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* AnAesop: Everyone deserves another chance, even those who are not so good at first.



* AnAesop: Hoarding is unnatural; it's important to throw out old stuff or it'll clutter your whole life.



* TrashOfTheTitans: Bill goes from accepting a few donations to becoming a full-on hoarder, filling the Green home with useless garbage. He finally realizes the error of his ways when the kids are trapped inside the house with no way out, and the ceiling is about to collapse on them from the weight of all the clutter upstairs.

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* TrashOfTheTitans: Bill goes from accepting a few donations to becoming a full-on hoarder, filling the Green home with useless garbage. He finally realizes the error of his ways when the kids are trapped inside the house with no way out, and the ceiling is about to collapse on them from the weight of all the clutter upstairs.upstairs.
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* BottleEpisode: Most of the episode takes place in the Green house and its surroundings, with one scene in the office of the café and a few quick trips downtown.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: As time goes on Bill's rational for keeping certain objects becomes more ridiculous; starting with keeping broken mannequins so his kids always have someone to talk to and ending with keeping a sign for Al's Fish, in case one of them becomes a fish monger and changes their name to Al.

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* InsaneTrollLogic: As time goes on Bill's rational rationale for keeping certain objects becomes more ridiculous; starting with keeping broken mannequins so his kids always have someone to talk to and ending with keeping a sign for Al's Fish, in case one of them becomes a fish monger and changes their name to Al.
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* BigWhat: Gramma screams "WHAT?!" multiple times rapid-fire, when she sees the entire house cluttered up with junk.
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* TakeOurWordForIt: When Nick lifts his eye patch to reveals the missing eye underneath, all we get to see is a POVCam from where the missing eye should be while the kids boggle at it, and by the time he is fully seen again, the patch is back on.

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* TakeOurWordForIt: When Nick lifts his eye patch to reveals reveal the missing eye underneath, all we get to see is a POVCam from where the missing eye should be while the kids boggle at it, and by the time he is fully seen again, the patch is back on.
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* Insane Troll Logic: As time goes on Bill's rational for keeping certain objects becomes more ridiculous; starting with keeping broken mannequins so his kids always have someone to talk to and ending with keeping a sign for Al's Fish, in case one of them becomes a fish monger and changes their name to Al.

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* Insane Troll Logic: InsaneTrollLogic: As time goes on Bill's rational for keeping certain objects becomes more ridiculous; starting with keeping broken mannequins so his kids always have someone to talk to and ending with keeping a sign for Al's Fish, in case one of them becomes a fish monger and changes their name to Al.
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* Insane Troll Logic: As time goes on Bill's rational for keeping certain objects becomes more ridiculous; starting with keeping broken mannequins so his kids always have someone to talk to and ending with keeping a sign for Al's Fish, in case one of them becomes a fish monger and changes their name to Al.
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* IncrediblyLameFun: Dwayne’s idea of “blowing off steam” is tasting different kinds of mayonnaise and ranking them on a scale from 1-2.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: How is the roof strong enough to hold on to all the weight of all the stuff Bill collected for a little while?


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* FullNameUltimatum: After seeing that Bill stuffed the house with WAY too much stuff, Alice proceeds to say his full name "Billiam Robert Green" and calls him out for hoarding too much.


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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Russell appears at the near beginning and tells Bill he is donating a couple of items to the donation center. This gives Bill an idea, he asked Russell to give him the boxes so the farmer can provide some stuff for his kids and began collecting used items. This was going well until Bill stuffed the entire house leading to a lot of trouble.
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* EyeScream: Nick now has an eye patch to cover his missing right eye.


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* NotWhatItLooksLike: After finding the kids, she saw Dweezil raising his ax thinking he was about to harm them and proceeds to attack him. Thankfully, Dweezil was only showing the kids how to handle an ax.
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* NoodleIncident: In the time between dropping her father off and coming back for him, Nick got banned from the Smalton Train station. He also traded his ticket for a ferret and then lost it.
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* EvolvingCredits: Starting this episode, Nick can be seen next to Nancy in the opening.

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* EvolvingCredits: Starting this episode, [[PromotionToOpeningTitles Nick can be seen next to Nancy in the opening.]]
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* EvolvingCredits: Starting this episode, Nick can be seen next to Nancy in the opening.
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* TakeOurWordForIt: When Nick lifts his eye patch to reveals the missing eye underneath, all we get to see is a POVCam from where the missing eye should be while the kids boggle at it, and by the time he is fully seen again, the patch is back on.
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* AnAesop: Everyone deserves another chance, even those who are not so good at first.


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* AnAesop: Hoarding is unnatural; it's important to throw out old stuff or it'll clutter your whole life.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Serenity Spruce seems to be able to know EXACTLY what her viewers were saying about her tv series and her minimalist decluttering habits and lifestyle and offers them encouraging words and advice while paraphrasing her viewers exact words. She even seems to be able to give Gramma a knowing congratulatory wink once she has been able to successfully declutter her own room.

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Serenity Spruce seems to be able to know EXACTLY what her viewers were saying about her tv TV series and her minimalist decluttering habits and lifestyle and offers them encouraging words and advice while paraphrasing her viewers viewers' exact words. She even seems to be able to give Gramma a knowing congratulatory wink once she has been able to successfully declutter her own room.
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* ShoutOut: Among the many jobs Frank has to do is periodically entering [[Series/{{Lost}} a specific sequence of numbers]] into a terminal to reset a counter of some sort.
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* PottyEmergency: Bill's hoarding leaves the house so cluttered that the kids can't even reach the bathroom. Tilly says she needs to use it, but then says she can hold it after he says he has a spare toilet somewhere.

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Serenity Spruce seems to be able to know EXACTLY what her viewers were saying about her tv series and her minimalist decluttering habits and lifestyle and offers them encouraging words and advice while paraphrasing her viewers exact words. She even seems to be able to give Gramma a knowing congratulatory wink once she has been able to successfully decluttering her own room.

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* ComicalOverreaction: Bill panics when he sees the Green's expense report and notices that profits are going down. The graph shows an almost imperceptible dip at the end of a rising line, yet that's enough for Bill to worry that he won't be able to provide for his family, which drives the plot of this episode.
* DumpsterDive: Bill becomes so obsessed with providing with his family that he resorts to retrieving items straight from the garbage.
* HypocriticalHumor: Alice scoffs at Bill's over the top reaction to the expense report and wonders where he got his overdramatic demeanor from. Then she gets a text from Gloria and, assuming it's some sort of emergency, jumps over the fence like she was in an action movie.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Serenity Spruce seems to be able to know EXACTLY what her viewers were saying about her tv series and her minimalist decluttering habits and lifestyle and offers them encouraging words and advice while paraphrasing her viewers exact words. She even seems to be able to give Gramma a knowing congratulatory wink once she has been able to successfully decluttering declutter her own room.room.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Serenity Spruce is a parody of Marie Kondo, who became famous for teaching people how to declutter their homes.
* SpitTake: Bill sprays his morning coffee all over the expense report when he sees a slight dip in profits.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Bill goes from accepting a few donations to becoming a full-on hoarder, filling the Green home with useless garbage. He finally realizes the error of his ways when the kids are trapped inside the house with no way out, and the ceiling is about to collapse on them from the weight of all the clutter upstairs.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Serenity Spruce seems to be able to know EXACTLY what her viewers were saying about her tv series and her minimalist decluttering habits and lifestyle and offers them encouraging words and advice while paraphrasing her viewers exact words. She even seems to be able to give Gramma a knowing congratulatory wink once she has been able to successfully decluttering her own room.
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* DirectSequel: To the previous episode, "Green Trial", where Nick had made a surprising return.

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* DirectSequel: ImmediateSequel: To the previous episode, "Green Trial", where Nick had made a surprising return.

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* DirectSequel: To the previous episode, "Green Trial", where Nick had made a surprising return.
* WartsAndAll: Despite her fears of them being badly influenced by Nick, Cricket and Tilly assure their mother that they are more than aware of all of Nick's numerous flaws, but still enjoyed the fact that they were getting to know their grandfather because they enjoyed all of his insane stories and behavior, and that even though they know they have a pretty bad grandfather, they’ll be okay with that because they still have a very good mother like Nancy.
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'''Bad Dad'''

Fearing the negative influence that he could have on her children, Nancy rushes to get her father, Nick, a new job and out of her house.

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'''Junk Junkie'''

Bill's desire to give his children's future some more security takes a dark turn when he becomes a hoarder. Meanwhile, Gramma learns about decluttering her home from a reality TV series host.

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