Mr. Young

Mr. Young is a Canadian teen sitcom made by YTV which debuted in 2011 about a teenaged prodigy named Adam Young who is teaching a high school science class. On the way, he runs into an old friend, gets hounded by a bully, falls in love with a student, and tries to convince the principal that he has valuable contributions to make to Finnegan High School.

The show has become highly popular, is adored by YTV, and gets a LOT of crap past the radar.

"Dang: Ding marry Duck! Adam: His wife's name is Duck? Dang: Her name not Duck! She a quack-quack duck!"
 * Adored by the Network: YTV shows it nearly every day.
 * A.I. Is a Crapshoot: ARTHUR
 * All Asians Know Martial Arts: Dang and his estranged brother Ding are both martial arts experts.
 * All Just a Dream: Mr. Moth
 * All Love Is Unrequited: Adam loves Echo, Ivy loves Hutch, Derby loves Ivy and Mrs. Byrne loves Mr. Elderman.
 * Alma Mater Song: Mr. School Song
 * Ambiguous Gender: Slab's Mother.
 * Asleep in Class: Derby and Slab fall asleep upon hearing Adam's lesson. Even Adam admits to falling asleep in class.
 * Attack of the Fifteen-Foot Hamster
 * Bi the Way: Adam and Hutch, if Mr. Servant and Mr. Impossible are any indication.
 * Breathless Non-Sequitur: Dang's school song, which he translated over the internet.
 * Butt Monkey: Derby
 * But You Screw One Goat!: Dang's brother Ding:

"Mr. Slabinski: You're a kid. Adam: Well, yes, but... Mr. Slabinski: How old are you? Adam: I'll be fifteen in March. Mr. Slabinski: Wait, you mean you're only... Adam: Fourteen. Mr. Slabinski: Fourteen?! Adam: Wow. I guess the Fruit-Ball doesn't fall far from the tree."
 * Child Prodigy: Adam graduated from college at age 10.
 * The new student Joseph in Mr. Brain.
 * Continuity Porn: A scene in Mr. DNA parallels an exchange from the first episode and acknowledges the episode Mr. Younger Man:

"Mrs. Byrne: All rise for the honourable Judge Byrne. Mr. Tater: Honourable? She obviously doesn't remember last year's staff party!"
 * Creepy Child: Chloe chases Derby all across a city and beats Ivy in a fight.
 * Dirty Old Woman: Mrs. Byrne.


 * Dream Within a Dream: To an absurd level in Mr. Moth.
 * In Mr. Masterpiece, Derby daydreams about his past daydreams.
 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Several episodes have implied that Principal Tater's first name is actually "Principal".
 * Fawlty Towers Plot: Mr. Elderman
 * Gag Nose: Bethany in Mr. Servant.
 * Hollywood Nerd: For a guy that skipped ten or so grades, Adam's pretty attractive.
 * Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Every episode's name starts with "Mr."
 * Inept Talent Show Contestant: Echo is a far worse singer than she thinks.
 * It Makes Sense in Context: It's nigh-impossible to start watching an episode halfway through without being incredibly confused.
 * Japanese Ranguage: Vietnamese Ranguage on the part of Dang.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Slab takes ballet, and his dream is to play the Prince in Swan Lake.
 * Lyrical Dissonance: Musician Dark Demon's rendition of his own Death Maggot in Mr. Rock Star qualifies.
 * May-December Romance: Mrs. Byrne flirts with the disguised Adam and, later, Derby.
 * Mr. Tater starts dating Rachel Young at the beginning of Season 2.
 * Multi-Part Episode: Mr. Space in the USA.
 * Name's the Same: Mrs. Byrne
 * Professor Gallifrey
 * An In-Universe example with Mr. Tater's former mentor Bruce Willis.
 * Never Trust a Hair Tonic: Derby's hair tonic contained clorophyll, which somehow causes the hair to grow to absurd lengths when exposed to sunlight.
 * Picture Day: Mr. Picture Day
 * Rube Goldberg Device: Slab presents his nerd-powered grape juice maker in Mr. Roboto 2.0, accompanied by, of all songs, not-Powerhouse.
 * Sequel First: Due to being a christmas special, Mr. Claus was broadcast before the double-length episode Mr. Space in the USA.
 * Shout-Out: In Mr. Detention, Adam and Derby dress as Chewbacca, Darth Vader, R2-D2, and Princess Leia.
 * A character in the first episode likens being crushed by lockers to the Trash Compactor scene from Star Wars: A New Hope.
 * Echo says that Adam's description of the (fake) aliens' plan is just like every Sci-Fi movie ever, including Independence Day and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
 * Echo calls Mr. Tater "Mr. T in Mr. Detention.
 * Single Girl Seeks Most Popular Guy: Ivy is in love with Hutch, a football player.
 * Sequel Escalation: Occurs in spades in Mr. Roboto 2.0.
 * Special Guest: Victoria Duffield appears as herself in Mr. Spring Break.
 * Steven Ulysses Perhero: Mr. Young.
 * Talent Show: Mr. Talent Show
 * Talking in Your Dreams: Dang dreams of being the janitor for Lady Gaga.
 * Teacher-Student Romance: Adam would love one with Echo, but it never seems to pan out.
 * Teen Genius: Adam.
 * Token Minority: Dang, the janitor.
 * Too Dumb to Live: Derby is an idiot, Mr. Tater is even more of an idiot, and Slab is utterly brain-dead, the latter two needing to check to verify their own names.
 * Totally Radical: The Eighties flashbacks in Mr. DNA.
 * Truth Serums: Adam accidentally creates a "truth gas", forcing him, Derby, Echo, Slab, and Ivy to speak only truth.
 * Twist Ending: In Mr. Roboto, it turns out that
 * In Mr. Big Brother, Chloe
 * Wilhelm Scream: The kid who gets crushed by lockers in the Pilot.