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* TheTriple: While Anne is trying to finish her puzzle, Hop Pop, and then Sprig bust through the door with a shout of "Anne!" and pounding the table as they barrage her with their problems. Polly follows up at the window with a cheerful "Anne! I love you, girl!"
-->'''Anne:''' ''[stressed and annoyed]'' I love you too, dude!
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* TheNotCatch: Hop Pop goes to catch Renee as she's falling down only to miss as she lands behind him. He even lampshades that he misjudged the arc.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Renee's goons are, in fact, desert rain frogs.
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* ActorAllusion: Theater director Renee Frodgers is voiced by Broadway star Susan Egan.
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[[caption-width-right:350:A Dream Fulfilled... but at what Cost?]]
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: One of the few arid places in Amphibia isn’t called as “desert”, but a [[OxymoronicBeing “dry swamp”]].

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* CallARabbitASmeerp: One of the few arid places in Amphibia isn’t called as “desert”, a "desert", but a [[OxymoronicBeing “dry swamp”]]."dry swamp"]]. This causes Anne to underestimate just how dry it will be.
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* CallARabbitASmeerp: One of the few arid places in Amphibia isn’t called as “desert”, but a [[OxymoronicBeing “dry swamp”]].
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Anne tells Hop Pop that he can't just ignore the crimes Renee is committing. Hop Pop comes to the conclusion that he ''can'', being a pretty good actor, and thanks her for the advice.

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* ShoutOut: Anne's puzzle is of two koalas reenacting the "King of the world" scene from ''Film/Titanic1997''.
** The episode's desert-like setting and the giant sandworm reference {{Literature/Dune}}. Renee even references heading towards "a Dune".

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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Anne's puzzle is of two koalas reenacting the "King of the world" scene from ''Film/Titanic1997''.
** The episode's desert-like setting and the giant sandworm reference {{Literature/Dune}}.''{{Literature/Dune}}''. Renee even references heading towards "a Dune".
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: Renee's goons are, in fact, desert rain frogs.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: PlayedForLaughs. Anne hates the theater because while in a school play, [[DisasterDominoes she accidentally knocked over the props, which knocked down the stage lights, which in turn started a fire]].
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: PlayedForLaughs. Anne hates the theater because while in a school play, play on dental hygiene, [[DisasterDominoes she accidentally knocked over the props, which knocked down the stage lights, which in turn started a fire]].
-->"Four -->'''Anne:''' Four of out five dentists agree: I was traumatized."
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** The episode's desert-like setting and the giant sandworm reference {{Literature/Dune}}. Renee even references heading towards "a Dune".

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: PlayedForLaughs, Anne hates the theater because while in a school play, [[DisasterDominoes she accidentally knocked over the props and lighting and caused a fire]].

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: PlayedForLaughs, PlayedForLaughs. Anne hates the theater because while in a school play, [[DisasterDominoes she accidentally knocked over the props and lighting and caused props, which knocked down the stage lights, which in turn started a fire]].fire]].
-->"Four of out five dentists agree: I was traumatized."



* RunningGag: Anne's puzzle being trashed.

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* RunningGag: Anne's jigsaw puzzle being trashed.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: PlayedForLaughs, Anne hates the theater because while in a school play she accidentally destroyed the stage and set it on fire.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: PlayedForLaughs, Anne hates the theater because while in a school play play, [[DisasterDominoes she accidentally destroyed knocked over the stage props and set it on fire.lighting and caused a fire]].
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* CallBack: Hop Pop's implied past as a failed actor, which was referenced in "Best Fronds", is properly expanded upon in this episode.


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* SayingTooMuch: When the sheriff questions if Hop Pop knew anything about the bank robbery or the theater group, Anne and the kids instantly appear and openly reveal everything that could get him into trouble. Thankfully he pushes them back to their fwagon and hightails it out of town.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Anne decides to stay in her own car with her puzzle rather than be involved with the theater group.
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* MethodActing: The kids at the theater troupe are always in character. They shame Sprig for using his real name.

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* MethodActing: InUniverse; The kids at the theater troupe are always in character. They shame Sprig for using his real name.

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* ChekhovsGun: Renee shows up with the caravan to scare off the sand worm, since having multiple cars makes it look like another predator that the worm is scared off. When she detaches the other cars to escape Hop Pop at the end, the worm attacks her because one car is seen as a meal.

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* ChekhovsGun: Renee shows up with the caravan to scare off the sand worm, since having multiple cars makes it look like another predator that the worm is scared off.of. When she detaches the other cars to escape Hop Pop at the end, the worm attacks her because one car is seen as a meal.


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* FilmFelons: Renee's acting troupe uses their plays as distractions while she steals from the towns they visit.


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* MethodActing: The kids at the theater troupe are always in character. They shame Sprig for using his real name.


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* ShoutOut: Anne's puzzle is of two koalas reenacting the "King of the world" scene from ''Film/Titanic1997''.

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* ChekhovsGun: Renee shows up with the caravan to scare off the sand worm, since having multiple cars makes it look like another predator that the worm is scared off. When she detaches the other cars to escape Hop Pop at the end, the worm attacks her because one car is seen as a meal.



* NoHonorAmongThieves: Renee ditches her goons when Hop Pop outs their robbery to the town.



* StockScream: The frog actor lets out a Wilhelm scream when he falls off the stage.

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* SandWorm: The desert is home to giant worms that attack passing travelers.
* StockScream: The frog actor lets out a Wilhelm scream when he falls off the stage.stage.
* ThirstyDesert: The dry swamp is a vast, hot desert that leaves Anne dehydrated not long after entering.
* WormSign: The sand worm can be spotted by its grass-like hair before it starts moving.
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The episode's title is based on ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire''.
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* StockScream: Anne lets out a Wilhelm when she stumbles.

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* StockScream: Anne The frog actor lets out a Wilhelm scream when she stumbles.he falls off the stage.
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* RunningGag: Anne's puzzle being trashed.

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* RunningGag: Anne's puzzle being trashed.trashed.
* StockScream: Anne lets out a Wilhelm when she stumbles.
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* GilliganCut: When Hop Pop advises Anne to hydrate herself with a canteen of water before they reach the dry swamp, [[TemptingFate Anne scoffs at the possibility, thinking it's just going to be a swamp.]] It turns out to have a climate more akin to a desert than any Earth swamp such that she is left gasping for water as her skin dries out.
-->'''Anne''': (suffocating from the lack of moisture) Give me that! (grabs the canteen)
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The caravan stops by a bank at the first town they arrive in. Later, it's revealed that Renee is a bank robber.

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: PlayedForLaughs, Anne hates the theater because while in a school play she accidentally destroyed the stage and set it on fire.

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\n* BeYourself: Both Hop Pop and Sprig fail to make inroads with the troupe when trying to fit in, but their honesty when they fail is seen as authentic and earns the respect of the troupe.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: PlayedForLaughs, Anne hates the theater because while in a school play she accidentally destroyed the stage and set it on fire.fire.
* RunningGag: Anne's puzzle being trashed.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: PlayedForLaughs, Anne hates the theater because while in a school play she accidentally destroyed the stage and set it on fire.
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Hop Pop gets the chance to live his dream from his youth, meanwhile Sprig is having a hard time getting along with a group of theater kids.

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