Seeing Double

When Marcus inadvertently breaks the sink in the boys' bathroom, he bolts, allowing Johnny to take the blame. But when he hears that Johnny may face suspension, Marcus instantly regrets his decision not to step forward. Of course, regretting his inaction is one thing. Actually having the courage to step forward and admit to his mistake is something else.

While Marcus wrestles with a guilty conscience, Earl, a regular fall guy during his high school days, decides to teach Marcus a lesson. Inspired by an in-class discussion of Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass", Earl sends our heroes to a bizarre alternate mirror world. There, they encounter weird mirror versions of our Rhino regulars: a sharp and eagle-eyed Principal Mulligan, an erudite Rod Harwood, a squeaky-clean Fred Smertz. As it turns out, our heroes have quite a reputation in this mirror world- and not a good one. It turns out that their mirror-versions are some Class A troublemakers- and our heroes are paying the price for their bad reps.

With the help of the mirror-world Earl, a shy, soft-spoken genius, our heroes make the leap back to their world in time to save it from the ravages of their trouble-making counterparts- and in time for Marcus to finally accept responsibility for what he has done.

Earl P. Sidebottom/The Phantom, Raticus, Rod, Billy O'Toole, Lydia Lopez, Ruby Snarkis, Marcus Snarkis, Mrs. Snodgrass, Edna, Principal Mulligan, Flo, Nurse Cutlip, Buford, Mr. Needlenose, Fred, Johnny

Educational objective: Viewers will learn the importance of taking responsibility for their actions.

Factoids: "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe; "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll.