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" "Safety's cool," says Kevin Thompson, the ex-quarterback who quit the [[Lawndale Lions]] after scraping his knee. The once-respected jock keeps busy these days spreading his message to grade school kids too young to grasp the principles of cowardliness and self-pity. Meanwhile the Lions continue their downward spiral as the one person who could save them spends his days encouraging kids to stay inside and fear their own"
==Trivia==▼
The title of this episode is a play on the novel ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tree_Grows_in_Brooklyn_(novel) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Smith Betty Smith].▼
The team aren't just losing without Kevin, they're being ''hammered'': he's explicitly the only reason they win games. This both explains why he keeps getting byes (see "[[See Jane Run]]", "[[Mart of Darkness]]") from Principal Li, it implies the other players are mediocre at best. This isn't implied in any other episode, webpage, or book, and "[[The Daria Database]]" has Mack saying Kevin takes credit for what the other players do.▼
▲==Trivia==
Behind Upchuck in the booth is a calender, marked Spring/Fall Schedule.▼
▲The title of this episode is a play on the novel ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Tree_Grows_in_Brooklyn_(novel) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Smith Betty Smith]. That last shot of the flower is a spoof of the last shot of the film version.
▲The team aren't just losing without Kevin, they're being ''hammered'': he's explicitly the only reason they win games. This both explains why he keeps getting byes (see "[[See Jane Run]]", "[[Mart of Darkness]]") from Principal Li
Brittany is genuinely upset that she won't be dating Kevin. In contrast, in "[[Is It College Yet?]]" she's the one going to break up with ''him'' as he'll be getting held back a year while she moves on from school.
We see a local elementary school, [[Lincoln Elementary]].
▲Behind Upchuck in the booth is a calender, marked Spring/Fall Schedule.
=="A Tree Grows in Lawndale" and Fanfic==
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