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* Dick takes Mary down to the station to identify his mugger from earlier in the episode - but not before GettingCrapPastTheRadar in spectacular fashion.

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* Dick takes Mary down to the station to identify his mugger from earlier in the episode - but not before GettingCrapPastTheRadar in spectacular fashion.episode.

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* Dick's FreakOut when he sees Mary's dad in the office.
-->'''Dick''': If he's here then that means the other one's here too! [[TheDreaded And she scares me]].




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* After Mary finds out Sally and George are in a romantic relationship, Sally assures Mary she's not going to replace her mom. Sally actually intends to be a ''better'' mom and gradually turn Mary against her mother. Sally then suggests tomorrow they go and buy Mary some pretty new dresses and Mary slams the door in her face.
** Considering what an absolute bitch Mary's mom is, Sally might've been a genuine improvement.

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* When Dick laments to Mary about his "family":
--> '''Dick''': They're right, you can't go home again. So much for family, and brotherhood, and "home is where the heart is", what a bunch of crap.\\
'''Mary''': Now you know where I've been coming from. You go home for the holidays, you see that beautiful Christmas tree in the window, everything looks so idyllic, and all of a sudden, there's your mother swinging a five-iron at your father's head, and the tree's in the egg nog.\\
'''Dick''': How do you deal with it?\\
'''Mary''': I repress. Repression is the key to a happy family.\\
'''Dick''': That doesn't sound very healthy.\\
'''Mary''': If you yell and scream, you end up sounding like your mother. ''(gets up)'' I'm gonna go get another drink.\\
'''Dick''': Didn't you just finish one?\\
'''Mary''': '''GET. OFF. MY. BACK.'''
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** When he actually gets inside, the salesman tells that the ring's circular shape symbolizes endless love. Dick rationalizes by skipping the ring entirely and just deciding to give Sally his watch. This gets a great BrickJoke at the end of the episode, when Dick asks Mary, "Will you wear my watch?" She protests that it doesn't fit- a hurt Dick asks if it might someday:
--> '''Mary''': ''(confused)'' Maybe... if I gain a lot weight.
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* Dick: "Nina, stand up, show everyone how you put the "ass" in "assistant"."
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** Mary puts thermal-bond epoxy on Dick's desk. Dick's hands get stuck, then so does his face. Dick and Mary call a truce. Then...

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** Mary puts thermal-bond epoxy on Dick's desk. Dick's hands get stuck, then so does his face. [[labelnote:Note]](Dick: "...mistake, huge mistake!".)[[/labelnote]] Dick and Mary call a truce. Then...

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* TheStinger has a CallBack to a couple scenes earlier, when Dick and Harry accidentally mix peanut butter and trout ("You got your peanut butter in my trout!" "You got your trout in my peanut butter!"): Harry gives Ms. Dubcek a taste test.
--> '''Ms. Dubcek''': It has kind of a "fishy" taste... I don't like it. ''(beat)'' [[BaitAndSwitchComment I LOVE it.]]
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* Harry takes a job as a bartender in the episode. At one point he tells a customer: "Don't stop drinking."
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* The subplot of the cafeteria cashier charging Dick an extra 25 cents for crackers when she doesn't do it to anybody else. It eventually culminates with Dick learning not to let her control him, by grabbing the whole bowl of crackers and dumping a bunch of quarters on the counter while she scowls at him.

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* The scene where Gary the insurance salesman (played by Creator/BobOdenkirk) asks Harry if he smokes.
--> '''Gary''': Do you smoke?\\
'''Harry''': Yes.\\
'''Gary''': No you haven't.\\
'''Harry''': Yes, I have.\\
'''Gary''': No, you really haven't.\\
'''Harry''': Yes, I really have.\\
'''Gary''': Oops, I already marked "no."\\
'''Harry''': Well, that's unfortunate, 'cause I enjoy the occasional cigar.\\
'''Gary''': I didn't hear that.\\
'''Harry''': ''(shouting)'' I said I enjoy the occasional cigar!\\
'''Gary''': You don't smoke.\\
'''Harry''': Hell, I'll smoke that banana right there.\\
'''Gary''': '''YOU DON'T SMOKE.'''\\
'''Harry''': Okay. I don't smoke. ''(pause)'' You know, I really ''do'' smoke.

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* When Sally's being interviewed on local television, Dick is shown where to sit; it's off camera.
--> '''Dick''': Is that where you do emotional family reaction shots?\\
'''Crew member''': Uh... [[BlatantLies sure.]]
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-->'''August:''' Okay, for the last time, Tommy, ''I'' broke up with you. In fact, [[YourCheatingHeart I started seeing somebody else when I was still with you]]. Ha! I couldn't be ''more'' over you.\\

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-->'''August:''' Okay, for the last time, Tommy, ''I'' broke up with you. In fact, [[YourCheatingHeart I started seeing somebody else when I was still with you]].you. Ha! I couldn't be ''more'' over you.\\

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---->'''Harry''': Dick quit his job?
---->'''Tommy''': Yeah, why do you think he was working at Rusty's?
---->'''Harry''': ''Dick was working at Rusty's?!''

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---->'''Harry''': Dick quit his job?
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job?\\
'''Tommy''':
Yeah, why do you think he was working at Rusty's?
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Rusty's?\\
'''Harry''':
''Dick was working at Rusty's?!''Rusty's?!''\\
'''Sally''': Jeez, Harry, don't you know ''anything''?\\
'''Harry''': Nope. All I know is, I've got a transmitter in my head, and ''Series/CharliesAngels'' is on weeknights at seven.
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* The Solomons get sick for the first time. Sally prepares chicken soup, and instead of eating it, Harry sticks his feet in the pot.

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* The Solomons get sick for the first time. Sally prepares chicken soup, and instead of eating it, Harry [[FootBathTreatment sticks his feet in the pot.pot]].
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'''Sally:''' Fine. I'll kill him myself.'' [Sally grabs knife]''\\

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'''Sally:''' Fine. I'll kill him myself.'' [Sally grabs knife]''\\



'''Dick:''' High Commanders are forbidden to kill. They're considered upper management.\\
'''Sally:''' Fine. I hereby make myself Security Officer.\\

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'''Dick:''' High Commanders are forbidden to kill. They're considered upper management.\\
'''Sally:''' Fine. I hereby make myself Security Officer.\\



'''Sally:''' Okay, you're High Commander. I'm gonna go kill that guy.\\

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'''Sally:''' Okay, you're High Commander. I'm gonna go kill that guy.\\
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* How Dick regains his position as High Commander:
-->'''Sally:''' You disobeyed orders, mister!\\
'''Dick:''' I-I couldn't do it!\\
'''Sally:''' Fine. I'll kill him myself.'' [Sally grabs knife]''\\
'''Dick:''' You can't kill him, you're the High Commander!\\
'''Sally:''' So?\\
'''Dick:''' High Commanders are forbidden to kill. They're considered upper management.\\
'''Sally:''' Fine. I hereby make myself Security Officer.\\
'''Dick:''' So you're Security Officer ''AND'' High Commander?\\
'''Sally:''' Okay, you're High Commander. I'm gonna go kill that guy.\\
'''Dick:''' Got it...oh, and by the way my first order as High Commander is that you shall not kill that reporter.\\
'''Sally:''' No, then I make myself High Commander again.\\
'''Dick:''' Uh uh, you can't do that, Lieutenant.\\
'''Sally:''' ''[Scowling] ''You had this planned all along!\\
'''Dick:''' That's why ''I'M'' High Commander...and no I didn't!

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* At the start of Part 2, Dick tries to act like an angry and verbally abusive husband towards Janet, but ends up breaking down crying and being comforted by Janet. It's utterly hysterical.

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* At the start of Part 2, Dick tries to act like an angry and verbally abusive husband towards Janet, but Janet. He uses Stanley from ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'' as inspiration, to the point where he accidentally yells "Stella!" instead of "Janet!". After a few minutes of being mean he ends up breaking down crying and being comforted by Janet. It's utterly hysterical.apologising to Janet while she comforts him.



* Eventually Dick and Janet amicably part ways after he explains they don't have to be together just because the Big Giant Head said so. Sally is horrified when she learns Janet's gone because it means she now has to start cooking and cleaning again.



-->'''Dick:''' She [Mary] won't be able to stay away for long... not with an album full of naked picture of me.\\

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-->'''Dick:''' She [Mary] won't be able to stay away for long... not with an album full of naked picture pictures of me.\\




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** In the end credits Mary recieves the album and starts flicking through the pictures. She quickly goes from shocked to intrigued to outraged that Dick has stolen, and is apparently ''wearing'', some of her lingerie.
--->'''Mary:''' That's MY teddy!
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* Mrs. Dubcek on being trapped in the basement:
-->'''Mrs. Dubcek''': [[NoodleIncident Oh I haven't been drugged and tied up like this since Valentine's Day]].
* When Mary decides to go by Dick's place to drop off his birthday gift, Judith offers to tag along simply to [[{{Troll}} tell Dick she didn't get him anything]].
* After Dick's forced to admit he's an alien, he begs Charlotte to stop saying his kind don't mean any harm to Earth.
-->'''Charlotte''': No harm?! I'm well aware of what your kind does! Harvesting eggs for your slave race! Sucking the life from the innocent! [[AnalProbing Probing the butt of the poor American farmer!]]
-->'''Dick''': We never do any of that! [[NoodleIncident Well, there was this one farmer near Akron. But he was asking for it!]]
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* Don figures out that Sally isn't in love with him, she's in love with his uniform. Instead of being hurt that she doesn't love him for him, he boldly declares: [[LimitedWardrobe "You'll never see me out of uniform again!"]]

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* When Dick and Mary decide to binge on the junk food Dick brought to the office, you can hear Mary joyously exclaiming "You brought Mallomars!"




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* Don spends the entire episode trying to return a pair of Sally's panties he accidentally stole without Sally knowing. When she finds out, [[spoiler:she's actually extremely touched at the idea Don would want them and yanks her bra off so he'll have the set. Don, left almost speechless, exclaims ''"God bless you!"'']]



* Dick plans a romantic moonlit picnic with Mary, hoping it will win her back, but they get trapped in the library together. He freaks out until he realizes he's still alone with her, and he's got the champagne.

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* Dick plans a romantic moonlit picnic with Mary, hoping it will win her back, but they get trapped in the library together. He freaks out until he realizes he's still alone with her, and he's got the champagne. At which point ''she'' freaks out.




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* While Harry and Tommy are running the college radio station with Nina, they have Don on as a guest and reveal Sally's dating Mary's dad. Everyone laughs about how messed up it is before they got a call from "Velma."
-->'''Sally''': You know, it isn't any of your business what I do and if you idiots keep talking about me I'm gonna beat your faces in with a monkey wrench when you get home!
** Harry immediately switches to the topic of whether or not Michelle Pfeiffer's lips are real.



** When Sally first discovered how many fans Don has, she ''fainted''.



** When Dick regains his brain: "Why the hell am I wearing a diaper?!"

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** When Dick regains his brain: "Why the hell ''hell'' am I wearing a diaper?!"



*** On the same topic, Mrs. Dubcek turns to Sally and seems more confused than anything.



* Dick denounces the Dubceks as kleptomaniacs, causing Harry to correct him by saying "They are nymphomaniacs!" Vicki cries "Thank you!"

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* Dick denounces the Dubceks as kleptomaniacs, causing Harry to correct him by saying "They are nymphomaniacs!" ''nympho''maniacs!" Vicki cries "Thank you!"
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* "I take you seriously, Dr. Slut-Bunny!"

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* After a rival fan says the Pendleton Badgers suck:
--> '''Dick''': Badgers don't suck, they ''bite''!




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* Dick's attempt at a chant:
--> '''Dick''': Sine, sine, cosine, sine! 3.14159!\\
'''Karen''': Sine, sine, cosine, sine! 3.14... ''(realizes no one's joining her and awkwardly stops)''
* Harry, drunk with power as a security guard, throws the ''dean's wife'' against the wall and frisks her. When he finds binoculars in her purse, he assumes the worst and calls for back up.

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* All of Dick's exchanges with Mr. St. Clair.
--> '''Mr. St. Clair''': Say, you must come by the club. The boys should meet you. It'd be a kick.\\
'''Dick''': Oh good, can I kick back? ''(both share a hoity-toity laugh)''
* Sally and Harry practice pro wrestling moves with each other. At one point:
--> '''Sally''': Headbutts. Ya ready? ''(is stopped just in time by Dick coming up the stairs)''




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* The subplot where Harry and Tommy write a spec script for ''Series/TheXFiles'', especially:
--> '''Harry''': Okay. They run down the hallway.\\
'''Tommy''': A government agent is waiting.\\
'''Harry''': He shoots.\\
'''Tommy''': He hits the agent...\\
'''Harry''': But he's wearing a bullet-proof vest.\\
'''Tommy''': Mulder runs.\\
'''Harry''': The agent follows.\\
'''Tommy''': He traps Mulder in the hallway.\\
'''Tommy/Harry''': [[WhamEpisode HE KILLS MULDER!]]\\
'''Harry''': You're brilliant.\\
'''Tommy''': Oh thank you, and you're a genius.\\
'''Harry''': True, but you're the best.\\
'''Tommy''': Back atcha, and you are super.\\
'''Tommy/Harry''': WE'RE BOTH GREAT!\\
'''Tommy''': ''(sits down at typewriter)'' All right, let's get this down.\\
'''Harry''': Okay, buddy.\\
'''Tommy''': Now, what'd we say?\\
'''Harry''': I, don't remember.
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* The debut of Pepper at the end. After Dick lets the leash go, it ''immediately'' starts humping Mary's leg, even as she tries to retreat up the stairs.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3H75aRI2u8 The debut of Pepper at the end. end.]] After Dick lets the leash go, it ''immediately'' starts humping Mary's leg, even as she tries to retreat up the stairs.

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* Mary tricks her dog Pepper into leaving the house. But Dick comes over and leaves the door open on his way out. Mary lets out a big [[BigNo "NOOOOOOOO!"]] as Pepper runs back in and starts humping her as usual.




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* Nina gossips with Mary that she's seen Sonja with snakes moving all over her head. Just as she's miming it, Sonja walks in. She quickly covers:
--> '''Nina''': Oh, and then I rinse, and repeat, and then I rinse, and then I'm done.
** The moment when Sonja, trying to seduce Dick through song, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wnOnpOrJK4&t=2m23s removes his belt, which causes his pants to drop.]]
--> '''Sonja''': Can't you see, it's bigger than both of us?\\
'''Dick''': [[RagingStiffie ...Thank you, but...]]
** When Mary goes to confront Sonja about trying to take her boyfriend:
--> '''Sonja''': The game is not over until I say it's over.\\
'''Dick''': [[AskAStupidQuestion Is it over?]]\\
'''Sonja''': No.
** Speaking of, the "fight" between Sonja and Mary, where they merely twitch their hands at each other, and Mary subdues Sonja by using the clickers she was using earlier in the scene on her nose.
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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ZhFW_iKQ0 Dick versus the pop-up book.]]
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* Harry, eating "sinfully delicious" ice cream: "I would gladly go to Hell for a pint of this."

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* Sally is convinced that a tornado will destroy the local docks (but is being forbidden by Dick to tell anyone), and after being offended by one of her coworkers, pretends to come on to him and invites him to meet her out by the docks for a game of "twister." After realizing she was wrong about the tornado she laments that now she has to go out there and push him off the dock herself.




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* Harry being hired as a gofer and thinking it means he has to act like an actual gopher, while being confused at being requested to perform gofer duties.
* After being unable to buy Mary tickets to the Gordon Lightfoot concert like he promised, Dick pretends to have an "epiphany" that they should sneak into the concert and watch it "through the grimy slats of the heating vent" instead to relive , like Mary did as a teenager. She ends up euphorically agreeing to it.
* Annoyed at a coworkers attempt to seduce her, Sally steals his pants, locks him outside and calls a news crew, with the rest of the family later commenting about the coverage of the concert and expressing surprise that Sally's coworker is "an obsessive, naked Gordon Lightfoot fan".
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--> '''Dick''': I don't understand this! I'm a superior being. I can calculate the decaying orbit of a dying moon to within 1/10 of an inch. Why can't I calculate the subtotal of line 59-A? Why can't I find line 59-A? Where the hell is line 59-A?! I can't take this anymore! ''(ripping up the tax forms)'' I hate it! I hate it! I hate it! I HATE IT!!!... ''(after audience laughter/applause)'' Oh, here it is.


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* Dick, lying on their taxes: "I played with the numbers a bit, entered a few harmless clerical mistakes, and guess what. The government now owes us $375.... [[UpToEleven THOUSAND dollars!"]]
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* Dick begins teaching his class remotely- a computer screen is set up in his class while he webcams his lecture from home in a bathrobe.
--> '''Dick''': My actual presence is no longer necessary in the learning process. This is my new live webcam at Www.Planetsolomon.Com. It's on me 24 hours a day. Now, anybody can log on. You can watch me do almost everything, and, uh, for a small fee, ''everything''.

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