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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: While trying to come up with a Chanukah song, Barry decides to make Judah Maccabee a dinosaur hunter in order to make it more entertaining, and [[BlatantLies outright lies]] that it's completely factual.

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* EverythingIsRacist: Principal Ball says that if there is no Channukah song, the show can't include Christmas songs either, causing chaos.



* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Principal Ball says that if there is no Channukah song, the show can't include Christmas songs either, causing chaos.
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*HappyBirthdayToYou: Barry points out how the writers of “Happy Birthday” get paid every time it gets played, which is his motivation to write a hit Chanukah song. Later, Erica’s Chanukah song turns out to be “Happy Birthday” with Chanukah awkwardly added in.
* ItsAllJunk: Adam decides to throw away his toys and movie posters, now that he’s grown up. It gets tough when he realizes his trash cans are Muppet and Ninja Turtle branded, so he has to get an adult trash can.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: While trying to come up with a Chanukah song, Barry decides to make Judah Maccabee a dinosaur hunter in order to make it more entertaining, and outright lies that it's completely factual.
* FromBadToWorse: Pops tries to ease Adam's fears by taking him to see the latest George Lucas film, but it turns out to be the notorious flop ''Film/HowardTheDuck'', leading to further disappointment.

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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: While trying to come up with a Chanukah song, Barry decides to make Judah Maccabee a dinosaur hunter in order to make it more entertaining, and [[BlatantLies outright lies lies]] that it's completely factual.
* FromBadToWorse: Pops tries to ease Adam's fears by taking him to see the latest George Lucas Creator/GeorgeLucas film, but it turns out to be the notorious flop ''Film/HowardTheDuck'', leading to further disappointment.

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'''A Plot:''' Johnny Atkins sells Adam a rare bootleg VHS copy of Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial, knowing that Adam is a huge fan of Franchise/StarWars. After viewing the tape, Adam is extremely disappointed, and fears he has grown up and lost his sense of "childlike wonder".

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'''A Plot:''' Johnny Atkins sells Adam a rare bootleg VHS copy of Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial, ''Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial'', knowing that Adam is a huge fan of Franchise/StarWars. After viewing the tape, Adam is extremely disappointed, and fears he has grown up and lost his sense of "childlike wonder".



* FromBadToWorse: Pops tries to ease Adam's fears by taking him to see the latest George Lucas film, but it turns out to be the notorious flop Film/HowardTheDuck, leading to further disappointment.

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* ArcWords: Adam bets that his entire school will want to see ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' (before he actually sees it), except for "the other Adam Goldberg" in 11th Grade, who only goes to a specific cinema that serves wine.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: While trying to come up with a Chanukah song, Barry decides to make Judah Maccabee a dinosaur hunter in order to make it more entertaining, and outright lies that it's completely factual.
* FromBadToWorse: Pops tries to ease Adam's fears by taking him to see the latest George Lucas film, but it turns out to be the notorious flop Film/HowardTheDuck, ''Film/HowardTheDuck'', leading to further disappointment.



* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Principal Ball says that if there is no Channukah song, the show can't include Christmas songs either, causing chaos.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Principal Ball says that if there is no Channukah song, the show can't include Christmas songs either, causing chaos.chaos.
* WasItAllALie: Erica doesn't react positively when Pops reveals that Beverly's been lying for a decade and that ''she'' is the only one that cares about Erica singing a holiday song, though Erica relents when Beverly's honest about how she misses the days when Erica was younger and glad to sing for her.
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'''A Plot:''' Johnny Atkins sells Adam a rare bootleg VHS copy of Film/TheStarWarsHolidaySpecial, knowing that Adam is a huge fan of Franchise/StarWars. After viewing the tape, Adam is extremely disappointed, and fears he has grown up and lost his sense of "childlike wonder".

'''B Plot:''' Erica and Barry are singing in the chorus for the school's holiday show, with Beverly expecting Erica to sing the solo for the Dreidel song, which is the only Chanukah song included. The chorus doesn't want to sing the song, and neither does Erica (who only does it to please Pops), disappointing Beverly. Beverly insists that Erica write a Chanukah song for the show, causing Barry to try and write a better song.
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* FromBadToWorse: Pops tries to ease Adam's fears by taking him to see the latest George Lucas film, but it turns out to be the notorious flop Film/HowardTheDuck, leading to further disappointment.
* GrowingUpSucks: Adam's plot grapples with losing his "childlike wonder". In the end, Pops manages to reignite it with some encouraging words and by finding redeeming qualities in things, such as the Boba Fett segment in the Holiday Special.
* PissTakeRap: Barry's new Chanukah song is a historically inaccurate rap about the Maccabees.
* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Principal Ball says that if there is no Channukah song, the show can't include Christmas songs either, causing chaos.

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