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* How does Mr. Dink afford the latest and "[[CatchPhrase Very Expensive]]" tools and gadgets? Early in the series he mentions that he's a writer, he's probably testing and writing product reviews for them.

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* How does Mr. Dink afford the latest and "[[CatchPhrase "[[CharacterCatchphrase Very Expensive]]" tools and gadgets? Early in the series he mentions that he's a writer, he's probably testing and writing product reviews for them.
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** The fact that Roger stated he was putting Stinky on a weight loss diet is also foreshadowing. [[spoiler: Because Stinky's pregnant.]]
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* In "Doug Takes A Hike" Roger tries to scare Doug by telling him of a tree that was punching a former camper, and Doug believes him, followed by a fantasy of scary trees. While Doug can be gullible, we learn in future episode that in the Bluffington Founders play that the settlers were told by tress to go found their town somewhere else. Doug might've heard the story by this point, thus making the idea of living trees not so far fetched.

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* In "Doug Takes A Hike" Roger tries to scare Doug by telling him of a tree that was punching a former camper, and Doug believes him, followed by a fantasy of scary trees. While Doug can be gullible, we learn in future episode that in the Bluffington Founders play that the settlers were told by tress trees to go found their town somewhere else. Doug might've heard the story by this point, thus making the idea of living trees not so far fetched.
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* Doug has some ''serious'' [[FunnySchizophrenia mental problems]], and NO ONE seems to care. He has [[ImagineSpot repeated and vivid hallucinations]] [[UpToEleven that he]] ''[[UpToEleven physically]]'' [[UpToEleven acts out]] in front of his friends and family, and [[ComedicSociopathy they just laugh it off]], even though [[CouldHaveBeenMessy it's almost gotten him killed a few times]] (like the times he blanked out IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY STREET, or while driving soapbox racer down a hill). What the hell is wrong with these people?!?! They need to get him treatment before he fatally injures himself or someone else!

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* Doug has some ''serious'' [[FunnySchizophrenia mental problems]], and NO ONE seems to care. He has [[ImagineSpot repeated and vivid hallucinations]] [[UpToEleven that he]] ''[[UpToEleven physically]]'' [[UpToEleven he ''physically'' acts out]] out in front of his friends and family, and [[ComedicSociopathy they just laugh it off]], even though [[CouldHaveBeenMessy it's almost gotten him killed a few times]] (like the times he blanked out IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY STREET, or while driving soapbox racer down a hill). What the hell is wrong with these people?!?! They need to get him treatment before he fatally injures himself or someone else!
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* Why were none of the kids in "Doug Is the Hamburger Boy" were wearing lifejackets? Had it not been for Doug, they all could have easily drowned.

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* Why were none None of the kids in "Doug Is the Hamburger Boy" were wearing lifejackets? lifejackets, not even [[TheSmartGuy Al or Moo]]. Had it not been for Doug, they all could have easily drowned.
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* In "Doug's Fat Cat," Stinky demands to be fed pickle-flavoured ice cream. Strange for a cat--you'd think he'd want something like liver, or tuna flavour. The choice actually becomes subtle foreshadowing after a rewatch--[[spoiler: in humans, both pickles and ice cream are stereotypucal ''pregnancy cravings'', and Stinky was very pregnant at the time!]]

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* In "Doug's Fat Cat," Stinky demands to be fed pickle-flavoured ice cream. Strange for a cat--you'd think he'd want something like liver, or tuna flavour. The choice actually becomes subtle foreshadowing after a rewatch--[[spoiler: in humans, both pickles and ice cream are stereotypucal stereotypical ''pregnancy cravings'', and Stinky was very pregnant at the time!]]
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* Why Patti goes to the middle school for Science and Sports makes sense when you consider that an actual school building is more likely to have access to more advanced equipment than home school - and they have sports teams. In real life, homeschooled children sometimes do this for sports.
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* In the cooking episode, it's established there is an odd number of students in Mrs. Wingo's class. This is why Doug was paired with ''both'' the Sleeches during the "Weird kids" episode - Wingo counts them as one for the purpose of that assignment.
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** Actually, this could be FridgeBrilliance - sending rich kids to public school may actually be a way to BreakTheHaughty. (Along with being able to save money.) A lot of private school graduates who grew up from [[RichBitch rich families]] are... a little unaware of reality, and they never even ''mildly'' understand what people in different economic backgrounds go through.
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* In "Doug's Fat Cat," Stinky demands to be fed pickle-flavoured ice cream. Strange for a cat--you'd think he'd want something like liver, or tuna flavour. The choice actually becomes subtle foreshadowing after a rewatch--[[spoiler: in humans, both pickles and ice cream are stereotypucal ''pregnancy cravings'', and Stinky was very pregnant at the time!]]
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* The flashback sequence in "Doug's Christmas Story" shows Porkchop being given to Doug for Christmas when Doug was about five year old. (Although "Doug's Dog's Date" [[SeriesContinuityError contradicts this]] with a flashback of Doug riding on Porkchop's back as a baby, we can chalk that up to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.) In the Disney episode "Patti's Dad Dilemma," we learn that Doug had a hamster named Happy that died when Doug was five. Phil and Theda must have wanted to cheer Doug up after Happy died, so that Christmas they got him a dog.

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* The flashback sequence in "Doug's Christmas Story" shows Porkchop being given to Doug for Christmas when Doug was about five year years old. (Although "Doug's Dog's Date" [[SeriesContinuityError contradicts this]] with a flashback of Doug riding on Porkchop's back as a baby, we can chalk that up to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.) In the Disney episode "Patti's Dad Dilemma," we learn that Doug had a hamster named Happy that died when Doug was five. Phil and Theda must have wanted to cheer Doug up after Happy died, so that Christmas they got him a dog.
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* The flashback sequence in "Doug's Christmas Story" shows Porkchop being given to Doug for Christmas when Doug was about five year old. (Although "Doug's Dog's Date" [[SeriesContinuityError contradicts this]] with a flashback of Doug riding on Porkchop's back as a baby, we can chalk that up to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.) In the Disney episode "Patti's Dad Dilemma," we learn that when Doug had a hamster named Happy that died when Doug was five. Phil and Theda must have wanted to cheer Doug up after Happy died, so that Christmas they got him a dog.

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* The flashback sequence in "Doug's Christmas Story" shows Porkchop being given to Doug for Christmas when Doug was about five year old. (Although "Doug's Dog's Date" [[SeriesContinuityError contradicts this]] with a flashback of Doug riding on Porkchop's back as a baby, we can chalk that up to EarlyInstallmentWeirdness.) In the Disney episode "Patti's Dad Dilemma," we learn that when Doug had a hamster named Happy that died when Doug was five. Phil and Theda must have wanted to cheer Doug up after Happy died, so that Christmas they got him a dog.

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