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* TapedOverTurmoil: In the ''The Incredible Dennis The Menace'' episode, "Dennis the Genius", Mr. Wilson is relieved when Dennis starts going back to school, and to celebrate, he plans to watch a videotape about bass fishing. To his horror, when he puts it in the VCR, he finds out that Dennis taped over it with a home video of himself.

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* AccidentalHero: In "[[Recap/DennisTheMenace1986S1E2 Train That Boy]]", a spy on a train is planning to blow a power plant, Dennis (who also is on the train) sees him and outright assumes he’s a spy and attempts to stop him. After Mr. Wilson convinced Dennis that he’s not a spy, Dennis deicides to apologise to him and that sees that he left his briefcase behind (unaware that the detonators are inside). Dennis gives the man his briefcase. The detonators blow up while the spy’s holding his briefcase and gets caught by the police.

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* AccidentalHero: In "[[Recap/DennisTheMenace1986S1E2 Train That Boy]]", a spy on a train is planning to blow a power plant, Dennis (who also is on the train) sees him and outright assumes he’s a spy and attempts to stop him. After Mr. Wilson convinced Dennis that he’s not a spy, Dennis deicides decides to apologise apologize to him and that sees that he left his briefcase behind (unaware that the detonators are inside). Dennis gives the man his briefcase. The detonators blow up while the spy’s holding his briefcase and gets caught by the police.


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* UniversalRemoteControl: In "Life in the Fast Lane", [=PeeBee=] invents a Time Tuner, which has the ability to alter real time. It can [[FastForwardGag fast-forward it]], [[RewindGag rewind it]], slow it down, and [[TimeStandsStill pause it]]. Dennis and [=PeeBee=] use the fast-forward function to help Henry read his 50-page report in time for work, help Alice wash the dishes in time for her soap opera, make Margaret's ballet recital more exciting, and help Mr. Wilson put up wallpaper in his den. When Mr. Wilson refuses to reward the boys with cookies for helping them, they use the rewind function on him as payback, getting him in trouble with his wife. Later, they use the slow-motion and pause functions to help the police catch and arrest a pair of bank robbers. At the end of the episode, Mr. Wilson asks Dennis and [=PeeBee=] to use the fast-forward function on him one last time so he can put the wallpaper up again. [=PeeBee=] does so, but the Time Tuner breaks, leaving Mr. Wilson stuck in fast-forward.
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* AWayOutOfACaveIn: In "Company Picnic", Dennis and Henry compete in Henry's company's father/son picnic against a troublemaking father/son duo. When Dennis and Henry catch up to the duo, they trap Dennis in a mine to keep him from competing in the final event, the tug-of-war. Dennis soon finds a mine cart and rides in it, crashing through a barrier and making it back in time for the tug-of-war.
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* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: In "Up Up and Oh Boy!", Dennis, Jay, and Margaret fly away in Henry's company's dirigi-blimp, and Henry and Mr. Wilson chase after them on Mr. Wilson's tandem bicycle. At one point, Henry and Mr. Wilson ride down a hill, and this exchange occurs:
-->'''Henry:''' Hit the brakes, George! Hit the brakes!\\
''[Henry looks behind himself and sees [[IndyEscape some boulders rolling after him and Mr. Wilson]]]''\\
'''Henry:''' Oh no! Don't hit the brakes, George! Don't hit the brakes!
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* TheDentistEpisode: In "Nothing But the Tooth", Joey has a loose tooth and is afraid of having it fall out. Dennis tells Joey to go to the dentist to have it taken out, but Joey is afraid of dentists. He's even afraid of the tooth fairy when Dennis tells him that he can get money from her for his tooth. Dennis has [=PeeBee=] invent a robot to extract Joey's tooth, and when [=PeeBee=] tests it on Mr. Wilson by having it take his dentures, this frightens Joey even more. At the end of the episode, Joey overcomes his fear when Dennis accidentally knocks out his tooth at the dentist's office, but when Dennis finds out that he has a dental check-up, [[HereWeGoAgain he becomes afraid of going to the dentist]].


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* FalseTeethTomfoolery: In "Nothing But the Tooth", Joey is afraid of going to the dentist to get a loose tooth pulled, so Dennis has [=PeeBee=] invent a tooth-extracting robot. When they test it out on a sleeping Mr. Wilson, the robot takes his dentures. Mr. Wilson doesn't realize this until he tries to eat an apple, and when he sees the robot with his dentures, he chases after it, only for the robot to hoist him by the seat of his pants with his own dentures.
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* LibraryEpisode: In "Quiet Riot", Dennis ruins a library book that Mr. Wilson was reading when he accidentally flies Tommy's toy airplane into Mr. Wilson's bathtub. An outraged Mr. Wilson makes Dennis come to the library with him to explain to the librarian how the book got damaged. While at the library, Dennis and Tommy cause havoc, which the librarian accuses Mr. Wilson of doing.
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** Just "Dennis" in the UK due to the NamesTheSame ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK.

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** Just "Dennis" in the UK due to avoid confusion with the NamesTheSame ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK.[[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK British Dennis the Menace]].
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* MistakenForPregnant: In the episode, "Hospitality", Dennis is sent to the hospital for a [[TheTonsillitisEpisode tonsillectomy]]. When his friends visit him, Joey asks him what he's going to name his baby. When a confused Dennis asks Joey what he's talking about, Joey explains to Dennis that whenever his Aunt Julie goes to the hospital, she always comes home with a new baby. Margaret has to explain to Joey that she'll be the one having the baby when she and Dennis are married.
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Now has an (in-progress) [[Recap/DennisTheMenace recap page]].
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** In "Big Baby", when Dennis agrees to babysit Sylvester, the theme to ''WesternAnimation/TheLittles'' plays in the background. In "Dennis the Businessman", the same music plays after Mr. Wilson turns the TV on. The same music plays on the radio in "The Martians are Coming".

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** In "Big Baby", when Dennis agrees to babysit Sylvester, the theme to ''WesternAnimation/TheLittles'' plays in the background. In "Dennis the Businessman", the same music plays after Mr. Wilson turns the TV on. The same tune plays in "G.I. George" when Dennis and Mr. Wilson go to a soldier union. The same music plays on the radio in "The Martians are Coming".
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** In "Big Baby", when Dennis agrees to babysit Sylvester, the theme to ''WesternAnimation/TheLittles'' plays in the background. The same music plays on the radio in "The Martians are Coming".

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** In "Big Baby", when Dennis agrees to babysit Sylvester, the theme to ''WesternAnimation/TheLittles'' plays in the background. In "Dennis the Businessman", the same music plays after Mr. Wilson turns the TV on. The same music plays on the radio in "The Martians are Coming".
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** In "Ruff Come Home", to get Ruff back, Dennis and Jay dress up as a tall gypsy to scare a pair of gypsies. Dennis on top, and Jay on the bottom.
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* RealityEnsues: At the beginning of "The Life You Save", when Ruff licks Dennis' ice cream, Dennis pulls it away, saying he can't finish his cone because it was covered in dog germs.
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* AccidentalHero: In “[[Recap/DennisTheMenaceS1E2AVistorFromOuterSpaceTrainThatBoyGenieMadness Train That Boy]]”, a spy on a train is planning to blow a power plant, Dennis (who also is on the train) sees him and outright assumes he’s a spy and attempts to stop him. After Mr. Wilson convinced Dennis that he’s not a spy, Dennis deicides to apologise to him and that sees that he left his briefcase behind (unaware that the detonators are inside). Dennis gives the man his briefcase. The detonators blow up while the spy’s holding his briefcase and gets caught by the police.

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* AccidentalHero: In “[[Recap/DennisTheMenaceS1E2AVistorFromOuterSpaceTrainThatBoyGenieMadness "[[Recap/DennisTheMenace1986S1E2 Train That Boy]]”, Boy]]", a spy on a train is planning to blow a power plant, Dennis (who also is on the train) sees him and outright assumes he’s a spy and attempts to stop him. After Mr. Wilson convinced Dennis that he’s not a spy, Dennis deicides to apologise to him and that sees that he left his briefcase behind (unaware that the detonators are inside). Dennis gives the man his briefcase. The detonators blow up while the spy’s holding his briefcase and gets caught by the police.
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* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: In "Big Baby", after Sylvester drinks [=PeeBee's=] super growth formula, he grows to an enormous size. As [=PeeBee=] works on the antidote, Sylvester crawls off to a water treatment plant. To lead Sylvester back to his house, Dennis uses what's left of the super growth formula on some jelly beans and leaves a trail of them for Sylvester to follow.
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* AccidentalHero: In “[[Recap/DennisTheMenaceS1E2AVistorFromOuterSpaceTrainThatBoyGenieMadness Train That Boy]]”, a spy on a train is planning to blow a power plant, Dennis (who also is on the train) sees him and outright assumes he’s a spy and attempts to stop him. After Mr. Wilson convinced Dennis that he’s not a spy, Dennis deicides to apologise to him and that sees that he left his briefcase behind (unaware that the detonators are inside). Dennis gives the man his briefcase. The detonators blow up while the spy’s holding his briefcase and gets caught by the police.
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* ElevatorButtonsMash: In "The Big Candied Apple", Dennis does this when he rides the elevator of the Empire State Building with Henry, Alice, and Dr. Meeker, resulting in the elevator bouncing up and down. While Dennis enjoys the ride, Henry, Alice, and Dr. Meeker do not.
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* FullMoonSilhouette: In "Navy Destroyer", Mr. Wilson flies past the moon on a trap for a thief.
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* BirdPoopGag: Happens twice in "Cruise Control":
** The first time, it happens to Dennis when he takes Princess Liana to the deck of the cruise ship they're on. When he says, "I'm king of the world!", a seagull poops on his head, which causes Liana to burst out laughing.
-->'''Liana''': You must have been standing on the [[{{Pun}} poop]] deck!
** The second time, it happens to Mr. Wilson when he gets carried away by three tropical birds. After they drop him off at Liana's castle, one of them poops on his face.
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** In one episode, Dennis hums the theme to ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''. In several other episodes, George hums it. In "The Big Candied Apple", the captain of the ferry hums it. Martha hummed it in "Up Up and Away (From Here)" and "A Moving Experience". Margaret hummed it in "Charmed I'm Sure!".

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** In one episode, Dennis hums the theme to ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''. In several other episodes, George hums it. In "The Big Candied Apple", the captain of the ferry hums it. Martha hummed it in "Up Up and Away (From Here)" and "A Moving Experience". Margaret hummed hums it in "Charmed I'm Sure!".



** In "The Martians are Coming", the radio station plays the theme to ''WesternAnimation/TheLittles''.

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** In "Big Baby", when Dennis agrees to babysit Sylvester, the theme to ''WesternAnimation/TheLittles'' plays in the background. The same music plays on the radio in "The Martians are Coming", the radio station plays the theme to ''WesternAnimation/TheLittles''.Coming".

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** In "Dennis the Genius", the green ghost bears a strong resemblance to Slimer from ''[[Franchise/Ghostbusters]]''. In addition, the episode "Ghostblusters" is a pun on said franchise.

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** In "Dennis the Genius", the green ghost bears a strong resemblance to Slimer from ''[[Franchise/Ghostbusters]]''.''Ghostbusters''. In addition, the episode "Ghostblusters" is a pun on said franchise.


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** In "Cruise Control", Mr. Wilson tells Finkelstein to "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Eat my shorts!]]".
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** In "Dennis the Genius", the green ghost bears a strong resemblance to Slimer from ''Franchise/Ghostbusters''. In addition, the episode "Ghostblusters" is a pun on said franchise.

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** In "Dennis the Genius", the green ghost bears a strong resemblance to Slimer from ''Franchise/Ghostbusters''.''[[Franchise/Ghostbusters]]''. In addition, the episode "Ghostblusters" is a pun on said franchise.

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* PantyShot: Margaret's panties sometimes show when she wears her usual outfit. No surprise since she usually wears a miniskirt where the petticoat is always showing. In the Dic Movie Toon "Cruise Control", they are always showing.

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* PantyShot: Margaret's panties sometimes show when she wears her usual outfit. No surprise since she usually wears a miniskirt where the petticoat is always showing. In the Dic Movie Toon "Cruise Control", they Margaret's panties are always showing.



** In "Crummy Mummy", after Margaret explains to Dennis that King Putt Putt is a 5000-year-old mummy, Dennis asks how a "he" can be a "mommy" as if he didn't know what a mummy is, yet in "Mummy's Little Boy", Gina warned him and Margaret there was a mummy on the loose, little knowing it was Joey wrapped in bandages.

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** In "Crummy Mummy", after Margaret explains to Dennis that King Putt Putt is a 5000-year-old mummy, Dennis asks how a "he" can be a "mommy" as if he didn't know what a mummy is, yet in "So Long, Old Paint", when Dennis comes to the Wilson place and wraps Mr. Wilson, he says he looks like a mummy, and in "Mummy's Little Boy", Gina warned him and Margaret there was a mummy on the loose, little knowing it was Joey wrapped in bandages.



* ShoutOut: In one episode, Dennis hums the theme to ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''. In several other episodes, George hums it. In "The Big Candied Apple", the captain of the ferry hums it. Martha hummed it in "Up Up and Away (From Here)". Margaret hummed it in "Charmed I'm Sure!".

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In one episode, Dennis hums the theme to ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''. In several other episodes, George hums it. In "The Big Candied Apple", the captain of the ferry hums it. Martha hummed it in "Up Up and Away (From Here)".Here)" and "A Moving Experience". Margaret hummed it in "Charmed I'm Sure!".
** In "Dennis the Genius", the green ghost bears a strong resemblance to Slimer from ''Franchise/Ghostbusters''. In addition, the episode "Ghostblusters" is a pun on said franchise.
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* BridalCarry:
** In "Second Honeymoon", Alice remembers Henry doing this with her on their honeymoon, and he does just this.
** Inverted at the end of "The Love Rowboat" after Henry hears a roar and leaps into Alice's arms.
** In "Super Duper Dennis", Dennis does this with Margaret after she faints from surprise that he can fly.

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* ScoobyDoobyDoors: "Chitty Chitty Moon Walk" does this in a hayfield with Dennis and Joey in Henry's solar-powered moon walker, a pair of spies in a forklift disguised as a haystack, and a police officer chasing them. It ends with the police officer crashing into the spies and arresting them.

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* ScoobyDoobyDoors: "Chitty ScoobyDoobyDoors:
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Chitty Moon Walk" does this in a hayfield with Dennis and Joey in Henry's solar-powered moon walker, a pair of spies in a forklift disguised as a haystack, and a police officer chasing them. It ends with the police officer crashing into the spies and arresting them.them.
**"Cruise Control" does this in Liana's castle when Dennis, Joey and Margaret run from Kraigor Baskethead's guards.


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* SecurityCling: In "Ghostblusters", after Margaret hears a spooky noise, she jumps into Dennis' arms, clinging to him in fear, only for Dennis to shrug, thus dropping her in the process.
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* PantyShot: Margaret's panties sometimes show when she wears her usual outfit. No surprise since she usually wears a miniskirt where the petticoat is always showing. In the DiC Movie Toon "Cruise Control", they are always showing.

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* PantyShot: Margaret's panties sometimes show when she wears her usual outfit. No surprise since she usually wears a miniskirt where the petticoat is always showing. In the DiC Dic Movie Toon "Cruise Control", they are always showing.



** At the end of the DiC Movie Toon "Cruise Control", [[spoiler: Liana, for defeating Kraigor and showing her how to have fun, gives this to Dennis, to which Dennis reacts in disgust. She does this to him again on a news report]]

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** At the end of the DiC Dic Movie Toon "Cruise Control", [[spoiler: Liana, for defeating Kraigor and showing her how to have fun, gives this to Dennis, to which Dennis reacts in disgust. She does this to him again on a news report]]



** In the DiC Movie Toon, "Cruise Control", Dennis, Liana and Ruff dress as Kraigor, with Ruff on top, Dennis in the middle, and Liana on the bottom, to get Liana out of her cabin without Kraigor's guards noticing, and not blowing their cover until they were out of the guards' sight.

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** In the DiC Dic Movie Toon, "Cruise Control", Dennis, Liana and Ruff dress as Kraigor, with Ruff on top, Dennis in the middle, and Liana on the bottom, to get Liana out of her cabin without Kraigor's guards noticing, and not blowing their cover until they were out of the guards' sight.

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* SmoochOfVictory: Averted in "A Good Knight's Work". In Dennis' dream, Princess Margaret tries everything to give this to Sir Dennis, but Sir Dennis avoids it every time.

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Averted in "A Good Knight's Work". In Dennis' dream, Princess Margaret tries everything to give this to Sir Dennis, but Sir Dennis avoids it every time. time.
** At the end of the DiC Movie Toon "Cruise Control", [[spoiler: Liana, for defeating Kraigor and showing her how to have fun, gives this to Dennis, to which Dennis reacts in disgust. She does this to him again on a news report]]

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* PantyShot: Margaret's panties sometimes show when she wears her usual outfit. No surprise since she usually wears a miniskirt where the petticoat is always showing.

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* PantyShot: Margaret's panties sometimes show when she wears her usual outfit. No surprise since she usually wears a miniskirt where the petticoat is always showing. In the DiC Movie Toon "Cruise Control", they are always showing.



* SeriesContinuityError: In "Crummy Mummy", after Margaret explains to Dennis that King Putt Putt is a 5000-year-old mummy, Dennis asks how a "he" can be a "mommy" as if he didn't know what a mummy is, yet in "Mummy's Little Boy", Gina warned him and Margaret there was a mummy on the loose, little knowing it was Joey wrapped in bandages.

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In "Crummy Mummy", after Margaret explains to Dennis that King Putt Putt is a 5000-year-old mummy, Dennis asks how a "he" can be a "mommy" as if he didn't know what a mummy is, yet in "Mummy's Little Boy", Gina warned him and Margaret there was a mummy on the loose, little knowing it was Joey wrapped in bandages.bandages.
** In "Cruise Control", Ruff licked Liana's sundae, and both Dennis and Liana laughed, yet at the beginning of "The Life You Save", when Ruff licked Dennis' ice cream, Dennis pulled it away, being unable to finish it off because it was covered in dog germs.


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** In the DiC Movie Toon, "Cruise Control", Dennis, Liana and Ruff dress as Kraigor, with Ruff on top, Dennis in the middle, and Liana on the bottom, to get Liana out of her cabin without Kraigor's guards noticing, and not blowing their cover until they were out of the guards' sight.
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* SeriesContinutyError: In "Crummy Mummy", after Margaret explains to Dennis that King Putt Putt is a 5000-year-old mummy, Dennis asks how a "he" can be a "mommy" as if he didn't know what a mummy is, yet in "Mummy's Little Boy", Gina warned him and Margaret there was a mummy on the loose, little knowing it was Joey wrapped in bandages.

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* SeriesContinutyError: SeriesContinuityError: In "Crummy Mummy", after Margaret explains to Dennis that King Putt Putt is a 5000-year-old mummy, Dennis asks how a "he" can be a "mommy" as if he didn't know what a mummy is, yet in "Mummy's Little Boy", Gina warned him and Margaret there was a mummy on the loose, little knowing it was Joey wrapped in bandages.
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* SeriesContinutyError: In "Crummy Mummy", after Margaret explains to Dennis that King Putt Putt is a 5000-year-old mummy, Dennis asks how a "he" can be a "mommy" as if he didn't know what a mummy is, yet in "Mummy's Little Boy", Gina warned him and Margaret there was a mummy on the loose, little knowing it was Joey wrapped in bandages.

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