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* MadeOfPlasticine: Under the vampires' hypnotic influence, one of the boxers is able to ''decapitate'' the other with an uppercut.

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* MadeOfPlasticine: Under the vampires' hypnotic influence, one of the boxers is able to not only ''decapitate'' the other with an uppercut.uppercut, but send his opponent's head flying into the back seats.
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* MadeOfPlasticine: Under the vampires' hypnotic influence, one of the boxers is able to ''decapitate'' the other with an uppercut.
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* TheUnreveal: Guillermo is a word away from Coming Out to the vampires as ''some'' variety of queer when Sean interrupts dinner to send the party out into the casino.
* VacationEpisode: This episode takes a complete shift away from the usual Staten Island setting. The group goes over to Atlantic City for Sean's vow renewal party as an explicit fun holiday, and then Guillermo ends up having to rush over to Britain, Greece, and Iran to grab a new batch of ancestral soil (room service vacuumed it up during the day while Colin was distracted by the TV). Guillermo notes that he's on the job, but also going to Europe is actually pretty exciting. The shakeup in setting is emphasized by the usual opening credits of the group's household portraits being replaced by a montage of Atlantic City.

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* TheUnreveal: Guillermo is a word away from Coming Out coming out to the vampires as ''some'' variety of queer gay when Sean interrupts dinner to send the party out into the casino.
* VacationEpisode: This episode takes a complete shift away from the usual Staten Island setting. The group goes over to Atlantic City for Sean's vow renewal party as an explicit fun holiday, and then Guillermo ends up having to rush over to Britain, the UK, Greece, and Iran to grab a new batch of ancestral soil (room service vacuumed it up during the day while Colin was distracted by the TV). Guillermo notes that he's on the job, but also going to Europe is actually pretty exciting. The shakeup in setting is emphasized by the usual opening credits of the group's household portraits being replaced by a montage of Atlantic City.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Niagara Falls becomes the Atlantic City to Vancouver's Staten Island. Cherry Beach doubled for Greece.
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*SpecialEditionTitle: Rather than the usual opening sequence, "You're Dead" plays over shots of all the characters traveling down to Atlantic City.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When the vampires announce their upcoming vacation, it seems they are talking about Las Vegas. They are actually talking about New Jersey.

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* BaitAndSwitch: When the vampires announce their upcoming vacation, it seems they are talking about Las Vegas. They are actually talking about New Jersey.Atlantic City.



* VacationEpisode: This episode takes a complete shift away from the usual Staten Island setting. The group goes over to New Jersey for Sean's vow renewal party as an explicit fun holiday, and then Guillermo ends up having to rush over to Britain, Greece, and Iran to grab a new batch of ancestral soil (room service vacuumed it up during the day while Colin was distracted by the TV). Guillermo notes that he's on the job, but also going to Europe is actually pretty exciting. The shakeup in setting is emphasized by the usual opening credits of the group's household portraits being replaced by a montage of Atlantic City.

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* VacationEpisode: This episode takes a complete shift away from the usual Staten Island setting. The group goes over to New Jersey Atlantic City for Sean's vow renewal party as an explicit fun holiday, and then Guillermo ends up having to rush over to Britain, Greece, and Iran to grab a new batch of ancestral soil (room service vacuumed it up during the day while Colin was distracted by the TV). Guillermo notes that he's on the job, but also going to Europe is actually pretty exciting. The shakeup in setting is emphasized by the usual opening credits of the group's household portraits being replaced by a montage of Atlantic City.

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* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Colin completely shakes Nandor's worldview by pointing out to him that Earth is not the center of the universe, but just one of many, many planets.



* ShoutOut: several to ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''; the slot machine Nandor plays is themed after the show, and later the vampires are seen watching the show.
* TheUnreveal: Guillermo is a word away from ComingOut to the vampires as ''some'' variety of queer when Sean interrupts dinner to send the party out into the casino.

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* ShoutOut: several ShoutOut:
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to ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''; the slot machine Nandor plays is themed after the show, and later the vampires are seen watching the show.
show, and at one point Nandor laments that even Sheldon had a girlfriend while he doesn't. Also, when Nandor and Colin discuss the shape of the Earth, they make detailed scientific drawings on the wall, the same way the characters from ''Big Bang Theory'' would on whiteboards.
** Nandor genuinely believed that [[Literature/{{Discworld}} the world is flat, and supported by 4 elephants standing on the back of a giant turtle]].
* TheUnreveal: Guillermo is a word away from ComingOut Coming Out to the vampires as ''some'' variety of queer when Sean interrupts dinner to send the party out into the casino.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When the vampires announce their upcoming vacation, it seems they are talking about Las Vegas. They are actually talking about New Jersey.


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* ShoutOut: several to ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''; the slot machine Nandor plays is themed after the show, and later the vampires are seen watching the show.
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The vampires are invited by their neighbor Sean to take a jaunt over to Atlantic City but things take a turn for the worse when their ancestral soil is removed from their hotel rooms.

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The vampires are invited by their neighbor Sean to take a jaunt over to Atlantic City City, but things take a turn for the worse when their ancestral soil is removed from their hotel rooms.



* GoneHorriblyRight: The vampires hypnotize the boxers to ensure their chosen fighter wins... but this comes with the teensy side effect of said win being a punch with such force it ''decapitates'' the other.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: A variant where losing their ancestral soil wrecks with a vampire's ability to have control over what animal form they take, as Laszlo turns into a sparrow, not a bat.

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* GoneHorriblyRight: The vampires hypnotize the boxers to ensure their chosen fighter wins... but this comes with the teensy side effect of said win being a punch with such force that it ''decapitates'' the other.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: A variant where losing their ancestral soil wrecks with a vampire's ability to have control over what animal form they take, as Laszlo turns into a sparrow, not sparrow instead of a bat.



* PetTheDog: Laszlo feels genuinely remorseful for depleting Sean's credit card once he learns that Sean's fallen back into a gambling addiction and has no money left. He actually organizes a scheme to get it back and repays the "gentlemen's debt" in full. (Of course, being both vampires and clueless, their scheme results in horrific bloodshed and Laszlo gives Sean the money ''at a card table''.)

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* PetTheDog: Laszlo feels genuinely remorseful for depleting Sean's credit card once he learns that Sean's fallen back into a gambling addiction and has no money left. He actually organizes a scheme to get it back and repays the "gentlemen's debt" in full. (Of course, being both vampires and clueless, their scheme results in horrific bloodshed bloodshed, and Laszlo gives Sean the money ''at a card table''.table''. Sean swears not to gamble again, only to be heard [[FunnyBackgroundEvent betting it all on "lucky number twelve"]] as Laszlo and the others walk away.)



* VacationEpisode: This episode takes a complete shift away from the usual Staten Island setting. The group goes over to New Jersey for Sean's vow renewal party as an explicit fun holiday and then Guillermo ends up having to rush over to Britain, Greece, and Iran to grab a new batch of ancestral soil. Guillermo notes that he's on the job but also going to Europe is actually pretty exciting. The shakeup in setting is emphasized by the usual opening credits of the group's household portraits being replaced by a montage of Atlantic City.

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* VacationEpisode: This episode takes a complete shift away from the usual Staten Island setting. The group goes over to New Jersey for Sean's vow renewal party as an explicit fun holiday holiday, and then Guillermo ends up having to rush over to Britain, Greece, and Iran to grab a new batch of ancestral soil. soil (room service vacuumed it up during the day while Colin was distracted by the TV). Guillermo notes that he's on the job job, but also going to Europe is actually pretty exciting. The shakeup in setting is emphasized by the usual opening credits of the group's household portraits being replaced by a montage of Atlantic City.

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* MistakenIdentity: Nadja is convinced that the Creator/RatPack tribute band at the casino is the actual Rat Pack (who she knew personally), even though they're completely different ethnicities.



* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: Nadja is convinced that the three Creator/RatPack impersonators at the casino are the actual Rat Pack (who she knew personally), even though they're completely different ethnicities.
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* SleepDeprivation: One side effect of a vampire losing their ancestral soil is being unable to sleep. The three vampires become increasingly loopier from sleep deprivation as a result.
* ThoroughlyMistakenIdentity: Nadja is convinced that the three Creator/RatPack impersonators at the casino are the actual Rat Pack (who she knew personally), even though they're completely different ethnicities.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Niagara Falls becomes the Atlantic City to Vancouver's Staten Island. Cherry Beach doubled for Greece.


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* TheUnreveal: Guillermo is a word away from ComingOut to the vampires as ''some'' variety of queer when Sean interrupts dinner to send the party out into the casino.
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* CasualtyInTheRing: The end result of the vampires rigging the boxing match is that the boxer they chose to win hits his opponent hard enough to decapitate him.

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* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: A variant where losing their ancestral soil wrecks with a vampire's ability to have control over what animal form they take, as Laszlo turns into a sparrow, not a bat.



* VacationEpisode: This episode takes a complete shift away from the usual Staten Island setting. The group goes over to New Jersey for Sean's vow renewal party as an explicit fun holiday and then Guillermo ends up having to rush over to Britain, Greece, and Iran to grab a new batch of ancestral soil. This is emphasized by the usual opening credits of the group's household portraits being replaced by a montage of Atlantic City.

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* VacationEpisode: This episode takes a complete shift away from the usual Staten Island setting. The group goes over to New Jersey for Sean's vow renewal party as an explicit fun holiday and then Guillermo ends up having to rush over to Britain, Greece, and Iran to grab a new batch of ancestral soil. This Guillermo notes that he's on the job but also going to Europe is actually pretty exciting. The shakeup in setting is emphasized by the usual opening credits of the group's household portraits being replaced by a montage of Atlantic City.
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* PetTheDog: Laszlo feels genuinely remorseful for depleting Sean's credit card once he learns that Sean's fallen back into a gambling addiction and has no money left. He actually organizes a scheme to get it back and repays the "gentlemen's debt" in full. (Of course, being both vampires and clueless, their scheme results in horrific bloodshed and Laszlo gives Sean the money ''at a card table''.)
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The vampires are invited by their neighbor Sean to take a jaunt over to Atlantic City but things take a turn for the worse when their ancestral soil is removed from their hotel rooms.

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* CasinoEpisode: The main storyline is all about the nightwalkers having fun at a casino, in which Nandor in particular is taken in by the slot machines.
* ChekhovsGunman: There are various posters all around the casino advertising an upcoming boxing match. Guillermo ends up hatching a plan to use them to rig a bet to make enough money to pay off Sean's debts.
* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Laszlo plays the opening notes for the opening theme "You're Dead" on his piano.
* FailedASpotCheck: Nadja completely fails to notice that the Sinatra performer is a completely different ethnicity from the actual Sinatra, which Laszlo picks up on but dismisses it after the performer says "Ring-a-ding-ding!"
* GoneHorriblyRight: The vampires hypnotize the boxers to ensure their chosen fighter wins... but this comes with the teensy side effect of said win being a punch with such force it ''decapitates'' the other.
* VacationEpisode: This episode takes a complete shift away from the usual Staten Island setting. The group goes over to New Jersey for Sean's vow renewal party as an explicit fun holiday and then Guillermo ends up having to rush over to Britain, Greece, and Iran to grab a new batch of ancestral soil. This is emphasized by the usual opening credits of the group's household portraits being replaced by a montage of Atlantic City.

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