Dennis wants Muse Prime to donate half the money for the new high school gym in town. He is upset when he discovers that the gym is to be named after Coach ""Bighouse"" Tyrone, the man who made his life miserable in high school by humiliating him in gym class--especially over climbing the rope.
Dennis would not be allowed to graduate unless he passed gym, and Coach Bighouse would not pass him if he did not climb the rope. His mother convinced the schoolboard to force Coach Bighouse to give him another chance to climb the rope; however, Coach Bighouse wouldn't let him try it. In front of all his peers, Coach Bighouse called him ""Miss Sweeney"" and told him he didn't have to climb the rope after all.
Borden encourages Dennis to use his contribution to the town to force them to change the name of the gym. Everyone is convinced that Dennis is being petty and no one, including Jennifer, seems to understand how hurtful this was to him as a child. His father says, ""It wasn't that bad,"" and Denni
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