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* SarcasmBlind: Nicole and Anais plead with Martha Miller (the municipal officer) at the Justice Department, who has a massive amount of files on the Wattersons' past misdemeanors. [[DeadpanSnarker Mrs. Miller]] sarcastically suggests that "they apologize to everybody and have them drop the charges against the Wattersons." Nicole enthusiastically takes her advice without realizing her sarcasm before running off with Anais and some files. Mrs. Miller even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this:
-->'''Mrs. Miller:''' The problem with having a sarcastic voice is that no one can tell when you're actually being sarcastic.
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** Principal Brown states that Gumball and Darwin need to go back to Kindergarten due to only ever fighting with other students or staff at school and lacking any actual academic credit. While a School Principal ''can'' hold a student back in the case of failing grades, they aren't able to put a student in a Kindergarten class for that reason, particularly since Principal Brown's jurisdication only falls under Elmore Junior High, not the entire school system. Such an action would more than likely draw the attention of the superintendent or school board were he to actually attempt it.

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** Principal Brown states that Gumball and Darwin need to go back to Kindergarten due to only ever fighting with other students or staff at school and lacking any actual academic credit. While a School Principal ''can'' hold a student back in the case of failing grades, they aren't able to put a student in a Kindergarten class for that reason, particularly since Principal Brown's jurisdication jurisdiction only falls under Elmore Junior High, not the entire school system. Such an action would more than likely draw the attention of the superintendent or school board were he to actually attempt it.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw:
** Mrs. Jötunheim giving a bill for half the damage to Elmore from Hector's rampage serves as the impetus of the main plot, with it treated as if the Wattersons ''have'' to pay for half the damages. The damage Hector caused however legally only falls under the responsibility of ''Mrs. Jötunheim'' as she is Hector's parental guardian, and therefore responsible for his actions. If she wanted to get the Watterson's to share the bill, she'd need to either sue them and have it ruled as such in a court of law, or the matter would have had to been settled out of court and agreed upon by both parties, with neither being the case as all of the Watterson's had no knowledge of the bill until Mrs. Jötunheim arrived.
** Principal Brown states that Gumball and Darwin need to go back to Kindergarten due to only ever fighting with other students or staff at school and lacking any actual academic credit. While a School Principal ''can'' hold a student back in the case of failing grades, they aren't able to put a student in a Kindergarten class for that reason, particularly since Principal Brown's jurisdication only falls under Elmore Junior High, not the entire school system. Such an action would more than likely draw the attention of the superintendent or school board were he to actually attempt it.
** After Richard knocks Patrick out with a rake, Martha adds "assault" to the list of complaints and charges against the Watterson Family. Patrick however was a willing participant in trying to ''fake'' a fight with Richard, so unless he randomly decided to press charges or Richard was arrested on said charges by an actual Police Officer, then the "Assault" charge has no bearing.
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* StartXToStopX: The overall logic behind the Wattersons' antics in this episode is that causing further destruction would cancel out the consequences of everything that happened before it. [[InsaneTrollLogic Because of course]].
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* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. They're fine by the next season (barring the changing voices of Gumball and Darwin), meaning that it worked.

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* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. [[SnapBack They're fine by the next season season]] (barring the changing voices of Gumball and Darwin), meaning that it worked.
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In this parody of sitcom [[ClipShow clip show]] and SeriesFinale episodes, The Wattersons recount their family memories -- and so does everyone else in Elmore and they decide to get rid of the family once and for all after all the mayhem they caused throughout the series.

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In this parody of sitcom [[ClipShow clip show]] ClipShow and SeriesFinale episodes, The Wattersons recount their family memories -- and so does everyone else in Elmore and they decide to get rid of the family once and for all after all the mayhem they caused throughout the series.
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* NoEnding: The episode simply ends with the Wattersons facing an angry mob.
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* BrickJoke: In response to Mr. Small's lawsuit for giving him claustrophobia, Darwin and Gumball shove him inside an envelope and try to mail him to the smallest country in the world. At the episode's end, Mr. Small can be seen among the crowd invading the Watterson house, and his body is covered in creases, as if he was just unfolded.

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* BrickJoke: In response to Mr. Small's lawsuit for giving him claustrophobia, {{claustrophobia}}, Darwin and Gumball shove him inside an envelope and try to mail him to the smallest country in the world. At the episode's end, Mr. Small can be seen among the crowd invading the Watterson house, and his body is covered in creases, as if he was just unfolded.



** Mr. Small is suing over getting him stuck in a filing cabinet in "The Sock", which gave him claustrophobia, [[NeverMyFault even though that was entirely HIS fault.]]

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** Mr. Small is suing over getting him stuck in a filing cabinet in "The Sock", which gave him claustrophobia, [[NeverMyFault even though that was entirely HIS fault.]]fault]] and the boys did try to get him out.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"[[PersonOfMassDestruction Just do what you do best]]. [[UpToEleven Make things worse.]]"]]

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* TheLastDance: As all of the Wattersons' past actions are catching up to them, they set out on a rampage to make things even worse [[ResetButton until everything fixes itself like it's always supposed to]].



* TheLastDance: As all of the Wattersons' past actions are catching up to them, they set out on a rampage to make things even worse [[ResetButton until everything fixes itself like it's always supposed to]].

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* TheLastDance: As NeverMyFault: While ''some'' of the grievances Elmore has with the Wattersons are legitimately their fault, there are quite a few that the town members either contributed towards, or are entirely at fault for yet are shifting the blame on to the Wattersons.
** One of the complaints the Cupcake Lady, Martha, brings up to Nicole and Anais is the "willful destruction of a mobility scooter", referencing "The Watch" and Gumball, Darwin, and Richard fighting with Marvin over the titular watch. Except the mobility scooter wasn't "willfully" destroyed, it [[MadeOfExplodium blew up]] after lightly tapping Marvin's scooter, the two ramming into each other after a game of chicken, meaning Marvin should be just as liable for the destruction.
*** Marvin likewise is shown part of the mob angry about the destruction of "his watch", except the entire dispute was over who ''actually'' owned the watch, a watch that Marvin had just been given by Darwin that day, and had previously claimed he would give back to the Wattersons whenever they wanted, only reneging due to learning it was worth $700, making it a legal gray area as to who actually owned it.
** Larry's reason for suing the Wattersons is because of the fact that everytime he so much as gets ''near'' a Watterson, something terrible happens to him and he has to pay for it with his own money, mostly involving him failing to propose to his girlfriend Karen. In
all of his appearances in Seasons 1 and 2, the Wattersons' past actions are catching up only ones he has any legal standing on is "The Laziest" and "The Game", the former due to them, they set out on a rampage Gumball and Darwin indirectly ruining his life to try and make things him "Lazy Larry" again, and the latter having Nicole pull a prank on him, both of which only constitute harassment claims. All other instances either constitute accidents, or the Wattersons were only ''tangentially'' related to damage occuring.
** Mr. Small is suing the Wattersons over getting trapped in a filing cabinet during "The Sock", giving him claustrophobia in the process. However, said incident was entirely his own fault due to leaning too far back in his chair, Gumball and Darwin ''tried'' to free him, and were too traumatized by his use of the Silence Snake sock puppet to tell anyone what happened to him, meaning he too is partly to blame for their failure to tell anyone.
** Santa Claus is shown amidst the angry mob, angry about the Wattersons running him over in "Christmas". Except not only did he ''forgive'' them for what happened, saying Richard was on the Nice List for life after saving his sleigh, but
even worse [[ResetButton until everything fixes itself like it's always supposed to]].if he ''wanted'' to sue, he ''was'' jaywalking, which could just as likely cause a "Shared Fault" case, or even be considered ''his'' fault for walking in the middle of incoming traffic.
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* AndThisIsFor: Played with when the Chanax CEO punches Richard through a wall, freeing everyone, so Nicole starts shaking his hand.

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* AndThisIsFor: Played with when the Chanax CEO Goblin Prisoner punches Richard through a wall, freeing everyone, so Nicole starts shaking his hand.
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* RealityEnsues: Every shenanigan, hijink, and misadventure the Wattersons have ever been in comes back to bite them in the butt, turning the entire town of Elmore against them and ruining their lives.
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'''Donut Cop:''' --to remain silent! Otherwise, no dinner tonight.

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'''Donut Cop:''' [[FalseReassurance --to remain silent! silent!]] Otherwise, no dinner tonight.
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In this parody of sitcom [[ClipShow clip show]] and SeriesFinale episodes, The Wattersons recount their family memories -- and so does everyone else when they decide to get rid of the family once and for all, first by locking them in prison, and finally by flat-out murder.

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In this parody of sitcom [[ClipShow clip show]] and SeriesFinale episodes, The Wattersons recount their family memories -- and so does everyone else when in Elmore and they decide to get rid of the family once and for all, first by locking them in prison, and finally by flat-out murder.all after all the mayhem they caused throughout the series.

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* FakeAFight: An argument between Richard and Mr. Fitzgerald results in everyone around the neighborhood egging them on to fight. Neither one wants to fight, so they agree to fake it, with Mr. Fitzgerald taking a dive. Richard hits too early though, and actually knocks him out.



* ThrowingTheFight: An argument between Richard and Mr. Fitzgerald results in everyone around the neighborhood egging them on to fight. Neither one wants to fight, so they agree to fake it, with Mr. Fitzgerald taking a dive. Richard hits too early though, and actually knocks him out.
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* SpontaneousCrowdFormation: Tobias sees Richard and Patrick arguing, shouts out "Dad fight!", and a crowd surrounds them in an instant.
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** The mob at the end includes the pizzas from "The Job" whose "baby" Gumball dropped, the Bomb Guy from "The Lesson" that Gumball tricked into exploding, Rob, the cyclops Darwin kicked down a manhole in "The Pony", the security guard from "The Limit" that withered from Nicole's DeathGlare, and Marvin, the old man from "The Watch" they fought over a valuable watch with.

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** The mob at the end includes the pizzas from "The Job" whose "baby" Gumball dropped, the Bomb Guy Julius from "The Lesson" that Gumball tricked into exploding, Rob, the cyclops Darwin kicked down a manhole in "The Pony", the security guard from "The Limit" that withered from Nicole's DeathGlare, and Marvin, the old man from "The Watch" they fought over a valuable watch with.
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* AndThisIsFor: Played with when a prison inmate punches Richard through a wall, freeing everyone, so Nicole starts shaking his hand.

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* AndThisIsFor: Played with when a prison inmate the Chanax CEO punches Richard through a wall, freeing everyone, so Nicole starts shaking his hand.
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'''Nicole:''' [[RuleOfThree And finally]]... tell your mom that she has so many warts... (covers face) that her face spells "ugly" in Braille.

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'''Nicole:''' [[RuleOfThree And finally]]... tell your mom that she has so many warts... (covers face) that her face spells "ugly" in Braille.Braille.
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** Laurence Needlemeyer is suing for all the misfortune that happen whenever the Wattersons are around, in particular the times they scared off his girlfriend when he was trying to propose in "The Laziest" and "The Goons".

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** Laurence Needlemeyer is suing for all the misfortune that happen happened whenever the Wattersons are around, in particular the times they scared off his girlfriend when he was trying to propose in "The Laziest" and "The Goons".Goons."
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** The cops call Richard about his reckless driving, with clips from "The Bumpkin" and "The Helmet" both shown. He also reference how he's ended at least one episode ("The Tag") being arrested, without any explanation for why he isn't in jail.

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** The cops call Richard about his reckless driving, with clips from "The Bumpkin" and "The Helmet" both shown. He also reference references how he's ended at least one episode ("The Tag") being arrested, without any explanation for why he isn't in jail.
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* KillEmAll: The entire town of Elmore invades the Wattersons house with the intent of invoking this trope. DeusExMachina is the only thing that saves the Wattersons.
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In this parody of ClipShow episodes of sitcoms, The Wattersons recount their family memories -- and so does everyone else when they decide to get rid of the family once and for all, first by locking them in prison, and finally by flat-out murder.

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In this parody of ClipShow episodes of sitcoms, sitcom [[ClipShow clip show]] and SeriesFinale episodes, The Wattersons recount their family memories -- and so does everyone else when they decide to get rid of the family once and for all, first by locking them in prison, and finally by flat-out murder.

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* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. They're fine the next episode, so it apparently worked.

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* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. They're fine by the next episode, so season (barring the changing voices of Gumball and Darwin), meaning that it apparently worked.worked.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The part where Nicole kisses the prisoner for freeing them, then crushes his hand for tossing her husband through the wall was cut on the version shown on Cartoon Network Arabia.



* SeriesFauxnale: Lampshaded, considering this is only the end of the second season.

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* SeriesFauxnale: Lampshaded, considering this is only the end of the second season and the show at the time was renewed for a third season.
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Bocquelet said "the credits", but he didn't literally mean seeing the credits, he just meant they were saved because the episode ended.


* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. [[WordOfGod The reset was the credits]] (though if you watch in on American television, the punchline to that joke is ruined, as Cartoon Network in the U.S. cuts to commercial when a show ends, then squeezes the credits and airs promos for upcoming shows and specials on the channel).

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* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. [[WordOfGod The reset was They're fine the credits]] (though if you watch in on American television, the punchline to that joke is ruined, as Cartoon Network in the U.S. cuts to commercial when a show ends, then squeezes the credits and airs promos for upcoming shows and specials on the channel).next episode, so it apparently worked.
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* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. [[WordOfGod The reset was the credits]] (though if you watch in on American television, the punchline to that joke is ruined, as Cartoon Network in the U.S. doesn't air full credits to their shows anymore).

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* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. [[WordOfGod The reset was the credits]] (though if you watch in on American television, the punchline to that joke is ruined, as Cartoon Network in the U.S. doesn't air full cuts to commercial when a show ends, then squeezes the credits to their and airs promos for upcoming shows anymore).and specials on the channel).
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* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. [[WordOfGod The reset was the credits]] (though if you live in America, the punchline to that joke is ruined, as Cartoon Network in the U.S. doesn't air full credits to their shows anymore. However, if you've seen this episode on Hulu Plus or the Cartoon Network app, then the joke makes sense).

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* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. [[WordOfGod The reset was the credits]] (though if you live watch in America, on American television, the punchline to that joke is ruined, as Cartoon Network in the U.S. doesn't air full credits to their shows anymore. However, if you've seen this episode on Hulu Plus or the Cartoon Network app, then the joke makes sense).anymore).
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* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. [[WordOfGod The reset was the credits.]]

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* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The whole of Elmore swarms on the Wattersons to murder them for the damage they've done throughout the show, and Gumball proclaims that their last hope is a reality ResetButton just as the episode ends. [[WordOfGod The reset was the credits.]]credits]] (though if you live in America, the punchline to that joke is ruined, as Cartoon Network in the U.S. doesn't air full credits to their shows anymore. However, if you've seen this episode on Hulu Plus or the Cartoon Network app, then the joke makes sense).

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