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* ExplainExplainOhCrap:
** This exchange when Heffer speeds out of control in Rocko's car:
--->'''Filburt''': Oh dear. I haven't reconnected the accelerator or turn springs, the transmission cable, or the brake pads yet.\\
'''Rocko:''' What does that mean?\\
'''Filburt:''' It means he's gonna go careening full-tilt through the town in reverse, till' he either hits a building or the engine overheats and explodes.\\
'''Rocko:''' Explodes?! What's going to happen to Heffer, then?\\
''({{Beat}})''\\
'''Filburt:''' Oh dear.
** This exchange after Rocko's car wins the O-Town Rally and runs out of gas, preventing the engine from overheating and exploding:
--->'''Heffer:''' Cheer up, Rocko. We came in second, and your car came in first, so it gets a nice trophy and a free tank of gas!\\
'''Rocko:''' A tank of gas?!\\
'''Filburt:''' Oh boy.


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* ShaggyDogStory: When Heffer speeds out of control in reverse in Rocko's car, Rocko and Filburt rush to save him before the car's engine overheats and explodes. After the car crosses the finish line of the O-Town Rally, it runs out of gas. Afterwards, Filburt says that he didn't anticipate that happening.
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* VisualPun: The employees at the Very Last Chance garage are all monkeys. Greasemonkeys, so to speak.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Said by Filburt after Rocko's car ''and'' his motor scooter get wrecked. He puts on the silly headdress from earlier as the show closes out.
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* ContinuityNod: Uncle Jib's cattle truck and Jezebel the dead horse from "[[Recap/RockosModernLifeS1E10TheGoodTheBadAndTheWallabyTrashOMadness The Good, The Bad and the Wallaby]]" appear in this episode. They can be seen during Heffer's reverse ride. The background music for "The Good, The Bad, and the Wallaby" can also be heard when Heffer is in the drag race.

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* AshFace: Happens to Ed after he puts his tongue on his stove's burner.
* BrickJoke: Rocko suggests the bugs go on a vacation instead of staying at his house. At the end of the episode, the bugs take him up on that offer.
* CondensationClue: To make sure Rocko gets the message about Ed's true intentions for the bugs, Flecko writes "He's going to eat us you idiot" on the jar he is trapped in.



* TongueTrauma: Flecko pulls a switch in the sink that causes this to happen to Mr. Bighead.

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* TongueTrauma: ShakingTheRump: Flecko does this to trick Ed into putting his tongue on the hot stove.
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Flecko pulls a switch in the sink that causes this to happen to Mr. Bighead.Bighead.
** Later on, Ed is tricked into putting his tongue on a stove's burner, causing it his tongue to disintegrate like the fuse on a stick of dynamite.
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* DeadlyEuphemism: Mr. Bighead offers to "take care" of Rocko's pest problem and "send them to camp".
* TheDreaded: The second Ed arrives in the bug-infested kitchen, the bugs flee in terror.


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* FreudianSlip:
-->'''Mr. Bighead:''' Uh, Rocko, could I borrow a cup of bugs-- ''[stutters unintelligibly]'' butter?

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* BittersweetEnding: Rocko and his car win the race, but Filburt's motor scooter and Rocko's car get destroyed at the end.



* DeliberatelyMonochrome: During the ''Frankenstein'' parody, the screen turns black-and-white.




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* WingedSoulFliesOffAtDeath: This happens to Rocko's car when it gets wrecked. At the end of the episode, this happens to Rocko's car ''and'' Filburt's motor scooter.



* FriendToBugs: Rocko's kindness to bugs is what leads the escapees from Ed to invade Rocko's house.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Rocko immediately understands that the bugs need a place to stay, but while he is a FriendToBugs he isn't AdoringThePests.
* ForTheEvulz: Mr. Bighead is a toad who eats bugs, and that's a normal way of life. What ''isn't'' a normal way of life is the bizarrely sadistic pleasure he takes in eating the bugs alive.
* FriendToBugs: Rocko's kindness to bugs is what leads the escapees from Ed to invade Rocko's house.house.
* KillerRabbit: Spunky barks at a tiny little bug on the ground. The bug roars at Spunky, baring its ginormous fangs.
* TongueTrauma: Flecko pulls a switch in the sink that causes this to happen to Mr. Bighead.
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The sixth episode of the third season of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.



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* AlliterativeTitle: '''M'''anic '''M'''echanic.
* FunetikAksent: While trying to fix Rocko's car, Heffer reads the service manual with a goofy accent. When Rocko tells him to drop the accent, Heffer responds that the manual is written that way.
* HighSpeedTrainReroute: Heffer speeds out of control in reverse when he takes Rocko's car for a test drive after his, Rocko's, and Filburt's attempts to fix it. At one point, Heffer gets onto a set of train tracks and is being chased by a train. When Rocko and Filburt catch up to him on Filburt's motor scooter, they come to a switch, and change the points to divert Heffer away from the train.
* InventionalWisdom: Rocko and his friends are trying to fix Rocko's car, but are unable to despite trying everything, until Filburt notices the car has a "fixed/broken" switch on the under the hood that's currently set to "broken".




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\n!!Rocko's * ShoutOut: Filburt proclaims he can take Rocko's broken car and return to it "[[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow that spark that is the breath of life itself!]]"

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Happy Vermin has Vermin" provides examples of
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'''Manic Mechanic'''

Filburt offers to help Rocko fix his car in time for a big race.

'''Rocko's Happy Vermin'''

A band of bugs that have escaped from Mr. Bighead's stash take refuge in Rocko's house.

!!Manic Mechanic has examples of

* NoodleIncident: At the beginning, Heffer asks Rocko if he's still upset over "The Poodle Incident".

!!Rocko's Happy Vermin has examples of

* FriendToBugs: Rocko's kindness to bugs is what leads the escapees from Ed to invade Rocko's house.

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