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* DropTheHammer: When Slappy and Skippy ring his doorbell, Beanie very obviously holds a giant mallet behind his back and plans to hit her with it. Slappy ends up turning the trick back on him and pulls a mallet of her own [[{{Hammerspace}} out of nowhere]].


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* HyperspaceMallet: When Slappy and Skippy ring his doorbell, Beanie very obviously holds a giant mallet behind his back and plans to hit her with it. Slappy ends up turning the trick back on him and pulls a mallet of her own [[{{Hammerspace}} out of nowhere]].


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* LastResortTakeout: When the incantation is done, Yakko and Wakko join Dot, Slappy, and Hello Nurse in looking into the cauldron to see what they've cooked up. Mr. Director emerges, [[HollywoodToneDeaf singing in an extremely off-key voice]]. The others chain him up in the pot with some explosives, send him rocketing through the ceiling, and decide to send out for a pizza.

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* WholePlotReference: The whole episode is a reenactment of a scene from Shakespeare’s ''[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Macbeth]]''.

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* WholePlotReference: The whole episode is a reenactment of a scene from Shakespeare’s ''[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Macbeth]]''.Macbeth]]''.
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->'''Warners:''' [[TheStinger "AAAAAHHHH!!!! THERE'S A HORRIBLE BUG ON YOUR SHOULDER!!!!! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! Just kidding!"]]
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* SalemIsWitchCountry: Rita and Runt find themselves in Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem Witch Trials, where Rita is accused of being a witch.
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* TheCameo: The Warners appear at the beginning to sing a song about how it's Halloween, before Slappy gets rid of them, since she and Slappy got a cartoon to do.

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* TheCameo: The Warners appear at the beginning to sing a song about how it's Halloween, before Slappy gets rid of them, since she and Slappy Skippy got a cartoon to do.
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* OnlyUsefulAsToiletPaper: After Skippy tells Slappy that he got a line of dialouge from the episode's script, Slappy reminds him that scripts are only useful for lining birdcages and uses his script for such.

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* OnlyUsefulAsToiletPaper: After Skippy tells Slappy that he got a line of dialouge dialogue from the episode's script, Slappy reminds him that scripts are only useful for lining birdcages and uses his script for such.



* ShoutOut: Slappy compares Walter Wolf's house to something from ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou Scooby Doo]]''.

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* ShoutOut: Slappy compares Walter Wolf's house to something from ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou Scooby Doo]]''.Scooby-Doo]]''.

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* TheCameo:
** The Warners appear at the beginning to sing a song about how it's Halloween, before Slappy gets rid of them, since she and Slappy got a cartoon to do.

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* TheCameo:
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TheCameo: The Warners appear at the beginning to sing a song about how it's Halloween, before Slappy gets rid of them, since she and Slappy got a cartoon to do.

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'''Scare Happy Slappy:''' On Halloween, Slappy takes Skippy trick-or-treating, and visits the houses of her arch-enemies Walter Wolf, Beanie the Bison, and Sid the Squid as they try to finally one-up her.

'''Witch One:''' Rita is mistaken for a witch in colonial Salem.

'''Macbeth''': Dot, Slappy, and Hello Nurse reenact the witches scene from ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. This time, Yakko is the one translating.

!!General Tropes:
* HalloweenEpisode: All the segments are themed around Halloween, with the first segment actually taking place then. Interestingly, the episode originally aired in May.

!!Scare Happy Slappy contains examples of:
* TheCameo: The Warners appear at the beginning to sing a song about how it's Halloween, before Slappy gets rid of them, since she and Slappy got a cartoon to do.
* MadLibsCatchphrase: After another explosion, Slappy says, "You remind me of a bad accident at Benihana's!"
* OnlyUsefulAsToiletPaper: After Skippy tells Slappy that he got a line of dialouge from the episode's script, Slappy reminds him that scripts are only useful for lining birdcages and uses his script for such.
* RhymingTitle
* ShoutOut:
** Slappy compares Walter Wolf's house to something from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''.

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'''Scare [[AC:Scare Happy Slappy:''' Slappy]]
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On Halloween, Slappy takes Skippy trick-or-treating, and visits the houses of her arch-enemies Walter Wolf, Beanie the Bison, and Sid the Squid as they try to finally one-up her.

'''Witch One:''' Rita is mistaken for a witch !!Tropes:
* AshFace: After Sid gets blown up by his own dynamite, he’s covered
in colonial Salem.

'''Macbeth''': Dot, Slappy,
black soot and Hello Nurse reenact the witches scene from ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. This time, Yakko is the one translating.

!!General Tropes:
then cracks apart into a bunch of charred pieces.
* HalloweenEpisode: All the segments are themed around Halloween, with the first segment actually taking place then. Interestingly, the episode originally aired in May.

!!Scare Happy
AteTheSpoon: Slappy contains examples of:
sticks the top of her umbrella into the punch bowl and confirms that Walter’s filled it with acid when the tip disintegrates.
-->'''Slappy:''' At my age, this stuff would make a pretty good laxative.
* TheCameo: TheCameo:
**
The Warners appear at the beginning to sing a song about how it's Halloween, before Slappy gets rid of them, since she and Slappy got a cartoon to do.
* MadLibsCatchphrase: After another explosion, Slappy says, "You remind me of a bad accident at Benihana's!"
* OnlyUsefulAsToiletPaper: After Skippy tells Slappy that he got a line of dialouge from the episode's script, Slappy reminds him that scripts are only useful for lining birdcages and uses his script for such.
* RhymingTitle
* ShoutOut:
** Slappy compares Walter Wolf's house to something from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''.
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!!Witch One contains examples of:

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\n!!Witch One contains examples of:** Tweety makes an appearance when Slappy says scripts are only good for lining birdcages.
* DramaticThunder: Lightning and thunder appear when Slappy suggests they go trick-or-treating down Villain Lane.
* DropTheHammer: When Slappy and Skippy ring his doorbell, Beanie very obviously holds a giant mallet behind his back and plans to hit her with it. Slappy ends up turning the trick back on him and pulls a mallet of her own [[{{Hammerspace}} out of nowhere]].
* EvilLaughTurnedCoughingFit: Slappy’s arch-enemies do this after they finish plotting against her.
* HalloweenEpisode
* MadLibsCatchphrase: After another explosion, Slappy says, "You remind me of a bad accident at Benihana's!"
* OnlyUsefulAsToiletPaper: After Skippy tells Slappy that he got a line of dialouge from the episode's script, Slappy reminds him that scripts are only useful for lining birdcages and uses his script for such.
* PuppyDogEyes: Skippy does this to Slappy when he asks her if they can keep trick-or-treating.
-->'''Slappy:''' Oh alright, but don’t do that big eye thing! It scares me, makes you look like an owl!
* RhymingTitle
* ShoutOut: Slappy compares Walter Wolf's house to something from ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooWhereAreYou Scooby Doo]]''.
* SplitScreenPhoneCall: Walter, Beanie, and Sid have one about their plan to finally get revenge on Slappy. When Beanie admits he has no idea what they’re talking about, Walter leans out of his portion of the screen to threaten the Brain-Dead Bison with his cane.
* TheToothHurts: When Slappy hits him on the head with a mallet, all of Beanie’s teeth fall out.
* XRaySparks: Happens when Slappy tricks Walter into sitting in his own electric chair trap.
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Rita is mistaken for a witch in colonial Salem.

!!Tropes:
* ButtBiter: Runt bites the butt of one of the Judge’s henchmen to save Rita.



* CatsAreMagic: Rita gets captured by the Judge because he thinks cats are evil witch spirits.
* CounterpointDuet: Rita and the Judge sing one with Rita’s part being about how good she is at hunting for food and the Judge’s part being about how good he is at hunting cats. They end the song together with the same phrase: “a cat!”
* DiabolicalDogCatcher: The Judge is a cat catcher in this case, but elements are still the same.
* HalloweenEpisode
* MortonsFork: If Rita survives the Judge trying to drown her in the river, he’ll burn her at the stake. If she doesn’t…well, you get it.
* MusicalEpisode: Filled with Song Parodies of the ''[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the Beast]]'' soundtrack.



* ShoutOut:
** An extended one to ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. The Judge is a CaptainErsatz of Gaston, and all the songs are parodies of songs from the movie, which gets {{Lampshaded}} by Runt at the end.
--->'''Runt:''' That sure was pretty, Rita. I hope we don't get sued.
** The horse that saves Rita and Runt speaks like Series/MisterEd. He even calls Runt "Wilbur".

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* ShoutOut:
** An extended one to ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''.
ParodyEpisode: The Judge is a CaptainErsatz of Gaston, and all the songs are parodies of songs from ''[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Beauty and the movie, Beast]]'', which gets {{Lampshaded}} by Runt at the end.
--->'''Runt:''' -->'''Runt:''' That sure was pretty, Rita. I hope we don't get sued.
** The horse that saves Rita and * RimShot: One plays after the Judge’s horrible dog pun when his crow knocks Runt speaks like Series/MisterEd. He even calls out with a horseshoe:
-->'''The Judge:''' Splendid marksmanship. I guess we might say, ''doggone''.
* StockPunishment: The Judge puts
Runt "Wilbur".in a pillory in the center of town.




!!Macbeth contains examples of:

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\n!!Macbeth contains examples of:----

[[AC:Macbeth]]
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Dot, Slappy, and Hello Nurse reenact the witches scene from [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Macbeth]]. This time, Yakko is the one translating.

!!Tropes:



** [[WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening Michigan J. Frog]] is one of the ingredients.
** The Director appears from the cauldron, being the "something wicked this way comes."
* EyeOfNewt: This being an interpretation of the TropeNamer scene from ''Macbeth'', it was inevitable. Yakko gives his own unique translation.

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** [[Characters/AnimaniacsOtherSupportingCharacters Newt]] as the “eye of newt.”
** [[WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening Michigan Michael J. Frog]] is one of as the ingredients.
“toe of frog.”
** The [[Characters/AnimaniacsButtonsAndMindy Buttons]] as the “tongue of dog.”
** [[Characters/AnimaniacsSlappySquirrel Walter Wolf]] as the “tooth of wolf.”
** Mr.
Director appears from the cauldron, being the "something wicked ''scary'' this way comes."
* EyeOfNewt: This being an interpretation of the TropeNamer scene from ''Macbeth'', ''[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Macbeth]]'', it was inevitable. Yakko gives his own unique translation.translation.
* HalloweenEpisode
* MagicCauldron: What else would they be making a magic potion in?



* ShoutOut: [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Batman]] as the “wool of bat.”



'''Yakko:''' Let's cook a snake! Start with my agent.

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'''Yakko:''' Let's cook a snake! Start with my agent.agent.
* TranslatorBuddy: Yakko’s role in this episode.
* TheWeirdSisters: Played by Dot Warner, Slappy Squirrel, and Hello Nurse.
* WholePlotReference: The whole episode is a reenactment of a scene from Shakespeare’s ''[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} Macbeth]]''.
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* OnlyUsefulAsToiletPaper: After Skippy tells Slappy that he got a line of dialouge from the episode's script, Slappy reminds him that scripts are only useful for lining birdcages and uses his script for such.
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* NothingPersonal: Despite how zealous he is in hunting witches, the Judge claims its not personal during Rita's "trial", saying "it's just what we do".

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'''Scare Happy Slappy:''' On Halloween Slappy takes Skippy trick-or-treating, and visits the houses of her arch-enemies Walter Wolf, Beanie the Bison, and Sid the Squid as they try to finally one-up her.

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'''Scare Happy Slappy:''' On Halloween Halloween, Slappy takes Skippy trick-or-treating, and visits the houses of her arch-enemies Walter Wolf, Beanie the Bison, and Sid the Squid as they try to finally one-up her.



'''Macbeth''': Dot, Slappy, and Hello Nurse reenact the witches scene from ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. This time Yakko is the one translating.

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'''Macbeth''': Dot, Slappy, and Hello Nurse reenact the witches scene from ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. This time time, Yakko is the one translating.


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* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: Yakko translates the Shakespearian dialogue for those "Who, like Dot, Slappy, and Hello Nurse, have no idea what they're saying." His renditions are a bit... inexact, however.
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* RhymingTitle
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* TheCameo: The Warners appear at the beginning to sing a song about how it's Halloween, before Slappy gets rid of them, since she and Slappy got a cartoon to do.
* MadLibsCatchphrase: After another explosion, Slappy says, "You remind me of a bad accident at Benihana's!"
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* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Witch Hazel]], who is ironically ignored by the Judge

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* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Witch Hazel]], who is ironically ignored by the JudgeJudge.



* EyeOfNewt: This being an interpretation of the TropeName scene from ''Macbeth'', it was inevitable. Yakko gives his own unique translation.

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* EyeOfNewt: This being an interpretation of the TropeName TropeNamer scene from ''Macbeth'', it was inevitable. Yakko gives his own unique translation.

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'''Macbeth''': Dot, Slappy, and Hello Nurse reenact the witches scene from ''Macbeth''. This time Yakko is the one translating.

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'''Macbeth''': Dot, Slappy, and Hello Nurse reenact the witches scene from ''Macbeth''. ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''. This time Yakko is the one translating.translating.

!!General Tropes:
* HalloweenEpisode: All the segments are themed around Halloween, with the first segment actually taking place then. Interestingly, the episode originally aired in May.

!!Scare Happy Slappy contains examples of:
* ShoutOut:
** Slappy compares Walter Wolf's house to something from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''.
** Skippy's Halloween costume is [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures Buster Bunny]].

!!Witch One contains examples of:
* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Witch Hazel]], who is ironically ignored by the Judge
* ShoutOut:
** An extended one to ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. The Judge is a CaptainErsatz of Gaston, and all the songs are parodies of songs from the movie, which gets {{Lampshaded}} by Runt at the end.
--->'''Runt:''' That sure was pretty, Rita. I hope we don't get sued.
** The horse that saves Rita and Runt speaks like Series/MisterEd. He even calls Runt "Wilbur".
* TheWitchHunter: The Judge, who mostly goes after people he ''thinks'' are witches, (for example, passing over a literal witch in favor of a shopkeeper because he was using a broom). He takes in Rita, thinking she's a {{Familiar}}.

!!Macbeth contains examples of:
* TheCameo:
** [[WesternAnimation/OneFroggyEvening Michigan J. Frog]] is one of the ingredients.
** The Director appears from the cauldron, being the "something wicked this way comes."
* EyeOfNewt: This being an interpretation of the TropeName scene from ''Macbeth'', it was inevitable. Yakko gives his own unique translation.
* TakeThat:
-->'''Dot:''' Filet of a feeny snake / in the cauldron boil and bake.\\
'''Yakko:''' Let's cook a snake! Start with my agent.
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'''Airdate:''' May 3rd, 1994

'''Scare Happy Slappy:''' On Halloween Slappy takes Skippy trick-or-treating, and visits the houses of her arch-enemies Walter Wolf, Beanie the Bison, and Sid the Squid as they try to finally one-up her.

'''Witch One:''' Rita is mistaken for a witch in colonial Salem.

'''Macbeth''': Dot, Slappy, and Hello Nurse reenact the witches scene from ''Macbeth''. This time Yakko is the one translating.

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