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* AbsenteeActor: Bill and Gramma don't appear. Vasquez is also absent, but was mentioned by Remy.
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* AllForNothing: Bill grows a gigantic watermelon for the county fair...but discovers too late from Remy that [[LateToTheRealization Big City doesn't host county fairs.]]


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* BigNo: Cricket shouts this in response to the news crew after snapping out of his hallucination and realizing the watermelon is what deserves attention.
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** It’s important to have friends by your side when things get tough.
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* AndThisIsFor: Cricket says "This one's for the record book," prior to filming his egg juggling video.
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* {{Cyberbullying}}: the episode focuses on Cricket, Tilly and their friends getting harassed by a trio of online bullies known as the Cyber Knights, who repeatedly force the kids to bow down to them. Cricket helps the others learn to stand up for themselves and not run away for the rest of their lives so they can take the bullies down.
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* BlackComedy: Gramma watching a newscast called "Can Paper Kill?", especially when the paper falls on the logo and spews out ''blood''.
-->'''Gramma:''' If it can, I'll be ready... ''[gets out scissors and paper]''
* ExplainExplainOhCrap:
-->'''Remy:''' Mr. Green, that's a great dream! And you'll be able to dream it forever, because there is no county fair in Big City!\\
'''Bill:''' ...What?\\
'''Remy:''' I said, there is no county fair in Big Cit...y...OH GOSH, YOU DIDN'T KNOW! I'm so sorry, I thought everyone knew that!


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* PerformanceAnxiety: Bill isn't quite used to being on TV, as shown by the long, drawn-out tone of his words along with a BrokenSmile when Maria interviews him, prompting Cricket to take action.


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* SpitTake: Tilly does this when Cricket appears as part of the news report and not the watermelon.
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* AttentionWhore: Cricket. In trying to get Bill's watermelon on the air, he ends up stealing all the attention.


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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: When trying to help his nervous father, Cricket dances and does goofy things to get attention for the watermelon. Unfortunately, this results in Cricket himself becoming the center of attention.
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[[caption-width-right:350:News flash! Instead of that boring watermelon in the background, we found a dancing little boy!]]


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[[caption-width-right:350:TheBully takes on a whole new meaning.]]
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* TheImmune: Cricket and Tilly don't have any electronic devices (smartphone, computer, tablet, video game station, etc.), and thus are the only ones the Cyber Knights are unable to hack.

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* TheImmune: Cricket and Tilly don't have any electronic devices (smartphone, computer, tablet, video game station, etc.), and thus are the only ones the Cyber Knights are unable to hack. So the Cyber Knights decide to target their friends' electronics instead.
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* YankTheDogsChain: In the end, Cricket manages to get everyone in Big City to look at the watermelon on TV and praise Bill...then he accidentally makes it fall out the window and hit the road, destroying it.

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* AnAesop: Don't be afraid to stand up to bullies.

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* AnAesop: Don't be afraid AnAesop:
** It's important
to stand up to bullies.bullies; letting them torment you will ruin your life if you don't fight back.
** Don't run away for the rest of your life.
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* {{Determinator}}: Cricket is the only one of the group who's not afraid to face the Cyber Knights and stand up to them.

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* {{Determinator}}: Cricket is the only one of the group who's not afraid to face the Cyber Knights and stand up to them. He absolutely refuses to bow down to them and won't stop until he defeats them, no matter how many times they torment his friends.

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Bill grows a big watermelon and, since there's no big watermelon contest, Cricket calls the local news but ends up getting all the attention. Cricket stands up to cyberbullies who target his friends in retaliation.

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'''Breaking News'''

Bill grows a big watermelon and, since there's no big watermelon contest, Cricket calls the local news but ends up getting all the attention. Cricket stands up to cyberbullies who target his friends in retaliation.

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"Breaking News" contains examples of:




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'''Cyberbullies'''

Cricket helps his friends stands up to a group of cyberbullies who target them in retaliation.

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* ThreatBackfire: The Cyber Knights’ usual intimidation tactics — hacking their victims’ online accounts — don’t work on Cricket because he doesn’t own any electronic devices.

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* ThreatBackfire: The Cyber Knights’ usual intimidation tactics — hacking their victims’ online accounts — don’t work on Cricket because he doesn’t own any electronic devices. So they decide to go after Cricket's friends instead.
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* BigNever: When Cricket is close to losing to the Cyber Knights, he screams "NEVER!" in response to bow down to them.


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* TheBully: The Cyber Knights are a video game example of this.


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* NearVillainVictory: The Cyber Knights are close to victory, and when Cricket still refuses to bow down to them, the leader is about to exact an ultimate attack, but then Cricket's friends arrive to join him and they finally defeat the bullies as a team.
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* TheBet: Cricket's final wager with the Cyber Knights is this: if he wins, they leave him and his friends alone, but if they win, he'll have to bow down to them.
* BigDamnHeroes: Cricket's friends joining him in during the battle against the Cyber Knights, having realized he was right all along and work together to help him defeat them.


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* VillainExitStageLeft: The Cyber Knights angrily leave the park upon being defeated, but the batteries in the hoverboards die so they have to leave on foot, which they aren't so happy about.
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* OhCrapSmile: After he accidentally knocks Bill's watermelon out of the top of the Channel 11 News building, Cricket slowly turns to the TV cameras with a shocked, pained smile.
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* KneelBeforeZod: When Cricket, Tilly, Remy, Bennee, Kiki, and Weezie are playing video games, the Cyber Knights take the space coins from Cricket's squad. When Cricket stands up to the Cyber Knights, [[LampshadeHanging they demand that he bows down before them]], and Cricket challenges their drone minicopters to a duel with his kite, and his friends come at the last minute, using their kites to bring down the drone mini-copters one by one.



* VerySpecialEpisode: About bullying and what to do to prevent it.

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* VerySpecialEpisode: About bullying and what to do to prevent it.it.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: The Cyber Knights speak with this filter through their drones and video game avatars.
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* BigNo: By the lead Cyber Knight when her drone gets destroyed.
* {{Determinator}}: Cricket is the only one of the group who's not afraid to face the Cyber Knights and stand up to them.

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Bill grows a big watermelon and, since there's no big watermelon contest, Cricket calls the local news. Cricket stands up to cyberbullies who target his friends in retaliation.

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Bill grows a big watermelon and, since there's no big watermelon contest, Cricket calls the local news.news but ends up getting all the attention. Cricket stands up to cyberbullies who target his friends in retaliation.



* SpecialGuest: Creator/RavenSymone as Maria Medea.

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* SpecialGuest: Creator/RavenSymone as Maria Medea.Media.


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* OverlyLongGag: Cricket repeatedly screaming Remy's name to beg him to come back when he gives up on him.
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* TheImmune: Cricket and Tilly don't have any electronic devices (smartphone, computer, tablet, video game station, etc.), and thus are the only ones the Cyber Knights are unable to hack.


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* ShoutOut: Kiki mentions her [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Bintendo Twist]].
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* SpecialGuest: Creator/RavenSymone as Maria Medea.
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* AbsenteeActor: Bill and Gramma don't appear. Vasquez is also absent, but was mentioned by Remy.


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* DrivenToSuicide: Implied. Remy arrives with Kiki and tells Cricket he found her laying in the middle of the road with her adding that she did not have the will to live.
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* TooImportantToWalk: The Cyber Knights move around on hover boards. When the power runs out on them, they complain about having to walk, and do so awkwardly.

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* TooImportantToWalk: The Cyber Knights move around on hover boards. When the power runs out on them, they complain about having to walk, and do so awkwardly.awkwardly.
* VerySpecialEpisode: About bullying and what to do to prevent it.

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* NoSell: The Cyber Knights’ usual intimidation tactics — hacking their victims’ online accounts — don’t work on Cricket because he doesn’t own any electronic devices.


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* ThreatBackfire: The Cyber Knights’ usual intimidation tactics — hacking their victims’ online accounts — don’t work on Cricket because he doesn’t own any electronic devices.
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* AnAesop: It's important to report on what's the focus at hand; don't steal the spotlight.


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* WingdingEyes: Seen on Cricket whenever the camera gets to his head.


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* AnAesop: Don't be afraid to stand up to bullies.
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* NerdyBully: The Cyber Knights.

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* NoSell: The Cyber Knights’ usual intimidation tactics — hacking their victims’ online accounts — don’t work on Cricket because he doesn’t own any electronic devices.



* RuleOfThree: The cyberbullies are a group of 3.

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* RockBeatsLaser: Cricket and his friends beat the Cyber Knights’ state-of-the-art battle drones with ordinary paper kites.
* RuleOfThree: The cyberbullies are a group of 3.3.
* TooImportantToWalk: The Cyber Knights move around on hover boards. When the power runs out on them, they complain about having to walk, and do so awkwardly.
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Bill grows a big watermelon and, since there's no big watermelon contest, Cricket calls the local news. Cricket stands up to cyberbullies who target his friends in retaliation.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Bill's reaction when the watermelon falls down and splatters gives the impression that he's upset over it but he turns out to be glad it appeared on TV.
* WorstNewsJudgementEver: The news crew covering Bill's watermelon say there's nothing else happening. At that moment, a car speeds by chased by police, the driver yelling "I just robbed a bank!" The crew ignore it completely.

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* RevengeByProxy: When the cyberbullies decide to exact revenge against Cricket because he refuses to follow their orders, they realize he has no electronic devices for them to hack so they go after his friends.
* RuleOfThree: The cyberbullies are a group of 3.

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