The Most Popular Person/References

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Trivia

• This episode is similar to A Wish Too Far! from the original series, where Timmy made the same "to be popular" wish like Viv did.
• The original name for this episode was The Throne.
• This marks the first episode to have/be a flashback.
  • This was not initially intended, as this was produced as the second episode, and had to say that it was a flashback in the episode description on Paramount+.
• This marks the first episode where a main characters interacts with the "audience."
  • The first being Viv when she gets "Boo'd" and popcorn gets thrown at her.
  • The second being Roy when he eats the CGI-turned-real popcorn that was thrown at Viv.
  • The third being Wanda when she winks at the audience after Viv states Fairy-mount Plus is a "mountain of entertainment", referencing the real Paramount+.
• The MPP chair is seen in the theme song as Viv's "golden throne."
• "ROYS BOYS" pick Roy up for school every morning because he's popular.
• Positive male friendships make Cosmo cry.
  • Later Cosmo states how positive female friendships make him cry also.
• Everyone mentions how Viv needs to liven up her style.
• Viv is allergic to shellfish.
• There is a "popularity" chart for Dimmsdale Junior High School. The pyramid is as follows:
  • The Most Popular Person
  • Roy and his Boys
  • Cool international students, the jazz trio, pop chess club, pop nerds and pop theater kids
  • Yikes
• Though Vicky pops her balloon, she gives Viv detention for "littering."
• Zina states that she can't eat lunch with Viv because she has Deipnophobia, which is a fear of dining or dinner conversations.
  • Zina also had a hidden eating spot.
  • Now that she realizes she isn't popular and no one watches her eat, Zina now eats in the cafeteria with all the other students.
• Cassidy is the most popular person at Dimmsdale Junior High and makes decisions as to what is and is not cool.
  • She stated how she was "over green" and everyone wearing green scattered from her sight.
  • Naomi even rips her sleeves off.
  • The next day, Cassidy is "over flip-flops", so everyone wearing them throws them out.
  • On day 2, Cassidy says sandwiches are "cheughy", so everyone throws them out.
  • By day 10, books are "boring" and everyone throws them out.
    • Viv was hit by almost every object that Cassidy deemed as uncool, leading to Viv wishing to be MPP.
• Akira speaks in Japanese.
  • Everyone at DJH can understand him, even though he's speaking in a different language.
• Now as the MPP, Viv reinstates everything that Cassidy was over or didn't like.
• A running gag is how Roy tries to tell his Boys what his birthday was and they always said nonsense or cut him off.
• Wanda does not like the sound of nails on a chalkboard.
• Viv doesn't know how to roller skate.
• Buddy bites anyone who gets too close to Roy on the butt, including Rachel, Ty, Cosmo, Wanda, and Vicky.
  • Whenever Buddy is biting someone on the butt he is portrayed by a stuffed dog which the show does not try very hard to hide.
• According to Rachel, in Dimmsdale, cuteness is next to godliness.
• MPPs wake up at 5 A.M. to start their day.
  • This is the second time someone woke Viv up at 5 A.M., with Rachel having done so in Cheater Cheater Cookie Eater.
• Viv doesn't like coffee.
• Viv attempted to unwish herself as MPP, but was unable to do so due to Buddy breaking Cosmo and Wanda's wands.
• Cassidy used to talk to herself when she was MPP because the pressure really gets to you.
• You can't just stop being MPP, you have to do something to get everyone to hate you.
  • Viv accomplishes this by banning Buddy the dog.
• In Dimmsdale, you never get rid of anything that's cute.
• It’s revealed that Vicky doesn't feel pain.

Allusions

• Amazon Prime/Paramount Plus - Ama-Wand Prime and Fairy-mount Plus are both parodies of Amazon Prime and Paramount+.
• Legally Blonde - Zina mentions the pop theater kids rehearsing Legally Blonde.
  • Rachel's actress, Laura Bell Bundy, starred in a Broadway production of Legally Blonde and was nominated for a Tony.

Running Gags

• Everyone thinks Viv is wearing her pajamas.
• Roy trying to tell his Boys when his birthday is before getting cut off.
• Roy's dog biting people's butts.

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