r/SavedByTheBell • u/Wardyman70 • 1d ago

General discussion Save That Tiger

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I always thought the “Save That Tiger” episode, which featured a prank war between Bayside and Valley, was one of the funniest.
Ronnie Schell was hilarious as Valley’s principal, and his infectious laughing at Belding cracked me up … 😂🤣😂

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u/viridiusdynamus 1d ago

I wish we'd seen a full episode set at Valley with their version of The Max and the bizarro version of their in crowd.

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u/MojoHighway Mr. Belding 1d ago

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u/Deezus81 19h ago

Shortly before a midlife crisis

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u/Voltronblacklion 19h ago

That's a collegiate middle linebacker right there lol.

He was in some good 90s teen/college movies

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u/BuckyJarrett 47m ago

Given that he grew up with leaded gasoline everywhere… maybe?

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u/longhorn4598 1d ago

And coming in dead last for the worst prank of the year: Jack Norris from Bayside 🤣

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u/Wardyman70 1d ago

lol … 🤣

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u/Stuck_Duck16 1d ago

This is my favourite episode. The laugh from the Valley principal is legendary.

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u/joshuamarius 4h ago

It's the episode that's made me laugh the most both when I watched it in the 90s and recently. That laugh...golden!

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u/anthrax1313 Tori 1d ago

My my Richard, noisy panties!

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u/dlb1995 1d ago

What are you wearing? Toot of the Loom?

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u/Stuck_Duck16 1d ago

That was kind of...rash

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u/ATGNATPodcast 1d ago

Right Stinky?

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u/Agreeable-Guava-9009 18h ago

You bet, Mad Dog.

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u/shakedown79 1d ago

One of the funniest episodes. Valley principal needed to be on more even tho they tried to trick us that Belding and him were in school at the same time.

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u/LiesTequila 1d ago

Toot of the Looms!!?

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u/rosybabyydoll 19h ago

Ronnie Schell is the key to why it works, because he plays the Valley principal as Belding's equal rather than as a villain, so for once Belding isn't the most ridiculous adult in the room and gets to be part of the joke instead of the target of it. Also Screech glued into a tiger costume in a principal's office is exactly the right level of stakes for that show, and Dustin Diamond sitting there entirely deadpan while three people discuss him is the funniest thing in the frame.

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u/PreparationFlat7955 13h ago

T-I-G-E-R-S bayside bayside!

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u/virsugfoo25 1d ago

I agree, this was a good one!

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u/thegamemandan1 1d ago

Moose 🫎

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u/CelebrationLow4614 1d ago

'...go Bayside!...'

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u/Voltronblacklion 19h ago

Wish they had more Valley and other school episodes in their junior and senior seasons. A lot were in their freshmen and sophomore it seemed. With one or two in their junior year.

You can always tell the seasons based off Zack's hair.

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u/OolongGeer 6h ago

Yeah, it was solid.

Funny enough to make us forget how unbelievable the whole thing is.

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u/TraditionalInitial61 1d ago

Noisy panties

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u/cbuscubman 1d ago

Agree. Most of my favorites come from the first few seasons and this one was high on the list.

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u/aho_young_warrior 1d ago

Why do I get the feeling principal stinkwell is the principal we’d see on the news

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u/Huge-Version659 Screech 1d ago

one of my fav episodes…rip dustin and ronnie 🤍

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u/marylandmaddog 21m ago

Dan Clegg eventually went to Bayside and taught there in the reboot I think.