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* CanadaEh: Hockey player Mikey [=LeBeouf=] punctuates his sentences with "Eh?"


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* MooseAndMapleSyrup: Hockey player Mikey [=LeBeouf=] punctuates his sentences with "Eh?".
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The shenanigans that the Green family were making during the hockey match were:
** Cricket and Nancy driving a Zamboni and crashing it into a fence.
** Nick and Alice fighting each other on the ice.
** And finally, Bill chasing the corn dog vendor.

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* AnAesop: Even though your family members are not perfect, they are still considered your family.



* AnAesop:
** Don't separate your outer self from who you truly are on the inside.
** Sometimes who you think is dead might still be lurking around somewhere.



* VillainEpisode: This episode focuses on Chip as we see what happened to him following the battle for Elkins Street.

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* VillainEpisode: This episode focuses on Chip as we see what happened to him following the battle for Elkins Street.Street.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Gloria didn't realize she and the Kaitlins ended up in the wrong [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas Paris]] until after bus driver tells her.
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* SpoofAesop: Chip learns over the course over the story that he should learn to be himself as pretending to be Norm got draining for him, which Greg initially supports. Of course, Chip admits that the true him is a petty, narcissistic sociopath, making Greg retract his earlier statement.
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* BerserkButton: ''Never'' call Zelda the Zamboni "it"; Cricket learned this from Zamboni Tony the hard way.


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* HopeSpot: After catching up to the corn dog vendor and calling out to him, the vendor looks at Bill, turns toward him, gets out a corn dog, holds it out... then he chomps at it with a SlasherSmile, right in front of him.


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* LittleNo: Bill utters one when the corn dog vendor eats the corn dog he was supposed to offer him.


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* SuddenEyeColor: Cricket suddenly gains blue irises as he first sees the Zamboni emerge from backstage.
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* NoBodyLeftBehind: In-universe, Chip's body was nowhere to be found in the helicopter wreckage (because he escaped it before the crash), leading Maria to assume he was killed.

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* SpecialGuest: [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague NHL]] player Brad Marchand plays Big City Icicles captain Mikey [=LeBeouf=]. (A glance at his Wikipedia article states that he has had aggression problems his entire career, making him particularly suitable as a captain of a hockey team which only seems to fight.)

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* SpecialGuest: [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague NHL]] player Brad Marchand plays Big City Icicles captain Mikey [=LeBeouf=]. (A glance at his Wikipedia article states that he has had aggression problems his entire career, making him [[CastingGag particularly suitable suitable]] as a captain of a hockey team which only seems to fight.)
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* HypocriticalHumor: Gloria mocks how stupid people in horror movies are, but is immediately fooled by Chip dressed up as a BedsheetGhost.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Chip sees a news report about his suppose death, instead of realizing everybody being glad he's dead, he instead uses it to pretend to be a ghost and try to scare the Greens out of Big City.

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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Chip sees a news report about his suppose supposed death, instead of realizing everybody being glad he's dead, he instead uses it to pretend to be a ghost and try to scare the Greens out of Big City.



* NoSympathy: Cricket gloats over Chip's supposed death, which is kind of jarring considering that in "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E14 Friend Con]]" he showed sympathy over Chip simply losing his teeth. Though it could be a bit justified since Cricket found out about Chip tricked him and his family.

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* NoSympathy: Cricket gloats over Chip's supposed death, which is kind of jarring considering that in "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E14 Friend Con]]" he showed sympathy over Chip simply losing his teeth. Though it could be a bit is arguably justified since given that the last thing Chip did to Cricket found out about Chip tricked was ''try to murder him and his family.family!''

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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The evil variant; the episode closes with Chip asking Greg to rejoin him in his plan to take down the Greens and all of Big City with a maniacal laughter, with Greg joining in with a worried laugh.

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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The evil variant; the episode closes with Chip asking Greg to rejoin him in his plan to take down the Greens and all of Big City with [[EvilLaugh a maniacal laughter, laughter]], with Greg joining in with a worried laugh.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Chip's girlfriend is only referred to as "Babe", the nickname he chose for her, and her true name is unknown.



* StalkerShot: The last part of the flashback shows the Greens moving back in with Gramma, while the camera pans back to reveal Chip in disguise spying on them in secret.

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* StalkerShot: The last part of the flashback shows the Greens moving back in with Gramma, while the camera pans back to reveal Chip in his Norm disguise spying on them in secret.
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* ArtisticLicense: Although this was PlayedForLaughs, the corn dog vendor would get in trouble if he was found out that he refused to give Bill a corn dog.

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* ArtisticLicense: Although this was PlayedForLaughs, the corn dog vendor would get in trouble or gotten fired if he was found out that he refused to give Bill a corn dog.



* KarmaHoudini: The corn dog vendor gets away with not giving Bill a corn dog.

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* KarmaHoudini: The corn dog vendor gets away with receives no karma for not giving Bill a corn dog.
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* ShakingTheRump: Cricket does this in the news report of Chip's apparent death.

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* ShakingTheRump: Cricket does this shakes his butt at the camera in the news report of Chip's apparent death.

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* AndThenWhat: Chip loses his purpose after finding out the Greens moved out of Big City.



* NowWhat: Chip lost his purpose when he finds out the Greens moved out of Big City.

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* AndThenWhat: Chip lost his purpose when he finds out the Greens moved out of Big City.


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* NowWhat: Chip lost his purpose when he finds out the Greens moved out of Big City.
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** After a Cricket lookalike kicks Chip/Norm in the leg, he desires to track the kid down, [[Recap/BigCityGreensS1E15 pelt him with tomatoes]] and [[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E21 drive a helicopter into him]].

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** After a Cricket lookalike kicks Chip/Norm in the leg, he desires to track the kid down, [[Recap/BigCityGreensS1E15 pelt him with tomatoes]] and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick and]] [[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E21 drive a helicopter into him]].



* NoSympathy: Cricket gloats over Chip's supposed death, which is kind of jarring considering that in "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E14 Friend Con]]" he showed sympathy over Chip simply losing his teeth.

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* NoSympathy: Cricket gloats over Chip's supposed death, which is kind of jarring considering that in "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E14 Friend Con]]" he showed sympathy over Chip simply losing his teeth. Though it could be a bit justified since Cricket found out about Chip tricked him and his family.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Chip sees a news report about his suppose death, instead of realizing everybody being glad he's dead, he instead uses it to pretend to be a ghost and try to scare the Greens out of Big City.
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* NoSympathy: Cricket gloats over Chip's supposed death, which is kind of jarring considering that in "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E14 Friend Con]]" he showed sympathy over Chip simply losing his teeth.
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* LastDisrespects: Cricket dances in celebration believing Chip is dead.
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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Chip decides no matter how hard he tries, he can't hide the fact that he's a vengeful, petty man who will always hate the Greens. A fact that makes him happy.

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