Thinking Cap Trap

Thinking Cap Trap is an episode of The Brothers series.
== Plot ==
Marlon has had it with the incompetence of his family, so he creates a device simply known as the "Thinking Cap." The said device is capable of boosting the IQ of anyone who wears it. Upon using it on Danny, who improves his game on the football team by making plays, Corey, who is trying to train Lola, and Jeff, who is balancing the books. Seeing the positive effects it has, Marlon signs his family up for his favorite show, Genius in the House. However, Marlon loses the thinking cap on the night they are on and the IQs of Danny, Corey and Jeff revert to normal.
After the others flub the first round of questions, Marlon pulls the Murphys to a tie by doing a bang-up job in the next round. However, when the others are to compete in the "Brain Buster" round, whereupon the two teams compete head to head while one of their members are taken out of the competition, Marlon sneaks out, unable to face the embarrassment of his family losing on national television. However, as he mopes by a statue of his scientific founding father, Nikola Tesla, the rest of the Murphy family catches up to him. Marlon thinks they are angry, but they tell him about the grand prizes. Marlon wonders how they did it without him, and Jeff explains that education and intellect does not always come from school and book learning, but often through life experience. When asked how they answered the last question, they said it was from an earlier quote of Marlon's: "We do not know one-millionth of 1% about anything" -Thomas Alva Edison!
== Characters ==
* Danny Murphy
* Marlon Murphy
* Corey Murphy
* Jeff Murphy
* Lola
* Guy Brilliant
== Songs ==
* "Calculate"
== Trivia ==
* The game show host, Guy Brilliant, may be a reference to Sesame Street's game show host Guy Smiley.
* Jeff's Brain Buster question: "The ozone layer screens the Sun's harmful UV rays. Harvard screens its applicants. What does a washing machine screen screen?" Jeff's answer: "Lint!"
* Corey's Brain Buster question: "True or false: One of the ingredients for coffee cake is coffee." Corey's answer: "False."
Category:The Brothers: Season 7