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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Amy's rap video has a comment from Emma asking her to stop.

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* ContinuityNod: Glenn goes to lunch with Mateo and recalls the last time he took an employee to lunch, which was his outing with Jonah in "Spring Cleaning." This serves as a plot point as he reveals he recognized Jonah's voice when he pretended to be Martin Nestle.



* ForcedMeme: Amy spends the episode trying to make a viral video as part of a bet with Jonah. She accomplishes this by making cringeworthy videos around the store and then begging everybody to watch them, even broadcasting them on the department's TV displays.



* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Amy takes a video in the bakery, and while she rants about the problems with viral videos, a bunch of rats crawl up behind her to eat the sweets. Jonah and Garrett watch the video and [[LampshadeHanging wonder when she'll notice the rats]]. (She doesn't). This is the video of hers that becomes popular... but it gets her in trouble with corporate for showcasing the rat problem in the store.



* WhamLine: After a fake phone call from Jonah helps Mateo win an apology from Glenn for not believing him, Glenn takes him out to lunch. As they're starting the car, Glenn muses on the last time he was able to have lunch with an employee, where Glenn learned all about Jonah's background, his interests...and his voice.
* YoureJustJealous: Jonah accuses Amy of being jealous that Kelly's videos are so popular.

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* WhamLine: After a fake phone call from Jonah helps Mateo win an apology from Glenn for not believing him, Glenn takes him out to lunch. As they're starting the car, Glenn muses on the last time he was able to have lunch with an employee, where Glenn learned all about Jonah's background, his interests...and his voice.
voice. Then it becomes clear Glenn knows Mateo's secret and is just stringing Mateo along.
* YoureJustJealous: YoureJustJealous:
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Jonah accuses Amy of being jealous that Kelly's videos are so popular.popular.
** Mateo claims Garrett's resentment about Mateo's fake customer scheme is just Garrett being jealous. Garrett admits he is jealous and not even hiding it.
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* ShoutOut: Jonah refers to the fake voice he uses for Mateo's made-up customer as his "[[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors Audrey Two voice]]" from theater camp.
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* OutsideJoke: Amy quickly realizes her joke for her first viral video ("Look, it's a 2-for-1 sale! How come you never see a 1-for-2 sale?") doesn't work when you actually think about it, because obviously nobody would pay twice as much for one item.
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* WhamLine: After a fake phone call from Jonah helps Mateo win an apology from Glenn for not believing him, Glenn takes him out to lunch. As they're starting the car, Glenn muses on the last time he was able to have lunch with an employee, where Glenn learned all about Jonah's background, his interests...and his voice.

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* WhamLine: After a fake phone call from Jonah helps Mateo win an apology from Glenn for not believing him, Glenn takes him out to lunch. As they're starting the car, Glenn muses on the last time he was able to have lunch with an employee, where Glenn learned all about Jonah's background, his interests...and his voice.voice.
* YoureJustJealous: Jonah accuses Amy of being jealous that Kelly's videos are so popular.
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* IAmNotShazam: InUniverse, Dina wonders if the main character of ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' is named Scandal. (She's not; it's Olivia Pope.)
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* LineOfSightName: Mateo signs up a bunch of fake customers for the rewards card using brand names as surnames.

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* LineOfSightName: LineOfSightAlias: Mateo signs up a bunch of fake customers for the rewards card using brand names as surnames.
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* LineOfSightName: Mateo signs up a bunch of fake customers for the rewards card using brand names as surnames.

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* LineOfSightName: Mateo signs up a bunch of fake customers for the rewards card using brand names as surnames.surnames.
* WhamLine: After a fake phone call from Jonah helps Mateo win an apology from Glenn for not believing him, Glenn takes him out to lunch. As they're starting the car, Glenn muses on the last time he was able to have lunch with an employee, where Glenn learned all about Jonah's background, his interests...and his voice.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: On Amy's rap video that she posted to Instagram, you can see there's one comment from Emma that says "Please stop mom."

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* FreezeFrameBonus: On Amy's rap video that she posted to Instagram, you can see there's one comment from Emma that says "Please stop mom."Mom please stop."
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*FreezeFrameBonus: On Amy's rap video that she posted to Instagram, you can see there's one comment from Emma that says "Please stop mom."
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!!"Viral Video"

Amy is perplexed by Kelly's social media popularity and tries to outdo her; Glenn accuses Mateo of making up fake customers for the Cloud 9 rewards card.
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* TheBet: Jonah bets Amy that she can't get a hundred people to view a video by the end of the day; loser cleans the rat traps.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Everyone who hears of Amy's attempts to make a viral video assumes it's because she's jealous that Jonah is dating Kelly, and are implied to be correct.
* TheInternetIsForPorn: Dina only uses the internet for birdseed shopping and porn.
* LineOfSightName: Mateo signs up a bunch of fake customers for the rewards card using brand names as surnames.

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