Mark Miller (episode)

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## Mark Miller

**Mark Miller** is the first episode of the first season of Wayside School.

## Synopsis

During his first week at Wayside School as the new student, an evil teacher named Mrs. Gorf transforms all the students in her class into apples. Will Benjamin Nushmutt/Mark Miller, Sharie, Dana, Jenny and Myron saves everyone from Mrs. Gorf's wrath before it too late?

## Plot

The episode starts with a school bus stopped and children stepped out, as Benjamin who stepped out of the bus last, he saw that Wayside School that built sideway. He then saw a Latino man, he introduced and ask if they were the principal, but they chuckled and introduced themself as Louis, the yard teacher while the principal was Mrs. Kidswatter. Benjamin asks why Wayside School built that way. Louis told that it was their great grandfather who accidently built Wayside School sideways, when he was a young man, his father told him to build the school only one story high with thirty classrooms all in the row, but instead, he build the school thirty stories with one classroom on each stories, despite saying he is sorry, the Wayside student of 1980 likes having a sideway school and they has extra large playground.

After Louis done with their story, Benjamin then hears the school bell ring, as Benjamin run to class by taking a flight of stairs, he ran over by a boy with creamy blonde hair, the boy apologises for this, but Benjamin says that it was okay, he then introduces himself as Myron Myers and he gonna be class president tomorrow, He then tells Benjamin what his name, But as Benjamin introduces, a girl with a pink hijab and glasses told them they're gonna be late and Mrs. Gorf will not be pleased, as they gonna take their seats, he ask who is Mrs. Gorf, one girl with a hair bow named Maurecia tells him that Mrs. Gorf was known to be the meanest teacher in Wayside School, she then tells him that Mrs. Gorf used to teach eight classrooms on every floors, but strangely all the student from each class has been disappeared, and then another girl named Jenny add it, that the thirtieth floor was her ninth and last class to teach on Wayside, Benjamin then saws five empty desks and later the five apples, Jenny stated that they're classmate who turns into an apples: the first one was Joe for cheat off of John, next Todd is next due of him intervene, claiming that was unfair, since John was trying to helo a friend, then Stephen for crying due of because Mrs. Gorf doesn't allow crying in class, and finally Jason and Allison. Everyone has to remains quiet for the rest of the day until they can go home.

As he tried to ask Jenny to know what happened to them, they saw a woman with a long tongue and pointy ears arrived, she saw that Benjamin sitting on his desk, and asks Benjamin is he was the new student name Mark Millers who transfer in Wayside School, Benjamin tried tells his real name, but she interrupted him, and then introduced herself as Mrs. Gorf and tells the class that if they misbehave even slightly, she will turn them into apples by wiggling her ears and sticking out her tongue.

She then notice that one seat is empty, then Benjamin saw Kathy shows up late and is transformed into an apple. Paul sneezes, and is transformed into an apple, while Nancy is also transformed for saying "God bless you!" to him. Terrence falls out of his desk and gets transformed. While a girl name Joy tries to escape with the girl with a bow, whose names is Maurecia, but before they can enter the hallway, Mrs. Gorf transforms both into apples. Mrs. Gorf moves the apples to her desk, but shortly after trips over a piece of chalk, causing the Three Erics to laugh and get transformed into apples as well.

Louis passes by Mrs. Gorf's classroom and sees all the apples on her desk, but they doesn't deduce that something is very wrong even though a dozen kids are missing from the class. Instead, they believes that Mrs. Gorf's students must love her very much if they give her so many apples. They walks in the next day, seeing a dozen more apples, with only five kids left in the class, and assumes Mrs. Gorf is the best teacher in the world. By the end of the week, Benjamin ask Mrs. Gorf if he and his remaining classmate will excuse want to bathroom, Mrs. Gorf agrees and let them go to the bathroom.

while in the bathroom, Benjamin, Sharie, Jenny, John Myron and Dana are secretly planning to save their classmates and the rest of the children and stop Mrs. Gorf from turning apples once and for all, before leaving the bathroom, Myron asks Benjamin tells him his name, and he answers that his name is Mark Millers, Meanwhile at the thirtieth story, Mrs. Gorf decides to finally quit her job. However, before she can leave, Benjamin barge in the classroom and throw bag containing his classmates-turned-apples at Mrs. Gorf while Sharie, Dana, John, Jenny, and Myron freeing the rest of the student-turned-apples.

Benjamin then force Mrs. Gorf to turn his classmates and her previous students who she turns them into apples back into humans and promise to never turns children into apples again, Mrs. Gorf obliges and she turns his classmates and the rest of the students back into humans, they threaten to get Louis and expose Mrs. Gorf's secret to him. Furious, Mrs. Gorf threatened to turn Benjamin, his classmate and the missing students back into apples, but Jenny holds up a mirror in front of Mrs. Gorf, causing her to turn herself into an apple. Just then, Louis comes in and asks where Mrs. Gorf is, but the kids decide not to tell him what happened. Louis sees the apple on Mrs. Gorf's desk, and thinking she won't mind, decides to eat it for a snack, not knowing that the apple is actually Mrs. Gorf.

After school, they went to a pizzeria as a celebration, while there, they were discussing about the name of their group. The episode ends with Benjamin deciding call the group "Wayside Kids".

## Cast

* Pamela Adlon as Mark
* Sydney Mikayla as Sharie
* Maryke Hendrikse as Dana
* Tara Strong as Jenny
* Scott McCord as Myron
* Samuel Vincent as John
* Jennifer Hale as Mrs. Gorf
* SungWon Cho as Todd Xiaoying
* Vincent Tong as Nancy Nanson
* Andrea Libman as Maurecia Millers
* Avi Roque as Louis Sachar

### Additional voices

* Cathy Weseluck as Leo
* Britt McKillip as Emma
* Vincent Tong as Dan
* Lauren Tom as Judy, Julie and Jessi
* Ashleigh Ball as Cindy
* Tabitha St. Germain as Shasha
* Tom Kenny as Sam
* Diana Kaarina as Boo

### Non-speaking cameo

* Stephen
* Eric Fry
* Eric Bacon
* Eric Ovens
* Joe
* Bebe Gunn
* Rondi
* Leslie
* Allison
* Calvin
* D.J.
* Dameon
* Callie
* Deedee
* Jason
* Joy
* Kathy
* Paul
* Ron
* Terrence