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* TheFarmerAndTheViper: The Waitress teams up with Dennis, who ''immediately'' betrays her and gets her thrown out of the competition. When she furiously yells that she trusted him, his only response is a genuinely baffled [[VillainHasAPoint (and not unreasonable)]] "why?"
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* NonIndicativeName: The [=DJs=], Fat Michael and Squirrely D, are played by identical twins, and neither looks fatter or squirrelier than the other.
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: [[IncestSubtext Dennis and Dee]] are the only ones (not counting manipulation) to take "get sextra close" during slow dancing to heart.
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* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: Dennis wins the dance-off Mac challenges him to by just standing there looking confused, because Mac's "martial arts"-based routine is just ''so bad''.
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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The referees automatically disqualify anyone who hits the floor, regardless of the obvious foul play that's going on.
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* HiddenDepths: Charlie's admittedly impressive 8th grade dance routine (that he still remembered after ''twenty years'')to Berlin's "Take My Breath Away", which he uses to beat Dennis in their dance-off. Mac likens it to a ballet.
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* HiddenDepths: Charlie's admittedly impressive 8th grade dance routine (that he still remembered after ''twenty years'')to Berlin's "Take My Breath Away", Away," which he uses to beat Dennis in their dance-off. Mac likens it to a ballet.
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* IncestSubtext: Dennis and Dee are shown slow-dancing at one point, right after the D.J.s tell the contestants to get "sextra close".
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* IncestSubtext: Dennis and Dee are shown slow-dancing at one point, right after the D.J.s tell the contestants to get "sextra close".close."
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* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Mac inserts arbitrary "karate" moves into his dancing. Lampshaded by Dennis, who tells him to wear out the Waitress with his "spastic moves".
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* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Mac inserts arbitrary "karate" moves into his dancing. Lampshaded by Dennis, who tells him to wear out the Waitress with his "spastic moves".moves."
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* PhraseCatcher: Several characters refer to Cricket as a "street rat", much to his chagrin.
* ShoutOut:
** When Cricket crashes out of the competition one of the DJs states that "he's fallen and he can't get up", in a reference to the old Life Alert ads.
* ShoutOut:
** When Cricket crashes out of the competition one of the DJs states that "he's fallen and he can't get up", in a reference to the old Life Alert ads.
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* PhraseCatcher: Several characters refer to Cricket as a "street rat", rat," much to his chagrin.
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** When Cricket crashes out of the competition one of theDJs [=DJs=] states that "he's fallen and he can't get up", up," in a reference to the old Life Alert ads.
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** When Cricket crashes out of the competition one of the DJs states that "he's fallen and he can't get up", in a reference to the old Life Alertads.ads.
** According to the ''Sunny'' podcast, this episode was an homage to ''Film/TheyShootHorsesDontThey''.
** When Cricket crashes out of the competition one of the DJs states that "he's fallen and he can't get up", in a reference to the old Life Alert
** According to the ''Sunny'' podcast, this episode was an homage to ''Film/TheyShootHorsesDontThey''.
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-->'''Charlie:''' You piece of shit!\\
'''Dennis:''' Yeah, maybe.
-->'''Charlie:''' You piece of shit!\\
'''Dennis:''' Yeah, maybe.
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-->'''Waitress:''' You piece of shit! Dennis Reynolds, I trusted you!\\
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'''Waitress:''' ''You piece of shit!'' Dennis Reynolds, I trusted you!\\
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dee gets Cricket to try to attack Larry, the only remaining contestant besides herself. Cricket misses and ends up kneecapping Dee, forcing her out of the competition.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: The Waitress reacts to Dennis dropping her mid-dance and getting her eliminated by tearfully saying that she trusted him, and he responds with a bemused "Why?". Given how many times he's tricked and manipulated her throughout the series up to that point, he's right that she shouldn't be surprised that he was going to do it again.
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-->'''Mac:''' Cream always rises to the top.
-->'''Charlie:''' And you're like made of cream, dude, and your cream is all over his face, man, you know what I mean, and he hates that shit.
-->'''Mac:''' That pisses him off. I'm always putting my cream all over his face and it pisses him off.
-->'''Charlie:''' And you're like made of cream, dude, and your cream is all over his face, man, you know what I mean, and he hates that shit.
-->'''Mac:''' That pisses him off. I'm always putting my cream all over his face and it pisses him off.
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-->'''Mac:''' Cream always rises to the top.
-->'''Charlie:'''top.\\
'''Charlie:''' And you're like made of cream, dude, and your cream is all over his face, man, you know what I mean, and he hates thatshit.
-->'''Mac:'''shit.\\
'''Mac:''' That pisses him off. I'm always putting my cream all over his face and it pisses him off.
-->'''Charlie:'''
'''Charlie:''' And you're like made of cream, dude, and your cream is all over his face, man, you know what I mean, and he hates that
-->'''Mac:'''
'''Mac:''' That pisses him off. I'm always putting my cream all over his face and it pisses him off.
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-->'''Charlie:''' I'm about to show you the white-hot cream of an 8th grade boy.
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-->'''Waitress:''' You piece of shit! Dennis Reynolds, I trusted you!
-->'''Dennis:''' ''Why?!''
-->'''Dennis:''' ''Why?!''
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-->'''Waitress:''' You piece of shit! Dennis Reynolds, I trusted you!
-->'''Dennis:'''you!\\
'''Dennis:''' ''Why?!''
-->'''Dennis:'''
'''Dennis:''' ''Why?!''
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-->'''Dee:''' This could be a great opportunity to shake things up a bit with the other contestants, you know, use the partner switch to get inside people's heads.
-->'''Mac:''' Why is the person that's ranked last trying to hatch a plan?
-->'''Frank:''' Yeah, I wonder that too.
-->'''Dennis:''' I just came up with an idea, though. This could be a good opportunity to shake things up a bit with the other contestants, you know? Use this partner switch thing to get into people's heads.
-->'''Dee:''' Are you being serious?
-->'''Mac:''' Why is the person that's ranked last trying to hatch a plan?
-->'''Frank:''' Yeah, I wonder that too.
-->'''Dennis:''' I just came up with an idea, though. This could be a good opportunity to shake things up a bit with the other contestants, you know? Use this partner switch thing to get into people's heads.
-->'''Dee:''' Are you being serious?
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-->'''Dee:''' This could be a great opportunity to shake things up a bit with the other contestants, you know, use the partner switch to get inside people's heads.
-->'''Mac:'''heads.\\
'''Mac:''' Why is the person that's ranked last trying to hatch aplan?
-->'''Frank:'''plan?\\
'''Frank:''' Yeah, I wonder thattoo.
-->'''Dennis:'''too.\\
'''Dennis:''' I just came up with an idea, though. This could be a good opportunity to shake things up a bit with the other contestants, you know? Use this partner switch thing to get into people'sheads.
-->'''Dee:'''heads.\\
'''Dee:''' Are you being serious?
-->'''Mac:'''
'''Mac:''' Why is the person that's ranked last trying to hatch a
-->'''Frank:'''
'''Frank:''' Yeah, I wonder that
-->'''Dennis:'''
'''Dennis:''' I just came up with an idea, though. This could be a good opportunity to shake things up a bit with the other contestants, you know? Use this partner switch thing to get into people's
-->'''Dee:'''
'''Dee:''' Are you being serious?
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-->'''Mac:''' What?! Why am I third?!
-->'''Frank:''' Too volatile.
-->'''Mac:''' BULLSHIT!! That is ''bullshit'', Frank!
-->'''Frank:''' Too volatile.
-->'''Mac:''' BULLSHIT!! That is ''bullshit'', Frank!
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-->'''Mac:''' What?! Why am I third?!
-->'''Frank:'''third?!\\
'''Frank:''' Toovolatile.
-->'''Mac:'''volatile.\\
'''Mac:''' BULLSHIT!! That is ''bullshit'', Frank!
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-->'''Mac:''' Your illiteracy has screwed us again, Charlie!
-->'''Charlie:''' ''Your'' illiteracy has screwed us, man!
-->'''Mac:''' That doesn't even make any sense!
-->'''Dennis:''' He's not illiterate!
-->'''Charlie:''' ''Your'' illiteracy has screwed us, man!
-->'''Mac:''' That doesn't even make any sense!
-->'''Dennis:''' He's not illiterate!
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-->'''Mac:''' Your illiteracy has screwed us again, Charlie!
-->'''Charlie:'''Charlie!\\
'''Charlie:''' ''Your'' illiteracy has screwed us,man!
-->'''Mac:'''man!\\
'''Mac:''' That doesn't even make anysense!
-->'''Dennis:'''sense!\\
'''Dennis:''' He's not illiterate!
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'''Charlie:''' ''Your'' illiteracy has screwed us,
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'''Mac:''' That doesn't even make any
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'''Dennis:''' He's not illiterate!
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* TheChessmaster: Dee, believe it or not--she orchestrates most of the dirty tricks and schemes that the Gang uses to take out their competition, and even hides a trump card (Cricket attacking the other dancers) until the last seconds of the contest. Unfortunately, the rest of the Gang refuses to listen to her just because Frank arbitrarily ranked her last on his new ratings system.
* HonorBeforeReason: Since Charlie puts Paddy's itself up as the prize for the dance-off, one of the Gang ''needs'' to win to keep all of their livelihoods intact. But rather than working together to outlast the rest of the competition, the whole group gets involved in petty squabbles and Frank's ridiculous rating system, systematically taking each other out instead.
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* IncestSubtext: Dennis and Dee are shown slow-dancing at one point, right after the DJs tell the contestants to get "sextra close".
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* IncestSubtext: Dennis and Dee are shown slow-dancing at one point, right after the DJs D.J.s tell the contestants to get "sextra close".
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* LoveDodecahedron: The dance competition really brings all the [[AllLoveIsUnrequited (mostly onesided)]] flirtations among the cast to the fore. Charlie is in love with the Waitress, who hates him but has a serious crush on Dennis. Dennis couldn't care less about the Waitress but tries to put the moves on an attractive woman who's there with her fiance, who Charlie then dances with to make the Waitress jealous, causing Dennis to dance with the Waitress in revenge. Rickety Cricket is still in love with Dee, but also gets a brief ShipTease with the Waitress when she suggests they join forces. Charlie and Dee use Mac's latent crush on Dennis to manipulate him into losing the dance-off, and there's also a fair bit of IncestSubtext between Dennis and Dee.
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* LoveDodecahedron: The dance competition really brings all the [[AllLoveIsUnrequited (mostly onesided)]] flirtations among the cast to the fore. Charlie is in love with the Waitress, who hates him but has a serious crush on Dennis. Dennis couldn't care less about the Waitress but tries to put the moves on an attractive woman who's there with her fiance, who Charlie then dances with to make the Waitress jealous, causing Dennis to dance with the Waitress in revenge. Rickety Cricket is still in love with Dee, but also gets a brief ShipTease with the Waitress when she suggests they join forces. Charlie and Dee use Mac's latent crush on Dennis to manipulate him into losing the dance-off, and there's There's also a fair bit of IncestSubtext between Dennis and Dee.
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* MadeOfIron: Charlie eats enough cough syrup-laced brownies to kill a gorilla, and doesn't hit the ground for ''hours''.
-->'''Charlie''': I can handle my sedatives.
-->'''Charlie''': I can handle my sedatives.
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* HiddenDepths: Charlie's admittedly impressive 8th grade dance routine to Berlin's "Take My Breath Away", which he uses to beat Dennis in their dance-off. Mac likens it to a ballet.
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* KickTheDog: Dee's callous rejection of Cricket when he accidentally takes her out of the competition, even after he saved her from eating a sedative-laced brownie earlier on.
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* KickTheDog: Dee's callous rejection of Cricket when he accidentally takes her out of the competition, even after he saved her from eating a sedative-laced brownie earlier on.on - but on the other hand, he ''did'' shatter Dee's kneecap.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: As Dee lays on the ground with an injured knee, Frank tries to cheer her up by explaining she's no longer ranked last. Charlie is.
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Charlie's illiteracy gets the gang in trouble (again) when he puts up Paddy's Pub as the grand prize in a radio dance marathon, so the gang must win the competition—against the enemies they've made so far in the series—to keep the bar.
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->''"We're gonna [[TitleDrop dance our asses off!]]"''
->'''-- Frank'''
Charlie's illiteracy gets the gang in trouble(again) ([[NoodleIncident again]]) when he puts up Paddy's Pub as the grand prize in a radio dance marathon, so the gang must win the competition—against the enemies they've made so far in the series—to keep the bar.bar.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Charlie accidentally puts the bar up as the prize for the dance marathon, resulting in this.
* AccidentalInnuendo: Mac and Charlie talking about Dennis [[ItMakesSenseInContext "getting cream all over his face"]].
-->'''Mac:''' Cream always rises to the top.
-->'''Charlie:''' And you're like made of cream, dude, and your cream is all over his face, man, you know what I mean, and he hates that shit.
-->'''Mac:''' That pisses him off. I'm always putting my cream all over his face and it pisses him off.
** Later:
-->'''Charlie:''' I'm about to show you the white-hot cream of an 8th grade boy.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The referees automatically disqualify anyone who hits the floor, regardless of the obvious foul play that's going on.
* CardCarryingVillain: Dennis.
-->'''Waitress:''' You piece of shit! Dennis Reynolds, I trusted you!
-->'''Dennis:''' ''Why?!''
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The gang can't seem to stop sabotaging each other, despite the fact that they all lose the bar if one of them doesn't win the contest.
* CompetitionFreak: Lampshaded at the beginning of the episode when Frank decides to put the gang on a ranking system in order to appeal to their competitive natures and motivate them to actually do their jobs.
* ContinuityNod: Cricket now has hydraulic leg braces after [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E13TheGangGetsWhackedPart2 his legs were broken by the Mafia]].
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Anyone who loses a dance-off is forced to wear a keg around their neck for the remainder of their time in the competition. Both Mac and Dennis end up wearing them after Mac loses to Dennis and Dennis loses to Charlie.
* CurbStompBattle: Mac's dance-off against Cricket is over in the space of about two seconds after Cricket's leg braces stop working and he collapses in agony.
* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: Justified, since the terms of the competition mean that the gang will have to forfeit the bar if they lose.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When Mac challenges Dennis to a dance-off, he does a move that makes it look as though he's performing fellatio on Dennis.
* DumbassDJ: Fat Michael and Squirrely D of the Q Crew, who host the dance marathon, are extremely loud and obnoxious.
* GladIThoughtOfIt: Dennis pulls this on Dee.
-->'''Dee:''' This could be a great opportunity to shake things up a bit with the other contestants, you know, use the partner switch to get inside people's heads.
-->'''Mac:''' Why is the person that's ranked last trying to hatch a plan?
-->'''Frank:''' Yeah, I wonder that too.
-->'''Dennis:''' I just came up with an idea, though. This could be a good opportunity to shake things up a bit with the other contestants, you know? Use this partner switch thing to get into people's heads.
-->'''Dee:''' Are you being serious?
* HiddenDepths: Charlie's admittedly impressive 8th grade dance routine to Berlin's "Take My Breath Away", which he uses to beat Dennis in their dance-off. Mac likens it to a ballet.
* HypocriticalHumor: Another homeless guy derisively calling Cricket a "street rat".
* IResembleThatRemark: When Frank explains to Mac why he's only third in the ranking system.
-->'''Mac:''' What?! Why am I third?!
-->'''Frank:''' Too volatile.
-->'''Mac:''' BULLSHIT!! That is ''bullshit'', Frank!
* IncestSubtext: Dennis and Dee are shown slow-dancing at one point, right after the DJs tell the contestants to get "sextra close".
* KickTheDog: Dee's callous rejection of Cricket when he accidentally takes her out of the competition, even after he saved her from eating a sedative-laced brownie earlier on.
-->'''Dee:''' Never talk to me again, you goddamn street rat!
* LIsForDyslexia: Charlie misreads "prize" as "pride" in the competition entry form, and writes down Paddy's as the thing he's most proud of.
* LoveDodecahedron: The dance competition really brings all the [[AllLoveIsUnrequited (mostly onesided)]] flirtations among the cast to the fore. Charlie is in love with the Waitress, who hates him but has a serious crush on Dennis. Dennis couldn't care less about the Waitress but tries to put the moves on an attractive woman who's there with her fiance, who Charlie then dances with to make the Waitress jealous, causing Dennis to dance with the Waitress in revenge. Rickety Cricket is still in love with Dee, but also gets a brief ShipTease with the Waitress when she suggests they join forces. Charlie and Dee use Mac's latent crush on Dennis to manipulate him into losing the dance-off, and there's also a fair bit of IncestSubtext between Dennis and Dee.
* ManipulativeBitch: Dee manipulates all the petty rivalries and love triangles amongst the gang in order to win the competition as revenge for Frank placing her last in the ranking system. She almost succeeds, but Cricket accidentally takes her out at the last second.
* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Mac inserts arbitrary "karate" moves into his dancing. Lampshaded by Dennis, who tells him to wear out the Waitress with his "spastic moves".
* MatingDance: Dennis pretends to be a dance instructor as an excuse to grind on Gloria.
-->'''Dennis:''' Stick your knee into my groin, just like that. Now grind your hips, and pulse your thighs.
* NoYou:
-->'''Mac:''' Your illiteracy has screwed us again, Charlie!
-->'''Charlie:''' ''Your'' illiteracy has screwed us, man!
-->'''Mac:''' That doesn't even make any sense!
-->'''Dennis:''' He's not illiterate!
* NotSoAboveItAll: Both Cricket and the Waitress are willing to resort to some underhanded tactics in order to get their revenge on the gang.
* OperationJealousy: Dee deliberately invokes this by telling the Waitress to grind on a homeless guy in order to make Dennis jealous. The real reason is to make ''Charlie'' jealous and take both the Waitress and Dennis's dance partner out of the competition.
* ThePigpen: When the two of them partner up for the slow dance, Mac complains that he "doesn't even understand" the smell coming from Charlie's body and states that he's never even seen Charlie put on deodorant.
* PhraseCatcher: Several characters refer to Cricket as a "street rat", much to his chagrin.
* ShoutOut: When Cricket crashes out of the competition one of the DJs states that "he's fallen and he can't get up", in a reference to the old Life Alert ads.
* SlippingAMickey: Frank and Cricket team up to make cough syrup filled brownies as revenge when they're both taken out of the competition. Later, Dee manages to get everybody but Dennis, Mac, and the homeless guy to eat them, leaving the competition down to just the four of them.
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->'''-- Frank'''
Charlie's illiteracy gets the gang in trouble
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Charlie accidentally puts the bar up as the prize for the dance marathon, resulting in this.
* AccidentalInnuendo: Mac and Charlie talking about Dennis [[ItMakesSenseInContext "getting cream all over his face"]].
-->'''Mac:''' Cream always rises to the top.
-->'''Charlie:''' And you're like made of cream, dude, and your cream is all over his face, man, you know what I mean, and he hates that shit.
-->'''Mac:''' That pisses him off. I'm always putting my cream all over his face and it pisses him off.
** Later:
-->'''Charlie:''' I'm about to show you the white-hot cream of an 8th grade boy.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The referees automatically disqualify anyone who hits the floor, regardless of the obvious foul play that's going on.
* CardCarryingVillain: Dennis.
-->'''Waitress:''' You piece of shit! Dennis Reynolds, I trusted you!
-->'''Dennis:''' ''Why?!''
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The gang can't seem to stop sabotaging each other, despite the fact that they all lose the bar if one of them doesn't win the contest.
* CompetitionFreak: Lampshaded at the beginning of the episode when Frank decides to put the gang on a ranking system in order to appeal to their competitive natures and motivate them to actually do their jobs.
* ContinuityNod: Cricket now has hydraulic leg braces after [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E13TheGangGetsWhackedPart2 his legs were broken by the Mafia]].
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Anyone who loses a dance-off is forced to wear a keg around their neck for the remainder of their time in the competition. Both Mac and Dennis end up wearing them after Mac loses to Dennis and Dennis loses to Charlie.
* CurbStompBattle: Mac's dance-off against Cricket is over in the space of about two seconds after Cricket's leg braces stop working and he collapses in agony.
* DancingIsSeriousBusiness: Justified, since the terms of the competition mean that the gang will have to forfeit the bar if they lose.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When Mac challenges Dennis to a dance-off, he does a move that makes it look as though he's performing fellatio on Dennis.
* DumbassDJ: Fat Michael and Squirrely D of the Q Crew, who host the dance marathon, are extremely loud and obnoxious.
* GladIThoughtOfIt: Dennis pulls this on Dee.
-->'''Dee:''' This could be a great opportunity to shake things up a bit with the other contestants, you know, use the partner switch to get inside people's heads.
-->'''Mac:''' Why is the person that's ranked last trying to hatch a plan?
-->'''Frank:''' Yeah, I wonder that too.
-->'''Dennis:''' I just came up with an idea, though. This could be a good opportunity to shake things up a bit with the other contestants, you know? Use this partner switch thing to get into people's heads.
-->'''Dee:''' Are you being serious?
* HiddenDepths: Charlie's admittedly impressive 8th grade dance routine to Berlin's "Take My Breath Away", which he uses to beat Dennis in their dance-off. Mac likens it to a ballet.
* HypocriticalHumor: Another homeless guy derisively calling Cricket a "street rat".
* IResembleThatRemark: When Frank explains to Mac why he's only third in the ranking system.
-->'''Mac:''' What?! Why am I third?!
-->'''Frank:''' Too volatile.
-->'''Mac:''' BULLSHIT!! That is ''bullshit'', Frank!
* IncestSubtext: Dennis and Dee are shown slow-dancing at one point, right after the DJs tell the contestants to get "sextra close".
* KickTheDog: Dee's callous rejection of Cricket when he accidentally takes her out of the competition, even after he saved her from eating a sedative-laced brownie earlier on.
-->'''Dee:''' Never talk to me again, you goddamn street rat!
* LIsForDyslexia: Charlie misreads "prize" as "pride" in the competition entry form, and writes down Paddy's as the thing he's most proud of.
* LoveDodecahedron: The dance competition really brings all the [[AllLoveIsUnrequited (mostly onesided)]] flirtations among the cast to the fore. Charlie is in love with the Waitress, who hates him but has a serious crush on Dennis. Dennis couldn't care less about the Waitress but tries to put the moves on an attractive woman who's there with her fiance, who Charlie then dances with to make the Waitress jealous, causing Dennis to dance with the Waitress in revenge. Rickety Cricket is still in love with Dee, but also gets a brief ShipTease with the Waitress when she suggests they join forces. Charlie and Dee use Mac's latent crush on Dennis to manipulate him into losing the dance-off, and there's also a fair bit of IncestSubtext between Dennis and Dee.
* ManipulativeBitch: Dee manipulates all the petty rivalries and love triangles amongst the gang in order to win the competition as revenge for Frank placing her last in the ranking system. She almost succeeds, but Cricket accidentally takes her out at the last second.
* MartialArtsAndCrafts: Mac inserts arbitrary "karate" moves into his dancing. Lampshaded by Dennis, who tells him to wear out the Waitress with his "spastic moves".
* MatingDance: Dennis pretends to be a dance instructor as an excuse to grind on Gloria.
-->'''Dennis:''' Stick your knee into my groin, just like that. Now grind your hips, and pulse your thighs.
* NoYou:
-->'''Mac:''' Your illiteracy has screwed us again, Charlie!
-->'''Charlie:''' ''Your'' illiteracy has screwed us, man!
-->'''Mac:''' That doesn't even make any sense!
-->'''Dennis:''' He's not illiterate!
* NotSoAboveItAll: Both Cricket and the Waitress are willing to resort to some underhanded tactics in order to get their revenge on the gang.
* OperationJealousy: Dee deliberately invokes this by telling the Waitress to grind on a homeless guy in order to make Dennis jealous. The real reason is to make ''Charlie'' jealous and take both the Waitress and Dennis's dance partner out of the competition.
* ThePigpen: When the two of them partner up for the slow dance, Mac complains that he "doesn't even understand" the smell coming from Charlie's body and states that he's never even seen Charlie put on deodorant.
* PhraseCatcher: Several characters refer to Cricket as a "street rat", much to his chagrin.
* ShoutOut: When Cricket crashes out of the competition one of the DJs states that "he's fallen and he can't get up", in a reference to the old Life Alert ads.
* SlippingAMickey: Frank and Cricket team up to make cough syrup filled brownies as revenge when they're both taken out of the competition. Later, Dee manages to get everybody but Dennis, Mac, and the homeless guy to eat them, leaving the competition down to just the four of them.
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