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* ShoutOut: One of the kids in the "A Case of a Knife to the Brain" fan club is dressed as Bender from WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}, Grandma Huang is dressed as Cartman from WesternAnimation/SouthPark, and three of the trick-or-treaters that visit the Huangs are dressed as WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls. And the old Halloween costume the boys pull out at the end was of Film/TheThreeAmigos, complete with them copying one of the poses from the film.

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* ShoutOut: One of the kids in the "A Case of a Knife to the Brain" fan club is dressed as Bender from WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}, Grandma Huang is dressed as Cartman from WesternAnimation/SouthPark, and three of the trick-or-treaters that visit the Huangs are dressed as WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls. And the old Halloween costume the boys pull out at the end was of Film/TheThreeAmigos, the Film/ThreeAmigos, complete with them copying one of the poses from the film.
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* ShoutOut: One of the kids in the "A Case of a Knife to the Brain" fan club is dressed as Bender from WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}, Grandma Huang is dressed as Cartman from WesternAnimation/SouthPark, and three of the trick-or-treaters that visit the Huangs are dressed as WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls.

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* ShoutOut: One of the kids in the "A Case of a Knife to the Brain" fan club is dressed as Bender from WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}, Grandma Huang is dressed as Cartman from WesternAnimation/SouthPark, and three of the trick-or-treaters that visit the Huangs are dressed as WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls. And the old Halloween costume the boys pull out at the end was of Film/TheThreeAmigos, complete with them copying one of the poses from the film.
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* ShoutOut: One of the kids in the "A Case of a Knife to the Brain" fan club is dressed as Bender from WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}, Grandma Huang is dressed as Cartman from WesternAnimation/SouthPark, and three of the trick-or-treaters that visit the Huangs are dressed as WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls.
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* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: While describing to Louis how excited she is about children loving her book, Jessica Huang admits that the main protagonist "Jennifer Hong" was based on herself.

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* AppealToFlattery: Louis' plan to convince Jessica to love Halloween hinges on setting up a fake fan club for her book, and works near-flawlessly.



* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Jessica finds Trent at Cattleman's Ranch with a back problem, she convinces him to reveal Louis' XanatosSpeedChess by throwing a sugar packet on the ground and stating it's his job as Louis' assistant manager to bend over with his bad back and pick them up unless he squeals.

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Jessica finds Trent at Cattleman's Ranch with a back problem, she convinces him to reveal Louis' XanatosSpeedChess by throwing a sugar packet on the ground and stating it's his job as Louis' assistant manager to bend over with his bad back and pick them it up unless he squeals.



* XanatosSpeedChess: Louis works hard to make Jessica gain a love for the holiday, convincing a young girl at the school's costume contest (which Jessica is judging on his behalf) to dress like the protagonist of Jessica's novel, convincing Jessica to dress in a trick-or-treat costume to investigate houses to see where she lives, and having the girl's sister state that she's at a party at a graveyard when they find her...but when Jessica thinks she means a ''metaphorical'' graveyard, as the victims in her book were buried under a school, Louis acts fast and diverts Jessica's attention long enough to move the party to the correct location. However, Jessica finds out the truth while she's diverted to Cattleman's, and tells the party kids to stab her (in order for her to get on the news and boost book sales) to get Louis to intervene and confess.

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* XanatosSpeedChess: Louis works hard to make Jessica gain a love for the holiday, convincing holiday. After his initial plan to let them host a Haunted House attraction (hoping to appeal to the mystery-writing Jessica's love of fear) is forbidden by her, he convinces a young girl at the school's costume contest (which Jessica is judging on his behalf) to dress like the protagonist of Jessica's novel, convincing convinces Jessica to dress in a trick-or-treat costume to investigate houses to see where she lives, and having has the girl's sister state that she's at a party at a graveyard when they find her...but when Jessica thinks she means a ''metaphorical'' graveyard, as the victims in her book were buried under a school, Louis acts fast claims he needs to part ways with her and diverts Jessica's attention long enough go decorate Cattleman's, in order to move the party to the correct location. However, Jessica finds out the truth while she's diverted when she goes to Cattleman's, Cattleman's herself on the way to the school and forces Trent to squeal, then tells the party kids to stab her (in order for her them to get on the news and boost book sales) to get Louis to intervene and confess.
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* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: When Jessica finds Trent at Cattleman's Ranch with a back problem, she convinces him to reveal Louis' XanatosSpeedChess by throwing a sugar packet on the ground and stating it's his job as Louis' assistant manager to bend over with his bad back and pick them up unless he squeals.

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* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Jessica finds Trent at Cattleman's Ranch with a back problem, she convinces him to reveal Louis' XanatosSpeedChess by throwing a sugar packet on the ground and stating it's his job as Louis' assistant manager to bend over with his bad back and pick them up unless he squeals.

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* CruelAndUnusualPunishment: When Jessica finds Trent at Cattleman's Ranch with a back problem, she convinces him to reveal Louis' XanatosSpeedChess by throwing a sugar packet on the ground and stating it's his job as Louis' assistant manager to bend over with his bad back and pick them up unless he squeals.



* HalloweenEpisode: In which Louis wants to set up a haunted house, and the boys try to decide on what costumes to wear.

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* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: At the end of the episode, when Jessica gains an appreciation for Halloween and agrees to hand out raisins with Louis, the girls they're given to are outraged and state, quote, "You ruined my childhood, you bitches!"
* HalloweenEpisode: In which Louis wants to set up a haunted house, house but ends up tricking Jessica into going trick-or-treating with him when she doesn't approve, and the boys try to decide on what costumes to wear.



* MistakenForDying: When Jessica is investigating Cattleman's Ranch as part of Louis diverting her attention, she sees Trent passed out on the floor and thinks he's been murdered. When she checks his body, however, it turns out he's just exhausted from helping Louis set up decorations and the hardwood floor was helping him deal with a backache.
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: When Jessica sees someone dressed as the main character of her book while judging a costume contest on Louis' behalf, she gives them a score of 100 out of 10.
* ThatCameOutWrong: When Evan and Emery refer to their three-person outfit as a "threesome", Eddie tells them to never describe it that way again.
* WardrobeMalfunction: In TheTag, the kids decide to dress up in their old matching Mariachi Band costumes for old time's sake...but they have ''clearly'' outgrown the outfits and struggle to keep them intact.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Louis works hard to make Jessica gain a love for the holiday, convincing a young girl at the school's costume contest (which Jessica is judging on his behalf) to dress like the protagonist of Jessica's novel, convincing Jessica to dress in a trick-or-treat costume to investigate houses to see where she lives, and having the girl's sister state that she's at a party at a graveyard when they find her...but when Jessica thinks she means a ''metaphorical'' graveyard, as the victims in her book were buried under a school, Louis acts fast and diverts Jessica's attention long enough to move the party to the correct location.

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* MistakenForDying: When Jessica is investigating Cattleman's Ranch as part of Louis diverting her attention, she sees Trent passed out on the floor and thinks he's been murdered. When she checks his body, however, it turns out he's just exhausted from helping Louis set up decorations and the hardwood floor was helping him deal with a backache.
* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: When Jessica sees someone dressed as the main character of her book while judging a costume contest on Louis' behalf, she gives them a score of 100 out of 10.
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ThatCameOutWrong: When Evan and Emery refer to their a three-person coordinated outfit as a "threesome", Eddie tells them to never describe it that way again.
* WardrobeMalfunction: In TheTag, the kids decide to dress up in their old matching Mariachi Band costumes for old time's sake...but they Eddie and Emery have ''clearly'' outgrown the outfits and struggle to keep them intact.
intact, while Evan only still fits in his because he skipped breakfast that day.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Louis works hard to make Jessica gain a love for the holiday, convincing a young girl at the school's costume contest (which Jessica is judging on his behalf) to dress like the protagonist of Jessica's novel, convincing Jessica to dress in a trick-or-treat costume to investigate houses to see where she lives, and having the girl's sister state that she's at a party at a graveyard when they find her...but when Jessica thinks she means a ''metaphorical'' graveyard, as the victims in her book were buried under a school, Louis acts fast and diverts Jessica's attention long enough to move the party to the correct location. However, Jessica finds out the truth while she's diverted to Cattleman's, and tells the party kids to stab her (in order for her to get on the news and boost book sales) to get Louis to intervene and confess.

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* CoordinatedClothes: Emery and Evan are fond of wearing matching costumes on Halloween (for example, [[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS5E3WorkingTheWeen Mulder and Scully]]), and decide to get Eddie to join in when they can't decide what to wear.

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* CoordinatedClothes: Emery and Evan are fond of wearing matching costumes on Halloween (for example, [[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS5E3WorkingTheWeen Mulder and Scully]]), and decide to get Eddie to join in when they can't decide what to wear. Meanwhile, Honey and Marvin are dressed as Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer and (a winged and haloed, since Marvin hasn't seen the show) Angel.



* InnocentlyInsensitive: The boys originally try dressing as each other for their CoordinatedClothes, but due to miscommunication and Evan not wanting to accidentally misrepresent his older brothers, they all end up dressing as Evan. Then, when they get to Marvin and Honey's house, Eddie and Emery deciding to "act" like Evan ends up accidentally hurting his feelings.



* ThatCameOutWrong: When Evan and Emery refer to their three-person outfit as a "threesome", Eddie tells them to never describe it that way again.



* XanatosSpeedChess: Louis works hard to make Jessica gain a love for the holiday, convincing a young girl at the school's costume contest (which Jessica is judging on his behalf) to dress like the protagonist of Jessica's novel and having the girl invite Jessica to a party at a graveyard...but when Jessica thinks she means a ''metaphorical'' graveyard, as most of the characters in her book were murdered in a school, Louis acts fast and diverts Jessica's attention long enough to move the party to the correct location.

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* XanatosSpeedChess: Louis works hard to make Jessica gain a love for the holiday, convincing a young girl at the school's costume contest (which Jessica is judging on his behalf) to dress like the protagonist of Jessica's novel novel, convincing Jessica to dress in a trick-or-treat costume to investigate houses to see where she lives, and having the girl invite Jessica to girl's sister state that she's at a party at a graveyard...graveyard when they find her...but when Jessica thinks she means a ''metaphorical'' graveyard, as most of the characters victims in her book were murdered in buried under a school, Louis acts fast and diverts Jessica's attention long enough to move the party to the correct location.

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* BrickJoke: Emery and Evan get inspired to make a three-part costume after coming across an old photo of them and Eddie as a Mariachi Band. In TheTag, they decide to wear the Mariachi outfits again...[[WardrobeMalfunction which no longer fit]].



* FoodAsBribe: Emery and Evan convince Eddie to coordinate costumes with them by revealing that Jessica's giving out plain raisins this year, so trick-or-treating with them is his best bet to get actual candy on Halloween.



* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: When Jessica sees someone dressed as the main character of her book while judging a costume contest on Louis' behalf, she gives them a score of 100 out of 10.



* XanatosSpeedChess: Louis works hard to make Jessica gain a love for the holiday, convincing a young girl at the school's costume contest (which Jessica is judging) to dress like the protagonist of Jessica's novel and having the girl invite Jessica to a party at a graveyard...but when Jessica thinks she means a ''metaphorical'' graveyard, as most of the characters in her book were murdered in a school, Louis acts fast and diverts Jessica's attention long enough to move the party to the correct location.

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* XanatosSpeedChess: Louis works hard to make Jessica gain a love for the holiday, convincing a young girl at the school's costume contest (which Jessica is judging) judging on his behalf) to dress like the protagonist of Jessica's novel and having the girl invite Jessica to a party at a graveyard...but when Jessica thinks she means a ''metaphorical'' graveyard, as most of the characters in her book were murdered in a school, Louis acts fast and diverts Jessica's attention long enough to move the party to the correct location.
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When Jessica refuses to let Louis set up a haunted house attraction for Halloween, he tries to trick his wife into developing some holiday spirit. Emery and Evan can't decide on CoordinatedClothes, so they try to get Eddie to join them as a trio.
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* CoordinatedClothes: Emery and Evan are fond of wearing matching costumes on Halloween (for example, [[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS5E3WorkingTheWeen Mulder and Scully]]), and decide to get Eddie to join in when they can't decide what to wear.
* HalloweenEpisode: In which Louis wants to set up a haunted house, and the boys try to decide on what costumes to wear.
* MistakenForDying: When Jessica is investigating Cattleman's Ranch as part of Louis diverting her attention, she sees Trent passed out on the floor and thinks he's been murdered. When she checks his body, however, it turns out he's just exhausted from helping Louis set up decorations and the hardwood floor was helping him deal with a backache.
* WardrobeMalfunction: In TheTag, the kids decide to dress up in their old matching Mariachi Band costumes for old time's sake...but they have ''clearly'' outgrown the outfits and struggle to keep them intact.
* XanatosSpeedChess: Louis works hard to make Jessica gain a love for the holiday, convincing a young girl at the school's costume contest (which Jessica is judging) to dress like the protagonist of Jessica's novel and having the girl invite Jessica to a party at a graveyard...but when Jessica thinks she means a ''metaphorical'' graveyard, as most of the characters in her book were murdered in a school, Louis acts fast and diverts Jessica's attention long enough to move the party to the correct location.

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