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[[caption-width-right:1000:''[[{{Literature/IfYouGiveAMouseACookie}} If you give the kids some juice...]]'']]
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* AnAesop:
** If it ain't broken, don't fix it.
** If someone tells you something is a bad idea, listen to them. Especially if they're speaking from experience.
** Sometimes it helps to learn more about your coworkers to create a more functioning work environment.
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* ShoutOut: Mr. Johnson prays to the Mario Brothers to watch over the plumbers who'll have to fix Abbott's broken bathrooms.

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* ShoutOut: Mr. Johnson prays to [[{{Franchise/SuperMarioBros}} the Mario Brothers Brothers]] to watch over the plumbers who'll have to fix Abbott's broken bathrooms.

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Janine advocates for a new change in the school's juice which puts her into conflict with traditionalist Barbara. The battle of generations carries over with Melissa who's struggling to keep her new aide Ashley from interfering with her class instruction.

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Janine advocates for a new change in the school's juice which puts her into conflict with traditionalist Barbara. Barbara, especially as the juice leads to toilet misuse. The battle of generations also carries over with Melissa who's struggling to keep figure out how to manage her new aide Ashley from interfering with in her class instruction.class.



* BirdsOfAFeather: Ava takes a strong liking to Ashley for having the same interests and fun-loving energy as her.

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* AnAesop:
** If it ain't broken, don't fix it.
** If someone tells you something is a bad idea, listen to them. Especially if they're speaking from experience.
** Sometimes it helps to learn more about your coworkers to create a more functioning work environment.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Ava takes a strong liking to Ashley for having the same interests and fun-loving energy as her. She even ropes the aide into helping her with her clothing auction scam.



* DramiticallyMissingThePoint: After firmly reminding Greg and Janine about her platitudes and how there are periods at the end of each of her sentences, Greg has the bright idea to mention how that last one had an ''exclamation point''.

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* DramiticallyMissingThePoint: DoWrongRight: The reason the city is delaying itself to fix the bathroom crisis is because Abbott still has one working bathroom. Barbara gets the hint and uses Melissa's baseball bat to let out her pent-up frustration.
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After firmly reminding Greg and Janine about her platitudes and how there are periods at the end of each of her sentences, Greg has the bright idea to mention how that last one had an ''exclamation point''.



* IWarnedYou: Barbara has too much "class" to say "I told you so" to Janine over the juice problem.



* TheStinger: While Jacob and Melissa are checking out lottery tickets, Ava reveals that she has her own private bathroom hidden deep within the school's basement.
* TaughtByExperience: PlayedForDrama. Barbara reveals that she never had a senpai to help her when she started teaching so she had to learn just about everything by herself while making mistakes along the way.



* IWarnedYou: Barbara has too much "class" to say "I told you so" to Janine over the juice problem.

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* BirdsOfAFeather: Ava takes a strong liking to Ashley for having the same interests and fun-loving energy as her.



* DramiticallyMissingThePoint: After firmly reminding Greg and Janine about her platitudes and how there are periods at the end of each of her sentences, Greg has the bright idea to mention how that last one had an ''exclamation point''.



* TheLoad: PlayedWith regarding Ashley. While she does make decent lessons to teach the kids under her care, she doesn't follow through with Melissa's preferences and often hinders her workload.

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* GetOut: Ms. Howards gives a surprisingly calm version of the phrase to her coworkers and their students.
* GoodIsNotSoft: Barbara decides to forbid the rest of the school from using her in-class bathroom as it keeps her kindergartners from being able to use it freely and they need it more than everyone else.
* TheLoad: PlayedWith regarding Ashley. While she does make decent lessons to teach the kids under her care, she doesn't follow through with Melissa's preferences orders and often hinders her workload.own lessons.
* LoopholeAbuse: Mr. Johnson gets around Barbara's restriction of only allowing kids to use her kindergarten bathroom by saying he's a kid ''at heart''.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Janine and Greg get the big idea of using Barbara's off-limits bathroom while she and her class are away. This ultimately results in them ruining her toilet because of their excessive flushing.


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* TranquilFury: Barbara has every right to be angry at Janine and her coworkers for ruining the Abbott bathrooms with their excessive flushing, to the point that her own kindergarten bathroom is out of commission. Yet she chooses to remain serene while expressing how furious she is at the whole situation.

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Janine advocates for a new change in the school's juice

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Janine advocates for a new change in the school's juicejuice which puts her into conflict with traditionalist Barbara. The battle of generations carries over with Melissa who's struggling to keep her new aide Ashley from interfering with her class instruction.


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* DisproportionateRetribution: Ava tried (and thankfully failed) to fire Jacob after he bought her a re-usable bottle for Christmas.
* FreezeFrameBonus: The comments in Ava's video stream show that they aren't interested in the clothing she's auctioning.
* FromBadToWorse: It wasn't enough that all the upper graders have to use the bathroom after enjoying their new juices. But the ongoing flushing results in all their bathrooms being over-stimulated and forced to shut down.


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* TheLoad: PlayedWith regarding Ashley. While she does make decent lessons to teach the kids under her care, she doesn't follow through with Melissa's preferences and often hinders her workload.


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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Janine only had good intentions with bringing in a new series of juice for the kids to enjoy. But the fact that it comes with ''two extra ounces'' ultimately results in every upper grade student needing to use the restroom.


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* ShoutOut: Mr. Johnson prays to the Mario Brothers to watch over the plumbers who'll have to fix Abbott's broken bathrooms.
* IWarnedYou: Barbara has too much "class" to say "I told you so" to Janine over the juice problem.

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Janine advocates for a new change in the school's juice



* ColdOpen: Jacob tries to ask for Ava's help with finding his stolen bike but can't bring himself to describe the perpetator without coming off as "racist".

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* ColdOpen: Jacob tries to ask for Ava's help with finding his stolen bike but can't bring himself to describe the perpetator perpetrator without coming off as "racist"."racist".
* TheGenerationGap: Janine butts heads with Barbara over her refusal to accept the new juice the former wanted to support.



* NoSympathy: Ava laughs at Jacob for admitting that he rides a bike to work.

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* NoJustNo: Melissa says this after her aide Ashely insists that the students watch the material instead of reading from their designated textbooks.
* NoSympathy: Ava laughs at Jacob for admitting that he rides a bike to work.work and plays along with his inability to describe the culprit.
* NoodleIncident: Melissa has a brother who owes her ten grand because he keeps betting on the Jets who always lose.

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* ColdOpen: Jacob tries to ask for Ava's help with finding his stolen bike but can't bring himself to describe the perpetator without coming off as "racist".
* MistakenForRacist: Averted. The man who stole Jacob's bike was black but Jacob has trouble describing him to Ava out of fear of coming off as offensive.
* NoSympathy: Ava laughs at Jacob for admitting that he rides a bike to work.
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"Juice" is the eighteenth episode of ''Series/AbbottElementary'' and the fifth episode of Season 2.

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