"Mr. Witness" is the fortieth episode of Mr. Young overall, as well as the fourteenth episode of the second season.
Synopsis[]
Derby enters the Finnegan High Witness Protection Program after telling on Slab for bullying.
Overview[]
After Slab threatens Derby for tattling on him to Principal Tater, Derby fears retaliation and asks Tater for protection. Tater offers Derby a chance to pose as an exchange student from Britain, Simon. As Derby masquerades as Simon, Tater must convince Slab that Derby has actually moved away. As his fake identity, "Simon" turns out to catch the eye of Echo, much to Adam's dismay, and he tries different ways to get Echo to stop liking Simon.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Brendan Meyer as Adam Young
- Matreya Fedor as Echo Zizzleswift
- Gig Morton as Derby
- Kurt Ostlund as Slab
- Milo Shandel as Principal Tater
Allusions[]
- Harry Potter - Derby's fake identity, Simon, resembles Harry Potter's outfit.
Trivia[]
- Principal Tater's low IQ score is revealed in this episode.
- Adam makes a reference to the background characters, stating he's never heard them talk, only walk about and agree with the scene.
- The yellow bird on Derby's shoulder, along with Derby saying "My, oh my, what a wonderful day" is a reference to the Disney movie "Song of the South" and its song "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah".
- This episode would ironically reveal the subplot of Mr. Cyclops, as it would later be revealed that Slab is important in keeping Finnegan High terrorized to reduce the overpopulation of nerds.
- This is the first episode to only feature main characters.