The Dandela Effect

**The Dandela Effect** is the third episode of Season 1 of Dumb Teacher: Re-Dumbened and the third episode of the series. It originally premiered on June 26, 2021.

## Synopsis

When Dan discovers a movie from the 90s he watched multiple times as a child starring Sinbad never existed, he becomes obsessed with the Mandela Effect. His obsession makes him face off against a secret government organization responsible for the Mandela Effect examples.

## Plot

The episode begins with a flashback from Dan's childhood back when he was five years old, where his mother comes home from work on Friday night, where she reveals that she stopped by the local video store on her way home and bought a VHS copy of a movie called Shazaam starring Sinbad, which she remembers seeing as a kid with her sister, which interests Dan. Then suddenly, a knock is heard on the door and Camilla and her adoptive Canadian-French brother Jean is seen. She explains that she was on a cross-country road trip with him to Montreal, Quebec to visit his cousin, Lawrence, and they decided to stay the night with them for rest. Cheryl invites the two in and invites them to watch Shazaam with her and Dan, who is excited to watch the film. As Cheryl puts the tape in the player and presses play, the scene cuts to black. After 2 seconds, the scene cuts to the present, where Dan is seen putting on his tie, getting ready for a dinner with Sinbad, who invited him over to discuss a commercial deal with his hoverboard company, Dan's Hoverboards. When it is time for Dan to leave on his hoverboard, he kisses his mother goodbye and asks her if they can look through their old VHS tapes in the attic when he gets home. Cheryl agrees and jokingly says that they might find Shazaam in there. Dan then departs on his hoverboard to Sinbad's house.

When he arrives at Sinbad's house, he knocks on the door and Sinbad opens it up. He invites him in and the two have a nice dinner together. Dan then starts a conversation with Sinbad, where he tells him about how Shazaam was his favorite movie as a child, how he watched it several times, and his favorite parts. After Dan talks about his favorite parts, Sinbad tells him that he is confused and asks what he's talking about, Dan tries to explain what he's talking about, but Sinbad says he never played a genie in any movie. Dan assumes he has bad memory and tries to prove it to him by finding the movie on Kodi, only to find results of Shaq's Kazaam instead. Sinbad then understands what he's talking about and rudely tells him that he's retarded and kicks him out of his house, calling off the commercial deal. Dan then arrives back home early, telling his mother that Sinbad kicked him out over a discussion about a movie from his childhood. He then tells her that Sinbad said he never starred in a movie where he was a genie, and tries to prove it by looking through their old VHS tapes. After some digging, Dan sees a VHS case with a text on the side saying, "azaam". Dan has apparently found the film he was looking for, put when he pulls the tape out, it turns out to be a VHS case of Shaq's Kazaam. Cheryl sees the tape and is confused, as she remembers hearing about Kazaam, but never thought about seeing it in theaters or buying it on home video because it ripped off Shazaam. Now angered by Sinbad scolding Dan over Shazaam, she decides to call him on Dan's phone and berates him for his "unnecessary scolding".

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## Trivia

* The episode's name is a pun on Dan's name and The Mandela Effect, which the episode pokes fun at.
* The episode's plot point of Dan falsely remembering a movie from his childhood is actually based on a theory that many people falsely remember seeing Shazaam, a non-existent movie supposedly starring Sinbad, which was sometimes believed to be a movie that 1996's Kazaam starring Shaquille O'Neal ripped off.

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## Transcript

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