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** After transforming and attacking Mr. Kelso, Cornchip Girl casually switches the store sign to 'Closed', similar to the opening of ''Film/FridayThe13thPart2'' when Jason Varhoees casually takes a pot of hot water off a stove after claiming his first victim.
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** After transforming and attacking Mr. Kelso, Cornchip Girl casually switches the store sign to 'Closed', similar to the opening of ''Film/FridayThe13thPart2'' when Jason Varhoees Voorhees casually takes a pot of hot water off a stove after claiming his first victim.
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** After transforming and attacking Mr. Kelso, Cornchip Girl casually switches the store sign to 'Closed', similar to the opening of ''Film/FridayTheThirteenthPart2'' when Jason Varhoees casually takes a pot of hot water off a stove after claiming his first victim.
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** After transforming and attacking Mr. Kelso, Cornchip Girl casually switches the store sign to 'Closed', similar to the opening of ''Film/FridayTheThirteenthPart2'' ''Film/FridayThe13thPart2'' when Jason Varhoees casually takes a pot of hot water off a stove after claiming his first victim.
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* ChekhovsGun: When Mikey is grabbed by one of the Finster zombies, Spinelli tackles it to save him, causing the zombie's glasses to skid underneath the lunch counter. At the end of segment, when the gang are surmising that they may have imagined the whole thing, the audience is shown that the glasses are still there.
* FromBadToWorse: When Mikey's bike goes on a rampage and can't be stopped, everyone evacuates the school and traps it inside, seeming to end the problem. But then, ''all the other bikes'' come to life.
-->'''Gus:''' [[AlasPoorVillain Poor, dumb, ghastly freaks]]. They never knew what hit 'em.
* NoSympathy: When Mrs. Finster confiscates the toy tank from Gus, she's unconcerned by the fact that he had borrowed it from Milton. Needless to say, Milton's [[WhatTheHellHero not happy with Gus for getting his toy taken away]].
** After transforming and attacking Mr. Kelso, Cornchip Girl casually switches the store sign to 'Closed', similar to the opening of ''Film/FridayTheThirteenthPart2'' when Jason Varhoees casually takes a pot of hot water off a stove after claiming his first victim.
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** "Night of the Living Finsters": Of the OrWasItADream variety. After defeating the Finster zombies, the gang can't find any evidence that their night of horror actually happened and dismiss it as something they imagined. Then...we see one of the Finisters' glasses under the lunch counter.
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** "Night of the Living Finsters": Of the OrWasItADream variety. After defeating the Finster zombies, the gang can't find any evidence that their night of horror actually happened and dismiss it as something they imagined. Then...[[WhamShot we see one of the Finisters' glasses under the lunch counter.counter]].
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* AcidPool: Galileo tells the story of the “Gothicshire Monster” who was captured by the Scotland Yard and held above a vat of sulfuric acid.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** When Cornchip Girl goes on a rampage in "Children of the Cornchip," Principal Prickly chastises her for running in the halls and ripping off the lunch room doors.
** Menlo in "When Bikes Attack!" He objects to the gang's use of a window jimmy, and then when the entire school gets aboard a single school bus.
** When Cornchip Girl goes on a rampage in "Children of the Cornchip," Principal Prickly chastises her for running in the halls and ripping off the lunch room doors.
** Menlo in "When Bikes Attack!" He objects to the gang's use of a window jimmy, and then when the entire school gets aboard a single school bus.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** When Cornchip Girl goes on a rampage in "Children of the Cornchip," Principal Prickly chastises her for running in the halls and ripping off the lunch room doors.
** Menlo in "When Bikes Attack!" He objects to the gang's use of a window jimmy, and then when the entire school gets aboard a single school bus.BigNo: Done by Mikey as he watches his beloved, but evil, bike get its wheels popped.
** When Cornchip Girl goes on a rampage in "Children of the Cornchip," Principal Prickly chastises her for running in the halls and ripping off the lunch room doors.
** Menlo in "When Bikes Attack!" He objects to the gang's use of a window jimmy, and then when the entire school gets aboard a single school bus.
* CreepyCrows: One is hanging around the Diggers’ Hole when Vince goes to fulfill his dare at night.
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* HalloweenEpisodeEtTuBrute: “Et tu, red rocket?” - said by Gretchen to her own bike as it turns evil too.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences:
-->'''Lunch Lady #1:''' Look girly, if we wanted kids eating food that tasted good -
-->'''Lunch Lady #2:''' - we’d retire!
* HalloweenEpisode: While none of the stories themselves take place on Halloween, the episode as a whole does.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences:
-->'''Lunch Lady #1:''' Look girly, if we wanted kids eating food that tasted good -
-->'''Lunch Lady #2:''' - we’d retire!
* HalloweenEpisode: While none of the stories themselves take place on Halloween, the episode as a whole does.
* HorrorHost: Butch acts as this for the episode as he presents the tales to the viewers and provides segues between them.
* ItsLikeIAlwaysSay:
-->'''TJ:''' You know what I always say, "A buddy never lets a buddy sneak out without telling his parents, climb down into a dark creepy hole at night, and stay there by himself."
* LightningCanDoAnything: Like make bikes come to life.
-->'''TJ:''' You know what I always say, "A buddy never lets a buddy sneak out without telling his parents, climb down into a dark creepy hole at night, and stay there by himself."
* LightningCanDoAnything: Like make bikes come to life.
* OminousFog: Fittingly, a thick fog rolls in as the kids start their hunt for the monster in “Children of the Cornchip.”
* PinkySwear: Gus unleashes bad luck on the playground when he breaks the pinky promise he made with Milton that he’d return his toy tank to him.
* PinkySwear: Gus unleashes bad luck on the playground when he breaks the pinky promise he made with Milton that he’d return his toy tank to him.
* RepeatedForEmphasis:
-->'''TJ:''' Well, be careful. There’s a monster prowling around school.
-->'''Cornchip Girl:''' I know!” [{{Beat}}] “I ''know''.
* RoofHopping: The kids chase the Cornchip monster along what starts off as the school’s rooftop but then morphs into London-esque shingled roofs and brick chimneys.
* RousingSpeech:
-->'''Gus:''' Guys, there comes a time in every 9-year-old’s life when he’s gotta face his monsters!
* ScareDare: Lawson dares Vince to go down into the Diggers’ Hole at night and stay there until morning. He goes through with it, but since his friends showed up to keep him company, this counts as cheating on the dare and compounds on the bad luck Gus caused by breaking his pinky promise.
-->'''TJ:''' Well, be careful. There’s a monster prowling around school.
-->'''Cornchip Girl:''' I know!” [{{Beat}}] “I ''know''.
* RoofHopping: The kids chase the Cornchip monster along what starts off as the school’s rooftop but then morphs into London-esque shingled roofs and brick chimneys.
* RousingSpeech:
-->'''Gus:''' Guys, there comes a time in every 9-year-old’s life when he’s gotta face his monsters!
* ScareDare: Lawson dares Vince to go down into the Diggers’ Hole at night and stay there until morning. He goes through with it, but since his friends showed up to keep him company, this counts as cheating on the dare and compounds on the bad luck Gus caused by breaking his pinky promise.
* SherlockHomage: Gus dresses as Sherlock Holmes to hunt down the monster, though he appears to be referencing the ShowWithinAShow, “Monster Hunter P.I.”
-->'''Gus:''' Elementary, my dear Spinelli.
* SherlockScan: Befitting his SherlockHomage, Gus uses this method of deduction to predict that not only will Cornchip Girl will be fine after falling off the roof, but that the fear of it will turn her back into a human as well.
-->'''Gus:''' Elementary, my dear Spinelli.
* SherlockScan: Befitting his SherlockHomage, Gus uses this method of deduction to predict that not only will Cornchip Girl will be fine after falling off the roof, but that the fear of it will turn her back into a human as well.
* SkewedPriorities:
** When Cornchip Girl goes on a rampage in "Children of the Cornchip," Principal Prickly chastises her for running in the halls and ripping off the lunch room doors.
** Menlo in "When Bikes Attack!" He objects to the gang's misuse of a window jimmy to stop the possessed bike, and then, when the entire school gets aboard a single school bus, he’s concerned that they’ll be way over the maximum capacity.
** When Cornchip Girl goes on a rampage in "Children of the Cornchip," Principal Prickly chastises her for running in the halls and ripping off the lunch room doors.
** Menlo in "When Bikes Attack!" He objects to the gang's misuse of a window jimmy to stop the possessed bike, and then, when the entire school gets aboard a single school bus, he’s concerned that they’ll be way over the maximum capacity.
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** "Children of the Cornchip": Gus saves Cornchip Girl, and the gang gather all the bags of chips. Vince throws them onto the roof, but they are blown off and Captain Sticky (and presumably the other Kindergartenders) eats one of the chips.
** "When Bikes Attack!": Cornered by their bikes, the entire school escapes on a single school bus...only to find there's no driver.
** "Night of the Living Finsters": After defeating the Finster zombies, the gang can't find any evidence that their night of horror actually happened and dismiss it as something they imagined. Then...we see one of the Finisters' glasses under the lunch counter.
** "When Bikes Attack!": Cornered by their bikes, the entire school escapes on a single school bus...only to find there's no driver.
** "Night of the Living Finsters": After defeating the Finster zombies, the gang can't find any evidence that their night of horror actually happened and dismiss it as something they imagined. Then...we see one of the Finisters' glasses under the lunch counter.
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** "Children of the Cornchip": Of the HereWeGoAgain variety. Gus saves Cornchip Girl, and the gang gather all the bags of chips. Vince throws them onto the roof, but they are blown off and Captain Sticky (and presumably the other Kindergartenders) eats one of the chips.
** "When Bikes Attack!": Of the AfterlifeExpress variety. Cornered by their bikes, the entire school escapes on a single school bus...only to find there's no driver.
** "Night of the Living Finsters": Of the OrWasItADream variety. After defeating the Finster zombies, the gang can't find any evidence that their night of horror actually happened and dismiss it as something they imagined. Then...we see one of the Finisters' glasses under the lunchcounter.counter.
* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: Ye Olde Crisps hadn’t been tested before being sent to Mr. Kelso, but Cornchip Girl eats them before he can send them back.
* VignetteEpisode: This episode contains different horror-themed stories told in the ThreeShorts format and hosted by Butch.
** "When Bikes Attack!": Of the AfterlifeExpress variety. Cornered by their bikes, the entire school escapes on a single school bus...only to find there's no driver.
** "Night of the Living Finsters": Of the OrWasItADream variety. After defeating the Finster zombies, the gang can't find any evidence that their night of horror actually happened and dismiss it as something they imagined. Then...we see one of the Finisters' glasses under the lunch
* UnfinishedUntestedUsedAnyway: Ye Olde Crisps hadn’t been tested before being sent to Mr. Kelso, but Cornchip Girl eats them before he can send them back.
* VignetteEpisode: This episode contains different horror-themed stories told in the ThreeShorts format and hosted by Butch.
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** The title of the story, “Night of the Living Finsters,” is a reference to George A. Romero’s famous zombie movie, [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead Night of the Living Dead]].
** The title of the story, “Children of the Cornship,” is a reference to Stephen King’s book/movie [[Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn Children of the Corn]], despite the story itself having a completely different subject matter than King’s.
** Gus dresses like Literature/SherlockHolmes in "Children of the Cornchip."
** The title of the story, “Children of the Cornship,” is a reference to Stephen King’s book/movie [[Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn Children of the Corn]], despite the story itself having a completely different subject matter than King’s.
** Gus dresses like Literature/SherlockHolmes in "Children of the Cornchip."
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** The title of the story, “Night "Night of the Living Finsters,” Finsters", is a reference to George A. Romero’s Creator/GeorgeARomero's famous zombie movie, [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead Night of the Living Dead]].
''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''.
** The title of the story,“Children "Children of the Cornship,” Cornship", is a reference to Stephen King’s Creator/StephenKing's book/movie [[Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn Children of the Corn]], ''Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn'', despite the story itself having a completely different subject matter than King’s.
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** The title of the story,
** Gus dresses like Literature/SherlockHolmes in "Children of the
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** "Night of the Living Finsters": After defeating the Finster zombies, the gang can't find any evidence that their night of horror actually happened and dismiss it as something they imagined. Then...we see one of the Finisters' glasses under the lunch counter.counter.
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* IndianBurialGround: Parodied, as "Night of the Living Finsters" is about the kids discovering the school was built over the ''Finster'' Burial Ground (as in, the ancestral graveyard for Miss Finster's ancestors).
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* PokemonSpeak: The various zombie Finsters only ever repeat synonyms for misbehaving kids, such as "Miscreants," "Hooligans," and "Ne'er do-wells."
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Had ya pretty scared, didn't I?"]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Had ya pretty scared, didn't I?"]]
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* EpisodeOfTheDead: “Night of the Living Finsters” focuses on the Recess gang dealing with a hoard of zombies.
* HalloweenEpisode
* HalloweenEpisode
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** The title of the story, “Night of the Living Finsters,” is a reference to George A. Romero’s famous zombie movie, [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead Night of the Living Dead]].
** The title of the story, “Children of the Cornship,” is a reference to Stephen King’s book/movie [[Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn Children of the Corn]], despite the story itself having a completely different subject matter than King’s.
** The title of the story, “Children of the Cornship,” is a reference to Stephen King’s book/movie [[Film/ChildrenOfTheCorn Children of the Corn]], despite the story itself having a completely different subject matter than King’s.
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* TruthInTelevision: Gus mentions how in England flashlights are called torches, which is true, the British term for "flashlight" is "torch".
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* ShoutOut: Gus dresses like Literature/SherlockHolmes in "Children of the Cornchip."
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Gus dresses like Literature/SherlockHolmes in "Children of the Cornchip.""
** The ThreeShorts HalloweenEpisode format of this episode seems to be a reference to the ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
** Gus dresses like Literature/SherlockHolmes in "Children of the Cornchip.
** The ThreeShorts HalloweenEpisode format of this episode seems to be a reference to the ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When everyone is cornered by the bikes, TJ says that it's still cool that their bikes came to life.
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* NotUsingTheZWord: The creature Cornchip Girl becomes is only called a "monster", but with the canine look and all the way down to the mutagenic ingredient in the chips being wolfsbane, it's pretty clear she became a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]].
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** "Children of the Cornchip": Gus saves Cornchip Girl, and the gang gather all the bags of chips. Vince throws them onto the roof, but they are blown off and Captain Sticky eats one of the chips.
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** "Children of the Cornchip": Gus saves Cornchip Girl, and the gang gather all the bags of chips. Vince throws them onto the roof, but they are blown off and Captain Sticky (and presumably the other Kindergartenders) eats one of the chips.
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* AssholeVictim: The lunchladies, who Cornchip Girl attacks when they laugh at her suggestion of adding the new chips to the menu.
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* AssholeVictim: The lunchladies, who Cornchip Girl attacks when they laugh at her [[AffablyEvil rather polite]] suggestion of adding the new chips to the menu.
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* OhCrap: Mikey tries to comfort his bike after the gang pops its tires, only for them to run when they reinflate by themselves.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Menlo in "When Bikes Attack!" He objects to the gang's use of a window jimmy, and then when the entire school gets aboard a single school bus.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: ComicallyMissingThePoint:
** When Cornchip Girl goes on a rampage in "Children of the Cornchip," Principal Prickly chastises her for running in the halls and ripping off the lunch room doors.
** Menlo in "When Bikes Attack!" He objects to the gang's use of a window jimmy, and then when the entire school gets aboard a single school bus.
** When Cornchip Girl goes on a rampage in "Children of the Cornchip," Principal Prickly chastises her for running in the halls and ripping off the lunch room doors.
** Menlo in "When Bikes Attack!" He objects to the gang's use of a window jimmy, and then when the entire school gets aboard a single school bus.
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** Miss Finster compliments Prickly on the SAL 4000, something he told her he was getting after the SAL 3000 from [[Recap/RecessS4E21Schoolworld Schoolworld]] in Season 4.
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** Miss Finster compliments Prickly on the SAL 4000, something he told her he was getting after the SAL 3000 from [[Recap/RecessS4E21Schoolworld Schoolworld]] "[[Recap/RecessS4E21Schoolworld Schoolworld]]" in Season 4.
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* ContinuityNod: Miss Finster compliments Prickly on the SAL 4000, something he told her he was getting after the SAL 3000 from [[Recap/RecessS4E21Schoolworld Schoolworld]] in Season 4.
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** Miss Finster compliments Prickly on the SAL 4000, something he told her he was getting after the SAL 3000 from [[Recap/RecessS4E21Schoolworld Schoolworld]] in Season4.4.
** The gang defeat the zombie Finsters with Tomato Suprise, something that hasn't been mentioned since the first episode.
** Miss Finster compliments Prickly on the SAL 4000, something he told her he was getting after the SAL 3000 from [[Recap/RecessS4E21Schoolworld Schoolworld]] in Season
** The gang defeat the zombie Finsters with Tomato Suprise, something that hasn't been mentioned since the first episode.
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* ContinuityNod: Miss Finster compliments Prickly on the SAL 4000, something he told her he was getting after the SAL 3000 from [[Recap/RecessS4E21Schoolworld Schoolworld]] in Season 4.
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* ImMelting: The gang use Tomato Surprise to destroy the Finster zombies.
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* MayContainEvil: Ye Olde Crisps contain wolfsbane flavor.
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* AssholeVictim: The lunchladies, who Cornchip Girl attacks when they laugh at her suggestion of adding the new chips to the menu.
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* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: The gang is confused when Gus says he was so scared, he slept with a torch. He then clarifies that this is what the British call a flashlight.
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* HisNameIs: Galileo is about the give vital information about the monster attacks, but then his batteries die. Fortunately, Gretchen changes them and gets the information.
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* HisNameIs: Galileo is about the to give the vital information about the monster attacks, but then his batteries die. Fortunately, Gretchen changes them and gets the information.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Cornchip Girl becomes a monster.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Menlo in "When Bikes Attack!" He objects to the gang's use of a window jimmy, and then when the entire school gets aboard a single school bus.
* HisNameIs: Galileo is about the give vital information about the monster attacks, but then his batteries die. Fortunately, Gretchen changes them and gets the information.
* ShoutOut: Gus dresses like Literature/SherlockHolmes in "Children of the Cornchip."
* HisNameIs: Galileo is about the give vital information about the monster attacks, but then his batteries die. Fortunately, Gretchen changes them and gets the information.
* ShoutOut: Gus dresses like Literature/SherlockHolmes in "Children of the Cornchip."
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For Halloween, Butch shares three terrifying tales from the playground.
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* TwistEnding: Each story ends with one.
** "Children of the Cornchip": Gus saves Cornchip Girl, and the gang gather all the bags of chips. Vince throws them onto the roof, but they are blown off and Captain Sticky eats one of the chips.
** "When Bikes Attack!": Cornered by their bikes, the entire school escapes on a single school bus...only to find there's no driver.
** "Night of the Living Finsters": After defeating the Finster zombies, the gang can't find any evidence that their night of horror actually happened and dismiss it as something they imagined. Then...we see one of the Finisters' glasses under the lunch counter.
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* TwistEnding: Each story ends with one.
** "Children of the Cornchip": Gus saves Cornchip Girl, and the gang gather all the bags of chips. Vince throws them onto the roof, but they are blown off and Captain Sticky eats one of the chips.
** "When Bikes Attack!": Cornered by their bikes, the entire school escapes on a single school bus...only to find there's no driver.
** "Night of the Living Finsters": After defeating the Finster zombies, the gang can't find any evidence that their night of horror actually happened and dismiss it as something they imagined. Then...we see one of the Finisters' glasses under the lunch counter.
