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* ThrowTheDogABone: Charlie went scavenging random trinkets on the beach and the Waitress randomly shows up. In contrast to [[StalkerWithACrush their normal relationship]], she seems happy to see him and they spend the evening scavenging more things and watching fireworks together. The next morning it's revealed she was high on ecstasy, that's why she was acting differently and all that magic between them disappeared. But Charlie takes it well, seeing it as a summer fling.
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-->'''Dee:''' Get in the car, you fat, fat ass! ''FAT, FAT ASS!''

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-->'''Dee:''' Get in the goddamn car, you fat, fat ass! ''FAT, FAT ASS!''
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* YankTheDogsChain: Subverted with Charlie. It seems like the Waitress has come around after their night together, but in the morning it turns out that she was only so nice to him because she was tripping on ecstasy. However, since her lack of interest has never deterred him before, Charlie doesn't care about that and just appreciates the night for what it was.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Charlie Day in the commentary casually mentions that under the boardwalk was ''their'' (meaning the twins) first kiss.


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* TraumaCongaLine: Dennis and Dee get the "happiest time of our lives" NostalgiaFilter of Jersey Shore completely broken, as Dee has to go to the hospital after getting part of her scalp ripped off, they accidentally get themselves kidnapped, are whacked out on Angel Dust, witness a robbery, Dennis has to drive with a gun to his head, see a guy get killed and are forced to dig his grave before they manage to escape.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Charlie may be a StalkerWithACrush who refuses to take a hint, but he's appalled when the Waitress asks if he raped her while she was high on ecstasy.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
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Charlie may be a StalkerWithACrush who refuses to take a hint, but he's appalled when the Waitress asks if he raped her while she was high on ecstasy.ecstasy.
** Dennis and Dee are both sadistic sexual predators but they're both terrified and cling to each other when they have to watch a doctor get kidnapped and shot in the head.

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* IncrediblyLamePun: When Frank and Mac are getting drunk on the rum ham:
-->'''Mac:''' Might you say we're getting... ''ham''mered?


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* {{Pun}}: When Frank and Mac are getting drunk on the rum ham:
-->'''Mac:''' Might you say we're getting... ''ham''mered?
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** Played straight with Jersey Shore the location, which is depicted as filled with garbage, used needles, crazy murderers, feral dogs, and gross old men having sex under the boardwalk.
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* PerspectiveReversal: Dennis and Dee have their rose-tinted view of the Jersey Shore shattered by the end of their misadventures while the cynical Mac and Frank warm up to it after they have a great time partying with the guidos.

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* PerspectiveReversal: Dennis and Dee have their rose-tinted view of the Jersey Shore shattered by the end of their misadventures while the cynical Mac and Frank warm up to it after they have a great time partying with the guidos. guidos that Mac had previously maligned.
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* GlobalIgnorance: Charlie doesn't know what's on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, and Dennis has to warn him that swimming to Europe is impossible.
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* DeusExMachina: Mac and Frank are not only rescued by a random, if lightly foreshadowed, yacht full of hard party types. But those same rescuers even manage to pluck their long lost "rum ham" out of the ocean hours later.
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* PerspectiveReversal: Dennis and Dee have their rose-tinted view of the Jerset Shore shattered by the end of their misadventures while the cynical Mac and Frank warm up to it after they have a great time partying with the guidos.

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* PerspectiveReversal: Dennis and Dee have their rose-tinted view of the Jerset Jersey Shore shattered by the end of their misadventures while the cynical Mac and Frank warm up to it after they have a great time partying with the guidos.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: StalkerWithACrush Charlie may be, he's appalled when the Waitress asks if he raped her while she was high on ecstasy.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Charlie may be a StalkerWithACrush Charlie may be, who refuses to take a hint, but he's appalled when the Waitress asks if he raped her while she was high on ecstasy.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: StalkerWithACrush Charlie may be, he's appalled when the Waitress asks if he raped her while she was high on ecstasy.
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* WhatDidIDoLastNight: The Waitress initially asks if Charlie raped her because she can't remember anything due to the ecstasy.

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->'''-- Dennis'''

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->'''-- Dennis'''
-->-- '''Dennis'''




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-->'''Frank:''' This is ham soaked in rum. It is ''loaded'' with booze.
-->'''Mac:''' Goddammit, Frank, eating your drinks? ...That is genius!

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-->'''Frank:''' This is ham soaked in rum. It is ''loaded'' with booze.
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booze.\\
'''Mac:'''
Goddammit, Frank, eating your drinks? ...That is genius!



-->'''Frank:''' There may come a time when difficult decisions must be made, and I'd rather be the one with the knife.
-->'''Mac:''' What difficult decisions? What are you talking about?
-->'''Frank:''' You know, like things you do to stay alive.
-->'''Mac:''' ...Are you talking about ''killing and eating me'', Frank?!

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-->'''Frank:''' There may come a time when difficult decisions must be made, and I'd rather be the one with the knife.
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knife.\\
'''Mac:'''
What difficult decisions? What are you talking about?
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about?\\
'''Frank:'''
You know, like things you do to stay alive.
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alive.\\
'''Mac:''' ...
Are you talking about ''killing and eating me'', Frank?!
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Dennis and Dee are actually pretty nice to each other (for them) throughout the episode as they both have fond childhood memories of the Shore. Dennis even refuses to make fun of Dee's braids after Mac and Charlie admit they were waiting for him to jump on it.

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Dennis and Dee are actually pretty nice to each other (for them) throughout the episode as they both have fond childhood memories of the Shore. Dennis even refuses to make fun of Dee's braids after Mac and Charlie admit they were waiting for him to jump on it.
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* SmartBall: For once, Mac gets to demonstrate his survival skills and thinking rationally under pressure when he and Frank are lost at sea.

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* PerspectiveReversal: Dennis and Dee have their rose-tinted view of the Jerset Shore shattered by the end of their misadventures while the cynical Mac and Frank warm up to it after they have a great time partying with the guidos.



* TakeThat: Mac makes a few derisive comments about ''Series/JerseyShore''. Actually averted for the most part, however, as the guidos are largely portrayed as helpful and friendly when they show up, in comparison to the horrors of pretty much everything else about the Shore.

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* TakeThat: Ultimately subverted. Initially, Mac makes a few derisive comments about ''Series/JerseyShore''. Actually averted for the most part, however, as the But once a group of guidos show up, they are largely portrayed as helpful and friendly when they show up, friendly, in comparison to the horrors of pretty much everything else about the Shore.
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* CompanionCube: Frank treats the rum ham like [[Film/CastAway Wilson]].
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* ShoutOut: "[[Film/CastAway RUM HAM! RUM HAM! I'M SORRY RUM HAM! I'M SORRY!]]

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* ShoutOut: "[[Film/CastAway RUM HAM! RUM HAM! I'M SORRY RUM HAM! I'M SORRY!]]Frank and Mac losing the rum ham comes right out of ''Film/CastAway''.
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* ShoutOut: Frank losing the rum ham is identical to Tom Hanks losing Wilson in ''Film/CastAway''.

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* ShoutOut: Frank losing the rum ham is identical to Tom Hanks losing Wilson in ''Film/CastAway''."[[Film/CastAway RUM HAM! RUM HAM! I'M SORRY RUM HAM! I'M SORRY!]]
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* CompanionCube: Frank treats the rum ham like [[Film/CastAway Wilson]].


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* ShoutOut: Frank losing the rum ham is identical to Tom Hanks losing Wilson in ''Film/CastAway''.

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Dennis and Dee want to relive their childhood vacation memories, so they drag Mac, Charlie, Frank, and Dennis to their favorite summer spot: the Jersey Shore, where Charlie bonds with an ecstacy-rolling Waitress, Mac and Frank get lost at sea and found by Jersey Shore-style guidos on a party boat, and Dennis and Dee see the dark side of their childhood memories.

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->'''"Let me tell you something, Mac: there are far worse people at the Jersey Shore than the cast of the Series/JerseyShore!"''
->'''-- Dennis'''

Dennis and Dee want drag the the rest of the gang to the Jersey Shore in order to relive their fond childhood vacation memories, so they drag Mac, Charlie, Frank, and Dennis only to discover that their favorite summer spot: vacation spot isn't quite how they remembered it. While the Jersey twins come face to face with the dark side of the Shore, where Charlie bonds with an ecstacy-rolling Waitress, Mac and Frank get lost at sea and found by Jersey Shore-style guidos on Charlie has a party boat, and chance encounter with the Waitress.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther:
Dennis and Dee see are actually pretty nice to each other (for them) throughout the episode as they both have fond childhood memories of the Shore. Dennis even refuses to make fun of Dee's braids after Mac and Charlie admit they were waiting for him to jump on it.
-->'''Dennis:''' You see, Dee and I have some very fond memories of the Shore, and we're not gonna have you sullying those great memories with all your goddamn insults.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: Mac's response when Frank goes to buy booze and comes back with the "rum ham".
-->'''Frank:''' This is ham soaked in rum. It is ''loaded'' with booze.
-->'''Mac:''' Goddammit, Frank, eating your drinks? ...That is genius!
* BeachEpisode: A particularly
dark side take on one.
* BigDamnHeroes: The guidos show up in their party boat to rescue Frank and Mac when they're stranded in the middle
of the ocean in a rapidly deflating dinghy.
* BoomHeadshot: One of the junkies who kidnaps Dennis and Dee shoots a doctor in the head at one point.
* ByTheHair: Dee gets one of her braids caught at the top of the drop tower that she and Dennis ride at the boardwalk, causing it to rip out a chunk of her scalp on the way down.
* CassandraTruth: Mac doesn't believe Charlie's claims that he spent the night with the Waitress at the end of the episode.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Charlie's first reaction on seeing the sea is to ask what's on the other side, and then to wonder how long it would take to swim across.
-->'''Dennis:''' Do not try and swim to Europe.
* ContinuityNod: Charlie [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E11TheGangGetsStrandedInTheWoods once]] [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E02TheGangHitsTheRoad again]] has to be knocked out before he can leave Philadelphia.
* DrFeelgood: One of the doctors at the hospital Dennis and Dee go to quite openly supplies drugs for their new junkie friend.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Charlie drinks ''sunscreen'' after seeing Dennis and Dee use the empty bottles to hide their tequila.
* AHandfulForAnEye: Dee throws sand at her and Dennis's kidnappers, allowing them to make their escape.
* ImStandingRightHere: While waiting to be seen at the hospital, Dennis and Dee pass the time by making up a tragic backstory for the rather dowdy looking woman sat opposite them, only for her to point out that she can hear everything they're saying. She does admit that they're more or less on the money, however.
* IncrediblyLamePun: When Frank and Mac are getting drunk on the rum ham:
-->'''Mac:''' Might you say we're getting... ''ham''mered?
* LostAtSea: Mac and Frank end up stranded in open ocean after getting wasted on rum ham and falling asleep in their dinghy.
* LyricalDissonance: Dennis and Dee tagging along with a group of criminals, witnessing a doctor get shot at point-blank range right in front of them and being forced to dig his grave at gunpoint -- all scored by The Go-Gos' "Vacation".
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Referenced and played for laughs, when Frank starts planning for this eventuality almost ''immediately'' after he and Mac get stranded, culminating in him trying to stab Mac with a knife and accidentally puncturing their dinghy.
-->'''Frank:''' There may come a time when difficult decisions must be made, and I'd rather be the one with the knife.
-->'''Mac:''' What difficult decisions? What are you talking about?
-->'''Frank:''' You know, like things you do to stay alive.
-->'''Mac:''' ...Are you talking about ''killing and eating me'', Frank?!
* NostalgiaFilter: Dennis and Dee view
their childhood memories.memories of the Shore through very rose-tinted glasses at the beginning of the episode, and have their illusions totally shattered by the end.
* OhCrap: Mac when he wakes up in the dinghy and realizes that the beach is nowhere in sight.
* OffTheWagon: Charlie notes that the Waitress is well and truly off the wagon when she admits to being high on ecstasy.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The Waitress is actually nice to Charlie when they bump into each other at the beach, and the two of them spend an enjoyable evening together. Turns out she was rolling on ecstasy the entire time, and is utterly horrified when she wakes up the next morning.
* SecurityCling: Dennis and Dee spend most of their time with the junkie gang clinging to each other in sheer terror.
* ShirtlessScene: A good portion of the episode has Dennis and Dee wandering round topless. Also [[FanDisservice Frank and Mac]] when they're partying with guidos.
* SkewedPriorities: Frank totally fails to grasp the severity of the situation at first when he and Mac are adrift at sea, and only starts panicking once he realizes they've lost the rum ham.
* {{Squick}}: Dennis, Dee and Charlie's InUniverse reaction when they stumble on two homeless guys having sex under the boardwalk.
* TakeThat: Mac makes a few derisive comments about ''Series/JerseyShore''. Actually averted for the most part, however, as the guidos are largely portrayed as helpful and friendly when they show up, in comparison to the horrors of pretty much everything else about the Shore.
-->'''Mac:''' I don't know why these guys get such a bad rap, they're pretty cool.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Dennis on the way down the drop tower.
* YouAreFat: Dee to Mac at the end of the episode.
-->'''Dee:''' Get in the car, you fat, fat ass! ''FAT, FAT ASS!''
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Dennis and Dee want to relive their childhood vacation memories, so they drag Mac, Charlie, Frank, and Dennis to their favorite summer spot: the Jersey Shore, where Charlie bonds with an ecstacy-rolling Waitress, Mac and Frank get lost at sea and found by Jersey Shore-style guidos on a party boat, and Dennis and Dee see the dark side of their childhood memories.

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