The Backscratcher

This article is about the 2nd episode of the Pilot Season. You may be looking for Basil's backscratcher.

The Backscratcher is the 2nd episode of the Pilot Season. The plot follows The Pilot and is followed by the premiere of Season 2, The Walking Preps: Time Gone Bye.

SYNOPSIS

''"What is that, a fork?" "No, it's a backscratcher"'' - Harry and Basil discuss the backscratcher

As a substitute teacher for Mr. Lang, Principal Cade casts for a school play written by himself. Basil ends up playing Nan's love interest in the play and Buffy ends up playing Harry's love interest. Chip and Julian argue over who should play the character of Barriss. Basil has a dream about Buffy, Cheese Nibs, and Mr. Moose.

Basil and Harry make a plan with the help of Kevin and his French crepes. Levi is irritated when Buffy and Charlotte barge into his room searching for a natural gas leak. Meanwhile, Nan comes back to live with Lizzie after living in Agatha's janitor's closet.

Harry invites Nan to his dorm. Lizzie later destroys Nan's stuffed bird, causing Nan to move in with Samantha and Buffy. The episode concludes with Buffy eating her cupcake with Basil's backscratcher, thinking it is a fork.

TRIVIA
 * The Backscratcher is the first episode to be named after an item (the second episode is The Caper being named after Dug's caper).
 * In addition to the episode being named after Basil's backscratcher, it is also a reference to the "I scratch your back, you scratch mine" nature of the episode.
 * When Kevin offers Lizzie a crepe, Basil can be seen wearing Mr. Moose's fez.
 * The scene with Buffy popping out of the cardboard box is visually referenced when Dug climbs out of a cardboard box in the Season 3 episode Dug Unboxes.
 * The backscratcher and cupcake reappear in the Season 4 premiere, Blast from The Past, this time in Kate and robot Kevin's kitchen.