Menace II: Secret Society

**Menace II: Secret Society** is the second episode of season four of *The Cleveland Show*. It is the eightieth episode, overall.

## Synopsis

Cleveland gets entangled with the Hip Hop Illuminati. Meanwhile, Junior and some other misfits start a polka band.

## Plot

When Cleveland visits Kenny West to hook up his cable, he finds Kenny has moved on to stardom. When Cleveland finds out that he was left out of the stardom and awards, he complains and is shown the trap door. Cleveland sneaks back in to steal one of the awards but stumbles into a gathering and passes out. He awakens back in his own bed and when he tells the family, Federline hints that he may have stumbled into a hip hop Illuminati. Despite his family's disbelief, Cleveland returns to Kenny's to prove he did find the Illuminati but fails. After Cleveland leaves Kenny goes to the group and tells him that Cleveland has been fooled. However, Cleveland continues to try to crash the gathering by disguising himself as an ostrich and manages to get in. After he is revealed he tells of having written Kenny's hit song they reveal the extent of their power. Cleveland tries to enter into the group but is sent packing. But when he arrives home he finds the rest of the Illuminati there as they ask him to kill Kenny West's career as Kenny's pushy ego has offended the rest and they offer to let Cleveland into the Illuminati if he succeeds.

Principal Wally restarts the school marching band but Junior is cut along with some other misfits. Deciding to take advantage of their particular musical instrument collection, they form a polka band. When the rappers hear the band playing Cleveland gets the idea to import the polka music into Kenny's rap act. Cleveland manages to convince Kenny that polka is his way to reconnect to rap. As he thinks he has pulled off ruining Kenny's career, Kenny decides to give Cleveland the Grammy for “Be-Cleve In Yourself". Cleveland tries to stop him but Kenny goes out with the polka band and actually makes a hit out of merging polka and rap. Even so, Kenny's rotten attitude gets even worse as the rappers berate Cleveland. However, Kenny decides he is too big for the group and leaves Cleveland in his place. But, the Illuminati choose to disband rather than endure Cleveland.

## Characters

### Major Roles

* Cleveland Brown
* Cleveland Junior
* Kenny West
* Will.i.am
* Questlove
* Nicki Minaj
* Bruno Mars
* Gretel
* Gunther
* Gary

### Minor Roles

* Donna Tubbs-Brown
* Roberta Tubbs
* Rallo Tubbs
* Principal Farquhare
* Ernie Krinklesac
* Federline Jones
* Lester Krinklesac
* Carol
* Morgan
* Jesus Christ (Pictured)
* Fred Sanford (Pictured)
* Barack Obama (Mentioned)

## Quotes

**Principal Farquhare**: Welcome to this year's Stoolbend High band tryouts. This is something of a rebuilding year after a plane carrying last year's band crashed into The Appalachian Mountains, forcing them to resort to cannibalism to survive ... which they didn't.

**Junior**: FML ... Forgot My Lunch, ... which is fine because I lost my appetite.

**Gunther**: I got cut from the marching band too, so I joined the football team. One practice and I got meningitis from drinking out of a dirty water cooler.
**Gretel**: Principal Farquhare say accordion is not marching band instrument. Apparently, he's never seen halftime at Flugenball game at University of Blort.
**Gary**: Dude, that is so not fair. Get this, fellow youths. He won't let me join the band because I'm quote "clearly in my mid-40's". Talk about a ... bummer, is it?
**Junior**: You know what? We don't need Wally. We can start our own band!
**Gunther**: Yeah!
**Gretel**: This I like!
**Gary**: We'll stick it to that grown-up!

**Carol**: Gary, you're waking the kids.
**Gary**: We *are* the kids, Carol!

**Cleveland**: Last night, I went back over to Kenny West's mansion and I found a room, where there were people dressed in black cloaks and there was weird chanting like that Benedictine Monk CD everybody got tricked into buying in the '90s.
**Donna**: Yeah, I stopped listening to that, when I got really into Swing music for three months.
**Rallo**: Speaking of Swing, please put some pants on!

**Cleveland**: What's the Hip Hop Illuminati?
**Roberta**: Oh, there's just this rumor that some of the biggest stars in hip hop are in a secret society that runs the world.
**Federline**: It ain't no rumor, Willis. It's for real. They control everything from the world economy, to fashion trends, to what freaky hybrid fruit we eat. Yo, Ro. Pass me that banapple.

**Donna**: Cleveland, you're nuts.
**Cleveland**: Oh, yeah? I'll show you nuts!
*[Rallo covers Cleveland's genitals with a towel]*
**Rallo**: You're welcome, America.

**Will.i.am**: Look, Kenny. I'm cool with wearing all this stuff but we wither gotta get bigger hoods or smaller goblets.
**Questlove**: I vote for bigger hoods.
**Bruno Mars**: I just wanna say that I definitely should be a part of the Hip Hop Illuminati, since I did work on songs like "*Fuck You*", "*Billionaire*", "*Nothing on You*", ...
**Nicki Minaj**: Hey, are we gunna raise global oil prices or what? I've got a doctor's appointment to figure out why my hair's turning pink.

**Kenny West**: Hey, you guys wanna see the world's biggest remote?
**Questlove**: It's like the piano in *Big*!
**Kenny West**: It is!
*[Kenny and Questlove dance on the giant floor remote to make music]*
**Questlove**: Hey, look at me! I'm Tom Hanks!
**Kenny West**: And I'm Robert Loggia!

**Lester**: Now, I've got a job I don't want. Thanks Obama.

**Will.i.am**: We want you to kill Kenny West.
**Cleveland**: I'LL DO IT!
**Will.i.am**: ...'s career.
**Cleveland**: Oh.

**Will.iam**: *[referring to Kenny West]* His ego got out of control, man, and this is coming from rappers.

**Nicki Minaj**: We're trying to affect people on a global scale and he's going on about ostriches, spaghetti wigs, and replacing his cat's eyes with diamonds.
**Bruno Mars**: Yeah, everybody knows diamonds are for belt buckles, watches, and teeths.

**Kenny West**: That's just a bunch of kids and a guy who used to sell me weed. Hey, Gary.
**Gary**: Hey, Kenny. Talk later?
**Kenny West**: Hell no. *[nods desperately]*

**Rallo**: *[has pink hair]* Hey, look what Nicki Minaj gave me ... *[shows off his giant butt]* and this.

**Roberta**: Kenny, that was so lumpy!

**Federline**: Yo yo yo-deladeeho!

**Nicki Minaj**: Good job, Cleveland. You made him bigger than ever!
**Will.i.am**: Yeah, man. If your career was destroying people's careers, this would destroy your career.
## Songs

* Be-Cleve in Yourself
* Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay
* We Start Them Trendz

## Trivia

* This episode features guest appearances from several famous rappers voicing themselves. These rappers being Will.i.am, Questlove, Nicki Minaj, Bruno Mars, and for the third time in the series, Kanye West.
* The backwards-talking heard during the Illuminati ritual is the name "Gandolfini" (as in *James Gandolfini*) repeated a number of times.

### Cultural References

* The title is a pun on the film, "*Menace to Society*".
* Kenny West mentions a *The Cosby Show* episode, where Rudy's fish died. This description is of the episode, "*Goodbye Mr. Fish*".
* Cleveland uses *Batman* comics as a reference for mapping out Kenny West's house.
* Kenny West and Questlove compare the giant remote to the giant piano from *Big*.
* The song played by Junior's band at the end is "*Frolic*" by Luciano Michelini from the *HBO* show, *Curb Your Enthusiasm*.

### Continuity

* The events of "Harder, Better, Faster, Browner" are continued, when Cleveland finds out that Kenny West was taking credit for the song "Be-Cleve in Yourself".

### Deleted Scenes

* Junior debating whether or not he could eat a person.
* Junior saying that the ants carrying him is both humiliating and amazing.
* Cleveland making a joke about Kathy Griffin that annoys Kenny West.
* The ants carrying Junior through Kenny West's house.
* Cleveland refers to a Batman comic book to find his way through Kenny West's house.
* Cleveland thinking to himself when he awakens in his bed.
* Cleveland saying that Kenny West's house was dead and saying he wants a slurpy.
* Kenny West and Questlove dancing on a giant floor remote.
* Cleveland differentiates himself from the ostrich, upon introducing himself.
* Kenny West continues to rap even after the song ends.
* Cleveland monologues about the water dispensers in his house.
* Cleveland tells Questlove not to put his feet on the table.
* Kenny West tries laying down more yeahs.
* Rallo cussing over the intercom and Cleveland misinterpreting him for no reason.
* Rallo laughs extensively over his big butt.