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1	The ghost of Duke Ellington takes Nick and friends on a journey back in time to 1913: the year he lost his virginity and found his true calling.
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5	!!Episode Tropes:
6	* AndYouWereThere: Coach Steve (as President Theodore Roosevelt), Elliot (As Lee Daniel's The Butler), and Jessi's ancestors appear in the flashback.
7	* CallBack: Maury and Duke do the same handshake they do when they reunite in "Pillow Talk." Duke even reminds Maury that he still owes him seven dollars.
8	%%* TheCameo: Creator/CharlieChaplin and Creator/HarryHoudini both appear in Duke Ellington's story, and are seemingly in a relationship.
9	* ADayInTheLimelight: The Ghost of Duke Ellington, as he tells his story.
10	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The episode goes to some lengths to illustrate the differences between the present day and over a century ago.
11	** Duke's father being a butler to a doctor is about as "high-society" as a black person could be at the time, and Duke's mother looks down on the pool hall people.
12	** Teenage boys are allowed to go from New York to Atlantic City to find summer jobs without their parents.
13	** Duke tries to get a job as a bellhop. But that job is reserved for whites and he ends up washing dishes.
14	** Maury and Duke marvel at the "revealing" nature of full-body women's swimsuits, which admittedly did show more than the layered dresses that were the norm for the period.
15	* FamousAncestor: It's implied that Coach Steve is a descendant of UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt.
16	* GrandTheftMe: Duke possesses Andrew and makes him [[GroinAttack punch himself in the chode]] for interrupting him one too many times and being [[KnowNothingKnowItAll so annoying]] about it.
17	* GroinAttack: Duke [[GrandTheftMe possesses Andrew]] after the KnowNothingKnowItAll interrupts one too many times and makes him punch himself in the chode.
18	* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Andrew acts like an InsufferableGenius regarding Duke's relationship with Jazz as well as race relations back in the 1910s, but Duke is clearly annoyed with Andrew's snootiness.
19	* ShownTheirWork: Many of the details in Duke's story actually happened to the real Music/DukeEllington, particularly President Teddy Roosevelt coming by on horse to watch him and his friends play baseball.
20	* SpecialEditionTitle: The theme song for this episode is rearranged into a rag time style, and the scenes are black and white to give it the authentic feel.
21	** Neon musical note graphics are added to the end credits while Ellington's "Haupe" from the film version of ''Film/AnatomyOfAMurder'' plays.

Context Recap / BigMouthS3E6Duke