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* ThatsWhatSheSaid: Hank tried and fails to use the expression in the episode's opening, as the "she" in his mind isn't fond of using {{Double Entendre}}s.
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* ThatsWhatSheSaid: Hank tried and fails to use the expression in the episode's opening, as the "she" in his mind isn't fond of using {{Double Entendre}}s. It becomes a BrickJoke later on when Karen uses the phrase literally (in reference to something Lacey ''actually'' said) and Brent remarks that no one seems to know how to use the joke properly.
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* TheUnReveal: Lacey's actual box is with someone who's living in Scotland and is equally insistent on not opening things when asked to.
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* TheUnReveal: Lacey's actual box is with someone who's living in Scotland and is equally insistent on not opening things when asked to.to.
* WaxingLyrical: Upon seeing that the box contains a Christmas wreath that says "Peace On Earth", Brent notes "'Peace On Earth' was all it said", lyrics from the song "One Tin Soldier" by Canadian pop group The Original Caste.
* WaxingLyrical: Upon seeing that the box contains a Christmas wreath that says "Peace On Earth", Brent notes "'Peace On Earth' was all it said", lyrics from the song "One Tin Soldier" by Canadian pop group The Original Caste.
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* RefugeInAudactiy: The whole funeral plot fits:
'''Oscar:''' We got a good thing going here.\\
'''Oscar:''' We got a good thing going here.\\
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* RefugeInAudactiy: RefugeInAudacity: The whole funeral plot fits:
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* RefugeInAudactiy: The whole funeral plot fits:
'''Oscar:''' We got a good thing going here.\\
'''Wanda:''' No, it's over. Some people died and we had a few laughs, and snacks. Now it's time to move on.
'''Oscar:''' We got a good thing going here.\\
'''Wanda:''' No, it's over. Some people died and we had a few laughs, and snacks. Now it's time to move on.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Brent opens the box he and Karen came away with after the SatchelSwitcheroo below.
-->'''Brent:''' Socks? Why would someone be secretive about socks?\\
'''Karen:''' Those are ''my'' socks.\\
'''Brent:''' How'd she get your socks? Geez, you were right to be nosy.
-->'''Brent:''' Socks? Why would someone be secretive about socks?\\
'''Karen:''' Those are ''my'' socks.\\
'''Brent:''' How'd she get your socks? Geez, you were right to be nosy.
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* SatchelSwitcheroo: Brent and Karen attempt this to find out what's in Lacey's box, but Lacey shuffles them around so much that they leave with their original package. It eventually turns out that Lacey's box got mixed up with the holiday decorations of someone else.
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* SatchelSwitcheroo: Brent and Karen attempt this to find out what's in Lacey's box, but Lacey immediately sees through the ruse and shuffles them around so much that they leave with their original package. It eventually turns out that Lacey's box got mixed up with the holiday decorations of someone else.
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* CorruptCop: Karen has a loose definition of breaking and entering Lacey's house to look in the box.
-->'''Karen:''' I wouldn't be breaking in. She did invite me the other day.\\
'''Brent:''' That's the rule for vampires, not cops.
-->'''Karen:''' I wouldn't be breaking in. She did invite me the other day.\\
'''Brent:''' That's the rule for vampires, not cops.
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: Hank and Davis want to petition against the call center because they believe people will be annoyed by the phone calls. So they try to get people to sign the petition by... annoying them with phone calls. Ultimately subverted because the people get annoyed by the calling so much that they fear the call center will be the same and turn against it, anyway.
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* ImagineSpot: Both Karen and Brent imagine what's in Lacey's mystery box. Karen pictures a smaller box, while Brent assumes a fully-cooked turkey.
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* ImagineSpot: ImagineSpot:
** Both Karen and Brent imagine what's in Lacey's mystery box. Karen pictures a smaller box, while Brent assumes a fully-cookedturkey.turkey.
** One of Hank's ideas to petition against the call center is to shoot people with a tranquilizer dart and make them sign the petition while unconscious.
--->'''Davis:''' That might be illegal.
** Both Karen and Brent imagine what's in Lacey's mystery box. Karen pictures a smaller box, while Brent assumes a fully-cooked
** One of Hank's ideas to petition against the call center is to shoot people with a tranquilizer dart and make them sign the petition while unconscious.
--->'''Davis:''' That might be illegal.
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* ImagineSpot: Both Karen and Brent imagine what's in Lacey's mystery box. Karen pictures a smaller box, while Brent assumes a fully-cooked turkey.
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* ImplausibleDeniability: Wanda tries this when she's caught with tuna salad in her coat pockets, to no success.
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* ImplausibleDeniability: ImplausibleDeniability:
** Wanda tries this when she's caught with tuna salad in her coat pockets, to nosuccess.success.
** Lacey claims she wasn't sure whether or not needing help moving her dresser would be considered a police emergency. It was really just a ploy to get Karen to come to her house and help move it.
** Wanda tries this when she's caught with tuna salad in her coat pockets, to no
** Lacey claims she wasn't sure whether or not needing help moving her dresser would be considered a police emergency. It was really just a ploy to get Karen to come to her house and help move it.
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* InstantlyProvenWrong:
-->'''Oscar:''' You knew Jed?\\
'''Wanda:''' Well of course. We played softball together.\\
'''Oscar:''' He's been in a wheelchair for the last 15 years.\\
'''Wanda:''' [[BlatantLies That's why we called him "Wheelie".]]
-->'''Oscar:''' You knew Jed?\\
'''Wanda:''' Well of course. We played softball together.\\
'''Oscar:''' He's been in a wheelchair for the last 15 years.\\
'''Wanda:''' [[BlatantLies That's why we called him "Wheelie".]]
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* AccidentalMisnaming:
-->'''Jed's Widow:''' Thank you so much for coming.\\
'''Wanda:''' Corner Gas sends its condolences. Jeff was one of our favorite customers.\\
'''Jed's Widow:''' Jed.\\
'''Wanda:''' Very sad.
-->'''Jed's Widow:''' Thank you so much for coming.\\
'''Wanda:''' Corner Gas sends its condolences. Jeff was one of our favorite customers.\\
'''Jed's Widow:''' Jed.\\
'''Wanda:''' Very sad.
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'''Hank:''' ''[overhearing]'' You wanna makes us a dog center? That's the worst idea I've ever heard!\\
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'''Hank:''' ''[overhearing]'' You wanna makes make us a dog center? That's the worst idea I've ever heard!\\
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* ForInconveniencePressOne: The reason Hank is so against a call center is because he once tried to call a hotline for a jar of peanut butter and got so confused by the selections he ended up freaking out.
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* SatchelSwitcheroo: Brent and Karen attempt this to find out what's in Lacey's box, but Lacey shuffles them around so much that they leave with their original package. It eventually turns out that Lacey's box got mixed up with the holiday decorations of someone else.
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* {{Mondegreen}}:
-->'''Fitzy:''' I'm hoping all municipal employees can help spread the word about bringing a call center to Dog River.\\
'''Hank:''' ''[overhearing]'' You wanna makes us a dog center? That's the worst idea I've ever heard!\\
'''Davis:''' That's the worst idea you ''misheard''.
-->'''Fitzy:''' I'm hoping all municipal employees can help spread the word about bringing a call center to Dog River.\\
'''Hank:''' ''[overhearing]'' You wanna makes us a dog center? That's the worst idea I've ever heard!\\
'''Davis:''' That's the worst idea you ''misheard''.
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* StopBeingStereotypical: Lacey and Karen are rather condescending and dismissive of Emma for comparing her housework and motherly duties to their jobs. This causes Emma to take the call center job.
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'''A Plot:''' Fitzy has plans to start a call center, but Davis (who worries about how it'll affect the community) and Hank (who had a bad experience with one in the past) work together to try and stop it by calling as many people as possible. Emma, who was ridiculed earlier for being a homemaker, decides to start working there.
'''B Plot:''' Wanda attends a funeral and runs into Oscar, revealing to him that she didn't really know the deceased, and is just there to take time off of work and dine on free sandwiches. When Emma becomes too busy with the call center to make him food, Oscar decides to take Wanda to more funerals and learn how to mooch like she does. Wanda's worried that he'll ruin her scheme and attempts to rat him out to Fitzy's mom, only to get caught herself.
'''B Plot:''' Wanda attends a funeral and runs into Oscar, revealing to him that she didn't really know the deceased, and is just there to take time off of work and dine on free sandwiches. When Emma becomes too busy with the call center to make him food, Oscar decides to take Wanda to more funerals and learn how to mooch like she does. Wanda's worried that he'll ruin her scheme and attempts to rat him out to Fitzy's mom, only to get caught herself.
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'''A Plot:''' Fitzy has plans to start a call center, but center. Emma, who was ridiculed earlier for being a homemaker, decides to start working there. But Davis (who worries about how it'll affect the community) and Hank (who had a bad experience with one in the past) work together to try and stop it by calling as many people as possible. Emma, who was ridiculed earlier for being a homemaker, decides to start working there.
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'''B Plot:''' Wanda attends a funeral and runs into Oscar, revealing to him that she didn't really know the deceased, and is just there to take time off of work and dine on free sandwiches. When Emma becomes too busy with the call center to make him food, Oscar decides to take Wanda to more funerals and learn how to mooch like she does. Wanda's worried that he'll ruin her scheme and attempts to rat him out to Fitzy'smom, grandma, only to get caught herself.
'''B Plot:''' Wanda attends a funeral and runs into Oscar, revealing to him that she didn't really know the deceased, and is just there to take time off of work and dine on free sandwiches. When Emma becomes too busy with the call center to make him food, Oscar decides to take Wanda to more funerals and learn how to mooch like she does. Wanda's worried that he'll ruin her scheme and attempts to rat him out to Fitzy's
* CrocodileTears: A variation, in that Wanda teaches Oscar to look pensively at his shoes in order to fake mourning.
* ImplausibleDeniability: Wanda tries this when she's caught with tuna salad in her coat pockets, to no success.
* ImplausibleDeniability: Wanda tries this when she's caught with tuna salad in her coat pockets, to no success.
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* TitleDrop: Karen wants to know what's ''inside'' a box by taking it out, and Oscar decides to think "outside the box" when Wanda doesn't want to bring him to another funeral for free food, by attending the birthday party of Wanda's kid.kid to get free cake.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"This may not be my box."]]
'''A Plot:''' Fitzy has plans to start a call center, but Davis (who worries about how it'll affect the community) and Hank (who had a bad experience with one in the past) work together to try and stop it by calling as many people as possible. Emma, who was ridiculed earlier for being a homemaker, decides to start working there.
'''B Plot:''' Wanda attends a funeral and runs into Oscar, revealing to him that she didn't really know the deceased, and is just there to take time off of work and dine on free sandwiches. When Emma becomes too busy with the call center to make him food, Oscar decides to take Wanda to more funerals and learn how to mooch like she does. Wanda's worried that he'll ruin her scheme and attempts to rat him out to Fitzy's mom, only to get caught herself.
'''C Plot:''' Lacey asks Karen to assist her with moving a dresser, but Karen notices a box in Lacey's house that's never been opened and becomes obsessed over it, getting Brent wrapped up in the issue as well.
!Tropes referenced:
* SatchelSwitcheroo: Brent and Karen attempt this to find out what's in Lacey's box, but Lacey shuffles them around so much that they leave with their original package. It eventually turns out that Lacey's box got mixed up with the holiday decorations of someone else.
* ThatsWhatSheSaid: Hank tried and fails to use the expression in the episode's opening, as the "she" in his mind isn't fond of using {{Double Entendre}}s.
* TitleDrop: Karen wants to know what's ''inside'' a box by taking it out, and Oscar decides to think "outside the box" when Wanda doesn't want to bring him to another funeral for free food, attending the birthday party of Wanda's kid.
* TheUnReveal: Lacey's actual box is with someone who's living in Scotland and is equally insistent on not opening things when asked to.
[[caption-width-right:350:"This may not be my box."]]
'''A Plot:''' Fitzy has plans to start a call center, but Davis (who worries about how it'll affect the community) and Hank (who had a bad experience with one in the past) work together to try and stop it by calling as many people as possible. Emma, who was ridiculed earlier for being a homemaker, decides to start working there.
'''B Plot:''' Wanda attends a funeral and runs into Oscar, revealing to him that she didn't really know the deceased, and is just there to take time off of work and dine on free sandwiches. When Emma becomes too busy with the call center to make him food, Oscar decides to take Wanda to more funerals and learn how to mooch like she does. Wanda's worried that he'll ruin her scheme and attempts to rat him out to Fitzy's mom, only to get caught herself.
'''C Plot:''' Lacey asks Karen to assist her with moving a dresser, but Karen notices a box in Lacey's house that's never been opened and becomes obsessed over it, getting Brent wrapped up in the issue as well.
!Tropes referenced:
* SatchelSwitcheroo: Brent and Karen attempt this to find out what's in Lacey's box, but Lacey shuffles them around so much that they leave with their original package. It eventually turns out that Lacey's box got mixed up with the holiday decorations of someone else.
* ThatsWhatSheSaid: Hank tried and fails to use the expression in the episode's opening, as the "she" in his mind isn't fond of using {{Double Entendre}}s.
* TitleDrop: Karen wants to know what's ''inside'' a box by taking it out, and Oscar decides to think "outside the box" when Wanda doesn't want to bring him to another funeral for free food, attending the birthday party of Wanda's kid.
* TheUnReveal: Lacey's actual box is with someone who's living in Scotland and is equally insistent on not opening things when asked to.
