1989:
Shawn and Gus where running home after throwing a banana at Jimmy Nicols, the 7th grade bully. It only took Jimmy a minute until the look of shock and confusion turned to sheer rage. His expression looked like it could melt the already burning hot concrete. Gus was falling behind due to his, as Shawn called it, nerdy ways. He would always be practicing the spelling words from the spelling bee he lost due to one word, 'aggiornamento', while Shawn would be causing mischief around the Santa Barbara Elementary School grounds.
So, Shawn and Gus were running with Jimmy hot on their trails. When at Shawn's home, Shawn jumped the gate, and ran to the porch. When Shawn turned to high-five Gus, he wasn't there. He looked towards the gate and saw Gus struggling to get over the fence. "Gus! Come on! Jimmy's right behind us!" "I know! I can't! It's too big!" Gus said, still struggling to get up the gate. "Ugh!" Shawn groaned, running over to Gus. He grabbed his arms and pulled him up the fence and dropped Gus on the ground and ran back to the porch. Gus stood up wiped the dirt of the seat of his pants and followed Shawn to the porch. They stood there, arms crossed, waiting until Jimmy showed up.
He got there and shouted "You guys are so dead! Get over here!" "No way, Nicols!" Shawn shouted back. "Oh, I see. You guys are scared!" Jimmy said. "We're not scared of you! You screamed in pain with only two hits!" Shawn replied. "I didn't scream. And you only hit me once!" "No, two hits, me hitting you, you hitting the floor." Said Shawn, once again, having to do all the talking while Gus stood scared watching back and forth between the shouting enemies like a tennis match. "AHHHHHH! You're dead tomorrow at school!" Jimmy screamed, running home.
Five minutes later, Gus and Shawn sat at the picnic table, talking. "I got that one line from Emilio Esteves from The Breakfast Club." Shawn said. "Why where you watching that?" Gus asked, not really caring. "My Dad and I saw it. It was pretty funny." Shawn said in the same kind of voice. "Shawn!" Yelled the voice of Henry Spencer, otherwise known as Shawn's Dad. "Shawn, guess who I just got a call from?" "Was it the toupee store, asking for their toupee back?" Shawn said sarcastically. "No, it was Jimmy Nicols mom. She said you threw a banana at him?" "Yah, but he bullies us all the time. I thought it was okay." Shawn said. "No, it's not okay! Tell me the truth, why did you throw that at him?" "Because Gus didn't have an apple!" "No! Why did you throw it at him at all?" "Okay, I was trying to be batman and Gus was being robin and the banana was the batarang." "Fine, but this is your last chance to straighten up." "Yes sir." Shawn answered. "And remember, only use violence as a last resort." Shawn and Gus just both nodded.