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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gene spraypaints the dragon in the close confines of the fort... and immediately passes out from the fumes.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Gene ''and'' Tina both call Louise out for pissing Millie off when she was in a position to get them free, even though it's clear Millie would've gone on rambling about nothing and probably wouldn't have helped anyway.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Gene ''and'' Tina both call Louise out for pissing Millie off when she was in a position to get them free, even though it's clear Millie would've gone on rambling about nothing and probably wouldn't have helped anyway.helped, anyway. To be fair, Millie went out of her way to be antagonistic ''because'' of Louise's (admittedly justified) outburst of the latter's absent-mindedness.
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->''"Go get some help you freaking nutcase!"''

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->''"Go get some help help, you freaking nutcase!"''



-->'''Millie''': I see. [[TranquilFury I see you don't really like me]].
-->'''Louise''': Of course I don't, who would?! WHO. WOULD?!

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-->'''Millie''': I see. see... [[TranquilFury I see you don't really like me]].
me, huh]]?
-->'''Louise''': Of course I don't, who don't?! Who would?! WHO. WOULD?!



-->'''Linda:''' You don’t have to be good, you just have to be fast.

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-->'''Linda:''' You don’t have to be good, good; you just have to be fast.



-->'''Louise:''' This is Tina’s room, you can ''really'' feel the insecurity.

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-->'''Louise:''' This is Tina’s room, you room. You can ''really'' feel the insecurity.



-->'''Darryl:''' But especially spiders, they’re scary!

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-->'''Darryl:''' But especially spiders, spiders; they’re scary!
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* BlameGame: Everyone starts accusing each other of being the one that ratted out their escape plan to Millie.


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* {{Claustrophobia}}: Like many things, Darryl has “a thing” about small spaces.


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* DoubleEntendre:
-->'''Linda:''' You don’t have to be good, you just have to be fast.
-->'''Mort:''' Why can’t all women want that?


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* EyeTwitch: Millie does this along with a SlasherSmile, befitting her psychotic personality.


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* IGotARock: Tina hands out trash to Andy, Ollie, and Gene as they trick-or-treat inside the fort.
* IResembleThatRemark:
-->'''Louise:''' This is Tina’s room, you can ''really'' feel the insecurity.
-->'''Tina:''' I think it’s nice. You don’t think it’s nice?”
* ItsALongStory: When Linda asks where the kids’ candy is, Tina replies that it’s a long story.
-->'''Gene:''' Actually, I could tell it pretty fast.


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* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Andy loses his shoe when the kids are escaping the fort and Ollie throws one of his in with it. This ends up playing a big role in tricking Millie into thinking she killed all of them.


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* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: Parodied. As they’re about to be crushed by the roof of their fort, Gene says that every meal he’s ever eaten is flashing before his eyes.
-->'''Gene:''' Oh my god. My last meal was cardboard!


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* PottyEmergency: In addition to wanting to get out to go trick-or-treating, Darryl also agrees to work with Millie because he knows he’s going to have to poop soon.


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* SpidersAreScary: Darryl ALSO has “a thing” about spiders.
-->'''Darryl:''' I have a thing about spiders!
-->'''Louise:''' You have a ''thing'' about everything!
-->'''Darryl:''' But especially spiders, they’re scary!


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* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs:
-->'''Bob:''' What are you? Bean can head?
-->'''Gene:''' No, ''robot'' bean can head to you!


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* TheWallsAreClosingIn: Darryl comes up with an idea for how to get the truck’s ramp off the roof, but accidentally hits the wrong button and it comes pressing down on the fort, threatening to squish everyone inside.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After trapping the kids in the fort, which nearly goes horribly wrong, Millie has her candy taken by the Belchers, the Pesto twins, and Darryl to make up for the fact that their predicament kept them from trick-or-treating. Not to mention she gets the fright of her life when she thinks she got the kids killed and they make her thing they return as ghosts.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: After trapping the kids in the fort, which nearly goes horribly wrong, Millie has her candy taken by the Belchers, the Pesto twins, and Darryl to make up for the fact that their predicament kept them from trick-or-treating. Not to mention she gets the fright of her life when she thinks she got the kids killed killed, knowing she'll get in massive trouble for it and they make her thing think they return as ghosts.
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Linda was not saying that the dragon looked like it came from China as an insult, she was insisting that it looked good. Trope misuse


* InsultToRocks: Linda says that Bob's poorly made dragon looks like it came from China, but Bob concedes that the Chinese would be furious if they saw this dragon, as dragons are an important part of Chinese culture.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After trapping the kids in the fort, which nearly goes horribly wrong, Millie has her candy taken by the Belchers, the Pesto twins, and Darryl to make up for the fact that their predicament kept them from trick-or-treating.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: After trapping the kids in the fort, which nearly goes horribly wrong, Millie has her candy taken by the Belchers, the Pesto twins, and Darryl to make up for the fact that their predicament kept them from trick-or-treating. Not to mention she gets the fright of her life when she thinks she got the kids killed and they make her thing they return as ghosts.

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*BittersweetEnding: The kids don't get to maximize their candy profits as planned, but they don't go empty-handed as they steal Millie's bag of candy, giving her some much-deserved karma.



* JumpScare: The Kuchi Kopi nightlight appears for a couple of frames during the opening theme, with a squeaking sound and a "Happy Halloween" message. While the image itself is benign, its sudden appearance can catch viewers off guard.

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* JumpScare: The Kuchi Kopi nightlight appears for a couple of frames during the opening theme, with a squeaking sound and a "Happy Halloween" message. While the image itself is and noise are both benign, its their sudden appearance can catch viewers off guard.
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* YouFool: Louise to Darryl when she finds out about his double cross to Millie.

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* YouFool: Louise to Darryl when she finds out about his double cross to Millie.Millie, primarily because it doesn't even benefit him in any way.
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* InsultToRocks: Linda says that Bob's poorly made dragon looks like it came from China, but Bob concedes that the Chinese would be furious if they saw this dragon, as dragons are an important part of Chinese culture.

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\n!Tropes!!Trope Night:



* EpicFail: Bob, Linda, Teddy and Mort's attempt to make a dragon costume for Tina, Gene and Louise due to repeated miscommunication over who is working on the body parts.

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* EpicFail: Bob, Linda, Teddy and Mort's attempt to make a dragon costume for Tina, Gene and Louise due to repeated miscommunication over who is working on the which body parts.



* JumpScare: The Kuchi Kopi nightlight appears for a couple of frames during the opening theme, with a squeaking sound and a "Happy Halloween" message, can catch viewers off guard.

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* JumpScare: The Kuchi Kopi nightlight appears for a couple of frames during the opening theme, with a squeaking sound and a "Happy Halloween" message, message. While the image itself is benign, its sudden appearance can catch viewers off guard.


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*ManipulativeBitch: Bob and Linda do notice the kids' absence, but when they go out to look for them Millie leads them away by telling them the kids are trick-or-treating.
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Dewicked trope


* AdultFear: Six kids trapped in a cardboard fort in danger of being crushed to death. Made worse when a classmate discovers this and ''lies about it to the parents of three of them''.

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*TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: Not seen but alluded to through the Burger of the Day, the "Cauliflower's Cumin from Inside the House Burger".



* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When Andy is apparently trapped in a room with spiders, he says "I'll be with you every time you look in a mirror!" Olly doesn't get it at first, causing Andy to explain it and saying his last words are ruined.

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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When Andy is apparently trapped in a room with spiders, he says tells Ollie "I'll be with you every time you look in a mirror!" Olly ([[DontExplainTheJoke because they're identical twins]]). Ollie doesn't get it at first, causing Andy to explain it and saying while lamenting that his last words "last words" are ruined.



* ShoutOut: The entire episode is this to director Creator/WesAnderson and pays homage to his usage of camera angles, mostly of the kids' fort. Additionally, Darryl is dressed as Mark Mothersbaugh of Music/{{Devo}},who has composed music for Anderson's films.

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* ShoutOut: The entire episode is this to director Creator/WesAnderson and pays homage to his usage of camera angles, mostly of the kids' fort. Additionally, Darryl is dressed as Mark Mothersbaugh of Music/{{Devo}},who Music/{{Devo}}, who has composed music for Anderson's films.films.
*SiblingSenioritySquabble: Notable aversion; Ollie is confirmed to be the older twin in this episode, but this causes no problems between him and Andy.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Gene ''and'' Tina both call Louise out for pissing Millie off when she was in a position to get them free, even though it's clear Millie would've gone on rambling about nothing regardless if Louise snapped at her or not.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Gene ''and'' Tina both call Louise out for pissing Millie off when she was in a position to get them free, even though it's clear Millie would've gone on rambling about nothing regardless if Louise snapped at her or not.and probably wouldn't have helped anyway.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Darryl acts as TheMole for Millie, allowing her to stop their escape attempt. The thing is: Millie can't take him out of the fort, and if he'd just let the plan go through he would have escaped with the others.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Darryl acts as TheMole for Millie, allowing her to stop their escape attempt. The thing is: Millie can't take him out of the fort, and if he'd just let the plan go through he would have escaped with the others. Louise has to tell him just how stupid he is for thinking ''stopping the escape plan would let him escape''.
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*NoYou: When the first person Bob and Linda meet note that they're too old to trick-or-treat, Bob retorts that ''he's'' old (he's 60).

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*BrickJoke: Darryl makes a map of houses to hit and houses that give out things like raisins. At the end of the episode, Millie mentions having gotten some raisins while trick-or-treating--she clearly didn't have the liberty of checking Darryl's map before leaving the fort.



*NoodleIncident: The kids apparently let Bob into the fort once, and he wasn't supposed to tell Linda.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gene spraypaints the dragon in the close confines of the fort... and immediately passes out.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gene spraypaints the dragon in the close confines of the fort... and immediately passes out.out from the fumes.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough:
** Gene spraypainted the dragon eyes in a very confined space in the fort, causing him to pass out.
** Darryl acts as TheMole for Millie, allowing her to stop their escape attempt. The thing is: not only can't Millie take him out of the fort, he stopped their chance of doing so.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough:
** Gene spraypainted the dragon eyes in a very confined space in the fort, causing him to pass out.
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DidntThinkThisThrough: Darryl acts as TheMole for Millie, allowing her to stop their escape attempt. The thing is: not only Millie can't Millie take him out of the fort, and if he'd just let the plan go through he stopped their chance of doing so.would have escaped with the others.


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*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gene spraypaints the dragon in the close confines of the fort... and immediately passes out.
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The Belcher kids, the Pesto twins and Darryl become trapped in a makeshift fort and are left at the mercy of psychotic classmate Millie who is obsessed with Louise.

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The Belcher kids, the Pesto twins and Darryl become trapped in a makeshift fort and are left at the mercy of psychotic classmate Millie Millie, who is obsessed with Louise.



* ChekhovsGun: Andy loses one of his shoes escaping the fort though rather than go back to retrieve it, Ollie throws one of his back inside. This proves to be helpful when the Belcher kids pretend to be ghosts and trick Millie into believing she killed them.

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* ChekhovsGun: Andy loses one of his shoes escaping the fort though and rather than go back to retrieve it, Ollie throws one of his back inside. This proves to be helpful when the Belcher kids pretend to be ghosts and trick Millie into believing she killed them.



* EpicFail: Bob, Linda, Teddy and Mort's attempt to make a dragon costume for Tina, Gene and Louise due to repeated miscommunication over the body parts.

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* EpicFail: Bob, Linda, Teddy and Mort's attempt to make a dragon costume for Tina, Gene and Louise due to repeated miscommunication over who is working on the body parts.



* JumpScare: The Kuchi Kopi nightlight appearing for a couple of frames in the opening theme. It can catch you off guard.

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* JumpScare: The Kuchi Kopi nightlight appearing appears for a couple of frames in during the opening theme. It theme, with a squeaking sound and a "Happy Halloween" message, can catch you viewers off guard.



* LaserGuidedKarma: After trapping the kids in the fort, which nearly goes horribly wrong, Millie has her candy taken by the Belchers, Pesto twins, and Darryl to make up for the fact that their predicament kept them from trick-or-treating.
* TheMillstone: Darryl betrays the group when Millie promises him candy ''and'' being able to use the bathroom in exchange for keeping the Belchers and the Pestos trapped inside.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: After trapping the kids in the fort, which nearly goes horribly wrong, Millie has her candy taken by the Belchers, the Pesto twins, and Darryl to make up for the fact that their predicament kept them from trick-or-treating.
* TheMillstone: Darryl betrays the group when Millie promises him candy ''and'' being able the chance to use the bathroom in exchange for keeping the Belchers and the Pestos trapped inside.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Louise to Millie when she puts her obsession of becoming Louise's friend over helping her, her siblings and her friends from a life or death situation.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Louise to Millie when she puts her obsession of with becoming Louise's friend over helping her, her siblings and her friends from a life or death situation.



* TooDumbToLive: Darryl, who honestly thought it was a better idea to squeal to Millie and that she would let him out to use the bathroom.

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* TooDumbToLive: Darryl, who honestly thought it was a better idea to squeal to Millie and so that she would let him out to use the bathroom.
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*LaserGuidedKarma: After trapping the kids in the fort, which nearly goes horribly wrong, Millie has her candy taken by the Belchers, Pesto twins, and Darryl to make up for the fact that their predicament kept them from trick-or-treating.
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* PetTheDog: During the credits, Louise trades Tina's pile of candy for a single chocolate bar, but then feels guilty and gives her some candy back.
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* TooOldToTrickOrTreat: Tina wants to make the most of what she thinks will be her last year trick-or-treating, leading to angst when the kids are trapped in a cardboard fort during prime trick-or-treating hours.
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* BrutalHonesty: Louise spelling it out that she isn't Millie's friend.
-->'''Millie''': I see. [[TranquilFury I see you don't really like me]].
-->'''Louise''': Of course I don't, who would?! WHO. WOULD?!


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* RageBreakingPoint: Louise can only take so much of Millie's obsessive behavior before finally screaming at her.


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* WhatTheHellHero: Gene ''and'' Tina both call Louise out for pissing Millie off when she was in a position to get them free, even though it's clear Millie would've gone on rambling about nothing regardless if Louise snapped at her or not.
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* ShoutOut: The entire episode is this to director Creator/WesAnderson and pays homage to his usage of camera angles, mostly of the kids' fort. Additionally, Darryl is dressed as Mark Mothersbaugh who has composed music for Anderson's films.

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* ShoutOut: The entire episode is this to director Creator/WesAnderson and pays homage to his usage of camera angles, mostly of the kids' fort. Additionally, Darryl is dressed as Mark Mothersbaugh who of Music/{{Devo}},who has composed music for Anderson's films.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: How Louise handles Darryl betraying the group: having Andy and Ollie belch in his face.

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: How Louise handles Darryl betraying the group: having Andy and Ollie belch in his face. It's not effective because their breath smells good, ruining the punishment.



** Darryl acts as TheMole for Millie, allowing her to stop their escape attempt. The thing is: not onlt can't Millie take him out of the fort, he stopped their chance of doing so.

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** Darryl acts as TheMole for Millie, allowing her to stop their escape attempt. The thing is: not onlt only can't Millie take him out of the fort, he stopped their chance of doing so.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Did he just said he's parking here all night?"'']]

->''"Go get some help you freaking nutcase!"''
-->'''--Louise''', to Millie

The Belcher kids, the Pesto twins and Darryl become trapped in a makeshift fort and are left at the mercy of psychotic classmate Millie who is obsessed with Louise.

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* AdultFear: Six kids trapped in a cardboard fort in danger of being crushed to death. Made worse when a classmate discovers this and ''lies about it to the parents of three of them''.
* ChekhovsGun: Andy loses one of his shoes escaping the fort though rather than go back to retrieve it, Ollie throws one of his back inside. This proves to be helpful when the Belcher kids pretend to be ghosts and trick Millie into believing she killed them.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: How Louise handles Darryl betraying the group: having Andy and Ollie belch in his face.
* DidntThinkThisThrough:
** Gene spraypainted the dragon eyes in a very confined space in the fort, causing him to pass out.
** Darryl acts as TheMole for Millie, allowing her to stop their escape attempt. The thing is: not onlt can't Millie take him out of the fort, he stopped their chance of doing so.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: After the Belcher kids trick Millie into giving them her candy, they're seen sharing it with the Pesto twins and Darryl in the credits.
* EpicFail: Bob, Linda, Teddy and Mort's attempt to make a dragon costume for Tina, Gene and Louise due to repeated miscommunication over the body parts.
* FailedAttemptAtDrama: When Andy is apparently trapped in a room with spiders, he says "I'll be with you every time you look in a mirror!" Olly doesn't get it at first, causing Andy to explain it and saying his last words are ruined.
* HalloweenEpisode: The second in the series.
* JumpScare: The Kuchi Kopi nightlight appearing for a couple of frames in the opening theme. It can catch you off guard.
* JustInTime: The trapped children manage to get out just before the ramp crushes their fort.
* LameComeback: When a homeowner makes fun of the dragon costume, Linda calls his doormat stupid.
* TheMillstone: Darryl betrays the group when Millie promises him candy ''and'' being able to use the bathroom in exchange for keeping the Belchers and the Pestos trapped inside.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Louise to Millie when she puts her obsession of becoming Louise's friend over helping her, her siblings and her friends from a life or death situation.
* ShoutOut: The entire episode is this to director Creator/WesAnderson and pays homage to his usage of camera angles, mostly of the kids' fort. Additionally, Darryl is dressed as Mark Mothersbaugh who has composed music for Anderson's films.
* SkewedPriorities: After thinking she's killed the Belcher kids, Millie is more concerned over whether she'll like her therapist.
* TooDumbToLive: Darryl, who honestly thought it was a better idea to squeal to Millie and that she would let him out to use the bathroom.
* YouFool: Louise to Darryl when she finds out about his double cross to Millie.
* YouMonster: Tina when Millie starts eating candy in front of the boxed in fort.
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