#henry spencer

[pinazee]

The George Takei episode! (shawn vs. the red phantom)

Im just going to start this one from the beginning. Look at Shawns face the moment he sees his father. He either instantly knew Henry was upset or is already bummed to have to interact with his dad, like he’s so used to feeling like shit afterwards.

This has to be the biggest reach for henry though. You can’t like superheroes because they make cops look like idiots and they’re the real heroes. He’s so categorically wrong. First of all, police kind of suck lol. second of all, why was he so threatened by comic books??? Third of all, Shawns like 8 here. He’s not allowed to have an imagination??? How is Shawn a somewhat functional adult??

This explains early seasons Shawn so much. He’s a lot more judgmental, has a particular idea about manhood, and frankly comes across as the flippant “cool guy” from high school, the judd nelson if i may. But we later see that Shawn is just as much a dork as Gus, he just wasn’t allowed to be one. i never thought of this part as character development for Shawn, i always just assumed it was drift, like how Joey from Friends got stupider as the seasons progressed. But now i see it as Shawn becoming who he was always meant to be.

This part makes me laugh so much!

Juliets a comic book fan too! I missed that the first time!

Shawn getting Takei to dislike Gus has to be the biggest dick move he’s done and I’m including drugging him haha. Takei was great. I feel like he’s played a primadonna version of himself a few times. That or I’m just remembering all the rewatches of Psych

I wonder how long lassiter and Vick knew each other before she became captain. Did she work there first? Were they rivals at some point? Or did she come from another precinct?

#if i left something out theres a chance ill bring it up later #psych rewatch #psych #shawn and gus #shawn spencer #burton guster #carlton lassiter #juliet o'hara #henry spencer #james roday rodriguez #james roday #dulé hill #dule hill #timothy omundson #maggie lawson #corbin bernsen

[forecast0ctopus]

psych episode where shawn begins to have psychic premonitions (carbon monoxide poisoning)

#see he’s solving the cases. and then forgetting (CO) and then halllucinating a premonition based off of the memory he cant remember #i just think it would be funny #also never drawn henry before but. very fun man to draw #psych #psych fanart #psych tv #psych usa #psych show #psych shawn #shawn spencer #henry spencer #burton guster

[shivgirly]

Shawngus: An outsider's perspective

#psych #psychedit #shawngus #abigail lytar #henry spencer #shawn spencer #burton guster #the caption sounds like the title of a school report im sorry i had no idea what to put there 😭 #userbbelcher #chewieblog #cinematv #nessa007 #everyone looks at them and goes ya this only makes sense if they're married and i respect that #blurring romantic platonic lines since forever! nobody's doing it like them

[talistheintrovert]

made a three hour Psych retrospective

IT'S FULL OF DELICIOUS FLAVOUR 🍍

#psych #shawn spencer #burton guster #carlton lassiter #juliet o'hara #henry spencer #karen vick #pierre despereaux #james roday rodriguez #steve franks #dule hill #timothy omundson #maggie lawson #video essay #tv show #retrospective #psych retrospective #my videos #Youtube

[markedbyindecision]

Psych as text posts (12/12)

#psych #carlton lassiter #juliet o’hara #burton guster #shawn spencer #henry spencer #chief vick #userannalise #usercade #userbuzzmcnab #* #*psych #100 #500 #1k #psychedit #psych text posts #*text post memes #dailypsych #ajlook #userhallie #userhol

[thats-godscomma]

Since rewatching Psych, I've been thinking about how weird and arbitrary Shawn's interests are. Sure, late 2000's writing had something to do with it, and maybe a bit of Henry and Gus's influence, but hearing Shawn be so vocal about how he hates certain popular things or (more importantly) refuses to give them a chance BUT at the same time knowing so many pop culture references, it got me thinking.

What if the reason Shawn has so many pop culture references on hand is because of his eidetic memory, and he doesn't actually have as much of an interest in pop culture? Throughout the show, he actively avoids getting roped into big interests and franchises (see: comic books, soap operas, etc.) despite the fact that he genuinely seems excited once he's part of it. In fact, we don't get to see a lot of Shawn's interests at all unless it's based on an idea.

Take being a bounty hunter, for example. According to him, he's obsessed with the idea, but he doesn't make many references to an actual bounty hunter show or franchise. Instead, he just remembers the one bounty hunter he saw as a child and maybe references a movie or two. Because once he remembers something, he's never going to forget it, or at least not for a very long time.

That's why he thinks in references. Everything is a reference if you have a good enough memory. Everything reminds you of something. If Shawn hears someone make a Spock reference, it's in his repertoire forever. But he wouldn't be caught dead watching the shows or movies because that's just too much information. Why on earth would he endure that?

Of course, it also intertwines with his ADHD. He has bouts of energy and trouble focusing. He can't sit still to save his life, and he hyperfixates...or he would if his memory didn't make him averse to it. So if he doesn't want to hyperfixate on an information-based interest, then what does he hyperfixate on? Physical activities. Instead of learning about his favorite daredevil, he tries to be one himself. When he learns about oil rigs, he doesn't get a book from the library. He tries to find oil in his backyard.

This is also where he and Henry differ regarding Shawn's "potential." Henry is correct when he talks about Shawn's "wasted" potential, but he doesn't understand the toil of having this eidetic memory and ADHD. Here's what I think happened: Henry probably noticed Shawn's stellar memory at a young age, realized he has a gift, spoke with his wife about her eidetic memory, learned that you need to challenge your child's eidetic memory at a young age or it'll go away, started the hat game to make it fun and exciting, but then Shawn's ADHD appeared. Suddenly, it made him much harder to raise (because let's be real, Shawn was not an easy child.) Henry didn't know what he was doing anymore, and since it was the 80's, he didn't have the resources to properly understand his kid's behavior, so he tried to find a common interest, and started training Shawn to be a detective "because kids love cop shows." But Shawn struggled to stay attached to one single interest, and when he grew up, he stopped trying to articulate his problems because his mom (the only person who remotely understood his struggles) left, and he blamed his dad for it.

And academics? Those are a joke because what is the point of studying if he already remembers everything? Until, of course, he needs to apply it to a problem-solving test or writing an essay. Suddenly, he's memorizing a math teacher's answer sheet and copying Gus's report.

Yes, Shawn could have been a great cop. He could be an amazing scientist or anything really. He could have been a national spelling bee champion like Gus wanted to be. Even 15 years later, Shawn remembered exactly what word Gus messed up, how to spell the word, and what letter he made Gus slip up, but he didn't want to be on that stage with Gus because that requires so much learning. And so much time. And so much memorizing. And he refuses to sit still for that long when he knows that overloading his head is going to give him migraines.

Also his "I've heard it both ways" probably comes from the fact that people with eidetic memory can still make lots of mistakes if they don't actively commit something to memory. If Shawn only overhears something, he'll still naturally try to fill in the gaps like everyone else, but because he's so confident in his memory, he just believes what he remembers to be true, leading him to repeat incorrect information with confidence. That could also be why some of his references are incorrect due to mixed-up homophones.

Anyway, this post was supposed to be about how Shawn is just a walking movie reference because his memory won't let him forget quotes, but then I fell into a rabbit hole of the negative effects of having an eidetic memory as a child, and I am very passionate about how Henry actually tried his best, and people need to stop calling him a horrible parent. Love y'all. Let me know what you think.

#i just care a lot about the real-life consequences of having an eidetic memory combined with ADHD #psych #psych tv #psych usa #shawn spencer #henry spencer #burton guster #eidetic memory #long post

[swans-chirping-in-the-distance]

Remember when Gus was trying to convince Shawn his dad loved him and Shawn said "How do you know?" and Gus was like "He never said it?" and Shawn seriously said "We're guys, Gus." because I do.

#you know damn well that gus' dad says it all the time #burton guster #burton gus guster #shawn and gus #shawn spencer #psych #psych 2006 #henry spencer

[pineapplepluto]

Henry’s hat game in the first episode. Kid Shawn is already bored of it but jumps through Henry’s hoops because he really wants a piece of cake. Adult Shawn has no patience for the hat game but Henry won’t talk to him unless he does it and says he’ll assume Shawn’s cheating if he keeps his eyes open too long. Shawn plays the game so well that, while he’s making a joke, he hears someone leaving the room. He knows from the sound of the boots that it’s the person with the cowboy hat and takes them out of the final count. Then Henry accuses him of changing the rules just because Shawn noticed something he didn’t.

If Shawn had real psychic powers and used them, Henry would’ve definitely considered that cheating. Shawn could’ve spent years learning how to astral project and Henry would still have called him lazy because he was ‘looking’ at the hats instead of memorising them.

#psych #shawn spencer #real psychic shawn spencer #henry spencer #psych rewatch #psych headcanon #psych tv #psych usa #psych 2006 #psych season 1 #1x01 psych pilot #my psych posts

[bitethehandthatneedsme]

psych is sooo funny because they’ll show henry saying some of the worst shit you can say to your son to shawn and show them having an insane fight about what the fuck ever and then two seconds later they’ll show a clip like this

#silly little guys !! (the have the most complicated father-son relationship in the television world) #shawn spencer #henry spencer #psych #psych usa

[fortheloveofshawn]

#shawn spencer #henry spencer #psychedit #henry x shawn #psych #my gifs #113

[arrowheadedbitch]

Okay, I've been having some THOUGHTS

Okay, does anyone know that scene in Psych where Shawn, Gus, and Henry have to buy a car for a case and there's this joke about Shawn not knowing how to haggle and spending all their money on the car?

Okay, so my question is Does Shawn know how to haggle? Either he genuinely doesn't know how to haggle OR he's playing dumb, as we all know he loves to do, and is wasting their money because it's funny to him.

Shawn is very smart but he plays dumb so well that even Gus and Henry often forget he's a genius

So I was thinking this through, rolling it over in my head and, Shawn travelled the world with nothing but the clothes on his back! OF COURSE he knows how to haggle, so why didn't he?

From where I see it, there's 2 options,

1. He didn't realize that cars are one of those things you have to haggle on

But then someone pointed out to me on discord, what about his motorcycle?

NO WAY he payed full price for that thing! And if he haggled for IT then why wouldn't he know to haggle foe a car despite never buying one?

So, this leads to option 2

2. Shawn KNEW he was supposed to haggle but doesn't care about money and likes pretending to be stupid so he wasted their money on purpose for the bit

Gus will wake up in a cold sweat in 10 years with the realization that Shawn did it on purpose and call him at 2am to yell at him about it.

But, what about secret option number 3?

That's right! There's a secret 3rd option:

3. Shawn relies on his OP charisma stat to get things for free when traveling the world, he manipulated and charmed his way into traveling the world, he's never had to actually haggle because his go to is charisma

What I'm getting at is Shawn went "Haha, I'm not doing that in front of my dad, I will pay full price."

Thank you for coming to my tedtalk.

#psych #psych tv #psych usa #shawn spencer #shawn and gus #henry spencer #burton guster #🍍 #haggle

[markedbyindecision]

Psych as text posts (11/12)

#psych #carlton lassiter #juliet o'hara #selene gilmore #karen vick #chief vick #shawn spencer #burton guster #mary lightly #henry spencer #* #*psych #*text post memes #100 #psych text posts #nessa007 #dailypsych #psychedit #usermallory #userhallie #ajlook

[gatogotica]

psych is actually so fucked up for the mommy issues they gave shawn. like idolizing her for so so long simply based on the fact she’s not henry (which is a whole other can of worms). she’s never in a single childhood flashback. she’s never mentioned even off-handedly. nobody calls her when shawn got shot, or really any of the other countless times shawn was hurt or in danger. like she sincerely in every sense of the word was a deadbeat and shawn refused to allow himself to see it because he had to hold on to the belief he had his mom to cling to because, again, she wasn’t his dad

#all that to say shawn is a textbook daddy’s boy no matter how much he wishes he wasn’t LOL #im sorry king you’re too similar to your dad and you spend too much time together youre your fathers son for real #I love you henry spencer but I also hate you…. #I straight up just hate his mom sorryyyy madeline but. you fucking suck #madeleine* #and her being like. eh i thought you were old enough you could handle me abandoning you. LIKE HELLO? die #I could talk about spencer family drama forever and never be bored #psych #shawn spencer #madeleine spencer #henry spencer

[thats-godscomma]

Psych Characters as WordArt Memes

Shawn

Gus

Juliet

Carlton

Henry

Karen

Buzz

Woody

Pierre

Yang

#i love them all (except for yang she can choke teehee) #I found so many of these #i might do a part 2 if I feel like it #psych #psych tv #psych usa #shawn spencer #burton guster #Juliet O’Hara #carlton lassiter #Henry Spencer #Karen Vick #buzz mcnab #woody strode #pierre despereaux #Mr. Yang

[grapebritain]

Pretty much everything Shawn does can be pinpointed back to his childhood, and it's sad too see because most of his toxic traits could have been mended if his parents just had a bit of stability, or just where a little less controlling when he was younger.

His relationship with henry for example is one of the most obvious pointers to why Shawn is the way he is.

Shawn HATES losing, he hates not being on top and he hates not being the centre of attention. Even though some of this is ego, a lot of this is to do with self worth issues as well which is why he gets so irritable when people 'beat' him.

One time this behaviour really stuck out to me like a sore thumb was an episode or two after "from earth to starbucks". In the episode itself , shawn helps lassie with his mental health. he gets it so he feels as though he can solve cases again, and as a result of his confidence boast Lassiter really DOES start solving cases on his own much better than he was before. Evethough Shawn clearly was happy for him at first, and does care a whole lot about Lassiter than he would say out loud, a few episodes after when Lassie starts getting TOO good, Shawn starts acting pretty toxic about him and competitive. Which is a little paradoxical when originally he wanted him to be better, and do better than he was before. I'm pretty sure he does anyway cuz i remember watched a few eps after being like "why is he doing that, i thought he wanted him to do better?".

Regardless, Shawn starts getting hostile to people "better" than him because his dad basically engraved into him that if you are anything other than a winner , you are a loser and you see this all the way from episode 1. When shawn wants cake, he has to get all the hats in the room perfect otherwise he won't get anything. This same thing comes up again when he goes to his dad much older now to ask for help. he has to "win" the hat game in order to get anything out of his father. No matter if his dad had good intentions or not with it, mostly only rewarding shawn when he wins and being so intense about being 'the perfect cop' MADE shawn hate being anything other than the top of the top. the best of the best. Especially when it came to police work.

It's why he gets hostile over any form of competition, and even gets more hostile when people in his life show more interest in anyone but him. He does it with Jules, he does it with Lassiter, and i think he may even do it to gus at some stage. Jules it was her boyfriends, because he viewed himself as the 'best' to be with her. He was on top, so he should be the one to be her boyfriend right..? Then with Lassiter, there are two guys that are somewhat similar to shawn,are good at police work and Lassie clearly admires a lot which makes Shawn pretty heated and sulky that Lassie is no longer looking to him. With gus he got annoyed because Lassiter started spending time with him and 'took away' his best friend from him when be believed gus was HIS friend, not Lassies.

life doesn't work as black and white as 'winner and loser' .People don't have to be the 'best of the best 'to 'earn' love and appreciation, which seems to confuse and aggravate Shawn. It sort of makes him insecure. If people like them more, they...must be better than him because the 'best' are only deserving of appreciation. Well, in his eyes anyway. I think some part of him knows thats insanity as he only has this mentality with his own self worth, but because it was programmed into him at such a young age, it isn't something he can easily brush aside.

To him, having someone be admired more than him, to be 'better' than him for even a second basically diminished his value as a person and makes him less deserving. That and he still feels as though hes the best so people should be looking at him (bro has a HUGE ego). A lot of his anger issues have roots in insecurity , especially this one, and i think it's why for a comedy show there is something so....almost tragic about Shawn despite all the jokes and references he makes.

#psych #shawn spencer #psych show #psych tv #annualizing shawn spencer lol #carlton lassiter #juliet o'hara #burton guster #henry spencer #psych the show #GrapeBritain