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* ContinuitySnarl: Apparently Kenny lacks a smartphone in this episode, despite using a smartphone to text in previous episodes and in the video game series (maybe his parents couldn't pay for it anymore, or they sold it?).

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* ContinuitySnarl: Apparently Kenny lacks a smartphone in this episode, despite using a smartphone to text in previous episodes and in the video game series (maybe his parents couldn't pay for it anymore, or they sold it?).series.



* PetTheDog: Cartman allows Stan to use his mom's credit card number to access the e-scooter. Downplayed, as it's also an example of him exploiting his mother without her knowledge.
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** Then there's the girls looking at Kenny with confusion when he asks to go trick-or-treating with them signifying that while the Gender War is winding down (mainly due to Gerald ceasing his trolling activities), the girls are still wary of the boys.
* ContinuitySnarl: Apparently Kenny lacks a smartphone in this episode, despite using a smartphone to text in previous episodes and in the video game series.

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** Then there's the girls looking at Kenny with confusion when he asks to go trick-or-treating with them them, signifying that while the Gender War is winding down (mainly due to Gerald ceasing his trolling activities), the girls are still wary of the boys.
* ContinuitySnarl: Apparently Kenny lacks a smartphone in this episode, despite using a smartphone to text in previous episodes and in the video game series.series (maybe his parents couldn't pay for it anymore, or they sold it?).
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* {{Greed}}: The trick-or-treaters don't care about getting 'enough' candy, just 'more than everybody else'.
** When Stan, Kyle and Eric's candy bags get completely filled rather than calling it a successful night and going home they all start stuffing themselves in the middle of the street so they have more room in their bags for candy, and judging from Butters they weren't the only ones to have the idea.
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** Then there's the girls looking at Kenny with disdain when he asks to go trick-or-treating with them signifying that while the Gender War is winding down (mainly due to Gerald ceasing his trolling activities), the girls are still wary of the boys.

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** Then there's the girls looking at Kenny with disdain confusion when he asks to go trick-or-treating with them signifying that while the Gender War is winding down (mainly due to Gerald ceasing his trolling activities), the girls are still wary of the boys.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Apparently Kenny lacks a smartphone in this episode, despite using a smartphone to text in previous episodes and in the video game series.
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* {{Egging}}: The adults of the town fear this will happen to their houses if they run out of candy.

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* {{Egging}}: The adults of the town fear this will happen to their houses if they run out of candy.candy for the trick-or-treaters.
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* PetTheDog: Cartman allows Stan to use his mom's credit card number to access the e-scooter.

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* PetTheDog: Cartman allows Stan to use his mom's credit card number to access the e-scooter. Downplayed, as it's also an example of him exploiting his mother without her knowledge.
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** Then there's the girls looking at Kenny with distain when he asks to go trick-or-treating with them signifying that while the Gender War is winding down (mainly due to Gerald ceasing his trolling activities), the girls are still wary of the boys.

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** Then there's the girls looking at Kenny with distain disdain when he asks to go trick-or-treating with them signifying that while the Gender War is winding down (mainly due to Gerald ceasing his trolling activities), the girls are still wary of the boys.



* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Averted, despite being crushed underneath a cell phone tower, Kenny survived.

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* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Averted, Subverted, despite seemingly being crushed underneath a cell phone tower, Kenny survived.is able to then trick-or-treat unscathed.
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** Then there's the girls looking at Kenny with distain when he asks to go trick-or-treating with them signifying that while the Gender Wars is near its end, the girls still have a hard time trusting boys.

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** Then there's the girls looking at Kenny with distain when he asks to go trick-or-treating with them signifying that while the Gender Wars War is near its end, winding down (mainly due to Gerald ceasing his trolling activities), the girls are still have a hard time trusting wary of the boys.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Kenny surviving the tower's collapse.

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* BaitAndSwitch: When Kenny decides to go on the cellphone tower to hook it up to Mackey's car, it seems like he'll die once it falls. Instead, he winds up surviving the tower's collapse.collapse and gets his happy ending.
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* TheUnreveal: It's never shown where the scooters came from.
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* {{Egging}}: The adults of the town fear this will happen to their houses if they run out of candy.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: After being DemotedToExtra for 2 seasons, Kenny gets to be the focus of this episode.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: After being DemotedToExtra for 2 two seasons, Kenny gets to be the focus of this episode.



* LaserGuidedKarma: All the kids who forbade Kenny go trick-or-treating with them for not having a smartphone to access the e-scooters loose their smartphone signal and therefore there access to e-scooters after Kenny destroys the cell tower. A special mention goes to Stan, Kyle, and Cartman who were the first to ban Kenny from trick-or-treating with them, only for them to get stuck trick-or-treating with him in the end.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: All the kids who forbade Kenny go trick-or-treating with them for not having a smartphone to access the e-scooters loose lose their smartphone signal signal, and therefore there their access to e-scooters e-scooters, after Kenny destroys the cell tower. A special mention goes to Stan, Kyle, and Cartman Cartman, who were the first to ban Kenny from trick-or-treating with them, only for them to get stuck trick-or-treating with him in the end.



* NarratorAllAlong: Kenny was narrating the entire episode

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* NarratorAllAlong: Kenny was narrating the entire episodeepisode.



* RealityEnsues: Considering the fact that Kenny's family is too poor to afford cell phones, he is dismayed at the fact that the e-scooters need an mobile app to activate them.
* ShoutOut: The security guard that Kenny and Mr. Mackey talk to is dressed like [[Franchise/Fridaythe13th Jason Voorhees]].
-->'''Mackey:''' Jason, I'm a counselor. You need to trust me.
** Also if you look at the crowd you can see a pink anthropomorphic bear from {{VideoGame/Fortnite}}.

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* RealityEnsues: Considering the fact that Kenny's family is too poor to afford cell phones, he is dismayed at the fact that the e-scooters need an a mobile app to activate them.
* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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The security guard that Kenny and Mr. Mackey talk to is dressed like [[Franchise/Fridaythe13th Jason Voorhees]].
-->'''Mackey:''' --->'''Mackey:''' Jason, I'm a counselor. You need to trust me.
** Also if you look at the crowd you can see a pink anthropomorphic bear Many characters, including Stan, Kyle, and Cartman, are dressed as characters from {{VideoGame/Fortnite}}.''{{VideoGame/Fortnite}}''.
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* PetTheDog: Cartman allows Stan to use his mom's credit card number to access the e-scooter.
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* RealityEnsues: Considering the fact that Kenny's family is too poor to afford cell phones, he is dismayed at the fact that the e-scooters need an mobile app to activate them.
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** Then there's the girls looking at Kenny with distain when he asks to go trick-or-treating with them signifying that the Gender Wars despite being near its end is still continuing.

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** Then there's the girls looking at Kenny with distain when he asks to go trick-or-treating with them signifying that while the Gender Wars despite being is near its end is end, the girls still continuing.have a hard time trusting boys.
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** Then there's the girls looking at Kenny with distain when he asks to go trick-or-treating with them signifying that the Gender Wars despite being near its end is still continuing.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: All the kids who forbade Kenny go trick-or-treating with them for not having a smartphone to access the e-scooters loose their smartphone signal and therefore there access to e-scooters after Kenny destroys the cell tower. A special mention goes to Stan, Kyle, and Cartman who were the first to forbade Kenny to go trick-or-treating with them, only for them being forced to go trick-or-treating with him in the end.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: All the kids who forbade Kenny go trick-or-treating with them for not having a smartphone to access the e-scooters loose their smartphone signal and therefore there access to e-scooters after Kenny destroys the cell tower. A special mention goes to Stan, Kyle, and Cartman who were the first to forbade ban Kenny to go from trick-or-treating with them, only for them being forced to go get stuck trick-or-treating with him in the end.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: After being DemotedToExtra for 2 seasons, Kenny to be the focus of this episode.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: After being DemotedToExtra for 2 seasons, Kenny gets to be the focus of this episode.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: After being DemotedToExtra for 2 seasons, Kenny finally gets an episode.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: After being DemotedToExtra for 2 seasons, Kenny finally gets an to be the focus of this episode.



* ContinuityNod: Stan is not only still wearing his Tegridy Farms shirt but the Marsh family still live there as well.

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Stan is not only still wearing his Tegridy Farms shirt but the Marsh family still live there as well.well.
** The sign for Mr. Hankey's Holiday Pageant is seen, with the words "Cancelled" spray painted on.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: All the kids who forbade Kenny go trick-or-treating with them for not having a smartphone to access the e-scooters loose their smartphone signal and therefore there access to e-scooters after Kenny destroys the cell tower. A special mention goes to Stan, Kyle, and Cartman who were the first to forbade Kenny to go trick-or-treating with them, only for them being forced to go trick-or-treating with him in the end.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Mr. Mackey does this when he mentions how Kenny became obscured until this episode.


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** The scene where Mr. Mackey steals all the e-scooters is one to the ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''


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* WholePlotReference: The title and plot of this episode is one for ''Film/TheBirds''.
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* JerkassBall: Stan and Kyle decide getting more candy with e-scooters is more important than keeping Kenny included in the group and shun him.
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* SpeakingLikeTotallyTeen: Kenny does this when he's trying to convince the girls to let him go trick-or-treating with them.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: After being DemotedToExtra for 2 seasons, Kenny finally gets an episode.
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** Also if you look at the crowd you can see a pink anthropomorphic bear from {{VideoGame/Fortnite}}.
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* ShoutOut: The security guard that Kenny and Mr. Mackey talk to is dressed like [[Franchise/Fridaythe13th Jason Vorhees]].

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* ShoutOut: The security guard that Kenny and Mr. Mackey talk to is dressed like [[Franchise/Fridaythe13th Jason Vorhees]].Voorhees]].
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* ContinuityNod: Stan is still wearing his Tegridy Farms shirt.

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* ContinuityNod: Stan is not only still wearing his Tegridy Farms shirt.shirt but the Marsh family still live there as well.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Because he doesn't have a smartphone required for this e-scooter scheme, Kenny is shunned by every group in school that he approaches.
* BaitAndSwitch: Kenny surviving the tower's collapse.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: After everything he's gone through, Kenny gets to do what he wanted most: go trick-or-treating with his friends.
* EasilyForgiven: When it's all over, Kenny invites Stan, Kyle, and Cartman to go trick-or-treating with him.
* TheEndOrIsIt: Parodied. The final scene has an e-scooter get up on its own and drive off.



* HeroicBSOD: Kenny spends much of the episode depressed. When he finally bottoms out, he goes to Mr. Mackey for counseling, which is how they team up to take down the smartphones.
* HiddenDepths: Mr. Mackey notes that Kenny is pretty smart and compassionate. The narration twist also demonstrates how eloquent he can be when his voice isn't muffled.



* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Averted, despite being crushed underneath a cell phone tower, Kenny survived.

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* OutOfFocus: Mr. Mackey lampshades how people tend to forget about Kenny sometimes.
* ProperlyParanoid: Randy correctly guesses that Stephen and Linda only came to his farm in the hopes of having a distant place to hide from trick-or-treaters.
* ShoutOut: The security guard that Kenny and Mr. Mackey talk to is dressed like [[Franchise/Fridaythe13th Jason Vorhees]].
-->'''Mackey:''' Jason, I'm a counselor. You need to trust me.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Averted, despite being crushed underneath a cell phone tower, Kenny survived.survived.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Pretty much everyone that Kenny considers a friend shuns him for not having a smartphone needed for the e-scooters scheme. Stan and Kyle are at least apologetic about it, but Cartman (as usual) is obnoxious about it and no one else sugarcoats things, either.
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* ContinuityNod: Stan is still wearing his Tegridy Farms shirt.
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* HalloweenEpisode: The seventh Halloween-themed episode in the series, after "Pinkeye", "Spookyfish", "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery", "Hell on Earth 2006", "A Nightmare on Facetime", and "Sons a Witches".

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* HalloweenEpisode: The seventh Halloween-themed episode in the series, after "Pinkeye", "Spookyfish", "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery", "Hell on Earth 2006", "A Nightmare on Facetime", and "Sons a Witches".Witches".
* NarratorAllAlong: Kenny was narrating the entire episode
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Averted, despite being crushed underneath a cell phone tower, Kenny survived.
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The kids plan to use the latest revolution in mobility to get more candy on Halloween than they have ever gotten before. Meanwhile, the adults are hoarding emergency supplies and hoping to survive until morning.

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* HalloweenEpisode: The seventh Halloween-themed episode in the series, after "Pinkeye", "Spookyfish", "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery", "Hell on Earth 2006", "A Nightmare on Facetime", and "Sons a Witches".

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