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* ShoutOut: Ava calls Henry "[[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Bruce Banner who's in the middle of a growth spurt]]". She also calls Jacob [[Creator/ConanOBrien Conan O'Crien']].

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* ShoutOut: Ava calls Henry "[[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner "[[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Bruce Banner who's in the middle of a growth spurt]]". She also calls Jacob [[Creator/ConanOBrien Conan O'Crien']].
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-->'''Mr. Johnson:''' The plot thickens...

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-->'''Mr. Johnson:''' Johnson (while stroking Milton):''' The plot thickens...

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** Janine has become closer with Maurice since the hookah party.
** Ava uses “future cult leader” Courtney for her chocolate sales.
** Gregory and Janine shoot the breeze over their podcast club and step class respectively.

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** Janine has become closer with Maurice since [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS2E10HolidayHookah the hookah party.
party]].
** Ava uses “future cult leader” Courtney for [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS1E05StudentTransfer Courtney]] to help with her chocolate sales.
** Gregory and Janine shoot the breeze over their [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS2E11ReadAThon podcast club club]] and [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS1E09StepClass step class class]] respectively.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After lightly teasing a boy for his short pants, Ava gives him a new pair of pants that will fit him better.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After lightly teasing a boy for his short pants, Ava gives him a new pair of pants that will fit him better. It's also established that her deceptive methods of salesmanship are meant to help the kids get by in life and so they won't have to struggle with money like she did growing up.
* MustMakeAmends: Realizing that she put her own morals over the well being of her students, Barbara apologizes to Henry for humiliating him in front of Delicia and offers him a job at her church's upcoming bake sale.



* RightHandCat: Milton the Cinnamon Cupcakes serves as this for Mr. Johnson after he overhears Greggo denying his feelings for Janine to Jacob.

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* RightHandCat: Milton the Cinnamon Cupcakes Cupcake serves as this for Mr. Johnson after he overhears Greggo denying his feelings for Janine to Jacob.


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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Barbara has to remind Ava that a principal doesn't ''own'' a school but ''runs'' it.
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Barba is in charge of Abbott's fundraising project but she has to put up with Ava's predatory business practices if she wants to raise enough money for her dream field trip. Meanwhile, Janine gets closer with Maurice that inspires conflicting feelings in Gregory. Also, Mr. Johnson finds a stray cat and butts heads with Jacob on how to raise the stray.

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Barba Barbara is in charge of Abbott's fundraising project but she has to put up with Ava's predatory business practices if she wants to raise enough money for her dream field trip. Meanwhile, Janine gets closer with Maurice that inspires conflicting feelings in Gregory. Also, Mr. Johnson finds a stray cat and butts heads with Jacob on how to raise the stray.



* CerebusRetcon: Alot of Ava's past antics and scams come off as rather bleak after she mentions that she grew up having to make hard choices in order to survive.

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* CerebusRetcon: Alot A lot of Ava's past antics and scams come off as rather bleak after she mentions that she grew up having to make hard choices in order to survive.



** Ava uses future cult leader Courtney for her chocolate sales.

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** Ava uses future “future cult leader leader” Courtney for her chocolate sales.

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* CerebrusRetcon: Alot of Ava's past antics and scams come off as rather bleak after she mentions that she grew up learning how to scam others in order to survive.

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* CerebrusRetcon: CerebusRetcon: Alot of Ava's past antics and scams come off as rather bleak after she mentions that she grew up learning how having to scam others make hard choices in order to survive.



* ShoutOut:
** Ava calls Henry "[[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Bruce Banner who's in the middle of a growth spurt]]". She also calls Jacob [[Creator/ConanOBrien Conan O'Crien']].

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* ShoutOut:
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ShoutOut: Ava calls Henry "[[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Bruce Banner who's in the middle of a growth spurt]]". She also calls Jacob [[Creator/ConanOBrien Conan O'Crien']].



* TakeThat:
** After all the black children turn to Jacob after their principal tells them to look out for "liberal" white people, Jacob clarifies that he thinks of himself as "progressive". Courtney questions if there is a difference.
** The janitor doesn't want to get his cat chipped out of fear that Bill Gates will get him a credit card he doesn't need.

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* TakeThat:
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TheStinger: At their dinner date, Maurice shares an emotional story relating to his family to Janine who's engorging herself on some delicious ribs.
* TakeThat:
After all the black children turn to Jacob after their principal tells them to look out for "liberal" white people, Jacob clarifies that he thinks of himself as "progressive". Courtney questions if there is a difference.
** The janitor doesn't want to get his cat chipped out of fear that Bill Gates will get him a credit card he doesn't need.
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* CerebrusRetcon: Alot of Ava's past antics and scams come off as rather bleak after she mentions that she grew up learning how to scam others in order to survive.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ava mentions that she had it rough growing up and had to learn how to scam in order to get by in life.



ParentsForADay: Mr. Johnson adopts a cat that was found in his office and Jacob volunteers himself to be the cat's second father.

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* ParentsForADay: Mr. Johnson adopts a cat that was found in his office and Jacob volunteers himself to be the cat's second father.

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Barba is in charge of Abbott's fundraising project but she has to put up with Ava's predatory business practices if she wants to raise enough money for her dream field trip. Meanwhile, Janine gets closer with Maurice that inspires conflicting feelings in Gregory. Also, Mr. Johnson finds a stray cat.

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Barba is in charge of Abbott's fundraising project but she has to put up with Ava's predatory business practices if she wants to raise enough money for her dream field trip. Meanwhile, Janine gets closer with Maurice that inspires conflicting feelings in Gregory. Also, Mr. Johnson finds a stray cat.cat and butts heads with Jacob on how to raise the stray.


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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Barbara and Ava have valid points in regards to the Abbott kids overselling their candy bars. Barbara detests the practice as it only encourages the kids to cheat and lie in order to make a living. Ava argues that her methods are meant to teach kids how to be self-sufficient so they can work hard and get something nice for themselves. Especially since many of them come from struggling families of their own.


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** Delicia Sloss, the board member Barbara blackmailed, returns and pokes a hole in Ava's scam.


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* EurekaMoment: While chatting his head off to Greg about his recent behavior, Jacob discovers that he's ''jealous'' over Janine's new relationship with Maurice.


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ParentsForADay: Mr. Johnson adopts a cat that was found in his office and Jacob volunteers himself to be the cat's second father.


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* RightHandCat: Milton the Cinnamon Cupcakes serves as this for Mr. Johnson after he overhears Greggo denying his feelings for Janine to Jacob.
-->'''Mr. Johnson:''' The plot thickens...


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* ThirdPartyPeacekeeper: Melissa steps up to settle the custody battle between Jacob and Mr. Johnson over their new cat.

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Barba is in charge of Abbott's fundraising project but she has to put up with Ava's predatory business practices if she wants to raise enough money for her dream field trip. Meanwhile, Janine gets closer with Maurice that inspires conflicting feelings in Gregory. Also, Mr. Johnson finds a stray cat and wants to keep him.

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Barba is in charge of Abbott's fundraising project but she has to put up with Ava's predatory business practices if she wants to raise enough money for her dream field trip. Meanwhile, Janine gets closer with Maurice that inspires conflicting feelings in Gregory. Also, Mr. Johnson finds a stray cat and wants to keep him.cat.



** Gregory and Janine shoot the breeze over their podcast club and step class respectively.



* InSeriesNickname: The Abbott staff refer to Maurice as Mo'.



* PlayingSick: Ava advises her students to think of a fake illness so potentially angry customers will leave them alone. She uses polio.



* PlayingSick: Ava advises her students to think of a fake illness so potentially angry customers will leave them alone. She uses polio.



* TakeThat: After all the black children turn to Jacob after their principal tells them to look out for "liberal" white people, Jacob clarifies that he thinks of himself as "progressive". Courtney questions if there is a difference.

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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
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After all the black children turn to Jacob after their principal tells them to look out for "liberal" white people, Jacob clarifies that he thinks of himself as "progressive". Courtney questions if there is a difference.difference.
** The janitor doesn't want to get his cat chipped out of fear that Bill Gates will get him a credit card he doesn't need.
* YouWatchTooMuchX: Mr. Johnson insists on feeding Milton milk since that's what he learned from every cat cartoon.

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Barba is in charge of Abbott's fundraising project but she has to put up with Ava's predatory business practices if she wants to raise enough money for her dream field trip. Meanwhile, Janine gets closer with Maurice that inspires conflicting feelings in Gregory. Also, Mr. Johnson finds a stray cat and wants to keep him.



* ContinuityNod: Janine has become closer with Maurice since the hookah party.

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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
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Janine has become closer with Maurice since the hookah party.party.
** Ava uses future cult leader Courtney for her chocolate sales.



* PlayingSick: Ava advises her students to think of a fake illness so potentially angry customers will leave them alone. She uses polio.



* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Barbara begrudgingly joins forces with Ava if only to use her methods to raise enough money for the children's field trip.



** Ava calls Henry "Bruce Banner who's in the middle of a growth spurt". She also calls Jacob [[Creator/ConanOBrien Conan O'Crien']].

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** Ava calls Henry "Bruce "[[Characters/IncredibleHulkBruceBanner Bruce Banner who's in the middle of a growth spurt". spurt]]". She also calls Jacob [[Creator/ConanOBrien Conan O'Crien']].O'Crien']].
* StealthPun: During her first lesson, Ava mentions how some customers aren't ''Music/SamCooke'' so "Change is Not Gonna Come".
* TakeThat: After all the black children turn to Jacob after their principal tells them to look out for "liberal" white people, Jacob clarifies that he thinks of himself as "progressive". Courtney questions if there is a difference.

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* CuttingTheKnot: Melissa suggests ''breaking in'' to the Franklin Institute when she and her friends realize that they don't have the money for the field trip.



* NecessaryEvil: Barbara calls the Abbott fundraiser this as she intends to use the funds for a fieldtrip to the Franklin Institute.

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* NecessaryEvil: NecessarilyEvil: Barbara calls the Abbott fundraiser this as she intends to use the funds for a fieldtrip to the Franklin Institute. Jacob thinks of it as "hustle culture".
* ShoutOut:
** Ava calls Henry "Bruce Banner who's in the middle of a growth spurt". She also calls Jacob [[Creator/ConanOBrien Conan O'Crien']].
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* ContinuityNod: Janine has become closer with Maurice since the hookah party.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: After lightly teasing a boy for his short pants, Ava gives him a new pair of pants that will fit him better.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Despite her string of bad impressions, Barbara finds Melissa's "No donut for you!" to be pretty good.
* ColdOpen: The episode starts with Melissa offering free donuts to her coworkers on the condition that they put up with her bad impressions.
* CollectiveGroan: Mr. Hill's class does this after their teacher makes a forced reference to [[Music/TheNotoriousBig Biggie Smalls]] during the fundraiser explanation.
* NecessaryEvil: Barbara calls the Abbott fundraiser this as she intends to use the funds for a fieldtrip to the Franklin Institute.
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"Fundraiser" is the thirteenth episode of the second season of ''Abbott Elementary''.


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