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-->'''Anne:''' Oof. Even I felt that one.

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-->'''Anne:''' (''winces'') Oof. Even I felt that one.


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* TemptingFate: Anne believes no one would pay 20 coppers for Hop Pop's garbage potion, she's immediately trampled by a mob of customers.
* WhamEpisode: The Plantar family loses their vegetable stand, leaving them without a source of income.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: Hop Pop becomes one, hyping the curative qualities of his Plantar's Potion, which is little more than vegetable juice.

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* SnakeOilSalesman: Hop Pop becomes one, hyping the curative qualities of his Plantar's Potion, which is little more than vegetable juice. But then he takes things too far and starts making it out of literal garbage.
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-->'''Hop Pop:''' Oh, frog! I'm unemployed!
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* SpitTake: When Hop Pop confesses to putting garbage in the latest batch of Plantar's Potion, several of his customers spit it out in disgust.
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* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: "To Hop Pop and the Plantars! The most honest folks in the business!"
-->'''Anne:''' Oof. Even I felt that one.
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No spoilers on Recap pages. Also, it's not a Wham Line since we already knew he was unemployed before he said the line.


* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler: Though Hop Pop loses his stand at the end of this episode, it's not ''really'' his "last stand." He gets another, in a [[Recap/AmphibiaS1E24HopPopular later episode.]]]]



* WhamLine: The episode seems to end on a bittersweet note, with the Plantar's stand closed down due to an inability to pay the new tax, but the Plantars looking hopefully towards the future and the possibilities that await... and then after a {{Beat}}.
-->'''Hop Pop''': [[HoldYourHippogriffs Oh Frog]], I'm unemployed!
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[BlatantLies A miraculous potion made from the finest ingredients!]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[BlatantLies A miraculous potion guaranteed to fix all problems that's made from the finest ingredients!]]]]



* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler: Though Hop Pop loses his stand at the end of this episode, it's not ''really'' his "last stand." He gets another, in a later episode.]]

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* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler: Though Hop Pop loses his stand at the end of this episode, it's not ''really'' his "last stand." He gets another, in a [[Recap/AmphibiaS1E24HopPopular later episode.]] ]]]]
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* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler: Though Hop Pop loses]]

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* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler: Though Hop Pop loses]] loses his stand at the end of this episode, it's not ''really'' his "last stand." He gets another, in a later episode.]]
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* NonIndicativeName: [[spoiler: Though Hop Pop loses]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[BlatantLies A miraculous potion made from the finest ingredients!]]]]
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* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Hop Pop starts to get more and more carried away, and eventually gets to the point of adding ''literal garbage'' to the potions.



-->'''Hop Pop''': [[HoldYourHippogriffs Oh Frog]], I'm unemployed!

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-->'''Hop Pop''': [[HoldYourHippogriffs Oh Frog]], I'm unemployed!unemployed!
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* DownerEnding: After spending the entire episode lying to the villagers in order to save their stand, it ends with Hop Pop having lost almost everyone's trust after exposing his manipulation. Giving back all the money, the Plantars are forced to close their stand. Hop Pop even sums up the trope when he realizes he is now unemployed.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: Hop Pop becomes one, hyping the curative qualities of his Plantar's Potion, which is little more than vegetable juice.

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* SnakeOilSalesman: Hop Pop becomes one, hyping the curative qualities of his Plantar's Potion, which is little more than vegetable juice.juice.
* WhamLine: The episode seems to end on a bittersweet note, with the Plantar's stand closed down due to an inability to pay the new tax, but the Plantars looking hopefully towards the future and the possibilities that await... and then after a {{Beat}}.
-->'''Hop Pop''': [[HoldYourHippogriffs Oh Frog]], I'm unemployed!
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* EverybodyHasStandards: Anne might have come up with the idea to sell AllNaturalSnakeOil, but she thoroughly objects to putting actual, literal garbage in it.

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* EverybodyHasStandards: Anne might have come up with the idea to sell AllNaturalSnakeOil, but she thoroughly objects to putting actual, literal garbage in it.it.
* HonestyIsTheBestPolicy: Hop Pop prided himself on his honesty, and the sign on the Plantar's food stand reads "Always honest". When a rent raise threatens the stand, under Anne's suggestion he starts to sell Plantar's Potions, making outrageous claims to get people to buy. Eventually, he goes too far when he starts substituting actual garbage into the potions when the ingredients run out, saying that people will buy it anyway. But when Mrs. Croaker, the stand's oldest and most loyal customer, comes to buy one, Hop Pop can't bring himself to do it and confesses. In the end, he loses his stand and has to work to get the townspeople's trust again.
* SnakeOilSalesman: Hop Pop becomes one, hyping the curative qualities of his Plantar's Potion, which is little more than vegetable juice.
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* EverybodyHasStandards: Anne might have come up with the idea to sell AllNaturalSnakeOil, but she thoroughly objects to putting actual, literal garbage in it.
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After a rent increase on the food stand, Anne convinces Hop Pop to sell Plantar's Potions.

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