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Alex Gets Schooled is episode 5 of Season 4.

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Synopsis[]

Alex is sent to Dorsal Academy in England after getting all F’s in her report card, only to find out that the headmaster plans to turn everyone into dolphin hybrids. After Sam and Clover rescue Alex and turn her back to normal, it is revealed (because of a mix-up at school) that Alex’s grades were really A’s and B’s, and the person who had gotten all F's was none other than Mandy who was grounded by her mother

In the B-story, Jerry moves into the spies’ Beach House while his house is being fumigated, but has a pool party while the spies are away.

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Trivia[]

  • Grades:
    • Sam gets all A’s.
    • Clover gets A’s, B’s, and a C in metal shop.
    • Alex gets A’s and B’s.
    • Mandy gets all F’s.
  • Sebastian Saga‘s rave music is used.
  • The spies wear school uniforms
  • Appearances of the fathers of the main characters.
  • Alexandra is transformed by a villain.
  • Alex does not wear her catsuit, avoids the mission, gets possessed, and the B-story is about Jerry.
  • The principal in "Spies in Space" makes a negative remark about Clover's scores despite her high grades.
  • Clover's grades have improved since "Queen for a Day", where she got a D in astronomy.
  • Mandy's low grades are mentioned in "Alex Gets Schooled" and "Dental? More Like Mental". However, she manages to graduate in "Evil Graduation".
  • There are look-alike characters for Mira and Shirley.
  • Sam, Clover and Alex cry together upon knowing that Alex will be sent to Dorsal Academy.
  • Jerry's party trashes the girl's Beach House and he is forced to clean the mess himself.
  • This is the last appearance of Phoebe.
  • Nobody at Dorsal Academy notices that Clover and Samantha are wearing the wrong color vests.
  • The Dorsal Academy principal is physically and psychologically analogous to the DC villain the Penguin, with the difference of being "themed" after dolphins instead of birds.
  • The hands of Charleston and the other human/dolphin hybrids resemble the Vulcan salute from "Star Trek".
  • If you noticed carefully about the Dorsal Academy school uniform, Sam and Clover wear the opposite colors of their eyes. Sam has green eyes but wears a blue uniform. Clover has blue eyes but wears a green uniform.
  • Alex won a gold medal for the Beverly Hills High swim team 3 years in a row.
  • Jerry refers to the United Kingdom as JOE (Jolly Old England).
  • The WOOHPed tunnel network works in reverse.
  • The spies agree that school uniforms are always uncomfortable to wear.
  • This is one of the few episodes in which Sam, Clover, and Alex do not get WOOHPed.
  • Carmen's hair color is changed from reddish brown to black. Her layered short hair is replaced with bob similar to Alex's.
  • G.L.A.D.I.S. can appear inside the spies' Beach House.
  • Beverly Hills High has a metal shop class.
  • Goof: When the transformed Alex was spinning a beach ball on her nose, the beach ball wasn't spinning.
  • Mandy and her mom are seen during the end of the episode where Mandy's mom scolds her for her bad behavior and grades.

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Quotes[]

Carmen: Good news, honey. Seems there was a mix-up at school.
Alex’s Father: The F’s didn’t belong to you. You got A’s and B’s.
Carmen: We’re so proud of you.
Alex: Does that mean I can stay in Bev Hills?
Carmen: As long as you promise to come visit us more often.
Sam and Clover: Yeah!
Alex: I can stay! I can stay! (Sam and Clover hug her)


Alex: (just realizing the mix-up) Wait. If those grades weren’t mine, who’s the poor sap who got all F’s?
Mandy: (shrieks) F’s? But how is that possible?!
Phoebe: You are grounded for the rest of the year, young lady. And that means no dates.
Mandy: (shrieks) You can’t be serious! The boys of Bev Hills will be lost without me!

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