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-->'''Pete:''' That's weird. Why do I suddenly crave a cracker?



* BlandNameProduct: Molly is a member of Brighton's local 3A ("Animals, Agriculture, and America") club, a nod to the American 4H clubs.

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* BlandNameProduct: CallAHumanAMeatbag: Scratch calls Molly and Libby "meatsacks" when trying to get them to let him use their bodies to bring food to the deep frying booth.
* CutenessProximity:
Molly is a member of Brighton's local 3A ("Animals, Agriculture, instantly enamored with Totes the goat's cuteness and America") club, a nod remains so much so that she can't bring herself to the American 4H clubs.train him properly.


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* DrillSergeantNasty: The leader of the 3A Club runs the program like a boot camp.


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* FictionalCounterpart: Molly is a member of Brighton's local 3A ("Animals, Agriculture, and America") club, a nod to the American 4H clubs.


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* HandGagging: Scratch slaps his hand over Molly's mouth to stop her from gushing over Totes the Goat while Mr. Bates is talking.
* InelegantBlubbering: Scratch turns into an inconsolable mess after Totes eats his tower of fried food before he could even taste any.


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* PlumbersCrack: As Scratch is admiring the sights of the county fair, he accidentally looks right at a man's exposed butt crack.
* PunBasedTitle: The episode's title is a play on the phrase, "Go your own way".


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* TrainingMontage: The song "G-O-A-T" plays while Scratch successfully trains Pete and Molly unsuccessfully trains Totes.
* TrainingThePet: While not a traditional pet, Molly is tasked with training a goat so it can enter a competition for her 3A Club.

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* BittersweetEnding: Molly's lack of discipline towards Totes gets the [=McGees=] a lifetime ban from the fair, while Scratch's attempts at getting fried food crashes and burns. Nevertheless, Molly has learned how to be more assertive and makes up for her failure by having Totes work at the park by trimming grass like a lawnmower, enabling Totes to lose all the gained weight.

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* BittersweetEnding: Molly's lack of discipline towards Totes gets the [=McGees=] (sans Darryl and Grandma Nin) a lifetime ban from the fair, while Scratch's attempts at getting fried food crashes and burns. Nevertheless, Molly has learned how to be more assertive and makes up for her failure by having Totes work at the park by trimming grass like a lawnmower, enabling Totes to lose all the gained weight.


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* JerkassHasAPoint: Scratch was actually right when he told Molly that she's training Totes to be bribed with treats.
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'''Original air date:''' 3/5/2022

'''Production code:''' 114a
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* GuiltByAssociationGag: Sharron gets banned from the county fair along with Molly, Pete, and Totes, despite not doing anything to warrant it.

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* GuiltByAssociationGag: Sharron Sharon gets banned from the county fair along with Molly, Pete, and Totes, despite not doing anything to warrant it.
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* ExtremeOmniGoat: Downplayed, but Totes gets so used to getting food whenever he wants, he attacks Scratch's deep-fried food tower right in the middle of the training demonstration.

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* ExtremeOmniGoat: Downplayed, but Totes gets so used to getting food whenever he wants, he chews on the [=McGee=]'s front porch and attacks Scratch's deep-fried food tower right in the middle of the training demonstration.
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* LiteralMetaphor: Mr. Bates warns the girls that without proper training, the goats will "walk all over you". This is shown to be quite literal in Libby's case.
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* SeriousBusiness: As head of the A3 Club, Mr. Bates takes his job ''very'' seriously. He even tells the girls that raising goats is "serious business."

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* SeriousBusiness: As head of the A3 3A Club, Mr. Bates takes his job ''very'' seriously. He even tells the girls that raising goats is "serious business."
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* BlandNameProduct: Molly is a member of Brighton's local A3 ("Animals, Agriculture, and America") club, a nod to the American 4H clubs.

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* BlandNameProduct: Molly is a member of Brighton's local A3 3A ("Animals, Agriculture, and America") club, a nod to the American 4H clubs.
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* PersonaNonGrata: Molly’s poor handling of Totes gets her and her family (except Daryl and Grandma Nin) banned from the county fair ''for life''.
* PuppyDogEyes: Every time Molly tries to discipline him, Totes gives her puppy eyes, and she instantly caves in. Sharon remembers that Molly used to do the same thing as a baby. The coach warns everyone to not let the puppy eyes fool them.

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* PersonaNonGrata: Molly’s poor handling of Totes gets her and her family (except Daryl Darryl and Grandma Nin) banned from the county fair ''for life''.
* PuppyDogEyes: Every time Molly tries to discipline him, Totes gives her puppy eyes, and she instantly caves in. Sharon remembers that Molly used to do the same thing as a baby. The coach Mr. Bates warns everyone to not let the puppy eyes fool them.

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* ArcWords: "Command, Click, Reward."



* PersonaNonGrata: Molly’s poor handling of Totes gets her and her family banned from the county fair ''for life''.
* PuppyDogEyes: Every time Molly tries to discipline him, Totes gives her puppy eyes, and she instantly caves in. Sharon remembers that Molly used to do the same thing as a baby.

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* PersonaNonGrata: Molly’s poor handling of Totes gets her and her family (except Daryl and Grandma Nin) banned from the county fair ''for life''.
* PuppyDogEyes: Every time Molly tries to discipline him, Totes gives her puppy eyes, and she instantly caves in. Sharon remembers that Molly used to do the same thing as a baby. The coach warns everyone to not let the puppy eyes fool them.
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* BittersweetEnding: Molly's poor caring of Totes get the [=McGees=] a lifetime ban from the fair, while Scratch's attempts at getting fried food crashes and burns. Nevertheless, Molly has learned how to be more assertive and makes up for her failure by having Totes work at the park by trimming grass like a lawnmower, enabling Totes to lose all the gained weight.

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* BittersweetEnding: Molly's poor caring lack of discipline towards Totes get gets the [=McGees=] a lifetime ban from the fair, while Scratch's attempts at getting fried food crashes and burns. Nevertheless, Molly has learned how to be more assertive and makes up for her failure by having Totes work at the park by trimming grass like a lawnmower, enabling Totes to lose all the gained weight.
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* BittersweetEnding: Totes' antics get the [=McGees=] a lifetime ban from the fair, while Scratch's attempts at getting fried food crashes and burns. Nevertheless, Molly has learned how to be more assertive and makes up for her failure by having Totes work at the park by trimming grass like a lawnmower, enabling Totes to lose all the gained weight.

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* BittersweetEnding: Totes' antics Molly's poor caring of Totes get the [=McGees=] a lifetime ban from the fair, while Scratch's attempts at getting fried food crashes and burns. Nevertheless, Molly has learned how to be more assertive and makes up for her failure by having Totes work at the park by trimming grass like a lawnmower, enabling Totes to lose all the gained weight.

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* GuiltByAssociationGag: Sharron gets banned from the county fair along with Molly, Pete, and Totes, despite not doing anything to warrant it.



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* BittersweetEnding: Totes' antics get the [=McGees=] a lifetime ban from the fair, while Scratch's attempts at getting fried food crashes and burns. Nevertheless, Molly has learned how to be more assertive and makes up for her failure by having Totes work at the park by trimming grass like a lawnmower, enabling Totes to lose all the gained weight.

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Molly has to train a goat for her agriculture club's

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Molly has to train a goat for her agriculture club's training demonstration at the county fair.






* AnAesop: Giving kids whatever they want is no way to be a parent; moderation and discipline is ultimately better for them.

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* AnAesop: Giving kids whatever they want is no way to be a parent; moderation and discipline is are ultimately better for them.



* DagwoodSandwich: Scratch gives Pete a ten-foot high pile of food to deep-fry at Turkey Tina's booth.

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* DagwoodSandwich: Scratch gives Pete a ten-foot high ten-foot-high pile of food to deep-fry at Turkey Tina's booth.



* ExtremeOmniGoat: Downplayed, but Totes gets so used to getting food whenever he wants he attacks Scratch's deep-fried food tower right in the middle of the training demonstration.
* PersonaNonGrata: Molly’s poor handling of Totes get her and her family banned from the county fair.
* PuppyDogEyes: Every time Molly tries to discipline him, Totes gives her puppy eyes and she instantly caves in. Sharon remembers that Molly used to do the same thing as a baby.
* SeriousBusiness: As head of the A3 Club, Mr. Bates takes his job very seriously. He even tells the girls that raising goats is "serious business".
* TemporaryBulkChange: Totes the goat becomes quite fat from Molly spoiling him. He manages to lose the weight after Molly gets him a job trimming the grass at the town park.

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* ExtremeOmniGoat: Downplayed, but Totes gets so used to getting food whenever he wants wants, he attacks Scratch's deep-fried food tower right in the middle of the training demonstration.
* PersonaNonGrata: Molly’s poor handling of Totes get gets her and her family banned from the county fair.
fair ''for life''.
* PuppyDogEyes: Every time Molly tries to discipline him, Totes gives her puppy eyes eyes, and she instantly caves in. Sharon remembers that Molly used to do the same thing as a baby.
* SeriousBusiness: As head of the A3 Club, Mr. Bates takes his job very ''very'' seriously. He even tells the girls that raising goats is "serious business".
business."
* TemporaryBulkChange: Totes the goat becomes quite fat from Molly spoiling him. He manages to lose the weight after Molly gets him a job trimming the grass at the town park.park.

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* PersonaNonGrata: Totes the goat's antics get Molly and her family banned from the county fair.

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* PersonaNonGrata: Molly’s poor handling of Totes the goat's antics get Molly her and her family banned from the county fair.
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* AllForNothing: After all the trouble Scratch went through to get a pile of food fried by Turkey Tina, Totes eats the whole thing before he could even taste it.


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* DagwoodSandwich: Scratch gives Pete a ten-foot high pile of food to deep-fry at Turkey Tina's booth.


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* ExtremeOmniGoat: Downplayed, but Totes gets so used to getting food whenever he wants he attacks Scratch's deep-fried food tower right in the middle of the training demonstration.


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* PuppyDogEyes: Every time Molly tries to discipline him, Totes gives her puppy eyes and she instantly caves in. Sharon remembers that Molly used to do the same thing as a baby.

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* PersonaNonGrata: Totes the goat's antics at the county fair get Molly and her family banned from the county fair.

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* EverythingMakesAMushroom: Scratch's enormous culinary concoction going into the deep fryer at Turkey Tina's produces a mushroom cloud of ''fryer oil''.
* PersonaNonGrata: Totes the goat's antics at the county fair get Molly and her family banned from the county fair.
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Molly has to train a goat for her agriculture club's
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* AnAesop: Giving kids whatever they want is no way to be a parent; moderation and discipline is ultimately better for them.
* BehavioralConditioning: Scratch plans to use Mr. Bates' clicker to condition Pete to be his proxy at the county fair.
* BlandNameProduct: Molly is a member of Brighton's local A3 ("Animals, Agriculture, and America") club, a nod to the American 4H clubs.
* DeepFriedWhatever: Scratch becomes obsessed with a booth at the county fair that will deep fry ''anything''.
* PersonaNonGrata: Totes the goat's antics at the county fair get Molly and her family banned from the county fair.
* SeriousBusiness: As head of the A3 Club, Mr. Bates takes his job very seriously. He even tells the girls that raising goats is "serious business".
* TemporaryBulkChange: Totes the goat becomes quite fat from Molly spoiling him. He manages to lose the weight after Molly gets him a job trimming the grass at the town park.

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