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Yasser orders Ahmed and Salim to plant a bomb on a bus full of Israelis but they'd rather spend their time at home, playing video games.

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  • Attack Backfire: Yasser makes Ahmed and Salim plant a bomb on an Israeli bus but out of their incompetence, they miss the bus and instead plant it on an Arab bus, killing 500 of their own citizens.
  • Bait-and-Switch: At the beginning of the episode, Ahmed makes a dramatic terrorist speech, making it appear as though he's committing a terrorist attack, only for it to be revealed that he's actually just playing a terrorist in Counter-Strike.
  • Comical Translation: Yasser screams out "NOOOOOOOO!" when he realizes he just shot his wife to death but the subtitles read a comically undersold, "Oh, what a bummer."
  • Establishing Character Moment: When we're introduced to Ahmed, Salim, and Yasser, we already get a perfect example of what they're all about.
  • I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure: Yasser threatens to shoot his wife for Ahmed and Salim's failure.
    Yasser: I need you to do a very important mission for the organization.
    Salim: Oh, come on, father. Not now. Gilmore Girls is about to start!
    Yasser: Shut your mouth, you pussy! [shoots his wife] Now do it or else I'll shoot your mother!
    Ahmed: But you just shot mom.
    Yasser: OH, WHAT A BUMMER!!!
  • Irony: Ahmed plays as a counter-terrorist in Counter Strike.
  • Time Bomb: Ahmed and Salim are tasked with planting one of these on a bus.
  • Why Couldn't You Be Different?: Yasser complains that Ahmed and Salim aren't being good terrorists and then compares them to his neighbor Samir's son, who has killed way more Jews than they have and has already committed suicide.
    Yasser: Why can't you two just die already and make your father happy?
  • Your Mom: Yasser threatens to shoot Ahmed and Salim's mom if they keep breaking the rules, not realizing that he already shot their mom shortly before making the threat.

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