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* CallBack: Dib references past interactions with Bill to explain to the twins why he can't be trusted with alien technology.

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* CallBack: Dib references [[Recap/InvaderZimS1E10CareerDay his past interactions interactions]] with Bill to explain to the twins why he can't be trusted with alien technology.



* ContinuityNod: MIMI clearly recognizes and is still fearful of Phil after their encounter in Episode 4.

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* ContinuityNod: MIMI clearly recognizes and is still fearful of Phil after their encounter in [[Recap/TheNewAdventuresOfInvaderZimS1E4GIRAndPhilsExcellentAdventure Episode 4.4]].
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* WrongGenreSavvy: Bill has a special vampire room to protect him from vampires. By his standards, it's actually a pretty smart move... but unfortunately, all of the vampiric legends that he relied on (running water, SuperOCD counting, etc.) turn out to be wrong.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: Bill has a special vampire room to protect him from vampires. By his standards, it's actually a pretty smart move... but unfortunately, all of the vampiric legends that he relied on (running water, SuperOCD obsessive counting, etc.) turn out to be wrong.
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Tenn crash-lands on Earth and is captured by conspiracy theorists, leaving Zim and Tak to reluctantly team up to save her. Meanwhile, Dib and his friends scramble to get to her first before her technology falls into the wrong hands.

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*AccidentallyBrokeTheMacGuffin: The fight over the Meekrob crystal ends with Norlock accidentally blasting it into pieces.
*AliensSpeakingEnglish: Lampshaded by the surprise of the CREAM agents holding Tenn, when they try to figure out how to communicate with her, only to find out she already understands them.
*BunnyEarsLawyer: Bill is insane and incompetent, but somehow leads his own organization.
*CallBack: Dib references past interactions with Bill to explain to the twins why he can't be trusted with alien technology.
*ConspiracyTheorist: Bill returns, now leading a whole group of like-minded individuals, who believe in all sorts of absurd things.
*ContinuityNod: MIMI clearly recognizes and is still fearful of Phil after their encounter in Episode 4.
*CuttingTheKnot: A literal example — when Bill tries to distract Norlock with a tied and knotted rope (as per some vampire lore), the latter simply cuts it with scissors. Then he claims he taught that trick to Alexander the Great, the TropeNamer.
*EnemyMine: Zim and Skoodge team up with Tak to rescue Tenn from CREAM. Lampshaded by Tak quoting the TropeNamer, when Norlock points out that they don't have to like each other to get it done.
*EveryoneHasStandards: Dib may believe in just about anything, but even he thinks that Bill's outlandish theories are insane.
*FunWithAcronyms: Bill's group, the Conspiracy Reaction Engagement Analysis Monitors (CREAM). Steve is quick to lampshade it, and one of the group's agents admits they didn't look at how it was written until after they had copyrighted the name.
*{{Hypocrite}}: As Dib points out, Bill's attempts to expose government conspiracies just leads to him carrying out his own.
*InsaneTrollLogic: Bill's conspiracy theories make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
*MythologyGag: There's an unnamed cameo by Agent Batflaps, Dib's online nemesis from several issues of the comic series, as one of the CREAM members.
*NiceJobFixingItVillain: Tak's desire to one up Zim leads to her breaking their truce, which ultimately results in the Meekrob crystal everyone's fighting over being broken, delaying either her or Zim from finding Project Domination.
*ARareSentence: Norlock, after he accidentally shatters the Meekrob crystal:
-->"Don't blame me! This wouldn't have happened if your moose hadn't electrocuted me! (''beat'') Wow, that's a sentence even ''[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld I've]]'' never had a reason to say before."
*ShoutOut:
**Bill paraphrases [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Hoss Delgado's]] claim that he's fought eight foot tall zombie elves, and the justification on their height by saying that "it was a leap year".
**To ''Film/VampireInBrooklyn'', when Bill tries to stake Norlock and gets the wrong target:
-->'''Norlock''': That's my stomach. This is my heart. You should know the rules.
**Bill later throws a piece of cheese at Norlock, thinking that the color yellow will weaken him. Norlock specifically tells him that he's thinking of the ComicBook/GreenLantern.
*WellIntentionedExtremist: Bill is fighting for a greater good. At least, according to his delusions.
*WhamEpisode: Tenn arrives on Earth and allies with Tak after the data crystal shatters, leaving all three teams with a piece of it.
*WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: This is the chapter that introduces Tenn's PTSD-induced phobia of malfunctioning robots.
*WrongGenreSavvy: Bill has a special vampire room to protect him from vampires. By his standards, it's actually a pretty smart move... but unfortunately, all of the vampiric legends that he relied on (running water, SuperOCD counting, etc.) turn out to be wrong.

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