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* AnAesop: Nobody's perfect and you can't force someone to be perfect.



* AnAesop: Don't take advantage of people's generosity just because they want something you have.



* TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity: Cricket suddenly undergoes this, forcing Tilly and Remy to attain to his needs to see who is able to get the other ticket. He then uses this on the other children, forcing them to give up their belongings for a trade, until Tilly and Remy force them to take it all back. He learns his lesson in the end.

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* TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity: Cricket suddenly undergoes this, forcing Tilly and Remy to attain to his needs to see who is able to get the other ticket. He then uses this on the other children, forcing them to give up their belongings for a trade, until Tilly and Remy force them to take it all back. He learns his lesson in the end.end.
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* SurpriseCreepy: When the Greens' flaws are erased, they start speaking in a creepy monotonous manner, which worries Tilly.

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* SurpriseCreepy: SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: When the Greens' flaws are erased, they start speaking in a creepy monotonous manner, which worries Tilly.

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* NoSell: Gwendolyn tries to use Flawless You on Tilly, but she is unaffected, because the system recognizes her accepting her family's flaws as true flawlessness and a contradiction in the program, causing the machine to reboot while everyone's souls are still inside.

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* NoSell: Gwendolyn tries to use Flawless You on Tilly, but she is unaffected, unaffected because the system recognizes her accepting her family's flaws as true flawlessness and a contradiction in the program, causing the machine to reboot while everyone's souls are still inside.



** Virtual!Cricket says [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar “I don’t feel so good...” before disintegrating]].

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** Virtual!Cricket Virtual Cricket says [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar “I don’t feel so good...” before disintegrating]].



* AmbiguousDisorder: Gregly's odd quirks may be hints that he has a minor form of Autism.
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* BigBrotherIsWatching: Tilly is a little unnerved to hear Gwendolyn casually boast that Big Tech knows the layout of everyone's house.


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* EmptyShell: Once the Flawless You reprogramming is through with the Greens, the code representing their mental processes is sparse and slow moving. The modified Greens themselves are superficially cheery and eerily compliant with whatever is suggested to them.

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* BodyUploading: Flawless You transports the souls of its subjects and Gwendolyn out of their bodies and into cyberspace.

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* BodyUploading: BrainUploading: Flawless You transports the souls minds of its subjects and Gwendolyn out of their bodies and into cyberspace.cyberspace.
* BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: Gwendolyn's "Flawless You" program is meant to uploads people's minds, deletes perceived personality flaws, and then downloads the modified minds back into their bodies in an effort to improve them.


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** The plot loosely alludes to [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]] and [[TheWonka Gwen's role for the series]], when Cricket is shown to have stolen a golden egg from a room full of geese in [=BigTech=].
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* BittersweetEnding: Cricket ultimately chooses to relinquish the VIP position to Tilly and Remy, since it only calls for two people and thus he gives up the opportunity, but on the good side, he makes up with them and apologizes for taking advantage of them.
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[[caption-width-right:350:The results of Flawless You when someone becomes ''too'' flawless.]]


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[[caption-width-right:350:''Clash of the Tickets'']]
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** A whole episode one to ''Series/BlackMirror''.

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** A whole episode The title is one to ''Series/BlackMirror''.''Series/BlackMirror'', as the episode, much like the series, is about the horror of the unintended consequences of new technology (though this series puts a more comedic twist on the idea).

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While on a visit to [=BigTech=], Tilly has the Greens take part in Gwendolyn Zapp's "Flawless You" project in an attempt to become the "perfect" family; Cricket gets two tickets to a sold-out show, and when both Tilly and Remy want to go with him, he becomes torn with power.

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'''Green Mirror'''

While on a visit to [=BigTech=], Tilly has the Greens take part in Gwendolyn Zapp's "Flawless You" project in an attempt to become the "perfect" family; Cricket gets two tickets to a sold-out show, and when both Tilly and Remy want to go with him, he becomes torn with power.

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'''Cricket's Tickets'''

Cricket gets two tickets to a sold-out show, and when both Tilly and Remy want to go with him, he becomes torn with power.

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* BodyUploading: Flawless You transports the spirits of its subjects and Gwendolyn into cyberspace.

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* BodyUploading: Flawless You transports the spirits souls of its subjects and Gwendolyn out of their bodies and into cyberspace.



* NoSell: Gwendolyn tries to use Flawless You on Tilly, but she is unaffected, because the system recognizes her accepting her family's flaws as true flawlessness and a contradiction in the program, causing the machine to reboot while everyone's souls are still inside.




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* TheUnreveal: We never get to see the outside of Flawless You while it is in action.
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* AmbiguousEnding: Whether or not the original Greens were killed in the Flawless You cyberspace and replaced with their backup copies is left unknown, even to the creators.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Gregly's odd quirks may be hints that he has a minor form of Autism.
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* AnAesop: Don't take advantage of people's generosity just because they want something you want.

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* AnAesop: Don't take advantage of people's generosity just because they want something you want.have.
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* ExhaustedEyeBags: The Greens all get these when turned flawless by Gwendolyn.

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* ShoutOut: A whole episode one to LiveActionTV/BlackMirror

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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A whole episode one to LiveActionTV/BlackMirror''Series/BlackMirror''.


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* StopDrowningAndStandUp: Cricket, Tilly and Remy all fall into the water on the ''Barnacle Banquet'' stage and are surrounded by [[SharkFinOfDoom shark fins]]. Then Tilly realizes the fins are just props and the water only reaches to their waists.
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* ChainOfPeople: The Greens hold on to each other as Tilly takes them through the door out of the simulation before it disintegrates entirely.


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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Tilly tells Gwendolyn that his family is always causing chaos wherever they go, basically summing up the show's formula. When the other Greens burst into the presentation hall, Tilly notes that they did it sooner than usual; this happens barely two minutes into the episode


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* PoliceAreUseless: Officer Keys offers to let Cricket commit crime for one whole day in exchange for the spare ticket. "Any misdemeanor you want, but only one felony, mister."
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* TakeAThirdOption: Really a fourth. Cricket can only take either Tilly or Remy to ''The Barnacle Banquet''; he chooses neither, prompting to take one of the other children instead. After the whole episode spending time TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity, he ultimately decides to relinquish the tickets to Tilly and Remy so they can be [=VIPs=] themselves.
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* LaughingMad: The episode ends with one from Gwendolyn, prompting the Greens to uncomfortably back away slowly.

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* CallBack: The events of "I, Farmbot" were brought up when arriving at [=BigTech=].



* CallBack: The events of "I, Farmbot" were brought up when arriving at [=BigTech=].

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* CallBack: GrossUpCloseUp: The events of "I, Farmbot" were brought up when arriving at [=BigTech=].germs on Cricket's hands as he vows to touch everything in [=BigTech=] with them.






* NoIndoorVoice: Gregly screams nearly everything he says.



* NoIndoorVoice: Gregly screams nearly everything he says.
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* OneSteveLimit: The boy Cricket gets to go to ''The Barnacle Banquet'' is named Gregly; previously we've heard of Chip Whistler's {{Mook}} "Wholesome" Greg.
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* JoinUsDrone: The flawless-turned Greens give one to Tilly to persuade her into becoming flawless like them.


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* SurpriseCreepy: When the Greens' flaws are erased, they start speaking in a creepy monotonous manner, which worries Tilly.
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* NoIndoorVoice: Gregly screams nearly everything he says.

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* NoIndoorVoice: Gregly screams nearly everything he says.says.
* TakingAdvantageOfGenerosity: Cricket suddenly undergoes this, forcing Tilly and Remy to attain to his needs to see who is able to get the other ticket. He then uses this on the other children, forcing them to give up their belongings for a trade, until Tilly and Remy force them to take it all back. He learns his lesson in the end.

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* ShoutOut: A whole episode one to LiveActionTV/BlackMirror
** Virtual!Cricket says [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar “I don’t feel so good...” before disintegrating]].
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* BrickJoke: "Always keep a backup of your brain."
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* CallBack: The events of "I, Farmbot" were brought up when arriving at [=BigTech=].
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The Flawless You project removes all flaws from the memory of someone.
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* AppleOfDiscord: The tickets Cricket finds.

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* AppleOfDiscord: The tickets Cricket finds.finds.
* NoIndoorVoice: Gregly screams nearly everything he says.

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* DisneyDeath: Gwendolyn dies inside the cyberspace, but is restored back to life thanks to having her brain backed up.
* PerfectionIsImpossible: Tilly learns this in the end.



* AnAesop: Don't take advantage of people's generosity just because they want something you want.

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* AnAesop: Don't take advantage of people's generosity just because they want something you want.want.
* AppleOfDiscord: The tickets Cricket finds.

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!! Cricket's Tickets:

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* AnAesop: Don't take advantage of people's generosity just because they want something you want.
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While on a visit to BigTech, Tilly has the Greens take part in Gwendolyn Zapp's "Flawless You" project in an attempt to become the "perfect" family; Cricket gets two tickets to a sold-out show, and when both Tilly and Remy want to go with him, he becomes torn with power.

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While on a visit to BigTech, [=BigTech=], Tilly has the Greens take part in Gwendolyn Zapp's "Flawless You" project in an attempt to become the "perfect" family; Cricket gets two tickets to a sold-out show, and when both Tilly and Remy want to go with him, he becomes torn with power.
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While on a visit to BigTech, Tilly has the Greens take part in Gwendolyn Zapp's "Flawless You" project in an attempt to become the "perfect" family; Cricket gets two tickets to a sold-out show, and when both Tilly and Remy want to go with him, he becomes torn with power.

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