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Joe decides to become a teenage entrepreneur by starting a grocery delivery business. However, his management style causes friction with Sam and David. While watching Joe's new obsession with making money, Wishbone imagines himself as King Midas from ''Literature/TheMetamorphoses'' by Creator/{{Ovid}}.
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Joe decides to become a teenage preteen entrepreneur by starting a grocery delivery business. However, his management style causes friction with Sam and David. While watching Joe's new obsession with making money, Wishbone imagines himself as King Midas from ''Literature/TheMetamorphoses'' by Creator/{{Ovid}}. \n
This is one of four episodes that adapt a story from Myth/ClassicalMythology. The others are "[[Recap/WishboneS1E05HomerSweetHomer Homer Sweet Homer]]" (''Literature/TheOdyssey''), "[[Recap/WishboneS1E34HerculesUnleashed Hercules Unleashed]]" (Hercules and the golden apples), and "[[Recap/WishboneS2E10TheRoaminNose The Roamin' Nose]]" (''Literature/TheAeneid'').
This is one of four episodes that adapt a story from Myth/ClassicalMythology. The others are "[[Recap/WishboneS1E05HomerSweetHomer Homer Sweet Homer]]" (''Literature/TheOdyssey''), "[[Recap/WishboneS1E34HerculesUnleashed Hercules Unleashed]]" (Hercules and the golden apples), and "[[Recap/WishboneS2E10TheRoaminNose The Roamin' Nose]]" (''Literature/TheAeneid'').
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Joe offers to pay Sam and David $4 an hour
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Joe gains this when running his grocery-delivery business and using Sam and David as his (unpaid) employees because he believes in TheChainsOfCommanding rather than working as a team. Eventually they leave when Sam gets injured racing with David and Joe yells at her for the waste of groceries that she spills on the pavement. His mother lampshades it when Joe tries to look up "friendship" in business handbooks.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Joe gains this when running his grocery-delivery business and using Sam and David as his (unpaid) employees because he believes in TheChainsOfCommanding rather than working as a team. Eventually they leave when Sam gets injured racing with David and Joe yells at her for the waste of groceries that she spills on the pavement. His mother lampshades it when Joe tries to look up "friendship" in business handbooks.
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* BrickJoke: Wishbone hides a pack of hot dogs while Joe is struggling to pack groceries by himself. After the kids leave to go get pizza once Joe goes out of business, Wishbone gets out the hot dogs, saying he'll take care of the leftovers.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: After granting King Midas's wish for the golden touch, the look on Bacchus's face shows he's done this enough to know it's not going to end well.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Sam and David call out Joe for only caring about money when she gets injured working for Joe. Granted, it was partly Sam's fault for racing with a bike-cart full of groceries, but Joe had NoSympathy for her falling down and scraping her knee.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Sam and David call out Joe for only caring about money when she gets injured working for Joe. Granted, it was partly Sam's fault for racing with a bike-cart full of groceries, but Joe had NoSympathy for her falling down and scraping her knee.elbow.
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* LostInImitation: The King Midas adaptation includes the scene in which he accidentally turns his daughter into a golden statue. This is a common story beat in modern retellings of the story, but it does not occur in the version written by Ovid or in any other ancient telling of the myth. Instead, this plot element apparently originated from an 1851 version written by Creator/NathanielHawthorne.
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* LostInImitation: The King Midas adaptation includes the scene in which he accidentally turns his daughter into a golden statue. This is a common story beat in modern retellings of the story, but it statue, which does not occur in the version written by Ovid or in any other ancient telling of the myth. Ovid. Instead, this plot element apparently originated from an 1851 version written by Creator/NathanielHawthorne.Creator/NathanielHawthorne, and since then, it's been a common story beat in modern retellings. At least the ''Wishbone'' version doesn't call her Marigold, the anachronistic name that she's usually given.
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* FiveFiveFive: The number for Joe's comapany is 555-2317.
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* FiveFiveFive: The number for Joe's comapany company is 555-2317.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: King Midas begs the gods to take away his [[BlessedWithSuck golden touch]] ''long'' before he accidentally turns his wife and daughter [[KickTheMoralityPet into gold]].
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* LostInImitation: The King Midas adaptation includes the scene in which he accidentally turns his daughter into a golden statue. This is a common story beat in modern retellings of the story, but it does not occur in the version written by Ovid or in any other ancient telling of the myth. Instead, this plot element apparently originated from an 1851 version written by Creator/NathanielHawthorne.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Silenus is changed from being a satyr to being a human.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Silenus is changed from being a satyr to being a human.human, presumably for budget reasons.
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* FiveFiveFive: The number for Joe's comapany is 555-2317.
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* MidasTouch: This episode is adapting the TropeNamer with Wishbone as King Midas.
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* StandardSnippet: The William Tell Overture signals the first appearance of the Joe's Delivery carts.
* ToiletDrinkingDogGag:
-->'''Wishbone:''' Yeah, Joe, you're young. Enjoy life. Read a book. Chew on a bone. Dig up the yard. Drink out of the toilet. ''[turns to address the audience]'' That was a joke.
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-->'''Wishbone:''' Yeah, Joe, you're young. Enjoy life. Read a book. Chew on a bone. Dig up the yard. Drink out of the toilet. ''[turns to address the audience]'' That was a joke.
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Originally aired on November 27, 1995.
Joe decides to become a teenage entrepreneur by starting a grocery delivery business. However, his management style causes friction with Sam and David. While watching Joe's new obsession with making money, Wishbone imagines himself as King Midas from''The Metamorphoses'' ''Literature/TheMetamorphoses'' by Ovid.Creator/{{Ovid}}.
Originally aired on November 27, 1995.
Joe decides to become a teenage entrepreneur by starting a grocery delivery business. However, his management style causes friction with Sam and David. While watching Joe's new obsession with making money, Wishbone imagines himself as King Midas from
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism:
Joe gains this when running his grocery-delivery business and using Sam and David as his (unpaid) employees because he believes in TheChainsOfCommanding rather than working as a team. Eventually they leave when Sam gets injured racing with David and Joe yells at her for the waste of groceries that she spills on the pavement. His mother lampshades it when Joe tries to look up "friendship" in business handbooks.
Joe gains this when running his grocery-delivery business and using Sam and David as his (unpaid) employees because he believes in TheChainsOfCommanding rather than working as a team. Eventually they leave when Sam gets injured racing with David and Joe yells at her for the waste of groceries that she spills on the pavement. His mother lampshades it when Joe tries to look up "friendship" in business handbooks.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism:
AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Joe gains this when running his grocery-delivery business and using Sam and David as his (unpaid) employees because he believes in TheChainsOfCommanding rather than working as a team. Eventually they leave when Sam gets injured racing with David and Joe yells at her for the waste of groceries that she spills on the pavement. His mother lampshades it when Joe tries to look up "friendship" in business handbooks.
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Joe decides to become a teenage entrepreneur by starting a grocery delivery business. However, his management style causes friction with Sam and David. While watching Joe's new obsession with making money, Wishbone imagines himself as King Midas from ''The Metamorphoses'' by Ovid.
One tie-in book was released -- ''Wishbone Adventures'' #1: ''Curse of Gold'', a straight adaptation of the episode.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism:
Joe gains this when running his grocery-delivery business and using Sam and David as his (unpaid) employees because he believes in TheChainsOfCommanding rather than working as a team. Eventually they leave when Sam gets injured racing with David and Joe yells at her for the waste of groceries that she spills on the pavement. His mother lampshades it when Joe tries to look up "friendship" in business handbooks.
* AdaptationalHeroism: King Midas begs the gods to take away his [[BlessedWithSuck golden touch]] ''long'' before he accidentally turns his wife and daughter [[KickTheMoralityPet into gold]].
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Silenus is changed from being a satyr to being a human.
* AdaptationTitleChange: While the episode is titled "The Entrepawneur", the novelization (from the ''Wishbone Adventures'' book series) is instead titled "Curse of Gold".
* BaitAndSwitch: Joe gives Sam and David envelopes and tells them to open them. Turns out they're certificates of appreciation rather than money.
* KickTheMoralityPet: Wishbone as King Midas does this to his wife and daughter when he accidentally turns them into gold. He immediately goes into MyGodWhatHaveIDone mode.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: King Midas after he accidentally turns one of his servants gold.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** Everyone in King Midas's court leaves after he turns a servant gold, realizing that they'll also be turned gold if he touches them.
** Sam and David quit after Joe berates them for spilling groceries and shows no sympathy for her getting injured.
* WhatTheHellHero: Sam and David call out Joe for only caring about money when she gets injured working for Joe. Granted, it was partly Sam's fault for racing with a bike-cart full of groceries, but Joe had NoSympathy for her falling down and scraping her knee.
One tie-in book was released -- ''Wishbone Adventures'' #1: ''Curse of Gold'', a straight adaptation of the episode.
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!!Tropes:
* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism:
Joe gains this when running his grocery-delivery business and using Sam and David as his (unpaid) employees because he believes in TheChainsOfCommanding rather than working as a team. Eventually they leave when Sam gets injured racing with David and Joe yells at her for the waste of groceries that she spills on the pavement. His mother lampshades it when Joe tries to look up "friendship" in business handbooks.
* AdaptationalHeroism: King Midas begs the gods to take away his [[BlessedWithSuck golden touch]] ''long'' before he accidentally turns his wife and daughter [[KickTheMoralityPet into gold]].
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: Silenus is changed from being a satyr to being a human.
* AdaptationTitleChange: While the episode is titled "The Entrepawneur", the novelization (from the ''Wishbone Adventures'' book series) is instead titled "Curse of Gold".
* BaitAndSwitch: Joe gives Sam and David envelopes and tells them to open them. Turns out they're certificates of appreciation rather than money.
* KickTheMoralityPet: Wishbone as King Midas does this to his wife and daughter when he accidentally turns them into gold. He immediately goes into MyGodWhatHaveIDone mode.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: King Midas after he accidentally turns one of his servants gold.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** Everyone in King Midas's court leaves after he turns a servant gold, realizing that they'll also be turned gold if he touches them.
** Sam and David quit after Joe berates them for spilling groceries and shows no sympathy for her getting injured.
* WhatTheHellHero: Sam and David call out Joe for only caring about money when she gets injured working for Joe. Granted, it was partly Sam's fault for racing with a bike-cart full of groceries, but Joe had NoSympathy for her falling down and scraping her knee.
