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* DirtyCommunists: The less intelligent students of Lawndale high become convinced Daria and Jane are "atomic communists".

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* CloudCuckooLander: The pizza delivery guy spends almost two hours at Daria and Jane talking about his latest alien abduction, and subsequently gets fired. At the end of the episode, he gives an interview about two female aliens that cost him his job and describes them to look like the girls.
* DirtyCommunists: The less intelligent students of Lawndale high High become convinced Daria and Jane are "atomic communists".



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Quinn and the Fashion Club dressing in black and Trent's disturbingly happy music are signs that something is wrong. [[spoiler: It turns out Quinn has a zit on her neck and was trying to hide it, the rest of the club was dressing the same way for "Solidarity," and Trent was writing a jingle for a car dealership.]]

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Quinn and the Fashion Club dressing in black and Trent's disturbingly happy music are signs that something is wrong. [[spoiler: It
* OccamsRazor: All of the OOC moments Daria and Jane notice have more plausible and logical explanations other than aliens.
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turns out Quinn has a zit on her neck and was trying to hide it, the rest of the club was dressing the same way for "Solidarity," and Trent was writing a jingle for a car dealership.]]
** [[spoiler:The delivery guy just turns out to be a crazy mythomaniac who distorts real facts to make them look like he was abducted by aliens several times.]]
** [[spoiler:Mr. [=DeMartino=] was taken by the Feds because someone at the school (namely Ms. Barch) falsely reported him as an illegal immigrant.
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* SuckinessIsPainful: Jane is left genuinely disturbed for her wellbeing while hearing Trent's uncharacteristically upbeat and crappy song being practiced.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: The Three Js overheard Mr. O'Neill discussing communism and aliens, and thought he was accusing Daria and Jane of being "atomic communists." It's not until the end of the episode where O'Neill clarifies what he was talking about when Kevin accuses the girls of trying to destroy football.

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* SuckinessIsPainful: Jane is left genuinely disturbed for her wellbeing well-being while hearing Trent's uncharacteristically upbeat and crappy song being practiced.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: The Three Js overheard Mr. O'Neill discussing communism and aliens, and thought he was accusing Daria and Jane of being "atomic communists." It's not until the end of the episode where that O'Neill clarifies what he was talking about when Kevin accuses the girls of trying to destroy football.

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* SuckinessIsPainful: Jane is left genuinely disturbed for her wellbeing while hearing Trent's uncharacteristically upbeat and crappy song being practiced.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: The Three Js overheard Mr. O'Neill discussing communism and aliens, and thought he was accusing Daria and Jane of being "atomic communists." It's not until the end of the episode where O'Neill clarifies what he was talking about when Kevin accuses the girls of trying to destroy football.
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* {{Expy}}: As the title's namesake, the government agents brought in are clear references to [[Series/TheXFiles Scully and Mulder]].
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* DirtyCommunists: The less intelligent students of Lawndale high become convinced Daria is an "atomic communist".

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* DirtyCommunists: The less intelligent students of Lawndale high become convinced Daria is an and Jane are "atomic communist".communists".
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* FreudianSlip: Sandi at one point goes on a rant culminating in mentioning how Quinn was about to finally reveal herself as "A two-faced little-" but then stops when she sees Daria is listening.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Ms. Barch wrongfully reported Mr. [=DeMartino=] as an illegal immigrant and tried to have him deported. After he spends a considerable amount of time in custody, Barch faces no repercussions for what she did.]]


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* OneDialogueTwoConversations: As Daria recaps the assembly to Helen and Jake, she's referring to aliens as in extraterrestrials, whereas her parents are referring to immigrants. Both parties are confused as Daria wonders what her parents mean by "We were all aliens" and Helen and Jake don't understand why she sounds prejudiced against immigrants.
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* ShoutOut: To Series/TheXFiles.

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* ShoutOut: To Series/TheXFiles.
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* ShoutOut: To TheXFiles.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Quinn and the Fashion Club dressing in black and Trent's disturbingly happy music are signs that something is wrong. [[spoiler: It turns out Quinn has a zit on her neck and was trying to hide it, the rest of the club was dressing the same way for "Solidarity," and Trent was writing a jingle for a car dealership.]]
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* TheMenInBlack: The government officials that show up in Lawndale.
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In Lawndale, several strange events happen to coincide over several days, including a government investigation.

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