituals)
Nirvana – Yasotha Somasundram (“You wanted to see me?”)
Hollywood Holiday – Frank Samuels (riding with Mr. Mandrill)
Danza is the Boss – Tom Sheppard (plays on the radio)
Renaissance – George Wilson (Ye Rhinossance Faire)
Tournament (A) – Robert Foster (Toss thy Pig)
She And She – James Clarke (is the surprise a wedding ring?)
Twelfth Century – Chris Payne (Ye Olde Wallowing Pit)
? (horns)
Zambesi Dance – Claude Larson (Windsor vs. Mr. Mandrill)
Tournament (A) – Robert Foster (“Wisheth thou to taketh the hand of my fair mother?”)
Holiday Club – Billy Bell (ending)
Danza is the Boss – Tom Sheppard (end credits scene)

Quotes[]

Mr. Mandrill: Now, I'm not a licensed therapist, or even technically qualified as a guidance councilor, but I do know this. For your relationship to succeed, you have to listen, but you also have to hear. Ya dig?

Adam/Jake: No.

Mr. Mandrill: Darn. I was hoping you could explain it to me.

Adam: Hey, Windsor. Did you know that Mr. Mandrill has a special lady? Rawr.

[Windsor flips out and runs off, crying]

Windsor: Whaaa! Whaaa! Whaaa!

Adam: What's wrong with him?

Slips: Oh, he's been that way ever since his mom started dating Mr. Mandrill.

Adam/Jake/Lupe/Ingrid: Zuh?

Jake: Your mom's a single gal. It's inevitable she's gunna date.

Slips: Plus, she's wicked hot.

[Windsor busts out of the bathroom stall and strongly grips Slips by the neck]

Windsor: You take that back.

Slips: Okay, your mom's not wicked hot.

Windsor: Um ... take that back!

Windsor: It's just flat out icky when your mom dates a teacher.

Jake: Yeah, teachers shouldn't date or have real lives.

Adam: Mr. Mandrill isn't really a teacher or a qualified guidance councilor. Actually, I don't know what he's qualified for.

Windsor: Can I go, Mr. Mandrill?

Mr. Mandrill: Please, call me "Maurice".

Windsor: No.

Mr. Mandrill: Then how 'bout "Bob"?

[Windsor throws Mr. Mandrill through a wall]

Mr. Mandrill: I feel like there's a wall between us.

Mr. Mandrill: I've been wanting to talk to you privately, Windsor.

Windsor: Really? Great. Then I'm glad I brought all my friends with me.

[Windsor, Mr. Mandrill, and Slips rip of their clothes, and they apparently have rhino costumes underneath; Adam does the same thing, but ends up revealing his underwear]

Adam: Huh? Great. The one day I forget to wear my rhino costume under my clothes.

[Adam throws a pig in the Rhinossance fair pig toss]

Adam: Woo hoo! Pig toss! Yes! That hamhock is so mine!

[The pig talks to the camera, while flying through the air]

Pig: [deadpan] I remember when I was that enthusiastic.

Windsor: Why don't you wallow around someone else's mudder? Uh ... I mean mud?

Trivia[]

The title is a pun on the phrase "Man of the House".
Windsor collects crystal figurines.
It's learned in this episode that Windsor has been raised by a single mother, and her name is Margie. It is also learned that Margie is apparently very hot and both Principal Pixiefrog and Cyrus Q. Hornbill have dated Margie at least once in the past. However, Windsor now has restraining orders against them from getting within 10 yards of his mother. Currently, she's dating Mr. Mandrill and Windsor feels strongly uncomfortable about that.
Slips thinks Windsor's mom is "wicked hot". This is the only interest in women he's shown in the series and the closest he's come to having a love interest.
Mr. Mandrill teaches sex-ed class, which is euphemistically referred to as "Mating Ritual Class".
It's learned Mr. Mandrill isn't qualified for being a guidance counselor.
It is revealed in this episode that Mr. Mandrill enjoys Jiminy Japoopy, as much as Windsor does and that he used to be one of his backup singers. Mandrill and Windsor also both share the same enthusiasm for Rhino-sance Fairs and both have secret collections of tiny glass animal sculptures.
Windsor says that he wears a rhino horn under his hat, so that he can keep it at the protruding, forward leaning angle it's always been at in the show.
This is the thirteenth episode in which Adam Lyon's underwear is revealed.
Billboard Gag: "Now Offering Pilot Whale Flight Training."
Credits Gag: Mr. Mandrill and Windsor listening to "Danza in the Boss" in the car.

Continuity[]

Mr. Mandrill refers to his middle name being "Bob" again.
Jiminy Japoopy and Windsor's fandom for him from "Flesh Fur Fantasy" is brought up again.

Cultural References[]

Jiminy's song "Danza is the Boss" is a reference to the 80's sit-com Who's the Boss?.
The Unenthusiastic Pig, that was thrown by Adam in the Toss thy Pig event, is labeled as "Droopy Pig" in the ending credits. This is possibly a reference to the Looney Tunes character, Droopy Dog.