Jefferson County Middle School Marquee

The marquee in front of Jefferson County Middle School appears in several episodes. It is a large dark green signboard with the name of the school in orange-yellow letters on top that can be lit up at night, with three white rows underneath, on which a customizable message can be displayed using letter cards. This marquee always shows a different message whenever it appears on Milo Murphy's Law, usually displaying a snarky message or reference, and has developed into a running gag.

There is also a marquee outside of Jefferson County's football stadium. This one is a large gray electronic sign instead of a letter board, and has a black LED screen that shows bright yellow text. It only appeared in one episode so far, but has shown three different messages.

List of marquee messages[]

Season 1[]

Episode	Message	Notes
"Going the Extra Milo"	"CHECK OUT OUR NEW MARQUEE."
"Rooting for the Enemy"	"TIGERS VS GECKOS"	This episode is the only instance of the football stadium's electronic sign being used instead of the school's usual marquee. Furthermore, the third message appears to be a reference to Phineas and Ferb's Major Monogram, who tends to yell out "Great googly moogly" in surprise as a catchphrase (Melissa borrows the same catchphrase seconds after the third message is shown, as well).
	"WE APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE — THE TEAM"
	"GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY!"
"Sunny Side Up"	"DRIVE SAFELY...YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE."
"The Note"	"YOUR MOTHER WENT HERE"
"Athledecamathalon"	"I USED TO BE A MOVIE MARQUEE, BUT NOW I GET TO GIVE BACK."
"The Substitute"	"HAVE FUN IN HAWAII MRS. MURAWSKI YOUR DESK WILL MISS YOU!"
"The Math Book"	"IF YOU WERE ENROLLED HERE, YOU'D BE AT SCHOOL RIGHT NOW."
"Missing Milo"	"MR. RAHOO'S JAZZ BAND TRYOUTS NEXT WEEK"	Letters fall out when Jerry crashes into the marquee, removing the former message. The aforementioned Pistachion is seen rearranging the letters to make the latter message right before he disappears.
"Missing Milo"	"JERRY WAS HERE"
"Disaster of My Dreams"	"IS JEFFERSON COUNTY MIDDLE COOL!"
"Some Like it Yacht"	"I LIKE BIG BOATS AND I CANNOT LIE"	This message is a reference to the lyric "I like big butts and I cannot lie", from "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot.
"Backward to School Night"	"PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES BY APPOINTMENT TONIGHT 6-9 P.M."
"World Without Milo"	"IT'S SAFETY WEEK! NEXT WEEK... NOT SO MUCH"	In both cases, the letters from the former message fall out so the remaining letters spell out the latter message.
	"IT'S SAFE NOT"
	"MR. NOLAND DISCUSSES VENUS DE MILO"
	"NO MILO"
"Fungus Among Us"	"GONE GREEN EVERYONE'S DONE IT."	This is one of the few instances in which the school's name on the marquee is shown in green rather than orange-yellow.

Season 2[]

Episode	Message	Notes
"Snow Way Out"	"ERMAH GERD SNER!"	A reference to the ERMAHGERD meme. Specifically, ERMAHGERD SNER, which usually depicts an animal in the snow. This is also one of the few instances in which the school's name on the marquee is shown in green rather than orange-yellow.
"Teacher Feature"	"DON'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK... It'll taste TEAR-able!"	This is the only instance in which lower-case letters have been used in the marquee message.
"Picture Day"	"THERE ARE ONLY 82 DAYS IN SUMMER VACATION AND THAT'S 104 DAYS AWAY"	The first time this message shows up, a typo is displayed ("THERES ARE [...]"). The erroneous S got removed the second time the marquee is seen. However, the second time also rims the white rows with the green hue in regular daylight, not matching the darker hue from the sunset. Furthermore, the message is another reference to Phineas and Ferb, this time to its theme song, which starts with "There's 104 days of summer vacation".
"Picture Day"
"Milo's Shadow"	"THIS WEEK EVERYDAY IS SHADOW DAY"
"Dog Walker, Runner, Screamer"	"ASK YOUR MOTHER FOR FIFTEEN CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANT JUMP THE FENCE"	The message is a direct reference to a set of lyrics from the clapping game nursery rhyme "Mary Mack".
"Ride Along Little Doggie"	"WIBAS TONIGHT 7PM"
"Cast Party"	" TOP TEALING LETTERS"	Given some of the empty spaces, the joke is that the message originally said "STOP STEALING LETTERS", prior to two letters being stolen anyway.
"Safety First"	"CUT TO ESTABLISHING SHOT OF SCHOOL"	Display of breaking the fourth wall, describing the transition from the previous scene to this one in script form.
"The Speech and Debate League of Death and Destruction Cross Town Explosion Event"	"SPEECH & DEBATE LEAGUE EVENT TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE"
"The Mid-Afternoon Snack Club"	"YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NEW ADVENTURES TOGETHER"	Later during the episode, the Cyborg Bear slashes through the marquee, causing the letters of the former message to fall out in order to spell the latter.
"The Mid-Afternoon Snack Club"	"RE VE N GE"

Other[]

Source	Image	Message	Notes
Disney TVA Leap Day 2020 Tweet		"HOPPY LEAP DAY!"	The tweet contains an animation of Sprig Plantar from Amphibia, hopping through locations from various Disney TVA shows, including Milo's room and Jefferson County Middle School. The animation for Sprig was done by Joe Sparrow.

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Trivia[]

There was a running gag in Kim Possible with the marquee of Middleton High School, which also features different jokes and snarky messages per episode, just like this marquee.
The marquee message shown in the first episode, "Going the Extra Milo" ("CHECK OUT OUR NEW MARQUEE"), indicates that it was a recent addition to the Jefferson County Middle School. It can be presumed that prior to the first day of school, the middle school either had an older marquee in place, or never even had a marquee to begin with.