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** Frank is horrified when he learns that Sun-Li is only twelve, and shields her from the water in the wet t-shirt contest.

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** Frank is horrified when he learns that Sun-Li is only twelve, and shields her from the water in the wet t-shirt contest. When he explains the situation to the others, they all agree that would have been bad.


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* GargleBlaster: Paddy's is apparently known for their micro-brew during the pub crawl. It's actually just a mixture of all leftover hard liquor they had on hand put into a tub. Frank makes sure it's heavy on the moonshine and talks of putting in radiator coolant for sweetness.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Frank is horrified when he learns that Sun-Li is only twelve, and shields her from the water in the wet t-shirt contest.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
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Frank is horrified when he learns that Sun-Li is only twelve, and shields her from the water in the wet t-shirt contest.contest.
** Mr. Kim's an aggressive business owner who treats his employees, including his own underage daughter, like slaves, yet is appropriately horrified when said daughter goes missing and closes the business to focus on finding her. They're also disgusted when Frank suggests that maybe she just met a guy, because Sun-Li is only 12.
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* ProductPlacement: As part of their spoofing ''Series/AmericanIdol'', Mac, Frank and Dee all have red Coca-Cola cups next to them with the logos obviously turned toward the camera.


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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Sun-Li is admonished by Mr. Kim for smoking a cigarette in the back alley when first seen. It's part of the reason the Gang assumes she's older than she actually is.
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* TakingTheBullet: While not a bullet, Frank acts out the trope by nobly jumping in front of the water hose at Paddy's wet T-shirt contest to preserve the underaged Sun-Li's modesty.
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-->'''Charlie:''' Wait a second. You're gonna blast my fiancee with water, exposing her breasts to this entire crowd?\\

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-->'''Charlie:''' Wait a second. You're gonna blast my fiancee fiancée with water, exposing her breasts to this entire crowd?\\


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* BigWhat: A common reaction from the Gang when they learn how old Sun-Li actually is.
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* HarshTalentShowJudge: Paddy's Pub is hosting a TalentContest as part an annual pub crawl. After learning that the nearby Korean restaurant has taken their place as the "last stop" on the crawl, Frank and Mac hijack the show in an attempt to improve it and act as judges in the ''Series/AmericanIdol'' fashion. Mac takes the "Harsh Judge" role in the vein of Simon Cowell, while Frank acts as Randy and (a very drunk) Dee acts like Paula Abdul.
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* {{Asexuality}}: Charlie apparently thinks that kissing is gross, and later insists that he didn't actually do anything with Sun-Li.
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* NoShirtLongJacket: Dennis starts wearing Mac's BadassLongcoat with no shirt underneath in an attempt to be MrFanservice. Results are mixed.
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* OhCrap: Frank has the reaction when he learns Sun-Li's age.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The gang's feud with the Korean restaurant parallels relations between North Korea and the West. The owner is a "Mr. Kim" and Dennis and Charlie become convinced that he's "enriching" the microbrew, referencing the controversy over North Korea's nuclear program and arsenal.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The gang's feud with the Korean restaurant parallels relations between North Korea and the West. The owner is a "Mr. Kim" and Dennis and Charlie become convinced that he's "enriching" the microbrew, referencing the controversy over North Korea's nuclear program and arsenal. Mac raises the bar's alert level to yellow, satirizing the Bush administration's Homeland security advisory system.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The gang's feud with the Korean restaurant parallels relations between North Korea and the West. The owner is a "Mr. Kim" and Dennis and Charlie become convinced that he's "enriching" the microbrew.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The gang's feud with the Korean restaurant parallels relations between North Korea and the West. The owner is a "Mr. Kim" and Dennis and Charlie become convinced that he's "enriching" the microbrew.microbrew, referencing the controversy over North Korea's nuclear program and arsenal.

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->'''-- Charlie'''

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->'''-- Charlie'''
-->-- '''Charlie'''




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-->'''Dennis:''' Does every Asian know martial arts?!
-->'''Charlie:''' Well, they have to learn it when they grow up.

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-->'''Dennis:''' Does every Asian know martial arts?!
-->'''Charlie:'''
arts?!\\
'''Charlie:'''
Well, they have to learn it when they grow up.



-->'''Mac:''' It's not a jacket, it's a duster. It's like a jacket, only it's longer, thicker and far more badass. I look like Lorenzo Lamas, and women find it irresistible.
-->'''Dee:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Well that part's just simply not true.]]

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-->'''Mac:''' It's not a jacket, it's a duster. It's like a jacket, only it's longer, thicker and far more badass. I look like Lorenzo Lamas, and women find it irresistible.
-->'''Dee:'''
irresistible.\\
'''Dee:'''
[[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Well that part's just simply not true.]]



-->'''Charlie:''' Wait a second. You're gonna blast my fiancee with water, exposing her breasts to this entire crowd?
-->'''Dennis:''' Yeah, man. Is that cool?
-->'''Charlie:''' It's ''very'' cool.

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-->'''Charlie:''' Wait a second. You're gonna blast my fiancee with water, exposing her breasts to this entire crowd?
-->'''Dennis:'''
crowd?\\
'''Dennis:'''
Yeah, man. Is that cool?
-->'''Charlie:'''
cool?\\
'''Charlie:'''
It's ''very'' cool.
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* DawsonCasting: 12-year old Sun-Li is played by 24-year old Tania Gunadi.
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Subverted when Charlie tries using his apartment key to unlock the Korean restaurant's private room, thinking there's a chance the locks were made the same. It doesn't work.
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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Mr. Kim, as both Dennis and Charlie point out.

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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Mr. Kim, as both Dennis Dennis, Charlie, and Charlie later Dee point out.
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* {{Lolicon}}: Charlie ends up engaged to a twelve-year-old, though he had no idea how old she was and didn't do anything sexual with her.

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The gang find themselves at odds with a more successful Korean pub owner who bears a striking resemblance to former North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il. Meanwhile, Charlie becomes involved with the owner's daughter — until Frank discovers a horrible secret about her when she enters herself in the pub crawl's wet T-shirt contest.

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The ->''"Okay, gang, let's solve this North Korea situation once and for all."''
->'''-- Charlie'''

After learning that a nearby Korean restaurant has signed up to take part in an annual pub crawl, meaning that Paddy's is no longer the last stop, the
gang find themselves at odds with a more successful Korean pub owner it's owner, who bears a striking resemblance to former North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il. Meanwhile, Charlie becomes involved with Sun-Li, the owner's daughter, and Mac, Dee and Frank organize a talent contest in an attempt to boost business for Paddy's.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

* AllAsiansKnowMartialArts: Lampshaded when Mr. Kim throws Charlie and Dennis out of his restaurant.
-->'''Dennis:''' Does every Asian know martial arts?!
-->'''Charlie:''' Well, they have to learn it when they grow up.
* {{Asexuality}}: Charlie apparently thinks that kissing is gross, and later insists that he didn't actually do anything with Sun-Li.
* BadassLongcoat: Mac enters the bar at the beginning of the episode wearing a duster, which all the guys think is insanely badass.
-->'''Mac:''' It's not a jacket, it's a duster. It's like a jacket, only it's longer, thicker and far more badass. I look like Lorenzo Lamas, and women find it irresistible.
-->'''Dee:''' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Well that part's just simply not true.]]
* BaitAndSwitchComment:
-->'''Charlie:''' Wait a second. You're gonna blast my fiancee with water, exposing her breasts to this entire crowd?
-->'''Dennis:''' Yeah, man. Is that cool?
-->'''Charlie:''' It's ''very'' cool.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Charlie is shown to have a surprising amount in common with Sun-Li, a twelve-year-old Korean girl.
* CockFight: Dennis and Charlie compete for Sun-Li's affections.
* ContinuityNod: Dee reminds Frank that [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E10DennisAndDeeGetANewDad he isn't her father]].
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The gang's feud with the Korean restaurant parallels relations between North Korea and the West. The owner is a "Mr. Kim" and Dennis and Charlie become convinced that he's "enriching" the microbrew.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Mr. Kim, as both Dennis and Charlie point out.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Frank is horrified when he learns that Sun-Li is only twelve, and shields her from the water in the wet t-shirt contest.
* FanDisservice: Frank throws himself in front of the hose in order to protect Sun-Li. Since he happens to be wearing a white vest, the results are less than pretty.
* FloweryInsults: Mac lets loose with some Simon Cowell-style putdowns while he's judging the talent show.
-->'''Mac:''' Well, Martha, you are terrible. I wanted to pluck out my eyes and jam them into my ears. I wanted to pummel you with a manhole cover. There is no point to you.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When they first visit the Korean restaurant, Dennis and Charlie comment that they find it impossible to gauge how old the Koreans are. This becomes much more important later on when it's revealed that Sun-Li, the girl they've been competing over, is much younger than either of them thought.
* FourthDateMarriage: Charlie and Sun-Li get engaged just ''hours'' after meeting.
* LIsForDyslexia: Charlie thinks that a door marked "private" reads "pirate", and wonders whether a pirate lives behind it.
* {{Lolicon}}: Charlie ends up engaged to a twelve-year-old, though he had no idea how old she was and didn't do anything sexual with her.
* PetTheDog: Mr. Kim is mostly portrayed as a petty tyrant, but he seems genuinely distressed when his
daughter — until Frank discovers a horrible secret goes missing.
* SexualExtortion: An elderly busboy at the Korean restaurant offers to give Dee the microbrew recipe if she has sex with him. To add insult to injury, it's revealed after they do the deed that he was lying
about her when she enters herself knowing it in the pub crawl's wet T-shirt contest.first place.
* ShirtlessScene: Dennis [[VerbalTic "pops his shirt off"]] in an attempt to impress Sun-Li, and spends the rest of the episode wearing Mac's duster over a bare chest.
* ShoutOut: Dee does an impression of Christopher Walken in ''Film/PulpFiction''. Dennis tells her she sounds more like Rosie Perez.
* SkeletonKey: Charlie seems to be under the impression that he can use his apartment key to unlock the office in the Korean restaurant, as [[InsaneTrollLogic there's only a finite number of locks in the world, so there must be some "overlap"]].
* TalentContest: Dee, Mac and Frank end up judging one in an attempt to compete with the Korean restaurant's karaoke contest, each of them taking on the personas of the ''Series/AmericanIdol'' judges.
* UseYourHead: Charlie tells Dennis to "hold him sideways and use his head like a battering ram" while they're trying to break into Mr. Kim's office.
* WetTShirtContest: The gang decide to hold one in the bar to keep people from moving on to Mr. Kim's.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Sun-Li is revealed to be just twelve, while Dennis and Charlie had both been under the impression that she was at least eighteen.
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The gang find themselves at odds with a more successful Korean pub owner who bears a striking resemblance to former North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il. Meanwhile, Charlie becomes involved with the owner's daughter — until Frank discovers a horrible secret about her when she enters herself in the pub crawl's wet T-shirt contest.

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