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After Frank determines that they need gold in order to fix Jake's ship. Jake uses his collar's powers to affect the outcome of various sporting events, including horse races and pool games, to win money to buy the needed gold and repair his saucer. So Frank, Frank's friend Norman Link and Frank's new girlfriend, Liz, help Jake find the gold he needs.

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After Frank determines that they need gold in order to fix Jake's ship. Jake uses his collar's powers to affect the outcome of various sporting events, including horse races and pool games, to win money to buy the needed gold and repair his saucer. So Frank, Frank's friend Norman Link and Frank's new girlfriend, Liz, help Jake find the gold he needs.



-->'''General Stilton:''' *gives a command* Colonel!\\

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-->'''General Stilton:''' *gives ''(gives a command* command)'' Colonel!\\
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* TheWormGuy: Frank was not initially invited to inspect the "artichoke" from Jake's spaceship, as his speciality was very specific and the head of the institute said he wasn't sure Frank was worth being there, but Frank is the only one who was close to an answer. Jake told him later he (Frank) was on the right track, but still years from a discovery.
** Of course, Frank's friend and fellow scientist Link specialized in garbage...yet somehow he was one among those initially invited.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Frank is able to pass as General Stilton simply by wearing his uniform and putting on sunglasses. Downplayed in that he doesn't look ''that'' dissimilar from Stilton, and the guard on duty ''is'' initially uncertain of his identity, but Frank does a good enough vocal and personality impression that the guard is quickly cowed.
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* MoralMyopia: While there is the justification of Jake being in a time crunch to get his ship working again lest he be stranded on Earth, neither he nor any of his human allies display much if any reluctance over him flagrantly cheating at several sporting events in order to gain the necessary funds via gambling payoffs.

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* MoralMyopia: While there is the justification of Jake being in a time crunch to get his ship working again lest he be stranded on Earth, neither he nor any of his human allies display much if any reluctance over him flagrantly cheating at several sporting events in order to gain the necessary funds via gambling payoffs.payouts.
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* MoralMyopia: While there is the justification of Jake being in a time crunch to get his ship working again lest he be stranded on Earth, neither he nor any of his human allies display much if any reluctance over him flagrantly cheating at several sporting events in order to gain the necessary funds via gambling payoffs.
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* HotScientist: Liz
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there is no cat sex in this movie


* BoldlyComing: Alien cat Jake has quite the crush on Earth cat Lucy-Belle.

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* BoldlyComing: Alien cat Jake has quite the crush on Earth cat Lucy-Belle.



* InterspeciesRomance: Alien cat Jake has quite the crush on Earth cat Lucy-Belle.
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* CapturedSuperEntity: Slightly subverted, Mr. Olympus wants Jake's ''collar'', not Jake. Which is actually kinda stupid when you think about it. [[CutLexLuthorACheck All the technical advancements Olympus could make by ''interrogating'' Jake.]] Instead, he just tries stealing some alien tech that's hard for a human to use. Of course, just because Jake can use it doesn't mean he knows how to ''make'' it.

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* CapturedSuperEntity: Slightly subverted, Mr. Olympus wants Jake's ''collar'', not Jake. Which is actually kinda stupid when you think about it. [[CutLexLuthorACheck All the technical advancements Olympus could make by ''interrogating'' Jake.]] Instead, he just tries stealing some alien tech that's hard difficult for a human humans to use. Of course, just because Jake can use it the collar doesn't mean he knows how to ''make'' it.
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** In Universe, there's a regular at Ernie's pool hall named "Honest Harry". Despite sounding like a crook's name, and despite the pool hall being a haven for hustlers and gamblers, it seems Harry actually has built a reputation for being unfailingly honest, and is often the guy holding onto the money temporarily when a bet is made.

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** In Universe, there's a regular at Ernie's pool hall named "Honest Harry". Despite sounding like a crook's name, and despite the pool hall being a haven for hustlers and gamblers, it seems Harry actually has built a reputation for being unfailingly honest, and is often the guy holding onto the money temporarily when a bet is made.made or otherwise acting as a neutral third party.

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* HornySailors: Alluded to when Jake says he wants to spend some time with Lucybelle, as he's been stuck on his ship for a while.


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* HornySailors: Alluded to when Jake says he wants to spend some time with Lucy-Belle, as he's been stuck on his ship for a while.
-->'''Jake''': Her [Liz's] kitty-cat's not too bad either.\\
'''Frank''': ''(amused)'' There's plenty of time for that.\\
'''Jake''': That's all right for ''you'' to say! But I've been confined to a spaceship for five months.
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* CaptainObvious: "Jake, in order to buy a hundred-and-twenty-thousand dollars worth of gold, you ''need'' a hundred-and-twenty-thousand dollars!"

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* CaptainObvious: "Jake, in order to buy a hundred-and-twenty-thousand hundred and twenty thousand dollars worth of gold, you ''need'' a hundred-and-twenty-thousand hundred and twenty thousand dollars!"



* HornySailors: Alluded to when Jake says he wants to spend some time with Lullabelle, as he's been on his ship for a while.

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* HornySailors: Alluded to when Jake says he wants to spend some time with Lullabelle, Lucybelle, as he's been stuck on his ship for a while.



* WorthlessYellowRocks: "Org-12" (gold) is clearly a rather common metal on Jake's planet, because they use it as spaceship fuel. Frank has to explain to him how expensive it is on Earth.

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* WorthlessYellowRocks: "Org-12" (gold) is clearly a rather common metal on Jake's planet, because they use it as a spaceship fuel.component. Frank has to explain to him how expensive it is on Earth.
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* HornySailors: Alluded to when Jake says he wants to spend some time with Lullabelle, as he's been on his ship for a while.

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