Line #5 Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS6E5HalLouWeen


1	When Jessica refuses to let Louis set up a haunted house attraction for Halloween, he tries to trick his wife into developing some holiday spirit. Emery and Evan can't decide on CoordinatedClothes, so they try to get Eddie to join them as a trio.
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3	* AppealToFlattery: Louis' plan to convince Jessica to love Halloween hinges on setting up a fake fan club for her book, and works near-flawlessly.
4	* BrickJoke: Emery and Evan get inspired to make a three-part costume after coming across an old photo of them and Eddie as a Mariachi Band. In TheTag, they decide to wear the Mariachi outfits again...[[WardrobeMalfunction which no longer fit]].
5	* CoordinatedClothes: Emery and Evan are fond of wearing matching costumes on Halloween (for example, [[Recap/FreshOffTheBoatS5E3WorkingTheWeen Mulder and Scully]]), and decide to get Eddie to join in when they can't decide what to wear. Meanwhile, Honey and Marvin are dressed as Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer and (a winged and haloed, since Marvin hasn't seen the show) Angel.
6	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Jessica finds Trent at Cattleman's Ranch with a back problem, she convinces him to reveal Louis' XanatosSpeedChess by throwing a sugar packet on the ground and stating it's his job as Louis' assistant manager to bend over with his bad back and pick it up unless he squeals.
7	* FoodAsBribe: Emery and Evan convince Eddie to coordinate costumes with them by revealing that Jessica's giving out plain raisins this year, so trick-or-treating with them is his best bet to get actual candy on Halloween.
8	* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: At the end of the episode, when Jessica gains an appreciation for Halloween and agrees to hand out raisins with Louis, the girls they're given to are outraged and state, quote, "You ruined my childhood, you bitches!"
9	* HalloweenEpisode: In which Louis wants to set up a haunted house but ends up tricking Jessica into going trick-or-treating with him when she doesn't approve, and the boys try to decide on what costumes to wear.
10	* HerCodeNameWasMarySue: While describing to Louis how excited she is about children loving her book, Jessica Huang admits that the main protagonist "Jennifer Hong" was based on herself.
11	* InnocentlyInsensitive: The boys originally try dressing as each other for their CoordinatedClothes, but due to miscommunication and Evan not wanting to accidentally misrepresent his older brothers, they all end up dressing as Evan. Then, when they get to Marvin and Honey's house, Eddie and Emery deciding to "act" like Evan ends up accidentally hurting his feelings.
12	* MistakenForDying: When Jessica is investigating Cattleman's Ranch as part of Louis diverting her attention, she sees Trent passed out on the floor and thinks he's been murdered. When she checks his body, however, it turns out he's just exhausted and the hardwood floor was helping him deal with a backache.
13	* ShoutOut: One of the kids in the "A Case of a Knife to the Brain" fan club is dressed as Bender from WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}, Grandma Huang is dressed as Cartman from WesternAnimation/SouthPark, and three of the trick-or-treaters that visit the Huangs are dressed as WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls. And the old Halloween costume the boys pull out at the end was of the Film/ThreeAmigos, complete with them copying one of the poses from the film.
14	* ThatCameOutWrong: When Evan and Emery refer to a three-person coordinated outfit as a "threesome", Eddie tells them to never describe it that way again.
15	* WardrobeMalfunction: In TheTag, the kids decide to dress up in their old matching Mariachi Band costumes for old time's sake...but Eddie and Emery have ''clearly'' outgrown the outfits and struggle to keep them intact, while Evan only still fits in his because he skipped breakfast that day.

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