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* GiftOfSong: Joanne announces her plans to drop out of college and become a singer, and punctuates this point by performing [[Music/EltonJohn Elton John's]] "Your Song" - [[DreadfulMusician badly]] - for her parents as her Hanukkah present.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: TheStinger ends with Barry throwing his useless bowling ball into one of Adam's trash bags, with the others too late to stop him before the heavy ball forces the bag down and breaks a table.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: TheStinger TheTag ends with Barry throwing his useless bowling ball into one of Adam's trash bags, with the others too late to stop him before the heavy ball forces the bag down and breaks a table.
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* MyNewGiftIsLame: Aside from Pop-Pop's cruise that he couldn't pay for, TheStinger features Barry, Erica, and Adam receiving a bowling ball without holes, a used shower cap, and a box of trash bags from him, respectively.
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* MyNewGiftIsLame: Aside from Pop-Pop's cruise that he couldn't pay for, TheStinger TheTag features Barry, Erica, and Adam receiving a bowling ball without holes, a used shower cap, and a box of trash bags from him, respectively.
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* ExactWords: The family initially think that Pop-Pop got them a luxury cruise to the Caribbean, specifically the island of Saint John. But it turns out that, when he said the cruise went to St. John's, he meant the Canadian city.
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* HanukkahEpisode: As the title implies, the episode features the Goldbergs celebrating Hanukkah. Pop-Pop's cruise is initially presented as a gift, and Erica celebrates with the Schwartz family.
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* HanukkahEpisode: As the title implies, the episode features the Goldbergs celebrating Hanukkah. Pop-Pop's cruise is initially presented as a Hanukkah gift, and Erica celebrates the holiday with the Schwartz family.
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* ParentalFavoritism: Geoff's parents are clearly more proud that their daughter is going to be a lawyer than Geoff becoming an orthodontist...even though Geoff's father ''is'' an orthodontist. Even when she announces dropping out to be a musician despite having no musical skills, she's still clearly the favorite.
* RageBreakingPoint: When Geoff's sister's Hanukkah gift for everyone is singing a song off-key that moves his parents to tears, when Geoff had spent months painting a family portrait, Geoff finally calls out his parents for their ParentalFavoritism. He also gets Erica to out-perform his sister with just her natural talent, for good measure.
* RageBreakingPoint: When Geoff's sister's Hanukkah gift for everyone is singing a song off-key that moves his parents to tears, when Geoff had spent months painting a family portrait, Geoff finally calls out his parents for their ParentalFavoritism. He also gets Erica to out-perform his sister with just her natural talent, for good measure.
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* ParentalFavoritism: Geoff's parents are clearly appear to be more proud that their daughter Joanne is going to be a lawyer than Geoff becoming an orthodontist...even though Geoff's father ''is'' an orthodontist. Even when she announces dropping out to be a musician despite having no musical skills, she's still clearly they show nothing but support. However, they eventually admit that the favorite.
reason they praise Joanne so much is because they thought she'd be a mess without it, and that they'll be more strict with Joanne in the future (starting by forcing her to go back to law school).
* RageBreakingPoint: When Geoff's sister's Hanukkah gift for everyone is singing a song off-key that moves his parents to tears, when Geoff had spent months painting a familyportrait, portrait (which just has his father comment that he could've spent his free time studying), Geoff finally calls out his parents for their ParentalFavoritism. He also gets Erica to out-perform his sister with just her natural talent, for good measure.
* RageBreakingPoint: When Geoff's sister's Hanukkah gift for everyone is singing a song off-key that moves his parents to tears, when Geoff had spent months painting a family
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Geoff's parents eventually admit that they've always seen him as the responsible one, and apologize for being overly harsh about minor slights while giving his sister so much freedom that she's mismanaging her own life.
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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Geoff's parents eventually admit that they've always seen him as the responsible one, and apologize for being overly harsh about minor slights while giving his sister Joanne so much freedom that she's mismanaging her own life.
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* TheUnfavorite: Geoff feels like one as his parents dote on Joanne, even though she is clearly not as responsible and talented as they say she is. The parents then confess to Geoff that while they're sure he'll go on to be successful without their help, Joanne needs all the support she can get.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: TheStinger ends with Barry throwing his useless bowling ball into one of Adam's trash bags, with the others too late to stop him before the ball goes right through the thin plastic and breaks a table.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: TheStinger ends with Barry throwing his useless bowling ball into one of Adam's trash bags, with the others too late to stop him before the heavy ball goes right through forces the thin plastic bag down and breaks a table.table.
* FeelingTheirAge: Pop-Pop eventually reveals that his main motivation for the whole cruise and reconnecting with Murray was him starting to feel the pains of old age, and being afraid that he couldn't afford a nurse to take care of him.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Geoff's parents eventually admit that they've always seen him as the responsible one, and apologize for being overly harsh about minor slights while giving his sister so much freedom that she's mismanaging her own life.
* FeelingTheirAge: Pop-Pop eventually reveals that his main motivation for the whole cruise and reconnecting with Murray was him starting to feel the pains of old age, and being afraid that he couldn't afford a nurse to take care of him.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Geoff's parents eventually admit that they've always seen him as the responsible one, and apologize for being overly harsh about minor slights while giving his sister so much freedom that she's mismanaging her own life.
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* RageBreakingPoint: When Geoff's sister's Hanukkah gift for everyone is singing a song off-key, when Geoff had spent months painting a family portrait, Geoff finally calls out his parents for their ParentalFavoritism. He also gets Erica to out-perform his sister with just her natural talent, for good measure.
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* RageBreakingPoint: When Geoff's sister's Hanukkah gift for everyone is singing a song off-key, off-key that moves his parents to tears, when Geoff had spent months painting a family portrait, Geoff finally calls out his parents for their ParentalFavoritism. He also gets Erica to out-perform his sister with just her natural talent, for good measure.
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* WasItAllALie: Murray has this reaction when he learns that Pop-Pop was insincere about gifting the family a cruise. Pop-Pop admits that he did want to get closer to his son, but felt he had to rely on trickery because of their past relationship problems.
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* WasItAllALie: Murray has this reaction when he learns that Pop-Pop was insincere about gifting the family a cruise. Pop-Pop admits that he did want to get closer to his son, son before he grew too old to take care of himself, but felt he had to rely on trickery because of their past relationship problems.
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'''A Plot:''' Pops surprises the family with an ill-advised winter cruise to Canada.
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'''A Plot:''' Pops Pop-Pop (Murray's father) surprises the family with an ill-advised winter cruise to Canada.
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* CasanovaWannabe: Barry deals with his current lack of a girlfriend by asking elderly passengers if they have hot grandchildren, and flirting with Jenny, the cruise ship's director.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: TheStinger ends with Barry throwing his useless bowling ball into one of Adam's trash bags, with the others too late to stop him before the ball goes right through the thin plastic and breaks a table.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Erica decides to spend the holidays with Geoff because she assumes it'll be much less chaotic than being stuck on a ship with her family...and then Geoff's sister comes home from law school, causing [[ParentalFavoritism a different kind of chaos]].
* HanukkahEpisode: As the title implies, the episode features the Goldbergs celebrating Hanukkah. Pop-Pop's cruise is initially presented as a gift, and Erica celebrates with the Schwartz family.
* MistakenForRomance: Jenny seems to pay much more attention to Adam than to Barry...because she thinks Adam is a child that isn't aware of events more appropriate for younger age groups than the bingo and shuffleboard games she spots him at.
* MotivationalLie: After Adam learns why Jenny was paying more attention to him, he tells Barry that Jenny was using him to get to Barry, so Barry's confidence in himself gets the boost it needs.
* MyNewGiftIsLame: Aside from Pop-Pop's cruise that he couldn't pay for, TheStinger features Barry, Erica, and Adam receiving a bowling ball without holes, a used shower cap, and a box of trash bags from him, respectively.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Geoff's family never lets him forget about his past mistakes, like when he was nine and dropped a match lighting Hanukkah candles.
* ParentalFavoritism: Geoff's parents are clearly more proud that their daughter is going to be a lawyer than Geoff becoming an orthodontist...even though Geoff's father ''is'' an orthodontist. Even when she announces dropping out to be a musician despite having no musical skills, she's still clearly the favorite.
* RageBreakingPoint: When Geoff's sister's Hanukkah gift for everyone is singing a song off-key, when Geoff had spent months painting a family portrait, Geoff finally calls out his parents for their ParentalFavoritism. He also gets Erica to out-perform his sister with just her natural talent, for good measure.
* TheScrooge: Pop-Pop's gift of a cruise isn't as generous as it seems, considering that the family originally thought he was treating them to a trip to the Caribbean instead of Canada. He later reveals he needs Beverly to actually pay for the entire cruise in addition to settling some of his personal debts.
* WasItAllALie: Murray has this reaction when he learns that Pop-Pop was insincere about gifting the family a cruise. Pop-Pop admits that he did want to get closer to his son, but felt he had to rely on trickery because of their past relationship problems.
* WintryAuroralSky: One caps off the episode, with Murray and Pop-Pop enjoying the view after reconciling, soon after joined by the rest of the family.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: TheStinger ends with Barry throwing his useless bowling ball into one of Adam's trash bags, with the others too late to stop him before the ball goes right through the thin plastic and breaks a table.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: Erica decides to spend the holidays with Geoff because she assumes it'll be much less chaotic than being stuck on a ship with her family...and then Geoff's sister comes home from law school, causing [[ParentalFavoritism a different kind of chaos]].
* HanukkahEpisode: As the title implies, the episode features the Goldbergs celebrating Hanukkah. Pop-Pop's cruise is initially presented as a gift, and Erica celebrates with the Schwartz family.
* MistakenForRomance: Jenny seems to pay much more attention to Adam than to Barry...because she thinks Adam is a child that isn't aware of events more appropriate for younger age groups than the bingo and shuffleboard games she spots him at.
* MotivationalLie: After Adam learns why Jenny was paying more attention to him, he tells Barry that Jenny was using him to get to Barry, so Barry's confidence in himself gets the boost it needs.
* MyNewGiftIsLame: Aside from Pop-Pop's cruise that he couldn't pay for, TheStinger features Barry, Erica, and Adam receiving a bowling ball without holes, a used shower cap, and a box of trash bags from him, respectively.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Geoff's family never lets him forget about his past mistakes, like when he was nine and dropped a match lighting Hanukkah candles.
* ParentalFavoritism: Geoff's parents are clearly more proud that their daughter is going to be a lawyer than Geoff becoming an orthodontist...even though Geoff's father ''is'' an orthodontist. Even when she announces dropping out to be a musician despite having no musical skills, she's still clearly the favorite.
* RageBreakingPoint: When Geoff's sister's Hanukkah gift for everyone is singing a song off-key, when Geoff had spent months painting a family portrait, Geoff finally calls out his parents for their ParentalFavoritism. He also gets Erica to out-perform his sister with just her natural talent, for good measure.
* TheScrooge: Pop-Pop's gift of a cruise isn't as generous as it seems, considering that the family originally thought he was treating them to a trip to the Caribbean instead of Canada. He later reveals he needs Beverly to actually pay for the entire cruise in addition to settling some of his personal debts.
* WasItAllALie: Murray has this reaction when he learns that Pop-Pop was insincere about gifting the family a cruise. Pop-Pop admits that he did want to get closer to his son, but felt he had to rely on trickery because of their past relationship problems.
* WintryAuroralSky: One caps off the episode, with Murray and Pop-Pop enjoying the view after reconciling, soon after joined by the rest of the family.
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'''A Plot:''' Pops surprises the family with an ill-advised winter cruise to Canada.
'''B Plot:''' Erica stirs up holiday trouble at home.
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* HanukkahEpisode: As the title implies, the episode features the Goldbergs celebrating Hanukkah.
'''B Plot:''' Erica stirs up holiday trouble at home.
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* HanukkahEpisode: As the title implies, the episode features the Goldbergs celebrating Hanukkah.
