Flatpoint High School (Strangers with Candy)

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In the series Strangers With Candy, Jerri Blank attends Flatpoint High School in the fictional town of Flatpoint. Most, if not all, episodes focus around how poorly Jerri fits into society there, and how Flatpoint is a hyperbolic version of actual society, though a consistently changing one. In one episode, the entire school could be racist or xenophobic, though in the next they would be all-embracing and loving, usually whichever left Jerri out.

The school was supposed to have been converted into a strip mall in the final episode, but Principal Blackman and some of the staff incited the students to riot, burning the school down before fleeing with Jerri to the streets to become vagrants.

The creators have commented on the level of detail that their art department put into the backgrounds of Flatpoint, to the point where most shots contain a background joke, many of which are relevant to the plot of episode.

Background Signs and Oddities

• In several episodes of the first season, the board in Mr. Noblet's class has a tally of the student's races, starting with Old Habits - New Beginnings.
• The signs behind the podium in Yes You Can't! read: "The only thing you can't do is the impossible" and "Your height will determine your altitude."
• The school pool has several signs around it, reading "No Swimming," "Stay Out of the Water," and "Pool Staff is Not Responsible for Lost or Contaminated Items." (Featured in Behind Blank Eyes.)
• The "No Smoking" sign in the women's restroom has a logo of a pot leaf (featured in To Love, Honor, and Pretend and again in A Price Too High for Riches).

Unique Areas of Flatpoint High

• The Faculty Firing Range (featured in To Love, Honor, and Pretend)
• The Sulfuric Acid room (featured in The Blank Page)
• The Faculty Steam Room (featured in The Goodbye Guy)
• The Teacher's Lounge features a shower in the middle of the room, often frequented by Principal Blackman and Chuck Noblet. It is seen in multiple episodes.
• The Violent Student Lounge (featured in Bogie Nights).
• There is at least one hidden passage in Flatpoint High, behind the trophy case. It leads to the door which is right next to Principal Blackman's office. It is accessed by turning a small trophy of a donkey's ass one-quarter to the left, and was featured in Blank Stare: Part 2.

Unusual Facts

• The school's mascot is a concrete donkey, though there is a live person in a donkey suit at the school's many sporting events. The series creators have joked in the DVD Commentary that the guy in the donkey suit was remarkably expressive, and possibly the best actor on the show.