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* TheCavalry: It’s looking like the candy thief might get away, until Gene and Tina come bursting into the haunted house and tackle him.

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* TheCavalry: It’s It's looking like the candy thief might get away, until Gene and Tina come bursting into the haunted house and tackle him.



* DramaticUnmask: The thief is unmasked and revealed to be Dr. Yap, which shocks the Belcher kids and confuses their friends who don’t know who he is.
* DwindlingParty: Played with. The candy thief steals each of the kids’ candy bags one after another.
-->'''Louise:''' They’re picking us off one by one.

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* DramaticUnmask: The thief is unmasked and revealed to be Dr. Yap, which shocks the Belcher kids and confuses their friends who don’t don't know who he is.
* DwindlingParty: Played with. The candy thief steals each of the kids’ kids' candy bags one after another.
-->'''Louise:''' They’re They're picking us off one by one.



-->'''Gene:''' I think I’m dying!
* FairPlayWhodunnit: The kids of Ocean Avenue work together to figure out who’s going around stealing everyone’s candy.

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-->'''Gene:''' I think I’m I'm dying!
* FairPlayWhodunnit: The kids of Ocean Avenue work together to figure out who’s who's going around stealing everyone’s everyone's candy.



* FreezeFrameBonus
** Some of the punny shop names on Ocean Avenue include “Shoe-y Lewis and the Shoes”, “Mailed It”, and “For Pete’s Cake”.

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* FreezeFrameBonus
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** Some of the punny shop names on Ocean Avenue include “Shoe-y [[Music/HueyLewisAndTheNews "Shoe-y Lewis and the Shoes”, “Mailed It”, Shoes"]], "Mailed It", and “For Pete’s Cake”."For Pete's Cake".



* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Louise slaps Tina after she asks what’s the point of trick-or-treating anymore after she got her candy stolen.

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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Louise slaps Tina after she asks what’s what's the point of trick-or-treating anymore after she got her candy stolen.



* HalloweenEpisode: It’s shaping up to be the Belcher kids’ best year for trick-or-treating yet, until a mysterious costumed thief starts stealing all the Halloween candy.
* HalloweenTrickery:
** Believing they’re too old for the treats, Jimmy and Zeke decide to take part in the “trick” part of Halloween - this seems to only consist of them throwing Pop-Its at people and going to a haunted house.
** At first, the kids think it’s teenagers stealing their candy as a form of Halloween mischief.

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* HalloweenEpisode: It’s It's shaping up to be the Belcher kids’ kids' best year for trick-or-treating yet, until a mysterious costumed thief starts stealing all the Halloween candy.
* HalloweenTrickery:
HalloweenTrickery:
** Believing they’re they're too old for the treats, Jimmy and Zeke decide to take part in the “trick” "trick" part of Halloween - this seems to only consist of them throwing Pop-Its at people and going to a haunted house.
** At first, the kids think it’s it's teenagers stealing their candy as a form of Halloween mischief.



* TheStinger: Tina and Louise (with Gene as the DJ) do a SongParody of Salt-n-Pepa’s “None of Your Business” as the credits play.

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* TheStinger: Tina and Louise (with Gene as the DJ) do a SongParody of Salt-n-Pepa’s “None Music/SaltNPepa's "None of Your Business” Business" as the credits play.
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----!!Trope On Ocean Avenue Street:

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* AmbiguouslyBi: Bob and Teddy spend a fair bit of time talking about Glen's good-looking body.

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* AmbiguouslyBi: Bob and Teddy spend a fair bit of time talking about Glen's how good-looking Glen is and that he has a nice body.


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* TheCavalry: It’s looking like the candy thief might get away, until Gene and Tina come bursting into the haunted house and tackle him.


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-->'''Bob:''' What is it then?
-->'''Linda:''' She’s a nun, she’s a cranky nun!


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* DramaticUnmask: The thief is unmasked and revealed to be Dr. Yap, which shocks the Belcher kids and confuses their friends who don’t know who he is.
* DwindlingParty: Played with. The candy thief steals each of the kids’ candy bags one after another.
-->'''Louise:''' They’re picking us off one by one.


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* FaintInShock: Gene swoons when his Halloween candy gets stolen.
-->'''Gene:''' I think I’m dying!
* FairPlayWhodunnit: The kids of Ocean Avenue work together to figure out who’s going around stealing everyone’s candy.
* FollowThatCar: As the kids board a bus to try to catch the thief in the gorilla costume, the bus driver is all too willing to follow him. He eventually comes to his senses about it.
-->'''Louise:''' Bus driver, follow that gorilla.
-->'''Bus Driver:''' You got it! Hold on tight, kids!
* FreezeFrameBonus
** Some of the punny shop names on Ocean Avenue include “Shoe-y Lewis and the Shoes”, “Mailed It”, and “For Pete’s Cake”.
** The Mutilation Mansion has a sign reading "Dis-members Only".
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Louise slaps Tina after she asks what’s the point of trick-or-treating anymore after she got her candy stolen.


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* HalloweenEpisode: It’s shaping up to be the Belcher kids’ best year for trick-or-treating yet, until a mysterious costumed thief starts stealing all the Halloween candy.
* HalloweenTrickery:
** Believing they’re too old for the treats, Jimmy and Zeke decide to take part in the “trick” part of Halloween - this seems to only consist of them throwing Pop-Its at people and going to a haunted house.
** At first, the kids think it’s teenagers stealing their candy as a form of Halloween mischief.


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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Tina points out that the candy thief is really good on his electric skateboard…and then he immediately wipes out.
-->'''Rudy:''' Ugh. That was tough to watch.


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* StalkerShot: Someone is shown to be watching the kids and we see from his POVCam as he looks at them through his mask and breathes heavily.


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* TheStinger: Tina and Louise (with Gene as the DJ) do a SongParody of Salt-n-Pepa’s “None of Your Business” as the credits play.


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* TeamPowerWalk: Tina, Gene, Louise, Andy, Ollie, Rudy, and Darryl do this after saving the candy and returning it back to the kids it was stolen from.
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* StockYuck: Bob purchased a bag of "Bitter Drops" to give out on Halloween. He thinks the fact that his grandfather loved them and they aren't too sweet are selling points.

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* AfraidOfBlood: Darryl claims he has “a thing about” blood right before the group goes in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ballroom of Blood.]] He fares alright once they’re inside, though.

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* AfraidOfBlood: Darryl claims he has “a "a thing about” about" blood right before the group goes in the [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Ballroom of Blood.]] Blood]]. He fares alright once they’re they're inside, though.



* IncrediblyLamePun:
** The kids' costumes: [[Music/{{Outkast}} Andre 3000]] [[Wrestling/AndreTheGiant The Giant]], [[Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo the dragon with the girl tattoo]], and Nun Of Your Business.
*** When Linda comments on Louise flipping the script, Louise reacts with confusion, implying that Louise's pun was ''accidental''.
** The Store Next Door is "Those Who Can, Dle Candles". It's even lamer when Glen says it out loud.


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* {{Pun}}:
** The kids' costumes: [[Music/{{Outkast}} Andre 3000]] [[Wrestling/AndreTheGiant the Giant]], [[Literature/MillenniumSeries the dragon with the girl tattoo]], and Nun of Your Business.
*** When Linda comments on Louise flipping the script, Louise reacts with confusion, implying that Louise's pun was ''accidental''.
** The Store Next Door is "Those Who Can, Dle Candles". It's even lamer when Glen says it out loud.
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-->'''Zeke''': I guess we're stuck between tricks and treats. We're Hallo-tweeners.//

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-->'''Zeke''': I guess we're stuck between tricks and treats. We're Hallo-tweeners.//
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** The exterminator van is "[[Film/TheBabadook The Bug-a-Dook Pest Control]]".

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** The exterminator van Exterminator Van is "[[Film/TheBabadook The Bug-a-Dook Pest Control]]".
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** The kids' costumes: [[Music/{{Outkast}} Andre 3000]] [[Wrestling/AndreTheGiant The Giant]], [[Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo a dragon with a girl tattoo]], and Nun Of Your Business.

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** The kids' costumes: [[Music/{{Outkast}} Andre 3000]] [[Wrestling/AndreTheGiant The Giant]], [[Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo a the dragon with a the girl tattoo]], and Nun Of Your Business.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Teddy is jealous of Glen, who is getting more handyman jobs than him, and convinces Bob to decorate the restaurant to one-up Glen, who is doing the Store Next Door. In the end, it turns out Glen was jealous of Teddy, considering him a better handyman.

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* GreenEyedMonster: Teddy is jealous envious of Glen, who is getting more handyman jobs than him, and convinces Bob to decorate the restaurant to one-up Glen, who is doing the Store Next Door. In the end, it turns out Glen was jealous of Teddy, considering him a better handyman.
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** In a FreezeFrameBonus, one can see the Cranwinkles dressed as Franchise/MenInBlack.

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** In a FreezeFrameBonus, one can see the Cranwinkles dressed as Franchise/MenInBlack.Film/TheBluesBrothers.
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-->'''Bob''': [Glen]'s bad news, Lin, and he's going down. He thought it was ''Glory Days'', but it's about to be ''Thunder Road''.
-->'''Teddy''': I don't get it. Is that a line from ''Film/{{Rambo}}''?

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-->'''Bob''': [Glen]'s bad news, Lin, and he's going down. He thought it was ''Glory Days'', but it's about to be ''Thunder Road''.
-->'''Teddy''':
Road''.\\
'''Teddy''':
I don't get it. Is that a line from ''Film/{{Rambo}}''?''Franchise/{{Rambo}}''?

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-->'''Tina:''' Money is just candy that hasn't been born yet.



* OpeningShoutOut: Not only is the Store Next Door still there in the episode, it actually plays a role in the B-plot (where it's being decorated by a rival handyman) and is even name-dropped.

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* OpeningShoutOut: Not only is the Store Next Door ("Those Who Can, Dle Candles") still there in the episode, it actually plays a role in the B-plot (where it's being decorated by a rival handyman) and is even name-dropped.

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