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* PingPongNaivete: Mac is all in favor of dumping garbage in poor neighborhoods because, in his mind, they must enjoy it, since they choose to be poor. In episodes like "The Great Recession", and "Mac and Charlie: White Trash", Mac ''is'' poor, and knows it.
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* BannedEpisode: It's one of five episodes of ''It's Always Sunny'' which is no longer available for online purchase or streaming due to its depiction of {{Blackface}}/{{Brownface}}.[[note]]The episodes are "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E03AmericasNextTopPaddys America's Next Top Paddy's Billboard Model Contest]]", "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E09ShapingAmericasYouth Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth]]", "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS08E02TheGangRecyclesTheirTrash The Gang Recycles Their Trash]]", "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS09E09TheGangMakesLethalWeapon6 The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6]]", and "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS14E03DeeDay Dee Day]]".[[/note]]
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** Frank encourages Dee to dress as a [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E08TheGangRunsForOffice "whore politician"]], and she wears the yellow pantsuit that she wore in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E06TheGangGivesBack "The Gang Gives Back"]].
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** Frank encourages Dee to dress as a [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E08TheGangRunsForOffice "whore politician"]], and she wears the yellow pantsuit that she wore in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E06TheGangGivesBack "The Gang Gives Back"]]. Dennis is willing to do the whore thing more than Dee is, but Frank tells him he needs a "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E13TheGangGetsWhackedPart2 lady whore]]".
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* WhyWeNeedGarbagemen: As mentioned under TrashOfTheTitans, trash is piling up due to a garbage strike.
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'''Charlie:''' ...Is it us?\\E
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'''Charlie:''' ...Is it us?\\Eus?\\
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->'''Mac:''' We're gonna solve the trash crisis!
->'''Dee:''' All of this... I've heard all of this before. No?
->'''Dee:''' All of this... I've heard all of this before. No?
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->'''Mac:''' We're gonna solve the trash crisis!
->'''Dee:'''crisis!\\
'''Dee:''' All of this... I've heard all of this before. No?
->'''Dee:'''
'''Dee:''' All of this... I've heard all of this before. No?
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-->'''Dennis:''' Is he listening to us? I can't tell.
-->'''Mac:''' He's listening. He's not ''understanding...''
-->'''Charlie:''' Yeah, he doesn't even, like, get us, man.
-->'''Dennis:''' We're talking about you!
-->'''Mac:''' He's listening. He's not ''understanding...''
-->'''Charlie:''' Yeah, he doesn't even, like, get us, man.
-->'''Dennis:''' We're talking about you!
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-->'''Dennis:''' Is he listening to us? I can't tell.
-->'''Mac:'''tell.\\
'''Mac:''' He's listening. He's not ''understanding...''
-->'''Charlie:'''''\\
'''Charlie:''' Yeah, he doesn't even, like, get us,man.
-->'''Dennis:'''man.\\
'''Dennis:''' We're talking about you!
-->'''Mac:'''
'''Mac:''' He's listening. He's not ''understanding...
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'''Charlie:''' Yeah, he doesn't even, like, get us,
-->'''Dennis:'''
'''Dennis:''' We're talking about you!
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-->'''Dennis:''' Something bad's about to happen to somebody!
-->''(All laugh, then look around and realize that they're the only people in sight.)''
-->'''Charlie:''' ...Is it us?
-->'''Dennis:''' Yep.
-->''(All laugh, then look around and realize that they're the only people in sight.)''
-->'''Charlie:''' ...Is it us?
-->'''Dennis:''' Yep.
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-->'''Dennis:''' Something bad's about to happen to somebody!
-->''(Allsomebody!\\
''(all laugh, then look around and realize that they're the only people insight.)''
-->'''Charlie:''' ...sight)''\\
'''Charlie:''' ...Is itus?
-->'''Dennis:'''us?\\E
'''Dennis:''' Yep.
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''(all laugh, then look around and realize that they're the only people in
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'''Charlie:''' ...Is it
-->'''Dennis:'''
'''Dennis:''' Yep.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Double Subverted. Dee comes up with a rug plan, and it looks like the episode is going to end with the Gang moving on to start a new scheme. Charlie, however, complains that the Gang [[LampshadeHanging always abandons their schemes.]] After ditching Charlie, the others decide to resume the trash plan. It's announced that the strike is over, which results in the Gang deciding to try Dee's rug scheme.
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* ShowSomeLeg: Frank tries to get Dee to do this until they realize that the councillor is gay.
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* SlobsVSSnobs: Subverted. The strikers think they're attacking rich elites who are disrespecting their working-class neighborhood by dumping trash in it. In reality, they're attacking three men putting on airs and who are trying to make money off the strike.
* ShowSomeLeg: Frank tries to get Dee to do this until they realize that thecouncillor councilor is gay.
* ShowSomeLeg: Frank tries to get Dee to do this until they realize that the
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** The corporate rep who Frank and Dee attempt to schmooze is [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E07TheGangSellsOut the same guy who tried to buy Paddy's]]. Having learned from their mistakes, they take him to an all-male strip club this time, and Dee imitates Dennis's lecture on gay culture.
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** The corporate rep who Frank and Dee attempt to schmooze is [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E07TheGangSellsOut the same guy who tried to buy Paddy's]]. Having learned from their mistakes, they take him to an all-male strip club this time, and Dee imitates Dennis's lecture on gay culture. The ending StealthHiBye by the rep is subverted this time, as Frank's holding him at gunpoint.
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* GoLookAtTheDistraction: When Dee realizes she's losing the crowd at the protest, she distracts them by pointing at the three "rich men" in tuxedos dumping trash outside the poor neighborhood -- not realizing that it's Dennis, Mac and Charlie and she's just sicced an angry mob on them.
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* LookBehindYou: When Dee realizes she's losing the crowd at the protest, she distracts them by pointing at the three "rich men" in tuxedos dumping trash outside the poor neighborhood -- not realizing that it's Dennis, Mac and Charlie and she's just sicced an angry mob on them.
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** Frank's attempt to rile up the striking garbagemen might be a reference to ''{{Film/Hoffa}}'', which would be yet ''another'' recycled gag, as the show had previously performed a Creator/DannyDeVito-oriented ShoutOut to ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''.
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* SelfDeprecation: The DoubleMeaningTitle: while the episode ''does'' involve the Gang trying to take advantage of a garbage strike, the episode is mostly comprised of reusing plot points and character devices from past episodes, [[DontExplainTheJoke meaning the writers are "recycling their trash"]].
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* GenreSavvy: Mac anticipates Charlie cutting the brakes on the van and gets them fixed beforehand.
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* ShoutOut: The ''{{Film/Ghostbusters}}'' theme plays as the gang head out in their van again.
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* ShoutOut: The ''{{Film/Ghostbusters}}'' ''{{Franchise/Ghostbusters}}'' theme plays as the gang head out in their van again.
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Philadelphia's trash men are on strike and the gang decides to go into business for themselves. Mac, Dennis and Charlie use a limousine to collect trash from Philadelphia's rich while Frank and Dee try to undermine the union by getting the city's garbage contract.
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->'''Mac:''' We're gonna solve the trash crisis!
->'''Dee:''' All of this... I've heard all of this before. No?
The gang see an opportunity to make some quick cash when Philadelphia's trashmen are collectors go on strike and the gang decides to go into business for themselves. strike, with Mac, Dennis and Charlie use using a limousine and charging a fee to collect trash from Philadelphia's the rich while Frank and Dee try to undermine the union by getting the city's garbage contract.contract. At the same time, Dee is convinced that everything they're doing feels a little too familiar.
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* ACappella: Mac, Dennis and Charlie form a barbershop trio and sing a cappella when they go door-to-door to avoid offending potential customers by speaking.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Dennis claims that he would have had no trouble getting the contract for the trash collection from the gay councillor. He's also impressed when Dee says that the guy is a "twank versatile" and states that he wouldn't be able to satisy him.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Lampshaded at the end of the episode.
-->'''Charlie:''' We give up way too easily! And then we just jump onto the next thing, that's insane!
* {{Brownface}}: Dee once again browns up as Martina Martinez.
* CallBack: Used constantly throughout the episode, given its central conceit of referencing previous jokes and plotlines. Some of the most notable examples:
** When Dennis, Dee and Mac are walking through the trash-filled alley at the beginning of the episode, Dennis repeats Charlie's "sad, throwaway culture" comment from [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS01E06TheGangFindsADeadGuy "The Gang Finds a Dead Guy"]] and Mac throws away his soda cup the same way he did in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E01TheGangFindsADumpsterBaby "The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby"]].
** Mac and Dennis claim that they don't vote because it's a choice between [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E08TheGangRunsForOffice "the Reublican who's gonna blast us in the ass or the Democrat who's gonna blast us in the ass]]. Mac also repeats his "not gay sex" bit from [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E02TheGangSolvesTheGasCrisis "The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis"]].
** Frank encourages Dee to dress as a [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E08TheGangRunsForOffice "whore politician"]], and she wears the yellow pantsuit that she wore in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E06TheGangGivesBack "The Gang Gives Back"]].
** Mac and Charlie admit that they were [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS07E01FranksPrettyWoman planning on]] [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS07E09TheGangGetsTrapped doing an accent]].
** The corporate rep who Frank and Dee attempt to schmooze is [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E07TheGangSellsOut the same guy who tried to buy Paddy's]]. Having learned from their mistakes, they take him to an all-male strip club this time, and Dee imitates Dennis's lecture on gay culture.
** Dee uses her [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E03AmericasNextTopPaddys Martina Martinez character]] to rile up the crowds at the trash collectors' strike.
** At the end of the episode, Mac, Dennis and Charlie decide to try their [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E02TheGangSolvesTheGasCrisis door-to-door gasoline selling]] scheme again, culminating in Charlie once again declaring himself the "wild card" and cutting the van's brakes.
* ClothingDamage: Frank and Dee get into a fight at the councillor's office which ends with them [[ItMakesSenseInContext tearing each other's clothes]].
* CureYourGays: Discussed; Dee suggests that the councillor is a "yestergay" when he isn't tempted by the male strippers, though she personally thinks a person's sexuality can't be changed. The councillor then confirms that he is, in fact, still gay.
* DoorToDoorEpisode: Mac, Dennis and Charlie go door-to-door with a limousine in Philadelphia's rich neighborhoods, collecting trash for a fee.
* FalseRapeAccusation: Dee (in character as Martina) immediately starts screaming "rape" when the union rep tries to grab the mic back from her at the rally.
* FiveManBand: Discussed [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E02TheGangSolvesTheGasCrisis once again]].
* GenreSavvy: Mac anticipates Charlie cutting the brakes on the van and gets them fixed beforehand.
* GoLookAtTheDistraction: When Dee realizes she's losing the crowd at the protest, she distracts them by pointing at the three "rich men" in tuxedos dumping trash outside the poor neighborhood -- not realizing that it's Dennis, Mac and Charlie and she's just sicced an angry mob on them.
* KissDiss: Mac attempts to kiss Dennis in a moment of excitement, only for Dennis to pull away.
* LampshadeHanging: Dee repeatedly mentions that everything that happens in the episode feels vaguely familiar, but goes ignored by the rest of the gang.
* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: Averted, as the gang try to recycle one of their old plans while putting into practice everything they learned from their past mistakes to improve it. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption They still end up failing.]]
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Mac and Dennis realize that Charlie has tuned out when they're in the middle of lecturing him on why they don't need a wild card.
-->'''Dennis:''' Is he listening to us? I can't tell.
-->'''Mac:''' He's listening. He's not ''understanding...''
-->'''Charlie:''' Yeah, he doesn't even, like, get us, man.
-->'''Dennis:''' We're talking about you!
* OhCrap: Dennis, Mac and Charlie on realizing that the angry mob of trash collectors is headed straight for them.
-->'''Dennis:''' Something bad's about to happen to somebody!
-->''(All laugh, then look around and realize that they're the only people in sight.)''
-->'''Charlie:''' ...Is it us?
-->'''Dennis:''' Yep.
* OnlySaneMan: Dennis plays this role in his sub-group with Charlie and Mac, talking the other two out of doing any accents and confiscating knives from them before they're unleashed on the general public.
* RousingSpeech: Dee as Martina gives one to the striking trash collectors. Unfortunately it works a little ''too'' well as, per Charlie, she ends up inciting a "race riot".
* SequelEpisode: To [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E02TheGangSolvesTheGasCrisis "The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis"]].
* ASimplePlan: Said by Frank at the beginning of the episode.
* SharpDressedMan: The guys all wear tuxedos for their upscale trash collection gig. Predictably, they all end up covered in trash (and in Mac's case, bird crap) by the end of the episode.
* ShoutOut: The ''{{Film/Ghostbusters}}'' theme plays as the gang head out in their van again.
* ShowSomeLeg: Frank tries to get Dee to do this until they realize that the councillor is gay.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Thanks to the strike, the bar is generating so much trash that there's no longer any room for it in the alley and it's just being piled up inside.
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The gang see an opportunity to make some quick cash when Philadelphia's trash
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* ACappella: Mac, Dennis and Charlie form a barbershop trio and sing a cappella when they go door-to-door to avoid offending potential customers by speaking.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Dennis claims that he would have had no trouble getting the contract for the trash collection from the gay councillor. He's also impressed when Dee says that the guy is a "twank versatile" and states that he wouldn't be able to satisy him.
* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Lampshaded at the end of the episode.
-->'''Charlie:''' We give up way too easily! And then we just jump onto the next thing, that's insane!
* {{Brownface}}: Dee once again browns up as Martina Martinez.
* CallBack: Used constantly throughout the episode, given its central conceit of referencing previous jokes and plotlines. Some of the most notable examples:
** When Dennis, Dee and Mac are walking through the trash-filled alley at the beginning of the episode, Dennis repeats Charlie's "sad, throwaway culture" comment from [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS01E06TheGangFindsADeadGuy "The Gang Finds a Dead Guy"]] and Mac throws away his soda cup the same way he did in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E01TheGangFindsADumpsterBaby "The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby"]].
** Mac and Dennis claim that they don't vote because it's a choice between [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E08TheGangRunsForOffice "the Reublican who's gonna blast us in the ass or the Democrat who's gonna blast us in the ass]]. Mac also repeats his "not gay sex" bit from [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E02TheGangSolvesTheGasCrisis "The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis"]].
** Frank encourages Dee to dress as a [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E08TheGangRunsForOffice "whore politician"]], and she wears the yellow pantsuit that she wore in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E06TheGangGivesBack "The Gang Gives Back"]].
** Mac and Charlie admit that they were [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS07E01FranksPrettyWoman planning on]] [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS07E09TheGangGetsTrapped doing an accent]].
** The corporate rep who Frank and Dee attempt to schmooze is [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E07TheGangSellsOut the same guy who tried to buy Paddy's]]. Having learned from their mistakes, they take him to an all-male strip club this time, and Dee imitates Dennis's lecture on gay culture.
** Dee uses her [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E03AmericasNextTopPaddys Martina Martinez character]] to rile up the crowds at the trash collectors' strike.
** At the end of the episode, Mac, Dennis and Charlie decide to try their [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E02TheGangSolvesTheGasCrisis door-to-door gasoline selling]] scheme again, culminating in Charlie once again declaring himself the "wild card" and cutting the van's brakes.
* ClothingDamage: Frank and Dee get into a fight at the councillor's office which ends with them [[ItMakesSenseInContext tearing each other's clothes]].
* CureYourGays: Discussed; Dee suggests that the councillor is a "yestergay" when he isn't tempted by the male strippers, though she personally thinks a person's sexuality can't be changed. The councillor then confirms that he is, in fact, still gay.
* DoorToDoorEpisode: Mac, Dennis and Charlie go door-to-door with a limousine in Philadelphia's rich neighborhoods, collecting trash for a fee.
* FalseRapeAccusation: Dee (in character as Martina) immediately starts screaming "rape" when the union rep tries to grab the mic back from her at the rally.
* FiveManBand: Discussed [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E02TheGangSolvesTheGasCrisis once again]].
* GenreSavvy: Mac anticipates Charlie cutting the brakes on the van and gets them fixed beforehand.
* GoLookAtTheDistraction: When Dee realizes she's losing the crowd at the protest, she distracts them by pointing at the three "rich men" in tuxedos dumping trash outside the poor neighborhood -- not realizing that it's Dennis, Mac and Charlie and she's just sicced an angry mob on them.
* KissDiss: Mac attempts to kiss Dennis in a moment of excitement, only for Dennis to pull away.
* LampshadeHanging: Dee repeatedly mentions that everything that happens in the episode feels vaguely familiar, but goes ignored by the rest of the gang.
* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: Averted, as the gang try to recycle one of their old plans while putting into practice everything they learned from their past mistakes to improve it. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption They still end up failing.]]
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Mac and Dennis realize that Charlie has tuned out when they're in the middle of lecturing him on why they don't need a wild card.
-->'''Dennis:''' Is he listening to us? I can't tell.
-->'''Mac:''' He's listening. He's not ''understanding...''
-->'''Charlie:''' Yeah, he doesn't even, like, get us, man.
-->'''Dennis:''' We're talking about you!
* OhCrap: Dennis, Mac and Charlie on realizing that the angry mob of trash collectors is headed straight for them.
-->'''Dennis:''' Something bad's about to happen to somebody!
-->''(All laugh, then look around and realize that they're the only people in sight.)''
-->'''Charlie:''' ...Is it us?
-->'''Dennis:''' Yep.
* OnlySaneMan: Dennis plays this role in his sub-group with Charlie and Mac, talking the other two out of doing any accents and confiscating knives from them before they're unleashed on the general public.
* RousingSpeech: Dee as Martina gives one to the striking trash collectors. Unfortunately it works a little ''too'' well as, per Charlie, she ends up inciting a "race riot".
* SequelEpisode: To [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E02TheGangSolvesTheGasCrisis "The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis"]].
* ASimplePlan: Said by Frank at the beginning of the episode.
* SharpDressedMan: The guys all wear tuxedos for their upscale trash collection gig. Predictably, they all end up covered in trash (and in Mac's case, bird crap) by the end of the episode.
* ShoutOut: The ''{{Film/Ghostbusters}}'' theme plays as the gang head out in their van again.
* ShowSomeLeg: Frank tries to get Dee to do this until they realize that the councillor is gay.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Thanks to the strike, the bar is generating so much trash that there's no longer any room for it in the alley and it's just being piled up inside.
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