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* TheWrongWayOnTheEscalator: The episode starts with Cricket running upstairs on the down escalator. The rest of the Greens have already beaten him up, and Bill points out there's an up escalator nearby.

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* AnAesop:
** It's best to see your family happy instead of trying to make them happy yourself.
** Don't trick others into doing something they don't like.



* AnAesop: Don't be afraid to speak up in a crisis.



* WithAFootOnTheBus: Remy is almost sent to boarding school, but he manages to get his parents to change their mind by calling them out.

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* WithAFootOnTheBus: Remy is almost sent to boarding school, but he manages to get his parents to change their mind by calling them out.out.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the least competent Tilly has been in an episode, disobeying Cricket's orders to watch Vasquez and leaving him unguarded to find a board game (though it becomes useful much later). In most episodes, she obeys him without distraction and is more sane than him often.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
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This is the least competent Tilly has been in an episode, disobeying Cricket's orders to watch Vasquez and leaving him unguarded to find a board game (though it becomes useful much later). In most episodes, she obeys him without distraction and is more sane than him often.often.
** The Remingtons' helicopter is driven by Vasquez's dad, Vasquez Sr. However, [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome he isn't seen again after this episode]], and the helicopter is always piloted by Vasquez himself.

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Cricket goes ballistic when told he has to put on shoes for the family portrait.


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* PrefersGoingBarefoot: Cricket goes ballistic when told he has to put on shoes for the family portrait.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Bill does not have enough cash for both the family portrait and the food court. Cricket, Tilly and Gramma, furious with Bill for tricking them, try to escape, but fail. When he drags the family back to the studio for the portrait, he decides not to buy the photo after seeing how sad they were and takes them to the food court instead.

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Bill does not have enough cash for both the family portrait and the food court. Cricket, Tilly and Gramma, furious with Bill for tricking them, try to escape, but fail. When he Bill drags the family back to the studio for the portrait, he decides not to buy the photo after seeing how sad they were and takes them to the food court instead.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Bill does not have enough cash for both the family portrait and the food court. When he drags the family back to the studio for the portrait, he decides not to buy the photo after seeing how sad they were and takes them to the food court instead.

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Bill does not have enough cash for both the family portrait and the food court. Cricket, Tilly and Gramma, furious with Bill for tricking them, try to escape, but fail. When he drags the family back to the studio for the portrait, he decides not to buy the photo after seeing how sad they were and takes them to the food court instead.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Bill does not have enough cash for both the family portrait and the food court. When he drags the family back to the studio for the portrait, he decides not to buy the photo and takes them to the food court instead.

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Bill does not have enough cash for both the family portrait and the food court. When he drags the family back to the studio for the portrait, he decides not to buy the photo after seeing how sad they were and takes them to the food court instead.
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GroupPictureEnding: The episode ends with a perfect photo of the Greens taken in the photo booth.

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* GroupPictureEnding: The episode ends with a perfect photo of the Greens taken in the photo booth.

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* GroupPictureEnding: The episode ends with a perfect photo of the Greens taken in the photo booth.

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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Bill does not have enough cash for both the family portrait and the food court. When he drags the family back to the studio for the portrait, he decides not to buy the photo and takes them to the food court instead.
GroupPictureEnding: The episode ends with a perfect photo of the Greens taken in the photo booth.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: In the end, Bill ultimately decides not to buy any of the photos and takes his family to the food court for real. In return, Tilly decides to make her father proud and get a family portrait in a photo booth.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: In the end, Bill ultimately decides not to buy any of the photos and takes his family to the food court for real. In return, Tilly the rest of the family decides to make her father proud and get a family portrait in a photo booth.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: In the end, Bill ultimately decides not to buy any of the photos and takes his family to the food court for real.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: In the end, Bill ultimately decides not to buy any of the photos and takes his family to the food court for real. In return, Tilly decides to make her father proud and get a family portrait in a photo booth.
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* AbsenteeActor: Bill and Gramma don’t appear in this episode.

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* AnAesop: It's best to see your family happy instead of trying to make them happy yourself.

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* AnAesop: AnAesop:
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It's best to see your family happy instead of trying to make them happy yourself.yourself.
** Don't trick others into doing something they don't like.
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** The train that Tilly hijacks resembles the title character of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine''.

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** The train that Tilly hijacks resembles the title character of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasTheTankEngine''.''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends''.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the least competent Tilly has been in an episode, disobeying Cricket's orders to watch Vasquez and leaving him unguarded to find a board game (though it becomes useful much later). In most episodes, she obeys him without distraction and is more sane than him often.

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* HopeSpot: The owner of Clothington manages to hide Cricket and Gramma's existence long enough for Bill to start to leave...but then the two celebrate loudly, causing Bill to hear them and catch them.

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The owner of Clothington manages to hide Cricket and Gramma's existence long enough for Bill to start to leave...but then the two celebrate loudly, causing Bill to hear them and catch them.them.
** Then the kids are on the (slow) train and are about to reach the food court... but then Bill swings on the bunting right in front of them stopping them, and takes them back to take the photo.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Tilly bursting through the ceiling vent, dropping onto Vasquez, making him free Cricket so he can save Remy.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Tilly bursting through the ceiling vent, dropping onto Vasquez, making him free Cricket long enough so he can save Remy.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Cricket gives one to Bill when calling him out for his DestinationRuse.

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* IdiotBall: Tilly being asked to watch Vasquez, only to run off to get a board game leaving him to escape.

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* IdiotBall: Tilly being asked to watch Vasquez, only to run off to get a board game leaving him to escape. Becomes purposely though, as this initiates a BrickJoke where she saves Cricket.
* IncomingHam: Tilly bursting out of the ceiling vent crying out "WHOOPSIE DADDLE!"

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* GroupPictureEnding: The episode ends with a perfect photo of the Greens taken in the photo booth.



* SoMuchForStealth: Cricket and Gramma would've been successful at driving Bill away if they didn't take the time to celebrate loudly in the fitting room for Bill to hear.

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* SoMuchForStealth: OneDimensionalThinking: Given that the train only has one speed, Cricket and Gramma would've been successful at driving Bill away if they didn't take Tilly could've just jumped off the time train and ran around Bill's space to celebrate loudly in the fitting room for Bill to hear.food court, or steered it around him.



* OneDimensionalThinking: Given that the train only has one speed, Cricket and Tilly could've just jumped off the train and ran around Bill's space to the food court, or steered it around him.

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* OneDimensionalThinking: Given that the train only has one speed, SoMuchForStealth: Cricket and Tilly could've just jumped off Gramma would've been successful at driving Bill away if they didn't take the train and ran around Bill's space time to celebrate loudly in the food court, or steered it around him.fitting room for Bill to hear.
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* TheChessmaster: Tilly uses Bill's "surprise" limerick to trick a child's choo-choo train conductor into giving her the wheel.


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* SoMuchForStealth: Cricket and Gramma would've been successful at driving Bill away if they didn't take the time to celebrate loudly in the fitting room for Bill to hear.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Cricket is absolutely ticked when forced to wear shoes for the photo, hence why he's always going constantly barefoot. However, he rarely ever brings this up for most of the series, and he begins to wear shoes more frequently in Season 2.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: In the end, Bill ultimately decides not to buy any of the photos and takes his family to the food court for real.
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* ExtremeDoormat: Remy is too cowardly to stand up to his parents. Even when they are taking him to the helicopter, he meekly asks if he can't go to boarding school.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Remy is too cowardly to stand up to his parents. Even when they are taking him to the helicopter, he meekly asks if he can't go to boarding school. Cricket encourages him to speak up for himself, and using his advice, he calls his parents out just in time.
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* RepetitiveName: This episode reveals Remy's full name as Remy ''Remington''.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Tilly bursting through the ceiling vent, dropping onto Vasquez making him free Cricket so he can save Remy.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Tilly bursting through the ceiling vent, dropping onto Vasquez Vasquez, making him free Cricket so he can save Remy.
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* BrickJoke: When Tilly pulls an IdiotBall to get a board game leaving Vasquez to escape his trap, she suspiciously enters the vents. This causes her to be absent for much of the escape plan until Remy's getting on the helicopter, when she bursts out of the ceiling vent for her BigDamnHeroes moment.


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* ChekhovsGun: Tilly sneaking off into the vents after Vasquez escapes his trap is what allows her to pull a BigDamnHeroes moment and free Cricket from Vasquez so he can save Remy.


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* ForWantOfANail: If Tilly didn't run off to get a board game and sneak into the vent after seeing Vasquez escaped, Remy would've left Cricket for good.


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* IdiotBall: Tilly being asked to watch Vasquez, only to run off to get a board game leaving him to escape.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: When Cricket and Gramma are caught at Clothington, Cricket angrily calls out Bill for lying to them and not taking them to the food court like he believed.
-->'''Cricket:''' Oh, I'm always gonna remember this day of... lies! You wanna know what rhymes with "lies"? Traumatized! I've never been to a food court before! I've thought it was gonna be cool, and fun, and wild, but you tried to take that away! Well, NOT TODAY!

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