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* RadioContest: Elaine earns Mr. Pitt his spot under the Woody Woodpecker balloon by calling into a big band station and correctly naming the song.[[note]]The song in question, "Next Stop, Pottersville", was actually composed by Jonathan Wolff specifically for this episode.[[/note]]
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* NamesTheSame: [[invoked]] George buys a car from Jon Voight, but it turns out it's John Voight, the dentist.
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** Jerry, when a dentist checks out his tooth, ends up knocking a statue of the Empire State Building off the windown and falling on the Woody Woodpecker balloon, popping it.

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** Jerry, when a dentist checks out his tooth, ends up knocking a statue of the Empire State Building off the windown window and falling on the Woody Woodpecker balloon, popping it.
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* ShoutOut: Before the episode enters its final commercial break, Jerry & Kramer's bus scene is a parody of the end of Film/MidnightCowboy, which starred Creator/JonVoight.
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* AlmostFamousName: George buys a car formerly owned by John Voight, a dentist, because the salesman implies it's Creator/JonVoight the actor.

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* AsHimself: Creator/JonVoight appears and Kramer approaches him about the car, but thinking he's a creep, Voight bites his arm. And ultimately, does not own the car.

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* AsHimself: Creator/JonVoight appears and Kramer approaches him about the car, but thinking he's a creep, pickpocket, Voight bites his arm. And ultimately, does not own the car.car.
* BittersweetEnding: Jerry ends up getting most of his shoes back after getting a tip Mom and Pop were selling the shoes at a garage sale in New Jersey, though at least one pair was already sold
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* NamesTheSame [[InUniverse George buys a car from Jon Voight, but it turns out it's John Voight, the dentist]].

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* NamesTheSame [[InUniverse NamesTheSame: [[invoked]] George buys a car from Jon Voight, but it turns out it's John Voight, the dentist]].dentist.
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After Jerry hurts his tooth, he crashes Tim Whatley's party, not sure whether or not he was invited. George buys a car which supposedly belonged to Creator/JonVoight. Kramer brings in Jerry's sneakers at a mom-and-pop store to fix but ends up making them shut down.

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* AsHimself: Creator/JonVoight appears and Kramer approaches him about the car, but thinking he's a creep, Voight bites his arm. And ultimately, does not own the car.
* EveryoneHasStandards: George and Kramer don't want Jerry going with them to the party, which they've been invited to, not wanting to be associated with a potential uninvited guest.
* {{Manchild}}: Mr. Pitt wants to be the one who holds the WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker balloon at the Thanksgiving Parade, mainly because back in his childhood, his father forbid him for doing activities associated with the commoners.
* NamesTheSame [[InUniverse George buys a car from Jon Voight, but it turns out it's John Voight, the dentist]].
* NeverMyFault: Mom and Pop, whose own negligence of the building, ends up costing them their business. But instead of accepting responsibility for this, they blame Kramer, when all he did was point out there was a problem with the wiring.
* PoorCommunicationKills:
** Kramer, who ends up taking all of Jerry's shoes to the Mom and Pop store, thinking he meant all of them, but did leave him a pair of cowboy boots, much to Jerry's chagrin.
** Elaine, who ends up temporarily losing her hearing after hearing band music while waiting to collect the ticket for Mr. Pitt for the parade, inadvertently turns down Tim when he asks her out, thinking he's offering her a nut.
* ThanksgivingEpisode: Downplayed in how it's not celebrated like it is traditionally, but the episode takes place around the holiday, with Tim having a Thanksgiving party.
* TheToothHurts: Jerry ends up hurting himself by falling after being intimidated by muggers, hurting his teeth and ends up crashing Tim's party to have a dentist look at him.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
** Kramer, who points out to Mom and Pop about the wiring sticking out of the ceiling and urges them to call an electrician to have it fixed. But the price to get this fixed ends up being too much for Mom and Pop, resulting in them closing down the store.
** Jerry, when a dentist checks out his tooth, ends up knocking a statue of the Empire State Building off the windown and falling on the Woody Woodpecker balloon, popping it.

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