No Free Rides

"**No Free Rides**" is a *Maggie Muffin* episode from season 2. In this episode, Mr. Banks passes Maggie just so she doesn't have to deal with her.

## Characters

* English Narrator (physically shown)
* Maggie Muffin
* Dream Maggie
* Mr. Banks
* Dream Mr. Banks
* King Neptune (mentioned only)
* Jellyfish (drawn)
* Jimmy Muffin
* Susan Muffin

## Synopsis

The episode opens at Mr. Banks's Driving School when Maggie's last driving exam of the year ends in failure after he runs over the English narrator. Despite the failing grade, Maggie remains optimistic that his next year in Mr. Banks's class will be productive. Mr. Banks, on the other hand, dreads the thought of another year administering driving exams for Maggie. In desperation, she offers him an extra credit exam: a short, ten-word thesis on one thing he learned in driving school. Maggie finds himself not able to decide what to pick, and he starts to have a nervous breakdown. But Mr. Banks, completely tired of Maggie, lets him pass anyway.

As Maggie leaves with his new driver's license, Mr. Banks ponders over whether she's done the wrong thing and starts feeling guilt, then has a terrible daydream of him destroying the town with his driving. She consoles herself with the fact that Maggie lacks a car to drive, much less one to wreck. Upon arriving at her home, however, she finds Maggie and his parents inside with a huge cake to thank her for her teachings, as futile as they had once seemed. Both Maggie and Mr. Banks get another surprise when they see that Maggie's parents bought him a brand-new carmobile. In utter amazement, Maggie falls into the cake in a dead faint. As Maggie's parents take him home, Mr. Banks realizes the danger he now poses and decides to settle the matter before anyone figures out, she let him skip through driving school.

Maggie's parents tuck him into his bed and tell him that, due to his head injury, he should avoid driving anywhere that night. As soon as his parents leave, he sneaks out his bedroom window, gets into the car, and falls asleep. Not long after, Mr. Banks hijacks Maggie's car and drives it away. Maggie wakes up to find the masked Mr. Banks in the process of stealing his vehicle and fights her off.

Mr. Banks tries knocking Maggie out of the car, but he grabs hold of the rear bumper. She next drives through various obstacles to lose him, but he catches up to her while two police officers watch the commotion from their vehicle. In their struggle, Maggie ultimately reveals the thief to be Mr. Banks, rendering him senseless just as the car crashes into the police car.

Maggie and Mr. Banks talk in the Dice Bottom Jail, where Mr. Banks is being held. Mr. Banks apologizes to Maggie and says that she shouldn't have passed her when she knew he really wasn't ready. Maggie understands he'll have to relinquish his license, but Mr. Banks tells him he can still continue his lessons with Mrs. Flounder, another driving teacher starting a new class on Monday. However, just before the episode ends, Maggie assures her she is the only one who he wants teaching him, giving her a tip that the warden will let her go early in exchange for free driving lessons.