Fandom Pig

"Fandom Pig" is the first episode in season 20 of North Springs and the 276th episode overall. It was written by Rob Farlane and directed by Don Grayman.

In the episode, Philly creates a Twitter account called FandomPig15 and cyberbullies members of the anime fandom, which fights back after he makes a xenophobic comment. Meanwhile, Makowski attempts to write his first book.

The episode premiered on TBS on June 24, 2015, and is rated TV-14-DLV in the United States.

Plot
The city is tuning in to see the premiere of a mid-season police drama television series, Eddie Falls, on ABC. At one point, the main characters are about to be shot with a gun when it goes to commercial break. During the commercial break, an advertisement for Twitter is aired, which gives Philly the idea to make a Twitter account.

The next morning, Makowski is writing ideas in a notebook, and he tells Ben that he is making a book, Tommy walks up to the two and asks if they had seen Philly around. They both respond with "no" and go back to talking about the book. Philly walks by laughing, The boys ask Philly why he is laughing, and Philly tells them it is nothing. The others watch him walk by in suspicion.

After school, Philly logs onto his Twitter account, FandomPig15, wondering what to post. After seeing a few anime memes, he decides to make fun of the anime fanbase, and starts making rude replies to anime-related tweets. Eventually he starts insulting Japanese anime fans and even general Japanese people, which makes anime fans angry, along with several other Japanese people.

The next day, when Philly gets off his bike after biking to school, he turns around and sees Big Barry and Skinny Tony. The boys say that they noticed a Twitter user named FandomPig15 is bullying anime fans, and they are heartbroken by it due to their love for anime. Philly responds with "no", and Skinny Tony pushes him. The two walk away, Big Barry suggesting that the cyberbully is someone under the age of 18. Philly starts sweating and says, "No it's not!" The teens ask how Philly knows, and he simply stutters, attempting to make up a response. Because of this, they hit Philly, and Philly confesses that he was FandomPig15. The two stop and walk away, telling Philly that they will hurt him much harder if he kept it up.