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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: After Tilly calls Cricket out for lying, the latter says that he got blamed for eating the cake, lost Tilly's trust and missed his video chat with Gabriella.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: After Tilly calls Cricket out for lying, the latter says that he got blamed for eating the cake, lost Tilly's trust and missed his video chat with Gabriella. This last statement causes Tilly to realize Cricket didn't eat the cake and he was telling the truth.


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* SayMyName: Bill and Gramma furiously shout Cricket's name when they see the cake has been mooched. Cricket's rehearsal video shows he was getting something out of his teeth at the time he was ready to call Gabriella, but he heard that furious shout of his name, causing him to miss it.
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* EasilyForgiven: Cricket forgives Nancy for framing him after he was proven innocent. He puts aside that he's usually the one who does it.

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* AnAesop: More often than not, your hero isn't going to be able to live up to your preset standards and imagined up image of them. But instead of being disappointed in them for who they aren't, you should try to still appreciate and love them for the kind of people that they really are.



* AnAesop: Innocent until proven guilty.



--> '''Cricket:''' Oh, this is the worst day of my life! I was pinned for something I didn't do, lost your trust, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and I even missed my call with Gabriella!]]

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--> '''Cricket:''' Oh, this is the worst day of my life! I was pinned for something I didn't do, lost your trust, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and I even missed my call with Gabriella!]]Gabriella!]]
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* BottleEpisode: Most of the episode takes place at the country house, mainly the living room and kitchen. There's also a scene of the farm outsidein the beginning, and a brief trip to Cricket's room before the climax.

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* BottleEpisode: Most of the episode takes place at the country house, mainly the living room and kitchen. There's also a scene of the farm outsidein outside in the beginning, and a brief trip to Cricket's room before the climax.



* ContinuityNod: In Cricket's video of him trashing the kitchen out of anxiety, he sings the chorus of the ''Broken Karaoke'' song "Monsterman", as well as a riff of the "Barry Cuda" song.



* FlopSweat: Upon finding a seat cushion covered in sweat, Bill presents it as evidence that Cricket ate the cake, since he'd be awfully sweaty afterwards. Tilly counters that Cricket's not the only one who is sweaty, and notes that Bill perspires a lot after working... or when he's worried, or when he's self-conscious of sweating a lot. At that moment, Bill is suddenly sopping wet with perspiration.

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* FlopSweat: Upon finding a seat cushion covered in sweat, Bill presents it as evidence that Cricket ate the cake, since he'd be awfully sweaty afterwards. Tilly counters that Cricket's not the only one who is sweaty, and notes that Bill perspires a lot after working... or when he's worried, or when he's self-conscious of sweating a lot. At that moment, Bill is suddenly sopping wet with perspiration. In the video used to prove Cricket's innocence, it was revealed the sweat came from Cricket using it as a towel to wipe his sweat on it from his kitchen ruckus.
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Tilly ruffles Cricket's hair a bit after he thanks her for helping him feel better from Jessica's roasts.

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* BottleEpisode: Most of the episode takes place at the country house, mainly the living room and kitchen. There's also a scene of the farm outside and a brief trip to Cricket's room.

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* BottleEpisode: Most of the episode takes place at the country house, mainly the living room and kitchen. There's also a scene of the farm outside outsidein the beginning, and a brief trip to Cricket's room.room before the climax.


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* GivenNameReveal: Grampa Nick's name was spoken out loud for the first time in the series, after only being referred to in the end credits in his past two appearances.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After discovering Fred studied to be a farming comedian to make his father proud, Bill utters, "Oh, no! What have I done?!" as he realizes he crushed his dreams the wrong way.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After discovering Fred studied to be a farming comedian to make his father proud, Bill utters, "Oh, no! What have I done?!" as he realizes he turned everyone against him and inadvertantly crushed his dreams the wrong way.dreams.


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* BottleEpisode: Most of the episode takes place at the country house, mainly the living room and kitchen. There's also a scene of the farm outside and a brief trip to Cricket's room.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After discovering Fred studied to be a farming comedian to make his father proud, Bill utters, "Oh, no! What have I done?!" as he realizes he crushed his dreams the wrong way.
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* BottleEpisode: The entire episode takes place at the Guffaw Factory.



* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: After Tilly calls Cricket out for lying, the latter says that he got blamed for eating the cake, lost Tilly's trust and missed his video chat with Gabriella.



* WhamEpisode: At the end of the trial when Cricket is proven to be innocent, Nancy zooms in on the video during the part where he is practicing his romantic poetry and, after noticing a pair of wrinkled and elderly hands reaching up to steal the cake, realizes who the true culprit is: [[spoiler:Her own father, Nick.]]

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* WhamEpisode: At the end of the trial when Cricket is proven to be innocent, Nancy zooms in on the video during the part where he is practicing his romantic poetry and, after noticing a pair of wrinkled and elderly hands reaching up to steal the cake, realizes who the true culprit is: [[spoiler:Her own father, Nick.]]]]
* WhamLine: How did Tilly find out that Cricket was telling the truth?
--> '''Cricket:''' Oh, this is the worst day of my life! I was pinned for something I didn't do, lost your trust, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and I even missed my call with Gabriella!]]

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* BananaPeel: Tilly doens't like the insult comic, saying that she prefers more classic forms of comedy. Her ImagineSpot then shows a black-and-white film of a man slipping on a peel. In the end, the peel is how Cricket and Tilly get even with the insult comic.
* BrokenPedestal: Bill is disappointed to learn that Fred the Farmer isn't a real farmer and procedes to expose him during his act. Becomes a RebuiltPedestal when he learns how Fred worked hard on his jokes and based his farmer persona on his father.
* CantTakeCriticism: Cricket laughs at the insult comic and dares her to roast him. Unfortunately, he takes her jokes seriously and is genuinly hurt. He attempts to get back at her, but all he can manage is "You're stupid!" and "You smell!"

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* BananaPeel: Tilly doens't doesn't like the insult comic, saying that she prefers more classic forms of comedy. Her ImagineSpot then shows a black-and-white film of a man slipping on a peel. In the end, the peel is how Cricket and Tilly get even with the insult comic.
* BrokenPedestal: Bill is disappointed to learn that Fred the Farmer isn't a real farmer and procedes proceeds to expose him during his act. Becomes a RebuiltPedestal when he learns how Fred worked hard on his jokes and based his farmer persona on his father.
* CantTakeCriticism: Cricket laughs at the insult comic and dares her to roast him. Unfortunately, he takes her jokes seriously and is genuinly genuinely hurt. He attempts to get back at her, but all he can manage is [[LameComeback "You're stupid!" and "You smell!"smell!"]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Cricket asks the insult comic to target him he suggests how big his muscles are.
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* EurekaMoment: Tilly figures out Cricket didn't eat the cake once he said he was trying to call his girlfriend Gabriella.
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* RedFilterOfDoom: The lights in Guffaw Factory turn a fiery red as the audience begins rioting against Fred.
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* ToBeContinued: Appears at the end of the episode after the reveal that the cake thief is [[spoiler:Nancy's father Nick]].
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* AnAesop: Innocent until proven guilty.
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* HighHopesZeroTalent: Fred had actually wanted to originally be a real farmer like his father had been, but his hopes were quickly dashed once he and his father had realized that he couldn’t grow anything to save his life. Instead, after mocking his own inability to be a farmer and getting a chuckle out of his father, Fred was able to make the most out of his situation by creating a persona based off of his father and working and researching tirelessly to get the act just right to be a world famous comedian.


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* UpperClassTwit: Fred, or "Freginald" as he is really called, is revealed to be one backstage despite his Southerner persona. Hilariously, he seems to have been an even BIGGER one during his childhood, which is especially notable considering his having a completely traditional Southern Farmer for a father.


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* ChekhovsGun: At the start of the episode, Nancy brings up how her dad, Nick, could never resist being able to sneak a taste of Nancy's famous cake while she was in the middle of baking it. [[spoiler:Guess who ends up being the true cake thief after all.]]


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* ItsPersonal: Though Nancy wouldn’t normally be so eager to bring the hammer down on Cricket as opposed to either Bill or Alice, it’s made clear early on that the cake that he has supposedly eaten has significant sentimental value to her since it was what provided her with some of the few good memories of her father, Nick, that she had ever had.

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* CantTakeCriticism: Cricket laughs at the insult comic and dares her to roast him. Unfortunately, he takes her jokes seriously and is genuinly hurt. He attempts to get back at her, but all he can manage is "You're stupid!" and "You smell!"
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Fred the Farmer is the show's version of Creator/LarryTheCableGuy. The fact that he's not really a farmer or called Fred is based on Larry being actually from Nebraska, not TheDeepSouth, and his real name being Daniel Whitney.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: After Bill exposes Fred the Farmer as a fraud, the crowd turns on him and threatens to attack him with the pitchforks he sells as merchandise. (No idea where the torches came from.)



When Cricket is accused of a crime he didn't commit, Tilly is the only one that willing to defend him and must convince the rest of the family of his innocence.

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When Cricket is accused of a crime he didn't commit, Tilly is the only one that is willing to defend him and must convince the rest of the family of his innocence.



* FlopSweat: Upon finding a seat cushion covered in sweat, Bill presents it as evidence that Cricket ate the cake, since he'd be awfully sweaty afterwards. Tilly counters that Cricket's not the only one who is sweaty, and notes that Bill perspires a lot after working... or when he's worried, or when he's self-conscious of sweating a lot. At that moment, Bill is suddenly sopping wet with perspiration.
* NotMeThisTime: Cricket swears that he didn't eat the cake, despite all evidence pointing to him. He turns out to be right about the cake, although the rest of the mess in the kitchen ''was'' all his fault.



* NotMeThisTime: Cricket swears that he didn't eat the cake, despite all evidence pointing to him. He turns out to be right about the cake, although the rest of the mess in the kitchen ''was'' all his fault.

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* BananaPeel: Tilly doens't like the insult comic, saying that she prefers more classic forms of comedy. Her ImagineSpot then shows a black-and-white film of a man slipping on a peel. In the end, the peel is how Cricket and Tilly get even with the insult comic.
* BrokenPedestal: Bill is disappointed to learn that Fred the Farmer isn't a real farmer and procedes to expose him during his act. Becomes a RebuiltPedestal when he learns how Fred worked hard on his jokes and based his farmer persona on his father.


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* CourtroomEpisode: Tilly holds a trial to prove Cricket did not eat Nancy's cake.
* PlayingSick: Cricket excused himself from working the farm, saying that the goat broke his arm, which Bill suspects is just an excuse. In the middle of the trial, Cricket accidentally reveals that his arm is fine, which does not help his case at all.
* RedHerring: There is plenty of evidence pointing to Cricket as the culprit -- frosting on his elbow, sweat stains on a seat cushion -- but in the end, it all has an explanation and Cricket wasn't the one who ate the cake, although he was responsible for everything else.
* NotMeThisTime: Cricket swears that he didn't eat the cake, despite all evidence pointing to him. He turns out to be right about the cake, although the rest of the mess in the kitchen ''was'' all his fault.
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* AnAesop: More often than not, your hero isn’t going to be able to live up to your preset standards and imagined up image of them. But instead of being disappointed in them for who they aren't, you should try to still appreciate and love them for the kind of people that they really are.
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* WhamEpisode: At the end of the trial when Cricket is proven to be innocent, Nancy zooms in on the video during the part where he is practicing his romantic poetry and, after noticing a pair of wrinkled and elderly hands reaching up to steal the cake, realizes who the true culprit is: [[spoiler:Her own father, Nick.]]
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'''Stand-Up Bill'''

Bill is ecstatic to meet his favorite comedian, Fred the Farmer, but the reality of his idol may not be what he was expecting. Meanwhile, Cricket goes head-to-head against an insult comedian.

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'''Green Trial'''

When Cricket is accused of a crime he didn't commit, Tilly is the only one that willing to defend him and must convince the rest of the family of his innocence.

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