A Tree Grows in Lawndale: Difference between revisions

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==Summary==

[[Kevin]] enters a "rebel" phase when he first gets a leather motorcycle jacket, then an actual motorcycle (well, a moped, anyway) when [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] and [[Jane]] point out what the jacket is for. Some of the guys at school goad him into attempting to pop a wheelie, and true to Daria and Jane's prediction, disaster strikes when he plows into the [[Tommy Sherman]] Memorial Tree and sprains his knee. Convinced that his football career is over, Kevin gives up his pads, his sports drinks, and his girlfriend, throwing both himself and [[Brittany]] into a pit of depression. (Later, Daria and Jane's voices drift down from the school roof into the girl's toilets, causing the [[Lawndale High cheerleaders|cheerleaders]] to believe Tommy Sherman's angry ghost is haunting the room)

[[Kevin]] enters a "rebel" phase when he first gets a leather motorcycle jacket, then an actual motorcycle (well, a moped, anyway) when [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria]] and [[Jane]] point out what the jacket is for. Some of the guys at school goad him into attempting to pop a wheelie, and true to Daria and Jane's prediction, disaster strikes when he plows into the [[Tommy Sherman]] Memorial Tree and sprains his knee. Convinced that his football career is over, Kevin gives up his pads, his sports drinks, and his girlfriend, throwing both himself and [[Brittany]] into a pit of depression. (Later, Daria and Jane's voices drift down from the school roof into the girl's toilets, causing the [[Lawndale High School cheerleaders|cheerleaders]] to believe Tommy Sherman's angry ghost is haunting the room)

Kevin's absence from the team begins to make its presence felt, as the [[Lawndale Lions]] enter a major losing streak (through no fault of [[Mack]], who tries his best but just isn't quarterback material). In response, the rest of [[Lawndale|the town]] reacts in strange ways, such as the [[Fashion Club]] being shunned at [[Cashman's]] for coming from a "loser school", the ''[[Lawndale Shopper]]'' claiming property values are dropping like a rock, and ''[[Artie]]'' of all people taunting [[Lawndale High]] students as losers. This leads to desperate measures all around, from [[Angela Li|Ms. Li]] bringing in a psychotic thug as a 'ringer' quarterback, to Quinn and Jake contemplating moving to another town entirely. Helen is openly telling everyone to calm down and be sensible, but Daria spots her "trying to smudge her return address labels".