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** The GoofySuit mentioned before was first seen in "[[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS5E3WorkingTheWeen Working the 'Ween]]".

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** The GoofySuit mentioned before below was first seen in "[[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS5E3WorkingTheWeen Working the 'Ween]]".

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* GreenEyedMonster: When Louis starts treating his new employee Trent better than Eddie, Eddie gets jealous enough to get Trent fired by editing a coupon Trent had designed to offer a free ''steak'' with every ''soda'' instead of a free ''soda'' with every ''steak''. However, after Louis becomes depressed over losing Trent, Eddie comes clean, gets Trent reemployed, and gets hired as a Cattleman delivery driver (with Grandma riding shotgun while he only has a Driver's Permit) to help repay the damage.

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* GreenEyedMonster: When Louis starts treating his new employee Trent better than Eddie, Eddie gets jealous enough to get Trent fired by editing a coupon Trent had designed to offer a free ''steak'' with every ''soda'' instead of a free ''soda'' with every ''steak''. However, after Louis becomes depressed over losing Trent, Eddie comes clean, gets Trent reemployed, and gets hired as a Cattleman delivery driver (with Grandma riding shotgun while he only has a Driver's Permit) to help repay the damage.Trent's equal.



* KarmaHoudini: Rather than punishing Eddie for "almost bankrupting" Cattleman's, Louis decides to make Eddie and Trent equal business partners, with Eddie working as a Cattleman delivery driver (with Grandma riding shotgun while he only has a Driver's Permit).



* NoYou: When Trent calls Eddie out on being jealous he's working with his dad, Eddie retorts "''You're'' jealous I'm working with ''your'' dad", which makes no sense in context and leads Trent to just leave.

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* NoYou: When Trent calls Eddie out on being jealous he's working with his dad, Eddie retorts "''You're'' jealous I'm working with ''your'' dad", which makes no sense in context and leads Trent to Trent, deciding that Eddie's beyond reasoning with, just leave.leaving instead of dealing with the chaos caused by the sabotaged coupon.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: Louis is utterly touched by a gift from Trent soon after they start working together: a personalized mug with a Western theme. However, the rim of the mug has cattle horns on it, which poke Louis (and in TheTag, Jessica) whenever they drink from it.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Mrs. Chestnut uses Jessica's desire to be her successor as PTA president and have power over the teachers in order to help her pack up and move, as Matthew's left town for his new job at Dollywood (in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) ahead of his family.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Mrs. Amy Chestnut (Matthew's wife) uses Jessica's desire to be her successor as PTA president and have power over the teachers in order to help her pack up and move, as Matthew's left town for his new job at Dollywood (in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) ahead of his family.



* NonIndicativeName: Matthew Chestnut's new job is specifically managing a "9 To 5 Diner" that's open 24 hours, with Mrs. Chestnut stating that one of his most frequent tasks is having to explain to customers that it's always open.

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* NonIndicativeName: Matthew Chestnut's new Dollywood job is specifically managing a "9 To 5 Diner" that's open 24 hours, with Mrs. Chestnut stating that one of his most frequent tasks is having to explain to customers that it's always open.

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* DearJohnLetter: Matthew ditches a Huang-Chestnut double-date at Cattleman's to leave for his job immediately, only giving his wife a letter of resignation to pass to Louis, with Louis outright referring to it as this trope.



* MaliciousMisnaming: When Jessica attends a PTA meeting to see how she can become Mrs. Chestnut's replacement as its leader, she sits besides the school's secretary, who is a large woman she continuously refers to as "meatball" despite the woman's repeated statements that her name is Jamie.

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* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: Jessica states this verbatim when she attends a PTA meeting, hoping to take over Mrs. Chestnut's job and become a "teacher boss", and another parent tries to greet her.
* MaliciousMisnaming: When Jessica attends a PTA meeting to see how she can become Mrs. Chestnut's replacement as its leader, she sits besides the school's secretary, who is a large woman she continuously refers to as "meatball" despite the woman's repeated statements that her name is Jamie.Jamie, though it's because she brought meatballs to a potluck dinner rather than because of her body shape.


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* NonIndicativeName: Matthew Chestnut's new job is specifically managing a "9 To 5 Diner" that's open 24 hours, with Mrs. Chestnut stating that one of his most frequent tasks is having to explain to customers that it's always open.

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* CallBack: Louis' first GoodTimesMontage of former employees includes a shot of [[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS1E6FajitaMan "Fajita Man", aka Eddie with a fake mustache]].

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Louis' first GoodTimesMontage of former employees includes a shot of [[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS1E6FajitaMan "Fajita Man", aka Eddie with a fake mustache]].mustache]].
** The GoofySuit mentioned before was first seen in "[[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS5E3WorkingTheWeen Working the 'Ween]]".



* GoofySuit: Eddie's "promotion" at the Mattress Store is just him being forced to wear the mattress-shaped costume from "[[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS5E3WorkingTheWeen Working the 'Ween]]", which leads to him reconsidering working with his dad.
* MaliciousMisnaming: While attending a PTA meeting to see how she can become Mrs. Chestnut's replacement as its leader, she sits besides a large woman she continuously refers to as "meatball" despite the woman's repeated statements that her name is Jamie.

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* GoofySuit: Eddie's "promotion" at the Mattress Store is just him being forced to wear the a mattress-shaped costume from "[[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS5E3WorkingTheWeen Working the 'Ween]]", that some little kids mock, which leads to him reconsidering working with his dad.
* MaliciousMisnaming: While attending When Jessica attends a PTA meeting to see how she can become Mrs. Chestnut's replacement as its leader, she sits besides the school's secretary, who is a large woman she continuously refers to as "meatball" despite the woman's repeated statements that her name is Jamie.
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* CallBack: Louis' first GoodTimesMontage of former employees includes a shot of [[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS1E6FajitaMan "Fajita Man", aka Eddie with a fake mustache]].

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* GreenEyedMonster: When Louis starts treating his new employee Trent better than Eddie, Eddie gets jealous enough to get Trent fired by editing a coupon Trent had designed to offer a free ''steak'' with every ''soda'' instead of a free ''soda'' with every ''steak''. However, after Louis becomes depressed over losing Trent, Eddie comes clean, gets Trent reemployed, and gets hired as Trent's coworker to help repay the damage.

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* GreenEyedMonster: When Louis starts treating his new employee Trent better than Eddie, Eddie gets jealous enough to get Trent fired by editing a coupon Trent had designed to offer a free ''steak'' with every ''soda'' instead of a free ''soda'' with every ''steak''. However, after Louis becomes depressed over losing Trent, Eddie comes clean, gets Trent reemployed, and gets hired as Trent's coworker a Cattleman delivery driver (with Grandma riding shotgun while he only has a Driver's Permit) to help repay the damage.damage.
* GoodTimesMontage: Louis has two; one at the start of the episode, when he's remembering all of the employees that have left, and one after Trent leaves that focuses on just spending time with him (and causes Eddie to realize the damage he's done and confess to sabotage).


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Eddie is initially ecstatic when he successfully sabotages Trent and causes him to leave, but after he notices Louis has become depressed and is starting to blame himself for driving employees away, Eddie has an immediate change of heart.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Mrs. Chestnut originally just bosses Jessica around because of their mutual dislike of each other, but when Jessica decides to help comfort their son about moving away without being prompted, Mrs. Chestnut states that they're both willing to put the needs of children over themselves and she considers Jessica a worthy successor to her position in the PTA.
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When Matthew Chestnut suddenly quits due to receiving a better job offer elsewhere, Louis is depressed that all of his noteworthy employees have now left, and offers a job to Eddie. Eddie initially refuses, but when his job at the mattress store goes south, he reconsiders...only to learn that Louis has hired Trent in his place. Meanwhile, Jessica tries to become president of the Parent Teacher Association, and Emery and Evan compete to see who's the funniest member of the family.

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When Matthew Chestnut suddenly quits due to receiving a better job offer elsewhere, Louis is depressed that all of his noteworthy employees (except for Hector) have now left, and offers a job to Eddie. Eddie initially refuses, but when his job at the mattress store goes south, he reconsiders...only to learn that Louis has hired Trent in his place. Meanwhile, Jessica tries to become president of the Parent Teacher Association, and Emery and Evan compete to see who's the funniest member of the family.
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* NoYou: When Trent calls Eddie out on being jealous he's working with his dad, Eddie retorts "''You're'' jealous I'm working with ''your'' dad", which makes no sense in context and leads Trent to just leave.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Mrs. Chestnut uses Jessica's desire to be her successor as PTA president and have power over the teachers in order to help her pack up and move, as Matthew's left town for his new job at Dollywood (in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee) ahead of his family.
* CoordinatedClothes: While he's employed at Cattleman's, Trent wears a rancher outfit completely identical to Louis's.



* GreenEyedMonster: When Louis starts treating his new employee Trent better than Eddie, Eddie gets jealous enough to get Trent fired by editing a coupon Trent had designed to offer a free ''steak'' with every meal instead of a free ''drink''. However, after Louis becomes depressed over being alone again, Eddie comes clean, gets Trent reemployed, and gets hired as Trent's coworker to help repay the damage.

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* GreenEyedMonster: When Louis starts treating his new employee Trent better than Eddie, Eddie gets jealous enough to get Trent fired by editing a coupon Trent had designed to offer a free ''steak'' with every meal ''soda'' instead of a free ''drink''. ''soda'' with every ''steak''. However, after Louis becomes depressed over being alone again, losing Trent, Eddie comes clean, gets Trent reemployed, and gets hired as Trent's coworker to help repay the damage.damage.
* GoofySuit: Eddie's "promotion" at the Mattress Store is just him being forced to wear the mattress-shaped costume from "[[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS5E3WorkingTheWeen Working the 'Ween]]", which leads to him reconsidering working with his dad.
* MaliciousMisnaming: While attending a PTA meeting to see how she can become Mrs. Chestnut's replacement as its leader, she sits besides a large woman she continuously refers to as "meatball" despite the woman's repeated statements that her name is Jamie.
* PlagiarismInFiction: Emery's idea of being the "funny one" in the family is copying a standup comedian's routine verbatim, including wearing a bald cap and glasses to look identical to him.
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When Matthew Chestnut suddenly quits due to receiving a better job offer elsewhere, Louis is depressed that all of his noteworthy employees have now left, and offers a job to Eddie. Eddie initially refuses, but when his job at the mattress store goes south, he reconsiders...only to learn that Louis has hired Trent in his place. Meanwhile, Jessica tries to become president of the Parent Teacher Association, and Emery and Evan compete to see who's the funniest member of the family.
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* DarkHorseVictory: After spending their plot debating which one of them is funnier, Evan and Emery end up admitting that neither of them are as funny as Grandma and her RakeTake gag.
* GreenEyedMonster: When Louis starts treating his new employee Trent better than Eddie, Eddie gets jealous enough to get Trent fired by editing a coupon Trent had designed to offer a free ''steak'' with every meal instead of a free ''drink''. However, after Louis becomes depressed over being alone again, Eddie comes clean, gets Trent reemployed, and gets hired as Trent's coworker to help repay the damage.
* RakeTake: When Grandma claims that she's funnier than both Evan and Emery, she proves it by leaving a rake in the middle of the living room and waiting for this to happen.

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