Flush of Genius

Flush of Genius

Tyler profiles his dad for a reort on his favorite American.

Season: 3 Episode: 19

Total Episode Count: 62

'''Prod. no.''': 3BQT19

Featuring: Tom Smith, Tyler Smith

Also Appearing: Taylor, Shubie, Vera, Dennis, Harold, Sandals, Lenny, Abagail, LeVar Smith, Evelyn Smith, Bernard Bernard, Theodore Parker, Jr. III, Dr. Fist, Gus, Laine, Derek, Reggie, Carl, Eddie, Muff, Mr. Ribbit

Plot: Tyler decides to profile his dad for a report on his favorite American, but when Tom takes himto work and show him a less than all-American attitude toward his and habits, he writes a less than flattering report. Upset at losing his son's respect, Tom goes out drinking. When he returns home drunk, he falls off the toilet while reaching for a burrito and suffers a concussion. Completely humiliate, he loses Tyler's total respect, resulting in Tyler changing his name to keep  from being associated with Tom and Tom fails to win support for his cause to make toilets safer, blaming his fall on the design.

Meanwhile, Tayor gets excited when he realizes he's grown tall enough to ride his favorite roller coaster at Krazy Kingdom, The Eliminator. As Taylor anxiously awaits the big day, Tom is struck with inspiration for a shoulder bar design for toilets similar to those on roller coasters. As the rest of the family heads off to the amusement park, Tom tries out the safety bar and discovers he failed to design a mechanism to unlock the harness when complete. Tom gets a message out to Sandals by writing on toilet paper with toothpaste and Sandals calls for help. One of the rescuers was an individual who Tom had tried to solicit support from earlier but had denied falling off a toilet himself. Seeing Tom's creation, he is still impressed and arranges to fly Tom to the government still strapped into his toilet seat so they may see his proposal.

Taylor's happiness is shot down when he discovers at the park that his extra growth was the result of Bernard Bernard's pet frog Mr. Ribbit on his scalp and he is forced to endure another year of kiddie riders. Seeing employees huddled around a television set, they see a news report of Tom being carried below a helicopter to speak on his proposal. This wins back Tyler's respect and Shubie rushes the family to catch up with Tom, giving Taylor a thrill ride to rival any roller coaster. Tyler makes Tom the subject of his report again, noting that although the committee ejected him in disgust, he stood up for what he believed in like a true American.

Trivia

 * The title card is the same one from "American Prankster".

Rating
TV-14: DLV

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