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* DramaticIrony: t the start of the series, Reagan dreamt of heading Cognito Inc, but her distractions (i.e. obsessing being better than her father in every way) and attitude force her to work with Brett. In this episode, she finally becomes CEO, but is distracted again (in this case, too busy choosing between the job she always wanted and a normal life with Ron), and so she temporarily puts Brett in charge until she sorts things out.

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* DramaticIrony: t At the start of the series, Reagan dreamt of heading Cognito Inc, but her distractions (i.e. obsessing being better than her father in every way) and attitude force her to work with Brett. In this episode, she finally becomes CEO, but is distracted again (in this case, too busy choosing between the job she always wanted and a normal life with Ron), and so she temporarily puts Brett in charge until she sorts things out.

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* CloseEnoughTimeline: Brett tries to push that a timeline where Air Bud is a documentary is fine, but Alpha-Beta states that it's really [[DefiedTrope not]] and that dogs will take over the planet if Air Bud is allowed to lead their evolution. Brett manages to stop this from happening by banning dogs from playing basketball, but Air Bud begins evolving into a human-like state anyway.



* DramaticIrony: At the start of the series, Reagan dreamt of heading Cognito Inc, but her distractions (i.e. obsessing being better than her father in every way) and attitude force her to work with Brett. In this episode, she finally becomes CEO, but is distracted again (in this case, too busy choosing between the job she always wanted and a normal life with Ron), and so she temporarily puts Brett in charge until she sorts things out.

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* DramaticIrony: At t the start of the series, Reagan dreamt of heading Cognito Inc, but her distractions (i.e. obsessing being better than her father in every way) and attitude force her to work with Brett. In this episode, she finally becomes CEO, but is distracted again (in this case, too busy choosing between the job she always wanted and a normal life with Ron), and so she temporarily puts Brett in charge until she sorts things out.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Reagan outright asks the Robes if they're actually human under those robes and masks, which they deflect. At the ending, they also dismiss Reagan as "only human" and have been planning for 10,000 years. However, in their story of how the order was founded, it's revealed that the founding members were cavemen smarter than their brethren. So they ''were'' human, but it's unclear if they are ''now'', assuming their story is even true.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: The Robes say that Reagan, should she accept her promotion to a position equal to theirs, would become the single most powerful human on Earth and Reagan outright asks the Robes if they're actually human under those robes and masks, which they deflect. At the ending, they also dismiss Reagan as "only human" and have been planning for 10,000 years. However, in their story of how the order was founded, it's revealed that the founding members were cavemen smarter than their brethren. So they ''were'' human, but it's unclear if they are ''now'', assuming their story is even true.
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* DefaceTheMoon: One of the reality glitches they have to fix is getting a Pepsi logo off of the moon.

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* DefaceTheMoon: DefaceOfTheMoon: One of the reality glitches they have to fix is getting a Pepsi logo off of the moon.
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* DefaceTheMoon: One of the reality glitches they have to fix is getting a Pepsi logo off of the moon.
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* ATrueStoryInMyUniverse: The last glitch is an ''Film/AirBud'' from a reality where that movie is a documentary.


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* AWizardDidIt: Continuity errors are explained in-universe as being caused by Project Reboot like the Illuminati that wasn't mentioned in season one and Myc being an alien when he previously said he wasn't.

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* CallBack: While preparing to erase their identities, Reagan and Ron burn off their fingerprints with the same device Brett packed and accidentally used on himself back in “Unpresidented”.



* FireForgedFriends: Thanks to his help in the previous episode Alpha-Beta is finally treated like another Incognito Inc. employee and can sit at the main table.

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* FireForgedFriends: Thanks to his help in the previous episode episode, Alpha-Beta is finally treated like another Incognito Inc. employee and can sit at the main table.
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* FireForgedFriends: Thanks to his help in the previous episode Alpha-Beta is finally treated like another Incognito Inc. employee and can sit at the main table.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Reagan outright asks the Robes if they're actually human under those robes and masks, which they deflect. At the ending, they also dismiss Reagan as "only human" and have been planning for 10,000 years. However, in their story of how the order was founded, it's revealed that the founding members were cavemen smarter than their brethren. So they ''were'' human, but it's unclear if they are ''now''.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Reagan outright asks the Robes if they're actually human under those robes and masks, which they deflect. At the ending, they also dismiss Reagan as "only human" and have been planning for 10,000 years. However, in their story of how the order was founded, it's revealed that the founding members were cavemen smarter than their brethren. So they ''were'' human, but it's unclear if they are ''now''.''now'', assuming their story is even true.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Reagan outright asks the Robes if they're actually human under those robes and masks, which they deflect. At the ending, they also dismiss Reagan as "only human" and have been planning for 10,000 years. However, in their story of how the order was founded, it's revealed that the founding members were cavemen smarter than their brethren. So they ''were'' human, but it's unclear if they are ''now''.


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* HumansAreMorons: According to the Robes, most of humanity is TooDumbToLive without the few intelligent ones controlling them, which is the idea on which their Order was founded.


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* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: The Robes reveal that they orchestrated the many horrible events throughout history and today because those events ultimately helped or will help humanity in the long run. However, the ending implies they have more sinister plans.
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* ArtificialLimbs: Reagan has a prosthetic pinky finger thanks to J.R. shooting her in the previous episode.
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* DramaticIrony: At the start of the series, Reagan was denied her dream of heading Cognito Inc, but her distractions (i.e. obsessing being better than her father in every way) forces her to work with Brett. In this episode, she finally becomes CEO, but is distracted again (in this case, choosing between the job and a normal life with Ron), and so she temporarily puts Brett in charge until she sort things out.

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* DramaticIrony: At the start of the series, Reagan was denied her dream dreamt of heading Cognito Inc, but her distractions (i.e. obsessing being better than her father in every way) forces and attitude force her to work with Brett. In this episode, she finally becomes CEO, but is distracted again (in this case, too busy choosing between the job she always wanted and a normal life with Ron), and so she temporarily puts Brett in charge until she sort sorts things out.



* ItAmusedMe: Myc decides to see how far Brett will go to finish the mission when Reagan outs him in charges, mainly because he is sure it will come to some asinine conclusion.

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* ItAmusedMe: Myc decides to see how far Brett will go to finish the mission when Reagan outs puts him in charges, charge, mainly because he is sure it will come to some asinine conclusion.



* LoopholeAbuse: Brett wants to stabilize the timeline, but doesn't want to erase Air Bud. He is also told that if Air Bud stays, dog kind will eventually evolve to the point of overthrowing humanity. However, he finds a simple solution: Like the movies, the loophole is that there is no rule that says dogs can't play basketball, or any professional sport for that matter.... but if there is, they can't prove their superiority and evolve. With Senator Brian's help, a wide ban on dogs playing any professional sport is legislated.

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* LoopholeAbuse: Brett wants to stabilize the timeline, but doesn't want to erase Air Bud. He is also told that if Air Bud stays, dog kind will eventually evolve to the point of overthrowing humanity. However, he finds a simple solution: Like the movies, the loophole is that there is no rule that says dogs can't play basketball, or any professional sport for that matter....matter... but if there is, they can't prove their superiority and evolve. With Senator Brian's help, a wide country-wide ban on dogs playing any professional sport is legislated.
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* ItAmusedMe: Myc decides to see how far Brett will go to finish the mission when Reagan outs him in charges, mainly because he is sure it will come to some asinine conclusion.
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* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler: The Black Robes claim to have been born at the beginning of humanity, as the first smarter human beings realizing that their intelligence wasn't taken seriously and they needed to guide humanity from behind the scenes to ensure its thriving, offering Reagan a position as their equal. The end reveals they are actually going behind her back and implies they aren't human, and perhaps have never been, casting doubts on everything they have told.]]

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* UnreliableNarrator: [[spoiler: The Black Robes claim to have been born at the beginning of humanity, as the first smarter human beings realizing that their intelligence wasn't taken seriously and they needed to guide humanity from behind the scenes to ensure its thriving, offering Reagan a position as their equal. The end reveals they are actually going behind her back and implies they aren't human, and perhaps have never been, casting doubts on everything they have told.]]

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