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->'''Dan:''' Listen, if you walk into somebody's house and you see a meatloaf on the counter do you just dig right in? He didn't even ask.
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Dan isn't technically wrong when he tells Elise that it wasn't really his fault that Chris got poisoned since the latter [[TooDumbToLive stupidly decided to eat the poisoned meatloaf even after Dan told him it was poisoned.]]

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Dan isn't technically wrong when he tells Elise that it wasn't really his fault that Chris got poisoned since the latter [[TooDumbToLive stupidly decided to eat the poisoned meatloaf without asking if he could eat it, even after Dan told him it was poisoned.]]
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* PoisonousFriend: Dan to Chris, especially in this episode, when Dan inadvertently poisons Chris when he eats a toxic meatloaf.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Dan goes to the hospital after being scratched by Mr. Mumbles, when this exchange happens:
-->'''Doctor''': Okay, let's get those pants off.
-->'''Dan''': Um, I'm here about my face being all scratched.
-->'''Doctor''': ''(chuckles)'' Oh, don’t worry. I’m not a doctor.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Dan goes GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to the hospital after being scratched by Mr. Mumbles, when overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this exchange happens:
-->'''Doctor''': Okay, let's get those pants off.
-->'''Dan''': Um, I'm here about my face being all scratched.
-->'''Doctor''': ''(chuckles)'' Oh, don’t worry. I’m not a doctor.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Dan isn't technically wrong when he tells Elise that it wasn't really his fault that Chris got poisoned since the latter [[TooDumbToLive stupidly decided to eat the poisoned meatloaf even after Dan told him it was poisoned.]]
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* BrickJoke: When two doctors pull a patient out of an ambulance, they say how he's going to see a real doctor rather than an "actor in a lab coat that most people see". At the end of the episode, Dan encounters an actor who's pretending to be a doctor.
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* BlackComedy: The entire episode. Dead black. Or, rather, ''[[Literature/ThePrincessBride nearly]]'' [[Film/ThePrincessBride dead]] black.


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* NonFatalExplosions: Crunchy survives being at ''ground zero'' of a large explosion, and he only loses his [[DreadlockRasta dreadlocks]].
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* ContinuityNod: The animal shelter appeared before, and Chris even reminds Dan that he ''mentioned'' it before.

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* ContinuityNod: The animal shelter appeared before, and Chris even reminds Dan that he ''mentioned'' it before.before (in "Dan Vs. The Wolf-Man").

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Not a case of Hidden Heart Of Gold as Dan didn\'t try to keep it a secret.


* BlackAndWhiteMorality: This is the first episode where the target of Dan's revenge isn't evil.



* HiddenHeartOfGold: Before blowing up the animal shelter, Dan lets all of the animals run free.
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* NewAgeRetroHippie: The guy who runs the shelter. His name is Crunchy!

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* NewAgeRetroHippie: The Crunchy, the guy who runs the shelter. His name is Crunchy!
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* ComicallyIneptHealing: two hospital orderlies mention offhand that only the patients with really good insurance get examined by a real doctor—everyone else just sees an actor dressed as a doctor.

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-->'''Doctor''': ''(chuckles)'' Oh don’t worry. I’m not a doctor.

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-->'''Doctor''': ''(chuckles)'' Oh Oh, don’t worry. I’m not a doctor.



* NewAgeRetroHippie: The guy who runs the shelter. His name is Crunchie!

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* NewAgeRetroHippie: The guy who runs the shelter. His name is Crunchie!Crunchy!
* OfCorpseHesAlive: Indeed, Chris ''is'' alive, but catatonic while Dan hauls him around like a marionette (using his credit card, speaking for him, et cetera).
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* ContinuityNod: The animal shelter appeared before, and Chris even reminds Dan that he ''mentioned'' it before.


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* LoveAtFirstSight: Dan and Mr Mumbles.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: The guy who runs the shelter. His name is Crunchie!


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* StuffBlowingUp
* WingdingEyes: When Mr Mumbles and Dan meet, their eyes turn the shape of the other.
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* {{ Foreshadowing}}: Dan adds Burger Phile after accidentally drinking Chris' milkshake there. Later in the season, a whole episode revolves around Dan's vendetta against the fast food restaurant.

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* {{ Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}: Dan adds Burger Phile after accidentally drinking Chris' milkshake there. Later in the season, a whole episode revolves around Dan's vendetta against the fast food restaurant.
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Lately, Dan hasn’t been able to get any sleep due to the cries and wails across the street from a new animal shelter, so Dan, somewhat aided by Chris, sets out to destroy the building and finally get some rest.
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!!This episode provides examples of the following Tropes:
* DelayedReaction: In "The Animal Shelter", Chris eats a meatloaf that Dan made as Dan explains his need for revenge on the animal shelter. When Dan says his plan involves a poisoned meatloaf, Chris continues to eat for several [[{{Beat}} beats]] until he realizes he's been poisoned.
* FakeStatic: Dan does this to get out of a phone call with Elise, and she becomes angered that he's just saying [[SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud "crackle" and "buzz"]].
*{{ Foreshadowing}}: Dan adds Burger Phile after accidentally drinking Chris' milkshake there. Later in the season, a whole episode revolves around Dan's vendetta against the fast food restaurant.
* FormallyNamedPet: Mr. Mumbles, who makes her debut in this episode.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Dan goes to the hospital after being scratched by Mr. Mumbles, when this exchange happens:
-->'''Doctor''': Okay, let's get those pants off.
-->'''Dan''': Um, I'm here about my face being all scratched.
-->'''Doctor''': ''(chuckles)'' Oh don’t worry. I’m not a doctor.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Before blowing up the animal shelter, Dan lets all of the animals run free.
* PetTheDog: Dan "adopts" a kitten and released all the animals before blowing up the shelter.
* PoisonousFriend: Dan to Chris, especially in this episode, when Dan inadvertently poisons Chris when he eats a toxic meatloaf.
* PoundsAreAnimalPrisons: "I didn't ask you to build an animal jail across the street. Shut your prisoners up, warden!"

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