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* SodaCandySplosion: The Stump Trio are told the tale of No-Neck Natthew, whose head [[YourHeadASplode exploded]] after being challenged to consume soda and "[[BlandNameProduct Poppin' Pebbles]]" simultaneously, and now haunts those who steal others' candy. When No-Neck Natthew appears to start haunting them, they defeat it by filling its torso with Poppin' Pebbles and soda, blowing it up to [[ScoobyDooHoax reveal that it was Big Red the whole time]].
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* BlandNameProduct: “Poppin Pebbles” are a reference to the classic popping candy, Pop Rocks.
* BlatantLies: Courtney flips off the lights in the smoothie shop to make the scene more dramatic for the story Tabitha is telling the Stump Trio. When Tabitha’s finished and the customer behind the kids asks if he can finally have his smoothie, Courtney lies and says the power is out.
* BlatantLies: Courtney flips off the lights in the smoothie shop to make the scene more dramatic for the story Tabitha is telling the Stump Trio. When Tabitha’s finished and the customer behind the kids asks if he can finally have his smoothie, Courtney lies and says the power is out.
* ChekhovsGun: The “Poppin Pebbles” from the Witches’ story, as well as the ones Craig confiscated from Jessica to keep safe, end up being what helps the kids stop the monster attacking the creek.
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* HeadlessHorseman: The No-Neck Natthew legend is a variation. He was a kid who ate crackling candy with soda and [[YourHeadAsplode his head exploded]]. Now his ghost haunts the Creek every Halloween, punishing those who steal other kids' trick-or-treat candy.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: No-Neck Natthew is apparently a real ghost. {{Lampshaded}} by JP at the very end of the episode.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Big Red’s LongList of everything she owes the Trading Tree for at the beginning of the episode foreshadows the reveal that it was her pretending to be No-Neck Natthew.
** Bobby mentioning that he has other ways of getting his candy when he can’t get it from the Trading Tree foreshadows his persistence in trick-or-treating later in the episode.
* GagHaircut: The combination of popping candy and soda is so powerful that when Big Red is revealed, she has a big stripe shaved down the middle of her hair from the explosion.
* HeadlessHorseman:The No-Neck Natthew legend is Natthew. He’s even said to use a variation. He was jack-o-lantern for a kid who ate crackling candy with soda and [[YourHeadAsplode his head exploded]]. Now when his ghost haunts comes back to haunt the Creek every Halloween, punishing those who steal other kids' trick-or-treat candy.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane:No-Neck Natthew is apparently a real ghost. {{Lampshaded}} by JP at Like most fantasy elements that appear in this otherwise realistic show, it’s unclear if the very end of the episode.kids really did see a ghost or if it was all their imagination. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by J.P.
-->'''J.P.:''' Yeah, we saw a headless ghost kid! I think.
** Big Red’s LongList of everything she owes the Trading Tree for at the beginning of the episode foreshadows the reveal that it was her pretending to be No-Neck Natthew.
** Bobby mentioning that he has other ways of getting his candy when he can’t get it from the Trading Tree foreshadows his persistence in trick-or-treating later in the episode.
* GagHaircut: The combination of popping candy and soda is so powerful that when Big Red is revealed, she has a big stripe shaved down the middle of her hair from the explosion.
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-->'''J.P.:''' Yeah, we saw a headless ghost kid! I think.
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* ShoutOut: Duane and Nicole dress up and act like [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]] and Music/MissyElliott, respectively. The latter ends up being an unintended CallForward, with Missy Elliot getting a guest role later playing a childhood rival of Nicole's.
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* ShoutOut: PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The episode ends with the kids being driven home by Duane as the camera pans up to the full moon in the night sky.
* RealAfterAll: After Big Red’s revealed to be the No-Neck Natthew monster, the real ghost of Natthew reveals himself to have been the astronaut kid all along and gives the Stump Trio his Halloween candy as a thank you for helping kids who have had their Halloween candy stolen. He then disappears, leaving behind his astronaut helmet as the only proof that he had even been there at all.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: A variation. All the kids in the creek are shocked by how much they owe Kit at the Trading Tree, except for Bobby who, ironically, has no debt at all.
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** Craig’s Halloween costume is Slide the Ferret, a ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' {{Expy}}.
** Duane and Nicole dress up and act like [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]] and Music/MissyElliott, respectively. The latter ends up being an unintended CallForward, with Missy Elliot getting a guest role later playing a childhood rival ofNicole's.Nicole's.
** The astronaut kid makes several classic space movie quotes including, “[[Film/{{Alien}} In space, no one can hear you scream]]” and “[[Film/Apollo13 Houston, we have a problem]]”.
* SpecialEditionTitle: The ending sequence song gets a spooky twist for this episode.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Bobby terrorizes the Williams house, refusing to leave no matter how much Halloween candy Duane gives him.
* UrbanLegend: The GhostStory of No-Neck Natthew - a kid who mixed popping candy with soda and his head exploded, so now every Halloween he comes back to punish those who steal other trick-or-treaters’ candy.
* VisualPun: The last piece of candy J.P. eats before No-Neck Natthew gets them is a candy bar called “Last Meal” with the tagline “Better make it last”.
-->'''J.P.:''' Guess it’s time for my last meal.
* RealAfterAll: After Big Red’s revealed to be the No-Neck Natthew monster, the real ghost of Natthew reveals himself to have been the astronaut kid all along and gives the Stump Trio his Halloween candy as a thank you for helping kids who have had their Halloween candy stolen. He then disappears, leaving behind his astronaut helmet as the only proof that he had even been there at all.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: A variation. All the kids in the creek are shocked by how much they owe Kit at the Trading Tree, except for Bobby who, ironically, has no debt at all.
* ShoutOut:
** Craig’s Halloween costume is Slide the Ferret, a ''[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' {{Expy}}.
** Duane and Nicole dress up and act like [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]] and Music/MissyElliott, respectively. The latter ends up being an unintended CallForward, with Missy Elliot getting a guest role later playing a childhood rival of
** The astronaut kid makes several classic space movie quotes including, “[[Film/{{Alien}} In space, no one can hear you scream]]” and “[[Film/Apollo13 Houston, we have a problem]]”.
* SpecialEditionTitle: The ending sequence song gets a spooky twist for this episode.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Bobby terrorizes the Williams house, refusing to leave no matter how much Halloween candy Duane gives him.
* UrbanLegend: The GhostStory of No-Neck Natthew - a kid who mixed popping candy with soda and his head exploded, so now every Halloween he comes back to punish those who steal other trick-or-treaters’ candy.
* VisualPun: The last piece of candy J.P. eats before No-Neck Natthew gets them is a candy bar called “Last Meal” with the tagline “Better make it last”.
-->'''J.P.:''' Guess it’s time for my last meal.
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* YourHeadAsplode: Allegedly what happened to No-Neck Natthew:
-->'''Tabitha:''' And his head guts went everywhere!” [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud [splattering sound effects]]] “And then his thoughts splattered all over the trees!
* YourHeadAsplode: Allegedly what happened to No-Neck Natthew:
-->'''Tabitha:''' And his head guts went everywhere!” [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud [splattering sound effects]]] “And then his thoughts splattered all over the trees!
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* [[BaldWomen Bald Girl]]: Big Red loses the top of her hair after the Stump Trio dump fizzy rocks and soda into her costume.
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* ActorAllusion: Duane is swindled by a trick-or-treater who keeps coming back to the door in a slightly modified costume each time, which also happened to Creator/TerryCrews' character on ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris''.
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* HeadlessHorseman: The No-Neck Natthew legend is a variation. He was a kid who ate crackling candy with soda and [[YourHeadAsplode his head exploded]]. Now his ghost haunts the Creek every Halloween, punishing those who steal other kid's trick-or-treat candy.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: No-Neck Natthew is apparently a real ghost. Lampshaded by JP at the very end of the episode.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: No-Neck Natthew is apparently a real ghost. Lampshaded by JP at the very end of the episode.
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* HeadlessHorseman: The No-Neck Natthew legend is a variation. He was a kid who ate crackling candy with soda and [[YourHeadAsplode his head exploded]]. Now his ghost haunts the Creek every Halloween, punishing those who steal other kid's kids' trick-or-treat candy.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: No-Neck Natthew is apparently a real ghost.Lampshaded {{Lampshaded}} by JP at the very end of the episode.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: No-Neck Natthew. It's a family name, apparently.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: No-Neck Natthew.''Natthew''. It's a family name, apparently.
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* RealityEnsues: When Duane abandons the car on the road after being scared by Bobby, Nicole makes him go get it back.
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* CheapCostume: Bobby just goes as himself the first time he trick or treats at the Williams house. The next time he's Bobby, but with a backpack.
* ColdOpen: Instead of beginning with a title card, the episode instead opens on the witches tellling the Stump trio the story of No-Neck Natthew.
* CoordinatedClothes: Kelsey and Mortimor are disguised as each other.
* ColdOpen: Instead of beginning with a title card, the episode instead opens on the witches tellling the Stump trio the story of No-Neck Natthew.
* CoordinatedClothes: Kelsey and Mortimor are disguised as each other.
* DangerTakesABackSeat: Bobby hides in the back of Duane's car to scare him.
* HeadlessHorseman: The No-Neck Natthew legend is a variation. He was a kid who ate crackling candy with soda and [[YourHeadAsplode his head exploded]]. Now his ghost haunts the Creek every Halloween, punishing those who steal other kid's trick-or-treat candy.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: No-Neck Natthew. It's a family name, apparently.
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* [[BaldWomen Bald Girl]]: Big Red loses the top of her hair after the Stump Trio dumps fizzy rocks and soda into her costume.
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* DeliberatelyCuteChild: The Stump Trio recruits Jessica to join them on their trick-or-treating quest so she can use her cuteness to bring in more candy.
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* MoodWhiplash: When Kit starts her Halloween announcement, the kids of the creek are excited and giddy to hear what she has to say. But then the mood changes when Kit reveals that she plans to collect everyone's debts.
* RealityEnsues: When Duane abandons the car on the road after being scared by Bobby, Nicole makes go get it back.
* ShoutOut: Duane and Nicole dress up and act like [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]] and Music/MissyElliott respectively.
* RealityEnsues: When Duane abandons the car on the road after being scared by Bobby, Nicole makes go get it back.
* ShoutOut: Duane and Nicole dress up and act like [[Series/FamilyMatters Steve Urkel]] and Music/MissyElliott respectively.
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* MoodWhiplash: When Kit starts her Halloween announcement, the kids of the creek are excited and giddy to hear what she has to say. But then However, the mood changes when Kit reveals that she plans to collect everyone's debts.
* RealityEnsues: When Duane abandons the car on the road after being scared by Bobby, Nicole makes him go get it back.
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* RealityEnsues: When Duane abandons the car on the road after being scared by Bobby, Nicole makes him go get it back.
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* [[BaldWomen Bald Girl]]: Big Red loses the top of her hair after the Stump Trio dumps fizzy rocks and soda into her costume.
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* TheCameo: The jerkhole customer from "Turning the Tables" appears in the witches' smoothie shop.
* CreepyChild: Bobby goes all out with this role in order to extort Duane for all the candy he has.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: The Stump Trio recruits Jessica to join them on their trick-or-treating quest so she can use her cuteness to bring in more candy.
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* MoodWhiplash: When Kit starts her Halloween announcement, the kids of the creek are excited and giddy to hear what she has to say. But then the mood changes when Kit reveals that she plans to collect everyone's debts.
* ShoutOut: Duane and Nicole dress up and act like [[{{Series/FamilyMatters}} Steve Urkel]] and Music/MissyElliott respectively.
* CreepyChild: Bobby goes all out with this role in order to extort Duane for all the candy he has.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: The Stump Trio recruits Jessica to join them on their trick-or-treating quest so she can use her cuteness to bring in more candy.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: No-Neck Natthew is apparently a real ghost. Lampshaded by JP at the very end of the
* MoodWhiplash: When Kit starts her Halloween announcement, the kids of the creek are excited and giddy to hear what she has to say. But then the mood changes when Kit reveals that she plans to collect everyone's debts.
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Craig and his friends plan the ultimate trick-or-treating route to pay off their candy debts to Kit and avoid a lifetime ban from the Trading Tree. Their venture is threatened when legends of a headless monster named "No-Neck Natthew" seem to become reality. Meanwhile, Duane is haunted by a very persistent trick-or-treater.
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