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'''"Tying the Not"''' is an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BlessTheHarts'' that first aired on January 12, 2020. EpisodeCodeNumber 1BPJ10. Directed by Creator/MichaelBaylis. Written by Creator/LaurenMcGuire.




* AltarTheSpeed: Jenny almost goes through with a ShotgunWedding when she’s newly pregnant with Violet, then again with Wayne to try and prove that neither of them have hang ups about marriage.

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\n* AltarTheSpeed: Jenny almost goes through with a ShotgunWedding when she’s she's newly pregnant with Violet, then again with Wayne to try and prove that neither of them have hang ups about marriage.



* DancePartyEnding: Wayne, Jenny, Betty, Violet, plus a room full of strangers dance to “Love Shack” by the B-52’s after they have their non-wedding.

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* DancePartyEnding: Wayne, Jenny, Betty, Violet, plus a room full of strangers dance to “Love Shack” "Love Shack" by the B-52’s B-52's after they have their non-wedding.



* FreudianExcuse: Jesus speculates that Jenny has hang ups on marriage after she narrowly escaped an unhappy marriage to Violet’s dad.

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* FreudianExcuse: Jesus speculates that Jenny has hang ups on marriage after she narrowly escaped an unhappy marriage to Violet’s Violet's dad.



* TheGhost: Violet’s birth dad, Don Reynolds, doesn’t show his face or speak when Jenny recollects when she almost married him. Likewise Wayne’s neighbor is acknowledged and has lines, but she doesn’t appear onscreen.

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* TheGhost: Violet’s Violet's birth dad, Don Reynolds, doesn’t doesn't show his face or speak when Jenny recollects when she almost married him. Likewise Wayne’s Wayne's neighbor is acknowledged and has lines, but she doesn’t doesn't appear onscreen.

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After a full lint trap almost causes a fire at the Hart home, Betty, Jenny and Violet go live with Wayne for a few days. Jenny feels marriage anxiety and picks fights with Wayne.

Meanwhile, Betty's convinced that Crystalynn could not have possibly survived an encounter with a notorious strangler. Betty believes Crystalynn made the whole thing up to get up on ''Series/UnsolvedMysteries'' and get a memento from that show's host, Creator/RobertStack.

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* RacingTheTrain: Betty when she is racing Crystalynn during their TresspassingToTalk duel.

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* RacingTheTrain: Betty when she is racing Crystalynn during their TresspassingToTalk TrespassingToTalk duel.

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* EurekaMoment: Betty got to prison to talk to the Grits Box Killer to see if he really did attack Crystalynn. He can't corroborate the story one way or the other, but as he gets up, he's revealed to be a little person. That's when Betty realizes the tall man attacking Crystalynn on surveillance video couldn't have been the real Grits Box Killer.

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* EurekaMoment: Betty got goes to prison to talk to the Grits Box Killer to see if he really did attack Crystalynn. He can't corroborate the story one way or the other, but as he gets up, he's revealed to be a little person. That's when Betty realizes the tall man attacking Crystalynn on surveillance video couldn't have been the real Grits Box Killer.


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* MalevolentMaskedMen: The Grits Box Killer, so called because he wore a mask [[BrownBagMask made from a box of grits]].
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* AltarTheSpeed: Jenny almost goes through with a ShotgunWedding when she’s newly pregnant with Violet, then again with Wayne to try and prove that neither of them have hang ups about marriage.
* AnxietyDreams: Jenny dreams that she and Wayne are dressed in wedding finery while they, plus other similarly dressed couples jump off a cliff.
* DancePartyEnding: Wayne, Jenny, Betty, Violet, plus a room full of strangers dance to “Love Shack” by the B-52’s after they have their non-wedding.
* EngineeredHeroics: Betty suspects Crystalynn faked being attacked by the Grits Box Killer just to get on ''Series/UnsolvedMysteries'' and meet Creator/RobertStack. She's right.
* EurekaMoment: Betty got to prison to talk to the Grits Box Killer to see if he really did attack Crystalynn. He can't corroborate the story one way or the other, but as he gets up, he's revealed to be a little person. That's when Betty realizes the tall man attacking Crystalynn on surveillance video couldn't have been the real Grits Box Killer.
* FreudianExcuse: Jesus speculates that Jenny has hang ups on marriage after she narrowly escaped an unhappy marriage to Violet’s dad.
* GameOfChicken: Jenny and Wayne almost go through with marrying each other, even though neither of them want to, just to show they have no fear of commitment.
* TheGhost: Violet’s birth dad, Don Reynolds, doesn’t show his face or speak when Jenny recollects when she almost married him. Likewise Wayne’s neighbor is acknowledged and has lines, but she doesn’t appear onscreen.
* GratuitousSpanish: Wayne uses some Spanish when Jenny, Violet, and Betty stay at his place for the week.
* JumpOffABridgeRebuttal: Referenced. In Jenny's dream, marriage means jumping off a cliff, with Wayne saying that "everybody's doing it."
* NutritionalNightmare: The Harts have a double-sided pizza with cheese-stuffed pretzel crust and miniature pizzas as a topping. Comes with a seven-layer dipping sauce in a bowl made of Cheetos.
* OhCrap: Jenny has this reaction when she finds an engagement ring in Wayne’s junk drawer.
* RunawayBride: Jenny narrowly left her bridegroom at the altar when she was pregnant with Violet, even escaping on horseback, overlapping with PregnantBadass.
* SassyBlackWoman: Wayne and Jenny’s wedding officiant is this.
* StringTheory: Parodied. Betty puts up the photo of Crystalynn being attacked to a bulletin board and ties what turns out to be one string to a piece of paper that just reads "Guilty!"
* TrespassingToTalk: Exaggerated with Betty and Crystalynn taking turns breaking into each other's homes to lob accusations at each other.

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