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* The sentence given for the word fandango is [[{{Music/Queen}} "I see a little silhouetto of a man; Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the fandango?"]]

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* The sentence given for the word fandango is [[{{Music/Queen}} [[Music/QueenBand "I see a little silhouetto of a man; Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the fandango?"]]
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* The sentence given for the word fandango is [[{{Queen}} "I see a little silhouetto of a man; Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the fandango?"]]

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* The sentence given for the word fandango is [[{{Queen}} [[{{Music/Queen}} "I see a little silhouetto of a man; Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the fandango?"]]
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** There's also the flashback to one of the drills Carl Dad does with her, causing Dan Dad to come in and say she needs a break because she doesn't function well on low blood sugar. Carl, irritated, tells Dan that the bee goes on for three hours and she needs to build up stamina. Dan immediately counters that [[DoubleEntendre Carl is the absolute last person who should be talking about stamina]].
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* The SeriousBusiness attitude with which everyone approaches the titular bee is inherently funny, but for this troper the highlight has to be "My Unfortunate Erection" wherein Chip laments making a fatal technical error while being distracted by the onset of puberty:

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* The SeriousBusiness attitude with which everyone approaches the titular bee is inherently funny, but for this troper the highlight has to be like in "My Unfortunate Erection" wherein Chip laments making a fatal technical error while being distracted by the onset of puberty:



* My favorite moment would be when [[spoiler:to give his daughter an advantage, Logainne's Carl Dad pours Coke on the floor to keep Barfee's "magic foot" from working.]] Not only does he treat it like SeriousBusiness, but Barfee also tries to put Rona's hand sanitizer on his foot.
** The conversation she has with her father is cruelly funny, bordering on a {{BlackComedyBurst}}

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* My favorite The moment would be when where, [[spoiler:to give his daughter an advantage, Logainne's Carl Dad pours Coke on the floor to keep Barfee's "magic foot" from working.]] Not only does he treat it like SeriousBusiness, but Barfee also tries to put Rona's hand sanitizer on his foot.
** The conversation she has with her father is cruelly funny, bordering on a {{BlackComedyBurst}}BlackComedyBurst.
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* Rona tries to give Olive advice on how to "stand like a champion," declaring it a "hard age for girls." Cue Leaf falling out of his seat for no reason.
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** "Can you use that in a sentence?" "[[ThisIsSparta Please. Spell. COW!]]

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** "Can you use that in a sentence?" "[[ThisIsSparta "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Please. Spell. COW!]]
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** Generally, the definition and/or sentence for every word will lead to laughter:
*** Mexican: "Someone from Mexico, OR an American slang term for anyone from Puerto Rico, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, or Spain." "Guacamole, the Mexican pudding."
*** "In the schoolyard, Billy protested that he wasn't cockeyed. 'I suffer from strabismus!' he said, whereupon the bullies beat him harder."
*** "Billy, put down that phylactery! We're Episcopalians!"
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--> '''Carl Dad''' Or a mother.

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--> '''Carl Dad''' Dad:''' Or a mother.
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** The conversation she has with her father is cruelly funny, bordering on a {{BlackComedyBurst}}
--> '''Logainne:''' I don't have a [[spoiler:magic foot.]]
--> '''Carl Dad''' Or a mother.

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