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* FlippingTheBird: Played with. When Gumball thinks the construction workers are harassing him, he responds by holding his hands out and curling his middle fingers back. The confused workers thought he presenting some sort of gang sign and Gumball admits he has no idea what he was doing with his hands.
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* FlippingTheBird: Played with. Inverted. When Gumball thinks the construction workers are harassing him, he responds by holding raising all of his hands out and curling fingers except for his middle fingers back.fingers. The confused workers thought he presenting some sort of gang sign and Gumball admits he has no idea what he was doing with his hands.
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* LongTitle: This episode has the longest title in the entire show.
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* BlackComedyBurst: The Construction Guys are making sexual comments to a twelve-year-old cat-child, and it's only funny because the construction guys aren't actually hitting on him; they're just really bad at complimenting passersby.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The dub of this episode shown on Cartoon Network MENA (Middle East, North Africa) edits out the following kissing scenes:
** Gumball kissing Penny through the phone when he first realizes that he's late for their lunch date.
** Gumball kissing Fenton Benson (the ear of corn guy), thinking that he won the chance to do that (when really he was supposed to get kissed by Fenton's wife, Susan, who's been crowned Miss Elmore).
** The end scene of Gumball kissing Penny goodbye while she's choking.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The dub of this episode shown on Cartoon Network MENA (Middle East, North Africa) edits out the following kissing scenes:
** Gumball kissing Penny through the phone when he first realizes that he's late for their lunch date.
** Gumball kissing Fenton Benson (the ear of corn guy), thinking that he won the chance to do that (when really he was supposed to get kissed by Fenton's wife, Susan, who's been crowned Miss Elmore).
** The end scene of Gumball kissing Penny goodbye while she's choking.
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* BlackComedyBurst: The Construction Guys are making sexual comments to a twelve-year-old twelve year old cat-child, and it's it probably only funny works because the construction guys aren't actually hitting on him; Gumball is grossed out but they're just really bad at complimenting passersby.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The dub of this episode shown on Cartoon Network MENA (Middle East, North Africa) edits out the following kissing scenes:
** Gumball kissing Penny through the phone when he first realizes that he's late for their lunch date.
** Gumball kissing Fenton Benson (the ear of corn guy), thinking that he won the chance to do that (when really he was supposed to get kissed by Fenton's wife, Susan, who's been crowned Miss Elmore).
** The end scene of Gumball kissing Penny goodbye while she's choking.not actually being malicious.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The dub of this episode shown on Cartoon Network MENA (Middle East, North Africa) edits out the following kissing scenes:
** Gumball kissing Penny through the phone when he first realizes that he's late for their lunch date.
** Gumball kissing Fenton Benson (the ear of corn guy), thinking that he won the chance to do that (when really he was supposed to get kissed by Fenton's wife, Susan, who's been crowned Miss Elmore).
** The end scene of Gumball kissing Penny goodbye while she's choking.
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* FlippingTheBird: Subverted (or should that be inverted?). When Gumball thinks the construction workers are harassing him, he responds by holding his hands out and curling his middle fingers back. The confused workers thought he presenting some sort of gang sign and Gumball admits he has no idea what he was doing with his hands.
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* FlippingTheBird: Subverted (or should that be inverted?).Played with. When Gumball thinks the construction workers are harassing him, he responds by holding his hands out and curling his middle fingers back. The confused workers thought he presenting some sort of gang sign and Gumball admits he has no idea what he was doing with his hands.
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->'''Gumball:''' Why does no one understand me today!?
->'''Gumball:''' Why does no one understand me today!?
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* BlackComedyBurst: The Construction Guys are making sexual comments to a twelve year old cat-child, and it probably only works because Gumball is grossed out but they're not actually being malicious.
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* BlackComedyBurst: The Construction Guys are making sexual comments to a twelve year old twelve-year-old cat-child, and it probably it's only works funny because Gumball is grossed out but the construction guys aren't actually hitting on him; they're not actually being malicious.just really bad at complimenting passersby.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The dub of this episode shown on Cartoon Network MENA (Middle East, North Africa) edits out the following kissing scenes:
**Gumball kissing Penny through the phone when he first realizes that he's late for their lunch date.
**Gumball kissing Fenton Benson (the ear of corn guy), thinking that he won the chance to do that (when really he was supposed to get kissed by Fenton's wife, Susan, who's been crowned Miss Elmore).
**The end scene of Gumball kissing Penny goodbye while she's choking.
* {{Bowdlerization}}: The dub of this episode shown on Cartoon Network MENA (Middle East, North Africa) edits out the following kissing scenes:
**Gumball kissing Penny through the phone when he first realizes that he's late for their lunch date.
**Gumball kissing Fenton Benson (the ear of corn guy), thinking that he won the chance to do that (when really he was supposed to get kissed by Fenton's wife, Susan, who's been crowned Miss Elmore).
**The end scene of Gumball kissing Penny goodbye while she's choking.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Penny can't help but laugh at all the awkward misunderstandings Gumball runs into.
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* FlippingTheBird: Subverted. When Gumball thinks the construction workers are harassing him, he responds by holding his hands out and curling his middle fingers back. The confused workers thought he presenting some sort of gang sign and Gumball admits he has no idea what he was doing with his hands.
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* FlippingTheBird: Subverted.Subverted (or should that be inverted?). When Gumball thinks the construction workers are harassing him, he responds by holding his hands out and curling his middle fingers back. The confused workers thought he presenting some sort of gang sign and Gumball admits he has no idea what he was doing with his hands.
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* WetCementGag: After conversing with the construction workers, Gumball [[BehindTheBlack notices]] he'd been standing in wet cement long enough for it to dry. He's force to walk a short distance in concrete shoes before breaking them on a stoplight post (that falls over on top of him).
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* WetCementGag: After conversing with the construction workers, Gumball [[BehindTheBlack notices]] he'd been standing in wet cement long enough for it to dry. He's force to walk a short distance in concrete shoes before breaking them on a stoplight post (that falls and knocks some garbage bags in the air, which fall over on top of him).
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* GaveUpTooSoon: Gumball accidentally buys an unknown prize in an auction. When the auctioneer tells him it's a kiss, Gumball decides to [[ForcedKiss forcibly kiss]] the man on the lips right then to get it over worth. The baffled auctioneer explains it was a kiss on the ''cheek'' from Ms. Elmore.
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* GaveUpTooSoon: Gumball accidentally buys an unknown prize in an auction. When Fenton, the auctioneer tells him it's a kiss, Gumball decides to [[ForcedKiss forcibly kiss]] the man on the lips right then to get it over worth. The baffled auctioneer explains it was a kiss on the ''cheek'' from Ms. Elmore.Elmore who is his wife Susan.
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* ConstructionCatcalls: Hank, the gray construction man, and Steve appear to be hitting on any woman that passes by and mocking everyone else. [[SubvertedTrope In truth]], they are so socially inept that [[ComplimentBackfire their sincere compliments come off as lecherous or mean]]--for instance calling one woman "sweetie" and another "cupcake" [[RaceNameBasis because they were literally]] [[AnthropomorphicFood a lollipop and a cupcake]] respectively. When Gumball tries to give them tips on how to be friendlier in their approach, it turns into the kind of lewd street harassment associated with construction workers and [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant gets worse from there]]. Only Banana Joe is oblivious enough to take them earnestly.
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* ConstructionCatcalls: Hank, the gray construction man, and Steve appear to be hitting on any woman that passes by and mocking everyone else. [[SubvertedTrope In truth]], they are so socially inept that [[ComplimentBackfire their sincere compliments come off as lecherous or mean]]--for instance calling one woman "sweetie" and another the cupcake woman "cupcake" [[RaceNameBasis because they were literally]] [[AnthropomorphicFood a lollipop and a cupcake]] respectively. When Gumball tries to give them tips on how to be friendlier in their approach, it turns into the kind of lewd street harassment associated with construction workers and [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant gets worse from there]]. Only Banana Joe is oblivious enough to take them earnestly.
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* ConstructionCatcalls: Hank, George, and Steve appear to be hitting on any woman that passes by and mocking everyone else. [[SubvertedTrope In truth]], they are so socially inept that [[ComplimentBackfire their sincere compliments come off as lecherous or mean]]--for instance calling one woman "sweetie" and another "cupcake" [[RaceNameBasis because they were literally]] [[AnthropomorphicFood a lollipop and a cupcake]] respectively. When Gumball tries to give them tips on how to be friendlier in their approach, it turns into the kind of lewd street harassment associated with construction workers and [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant gets worse from there]]. Only Banana Joe is oblivious enough to take them earnestly.
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* ConstructionCatcalls: Hank, George, the gray construction man, and Steve appear to be hitting on any woman that passes by and mocking everyone else. [[SubvertedTrope In truth]], they are so socially inept that [[ComplimentBackfire their sincere compliments come off as lecherous or mean]]--for instance calling one woman "sweetie" and another "cupcake" [[RaceNameBasis because they were literally]] [[AnthropomorphicFood a lollipop and a cupcake]] respectively. When Gumball tries to give them tips on how to be friendlier in their approach, it turns into the kind of lewd street harassment associated with construction workers and [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant gets worse from there]]. Only Banana Joe is oblivious enough to take them earnestly.
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* GaveUpTooSoon: Gumball accidentally buys an unknown prize in an auction. When the auctioneer tells him it's a kiss, Gumball decides to [[ForcedKiss forcibly kiss]] the man on the lips right then to get it over worth. The baffled auctioneer explains it was a kiss on the ''cheek'' from Ms. Elmore.
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* BlackComedyBurst: The Construction Guys are making sexual comments to a twelve year old cat-child, and it probably only works because Gumball is grossed out but they're not actually being malicious.
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* LongTitle: This episode has the longest title in the entire show.
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* ConstructionCatcalls: The LEGO construction workers appear to be hitting on any woman that passes by and mocking everyone else. [[SubvertedTrope In truth]], they are so socially inept that [[ComplimentBackfire their sincere compliments come off as lecherous or mean]]--for instance calling one woman "sweetie" and another "cupcake" [[RaceNameBasis because they were literally]] [[AnthropomorphicFood a lollipop and a cupcake]] respectively. When Gumball tries to give them tips on how to be friendlier in their approach, it turns into the kind of lewd street harassment associated with construction workers and [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant gets worse from there]]. Only Banana Joe is oblivious enough to take them earnestly.
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* ConstructionCatcalls: The LEGO construction workers Hank, George, and Steve appear to be hitting on any woman that passes by and mocking everyone else. [[SubvertedTrope In truth]], they are so socially inept that [[ComplimentBackfire their sincere compliments come off as lecherous or mean]]--for instance calling one woman "sweetie" and another "cupcake" [[RaceNameBasis because they were literally]] [[AnthropomorphicFood a lollipop and a cupcake]] respectively. When Gumball tries to give them tips on how to be friendlier in their approach, it turns into the kind of lewd street harassment associated with construction workers and [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant gets worse from there]]. Only Banana Joe is oblivious enough to take them earnestly.
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* WhosOnFirst: Gumball agreed to meet Penny at "dinner", but she actually meant to have ''lunch'' at a restaurant ''named'' "Dinner".
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* WhosOnFirst: Gumball agreed to meet Penny at "dinner", but she actually meant to have ''lunch'' at a restaurant ''named'' "Dinner"."Dinner".
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* ReachingBetweenTheLines: When Gumball is calling Penny on the phone, [[BlatantLies he pretends to be a recorded message]]. She sticks her eye out through the receiver to see that this isn't the case, then when Gumball says that he'll see her in 10 minutes she sticks her lips through the mouthpiece and kisses him.
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Gumball has a misunderstanding with Penny over where to meet during a lunch date--and his rush to the mall leads to a chain of misunderstandings with everyone he encounters.
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* ConstructionCatcalls: The LEGO construction workers appear to be hitting on any woman that passes by and mocking everyone else. [[SubvertedTrope In truth]], they are so socially inept that [[ComplimentBackfire their sincere compliments come off as lecherous or mean]]--for instance calling one woman "sweetie" and another "cupcake" [[RaceNameBasis because they were literally]] [[AnthropomorphicFood a lollipop and a cupcake]] respectively. When Gumball tries to give them tips on how to be friendlier in their approach, it turns into the kind of lewd street harassment associated with construction workers and [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant gets worse from there]]. Only Banana Joe is oblivious enough to take them earnestly.
* FlippingTheBird: Subverted. When Gumball thinks the construction workers are harassing him, he responds by holding his hands out and curling his middle fingers back. The confused workers thought he presenting some sort of gang sign and Gumball admits he has no idea what he was doing with his hands.
* HowIsThatEvenPossible: After Banana Joe follows Gumball by sliding around without walking, Gumball admits that he's too impressed to be mad.
* HypocriticalHumor: Gumball is upset over everyone misunderstanding him throughout the episode, but when Penny chokes on her food, he takes it as a sign that she wants to cut the date short and leaves, thereby misunderstanding her.
* LiteralMinded: Banana Joe takes Gumball's words too literally. When he tells him not to walk behind him, Joe just ''slides'' behind him without moving his legs. When Gumball tells him to just stay still and do nothing, he has to go back and tell Joe that he can ''breathe''.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** Penny can't help but laugh at the chaos surrounding Gumball at the diner, and even has to stop herself when he [[DeathGlare shoots her an angry look for it]].
** Despite Gumball being the StraightMan for most of the episode, getting mad at everyone misunderstanding him throughout the episode, he misunderstands Penny when she begins choking on her food.
* ShaggyDogStory: After all that worrying over being late and all the misunderstandings Gumball goes through to have a date with Penny, he immediately leaves when he thinks Penny choking on her food is a sign that she wants to cut the date short because her parents are coming.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: The main source of comedic conflict of the episode is that [[DiggingYourselfDeeper none of Gumball's attempts to clarify himself ever work]].
* WetCementGag: After conversing with the construction workers, Gumball [[BehindTheBlack notices]] he'd been standing in wet cement long enough for it to dry. He's force to walk a short distance in concrete shoes before breaking them on a stoplight post (that falls over on top of him).
* WhosOnFirst: Gumball agreed to meet Penny at "dinner", but she actually meant to have ''lunch'' at a restaurant ''named'' "Dinner".
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* ConstructionCatcalls: The LEGO construction workers appear to be hitting on any woman that passes by and mocking everyone else. [[SubvertedTrope In truth]], they are so socially inept that [[ComplimentBackfire their sincere compliments come off as lecherous or mean]]--for instance calling one woman "sweetie" and another "cupcake" [[RaceNameBasis because they were literally]] [[AnthropomorphicFood a lollipop and a cupcake]] respectively. When Gumball tries to give them tips on how to be friendlier in their approach, it turns into the kind of lewd street harassment associated with construction workers and [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant gets worse from there]]. Only Banana Joe is oblivious enough to take them earnestly.
* FlippingTheBird: Subverted. When Gumball thinks the construction workers are harassing him, he responds by holding his hands out and curling his middle fingers back. The confused workers thought he presenting some sort of gang sign and Gumball admits he has no idea what he was doing with his hands.
* HowIsThatEvenPossible: After Banana Joe follows Gumball by sliding around without walking, Gumball admits that he's too impressed to be mad.
* HypocriticalHumor: Gumball is upset over everyone misunderstanding him throughout the episode, but when Penny chokes on her food, he takes it as a sign that she wants to cut the date short and leaves, thereby misunderstanding her.
* LiteralMinded: Banana Joe takes Gumball's words too literally. When he tells him not to walk behind him, Joe just ''slides'' behind him without moving his legs. When Gumball tells him to just stay still and do nothing, he has to go back and tell Joe that he can ''breathe''.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** Penny can't help but laugh at the chaos surrounding Gumball at the diner, and even has to stop herself when he [[DeathGlare shoots her an angry look for it]].
** Despite Gumball being the StraightMan for most of the episode, getting mad at everyone misunderstanding him throughout the episode, he misunderstands Penny when she begins choking on her food.
* ShaggyDogStory: After all that worrying over being late and all the misunderstandings Gumball goes through to have a date with Penny, he immediately leaves when he thinks Penny choking on her food is a sign that she wants to cut the date short because her parents are coming.
* SustainedMisunderstanding: The main source of comedic conflict of the episode is that [[DiggingYourselfDeeper none of Gumball's attempts to clarify himself ever work]].
* WetCementGag: After conversing with the construction workers, Gumball [[BehindTheBlack notices]] he'd been standing in wet cement long enough for it to dry. He's force to walk a short distance in concrete shoes before breaking them on a stoplight post (that falls over on top of him).
* WhosOnFirst: Gumball agreed to meet Penny at "dinner", but she actually meant to have ''lunch'' at a restaurant ''named'' "Dinner".
