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* TheReveal: The gang's priority throughout the episode is figuring out which film/show their predicament follows the rules of so they can adapt and escape. By the end they've figured it out:[[spoiler: It's ''Film/{{The Wizard Of Oz}}''.]]
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* ContinuityNod: Old Black Man is still sleeping with Dee, Mac and Dennis after the three lost a bet with Frank in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS11E05MacAndDennisMoveToTheSuburbs "Mac and Dennis Move To the Suburbs"]].
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** Old Black Man is still sleeping with Dee, Mac and Dennis after the three lost a bet with Frank in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS11E05MacAndDennisMoveToTheSuburbs "Mac and Dennis Move To theSuburbs"]].Suburbs"]].
** Dennis [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS01E01TheGangGetsRacist hates hearing about people's dreams.]]
** Old Black Man is still sleeping with Dee, Mac and Dennis after the three lost a bet with Frank in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS11E05MacAndDennisMoveToTheSuburbs "Mac and Dennis Move To the
** Dennis [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS01E01TheGangGetsRacist hates hearing about people's dreams.]]
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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:The Old Black Man walks in front of a mirror...with a reflection of Scott Bakula looking back at him.]]
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** Similarly, Dee is very unimpressed with Frank thinking he has NWordPrivileges now that he's black. He doesn't actually say it on screen, but he makes the intent clear.
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->''When you've just turned black/And you can't switch back/Well you gotta go and find out the rules''
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->''When you've just turned black/And black\\
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Well you gotta go and find out therules''rules!''
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* JadedWashout: Scott Bakula has become this. He has been forced to take a job as a janitor to pay the bills, and his song has him asking "[[Series/QuantumLeap Ziggy]]" to return him to 1989 because "[[GloryDays that was a better year.]]"
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* RealityEnsues: Run around town yelling about body-swapping and randomly breaking into song, and everyone will think you're crazy.
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** Run around town yelling about body-swapping and randomly breaking into song, and everyone will think you're crazy.
** Dennis, Mac, and Charlie quickly discover that they can no longer simply talk their way out of trouble with the police now that they're black.
** Run around town yelling about body-swapping and randomly breaking into song, and everyone will think you're crazy.
** Dennis, Mac, and Charlie quickly discover that they can no longer simply talk their way out of trouble with the police now that they're black.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even Charlie and Dennis are disturbed by the casually racist assumptions Mac makes about black people as he attempts to figure out the lesson the Gang is supposed to be learning.
-->'''Charlie:''' Dude, you have to stop.
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That’s really more of a passing mention of Trump, rather than actively insulting him.
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* TakeThat: Towards Creator/DonaldTrump.
-->'''Mac:''' We did have a black president before the orange one.
-->'''Mac:''' We did have a black president before the orange one.
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* ChekhovsGun: The toy train that the social worker gives to Charlie at the police station. He takes it out in an attempt to befriend the police when the gang are about the be arrested again at the end of the episode, but they mistake it for a gun and shoot him.
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* ChekhovsGun: The toy train that the social worker gives to Charlie at the police station. He takes it out in an attempt to befriend the police when the gang are about the to be arrested again at the end of the episode, but they mistake it for a gun and shoot him.
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* FreakyFridayFlip: Discussed, as the gang initially believe that they've switched bodies with a black family. Dennis even refers to it as a "Freaky Friday Thing."
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* FreakyFridayFlip: Discussed, as the gang initially believe that they've switched bodies with a black family. Dennis even refers to it their situation as a "Freaky Friday Thing.""
* IAmNotSpock: Scott Bakula gets annoyed when Dee and Frank compare him to his character from ''Quantum Leap''.
* IAmNotSpock: Scott Bakula gets annoyed when Dee and Frank compare him to his character from ''Quantum Leap''.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The first thing Dee says after discovering that they've turned black is ask if they're in a dream.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The After the gang wakes up as black people, the first thing Dee says after discovering that they've turned black asks is ask if they're in a dream.
all still dreaming.
* FreakyFridayFlip: Discussed, as the gang initially believe that they've switched bodies with a black family. Dennis even refers to it as a "Freaky Friday Thing."
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* LampshadeHanging: The gang spends most of the episode discussing (and singing) the various tropes associated with [[FreakyFridayFlip body swapping]] and trying to figure out the episode's [[AnAesop lesson]] so they can 'learn' it and switch back.
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* LampshadeHanging: The gang spends most of the episode discussing (and singing) the various tropes associated with [[FreakyFridayFlip body swapping]] and trying to figure out the episode's [[AnAesop lesson]] so they can 'learn' it and switch back.back to normal.
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* ShootHimHeHasAWallet: Charlie is shot by cops when he holds what is clearly a toy train in the air.
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* ShockingSwerve: ''Charlie gets gunned down by the cops at the end.''
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* AdamWesting: Scott Bakula of ''Series/QuantumLeap'' fame appears as a washed-up version of himself working as a janitor in a nursing home.
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* LampshadeHanging: The gang spends most of the episode discussing (and singing) the various tropes associated with [[FreakyFridayFlip body swapping]] and trying to figure out the episode's [[AnAesop moral lesson]] so they can switch back.
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* LampshadeHanging: The gang spends most of the episode discussing (and singing) the various tropes associated with [[FreakyFridayFlip body swapping]] and trying to figure out the episode's [[AnAesop moral lesson]] so they can 'learn' it and switch back.
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-->'''Scott Bakula:''' [[Series/QuantumLeap Oh, boy]].
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-->'''Scott Bakula:''' [[Series/QuantumLeap Oh, boy]]. [[CallBack What are the rules?]]
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* BlackComedy: The ending qualifies, even by ''Always Sunny'' standards. See MoodWhiplash.
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*LightningCanDoAnything: A lightning bolt hitting the gang's VCR and electric blankets causes the body-swap.
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* RealityEnsues: Run around town yelling about body-swapping and randomly breaking into song, and everyone will think you're crazy.
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* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: The Gang realize they're now black people after looking into a mirror, which leads to Dee thinking that they must be working off of Quantum Leap rules. At the end of the episode [[spoiler:Old Black Man looks into a mirror and sees Scott Bakula.]]
-->'''Scott Bakula:''' [[spoiler:Oh, boy.]]
-->'''Scott Bakula:''' [[spoiler:Oh, boy.]]
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* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: The Gang realize they're now black people after looking into a mirror, which leads to Dee thinking that they must be working off of Quantum Leap rules. At the end of the episode [[spoiler:Old Old Black Man looks into a mirror and sees Scott Bakula.]]
Bakula.
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* LampshadeHanging: The gang spends most of the episode discussing (and singing) the various tropes associated with [[FreakyFridayFlip body swapping]] and trying to figure out the episode's [[AnAesop moral lesson]] so they can switch back.
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* InsistentTerminology: Dee tells Frank that he has to call Old Black Man "Old Man". However, a black guy later addresses him as Old Black Man.
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: The Gang realize they're now black people after looking into a mirror, which leads to Dee thinking that they must be working off of Quantum Leap rules. At the end of the episode [[spoiler:Old Black Man looks into a mirror and sees Scott Bakula.]]
* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: The Gang realize they're now black people after looking into a mirror, which leads to Dee thinking that they must be working off of Quantum Leap rules. At the end of the episode [[spoiler:Old Black Man looks into a mirror and sees Scott Bakula.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The first thing Dee says after discovering that they've turned black is ask if they're dreaming.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Underneath all the silliness, the episode is a commentary on racial tensions in America, in particular the recent spate of shottings of unarmed young black men by police.
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* ShockingSwerve: ''Charlie gets gunned down by the cops at the end.''
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-->''When you've just turned black/And you can't switch back/Well you gotta go and find out the rules''
-->'''-- Dennis'''
After a freak storm during movie night causes them all to get electrocuted, the gang find themselves inhabiting the bodies of a black family and try to figure out how to get back to normal while inexplicably breaking out into song.
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!!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdamWesting: Scott Bakula of ''Series/QuantumLeap'' fame appears as a washed-up version of himself working as a janitor in a nursing home.
* AllJustADream: The ending reveals that the events of the episode were dreamed by Old Black Man after he fell asleep during the gang's movie night.
* AndYouWereThere: Said verbatim by Old Black Man when he wakes up from his dream at the end of the episode.
* TheCastShowOff: The episode's musical numbers were all penned by Charlie Day. In addition, the entire cast gets to show off their singing voices, which range from decent to genuinely impressive.
* ChekhovsGun: The toy train that the social worker gives to Charlie at the police station. He takes it out in an attempt to befriend the police when the gang are about the be arrested again at the end of the episode, but they mistake it for a gun and shoot him.
* ContinuityNod: Old Black Man is still sleeping with Dee, Mac and Dennis after the three lost a bet with Frank in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS11E05MacAndDennisMoveToTheSuburbs "Mac and Dennis Move To the Suburbs"]].
* FreakyFridayFlip: Discussed, as the gang initially believe that they've switched bodies with a black family.
* MoodWhiplash: Charlie getting graphically shot by the police - who perceive him as a preteen black boy - is a genuinely shocking moment... and then the gang, ''including Charlie'', burst into song again.
* MusicalEpisode: The gang randomly burst into song and dance numbers throughout the episode after the body switch takes place.
* NWordPrivileges: Frank is excited to say the "n-word", but Dee tells him that he still can't say it as he's not really black and wonders why he's been looking for an excuse to say it in the first place.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Underneath all the silliness, the episode is a commentary on racial tensions in America, in particular the recent spate of shottings of unarmed young black men by police.
* ShoutOut:
** The episode opens with the gang gathering to watch ''Film/TheWiz'' for movie night.
** The gang rattles off a whole list of body-switching movies while trying to find an explanation for their current predicament, including ''Film/TheHotChick'', ''Film/ViceVersa'', ''Film/AllOfMe'', ''Film/LikeFatherLikeSon'', ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'' and ''Film/FaceOff'', as well as the series ''Series/QuantumLeap''.
* TakeThat: Towards Creator/DonaldTrump.
-->'''Mac:''' We did have a black president before the orange one.
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-->'''-- Dennis'''
After a freak storm during movie night causes them all to get electrocuted, the gang find themselves inhabiting the bodies of a black family and try to figure out how to get back to normal while inexplicably breaking out into song.
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!!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AdamWesting: Scott Bakula of ''Series/QuantumLeap'' fame appears as a washed-up version of himself working as a janitor in a nursing home.
* AllJustADream: The ending reveals that the events of the episode were dreamed by Old Black Man after he fell asleep during the gang's movie night.
* AndYouWereThere: Said verbatim by Old Black Man when he wakes up from his dream at the end of the episode.
* TheCastShowOff: The episode's musical numbers were all penned by Charlie Day. In addition, the entire cast gets to show off their singing voices, which range from decent to genuinely impressive.
* ChekhovsGun: The toy train that the social worker gives to Charlie at the police station. He takes it out in an attempt to befriend the police when the gang are about the be arrested again at the end of the episode, but they mistake it for a gun and shoot him.
* ContinuityNod: Old Black Man is still sleeping with Dee, Mac and Dennis after the three lost a bet with Frank in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS11E05MacAndDennisMoveToTheSuburbs "Mac and Dennis Move To the Suburbs"]].
* FreakyFridayFlip: Discussed, as the gang initially believe that they've switched bodies with a black family.
* MoodWhiplash: Charlie getting graphically shot by the police - who perceive him as a preteen black boy - is a genuinely shocking moment... and then the gang, ''including Charlie'', burst into song again.
* MusicalEpisode: The gang randomly burst into song and dance numbers throughout the episode after the body switch takes place.
* NWordPrivileges: Frank is excited to say the "n-word", but Dee tells him that he still can't say it as he's not really black and wonders why he's been looking for an excuse to say it in the first place.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Underneath all the silliness, the episode is a commentary on racial tensions in America, in particular the recent spate of shottings of unarmed young black men by police.
* ShoutOut:
** The episode opens with the gang gathering to watch ''Film/TheWiz'' for movie night.
** The gang rattles off a whole list of body-switching movies while trying to find an explanation for their current predicament, including ''Film/TheHotChick'', ''Film/ViceVersa'', ''Film/AllOfMe'', ''Film/LikeFatherLikeSon'', ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'' and ''Film/FaceOff'', as well as the series ''Series/QuantumLeap''.
* TakeThat: Towards Creator/DonaldTrump.
-->'''Mac:''' We did have a black president before the orange one.
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