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Recap / Dinosaurs S 02 E 07 When Food Goes Bad

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Earl and Fran go out for dinner and put Robbie in charge of babysitting a teething Baby, even though Robbie does not want to babysit and Charlene wants to babysit. As soon as the parents leave, Robbie decides to leave as well, putting Charlene in charge of the babysitting. While Charlene is in another room not watching the Baby, the creatures in the refrigerator get Baby's attention. Fran told Baby not to talk to the creatures in the refrigerator, but he opens the door when they offer him candy, and then the creatures, who had been spoiled from being in the refrigerator for too long, take over the house. Robbie comes home disappointed in Charlene's irresponsibility, but Charlene comes up with a plan. She tricks the creatures into pinching on Baby's cheek, causing Baby to go wild. The food surrenders, cleans up the house and goes back into the refrigerator. When Earl and Fran come home, Robbie tells their parents that he got a little sick and let Charlene do all the babysitting, and their parents decide that they should let her have some responsibility from now on.

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  • Babysitting Episode: Earl and Fran put Robbie in charge of babysitting Baby, but as Robbie would rather go out and play golf, he gives Charlene his job so she can earn the money she wants. Charlene leaving Baby unattended so she can talk to Mindy results in Baby getting captured by the fridge monsters.
  • Berserk Button: The Baby's cheeks are sore due to him teething, so touching them make him go berserk. Charlene uses this to defeat the refrigerator creatures.
  • Chekhov's Gag: When Earl pinches Baby's cheek, Baby goes berserk. Near the end of the episode, Charlene tricks the fridge monsters into pinching Baby's cheek to defeat them.
  • Hypocritical Humor: Robbie is disappointed with Charlene over how irresponsible she was with babysitting despite the fact that he had decided to walk out of babysitting.
  • It Came from the Fridge: Justified in that the dinosaurs store their food alive. Leaving them inside the fridge for too long has made them go... bad.
  • Let's Meet the Meat: Baby lets the food out, and they take over the house.
  • Phone Aholic Teenager: Charlene ties Baby up so she can talk to Mindy, which results in Baby getting captured by the Fridge Monsters.
  • Shaped Like Itself:
    Earl: Do you have any idea what the value of a dollar is?
    Charlene: A dollar?
  • Trip Trap: Two of the fridge monsters do this to Robbie when he runs across the hallway after tricking him into thinking that Charlene is in danger.
  • The Unintelligible: Anyone whose mouth is sprayed by the Numbgum.

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