Bad Lot-Tenant

Bad Lot-Tenant is the first segment of 3rd episode in season 3 of Harvey Street Kids. The title of the episode references the 1992 film "Bad Lituanent".

Synopsis
Lotta is puzzled as to why she was selected as a villain by the Fedora of Fate during a Scrimscram game.

Plot
The episode begins with Fredo standing near the Harvey E. Harvison statue, where the kids ask if he will do a puzzle like the last time or will talk about his third buttock. And Lotta realizes that he wanted to show his fedora of fate, which is based on a book by J. Arrrtin called "Moxie & Magic", which is set in the era of 1920s gangsters, where its teenage characters have magical powers.

Then, the kids will be divided into teams in a game of Scrimscram, which is a capture the flag like game with an enchanted boba. The teams are selected by a hat, which classifies them as "Real McCoys" (Good guys), Heebbie Jebbies (Bad guys), Savvys (Smart guys) and Patsies (They just cheer up the other teams).

Fredo proceeds to give them a form to be processed by the fedora. After filling in the forms, the teams formed are as follows: Frufru, Melvin and Lotta as the Heebbie Jebbies; Tiny, Audrey and Pinkeye as the McCoys; Lucretia as Patsie and Dot as Savvy. Lotta for her part, is confused about being chosen as a bad guy. Then is revealed that the reason why she was chosen that way was because of the form, she chose a type of punishment too severe for a bad guy along with other morally wrong answers. Lucretia comments that she was chosen Patsie, was because she is always running out of trouble. Dot tries to comfort Lotta, but she is in denial and assumes her villainous identity.

In a change of scene, Richie asks Dot how the desire powered flying rugs work. She explains that it is a fantasy element, but that it may be the key to understand childhood, therefore Dot asks Richie to join the Moxie fandom. Lotta goes to Melvin and Frufru, where they teach her how to be a villain: not bringing donuts, not practicing because that is what good guys do and cheating. Therefore, they taught her to be mean by taking two samples instead of one from the shrimp sisters' restaurant, but Lotta refuses and gives a speech saying the heart is not wrong at all, which disappoints both Melvin and Frufru.

Back to Richie and Dot, the latter suggests using rugs on skates to give the impression of flying. Richie for his part brings the real equipment based on the film that acts as an adaptation of the books. When Richie was going to ask an inconsistency about the boba being created in the 80s, Dot replies that it was magic. Lotta goes to the bad guys with a barrel again ignoring Dot's advice about not taking the game too seriously. After trapping her teammates in a barrel after as a distraction, Lotta manages to return to her group.

In the game, Fredo says the rules of the game, which must be based on the book's canon. The game begins and Frufru distracting Audrey as Lotta grips Pinkeye and Tiny's rugs, with Melvin taking the other team's boba. After a conversation with them, Lotta realizes that she doesn't necessarily have to be evil. So she gives a speech about what she really wants to be. The kids follow the plan, and want to choose their own teams. Fredo tells them that this is not canonical, which he limits to make a sigh while the background changes to a rainy noir theme, with a corresponding end card.

Characters

 * Audrey
 * Lotta
 * Dot
 * Richie Rich
 * Lucretia
 * Frufru
 * Fredo
 * Pinkeye
 * Tinaceous T. Tonner
 * Melvin
 * Dollcretia

Broadcast
"Bad Lot-Tenant" was released to Netflix on November 12, 2019.

Trivia

 * Moxie and Magic is a parody of Harry Potter.
 * Dollcretia appears without her teeth when Lucretia runs away the first time.

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