10 Saved By The Bell Plots That Are Certifiably Insane

7. The Students Think They Literally Own Their Public School

(From "Pipe Dreams") The idea that a school could strike oil in their football field is wacky, but for a children's sitcom, it's not the most ridiculous thing in the world, though the logistics of why the actual school would keep stay open in the middle of an oil field weren't explained. Still, the episode is about the moral of the story: When there's an oil spill in the school pond where the kids' beloved animals hang out, the adorable creatures are killed, and everyone decides that nature and their self-respect and all that good stuff is worth more than upgrading the school. What's just plain weird about the episode is how the kids react to the news before the oil spill. Aside from Jessie, the resident environmentalist, everyone is thrilled because they think that somehow, this will make them, the students, incredibly wealthy. In their shared dream sequence (how does that work, anyway?), Bayside High becomes a weird hoity toity mansion where they don't really do anything and Screech is a racist caricature of a Middle Eastern Sheik. Even if it was a private school, the students wouldn't become rich, the owners would. These are not little kids. They're in their third year of high school, but they're so dumb they think that they're...shareholders in a public school? Maybe? It's confusing.