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* RageBreakingPoint: Evan hits this when, after already winning his friends over at the mall shopping for birdwatching gear, Eddie joins Evan's friends for the event and Eddie makes a "nerd watching" joke that the other birdwatchers laugh at, accusing him of trying to steal his friends.

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* RageBreakingPoint: Evan hits this when, after already winning his friends over at the mall shopping for birdwatching gear, Eddie joins Evan's friends for the event and Eddie makes a "nerd watching" "[[TitleDrop nerd watching]]" joke that the other birdwatchers laugh at, accusing him of trying to steal his friends.
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: In the end, it turns out that Grandma was scamming the person that was trying to scam her, and Louis boasts how ''none'' of the Huangs are easily fooled, before proving himself to be SuperGullible.

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* InstantlyProvenWrong: In the end, it turns out that Grandma was scamming the person that they thought was trying to scam her, and Louis boasts how ''none'' of the Huangs are easily fooled, before proving himself to be SuperGullible.
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* ConArtist: It's suspected that Grandma is being suckered by one, but not only does "Oswaldo the alpaca farmer" who needed money to repair his fences turn out to be real, Louis and Jessica learn in the end that Grandma scammed ''him'' by already resold the alpaca-fur clothing he gave her in return for three times the amount she paid.

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* ConArtist: It's suspected that Grandma is being suckered by one, but not only does "Oswaldo the alpaca farmer" who needed money to repair his fences turn out to be real, Louis and Jessica learn in the end that Grandma scammed ''him'' by ''him'', having already resold the alpaca-fur clothing he gave her in return for three times the amount she paid.

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Evan invites Eddie to spend time with him and his birdwatching club before Eddie's student exchange trip to Taiwan, only to become jealous when the club starts idolizing Eddie. When it looks like Grandma Jenny has been scammed, Jessica says it's because Louis' side of the family is gullible, so Louis and Emery conspire against her.

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Evan invites Eddie to spend time with him and his birdwatching club before Eddie's student exchange trip to Taiwan, only to become jealous when the club starts idolizing Eddie. When it looks like Grandma Jenny has been scammed, Jessica says it's refuses to help because she believes Louis' side of the family is gullible, SuperGullible and should pay for their mistakes, so Louis and Emery conspire against her.



* ConArtist: It's suspected that Grandma is being suckered by one, but it turns out in the end that she already resold what he gave her for three times the amount she paid.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Louis and Emery's idea to fake a scam in order to trick Jessica not only upsets her, it also leads to one of her greatest fears coming true...Emery enjoying playing a role [[ADegreeInUseless and deciding to become an actor]].
* ImagineSpot: A reoccurring gag in the episode is members of the Huang family envisioning themselves in a music video in order to understand Eddie's mindset better (though not perfectly; Evan thinks that ''[[Music/{{TLC}} Waterfalls]]'' is about self-acceptance and has to be informed by Eddie that it was about HIV).

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* ConArtist: It's suspected that Grandma is being suckered by one, but it turns not only does "Oswaldo the alpaca farmer" who needed money to repair his fences turn out to be real, Louis and Jessica learn in the end that she Grandma scammed ''him'' by already resold what the alpaca-fur clothing he gave her in return for three times the amount she paid.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Louis and Emery's Louis' idea to fake have Emery pretend to give his own money to Grandma out of a scam desire to be charitable in order to trick get Jessica to intervene not only upsets her, her when the truth is revealed, it also leads to one of her greatest fears coming true...Emery enjoying playing a role [[ADegreeInUseless and deciding to become an actor]].
* ImagineSpot: A reoccurring gag in the episode is members of the Huang family Evan envisioning themselves himself in a music video in order to understand Eddie's mindset better (though not perfectly; Evan thinks that ''[[Music/{{TLC}} Waterfalls]]'' is about self-acceptance and has to be informed by Eddie that it was about HIV).HIV). In TheTag, he tries to get their parents to do the same.


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Louis has this reaction when, immediately after scaring "Oswaldo" away with Jessica's help, Honey (who helped translate Grandma's emails to Oswaldo) stops by the house with proof that he was completely genuine.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: It turns out the reason Eddie agreed to spend time with Evan and his birdwatching club was to avoid this, wanting to leave his brother with positive memories of him before leaving for Taiwan (or heading off to college at some point afterwards).
* RageBreakingPoint: Evan hits this when, after already winning his friends over at the mall shopping for birdwatching gear, Eddie joins Evan's friends for the event and Eddie makes a "nerd watching" joke that the other birdwatchers laugh at, accusing him of trying to steal his friends.


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* WhatsAHenway: When Evan's friends ask Eddie where he learned how to be cool, he says he learned it from Supdog, and when they ask what's Supdog, he gets to finish the joke.
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* GoneHorriblyWrong: Louis and Emery's idea to fake a scam in order to trick Jessica not only upsets her, it also leads to one of her greatest fears coming true...Emery enjoying playing a role [[ADegreeInUseless and deciding to become an actor]].
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* ConArtist: It's suspected that Grandma is being suckered by one, but it turns out in the end that she already resold what he gave her for three times the amount she paid.
* ImagineSpot: A reoccurring gag in the episode is members of the Huang family envisioning themselves in a music video in order to understand Eddie's mindset better (though not perfectly; Evan thinks that ''[[Music/{{TLC}} Waterfalls]]'' is about self-acceptance and has to be informed by Eddie that it was about HIV).
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Evan invites Eddie to spend time with him and his birdwatching club before Eddie's student exchange trip to Taiwan, only to become jealous when the club starts idolizing Eddie. When it looks like Grandma Jenny has been scammed, Jessica says it's because Louis' side of the family is gullible, so Louis and Emery conspire against her.
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: In the end, it turns out that Grandma was scamming the person that was trying to scam her, and Louis boasts how ''none'' of the Huangs are easily fooled, before proving himself to be SuperGullible.
* SuperGullible: Right after boasting about how none of the Huangs are actually gullible, it turns out that Louis recently bought a stretchy waistband to help with digestion that is blatantly a scam.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When Evan admits to being jealous after all of his birdwatching friends think Eddie is cool, Eddie admits that he thinks Evan is already incredibly cool, if not more cool than him, for being able to convince his peers to participate in a boring activity such as birdwatching.

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