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[[AC: Bully For Binky]]
Binky has been bullying the gang since they were in kindergarten. They are all stymied about how to deal with him. Then Sue Ellen, the new kid, stands up to Binky and challenges him to a fight.

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Binky]] Binky has been bullying the gang since they were in kindergarten. They are all stymied about how to deal with him. Then Sue Ellen, the new kid, stands up to Binky and challenges him to a fight.


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* SpitTake: Buster does one after Sue Ellen agrees to fight Binky.
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* TemptingFate: A good example: Brain says "There's no one on earth big enough to challenge Binky." and and then get a glimpse of Sue Ellen.


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* TemptingFate: A good example: Brain says "There's no one on earth big enough to challenge Binky." and and then get a glimpse of Sue Ellen.

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\n\n* TemptingFate: A good example: Brain says "There's no one on earth big enough to challenge Binky." and and then get a glimpse of Sue Ellen.

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* Binky has been bullying the gang since they were in kindergarten. They are all stymied about how to deal with him. Then Sue Ellen, the new kid, stands up to Binky and challenges him to a fight.

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* Binky has been bullying the gang since they were in kindergarten. They are all stymied about how to deal with him. Then Sue Ellen, the new kid, stands up to Binky and challenges him to a fight.









* At Prunella's half-birthday, she receives a cootie catcher from her sister Rubella. It can tell fortunes, and the kids take interest when all of the predictions come true. Soon, however, they all start only making decisions when asking the cootie catcher.

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* At Prunella's half-birthday, she receives a cootie catcher from her sister Rubella. It can tell fortunes, and the kids take interest when all of the predictions come true. Soon, however, they all start only making decisions when asking the cootie catcher.




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* HypocritalHumor: D.W., who previously mocked her brother and his friends for listening to the cootie catcher all the time, starts listening to it at the end.

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* HypocritalHumor: HypocriticalHumor: D.W., who previously mocked her brother and his friends for listening to the cootie catcher all the time, starts listening to it at the end.
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* AndThenWhat: When discussing an anti-Binky plan, Buster has an idea that if they feed Binky so much on purpose, he'll be too big to chase them. Arthur vetoes it by saying that if Binky were that big, he could still sit on them. Everyone is forced to scratch that plan.



* JerkassHasAPoint: Feeling vulnerable, Binky asks if he can talk to Francine and Arthur. While doing so and spinning Arthur on the carousel, Francine points out that if he wasn't always threatening people, he wouldn't be in this situation. Binky replies, however, that being mean to people is the only part of school where he excels. Arthur concedes that point while spinning around.



* {{Hypocrite}}: D.W., who previously mocked her brother and his friends for listening to the cootie catcher all the time, starts listening to it at the end.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: HypocritalHumor: D.W., who previously mocked her brother and his friends for listening to the cootie catcher all the time, starts listening to it at the end.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: D.W., who previously mocked her brother and his friends for listening to the cootie catcher all the time, starts listening to it at the end.
* LoopholeAbuse: In order to end the cootie catcher's reign over them, the kids decide to ask it a question that give them back their freedom: "Can we stop listening to everything you say?" The answer is "yes".
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* BreakTheHaughty: Binky by the end of the episode realizes that he can't bully Sue Ellen, and decides to be nicer around her.

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* BreakTheHaughty: Binky by the end of the episode realizes that he can't bully Sue Ellen, and decides to be nicer around her.to the other students, at least when Sue Ellen's around.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Binky challenges Sue Ellen to a fight when she tells him to apologize for being "rude". He finds out she's a martial arts expert, and he has never actually fought anyone.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Binky challenges After Sue Ellen to a fight when she tells tries making him to apologize for being "rude". He finds out she's mean, he challenges her to a fight--which, much to Binky's shock, Sue Ellen accepts. Binky later discovers that Sue Ellen practices martial arts and gets scared about fighting her after seeing a martial arts expert, demonstration on TV--he later admits to Arthur and he has Francine that, despite his reputation as a bully, he's never actually physically fought anyone. anyone.



* MuggingTheMonster: Invoked; Binky laughs and mistakes Sue Ellen's ''taekwondo'' lessons for cooking class because of the dough. Molly tells him that it's a martial art, and shows him on television. Then they freak out when an instructor smashes a car with just one blow.







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* MuggingTheMonster: Invoked; Binky laughs and mistakes Sue Ellen's ''taekwondo'' lessons for a Korean cooking class because of the dough. Molly tells him "dough," but his friend, Molly, explains that it's taekwondo is actually a type of martial art, arts, and shows him on television. Then they a demonstration of it TV, during which she, Binky and Rattles freak out when after seeing an instructor smashes smash a car with just one blow.






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* ShoutOut: Near the end of the episode, every plans to watch a TV show called ''Turtles, Turtles, Turtles'' at Arthur's house, an obvious reference to the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''.
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[[AC: Bully For Binky]]
* Binky has been bullying the gang since they were in kindergarten. They are all stymied about how to deal with him. Then Sue Ellen, the new kid, stands up to Binky and challenges him to a fight.
!! Tropes for this episode include:
* BreakTheHaughty: Binky by the end of the episode realizes that he can't bully Sue Ellen, and decides to be nicer around her.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Francine and Arthur hear Binky's concerns about challenging Sue Ellen, namely that he DidntThinkThisThrough. When Francine suggests that he channel his bullying energy into music, Binky decides he'll beat Sue Ellen before their duet.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Binky challenges Sue Ellen to a fight when she tells him to apologize for being "rude". He finds out she's a martial arts expert, and he has never actually fought anyone.
* {{Gasp}}: Molly, Rattles and Binky do this when they see the martial arts demonstration on television.
* MuggingTheMonster: Invoked; Binky laughs and mistakes Sue Ellen's ''taekwondo'' lessons for cooking class because of the dough. Molly tells him that it's a martial art, and shows him on television. Then they freak out when an instructor smashes a car with just one blow.







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[[AC: Misfortune Teller]]
* At Prunella's half-birthday, she receives a cootie catcher from her sister Rubella. It can tell fortunes, and the kids take interest when all of the predictions come true. Soon, however, they all start only making decisions when asking the cootie catcher.
!! Tropes for this episode include:


* ShaggyDogStory: After all the fuss about Prunella misplacing her cootie catcher, the kids decide to ask if they can stop listening to it. Prunella says yes, and then later tosses it in Arthur's trash.
* SkepticNoLonger: Brain logically points out there is no curse. Then a truck runs over his bike, and he doesn't dare challenge the cootie catcher any longer.
* SkewedPriorities: The coaches at recess argue over the lyrics for "Itsy Bitsy Spider" rather than educate the kids.
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Arthur's question is, "Will Binky sing a stupid song in front of everyone tomorrow?" It turns out that Binky would if a coach asks him to provide the correct verse on "Itsy Bitsy Spider."

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