‘Parents Just Don't Understand’
Season 5, Episode 9 - Aired December 6, 2017
Murray is upset when Barry and Adam make a rap video about how much he doesn't care as a father. Meanwhile, Erica feels Beverly cares too much when she keeps calling her at college.
Quote from Naked Rob
Adam: The secret behind Fresh Prince's success is his rhymes are always about funny, universal topics.
Barry: Example: Parents just don't understand. Naked Rob, do your parents understand?
Naked Rob: No, they don't. They said I should at least wear flip-flops outside. Naked Rob don't do flip-flops.
Quote from Adam
Barry: Gah! I'm super fired up and angry, 'cause they refuse to understand.
Adam: Which means all we got to do is write a song that speaks to every kid our age, too.
Barry: Easy. Let's do a song called "Grown Ups Just Don't Get It."
Adam: That's kind of just another way of saying "Parents Just Don't Understand."
Geoff: Okay, what about "Parents Just Do Understand"?
Barry: Yeah, but we flip it so it's "Parents Don't Understand."
Adam: Oh, my God. That's just the same song as theirs.
Barry: Fine! Then double flip it "Children Just Do Understand"!
Adam: And what do we understand?
Barry: That all parents don't understand. We did it!
Adam: No! We just keep circling back to the same thing.
Quote from Geoff
Erica: Um, okay. So, what's going on?
Geoff: Not much, just here in my home, in in my house, where where I sit currently, on my bed, i-in my room.
Erica: Your room? I thought your parents took your phone away because of our long-distance bills.
Geoff: I just got a new one. It's yellow, and it's real. And how are your booms?
Erica: What?
Geoff: Your booms. Are- Are- Are you going boom? Because a healthy girl goes boom.
Erica: Ew. What the hell, dude?
Geoff: I'm sorry, does that mean that you're not going boom? J-Just answer the question. I'm so sorry about this!
Beverly: Forget the booms. Move on.
Geoff: Let's talk toenails. Are you clipping your toenails the right way? Because curved clippings make ingrowns. Oh, God, this is hard.
Quote from Geoff
Erica: Did someone else pick up?
Geoff: Nope. Ignore that. It's just me in my house alone.
Barry: Hello?
Erica: Hello?
Barry: Hello?
Beverly: [whispering] Say something!
Geoff: Hello?
Barry: Hello?
Erica: Barry?
Barry: Did I dial you? That's so weird. I don't even know your number.
Erica: What? No. Geoff dialed me. Geoff?
Geoff: Yep! Uh, Barry's here, too, hanging out with me in my house. JTP!
Quote from Geoff
Barry: Can you guys get off my line? I'm trying to call the library to find out what things rhyme with "Father."
Geoff: "Bother"! Now get off the phone! [PHONE DIALING] Oh, God.
Erica: Hello?!
Barry: Hello?
Adam: Hello?
Erica: Adam?
Adam: Hi, Mrs. Geary, is Jackie there?
Erica: It's Erica, dorkus. Why are you at Geoff's house, too?
Adam: Geoff's house?
Geoff: Yeah, my house! Go do nerd stuff at your house, Adam!
Quote from Barry
Barry: Adam, look! We blew them away!
Matt: Dude, I got to be honest. This song is very mean and hurtful.
Naked Rob: Yeah. I-I think what happened here is you two were egging each other on in a vacuum and lost all perspective.
Andy: But the good news is, you were smart enough to run it by us first.
Adult Adam: [v.o.] That would have been smart, if we hadn't already given our dad a copy.
Barry: Yes. That is what we did.
Quote from Erica
Erica: Okay, we've got the party ball, the Solo cups, the black lights. Now we just need a theme.
Other Erica: It's our first major rager, so we got to go, like, stupid big so the campus knows we mean business. So, I was thinking "King Tuts and Egyptian Sluts."
Erica: Delta Fi just did "King Tuts and Egyptian Butts." Wait, I got it. "Girls Just Wanna Drink Rum."
Quote from Beverly
Beverly: Ohh! Loose keg. Donahue was right. Mama's comin', baby.
Quote from Erica
Erica: Enough. My neighbor's gardener's son fell off of a dresser, and now he spends his whole life with a comfort dog.
Beverly: It's true. He also does swim therapy and fist fights with his own shadow. Hi, sweet face.
Quote from Barry
Barry: [rapping] Oh-kay, here's the situation We may have made a few harsh accusations But our dad cares about us in many ways When we go out to eat, he's the guy who pays And he buys us clothes and books and more He'll even buy the stuff that we break in a store When it comes to spending big, our dad's no fool That's why he put us both in private school
Adam & Barry: Our dad pays for stuff!
Adult Adam: [v.o.] After those super-kind rhymes, our dad was sure to forgive us.
Murray: Mm, no.
Adam & Barry: No?!
Murray: The only nice thing you can say about me is that I pay for stuff? What am I, a bank?
Barry: Banks are awesome. They have unlimited money and lollipops.
Murray: I know what a bank is!
Barry: All the tellers are named Debbie. They can turn your dollar bills into coins.