History Recap / TinyToonAdventuresS1E43BestOPluckyDuckDay

* RageBreakingPoint: Buster is already agitated with having to tolerate Plucky watching his horror movies until 3am, but then he absolutely loses it when he discovers that Plucky learned nothing from the nightmares Plucky got from watching them.

* Anvilicious: The episode's delivery of the "stealing is wrong" Aesop is about as heavy-handed as you'd expect for a show which regularly drops ''literal'' anvils on characters' heads.

* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: When Plucky and Hamton return the stolen candy bar, Plucky assumes that they will be rewarded for their honesty with free candy, which they aren't.

* BrokenAesop: Subverted; see SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome below.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Shirley is initially with Hamton and Plucky as they walk to the store, but leaves in disgust when Plucky puts shoplifting the ACME Super Super Munch-n-Crunch Candy Bar (with almonds) on the table.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: You may notice how some kid's shows may show the main character stealing something, only for them to be allowed to keep the stolen object when they return the object to where they stole it from and confess their deed as a reward for their honesty. When he and Hamton return the candy bar to the store, Plucky says that he's expecting this to happen. Not so, the employee present at the store tells the boys that, while he's happy that they were honest enough to return the candy bar, he will still call the police if they come back again.

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: [[spoiler: Plucky inadvertently gives the correct answer to the question Granny asks him when he tells Granny that "It's 2:59! (on the clock)", escaping Granny's brutal homework assignments.]]

* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler: When Plucky ultimately gets called on and asked a question by Granny with one minute on the clock left, in a panic, Plucky yells "It's 2:59!!!". As it turns out, this was the right answer, and Plucky is free to go home without any papers to write.]]

* BrokenAesop: Subverted; see RealityEnsues below.

* FullBodyDisguise / LatexPerfection: A shark flawlessly disguised as a human boy in Plucky's nightmares.

* RealityEnsues: You may notice how some kid's shows may show the main character stealing something, only for them to be allowed to keep the stolen object when they return the object to where they stole it from and confess their deed as a reward for their honesty. When he and Hamton return the candy bar to the store, Plucky says that he's expecting this to happen. Not so, the employee present at the store tells the boys that, while he's happy that they were honest enough to return the candy bar, he will still call the police if they come back again.

It's almost three o'clock on Friday, and Plucky dreads being called on by the teacher to answer a ridiculously difficult question, Granny, and hopes that the clock will strike three before she does, lest his weekend be ruined by homework assignments. However, the one minute to three begin to feel like hours....

* LatexPerfection: A shark flawlessly disguised as a human boy in Plucky's nightmares.

* ThreateningShark: During the first nightmare, Plucky finds himself swiming in an unidentified body of water as he floats there, a shark fin begins swimming around him. Plucky recoils in horror as the shark surfaces...[[SubvertedTrope but it's not a shark]], it's a kid with a pointy hair-do. Plucky is apparently a rubber duck in the kid's bathtub. Plucky sighs in relief....[[DoubleSubversion then the kid pulls down a zipper on his head and reveals himself to actually be a hungry shark in disguise that eats Plucky anyway]].

** There's also the Disney/{{Bambi}} look-a-like who (presumably) becomes one of Eddie's victims in the movie Plucky was watching at the beginning of the short.

* TakeThat: The opening wraparound throws a small one at ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales'':

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The ending of the short has the normally cool-headed Buster going into a near-feral rage over Plucky's IgnoredEpiphany and literally throwing Plucky and his movies out of his rabbit hole. It's implied that he is very sleep-deprived from being up so late the night before, so it kind of makes sense.

* TrappedInTVLand: The first nightmare opens with Plucky getting trapped in his horror movies by Eddie.

* EverythingExplodesEnding: How Plucky's final nightmare ends, by way of Eddie lighting a barrel of gun powder in Buster's basement.

''Five Minutes 'Til Three'':

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: [[spoiler: Plucky inadvertently gives the correct answer to the question Granny asks him when he tells Granny that "It's 2:59! (on the clock)", escaping Granny's brutal homework assignments.]]

* OneDialogueTwoConversations: [[spoiler: Plucky inadvertently gives the correct answer when he tells Granny that "It's 2:59! (on the clock)", escaping Granny's brutal homework assignments.]]

* NightmareSequence: When neither of them can bring themselves to eat the stolen candy bar, the candy bar suddenly comes to life insisting that Plucky and Hamton eat it. Eventually, it turns into a huge candy bar monster and begins chasing the boys around telling them how they're going to live their lives now that they're criminals. Eventually, the monster just eats them himself, and Hamton and Plucky wake up/snap out of it and make a beeline to the store with the (no-longer sentient) candy bar.

** There's also the Disney/{{Bambi}} look-a-like who (presumably) becomes one of Eddie's victims in the movie Plucky was watching.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: An observant viewer might realize that Plucky [[DreamWithinADream is not yet awake the first time he wakes up]] because Plucky's bed is suddenly no longer in the same room as Buster's.

* RageBreakingPoint: Buster absolutely loses it when he discovers that Plucky learned nothing from his nightmares.

''First Short'': "Five Minutes 'Til Three"

It's five minutes to three on Friday, and Plucky dreads being called on by the teacher to answer a ridiculously difficult question, Granny, and hopes that the clock will strike three before she does, lest his weekend be ruined by homework assignments. However, the five minutes begin to feel like hours....

** Eddie Cougar, one of the movie monsters in Plucky's horror movies and the one who torments Plucky in his nightmares, is a clear parody of Freddy Kruger from the ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'' movies.

* RealityEnsues: You may notice how some kid's shows may show the main character stealing something, only for them to be allowed to keep the stolen object when they return the object to where they stole it from and confess their deed. When he and Hamton return the candy bar to the store, Plucky says that he's expecting this to happen. Not so, the employee present at the store tells the boys that, while he's happy that they were honest enough to return the candy bar, he will still call the police if they come back again.