The Substitute

The Substitute
Production code:	110a
Broadcast:	15
Credits
Written by:	Jim Bernstein
Storyboards by:	Edward Rivera
Directed by:	Robert F. Hughes
Broadcast Information
Premiere:	March 13, 2017
Story arc(s)
"Missing Milo"
Paired with
"Time Out"

The Substitute is the 15th episode in the first season of Milo Murphy's Law.

Episode Synopsis

A jaded science substitute teacher, Ms. Baxter, re-discovers her love of teaching after a life-altering day with Milo.

Plot

Ms. Murawski's class is taken over by Ms. Baxter, a disillusioned substitute who finds no fulfillment in her job as she has no way of knowing if her students ever learn anything from her. Milo soon volunteers to help out, only for a simple science experiment to turn hazardous due to Murphy's Law. Meanwhile, Balthazar Cavendish and Vinnie Dakota end up in the classroom closet on their way to bring pistachio plant fertilizer from the future to a sapling. However, their Quantum Localizer loses power, and they are forced to plug it in to charge; Ms. Baxter then ends up getting a hold of it and being transported briefly into space.

After Milo takes over the class, an accident with a spilled chemical and the fertilizer - which Milo grabs thinking it's chemical absorbent - results in the creation of a sentient blob that attacks the students, Ms. Baxter, and the two time travelers. However, Ms. Baxter's lesson on the phases of matter inspires Milo, who works together with his friends to turn most of the gelatinous being into a harmless solid. Dakota and Cavendish are able to save a pistachio sapling from Diogee only for Cavendish to step on it, while Ms. Baxter is thrilled that she actually managed to teach something to her class. However, a sole surviving portion of the blob finds and revitalizes the crushed pistachio seedling, with its leaves turning red and emitting an ominous glow.

Transcript

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Song

• Science Teacher in Space

Gallery

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Notes

International Airings

• March 24, 2017 (Disney Channel Latin America)
• April 30, 2017 (Disney Channel Japan)
• June 23, 2017 (Southeast Asia)
• August 7, 2017 (Disney Channel Israel)

Trivia

• The marquee in front of Jefferson County Middle School says "Have fun in Hawaii Mrs. Murawski, your desk will miss you!", indicating that Mrs. Murawski is staying in Hawaii for vacation.
• This is the first time Diogee interacts with Cavendish and Dakota.

Errors

• When Milo shows his glasses which looks like he has "puppy dog eyes", Chad's hair color is different.
• When the class is seen panicking over Zack's chemical spill, Joni's pupils are white instead of black.

Allusions

• Phineas and Ferb - Klimpaloon, the magical old-time bathing suit that lives in the Himalayas, is in the images of one of the zoetropes.
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers - The "The End?" at the end of the episode is a reference to the science fiction/horror movie.

Characters

• Milo Murphy
• Zack Underwood
• Melissa Chase
• Ms. Baxter
• Amanda Lopez
• Mort Schaeffer
• Bradley Nicholson
• Diogee
• Vinnie Dakota
• Balthazar Cavendish
• Chad
• Joni
• Lydia

References

Previous: Athledecamathalon

Episodes

Next: Time Out

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Season 1 "Going the Extra Milo" | "Sunny Side Up" | "Rooting for the Enemy" | "The Undergrounders" | "The Doctor Zone Files" "The Note" | "Party of Peril" | "Smooth Opera-tor" | "Worked Day" | "The Wilder West" | "Family Vacation" "Murphy's Lard" | "Secrets and Pies" | "Athledecamathalon" | "The Substitute" | "Time Out" | "We're Going to the Zoo" "School Dance" | "Battle of the Bands" | "The Math Book" | "The Little Engine That Couldn't" | "The Llama Incident" "Missing Milo" | "Star Struck" | "Disaster of My Dreams" | "A Clockwork Origin" | "Perchance to Sleepwalk" "Some Like it Yacht" | "Backward to School Night" | "World Without Milo" | "The Race" | "Love Toboggan" "The Island of Lost Dakotas" | "Fungus Among Us" | "Milo Murphy's Halloween Scream-A-Torium!" | "A Christmas Peril" Season 2 "The Phineas and Ferb Effect" | "Snow Way Out" | "Teacher Feature" | "Picture Day" | "Agee Ientee Diogee" "Game Night" | "Pace Makes Waste" | "Cake 'Splosion!" | "Lady Krillers" | "Doof's Day Out" | "Disco Do-Over" "The Ticking Clock" | "Managing Murphy's Law" | "Field of Screams" | "Spy Little Sister!" | "Milo's Shadow" | "Sick Day" "Freefall" | "Milo's World" | "Dog Walker, Runner, Screamer" | "Now I Am a Murphy" | "Abducting Murphy's Law" "The Goulash Legacy" | "The Dog Who Knew Too Much" | "Adventure Buddies" | "Ride Along Little Doggie" "Look At This Ship" | "Cast Party" | "Safety First" | "Cavendish Unleashed" | "First Impressions" "The Speech and Debate League of Death and Destruction Cross Town Explosion Event‎" "The Mid-Afternoon Snack Club" | "Parks and Wreck" | "Escape" | "Milo in Space" | "Sphere and Loathing in Outer Space"