Gordon's Lucky Claw
Mr. Blik and Gordon are in a competition to win a trip to China and Gordon’s sure he’ll win thanks to his lucky claw. Not believing the legend of the lucky claw, Mr. Blik flushes it to even the playing field and brings bad luck to the whole group.
Tropes:
- Chekhov's Gun: The gimlet tool that Waffles defines for Mr. Blik ends up being the same one that falls out of the pack and causes extreme pain for Blik when he accidentally sits on it.
- Digging to China: With the house being attacked by an alien, a crevice forms in the floor which the three cats fall into. They freefall for a long time before finally ending up in China.
- Door Handle Scare: The cats are hiding in the bathroom from a worm-like alien that emerged from a meteor that hit their house due to their bad luck. The doorknob starts shaking and then it stops, before the door unlocks and the alien bursts in.
- Dramatic Thunder: Thunder and lightning appear over the cats’ house as Gordon chastises Blik for bringing bad luck to them all.Gordon: You have brought a curse upon our house!
- Good Luck Charm: Gordon’s one long, sharp claw is this.Gordon: It’s good fortune you will draw, when you do grow a lucky claw upon your little left front paw.
- I Lied: When Blik finally acquires the lucky claw, he clearly intends to use its good luck for himself. Waffles points out that he had told him that they were cutting the claw for Gordon’s own good, to which Mr. Blik replies, “I know what I said!”
- If I Can't Have You…: Mr. Blik decides that if he can’t get good luck from the claw, then no one can and flushes it down the toilet.
- Nightmare Sequence: Mr. Blik has a nightmare of Gordon winning the trip to China because of his lucky claw, which is what makes him decide to cut it off Gordon and get rid of it.
- Noodle Implement: The many obscure tools Waffles packs for Mr. Blik to use on his mission to cut the lucky claw. He only ends up using a pair of clippers.
- Running Gag: The characters list off things that they love about China throughout the episode. Unbeknownst to them, their favorite aspects of China are all from Japan, leading Waffles to correct them each time.Gordon: The land of the samurai!Waffles: That’s Japan.
- Staircase Tumble: Blik takes a long fall down the stairs, kicking off a string of bad luck for him and everyone around him.
- Superstition Episode: Mr. Blik thinks the lucky claw is a myth, so he flushes it and ends up bringing misfortune to not only himself, but his brothers and even Hovis as well.
- Tempting Fate: Still refusing to believe in the curse, Blik remarks that Hovis being almost hit by several huge medieval weapons is actually good luck because they all missed him. Cue a giant chandelier falling on the butler.
Big Eyed Bunny
When Kimberly gets a new best friend, Gordon becomes jealous and lets him out, to immediate regret.
Tropes:
- Accidental Murder: Gordon and Mr. Blik believe they accidentally ran over Sachiko when they mistake a cleaning rag on the driveway for him and spend the rest of the episode trying to cover it up.
- Dog Got Sent to a Farm: Human Kimberly reveals at the end of the episode that she’s not worried about Sachiko being missing because he went back to the farm that he lives on. It’s unclear if this is actually where Sachiko went or if this is just what her parents told her after Sachiko ran away.
- Eye Scream: In order to make him look cute like the eponymous big eyed bunny, Sachiko, Waffles stretches Gordon’s eyelids and clips them to the back of his head.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Gordon becomes jealous when Human Kimberly replaces him as her best friend with an adorable little bunny.
- Gross-Up Close-Up: On Waffles’ teeth filled with bugs after his convertible ride.
- Killer Rabbit: The rabbit that the cats buy to replace Sachiko is already creepy and deformed, but when it gets scared by a loud noise it goes on a violent rampage.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Gordon reacts in horror at his own behavior after he yells at Sachiko and leaves the cage door open, letting him escape.
- Noodle Implement: The list of seemingly random items that Mr. Blik requires to make his Sachiko decoys.
- Severely Specialized Store: The cats come up with the idea to just buy a new bunny for Human Kimberly, but unfortunately it’s the middle of the night. Luckily, they can just go to the “24 Hour Pet Store.”
