When on your way to someplace vital, don't bring the Greens.
Elevator ActionGloria and the Greens get stuck in an elevator and must find a way to get out.
"Elevator Action" contains examples of:
- A Day in the Limelight: For Gloria.
- Artistic License – Physics: Gloria breaks her phone after she threw it at the calendar, but it wouldn't be possible for her phone screen to just break after being thrown towards the calendar since Gloria's phone is modern-like.
- Big Damn Heroes: Right as Gloria's car is about to be towed due to the parking meter expiring, the Greens step in to block the tow truck driver from taking it.Tilly: (sitting on the roof) Heck no, we won't be towed! Heck no, we won't be towed!
- Break the Cutie: Cricket is almost reduced to tears when he finds out Gloria is leaving Big City.
- Chekhov's Gun:
- The fact that Gloria could only afford 10 minutes on the parking meter.
- Cricket's big soda winds up being a key prop in the climax.
- Continuity Nod: The Greens know what it's like to have your vehicle towed when it has all your possessions in it.
- Dramatic Spotlight: Cricket gets one as Bill is interrogating him when he has a Potty Emergency.
- Elevator Failure: Gloria is trapped in an elevator with the Greens after Cricket pushes all the buttons too hard.
- Friend-or-Idol Decision: Gloria has to decide whether to return her apartment key or not; seeing what the Greens have done for her, she decides against it.
- Hypocrite: Among the posts on Gloria's social media feed was a guy bragging about the house he just bought with "hard work and a lot of money from [his] parents".Gloria: That's not hard work!
- I Choose to Stay: Gloria decides to remain in Big City after realizing how much the Greens have done for her.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Gloria when she sees her parking meter only has five minutes left.
- The Greens when Gloria reveals she's leaving.
- Not-So-Innocent Whistle: Gramma partakes in some "Do do do do"s while deflating one of the tow truck's tires.
- Potty Emergency: Bill warns Cricket not to drink too much soda because it makes him want to go to the bathroom. Sure enough, Cricket has to go really bad when they're all stuck in the elevator.
- Race Against the Clock: Gloria only has ten minutes (as shown on her parking meter) to return her apartment key otherwise her car will be towed.
- Shout-Out: The title of the episode has the same name as Taito's 1983 arcade classic, Elevator Action 1.
- Status Quo Is God: If Gloria actually did leave Big City, she wouldn't be able to work with Cricket at Big Coffee anymore, leaving him stuck working the café alone with no co-worker, so it's necessary she decided to stay for his sake.
- The Reveal: Gloria was living in Big City for three years, and was planning on leaving that day.
- Wham Line: "If I had someone in this stupid city looking out for me, maybe I wouldn't be leaving!"
- With a Foot on the Bus: The reason Gloria was in the elevator was that she was going to leave the key to her apartment and moving back home to her parents. But after her adventure with the Greens, she decides to stay.
It's ya boy, Itchaboi! Here with advice to be mirabulous and negate the hate!...And abandon your friends.
Bad InfluencerCricket is worried when Remy falls under the influence of an obnoxious internet celebrity and starts imitating his lifestyle, while Tilly films a crazy video of Bill grouting the kitchen tiles.
"Bad Influencer" contains examples of:
- Arc Words: "Mirabulous".
- Armor-Piercing Question: When Cricket is fighting Remy on the boat:Cricket: Come on, Remy! He's not your friend! You're just an open wallet to him! You shouldn't listen to Itchaboi!
Remy: And what, listen to you instead? - Armor-Piercing Response: Cricket gives one to the influenced Remy which in turn causes him to realize the error of his ways.Cricket: Here. Take it. You shouldn't listen to Itchaboi or me. You should do what makes ya happy. Because I'll be your friend either way.
- Ascended Extra: Vasquez has a much bigger role than his past appearances, even joining Cricket in getting Remy back. Dirtbag the family cat also has a big role in the subplot.
- Bait-and-Switch: The instant Cricket tells Remy he'll be his friend either way, he immediately drops his obnoxious behavior and resides with him, while delivering this line to Itchaboi.Remy: I'm gonna go with the most mirabulous person I know...
Itchaboi: Ha-ha! Yes!
Remy: ...Cricket!
Itchaboi: What?! NO! - Big "NO!":
- By Cricket as he plows into Remy before paying for the cruise.
- By Itchaboi when Remy chooses Cricket over him based on what he said.
- Big "WHY?!": In Itchaboi's flashback to the "sleepy cam" where he didn't sleep well, he suddenly appears before the screen and we hear him yell, "WHYYYYYY?!"
- Broken Pedestal:
- Remy stops being Itchaboi's fan when Cricket tells him he'll be his friend no matter what.
- Implied with the rest of Itchaboi's fans when he reveals the cruise costs $1,000,000, causing everyone to complain that they can't afford it.
- Character Development: Cricket is able to tell the mirabulous store is a scam, which is wrong since he learned his lesson back in "Wishing Well".
- Chekhov's Gun: Remy's no limit card. It allows him to pay for Itchaboi's cruise when no one else could.
- The Complainer Is Always Wrong: In Itchaboi's book, if you despise him, refuse to follow his advice, or refuse to accept his lifestyle, then you're a hater.
- Continuity Nod: Bill's username is "BillGreen123", which shows he's not that imaginative as shown in "People Watching".
- The Corrupter: Itchaboi spreads influence to encourage viewers to "be mirabulous" and "negate the hate", which simultaneously causes them to behave just like him and resent anyone who refuses to accept his lifestyle. The only one it didn't get to was Cricket, who managed to instantly see right through him.
- Fisher Kingdom: Spending a long enough time watching the Itchaboi videos causes Remy to behave just like him, even to the point of abandoning Cricket and calling him a "hater".
- Five-Second Foreshadowing: Itchaboi doesn't want Remy to hug him before the register appears before him. He also appears before Remy when he wasn't in said spot before. Later on, he is revealed to be a hologram on the ship.
- Forgotten Phlebotinum: Remy's no limit card hasn't been seen nor used since this episode.
- Friend-or-Idol Decision: In the end, Cricket gives Remy the decision to either go with Itchaboi or himself; he chooses the latter.
- Friendship Moment: When fighting Remy, Cricket ultimately decides he shouldn't listen to Itchaboi or him, and he should decide for himself because he'll be his friend either way. This causes Remy to realize Cricket truly cares about him and Itchaboi is anything but that, and the two reconcile.
- Funny Background Event: In Tilly's edited video when Bill screams and barfs a rainbow, Gramma can be seen coming out and saying, "What's this for now?" It gets carried over into the Vanity Plate for the next video.
- Good Is Not Dumb: Cricket, as goofy and gullible as he seems, obviously has his head on straight, as he's the only one not fooled by Itchaboi and saw right through him, and knew something was off when Remy got addicted and became just like him.
- The Internet Is for Cats: Tilly shoots a video of Bill teaching how to grout tiles, but gets distracted by the family cat. She decides to have the cat be with Bill as he works, but the cat bites him. Tilly assembles the footage into a silly video concentrating on the mishaps with the cat, to Bill's consternation. In the end, they reach a compromise and do a straight how-to video, but with a cat filter on Bill's face.
- "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight: Cricket gives one to Remy in the store, trying to convince him that he's not himself, but he refuses to believe him.
- Insistent Terminology: Anyone who dislikes Itchaboi or refuses to accept his lifestyle is called a "hater" by him and anyone he influences.
- Insignia Rip-Off Ritual: When Remy decides to re-side with Cricket upon realizing how much he truly cares for him, he takes off his Itchaboi hat and throws it at him.
- Irony: Itchaboi's campaign is to "negate the hate", yet it causes Remy to hate Cricket.
- Jerkass: Remy ends up evolving into this due to becoming obsessed with Itchaboi. He even becomes resentful and hateful towards anything that isn't "mirabulous", which includes his friendship with Cricket, to the point of calling him a "hater". The moment Cricket tells him he should do what makes him happy and he'll be his friend either way, he immediately snaps out of it.
- Jerkass Realization: Benny, Kiki and Weezie immediately stop their love for Itchaboi when the Mirabulous Crewse is revealed to be one million dollars, which only Remy can afford because of his no limit card. Remy himself also realizes how much he's become when Cricket admits he'd be his friend either way, causing him to accept Cricket is his true friend.
- Jump Scare: Itchaboi shows a video of him tossing and turning in bed, which suddenly cuts to a close-up of him with glowing veiny eyes as we hear, "WHYYYYYYYYY?!"
- Kissed Keepsake: When Tilly sees a playlist of "100 hours of cats," she says to herself, "I may never close my eyes again."
- Large Ham: Almost all of Itchaboi's dialogue is really loud.
- More than Mind Control: Itchaboi runs blogs that influence his viewers to be "mirabulous" and "negate the hate", while also swaying them into behaving just like them and calling anyone who is against his lifestyle a "hater". Only Cricket sees through Itchaboi, and is thus not affected by the influence. By episode's end, Remy is close to living with Itchaboi on a cruise ship, but Cricket saying he'll be Remy's friend no matter what he does snaps him out of it.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Chris Houghton confirmed that Itchaboi is heavily based on real life internet celebrities Jake and Logan Paul, whom he has referred to as "modern day snake-oil salesm[e]n".
- Not Himself: Cricket is slightly confused when Remy starts using unusual vocabulary, to which he reveals it's because of watching Itchaboi's vlog.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
- Once Cricket immediately deciphers Remy is not being himself, he drops all traces of his rambunctiousness and Cloudcuckoolander and is determined to get his friend to come to his senses.
- While Cricket usually enjoys scamming and manipulating people, he was not happy when he saw Itchaboi scamming everyone and Remy becoming like him.
- Oh, Crap!: By Cricket when he sees Remy call Itchaboi his "best friend".
- Only Sane Man: Cricket, of all characters, was the only one who did not fall for Itchaboi and saw right through him.
- Out-of-Character Moment: Normally Cricket can be easily blinded by riches when he doesn't even know it; here, this wasn't the case of Itchaboi and easily saw right through him.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Remy gives one to Cricket when he refuses to accept Itchaboi's lifestyle and doesn't believe him when he is trying to tell the truth.Cricket: Remy, this isn't you! You never cared about "flankin' your stakes" or whatever before this weirdo showed up!
Remy: You just don't get it, Cricket! Itchaboi's message is about spreading positivity by buying merchandise, so that other people know how much positivity are spreading!
Cricket: Oh, Remy, buddy...! You gotta know how stupid that sounds!!
Remy: I thought you were my friend! But face it, Cricket: You a hater. (snaps; Vasquez takes Cricket away)
Cricket: Huh? Whoa! Remy, wait! I'M JUST TRYIN' TO HELP!!! - Red Eyes, Take Warning: Tilly's edited video has Dirtbag briefly shown with red glowing eyes.
- Shout-Out: Tilly's edited video is akin to a YouTube Poop, and has elements of a SPARTA remix.
- Take That!: If you can't tell, this episode is a big one towards Internet influencer culture.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Remy, with thanks to enjoying the Itchaboi videos one too many.
- Vanity Plate: Tilly's video ends with one featuring a doodle of herself saying "made by Tilly." Her second video does the same, only it now features Bill and says "a Billy Tilly production."
- Very Special Episode: About the use of internet videos swaying its viewers.
- Wham Line: Remy spends the whole episode imitating Itchaboi's lifestyle and calling Cricket a hater, which ironically makes him a hater himself. It isn't until Cricket gets to this line that he finally snaps out.Cricket: You shouldn't listen to Itchaboi or me. You should do what makes ya happy, because I'll be your friend either way.
