diff --git a/src/analyzers/practice/two-fer/index.ts b/src/analyzers/practice/two-fer/index.ts
index 6203d186..5b49a5bb 100644
--- a/src/analyzers/practice/two-fer/index.ts
+++ b/src/analyzers/practice/two-fer/index.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import {
 import { extractNamedFunction } from '~src/extracts/extract_named_function'
 import { makeNoSourceOutput } from '~src/output/makeNoSourceOutput'
 import { makeParseErrorOutput } from '~src/output/makeParseErrorOutput'
+import { hasStubThrow } from '~src/analyzers/utils/extract_main_method'
+import { REMOVE_STUB_THROW } from '~src/comments/remove_stub_throw'
 
 type ConditionalExpression = TSESTree.ConditionalExpression
 type IfStatement = TSESTree.IfStatement
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ export class TwoFerAnalyzer extends AnalyzerImpl {
   private program!: Program
   private source!: string
 
-  private mainMethod!: ExtractedFunction
+  private mainMethod?: ExtractedFunction
 
   protected async execute(input: Input): Promise<void> {
     const [parsed] = await this.parse(input)
@@ -90,11 +92,17 @@ export class TwoFerAnalyzer extends AnalyzerImpl {
     this.program = parsed.program
     this.source = parsed.source
 
-    this.mainMethod = extractNamedFunction('twoFer', this.program)!
+    this.mainMethod = extractNamedFunction('twoFer', this.program)
 
     // Firstly we want to check that the structure of this solution is correct
     // and that there is nothing structural stopping it from passing the tests
     this.checkStructure()
+    if (!this.mainMethod) return
+
+    if (hasStubThrow(this.mainMethod)) {
+      this.disapprove(REMOVE_STUB_THROW())
+      return
+    }
 
     // Now we want to ensure that the method signature is sane and that it has
     // valid arguments
diff --git a/src/analyzers/utils/extract_main_method.ts b/src/analyzers/utils/extract_main_method.ts
index 6232d55b..a49ad33c 100644
--- a/src/analyzers/utils/extract_main_method.ts
+++ b/src/analyzers/utils/extract_main_method.ts
@@ -79,3 +79,41 @@ export function extractMainMethod<T extends string = string>(
 
   return undefined
 }
+
+function isNewExpression(node: unknown): node is TSESTree.NewExpression {
+  return (
+    typeof node === 'object' &&
+    node !== null &&
+    (node as TSESTree.Node).type === 'NewExpression'
+  )
+}
+
+function isStubThrowStatement(statement: TSESTree.Statement): boolean {
+  if (statement.type !== 'ThrowStatement') return false
+
+  const argument = statement.argument
+  if (!isNewExpression(argument)) return false
+
+  const callee = argument.callee
+  if (callee.type !== 'Identifier' || callee.name !== 'Error') return false
+
+  const [firstArg] = argument.arguments
+  if (!firstArg || firstArg.type !== 'Literal') return false
+  if (typeof firstArg.value !== 'string') return false
+
+  return (
+    firstArg.value.includes('Please implement') ||
+    firstArg.value.includes('Remove this line and implement') ||
+    firstArg.value.includes('Implement the') ||
+    firstArg.value.includes('Remove this statement and implement')
+  )
+}
+
+export function hasStubThrow(fn: { body?: TSESTree.Node }): boolean {
+  if (!fn.body || fn.body.type !== 'BlockStatement') return false
+
+  return fn.body.body.some(
+    (statement) =>
+      statement.type === 'ThrowStatement' && isStubThrowStatement(statement)
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/comments/remove_stub_throw.ts b/src/comments/remove_stub_throw.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0f4eae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/comments/remove_stub_throw.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { factory, CommentType } from '~src/comments/comment'
+
+export const REMOVE_STUB_THROW = factory`
+Remove this placeholder throw statement. It is dead code.
+`('javascript.general.remove_stub_throw', CommentType.Essential)
diff --git a/test/analyzers/two-fer/stub-throw.ts b/test/analyzers/two-fer/stub-throw.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01472718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/analyzers/two-fer/stub-throw.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { TwoFerAnalyzer } from '~src/analyzers/practice/two-fer'
+import { makeAnalyze } from '~test/helpers/smoke'
+
+const analyze = makeAnalyze(() => new TwoFerAnalyzer())
+
+describe('two-fer stub throw detection', () => {
+  it('blocks canonical exercism stub throw', async () => {
+    const solution = `
+      export function twoFer(name = 'you') {
+        return 'One for you, one for me.'
+        throw new Error('Remove this line and implement the function');
+      }
+    `.trim()
+
+    const output = await analyze(solution)
+
+    const stub = output.comments.find(
+      (c) => c.externalTemplate === 'javascript.general.remove_stub_throw'
+    )
+
+    expect(stub).toBeDefined()
+    expect(stub?.type).toBe('essential')
+  })
+
+  it('does not block normal error throws', async () => {
+    const solution = `
+      export function twoFer(name = 'you') {
+        if (name === 'bad') {
+          throw new Error('Invalid name');
+        }
+        return \`One for \${name}, one for me.\`
+      }
+    `.trim()
+
+    const output = await analyze(solution)
+
+    const stub = output.comments.find(
+      (c) => c.externalTemplate === 'javascript.general.remove_stub_throw'
+    )
+
+    expect(stub).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+})