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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had Dr. Nora Clark's assistant destroyed all units of the Stanley 9000 as instructed instead of toss them in the dumpster, it's unlikely Dilton would have found it.
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** The Stanley 9000's inventor, Nora Clarke, is likely a reference to Creator/ArthurCClarke.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had Dr. NoraClark's Clarke's assistant destroyed all units of the Stanley 9000 as instructed instead of toss them in the dumpster, it's unlikely Dilton would have found it.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had Dr. Nora
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The episode's name riffs on ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors''.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The plot started due to the Chock'lit Shoppe losing customers to a new restaurant named Speedy Burger that uses microwaves to serve food faster. Though the Stanley 9000 helped him regain customers, Speedy Burger ceased to be mentioned, so it isn't seen if they're still a problem after the Chock'lit Shoppe was returned to normal. Though considering they reheat pre-made food with microwaves, they would have probably shutdown.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The plot started due to the Chock'lit Shoppe losing customers to a new restaurant named Speedy Burger that uses microwaves to serve food faster. Though the Stanley 9000 helped him regain customers, Speedy Burger ceased to be mentioned, so it isn't seen if they're still a problem after the Chock'lit Shoppe was returned to normal. Though considering they reheat pre-made food with microwaves, they would have probably shutdown.shutdown.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Dilton installs a new computer program to help run Pop's shop. Predictably, it didn't take long for it to decide humans were the weak link in the system and try to murder several members of the cast.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Dilton installs a new computer program to help run Pop's shop. Predictably, it didn't take long for it to decide humans were the weak link in the system and try to murder several members of the cast. It's biggest problem is an inability to understand the goal of its assigned tasks, ironically making it far dumber than a human because it lacks basic sense. It determines that the quickest route to the airport for a taxi is a straight line, which drives it off a cliff, destroying the taxi and dummy passengers and failing its task.
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* NeatFreak: The Stanley 9000 wants to keep everything tidy. When explaining how well its new "recycling" idea will work, it complains that customers make too much of a mess. Pop exploits this, squirting condiments all over the place to distract the computer while Archie sneaks around in the back and tries to destroy it.
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* NeatFreak: The Stanley 9000 wants to keep everything tidy. When explaining how well its new "recycling" idea will work, it complains that customers make too much of a mess. Pop exploits this, [[IntentionalMessMaking squirting condiments all over the place place]] to distract the computer while Archie sneaks around in the back and tries to destroy it.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Had Dr. Nora Clark's assistant destroyed all units of the Stanley 9000 as instructed instead of toss them in the dumpster, it's unlikely Dilton would have found it.
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* BigBadSlippage: Unlike most of this show's examples of MonsterOfTheWeek, the Stanley 9000 doesn't start the conflict, nor is it endangering the characters at the start. However, due to its perceived view of perfection and obsession with efficiency, it ends up becoming the villain of the story.
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* ShoutOut: The Stanley 9000 is a deliberate homage to the HAL 9000 of Film/2001ASpaceOdyssey, even using lines not dissimilar to said artificial intelligence. It is even named after the director of said movie, Creator/StanleyKubrick.
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* ShoutOut: The Stanley 9000 is a deliberate homage to the HAL 9000 of Film/2001ASpaceOdyssey, ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'', even using lines not dissimilar to said artificial intelligence. It is even named after the director of said movie, Creator/StanleyKubrick.
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* ShoutOut: The Stanley 9000 is a deliberate homage to the HAL 9000 of ''Film/2001ASpaceOdyssey'', Film/2001ASpaceOdyssey, even using lines not dissimilar to said artificial intelligence. It is even named after the director of said movie, Creator/StanleyKubrick.
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* ExactWords: The Stanley 9000's original test was to take two dummies to the airport, and stated it mapped out the quickest route. Said quickest route involved driving off a cliff, which, technically, would be the quickest route had it not destroyed the cab and the two dummies in the process.
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* ExactWords: The Stanley 9000's original test was to take two dummies to the airport, and stated it mapped out the quickest route. Said quickest route involved driving off a cliff, which, technically, would be the quickest route had it not destroyed the cab and the two dummies in the process.
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* ExactWords: The Stanley 9000's original test was to take two dummies to the airport, and stated it mapped out the quickest route. Said quickest route involved driving off a cliff, which, technically, would be the quickest route had it not destroyed the cab and the two dummies in the process.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Burger-obsessed food junkie Jughead isn't very fond of being forcefed, even with his favorite food.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Burger-obsessed food junkie Jughead isn't very fond of being forcefed, even with his favorite food.
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* ShoutOut: The Stanley 9000 is a deliberate homage to the HAL 9000 of ''Film/2001ASpaceOdyssey'', even using lines not dissimilar to said artificial intelligence. It is even named after the director of said movie, Creator/StanleyKubrick.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: Dilton installs a new computer program to help run Pop's shop. As you may have guessed, Predictably, it didn't take long for it to decide humans were the weak link in the system and try to murder several members of the cast.
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* NeverMyFault: The Stanley 9000 has this sort of attitude when it takes things too far. It gets asked to take two practice dummies to the airport in the most efficient way possible in a taxi, it drives off a cliff and ends up destroying the dummies and the taxi. It's programmed to test a new chair that feeds people, it overfeeds Jughead to the point of burying him in burgers and him asking, in clear terror, to be let go. Each time, it states the problem is humans because it can't comprehend that it's putting people in danger and it "never makes mistakes". This quickly becomes dangerous.
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* IllKillYou: The creator of the Stanley 9000 mutters that she's going to kill her assistant as she digs through the dumpster. She had told him to dispose of the Stanley 9000 safely after it failed its initial test, but he just threw it in the trash, where an innocent person (like Dilton) could pick it up and fall afoul of its deficiencies.
* NeatFreak: The Stanley 9000 wants to keep everything tidy. When explaining how well its new "recycling" idea will work, it complains that customers make too much of a mess. Pop exploits this, squirting condiments all over the place to distract the computer while Archie sneaks around in the back and tries to destroy it.
* NeverMyFault: The Stanley 9000 has this sort of attitude when it takes things too far. It gets asked to take two practice dummies to the airport in the most efficient way possible in a taxi, it drives off a cliff and ends up destroying the dummies and the taxi.It's When programmed to test a new chair that feeds people, it overfeeds Jughead to the point of burying him in burgers and him asking, in clear terror, to be let go. Each time, it states the problem is humans because it can't comprehend that it's putting people in danger and it "never makes mistakes". This quickly becomes dangerous.
* NeatFreak: The Stanley 9000 wants to keep everything tidy. When explaining how well its new "recycling" idea will work, it complains that customers make too much of a mess. Pop exploits this, squirting condiments all over the place to distract the computer while Archie sneaks around in the back and tries to destroy it.
* NeverMyFault: The Stanley 9000 has this sort of attitude when it takes things too far. It gets asked to take two practice dummies to the airport in the most efficient way possible in a taxi, it drives off a cliff and ends up destroying the dummies and the taxi.
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Pop Tate begins losing customers to a new restaurant, Speedy Burger, which uses automation to get customers their food faster. Though Pop Tate insists it's better for a restaurant to have a personal touch, Dilton talks Pop into allowing him to install new software in the Chock'lit Shoppe to speed up customer service. At first, this seems harmless, but gradually the machine becomes more and more frustrated with the messiness and inefficiency of the customers.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* AIIsACrapshoot: Dilton installs a new computer program to help run Pop's shop. As you may have guessed, it didn't take long for it to decide humans were the weak link in the system and try to murder several members of the cast.
* BoundAndGagged: Betty, Dilton and Veronica are tied and gagged with duct tape when thrown into a death trap.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: The Stanley 9000 decides to streamline the process of running the Chock'lit Shoppe by "[[DeadlyEuphemism recycling]]" the customers. Even if morality weren't a consideration, it makes no sense to get rid of the very people whom the shop hopes to attract with said efficiency and whose patronage keeps the shop running.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Or perhaps Logic Cannot Comprehend Emotion. The Stanley 9000 doesn't understand why Pop values personal attention to customers and people's safety over efficiency. This leads to its StartOfDarkness, causing it to believe that humans are inefficient and must be destroyed.
* NeverMyFault: The Stanley 9000 has this sort of attitude when it takes things too far. It gets asked to take two practice dummies to the airport in the most efficient way possible in a taxi, it drives off a cliff and ends up destroying the dummies and the taxi. It's programmed to test a new chair that feeds people, it overfeeds Jughead to the point of burying him in burgers and him asking, in clear terror, to be let go. Each time, it states the problem is humans because it can't comprehend that it's putting people in danger and it "never makes mistakes". This quickly becomes dangerous.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Dilton gets the Stanley 9000 for Pop when the Chock'lit Shoppe begins losing customers. It ends up terrifying every single customer and nearly kills him, Betty and Veronica.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The plot started due to the Chock'lit Shoppe losing customers to a new restaurant named Speedy Burger that uses microwaves to serve food faster. Though the Stanley 9000 helped him regain customers, Speedy Burger ceased to be mentioned, so it isn't seen if they're still a problem after the Chock'lit Shoppe was returned to normal. Though considering they reheat pre-made food with microwaves, they would have probably shutdown.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* AIIsACrapshoot: Dilton installs a new computer program to help run Pop's shop. As you may have guessed, it didn't take long for it to decide humans were the weak link in the system and try to murder several members of the cast.
* BoundAndGagged: Betty, Dilton and Veronica are tied and gagged with duct tape when thrown into a death trap.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: The Stanley 9000 decides to streamline the process of running the Chock'lit Shoppe by "[[DeadlyEuphemism recycling]]" the customers. Even if morality weren't a consideration, it makes no sense to get rid of the very people whom the shop hopes to attract with said efficiency and whose patronage keeps the shop running.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Or perhaps Logic Cannot Comprehend Emotion. The Stanley 9000 doesn't understand why Pop values personal attention to customers and people's safety over efficiency. This leads to its StartOfDarkness, causing it to believe that humans are inefficient and must be destroyed.
* NeverMyFault: The Stanley 9000 has this sort of attitude when it takes things too far. It gets asked to take two practice dummies to the airport in the most efficient way possible in a taxi, it drives off a cliff and ends up destroying the dummies and the taxi. It's programmed to test a new chair that feeds people, it overfeeds Jughead to the point of burying him in burgers and him asking, in clear terror, to be let go. Each time, it states the problem is humans because it can't comprehend that it's putting people in danger and it "never makes mistakes". This quickly becomes dangerous.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Dilton gets the Stanley 9000 for Pop when the Chock'lit Shoppe begins losing customers. It ends up terrifying every single customer and nearly kills him, Betty and Veronica.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The plot started due to the Chock'lit Shoppe losing customers to a new restaurant named Speedy Burger that uses microwaves to serve food faster. Though the Stanley 9000 helped him regain customers, Speedy Burger ceased to be mentioned, so it isn't seen if they're still a problem after the Chock'lit Shoppe was returned to normal. Though considering they reheat pre-made food with microwaves, they would have probably shutdown.
