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Not So Different has been renamed, and it needs to be dewicked/moved


* NotSoDifferent: David used to be just as bitter and jaded about camp as Max.
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** There are a ton of callbacks to "Journey to Spooky Island" including Jasper's light-up shoes and the origin of the two stuff bears in Campbell's house.
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Later flashbacks that aren't narrated show David speaking like that so he most likely didn't actually censor himself. But Neil and Max do believe he made up another part of the story.


* UnreliableNarrator: Given how everyone reacts to his GoshDarnItToHeck, it's entirely likely that Davey really ''was'' swearing his head off, and is changing the words in hindsight because he's telling the story to children.

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* UnreliableNarrator: Given how everyone reacts At one point in the story, David declares why he needs to his GoshDarnItToHeck, it's entirely likely rescue Jasper, he says that Davey really ''was'' swearing his head off, and is changing one day he'll look back on the words in hindsight because he's moment "while possibly telling the this story to children.some kids in a car on the way to the hospital." Neil and Max both stop David at that point and call him out, believing he just made that part up on the spot, but Nikki just wants David to continue.
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* NonIndicativeTitle: Despite the episode's title, Jasper doesn't die. This is fairly fitting considering the [[Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd book the title is referencing]] is also a NonIndicativeTitle, though for a different reason [[note:In the book, John does die, but it is early on]].

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* NonIndicativeTitle: Despite the episode's title, Jasper doesn't die. This is fairly fitting considering the [[Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd book the title is referencing]] is also a NonIndicativeTitle, though for a different reason [[note:In [[note]]In the book, John does die, but it is early on]].on[[/note]].
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* NonIndicativeTitle: Despite the episode's title, Jasper doesn't die. This is fairly fitting considering the [[Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd book the title is referencing]] is also a NonIndicativeTitle, though for a different reason[[note:In the book, John does die, but it is early on]].

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* NonIndicativeTitle: Despite the episode's title, Jasper doesn't die. This is fairly fitting considering the [[Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd book the title is referencing]] is also a NonIndicativeTitle, though for a different reason[[note:In reason [[note:In the book, John does die, but it is early on]].

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* NonIndicativeTitle: Despite the episode's title, Jasper doesn't die.

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* NonIndicativeTitle: Despite the episode's title, Jasper doesn't die. This is fairly fitting considering the [[Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd book the title is referencing]] is also a NonIndicativeTitle, though for a different reason[[note:In the book, John does die, but it is early on]].


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* ShoutOut: The episode's title is a reference to David Wong's book, ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd''.

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** The two stuffed bears in Campbell's summer home meet their maker here.



** The two stuffed bears in Campbell's summer home meet their maker here.

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* RapidFireNo: Max does this when he realizes that David is about to subject them to a flashback/long and boring story.



-->'''Campbell:''' Sure, LetsGoWithThat.

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-->'''Campbell:''' Sure, LetsGoWithThat.let's go with that.
* TemptingFate: Max, Neil, and Nikki are stuck with David on a long car ride, and Max warns his friends not to start David on any long boring tangents. Nikki immediately asks about one of David's old pieces of camp paraphenalia, which kicks off the episode.
* TimeAbyss: The Quartermaster has not aged at all in at least ten years.


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* TheUnreveal: The episode briefly teases that Jasper fell off a cliff and died, but ultimately never reveals what happened to him.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Davey's experience saving Jasper with his knowledge of nature is what propels him from bitter snarky little kid to the enthusiastic camper he is today. Jasper's experience falling off a cliff and getting dragged off by bears is what pushes him in the opposite direction.



** The two stuffed bears in Campbell's summer home meet their maker here.
* GoshDarnItToHeck: Davey swears like this even as a kid, but everyone reacts as though "hooey" and "square" are full-fledged curses.



* WouldHurtAChild: Cameron prepares to stab David InTheBack to keep him from telling anyone that Jasper died. He holds off when it turns out Jasper's alive.

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* NotSoDifferent: David used to be just as bitter and jaded about camp as Max.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Davey assumes that Campbell was so useless on their nature hike because he wanted to text Davey's knowledge and make him save Jasper himself.
-->'''Campbell:''' Sure, LetsGoWithThat.
* UnreliableNarrator: Given how everyone reacts to his GoshDarnItToHeck, it's entirely likely that Davey really ''was'' swearing his head off, and is changing the words in hindsight because he's telling the story to children.
* WouldHurtAChild: Cameron prepares to stab David InTheBack to keep him from telling anyone that Jasper died. He holds off when it turns out Jasper's alive.alive.
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David tells Max, Neil and Nikki of his own time at Camp Campbell, a tale of when he learned to love the camp, involving his fellow camper Jasper.

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* BearsAreBadNews: Poor Jasper has a run-in with some ursine specimens.
* CallForward: Jasper has a pair of light-up sneakers, which he mentioned having in Episode 3 of Season 1.
* ContinuityNod: The flashback starts with an "Order of the Sparrow" ceremony, the same ceremony David tried to do in the season one finale.
* NonIndicativeTitle: Despite the episode's title, Jasper doesn't die.
* WouldHurtAChild: Cameron prepares to stab David InTheBack to keep him from telling anyone that Jasper died. He holds off when it turns out Jasper's alive.

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