Tight Squeeze
Squeeze wishes she wasn’t so small, and Manny’s latest repair job brings her into contact with someone who has similar sentiments: Nelson, whose brothers tease him for being short. However, when a crucial part slips into a space where it seems impossible to reach, both of them realize that, just maybe, their size might be an asset…
Tropes in “Tight Squeeze” include:
- Big Brother Bully: Steven and Kevin like to tease their younger brother Nelson for being short, although they’re convinced to stop doing it by the end of the episode.
- Comically Missing the Point: Doing this caused Lopart to believe he has an In-Series Nickname.Mr. Lopart: Careful Lopart, that’s what they call me. Whenever they see me, they say “Careful, Lopart!”
- Doomed Supermarket Display: Mr. Lopart builds one of these, in the form of a pyramid of stacked candy bars on a table outside his shop. No points for guessing what happens to it.
- Epunymous Title: A "tight squeeze" is a space that's hard to fit in, but Squeeze is the name of one of Manny's tools.
- "Everybody Laughs" Ending: One happens when Squeeze test-rides a skateboard around the repair shop (It Makes Sense in Context).Squeeze: Now all I have to do is figure out how to stop!
//Offscreen Crash//Squeeze (popping out of a pile of knocked-over boxes): Never mind! - Fun with Homophones: A joke is made of the fact that Manny needs a washer (a thin metal disc with a hole in it) to repair a washer (a washing machine).
- Height Angst: Squeeze and Nelson both suffer from this, although in Nelson’s case the problem is less that he’s short and more that his brothers tease him about being short.
- Jaw Drop: Squeeze does one when Manny says she and Nelson can reach the lost washer ring (which slipped behind the dryer) if they work together.
- Offscreen Crash: One ends Squeeze’s test-ride of a skateboard (It Makes Sense in Context) and sets up an "Everybody Laughs" Ending.
- Wink "Ding!": One can be heard in the soundtrack when Squeeze and Nelson wink at each other after retrieving the lost washer together.
Julieta’s Monster
Señor Sanchez calls Manny to fix the light in the closet of his granddaughter’s bedroom- apparently, she’s convinced that her closet has a monster in it, and refuses to go in unless the light is on, but now the light won’t turn on. Manny, however, is determined to go above and beyond- he’ll fix the light, and he’ll prove to Julieta that there’s nothing to be afraid of in the dark.
“Julieta’s Monster” provides examples of the following tropes:
- Blinded by the Light: Manny and the tools are briefly blinded when Kelly shows off her amazingly-bright spotlight to them.
- Debating Names: The tools spend a scene arguing about what to name their new Robot Dog- Pat wants to call her “Barky” (which is rejected for being “too noisy”), Rusty wants to name her “Slugger” (which Stretch shoots down because “she's a dog, not a baseball player”), and Felipe wants to name her after himself because of course he does. They end up settling on “Fixit”, after an offhand comment Manny made.
- "Everybody Laughs" Ending: The episode ends on the tools laughing while having fun playing with Fixit.
- Poorly Lit Pareidolia: The “monster” in Julieta’s closet turns out to actually be just an old teddy bear.
- Robot Dog: Manny assembles one to be the pet of him and the tools, although no one can decide to name it at first. By the end of the episode, they end up settling on “Fixit”, and thus a Team Pet is born.
- Screeching Stop: At one point, the sound of squealing tires plays when Felipe skids to a stop.
- We Named the Monkey "Jack": Defied Trope, as the other tools shoot down Felipe’s suggestion that they name their new Robot Dog “Felipe” on the grounds that it would be too confusing.
