Stand-Up Bill
Bill is ecstatic to meet his favorite comedian, Fred the Farmer, but the reality of his idol may not be what he was expecting. Meanwhile, Cricket goes head-to-head against an insult comedian.
"Stand-Up Bill" contains examples of:
- Affectionate Gesture to the Head: Tilly ruffles Cricket's hair a bit after he thanks her for helping him feel better from Jessica's roasts.
- Banana Peel: Tilly doesn't like the insult comic, saying that she prefers more classic forms of comedy. Her Imagine Spot then shows a black-and-white film of a man slipping on a peel. In the end, the peel is how Cricket and Tilly get even with the insult comic.
- Bottle Episode: The entire episode takes place at the Guffaw Factory.
- Broken Pedestal: Bill is disappointed to learn that Fred the Farmer isn't a real farmer and proceeds to expose him during his act. Becomes a Rebuilt Pedestal when he learns how Fred worked hard on his jokes and based his farmer persona on his father.
- Can't Take Criticism: Cricket laughs at the insult comic and dares her to roast him. Unfortunately, he takes her jokes seriously and is genuinely hurt. He attempts to get back at her, but all he can manage is "You're stupid!" and "You smell!"
- Comically Missing the Point: When Cricket asks the insult comic to target him he suggests how big his muscles are.
- High Hopes, Zero Talent: Fred had actually wanted to originally be a real farmer like his father had been, but his hopes were quickly dashed once he and his father had realized that he couldn’t grow anything to save his life. Instead, after mocking his own inability to be a farmer and getting a chuckle out of his father, Fred was able to make the most out of his situation by creating a persona based off of his father and working and researching tirelessly to get the act just right to be a world famous comedian.
- My God, What Have I Done?: After discovering Fred studied to be a farming comedian to make his father proud, Bill utters, "Oh, no! What have I done?!" as he realizes he turned everyone against him and inadvertantly crushed his dreams.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: Fred the Farmer is the show's version of Larry the Cable Guy. The fact that he's not really a farmer or called Fred is based on Larry being actually from Nebraska, not The Deep South, and his real name being Daniel Whitney.
- Red Filter of Doom: The lights in Guffaw Factory turn a fiery red as the audience begins rioting against Fred.
- Torches and Pitchforks: After Bill exposes Fred the Farmer as a fraud, the crowd turns on him and threatens to attack him with the pitchforks he sells as merchandise. (No idea where the torches came from.)
- Upper-Class Twit: Fred, or "Freginald" as he is really called, is revealed to be one backstage despite his Southerner persona. Hilariously, he seems to have been an even BIGGER one during his childhood, which is especially notable considering his having a completely traditional Southern Farmer for a father.
Green Trial
When Cricket is accused of a crime he didn't commit, Tilly is the only one that is willing to defend him and must convince the rest of the family of his innocence.
"Green Trial" contains examples of:
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: After Tilly calls Cricket out for lying, the latter says that he got blamed for eating the cake, lost Tilly's trust and missed his video chat with Gabriella.
- Bottle Episode: Most of the episode takes place at the country house, mainly the living room and kitchen. There's also a scene of the farm outside in the beginning, and a brief trip to Cricket's room before the climax.
- Chekhov's Gun: At the start of the episode, Nancy brings up how her dad, Nick, could never resist being able to sneak a taste of Nancy's famous cake while she was in the middle of baking it. Guess who ends up being the true cake thief after all.
- Continuity Nod: In Cricket's video of him trashing the kitchen out of anxiety, he sings the chorus of the Broken Karaoke song "Monsterman", as well as a riff of the "Barry Cuda" song.
- Courtroom Episode: Tilly holds a trial to prove Cricket did not eat Nancy's cake.
- "Eureka!" Moment: Tilly figures out Cricket didn't eat the cake once he said he was trying to call his girlfriend Gabriella.
- Flop Sweat: Upon finding a seat cushion covered in sweat, Bill presents it as evidence that Cricket ate the cake, since he'd be awfully sweaty afterwards. Tilly counters that Cricket's not the only one who is sweaty, and notes that Bill perspires a lot after working... or when he's worried, or when he's self-conscious of sweating a lot. At that moment, Bill is suddenly sopping wet with perspiration. In the video used to prove Cricket's innocence, it was revealed the sweat came from Cricket using it as a towel to wipe his sweat on it from his kitchen ruckus.
- Given Name Reveal: Grampa Nick's name was spoken out loud for the first time in the series, after only being referred to in the end credits in his past two appearances.
- It's Personal: Though Nancy wouldn’t normally be so eager to bring the hammer down on Cricket as opposed to either Bill or Alice, it’s made clear early on that the cake that he has supposedly eaten has significant sentimental value to her since it was what provided her with some of the few good memories of her father, Nick, that she had ever had.
- Not Me This Time: Cricket swears that he didn't eat the cake, despite all evidence pointing to him. He turns out to be right about the cake, although the rest of the mess in the kitchen was all his fault.
- Playing Sick: Cricket excused himself from working the farm, saying that the goat broke his arm, which Bill suspects is just an excuse. In the middle of the trial, Cricket accidentally reveals that his arm is fine, which does not help his case at all.
- Red Herring: There is plenty of evidence pointing to Cricket as the culprit — frosting on his elbow, sweat stains on a seat cushion — but in the end, it all has an explanation and Cricket wasn't the one who ate the cake, although he was responsible for everything else.
- To Be Continued: Appears at the end of the episode after the reveal that the cake thief is Nancy's father Nick.
- Wham Episode: At the end of the trial when Cricket is proven to be innocent, Nancy zooms in on the video during the part where he is practicing his romantic poetry and, after noticing a pair of wrinkled and elderly hands reaching up to steal the cake, realizes who the true culprit is: Her own father, Nick.
- Wham Line: How did Tilly find out that Cricket was telling the truth?Cricket: Oh, this is the worst day of my life! I was pinned for something I didn't do, lost your trust, and I even missed my call with Gabriella!
