1 | !The Past |
2 | Ned is dropped off at boarding school, four weeks after his mother's death. Teased by the other boys, Ned concocts a revenge plan: he volunteers to help out in science class and secretly resurrects the frogs, causing mayhem. Though he quickly regrets his actions, he lies to the teachers about being responsible--having learned to lie from his father, who lied when he said he'd be back for Ned. |
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4 | !The Present |
5 | Chuck has many questions about being back from the dead, not all of which Ned is willing to answer. To Emerson's dismay, Chuck tags along on their latest case: automotive engineer Bernard Slaybeck, dead in a hit-and-run. Or so they think until Ned wakes up Bernard, who claims that he was killed by a dummy. Intrigued, the detectives investigate Bernard's employer, the Dandy Lion car company, where they meet his grieving girlfriend, Jeanine, and poke around the Dandy Lion factory. |
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7 | Jeanine points them to a large pit full of discarded crash test dummies, but they barely have time to investigate before someone dressed as a dummy knocks them unconscious and, back at the factory, imprisons them inside body bags inside a Dandy Lion prototype. |
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9 | !Tropes |
10 | * ActingForTwo: Anna Friel provided the voice of the "Dandy Lion" promotional video using her native English accent instead of the American one she used for Chuck. |
11 | * TheAllegedCar: The plot hinges around [[spoiler: a safety flaw in the Dandy Lion design]], and not the obvious one [[note]]poor visibility due to all windows being perfectly circular[[/note]] either. |
12 | * BigEater: Janine. However, Chuck believes (and is proved right) that she's actually a laxative-assisted bulimic. |
13 | * [[BoardingSchoolOfHorrors Boarding School of Unloved Children]] |
14 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive |
15 | * DontComeAKnockin: in a shot [[ShoutOut referencing]] ''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''. |
16 | * FreeTheFrogs |
17 | * HypocriticalHumor: The CEO of a company pushing eco-friendly cars having a Hummer for his personal vehicle comes across as this. |
18 | * IndirectKiss: The plastic of their body bags keeps Ned and Chuck from touching. |
19 | * [[IWantMyJetPack I Want My Flying Car]] |
20 | * JustBetweenYouAndMe: Subverted; the villain isn't aware that Ned, Chuck, and Emerson can't hear his MotiveRant. |
21 | * MalevolentMaskedMan: The murderer does his work wearing a crash test dummy's mask. |
22 | * MusicalisInterruptus: As Olive is performing her musical number in reality and not in her imagination, she is occasionally interrupted by brief disturbances, like would-be customers and a janitor. |
23 | * {{Omniglot}}: Chuck's Japanese. |
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