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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Turns out BiggerIsBetterInBed is a rule with some serious limitations. Particularly if you pick a size literally ''not meant for humans''. So Andre getting a horse dick ends up utterly destroying his sex life, since his penis is far too big for his partners.

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* BiggerIsBetterInBed: Deconstructed; Andre's horse penis is far too big for any of his partners to handle, and his sex life is ruined.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Turns out BiggerIsBetterInBed is a rule with some serious limitations. Particularly if you pick a size literally ''not meant for humans''. So Andre getting a horse dick ends up utterly destroying his sex life, since his penis is far too big for his partners.
** EasilyForgiven can only go so far. Reagan might be able to sympathize with Rand's grief over losing her and Tamiko, but that doesn't mean she can ignore the fact that he caused serious damage to the timeline in his efforts to fix his personal life.

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SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Turns out BiggerIsBetterInBed is a rule with some serious limitations. Particularly if you pick a size literally ''not meant for humans''. So Andre getting a horse dick ends up utterly destroying his sex life, since his penis is far too big for his partners.
** EasilyForgiven can only go so far. Reagan might be able to sympathize with Rand's grief over losing her and Tamiko, but that doesn't mean she can ignore the fact that he caused serious damage to the timeline in his efforts to fix his personal life.
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** Alternate timeline Andre is a millionare, successful TV personality and is married to Scarlet Johansson. He goes back because he also has a horse cock, which makes it impossible for him to please his lover.

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** Alternate timeline Andre is a millionare, successful TV personality and is married to Scarlet Johansson. He goes back because he also has a literal horse cock, which which, contrary to [[BiggerIsBetterInBed popular belief]], makes it impossible for him to please his lover.lover without making her get surgery to accommodate his size in bed.
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** Alternate timeline Brett has a job making puppets. He leaves because his peers are passive aggressive.
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* PerverseSexualLust: Andre is apparently into ''Simpsons'' porn.
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* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome: Instead of working for the shadow government, the department heads in the new timelines have more successful lives that make them happy (at first.)
** Alternate timeline Andre is a millionare, successful TV personality and is married to Scarlet Johansson. He goes back because he also has a horse cock, which makes it impossible for him to please his lover.
** Alternate timeline Glenn is a handsome fully human man instead of an ugly hybrid, is still a respected soldier and married to Dolores. He leaves because RussiaTakesOverTheWorld in the new timeline and his hyper-patriotism won't stand for that.
** Alternate timeline Gigi is not only a member of the Illuminati, she's their queen. She leaves because she hates having to run their Disney Channel propaganda.
** Downplayed with Myc, who is just simply respected by his peers from Hive School. (And he also thinks he's pregnant but that's neither here nor there.)
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In addition to the spelling of "Berenstain" being altered, the ''Berenstein Bears'' books also for some reason depict the bear family as naked with their genitals in plain view.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In addition to the spelling of "Berenstain" "Berenstein" being altered, the ''Berenstein ''Berenstain Bears'' books also for some reason depict the bear family as naked with their genitals in plain view.
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: In addition to the spelling of "Berenstain" being altered, the ''Berenstein Bears'' books also for some reason depict the bear family as naked with their genitals in plain view.
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* ShoutOut: Alpha Beta doesn't like Reagan attaching a TV to his belly, as it makes him look like a Teletubbie. Reagan says it doesn't before attaching an antenna to his head that looks like an inverted triangle.
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** Gigi becomes Queen of The Illuminati, Creator/LinManuelMiranda her own personal lap-dog/chew toy to humiliate at her leisure... but also has to run their propaganda, including their Disney Channel Division.
** Glenn keeps his handsome, pre-mutated physique and wins the medal of honor from the President. President UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin that is, this being a timeline where RussiaTakesOverTheWorld.

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** Gigi becomes Queen of The Illuminati, with Creator/LinManuelMiranda as her own personal lap-dog/chew toy to humiliate at her leisure... but she also has to run their propaganda, including their Disney Channel Division.
** Glenn keeps his handsome, pre-mutated physique and wins the medal of honor from the President. President UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin President--President UsefulNotes/VladimirPutin, that is, this being a timeline where RussiaTakesOverTheWorld.
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** And Brett, when given the opportunity, comes back for her.
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* AlternateHistoryDinosaurSurvival: One of the {{Cosmic Retcon}}s caused dinosaurs to survive past the Cretaceous Period.

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* AlternateHistoryDinosaurSurvival: One of the {{Cosmic Retcon}}s caused prevented dinosaurs to survive past the Cretaceous Period.from going extinct.
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* AlternateHistoryDinosaurSurvival: One of the {{Cosmic Retcon}}s caused dinosaurs to survive past the Cretaceous Period.
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'''Black Robe:''' We are the power behind all things. The true rulers of the world.

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'''Black Robe:''' We are the power behind all things. The things, the true rulers of the world.
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** Creator/DisneyChannel is under the Illuminati's control, and heading it is what makes Gigi give up her dream timeline.
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* RefugeInAudacity: How was Andre recruited to Cognito? In Timeline B, he came to a table headed by "Grassy" Noel with the Cognito symbol who outright asked in public if he would like to join the shadow government.

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* RefugeInAudacity: How was Andre recruited to Cognito? In Timeline B, he came to a job fair table headed by "Grassy" Noel with the Cognito symbol who outright asked in public if he would like to join the shadow government.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Turns out BiggerIsBetterInBed is a rule with some serious limitations. Particularly if you pick a size literally ''not meant for humans''. So Andre getting a horse dick ends up utterly destroying his sex life, since his penis is far too big for his partners.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
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Turns out BiggerIsBetterInBed is a rule with some serious limitations. Particularly if you pick a size literally ''not meant for humans''. So Andre getting a horse dick ends up utterly destroying his sex life, since his penis is far too big for his partners.partners.
** EasilyForgiven can only go so far. Reagan might be able to sympathize with Rand's grief over losing her and Tamiko, but that doesn't mean she can ignore the fact that he caused serious damage to the timeline in his efforts to fix his personal life.
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* FailureMontage: In the flashback we see a series of J.R. and Rand's failed inventions, the dog-walking bot and therapy robot require DisposingOfABody while the weather-control missile blows up the only electric car factory.


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* WalkingShirtlessScene: J.R. rips off his shirt to show off his liquid tinfoil tattoos of the prime timeline and never puts it back on. Despite everyone's discomfort.
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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: After the Robes take him in for building and testing Project Reboot.

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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: After the Robes take him Rand and JR in for building and testing Project Reboot.
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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: After the Robes take him in for building and testing Project Reboot.
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* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu:
--> '''Rand:''' Who the hell are you dorito-headed dipshits?\\
'''Black Robe:''' We are the power behind all things. The true rulers of the world.
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* WhoYouAreInTheDark: At the end of the day, Rand turns out to be a broken person, destroyed by guilt, and what he wants more isn't power or revenge, but the chance to get back what he sacrificed.

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* WhoYouAreInTheDark: WhatYouAreInTheDark: At the end of the day, Rand turns out to be a broken person, destroyed by guilt, and what he wants more isn't power or revenge, but the chance to get back what he sacrificed.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Turns out BiggerIsBetterInBed is a rule with some serious limitations. Particularly if you pick a size literally ''not meant for humans''. So Andre getting a horse dick ends up utterly destroying his sex life, since his penis is far too big for his partners.


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* WhoYouAreInTheDark: At the end of the day, Rand turns out to be a broken person, destroyed by guilt, and what he wants more isn't power or revenge, but the chance to get back what he sacrificed.
** Everyone on the team but Brett and Reagan(and Andre, who never got to make the choice himself) picks living their dream life over saving reality. Reagan decides to give Brett a chance at his, even if it means facing her father alone, reasoning that her friends deserves to be happy.
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* ForWantOfANail: Alternate realities work like this [[spoiler: which is why things like Rand getting estranged from his family, that are not the result of a single decision but of his whole overall personality, can't be fixed by moving through them.]] It's still enough to result into massive changes like having one moon instead of two or dinosaurs never going extinct.

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* ForWantOfANail: Alternate realities work like this [[spoiler: this, which is why things like Rand getting estranged from his family, that are not the result of a single decision but of his whole overall personality, can't be fixed by moving through them.]] them. It's still enough to result into massive changes like having one moon instead of two or dinosaurs never going extinct.



* LaboriousLaziness: Taken to the extreme from the last episode: [[spoiler: Rand is willing to use extremely advanced technology going behind Cognito's back and ''rewriting reality itself'' time and time again to be able to be with his family once again. An impressive scientific endeavor, but it comes after two seasons refusing to make any actual effort into being a better husband and father, or even person in general, and at its core is about imposing his will over theirs ignoring their own personal autonomies. [[FridgeBrilliance Which is very likely why he can't find a reality where they still are together.]] ]]

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* LaboriousLaziness: Taken to the extreme from the last episode: [[spoiler: Rand is willing to use extremely advanced technology going behind Cognito's back and ''rewriting reality itself'' time and time again to be able to be with his family once again. An impressive scientific endeavor, but it comes after two seasons refusing to make any actual effort into being a better husband and father, or even person in general, and at its core is about imposing his will over theirs ignoring their own personal autonomies. [[FridgeBrilliance Which is very likely why he can't find a reality where they still are together.]] ]]

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* AlternateHistory: What Project Reboot inflicts. However, in a twist, it turns out ''our'' history is an alternate timeline, being the result of when Rand and JR first used the machine.



* RefugeInAudacity: How was Andre recruited to Cognito? In Timeline B, he came to a table headed by "Grassy" Noel with the Cognito symbol who outright asked in public if he would like to join the shadow government.



* TakeThat: Brett compares Project Reboot to Creator/ChristopherNolan; "I don't understand it, and it gets worse the more questions you ask."

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Brett compares Project Reboot to Creator/ChristopherNolan; "I don't understand it, and it gets worse the more questions you ask."
** When Reagan lies that Andre has no dick and is a Scientologist, Glenn says "That's disgusting! The thing about his dick too.
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