Some violent little kids are terrorising Dan's neighbourhood, running their lemonade stand like a protection racket. Dan hopes to get back at them.
This episode provides examples of the following Tropes:
- Bathos: See "What Have I Become?" below.
- Big "NO!": Timmy when his mother says that all of the ill-gotten money will be donated to charity.
- Can't Live with Them, Can't Live Without Them: A warped variation, courtesy of Dan:Dan: Children. Can't live with them, can't hunt them for sport.
- Disproportionate Retribution: After the kids blow up Chris's car, Elise talks to herself about a plan to send the kids to a North Korean labour camp.
- Enfant Terrible: Or, as Dan calls them, "Irksome Urchins."
- Freudian Excuse: The ending implies that Dan's insanity is in part the result of having neglectful parents.
- Grammar Nazi: Timmy, the leader of the gang.Timmy: Watch the double negatives.
- Had to Come to Prison to Be a Crook: Discussed, using military school.Elise: I heard that Timmy and his goons got sent off to military school.
Chris: Wait. Won't they just come back... even more dangerous?
Elise: Well, I suggested reform school, but the parents wouldn't go for it. - I Resemble That Remark!: The kids react violently to being called hooligans.
- Mook: Dan treats Chris like a Mook in this episode.Dan: You have become an avatar of Nemesis, the Greek goddess of retribution!
- Playing with Fire: The kids actually commit arson!
- Police Are Useless: Chris tries to report the kids to the police, only to get no help.
- A Simple Plan:Dan: You turned it into some weird, monster-streaker thing!
- What Have I Become?: Chris has a parodic Villainous Breakdown after hacking up Timmy's bike.Chris: I won't do this anymore! I am not a monster!
- Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Getting kicked by kids is so unfair for Chris. Elise, on the other hand, wishes to send the kids to a labor camp in North Korea.
