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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The pitch video misspells the word "confident."
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Video Production Company (VPC) infiltrates Tesla and unsuccessfully tries to pitch their services. Joan from Krispy Kreme approaches Zona about returning to the donut franchise to twirl signs, but Zona turns it down to pursue her dream of making videos with her friends. The VPC crew film an office safety demonstration video for Office Solutions, and accidentally injure the main star of the commercial Mr. Frank Butts. Since they don't have insurance, they have to dig up $4,000 to cover for medical costs.

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!!Tropes in this episode include:

* AccidentalBargainingSkills: Joan approaches Zona and Devin (who are {{Dumpster Div|e}}ing for anything they can sell) with a $50,000 per year gig working for Krispy Kreme. Zona replies "What?" and Joan keeps raising the deal by $10,000. Devin encourages her to "keep saying what."
* AirQuotes: Mr. Butts uses these when he says that Owen is the "director", which Owen is not happy about.
* TheBore: Frank Butts
* ConspicuousConsumption: Joan eats a donut filled with cash.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment
** Zona in VPC's promotional video:
---> '''Zona:''' If you're watching this, then you must need a video for your business company...
** Ryan, later in the same episode:
---> '''Ryan:''' How're we gonna find $4,000 in six hours? We're broke poor.
---> '''Zona:''' You don't have to say both. [[LampshadeHanging They mean the same thing]].
* DumpsterDive: Zona and Devin search a dumpster for stuff they can sell.
* KitschyLocalCommercial: Video Production Company's has a low-budget pitch video with a futuristic theme.
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The pitch video misspells the word "confident."
* RousingSpeech: Played with in Ryan's "pep talk". Ryan says he still has hope, but admits that he never actually has hope because things are bad, but it's okay because [[WeAllDieSomeday we all die one day]].
--> '''Zona:''' Was that a pep talk?
* ScareQuotes:
* ShoutOut:
** Zona holds picture of Creator/StevenSpielberg in VPC's pitch video when she mentions "a video made by some old so-and-so".
** Zona says Devin looks like fat Scott Calvin from ''Film/TheSantaClause'', which De
* StuffBlowingUp: The pitch video ends with an explosion.
* UnfortunateNames: Frank Butts insists on being called Mr. Butts, and gets mad at anybody for laughing at his name.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Zona, briefly, while suffering the repercussions of donating plasma eight times in one day.

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