Line #11 Recap/PennyAndAggieLiveFreeOfDye


1	--> "Working in a group like this, you will accomplish more, in less time, than you believed possible. You will astonish yourselves."\
2	'''-- A United Mission staffer'''
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4	Aggie and Lisa spend the summer after sophomore year in Sri Lanka, with a charity mission program that combines camping activities with building homes. Back home, Lisa's parents, socializing with Nick, admit that, much as they love Lisa, the program gives them a break from her constant chatter. Nick, for his part, hopes that the summer will teach Aggie activism through teamwork, not just solitary sign-carrying.
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6	Nick's hopes bear fruit, as Aggie and Lisa not only apply themselves to house-building but also form an unexpected bond with one of the former "Pennies." Katy-Ann, although initially cool to Lisa because of their earlier argument over religion, warms up to her sense of humour as Lisa tells a satirical ghost story about Music/MichaelJackson. As they work together, Aggie reflects silently on the importance of mutual trust, despite who one's friends are back home. Soon enough, Katy-Ann and Lisa in particular become close as they discover a common love of singing and dancing.
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8	Around the campfire, Aggie tells Katy-Ann she's much more approachable than she'd imagined her to be. Lisa teases her best friend for having pre-judged Katy-Ann, just as Lisa and Aggie had once pre-judged each other. This leads Katy-Ann to open up about Penny and her friends, claiming that they expect perfection from themselves. As a result, she says, they not only fail to recognize their mistakes, but devote themselves to those errors all the more, making Katy-Ann fear for them. This ominous note serves as a segue to the major arc "The Popsicle War," in which Penny and her friends will face an unforeseen, dangerous challenge to themselves as a group and as individuals.
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10	!!Tropes
11	* BlackComedy: Attempting to calm a panicky Aggie during a white-water rafting trip, Lisa jokes that "You can get up to all kinds of things in a riverbed. You ever download ''Film/{{Deliverance}}''?" She's alluding to the notorious male-on-male riverbed rape scene (which is ''not'' played for comedy) from that movie. Aggie's reaction is of the DudeNotFunny sort.
12	* DuetBonding: Katy-Ann and Lisa become friends while singing and dancing to the song from the WesternAnimation/{{Pixar Short\|s}} ''Bounding.''
13	* GenkiGirl: Katy-Ann and Lisa.
14	--> '''Aggie:''' Dear Mr. President: I have solved the world's energy needs. All you need to do is put two girls I know on a treadmill.
15	* MotorMouth: Lisa, by her parents' affectionate admission.
16	* PlayfulCatSmile: Lisa, in [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=646 this strip]], while teasing Aggie.
17	* ThePowerOfTrust: Through building homes together, Aggie and Lisa learn to trust Katy-Ann, and vice versa.
18	* SelectiveObliviousness: What Katy-Ann, with concern, sees on the part of [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=646 the Pennies]]: Sara's TransparentCloset behaviour, Michelle clinging to a relationship with the uninterested and [[TheCasanova commitment-averse]] Stan, and Penny's MakeUpOrBreakUp troubles with Rich.
19	* ShoutOut
20	** The arc title, referring to Aggie, Lisa and Katy-Ann leaving off colouring their hair while overseas, is a {{pun}} on the New Hampshire state motto, "[[GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath Live free or die]]."
21	** Lisa's satirical "ghost" story about Music/MichaelJackson (who was still alive at the time the strip ran) references the lyrics to his 1986 hit "Bad."
22	** Lisa's mother, referring to her daughter's MotorMouth habit during movies, describes her as "her own personal ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000.''"
23	* WavingSignsAround: Nick wishes to wean Aggie off this, in favour of teamwork.

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