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* EcoTerrorist: [[spoiler: Grandma Moonbeam's plot was to use the Cicada Creature to torment Destroido until they stopped putting landfill waste in Nature Slivers.]]
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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The Cicada Creature is somewhere between this, MediumBlending, and UncannyValley. All the previous monsters and creatures were animated in the same 2D style as the characters, so a 3D swarm of cicadas ''really'' sticks out especially in its fluid motion.
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->'''Daphne''' : Sorry, gang, but Fred and I are going to have to pass, we've got a date.
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-->'''Moonbeam:''' And I would have succeeded too, if it hadn't been for you meddling young people!
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** Grandma Moonbeam leaves right before the Cicada Monster confronts the gang in the basement.
** Mayor Jones complains that [[IWishItWereReal he wishes that the monsters were real]]. [[spoiler:He's [[ScoobyDooHoax one of the fake monsters]], and the show's MythArc involves a real monster as the BigBad.]]
** For once, someone points out that Scooby attending school is weird. [[spoiler:It can be assumed that his connection to the Anunnaki created some sort of WeirdnessCensor.]]
** Mayor Jones asks the Gang to speak one at a time when they keep talking over each other. [[spoiler:Like a teacher to his students, referencing his job in the CosmicRetcon.]]
** Grandma Moonbeam leaves right before the Cicada Monster confronts the gang in the basement.
** Mayor Jones complains that [[IWishItWereReal he wishes that the monsters were real]]. [[spoiler:He's [[ScoobyDooHoax one of the fake monsters]], and the show's MythArc involves a real monster as the BigBad.]]
** For once, someone points out that Scooby attending school is weird. [[spoiler:It can be assumed that his connection to the Anunnaki created some sort of WeirdnessCensor.]]
** Mayor Jones asks the Gang to speak one at a time when they keep talking over each other. [[spoiler:Like a teacher to his students, referencing his job in the CosmicRetcon.]]
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**RewatchBonus: Grandma Moonbeam leaves right before the Cicada Monster confronts the gang in the basement.
** Mayor Jones complains that [[IWishItWereReal he wishes that the monsters were real]]. [[spoiler:He's [[ScoobyDooHoax one of the fake monsters]], and the show's MythArc involves a real monster as the BigBad.]]
** For once, someone points out that Scooby attending school is weird. [[spoiler:It can be assumed that his connection to the Anunnaki created some sort of WeirdnessCensor.]]
** Mayor Jones asks the Gang to speak one at a time when they keep talking over each other. [[spoiler:Like a teacher to his students, referencing his job in the CosmicRetcon.]]basement.
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** Mayor Jones complains that [[IWishItWereReal he wishes that the monsters were real]]. [[spoiler:He's [[ScoobyDooHoax one of the fake monsters]], and the show's MythArc involves a real monster as the BigBad.]]
** For once, someone points out that Scooby attending school is weird. [[spoiler:It can be assumed that his connection to the Anunnaki created some sort of WeirdnessCensor.]]
** Mayor Jones asks the Gang to speak one at a time when they keep talking over each other. [[spoiler:Like a teacher to his students, referencing his job in the CosmicRetcon.]]
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* RealityEnsues: When the Gang sneak into school at night to (falsely) accuse Mr. Yantz, he's angered by their harassment and calls the police on them. When [[AdultsAreUseless Mayor Jones and Sheriff Stone]] don't do anything to punish them, he threatens to sue the kids.
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* EatTheCamera: The Cicada Creature when attacking Ed Machine.
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** Granny Grandma Moonbeam leaves right before the Cicada Monster confronts the gang in the basement.
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Cicada Creature, a giant cicada comprised of [[BodyOfBodies millions of regular cicadas]], who threatens Destroido employees before swarming them.
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* BlackComedy: The gang manage to frighten the second victim into flatlining.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: The cicada monster has a sinister, gravelly voice thanks to Creator/FrankWelker[='s] classic [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]] voice.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: The cicada monster has a sinister, gravelly voice thanks to Creator/FrankWelker[='s] Creator/{{Frank Welker}}'s classic [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]] voice.
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* EvilSoundsDeep: The cicada monster has a sinister, gravelly voice thanks to Creator/FrankWelker[='s] classic [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]] voice.
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* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', a psychological horror mystery thriller whose title roughly translates to ''When the Cicadas Cry''.
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* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'', a psychological horror mystery thriller whose full Japanese title (''Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni'') roughly translates to ''When the Cicadas Cry''.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Mayor Jones and Sheriff Stone, per usual.
** Mayor Jones tells the Gang to not go after the Cicada Creature, in spite of it hurting people, because it's the town's latest tourist attraction.
** When Mr. Yantz calls them to complain about the Gang harassing him in mistaken belief that he's the Cicada Creature, they don't do anything about it and instead ask him and the Gang to come to the festival to make a spectacle out of it.
** After learning that the Cicada Creature is after the Gang, Mayor Jones welcomes them to go to the festival so that the monster will show up. He shows no regard for their safety and even hopes that they get attacked.
** Mayor Jones tells the Gang to not go after the Cicada Creature, in spite of it hurting people, because it's the town's latest tourist attraction.
** When Mr. Yantz calls them to complain about the Gang harassing him in mistaken belief that he's the Cicada Creature, they don't do anything about it and instead ask him and the Gang to come to the festival to make a spectacle out of it.
** After learning that the Cicada Creature is after the Gang, Mayor Jones welcomes them to go to the festival so that the monster will show up. He shows no regard for their safety and even hopes that they get attacked.
* RealityEnsues: When the Gang sneak into school at night to (falsely) accuse Mr. Yantz, he's angered by their harassment and calls the police on them. When [[AdultsAreUseless Mayor Jones and Sheriff Stone]] don't do anything to punish them, he threatens to sue the kids.
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* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', a psychological horror mystery thriller whose title roughly translates to ''When the Cicadas Cry''.
** The second victim having a FreakOut and flatlining after remembering [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formication how the cicadas were all over him]] is reminiscent of Keiichi [[spoiler:having a heart attack in the hospital when he hallucinates that Shion is about to kill him]] and [[spoiler:a common symptom of [[HatePlague Hinamizawa Syndrome]] is formication]].
** The second victim having a FreakOut and flatlining after remembering [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formication how the cicadas were all over him]] is reminiscent of Keiichi [[spoiler:having a heart attack in the hospital when he hallucinates that Shion is about to kill him]] and [[spoiler:a common symptom of [[HatePlague Hinamizawa Syndrome]] is formication]].
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** Mayor Jones asks the Gang to speak one at a time when they keep talking over each other. [[spoiler:Like a teacher to his students, referencing his job in the CosmicRetcon.]]
* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', a psychological horror mystery thriller whose title roughly translates to ''When the CicadasCry''.
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** The second victim having a FreakOut and flatlining after remembering [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formication how the cicadas were all over him]] is reminiscent of Keiichi [[spoiler:having a fatal heart attack in the hospital when he hallucinates that Shion is about to kill him]] and [[spoiler:a common symptom of [[HatePlague Hinamizawa Syndrome]] is formication]].
* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', a psychological horror mystery thriller whose title roughly translates to ''When the Cicadas
** The second victim having a FreakOut and flatlining after remembering [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formication how the cicadas were all over him]] is reminiscent of Keiichi [[spoiler:having a fatal heart attack in the hospital when he hallucinates that Shion is about to kill him]] and [[spoiler:a common symptom of [[HatePlague Hinamizawa Syndrome]] is formication]].
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* SkewedPriorities: Mayor Jones (and Sheriff Stone) would rather make a tourist attraction out of the Cicada Creature. When Mr. Yantz calls them to deal with the kids for harassment, they do nothing about it and Mayor Jones blatantly asks him to come to the festival.
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* FriendVsLover: Velma's relationship with Scooby is still strained, as she's still mad that Shaggy chose him over her.
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* FriendVsLover: Velma's relationship with Scooby is still strained, as she's still mad that Shaggy chose him over her.
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* LampshadeHanging: Mr. Yantz wonders why he even lets [[TalkingAnimal Scooby]] attend his class.
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* BaitAndSwitch: The second victim is taking a shower right before the Cicada Monster attacks him. At first, it seems that the cicadas are going to rain down on him through the showerhead (while he ''looks into it with his eye'')... and then they enter through the drain instead.
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* KickTheDog: After the gang reports that they were threatened by the Cicada Monster, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} as]] [[SkewedPriorities typical]], Mayor Jones insists that the kids come to the festival so that they can take photos of them getting attacked for the tourism business. Nothing comes out of it.
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* RewatchBonus:
** Granny Moonbeam leaves right before the Cicada Monster confronts the gang in the basement.
** Mayor Jones complains that [[IWishItWereReal he wishes that the monsters were real]]. [[spoiler:He's [[ScoobyDooHoax one of the fake monsters]], and the show's MythArc involves a real monster as the BigBad.]]
** Granny Moonbeam leaves right before the Cicada Monster confronts the gang in the basement.
** Mayor Jones complains that [[IWishItWereReal he wishes that the monsters were real]]. [[spoiler:He's [[ScoobyDooHoax one of the fake monsters]], and the show's MythArc involves a real monster as the BigBad.]]
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* HotTeacher: The Biology teacher. At least Daphne and Velma think so.
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* HotTeacher: The Biology teacher. biology teacher, Mr. Yantz. At least Daphne and Velma think so.so.
* RedHerring: Mr. Yantz may be weird for being obsessed with caring for cicadas, but he's not the culprit.
* RedHerring: Mr. Yantz may be weird for being obsessed with caring for cicadas, but he's not the culprit.
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** The second victim having a FreakOut and flatlining after remembering [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formication how the cicadas were all over him]] is reminiscent of Keiichi [[spoiler:having a heart attack in the hospital when he hallucinates that Shion is about to kill him]] and [[spoiler:a common symptom of [[HatePlague Hinamizawa Syndrome]] is formication]].
** Mayor Jones gets the City Council to approve setting up a cicada-centric festival on the weekend. The Watanagashi Festival is a major part of ''Higurashi''.
* WhamEpisode: Ed Machine, the man who has helped Mr. E, is revealed to be the head ofDestroido Destroido, and their Destroido's business ethics are appalling to say the least.least.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Sheriff Stone has a fear of bugs. Mayor Jones tells him to get a grip.
** Mayor Jones gets the City Council to approve setting up a cicada-centric festival on the weekend. The Watanagashi Festival is a major part of ''Higurashi''.
* WhamEpisode: Ed Machine, the man who has helped Mr. E, is revealed to be the head of
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Sheriff Stone has a fear of bugs. Mayor Jones tells him to get a grip.
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* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', which roughly translates to ''When the Cicadas Cry''.
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* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', which a psychological horror mystery thriller whose title roughly translates to ''When the Cicadas Cry''.
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* AngstWhatAngst: Fred and Daphne seem to take being stuck in traps that are above the air in the closed Trap Museum surprising well.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Fred doesn't take the fact that Daphne is attracted to their biology teacher and as a result is more than a big eager to prove that he's the Cicada Creature.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Fred doesn't take the fact that Daphne is attracted to their biology teacher and as a result is more than a big bit eager to prove that he's the Cicada Creature.
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* AngstWhatAngst: Fred and Daphne seem to take being stuck in traps that are above the air in the closed Trap Museum surprising well.
* CannotSpitItOut: Like usual Fred refuses to admit that he has feelings for Daphne in front of people. Though he is improving as he actually tried to ask her out on a date.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Fred doesn't take the fact that Daphne is attracted to their biology teacher and as a result is more than a big eager to prove that he's the Cicada Creature.
* CannotSpitItOut: Like usual Fred refuses to admit that he has feelings for Daphne in front of people. Though he is improving as he actually tried to ask her out on a date.
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* GreenEyedEpiphany: Fred tried to ask Daphne out on a date when he saw that she was attracted to their biology teacher.
* HotTeacher: The Biology teacher. At least Daphne and Velma think so.
* HotTeacher: The Biology teacher. At least Daphne and Velma think so.
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* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: When captured, The monster of the week reveals that Destroido has has been putting landfill waste in their snacks to make them taste better. No one bats an eye to this, without even a mention to following up on this news, just to end the episode.
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Employees of Destroido are being attacked by a Cicada Creature which can command swarms of the insects.
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!!The episode contains examples of:
* AlmostKiss: Daphne puckers up to kiss Fred, who suddenly gets conveniently distracted after seeing his dad, the Mayor.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Daphne overhears Fred call the biology teacher, whom they think is behind the cicada attacks, a "girlfriend stealer".
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Ed Machine, the man who has helped Mr. E, is revealed to be the head of Destroido and their business ethics are appalling to say the least.]]
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!!The episode contains examples of:
* AlmostKiss: Daphne puckers up to kiss Fred, who suddenly gets conveniently distracted after seeing his dad, the Mayor.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Daphne overhears Fred call the biology teacher, whom they think is behind the cicada attacks, a "girlfriend stealer".
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Ed Machine, the man who has helped Mr. E, is revealed to be the head of Destroido and their business ethics are appalling to say the least.]]
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