Line #13 Recap/TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS6E24TheAd


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2	->'''Nicole:''' I guess we all learned a lesson today! It's okay to commit a crime if it means you get away with a different crime!
3	->'''Richard:''' Nicole, [[DumbassHasAPoint that's a terrible lesson]].
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5	After Richard buys a horse, the Wattersons turn their home into a BNB in an attempt to raise some extra cash. Unfortunately, they can't afford to live elsewhere in the meantime, so they secretly squat in their own house while the guest are staying.
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7	!!Tropes:
8	* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: When Nicole and Richard get into bed with Ethel and Bernie (instead of just sleeping somewhere else to avoid being caught), four pairs of eyes can be seen when Bernie turns off the light.
9	-->'''Ethel:''' There looks like there’s more eyes than there should be in here.
10	* CrazyPrepared: Nicole thought Richard buying a horse was inevitable, so she lined up a buyer ''in advance''.
11	* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: If the Wattersons had stuck around for their guests to finish telling them about their fainting problems, Nicole and Richard never would’ve thought they accidentally killed them.
12	* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[https://youtu.be/kFyiSDu_YHg Hilariously lampooned]] when Richard’s food solution is calling an old pizza place he used to frequent like an ex-mafia member calling the don for one last job.
13	* DownerEnding: The Wattersons' ploy ends up in flames and they don't got their money. They eventually run out of food money and are forced to eat the grass in their yard to survive for the time being.
14	* DramaticIrony: The audience are the only ones aware of Bernie and Ethel's fainting ailment.
15	* DumbassHasAPoint: When Nicole says that, sometimes it's ok to get away with one crime by doing another, [[BumblingDad Richard]] tells her that it's a terrible lesson.
16	* EmergencyFoodSupplyAnimal: The Wattersons fear that if they don't find some money fast, they're gonna have to eat the horse Richard bought. When renting the house fails, they look at him grazing and say they have only one option. [[BaitAndSwitch They join him]] [[SubvertedTrope in eating the grass.]]
17	* FacialHorror: Richard warming up a piece of cheese with the interior of the microwave (minus it's window) causes half his face to melt.
18	* FurryReminder: Nicole uses one of her claws to cut a hole in a pizza box while Ethel was paying for it, even doing so with cat-shaped eyes.
19	* GoodTimesMontage: Mixed with a PhotoMontage. Ethel and Bernie have one thanks to the Wattersons “helping” them have fun on their trip.
20	* HandRubbing: Nicole does this while coming up with her devious plan to cover up their (perceived) accidental crime.
21	* HouseSquatting: The Wattersons squat in ''their own'' house while they're supposed to be renting it out to tourists.
22	* JustOneLittleMistake: Nicole's scheme to cover up her and Richard's apparent AccidentalMurder seems to go off even better than intended, as they turn out to be alive, are convinced they ''did'' do all the things in the photos, and pay for their stay. Then Bernie and Ethel notice one of the pictures is of them sharing a SpaghettiKiss, and point out [[RelativeError they're actually siblings]].
23	* MoneyDumb: Richard spent most of the family’s food money for the next month on a horse. He then used the rest of it to buy lottery tickets and a metal detector.
24	* NoTimeToExplain: Richard says this when he’s picking the kids up from school and tells them to get on the horse.
25	* OfCorpseHesAlive: Ethel and Bernie pass out from shock, so Richard and Nicole assume they died. Nicole decides to drag their bodies all across town, prop them up to look like they're enjoying themselves, take pictures of them for an album, and drop them off on a train back home [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident so everyone will think they died of natural causes during the ride]].
26	* PlaceWorseThanDeath: Elmore is considered so terrible that they haven't had any "tourists" since a pair came in 1983, frantically asking how to get out of town.
27	* PleaseWakeUp: Inverted; Richard and Nicole assume their guests died, and the kids buy the "[[AccidentalTruth lie]]" that they're hibernating. In fact, they're not dead, just unconscious.
28	* ShoutOut:
29	** Bernie and Ethel's character designs share many similarities to those of ''Manga/CrayonShinChan'', including squiggly eyes and elongated, sideways mouths.
30	** The Wattersons' OfCorpseHesAlive plan is one towards Film/WeekendAtBernies, the male goat even being named Bernie.
31	* SpoofAesop: Nicole says the lesson of the episode is "It's okay to commit a crime [[CrimeAfterCrime if it means you get away with a different crime]]."
32	-->'''Richard''': Nicole, [[DumbassHasAPoint that's a terrible lesson]]!\
33	'''Nicole''': Not every lesson you learn is a good one.
34	* ShmuckBait: When the Goats notice there appear to be another couple of individuals in the bed with them whenever the lights are off, Bernie makes a fake clicking noise to simulate the switch being flicked. Cue Nicole and Richard getting into the bed from their hiding places.
35	* SpottingTheThread: The goats realize they're being conned, that the Wattersons really were mooching off them and that they did render them unconscious when found out when they notice one of their pictures features them on a romantic date; they're brother and sister.
36	* TheTriple: When Bernie walks in to get a glass of water in the middle of the night while the Wattersons are gorging themselves on the kitchen floor, they make sound effects of various items found in the kitchen to take advantage of his poor eyesight without his glasses. Gumball “dings” and Bernie thinks he’s a microwave. Darwin makes knocking sounds and Bernie thinks he’s a melon. Richard’s cover was a little more...specific.
37	-->'''Richard:''' I’m a black forest gateau with a crunchy shortbread base, multiple layers of praline, and a glossy cocoa finish.
38	-->'''The Rest of the Wattersons:''' {{Gasp}}
39	-->'''Bernie:''' Hmm. Must be a black forest gateau with a crunchy shortbread base, multiple layers of praline, and a glossy cocoa finish.
40	* VeryFalseAdvertising: The picture the Wattersons posted on the rental site was that of a fancy-looking sitting room in a mansion. Turns out, it was just a really zoomed in picture...of a photograph of the sitting room hanging on the wall of their real, lower-middle class living room.
41	* WithCatLikeTread: It's bad enough the Wattersons sneak ''just'' out of eyeshot of the Goats but Richard and Nicole really screw the pooch by thinking it's a good idea to sleep in their bed '''whilst their guests are'''. Sure enough, it gets them caught.

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