Kennedy High. Nicole and Mary Cherry are standing at a Jostens table in the hallway, handing out yearbooks. Okay, this scene is funny, as is the rest of this episode, so I'm not going to complain too much about the fact that in real life, the Nicoles and Mary Cherrys of this world never do yearbook. The Sams and Carmens of this world do yearbook. If by some bizarre miracle Nicole and Mary Cherry are on the yearbook staff, they'd never end up being the poor fools who have to man the yearbook table at the end of the year and make sure everyone paid up. Take it from yours truly, who actually did man the yearbook table my freshman year, in the hopes of being given a position on next year's editorial staff. I was given an inaccurate list, and a bunch of guys from the football team stole yearbooks from me while a handful of faculty members looked on and said nothing. And guess who was blamed for everyone not getting their yearbooks and subsequently not given a staff position? Not that I'm still bitter sixteen years later or anything.
Mary Cherry looks through one of the yearbooks (which features Nicole and Mary Cherry on the cover) and becomes tearfully sentimental about the end of her sophomore year and all the memories. Nicole is loving the fact that the school year is over, but adds that she doesn't like what happens to her favorite TV shows during May sweeps. "There's always a wedding or someone gets pregnant or somebody dies," says Nicole. "Or there's a terrifying natural disaster," says Mary Cherry. "Or an appearance by a cheesy boy band or exploitative nudie shots of pretty-boy asses." "Or how 'bout those horrific 'When Pets Attack' stunts?" asks Nicole. "Or those hideous gratuitous musical numbers?" While they list these sweeps stunts, each one is listed next to a check mark on the screen, preparing us for the plot points ahead.
Lily approaches the table and demands her money back, complaining that there are no photos of anyone but the Glamazons. She must really be angry, because she calls Nicole and Mary Cherry "bitches." As she goes through the yearbook to prove her point, we see that she's right. There's a picture of Mary Cherry with the caption, "ass most likely to succeed," a picture of Nicole with her finger down her throat "purging for success," and a two-page spread devoted to Mary Cherry and Nicole tripping Carmen. I want a copy of this yearbook. I'm serious. Mary Cherry argues that there is a photo of Lily. She turns to the Animal Rights Club page, and there is a hideous picture of Lily wearing a Meat is Murder strappy tank. "Maybe you should skip Sophomore Skip day and go get that lazy eye fixed," says Nicole. Lily stomps off and the Blondes give each other high fives.














