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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [=WordGirl=] may be a superheroine, but she's still ten years old. When Dr. Two-Brains escapes after his night-time heist at the museum, she's too tired to follow him.

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'''You Can't Crush City Hall:''' Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy threatens to destroy City Hall with a giant sandwich press. This part's associated vocabulary words are "doomed" and "dash".

'''Two-Brain Highway:''' [=WordGirl=] and Captain Huggyface go after Dr. Two-Brains when he escapes a supposedly unescapable prison maze and the town holds a bunch of coincidental cheese-related events. This part's associated vocabulary words are "coincidence" and "guarantee".

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Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy threatens to destroy City Hall with a giant sandwich press. This part's associated vocabulary words are "doomed" and "dash".

'''Two-Brain Highway:''' [=WordGirl=] and Captain Huggyface go after Dr. Two-Brains when he escapes a supposedly unescapable prison maze and the town holds a bunch of coincidental cheese-related events. This part's associated vocabulary words are "coincidence" and "guarantee".

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!!"You Can't Crush City Hall" contains the following tropes:
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Chuck keeps saying that he won’t stop his sandwich press from destroying City Hall unless his demands are met. However, when [=WordGirl=] asks what his demands are, he confesses that he didn’t think he’d make it this far.



'''Chuck:''' Oh, there is! But I'm not telling ''you'' about the secret code! ''[realizes he's said too much]'' [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud I didn't say secret code out loud, did I...?]]

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'''Chuck:''' Oh, there is! But I'm not telling ''you'' about the secret code! ''[realizes he's said too much]'' [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud I didn't say secret code out loud, did I...?]]?]]
-->'''[=WordGirl=]:''' Twice.



* NotListeningToMeAreYou: Becky’s mom is so distracted by the giant sandwich press about to crush City Hall that Becky comes right out and tells her that she’s going to go change into her [=WordGirl=] outfit without her even batting an eye.



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[=WordGirl=] and Captain Huggyface go after Dr. Two-Brains when he escapes a supposedly unescapable prison maze and
the following tropes:town holds a bunch of coincidental cheese-related events. This part's associated vocabulary words are "coincidence" and "guarantee."

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* BadBadActing: One of Dr. Two-Brains’ henchmen infiltrates the Warden’s press conference to steal his 140-year-old Lindburger cheese by wearing a PaperThinDisguise of just a mustache taped to his face and clearly reading off of a pre-written script.


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EmbarrassingAnimalSuit: When his henchmen ask Dr. Two-Brains for new uniforms, they’re expecting something dapper. However, he instead presents them with embarrassingly cutesy mouse costumes.
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* ShoutOut: The {{painting|s}} "Art/GirlWithAPearlEarring" (Dutch: Meisje met de parel), can be seen in the back of the museum's rare cheese exhibit, with a little twist: her face is a roll of cheese.
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* DrosteImage: Speaking of the 140-year-old Limburger cheese exhibit, a Droste image of Warden Charmers can be seen in it.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: After breaking him out of prison, Dr. Two-Brains' henchmen ask if they can get new uniforms. He does get them new uniforms, but they don't like the ones he picked out (giant mouse costumes).
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* RealityEnsues: [=WordGirl=] may be a superheroine, but she's still ten years old. When Dr. Two-Brains escapes after his night-time heist at the museum, she's too tired to follow him.

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* RealityEnsues: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [=WordGirl=] may be a superheroine, but she's still ten years old. When Dr. Two-Brains escapes after his night-time heist at the museum, she's too tired to follow him.

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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: As the Warden introduces the prison maze at the beginning of the episode, he says, "Today is an historic day in history! For on this historic day, history will show that we have indeed made history!"

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Considering it's one of the words of the episode, it's lampshaded to the moon and back.
** [=WordGirl=] and Dr. Two-Brains have a friendly conversation about how funny it is that he escapes from prison right when the museum has a rare cheeses exhibit.
** [=WordGirl=] is ''not'' happy when a falling chandelier allows Dr. Two-Brains to escape when she's ready to take him in halfway through the episode.
** Becky gets suspicious when she finds out there are ''four'' cheese-related events happening in one day. True to the episode's form, it really is a coincidence.
** [=WordGirl=] finds Dr. Two-Brains' lair because his henchman just so happens to leave behind some dirt that she recognises from a TV special she just happened to watch that morning.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: As the The Warden does this twice in the episode.
** First when he
introduces the prison maze at the beginning of the episode, he says, "Today episode.
--->'''Warden:''' Today
is an historic day in history! For on this historic day, history will show that we have indeed made history!"history!
** Then when he's presenting his rare Limburger cheese.
--->'''Warden:''' Now then, this moment is truly a momentous occasion. In fact, it's a momentous and historical momentous moment, and that's a guarantee!
* FailureMontage: There is one of [=WordGirl=] failing to stop Dr. Two-Brains from robbing a variety of cheese-related events.
* FallingChandelierOfDoom:
** One coincidentally starts falling when [=WordGirl=] has Dr. Two-Brains on the ropes only halfway through the episode's runtime, allowing him to escape and dragging the episode out.
** In a more modern variation, a light fixture in Dr. Two-Brains' lair falls on him at the end of the episode, taking him out.
* GPSEvidence: Parodied. [=WordGirl=] finds Dr. Two-Brains' hideout with the help of some dirt she found that can only be found in two places: the African Congo and their city's waterfront. She knows this because she watched a special on the subject on TV.
* LeetLingo: The security code for the alarm on the rare cheese exhibit at the museum is 1337.
* RealityEnsues: [=WordGirl=] may be a superheroine, but she's still ten years old. When Dr. Two-Brains escapes after his night-time heist at the museum, she's too tired to follow him.


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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: This is [=WordGirl=]'s reaction when Dr. Two-Brains escapes while she's distracted by the FallingChandelierOfDoom.

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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: As the Warden introduces the prison maze at the beginning of the episode, he says "Today is an historic day in history! For on this historic day, history will show that we have indeed made history!"

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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: As the Warden introduces the prison maze at the beginning of the episode, he says says, "Today is an historic day in history! For on this historic day, history will show that we have indeed made history!"history!"
* TemptingFate: When you describe your untested maze as escape proof and a 100% success, you're just begging for its very first prisoner to escape from it.
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Highway:''' [=WordGirl=] and Captain Huggyface go after Dr. Two-Brains when he escapes a supposedly unescapable prison maze and the town holds a bunch of coincidental cheese-related events. This part's associated vocabulary words are "coincidence" and "guarantee".




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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: As the Warden introduces the prison maze at the beginning of the episode, he says "Today is an historic day in history! For on this historic day, history will show that we have indeed made history!"
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* BigNo: Chuck does this when Mrs. Botsford reads out loud that the name of his first pet was Fluffy, giving [=WordGirl=] the password she needs to stop the crusher.
* ComicallySmallDemand: After taking a walk to figure out what exactly it is he demands in exchange for not destroying City Hall, Chuck eventually comes to the conclusion that he wants... a footlong sandwich. Or well, that's not all he wants, but he doesn't want to be greedy. [=WordGirl=] encourages him to think bigger, mostly to buy herself more time.
* DelayedReaction: When [=WordGirl=] defines the word "doomed" to Chuck.
-->'''[=WordGirl=]:''' For example, your chances of actually succeeding with this evil plot are doomed!\\
'''Chuck:''' Oh, I get it! ''[{{Beat}}]'' Hey!
* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: [=WordGirl=] finds out about the secret code to deactivate Chuck's sandwich press this way.
-->'''[=WordGirl=]:''' There must be some way to stop it!\\
'''Chuck:''' Oh, there is! But I'm not telling ''you'' about the secret code! ''[realizes he's said too much]'' [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud I didn't say secret code out loud, did I...?]]


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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The second password for Chuck's crusher is the name of his first pet.
* TimeForPlanB: [=WordGirl=]'s plans A to J all revolve around [[CuttingTheKnot trying to just destroy the sandwich press instead of guessing the password]], and they all fail. Lampshaded by Chuck.
-->'''Chuck:''' You're running out of time, [=WordGirl=]! And plans with letters in them!
* WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: [=WordGirl=] does this when Chuck agrees to just surrender.
-->'''[=WordGirl=]:''' Save yourself the trouble, Chuck, and give up!\\
'''Chuck:''' ''[holds his hands out]'' Okay.\\
'''[=WordGirl=]:''' Oh, yeah?! Well, you- What?
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'''Original airdate:''' September 14th, 2007

'''You Can't Crush City Hall:''' Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy threatens to destroy City Hall with a giant sandwich press. This part's associated vocabulary words are "doomed" and "dash".

'''Two-Brain Highway:'''

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* IsThisThingStillOn: Chuck shouts at [=WordGirl=] from his giant sandwich press and then "signs off". He then starts singing and dancing to himself, calling himself "Chucky-boo" and "Mr. Handsome", until [=WordGirl=] points out that he left the PA on.
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