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The Adventures of Pete & Pete Season 3 Episode 8

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AIRED: 11/23/95

Younger Pete and his friends, Monica and Wayne, get trapped in the school after it's locked up for the night.

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In the Midst of Darkness

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By sh811a, Mar 31, 2011

This is another one of my favorite episodes that I think is a bit underrated, it was also another gem from my least favorite season. This episode plays and is formated like a slasher film, it's kinda similar to the underrated horror movie "Intruder" which was about grocery store clerks having to work the early after hours before opening but are not alone because a serial killer is in the store.

The episode isn't just all fun and games but is actually rather dark and even kinda spooky. The fact that everything in the school is dark and there are no lights on along with the music really make the school a forbiding enviorment as well as adds to the isolation. And it all rings true because I've seen the inside of a school in the nighttime, it's pritty darn creepy, the quiet, the amount of darkness in a big space, I'm sometimes wondering if there is a presense I don't know about.

It has it's funny moments like seeing all the kids mess around and have fun but my favorate and it's darkly funny as well is the character Wayne trying to stop the slasher by asking him for his hall pass, why the heck Wayne would think that would work I don't know. But you have to admire the kid for at least trying that takes guts and he was doing it to protect his friends. I really liked seeing that side of Wayne, it's too bad we didn't get to see that often it elevated his character if only we had one or two more seasons of the show.

What also powers this episode is it kinda breaks some cleches in the slasher genere and makes me apreciate the characters more. Like going back to help Wayne even though it was probably too late, but that just shows that both Pete and Nona pritty much abide by the Army Ranger honor code "Leave no man behind" going back for Wayne is what true friends should do and shows they had guts. Even when they thoght they witnessed their friend in trouble they charged to stop the slasher.

In a way the episode is kinda an aligory on coming of age. The thing about the institutes of schools are they always are place to teach and guide people but once school is out there are no rules/system to do any of that. At that point your your own person, you have to decide on what to do. Like for example, Wayne had a desire to be a hall monitor, Monica wanted to get to the top of the rope, Young Pete wanted to free his worm friends and their mishap gave them that opportunity and they seized it they did all this own their own, and that's true with life itself. You want to do something, do it don't let anyone tell you otherwise, they can't stop you.

In the midst of darkness, Pete, Monica, and Wayne found sunlight.moreless
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Danny Tamberelli	Little Pete Wrigley
Michael Marrona	Big Pete Wrigley

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Tarmo Semper Urb		Guest Star
Lori Tan Chinn		Guest Star
Adam West	Principal Kent Schwinger	Guest Star
Maris Hudson	Monica	Recurring Role
Justin Restivo	Wayne Pardue	Recurring Role

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- Big Pete is only present in this episode as the narrator.
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- When we see Schwinger's car pulling out of the parking lot, you can clearly see that it's only a remote-controlled car.
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- Little Pete: Lick a kite three mimes, right, sash-boy?
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- Little Pete: (Little Pete enjoying the freedom to yell in the library) Principal Schwinger is a dipwad! (library echoes "dipwad")
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- Principal's secretary: (reporting an urgent bulletin over the intercom) The art students have taken over the kiln. They say they have a list of demands.
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- Monica: I've never seen anything like it! What is it?
  Little Pete: (misleading her about the urinals) Uh... it's a foot wash.
  Wayne: Yeah. That white puck thing makes your feet smell pine fresh.
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- Little Pete: Wayne, you stay here. If you hear the night guard coming, flick the lights three times. You got that?
  Wayne: Lick the kites three mimes.
  Monica: We're gonna die.
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