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"Run for Office Thing!" is the eighteenth episode in the first season of 100 Things to Do Before High School. It first aired January 9, 2016 on Nickelodeon.

Synopsis

CJ and the boys decide to make their voices heard during the 7th grade elections; a friendly competition turns negative.[2]

Summary

Crispo borrows CJ's mascot suit and distracts the students while Blake is trying to give his presidential speech. Blake gets angry and he, the vice president, and treasurer tackle Crispo. Mr. Roberts forces the student council members to resign, and the three spots are open for other students to apply for, which becomes the next thing on the list for CJ, Fenwick, and Crispo.

The three talk about the elections and have a strategy meeting at CJ's house. CJ shows interest in running for president, which confuses Fenwick and Crispo, who were also planning to run for the position. They all agree to run for the position, but CJ's parents, who overhear, tell them it is a bad idea because someone was bound to go negative in their campaign. The three promise to not let that happen and try to create a three-handed handshake.

At school the next day, the three put up tables in the hallways, and CJ and Fenwick try to get votes by handing out flyers to students passing by while Crispo holds up a piece of paper with "Vote for Crispo" written on it. Mindy helps Crispo with his table, however, and gets the students' attention by offering free candy. Fenwick then regains some students' attention with music. When no one stops by CJ's table, she decides to ask her mother for help and she remakes her campaign table with cookies, new fliers, campaign buttons, and a slogan. CJ tells Fenwick they just had to do whatever it took to make their voices heard and he creates a negative campaign video about her.

The next day, CJ confronts Fenwick and Paul, who is Fenwick's secret service member, on his negative video about her and he tells her she had given him the idea to do it. When Mindy sees Fenwick is beating Crispo, she and the Vortex take pictures of Crispo doing various activities in order to make him look presidential. They also create campaign t-shirts that feature an unflattering picture of CJ on the back with a message to not vote for her. CJ is fed up and makes a negative campaign video on Crispo, who is shocked when he sees it. Crispo then makes a negative campaign video on Fenwick, who in turn makes a negative video on both Crispo and CJ. The three continue with the negative videos until they are called to Mr. Roberts's office. He warns them to stop with the negative videos and reminds them of the presidential debate planned for the next day.

At the presidential debate, Fenwick and Crispo begin arguing and CJ interrupts them to tell the audience to vote for them rather than her. Fenwick and Crispo also tell the audience to vote for their friends instead of themselves, which confuses the audience. They end up electing Paul for president, since he was also on the stage, and he fulfills CJ's campaign promise of an extra minute in the halls between classes. CJ, Fenwick, and Crispo finally figure out how to do a three-handed handshake. They also did not know how long an extra minute could be and stand around in silence before they decide to go to class early and find a seat.

Cast

Main Cast

Recurring Cast

Guest Cast

Notable Dialogue

CJ: Gentlemen, the next thing on the list is run for office.
CJ: And, if we do win, we can actually change this school for the better.
Crispo: Right, like a second summer vacation in the winter called S'winter break.
Fenwick: Not bad.
Crispo: Locker pets.
Fenwick: Eh.
Crispo: Or something in the hall to make it smell like cinnamon buns.
Fenwick: I do like the cinnamon buns.
Crispo: Yeah.
CJ: Or something I've always wanted at school - [bell rings] an extra minute in the hall between class.
Crispo: That's perfect! One more minute to spend with our locker pets.
CJ: Okay, we'll all run for president.
Mr. Martin: Ooh, bad idea. School politics between friends can get very messy.
Mrs. Martin: It's true. I ran for class president against my best friend, Gia Giacometti. We never talked again.
Mr. Martin: It's always the same story. Every candidate says they're going to be nice, then somebody goes negative, and then everyone says mean things.
Crispo: You're really good at this. How come you're not running for president?
Mindy: Do you remember my last campaign? [flashback of Mindy running for president] And, lastly, if you don't vote for me, you're all dumb! [end flashback] Some people said I had a "likability" problem.
CJ: Vote CJ. She's minute to win it.
Fenwick: Does that really make sense?
CJ: Doesn't have to. It rhymes.
Fenwick: CJ Martin, she wants to be your president, but how much do we really know about CJ? What does CJ even stand for? What else is she hiding from us? And CJ says she can give you an extra minute, but where is she gonna get that extra minute? From classtime. And shorter classes means more work outside of class. That's right, CJ Martin wants to give you more homework. This Friday, vote for a candidate that doesn't want to give you more homework. Vote Fenwick Frazier. Strength, progress, freedom! I'm Fenwick Frazier and I approve this message.
CJ: I ran for president because I thought everyone could use an extra minute in the halls between class. Classrooms are where learning happens, but the halls are where life happens. What I didn't think is the friends that I wanted to spend that extra minute with would start fighting. So my new position in this campaign is don't vote for me. Vote for them, because they're amazing. [to Fenwick and Crispo] And I'm sorry we're fighting.

Trivia

  • This is the first episode to air in 2016 after the show's hiatus.
  • This episode was filmed in March 2015.[3][4][5]

Continuity

Cultural references

  • The Pooti-gate scandal is a reference to the Watergate scandal.
  • Crispo mentions "S'winter" as being a summer break in the winter time. "S'winter" is also mentioned and featured in the Disney Channel animated show Phineas and Ferb.
  • SchnoobTube is a parody of YouTube.
  • An image of Mount Rushmore can be seen in the first campaign video Fenwick created.
  • The melting-like font Fenwick used in his first campaign video is similar to a font seen on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.

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References

  1. UPDATED: SHOWBUZZDAILY’s Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Update: 1.9.2016 This episode received 1.227 million viewers on its premiere night and came in fortieth place in the top 150 original cable telecasts.
  2. Run for Office Thing!
  3. @bradyreiter: "Paul Schmoliter and Mindy Minus back at it. 👊 #100things" This picture was posted by Brady Reiter on March 24, 2015. Brady can be seen wearing one of the outfits her character wears in this episode.
  4. @bradyreiter: "Love these ladies 💜👯 #mindysminions" This picture was posted by Brady Reiter on March 25, 2015. The girls can be seen wearing the clothes their characters wear in the episode.
  5. @bradyreiter: "#ootd on set because I love this outfit 🙈 super pumped for the #KCAS tomorrow! 🎉" This picture was posted by Brady Reiter on March 27, 2015. Brady can be seen wearing the outfit Mindy wears in a flashback in this episode.
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