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* BadassBoast: Chuck gets a beauty over the walkie.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"I can't believe how fast they rebuilt it."]]
'''''Chuck Versus The Anniversary''''' is the first episode of ''Series/{{Chuck}}'''s fourth season.
The CIA gains control over the Buy More, Chuck and Morgan go in search of Chuck's long-lost mother, and Casey and Sarah hunt a Russian operative to investigate the mysterious Volkoff Industries.
!!This episode provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion
** Creator/HarryDeanStanton plays the role of a Film/RepoMan who goes after Chuck and Morgan to confiscate their car since they're deep in debt.
** Creator/DolphLundgren as Marco drops several of his lines as Ivan Drago from ''Film/RockyIV''.
-->'''Marco:''' ''[preparing to torture Casey and Sarah]'' I must ''break'' you.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Greta is a brunette secret agent with an aloof and cold personality, to the point the only emotion she shows is vague disdain for Morgan's flirting.
* ArmsDealer: Volkoff Industries, a Russian arms dealer company that Sarah and Casey are investigating and build the handheld EMP they're after.
* BadassInDistress: Sarah and Casey are kidnapped and held hostage by Marco and his men, and need Chuck's help to be rescued.
* BattleDiscretionShot: PlayedWith. Sarah and Casey discover (through the villain's walkie-talkie) that Chuck and Morgan are surrounded by ten enemy guards, armed with weapons. Gunfire and screaming commences, but we only hear it through the walkie-talkie as we focus on Sarah and Casey's expressions. While they believe that Chuck is dead, we then [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome hear Chuck talking through the Walkie-Talkie, and see all ten guards strewn about all over the place]].
--> '''Morgan:''' You were limber!
* ChairReveal: Done to reveal General Beckman, or "Diane," as her Buy More name tag would suggest, in the manager's chair, revealing how the new Buy More is now an asset to the CIA.
* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The Buy More has rebuilt and entirely taken over by the CIA and is a full-fledged CIA-NSA secret base, complete with an ElaborateUndergroundBase.
* {{EMP}}: Sarah and Casey retrieve a powerful handheld EMP device, created by Volkoff Industries. [[note]]It will later be [[ChekhovsGun later used]] to deactivate plasma bombs in "Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff".[[/note]]
* FakeKillScare: A variant appears in "Chuck Versus the Anniversary": Sarah and Casey have been captured, and Chuck and Morgan are surrounded as they attempt to save them. Sarah begs for them to be let go over the radio, and Marco orders his men to kill them. Gunshots and a scream are heard....[[spoiler: and then Chuck's voice is heard]].
* FeetFirstIntroduction: Greta has introduced with a slow pan up her [[ShesGotLegs rather nice stems]].
* GiantMook: Marco is a gigantic Russian henchman that works for Volkoff Industries.
* HandyFeet: After being captured and tied to a chair, Sarah manages to untie her feet and tries typing in her cell using her toes, asking Chuck for help. But her brief messages are misinterpreted by Morgan (who has Chuck's phone) as Sarah is [[IntimateTelecommunications sexting]].
* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Mary asks Marco whether or not he told Volkoff about Chuck searching for her. He's predictably killed when he answer that he didn't yet.
* IHaveAFamily: A rare villain example of this. When [[MissingMom Chuck's mom]], Mary, is motivated into killing the men with her and escaping, Marco tries this exact line on her. She simply replies, "[[MamaBear So do I]]" and shoots him.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Both Chuck and Morgan are very [[EatingTheEyeCandy taken]] by Greta when they see her for the first time.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Chuck tells this Marco when he learns he has Sarah as a hostage.
* KnockoutGas: Marco kidnaps Sarah and Casey by flooding the room with knockout gas.
* MistakenForBadass: When Chuck and Morgan's search for Chuck's mom has led them extremely close to Volkoff Industries, the {{Arms Dealer}}s that Sarah and Casey have been tracking on their own. The Volkoff agent Marco assumes that their use of public transportation and tourist disguises were effective ploys to avoid being tracked, and believes them to be super-spies even better than Sarah and Casey, who he had just kidnapped with plans to torture them for information on the former two. In truth... their cheap car got repossessed hence the public transit, and that's ''actually'' how they dress when going to different countries.
* MsFanservice: The ''very first'' shot of [[HeadTurningBeauty Greta]] (Creator/OliviaMunn) is a [[MaleGaze very slow pan up]] as she {{Sexy Walk}}s (in [[SlowMotion slow-mo]]) towards Chuck and Morgan upon their entering the Buy More.
* NoodleIncident: Chuck and Morgan keep alluding to a certain incident they had in Tangiers.
* ShoutOut: One of Chuck's job interviews is at [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Vandalay Industries]].
* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: Chuck's search for a job goes like this. {{Inverted}} in that it is the ''interviewers'' who are bad, but only because of CIA sabotage, since Beckett wants Chuck as a spy.
* ThisIsReality: At the episode's opening, while discussing their secret mission, Chuck tells Morgan that this is not the opening to a TV show.
* TrueCompanions: Morgan, Sarah and Casey show a complete lack of hesitation when Chuck asks if they'll help him find his mother. Casey even says he's only annoyed Chuck didn't ask sooner.
* VillainOfTheWeek: Marco, who's under the employ of Volkoff Industries, to smuggle a powerful {{EMP}} device until he was thwarted by Chuck and his crew.
* WhamLine: Chuck attempts to tell Ellie that he has rejoined the CIA as a spy and is searching for their mother, but she interrupts him by revealing she is pregnant, making him forget about his own reveal.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/OliviaMunn's incarnation of Greta was intended to have been a recurring role, however other commitments forced her to reluctantly drop out after her first appearance. It was then decided to [[LegacyCharacter rotate different actors into the role each appearance of "Greta"]] rather than drop the character.
* WorkingTheSameCase: This episode features two plotlines: Chuck and Morgan searching for Chuck's mother, and Casey and Sarah investigating an ArmsDealer, which leads them both to the same place.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"I can't believe how fast they rebuilt it."]]
'''''Chuck Versus The Anniversary''''' is the first episode of ''Series/{{Chuck}}'''s fourth season.
The CIA gains control over the Buy More, Chuck and Morgan go in search of Chuck's long-lost mother, and Casey and Sarah hunt a Russian operative to investigate the mysterious Volkoff Industries.
!!This episode provides examples of:
* ActorAllusion
** Creator/HarryDeanStanton plays the role of a Film/RepoMan who goes after Chuck and Morgan to confiscate their car since they're deep in debt.
** Creator/DolphLundgren as Marco drops several of his lines as Ivan Drago from ''Film/RockyIV''.
-->'''Marco:''' ''[preparing to torture Casey and Sarah]'' I must ''break'' you.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Greta is a brunette secret agent with an aloof and cold personality, to the point the only emotion she shows is vague disdain for Morgan's flirting.
* ArmsDealer: Volkoff Industries, a Russian arms dealer company that Sarah and Casey are investigating and build the handheld EMP they're after.
* BadassInDistress: Sarah and Casey are kidnapped and held hostage by Marco and his men, and need Chuck's help to be rescued.
* BattleDiscretionShot: PlayedWith. Sarah and Casey discover (through the villain's walkie-talkie) that Chuck and Morgan are surrounded by ten enemy guards, armed with weapons. Gunfire and screaming commences, but we only hear it through the walkie-talkie as we focus on Sarah and Casey's expressions. While they believe that Chuck is dead, we then [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome hear Chuck talking through the Walkie-Talkie, and see all ten guards strewn about all over the place]].
--> '''Morgan:''' You were limber!
* ChairReveal: Done to reveal General Beckman, or "Diane," as her Buy More name tag would suggest, in the manager's chair, revealing how the new Buy More is now an asset to the CIA.
* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The Buy More has rebuilt and entirely taken over by the CIA and is a full-fledged CIA-NSA secret base, complete with an ElaborateUndergroundBase.
* {{EMP}}: Sarah and Casey retrieve a powerful handheld EMP device, created by Volkoff Industries. [[note]]It will later be [[ChekhovsGun later used]] to deactivate plasma bombs in "Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff".[[/note]]
* FakeKillScare: A variant appears in "Chuck Versus the Anniversary": Sarah and Casey have been captured, and Chuck and Morgan are surrounded as they attempt to save them. Sarah begs for them to be let go over the radio, and Marco orders his men to kill them. Gunshots and a scream are heard....[[spoiler: and then Chuck's voice is heard]].
* FeetFirstIntroduction: Greta has introduced with a slow pan up her [[ShesGotLegs rather nice stems]].
* GiantMook: Marco is a gigantic Russian henchman that works for Volkoff Industries.
* HandyFeet: After being captured and tied to a chair, Sarah manages to untie her feet and tries typing in her cell using her toes, asking Chuck for help. But her brief messages are misinterpreted by Morgan (who has Chuck's phone) as Sarah is [[IntimateTelecommunications sexting]].
* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: Mary asks Marco whether or not he told Volkoff about Chuck searching for her. He's predictably killed when he answer that he didn't yet.
* IHaveAFamily: A rare villain example of this. When [[MissingMom Chuck's mom]], Mary, is motivated into killing the men with her and escaping, Marco tries this exact line on her. She simply replies, "[[MamaBear So do I]]" and shoots him.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Both Chuck and Morgan are very [[EatingTheEyeCandy taken]] by Greta when they see her for the first time.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Chuck tells this Marco when he learns he has Sarah as a hostage.
* KnockoutGas: Marco kidnaps Sarah and Casey by flooding the room with knockout gas.
* MistakenForBadass: When Chuck and Morgan's search for Chuck's mom has led them extremely close to Volkoff Industries, the {{Arms Dealer}}s that Sarah and Casey have been tracking on their own. The Volkoff agent Marco assumes that their use of public transportation and tourist disguises were effective ploys to avoid being tracked, and believes them to be super-spies even better than Sarah and Casey, who he had just kidnapped with plans to torture them for information on the former two. In truth... their cheap car got repossessed hence the public transit, and that's ''actually'' how they dress when going to different countries.
* MsFanservice: The ''very first'' shot of [[HeadTurningBeauty Greta]] (Creator/OliviaMunn) is a [[MaleGaze very slow pan up]] as she {{Sexy Walk}}s (in [[SlowMotion slow-mo]]) towards Chuck and Morgan upon their entering the Buy More.
* NoodleIncident: Chuck and Morgan keep alluding to a certain incident they had in Tangiers.
* ShoutOut: One of Chuck's job interviews is at [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Vandalay Industries]].
* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: Chuck's search for a job goes like this. {{Inverted}} in that it is the ''interviewers'' who are bad, but only because of CIA sabotage, since Beckett wants Chuck as a spy.
* ThisIsReality: At the episode's opening, while discussing their secret mission, Chuck tells Morgan that this is not the opening to a TV show.
* TrueCompanions: Morgan, Sarah and Casey show a complete lack of hesitation when Chuck asks if they'll help him find his mother. Casey even says he's only annoyed Chuck didn't ask sooner.
* VillainOfTheWeek: Marco, who's under the employ of Volkoff Industries, to smuggle a powerful {{EMP}} device until he was thwarted by Chuck and his crew.
* WhamLine: Chuck attempts to tell Ellie that he has rejoined the CIA as a spy and is searching for their mother, but she interrupts him by revealing she is pregnant, making him forget about his own reveal.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/OliviaMunn's incarnation of Greta was intended to have been a recurring role, however other commitments forced her to reluctantly drop out after her first appearance. It was then decided to [[LegacyCharacter rotate different actors into the role each appearance of "Greta"]] rather than drop the character.
* WorkingTheSameCase: This episode features two plotlines: Chuck and Morgan searching for Chuck's mother, and Casey and Sarah investigating an ArmsDealer, which leads them both to the same place.
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