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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Charlie has spent at least 15 years trying to seduce the Waitress. He manages to win her over with a promise to take care of her and any children, which wins her over and they have sex. Afterwards she starts making requests surrounding living together and having a family, and [[DidntThinkThisThrough he is suddenly exhausted with the reality of being with her]].

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Charlie has spent at least 15 years trying to seduce the Waitress. He manages to win her over prepares a presentation with a promise to take care of her and any children, which wins her over and they have sex. Afterwards she starts making requests surrounding living together and having a family, and [[DidntThinkThisThrough he is suddenly exhausted with the reality of being with her]].

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Charlie has spent at least 15 years trying to seduce the waitress. He finally succeeds, and regrets it almost immediately.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Charlie has spent at least 15 years trying to seduce the waitress. Waitress. He finally succeeds, manages to win her over with a promise to take care of her and regrets it almost immediately.any children, which wins her over and they have sex. Afterwards she starts making requests surrounding living together and having a family, and [[DidntThinkThisThrough he is suddenly exhausted with the reality of being with her]].
* ButNowIMustGo: After saying goodbye to his son and things returning to normal at the bar, Dennis decides he is done with this life and declares he is going to move to North Dakota to be a father to his son. The entire revelation and walking out the door takes about a minute and a half.



* WhamEpisode: Dennis reveals that he's a father and leaves Philadelphia, possibly for good. Also, Charlie has sex with the Waitress only to discover that he doesn't really love her.

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Charlie has sex with manages to win over the Waitress and have sex with her, only to discover that he doesn't really love like being around her.
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When Dennis reveals that he has an infant son resulting from a one night stand in North Dakota, the rest of the gang come up with various plans to help him out of his predicament: Mac suggests that he and Dennis pretend to be a couple, while Frank wants to bribe the child's mother with an "indecent proposal". Meanwhile, Charlie comes up with a plan to win over the Waitress once and for all by getting her pregnant.

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When Dennis reveals that he has an infant son resulting from a one night stand in North Dakota, UsefulNotes/NorthDakota, the rest of the gang come up with various plans to help him out of his predicament: Mac suggests that he and Dennis pretend to be a couple, while Frank wants to bribe the child's mother with an "indecent proposal". Meanwhile, Charlie comes up with a plan to win over the Waitress once and for all by getting her pregnant.

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* HypocriticalHumor: Charlie becomes annoyed with the Waitress constantly calling him and accuses her of stalking him. Dee points out that he's been stalking her over for 15 years.

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Charlie becomes annoyed with the Waitress constantly calling him and accuses her of stalking him. Dee points out that he's been stalking her over for 15 years.years.
** Charlie and Frank accuse Dee of [[HystericalWoman being emotional]] as they're looking for eggs while panicking.
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* FauxYay: Mac and Dennis pretend to be a gay couple to allow Dennis a way out of the situation with Mandy.
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* PutOnABus: Dennis leaves Philadelphia at the end of the episode in order to be a father in North Dakota. [[WordOfGod Behind the scenes comments from Glenn Howerton]] seem to suggest that he may not be returning for a while, if ever.

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* PutOnABus: Dennis leaves Philadelphia at the end of the episode in order to be a father in North Dakota. [[WordOfGod Behind the scenes comments from Glenn Howerton]] seem to suggest that he may not be returning for a while, if ever.
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* MinnesotaNice: Mandy is a sweetheart and a doting parent. Even when she realizes that the Gang is a bunch of lunatics, she still takes it in stride.
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** After Charlie has sex with the Waitress, she begins doing yoga positions to [[Film/TheBigLebowski increase the chances of contraception]].

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** After Charlie has sex with the Waitress, she begins doing yoga positions to [[Film/TheBigLebowski increase the chances of contraception]].conception]].
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** After Charlie has sex with the Waitress, she begins making positions to [[Film/TheBigLebowski increase the chances of contraception]].

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** After Charlie has sex with the Waitress, she begins making doing yoga positions to [[Film/TheBigLebowski increase the chances of contraception]].
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* HypocriticalHumor: Charlie becomes annoyed with the Waitress constantly calling him. Dee points out that he's been stalking her over for 15 years.

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* HypocriticalHumor: Charlie becomes annoyed with the Waitress constantly calling him and accuses her of stalking him. Dee points out that he's been stalking her over for 15 years.
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* OnlySaneMan: Mainly Dee who finally gets her house to her self but is forced to put with the gang's insane crap when they crash in.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Charlie becomes annoyed with the Waitress constantly calling him. Dee points out that he's been stalking her for 15 years.

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* HypocriticalHumor: Charlie becomes annoyed with the Waitress constantly calling him. Dee points out that he's been stalking her over for 15 years.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Charlie has spent at least 15 years trying to seduce the waitress. He finally succeeds, and regrets it almost immediately.
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** After Charlie has sex with the Waitress, she begins making yoga positions to [[Film/TheBigLebowski increase the chances of contraception]].

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** After Charlie has sex with the Waitress, she begins making yoga positions to [[Film/TheBigLebowski increase the chances of contraception]].
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* TheBabyTrap: Inspired by Dennis' predicament, Charlie comes up with a plan to get the Waitress pregnant and ensure that she'll be tied to him forever. [[RealityEnsues Then he realizes he'll be trapped into a relationship too...]]

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* TheBabyTrap: Inspired by Dennis' predicament, Charlie comes up with a plan to get the Waitress pregnant and ensure that she'll be tied to him forever. [[RealityEnsues Then he realizes he'll be trapped into a relationship too...]]

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* TheBabyTrap: Inspired by Dennis' predicament, Charlie comes up with a plan to get the Waitress pregnant and ensure that she'll be tied to him forever.

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* TheBabyTrap: Inspired by Dennis' predicament, Charlie comes up with a plan to get the Waitress pregnant and ensure that she'll be tied to him forever. [[RealityEnsues Then he realizes he'll be trapped into a relationship too...]]


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* GoneHorriblyRight: Charlie successfully convinces the Waitress to sleep with him so she can conceive a child. He is quickly annoyed when she plans to move in with him.


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* HypocriticalHumor: Charlie becomes annoyed with the Waitress constantly calling him. Dee points out that he's been stalking her for 15 years.


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** After Charlie has sex with the Waitress, she begins making yoga positions to [[Film/TheBigLebowski increase the chances of contraception]].
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* HeelRealization: Dennis clearly has some sort of emotional epiphany when holding his son, and shortly thereafter renounces the bar to leave for North Dakota to support him.
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* FakiingTheDead: Dennis attempts to do this in a last-ditch attempt to get rid of Mandy, telling her that he's a special agent named Dane Brass before he's "assassinated" in front of her. Unsurprisingly, she sees through the ploy.

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* FakiingTheDead: FakingTheDead: Dennis attempts to do this in a last-ditch attempt to get rid of Mandy, telling her that he's a special agent named Dane Brass before he's "assassinated" in front of her. Unsurprisingly, she sees through the ploy.
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** While pretending to be a couple with Dennis, Mac launches into an explanation of the [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E01TheGangExploitsTheMortgageCrisis power bottom]] phenomenon.

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** While pretending to be a couple with Dennis, Mac launches into an explanation of the [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E01TheGangExploitsTheMortgageCrisis [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E01GangExploitsMortgageCrisis power bottom]] phenomenon.
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->''"Guys, this is Mandy... and this is little Brian Jr. He's my son."''
->'''-- Dennis'''

When Dennis reveals that he has an infant son resulting from a one night stand in North Dakota, the rest of the gang come up with various plans to help him out of his predicament: Mac suggests that he and Dennis pretend to be a couple, while Frank wants to bribe the child's mother with an "indecent proposal". Meanwhile, Charlie comes up with a plan to win over the Waitress once and for all by getting her pregnant.

!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Dennis is so moved by holding his son that he decides to move to North Dakota in order to become a father and a better person.
* TheBabyTrap: Inspired by Dennis' predicament, Charlie comes up with a plan to get the Waitress pregnant and ensure that she'll be tied to him forever.
* CallBack:
** Dennis reveals that he used the alias [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS08E07FranksBackInBusiness "Brian LeFevre"]] to seduce Mandy.
** While pretending to be a couple with Dennis, Mac launches into an explanation of the [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E01TheGangExploitsTheMortgageCrisis power bottom]] phenomenon.
** Charlie presentation to convince the Waitress to sleep with him uses stills from [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E07WhoPoopedTheBed "Who Pooped the Bed?"]] and [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS08E04CharlieAndDeeFindLove "Charlie and Dee Find Love"]].
** Mac's [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS12E06HeroOrHateCrime dildo bike]] makes another appearance.
** The rest of the gang hide in Frank's [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E02TheGangSolvesTheGasCrisis windowless van]] as Dennis tries to fake his death.
** The gang minus Dennis all perform their signature dance moves after Mandy leaves: Mac's [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E15TheGangDancesTheirAssesOff "spastic karate moves"]], Dee's [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E03TheGangBuysABoat inflatable tube man dance]], Frank's [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E04MacBangsDennisMom "go for it" dance]] and Charlie's [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E08TheGangGetsANewMember butt dance]].
* CallingTheOldManOut: Before leaving, Dennis chews Frank out for his own shortcomings as a father.
* ChekhovsGun: Mac uses the [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS12E08TheGangTendsBar RPG he bought Dennis for Valentine's day]] to blow up Dennis' car after he leaves at the end of the episode.
* ContinuityNod:
** Mac tells the rest of the gang that he's finally managed to [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS12E08TheGangTendsBar procure a rocket for the RPG]].
** Dennis reveals that his son was conceived during his layover in North Dakota back when [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS10E01TheGangBeatsBoggs the gang tried to beat Wade Boggs' cross-country drinking record]].
** Mac and Dennis' old apartment is finally restored to its former glory after it burned down at the [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS09E10TheGangSquashesTheirBeefs end of season nine]].
** Charlie reminds the Waitress that she's [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS11E02FrankFallsOutTheWindow living in a women's shelter]].
** When Dennis rants about how his own father was never there for him, Frank immediately asks if he's referring to him or [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E10DennisAndDeeGetANewDad Bruce]].
* DeadGuyJunior: Played with; Brian Jr.'s namesake, the ''real'' Brian [=LeFevre=], was stabbed to death by a crackhead outside Paddy's several years ago. However, Mandy remains blissfully unaware of this fact and thought she was naming him after his still-living father.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: In his excitement to seduce the Waitress by promising her a baby, Charlie seems to pay very little consideration to what that will mean for him in the long run if she actually ''does'' get pregnant.
* FakiingTheDead: Dennis attempts to do this in a last-ditch attempt to get rid of Mandy, telling her that he's a special agent named Dane Brass before he's "assassinated" in front of her. Unsurprisingly, she sees through the ploy.
* HarmfulToMinors: At one point Dee lifts Brian Jr. above her head and yells that she's going to "smash it".
* HystericalWoman: The guys all seem to believe that women are fundamentally ruled by their emotions and incapable of rational thought.
-->'''Mac:''' As we all know, everything is about emotion with women. Right, Dee?
-->'''Dee:''' What?
-->'''Dennis:''' Alright, Dee, relax.
-->'''Mac:''' We're trying to have a rational conversation, okay?
* ModestyBedsheet: Charlie and the Waitress after having sex.
* PutOnABus: Dennis leaves Philadelphia at the end of the episode in order to be a father in North Dakota. [[WordOfGod Behind the scenes comments from Glenn Howerton]] seem to suggest that he may not be returning for a while, if ever.
* ShoutOut: Frank's idea to get rid of Mandy is to offer he an [[Film/IndecentProposal "indecent proposal"]].
* StockSitcomGrandFinale: Parodied at the end of the episode. Dennis turns the lights off and declares that "the bar is done" as he leaves Paddy's for the final time, only for the rest of the gang to immediately protest that it doesn't really apply as they're still there.
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Mac tries to invoke this by only ordering one bed for the newly-refurbished apartment, so that Dennis will have to sleep with him. Dennis defies this by choosing to sleep on the floor instead.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Dee is annoyed by Frank and Charlie running to her apartment in order to avoid the Waitress, just as she's celebrating Mac and Dennis finally moving out.
-->'''Dee:''' What is happening here?! I just got rid of two annoying roommates, this is not supposed to be happening!
* UndercoverAsLovers: Mac suggests that he and Dennis pretend to be a couple so that Mandy will see that Dennis isn't emotionally available to her. Dennis goes along with it somewhat reluctantly, while Mac seems to get a little ''too'' into it.
* WantingIsBetterThanHaving: Charlie begins to find the Waitress annoying after he finally gets his wish and has sex with her.
* WhamEpisode: Dennis reveals that he's a father and leaves Philadelphia, possibly for good. Also, Charlie has sex with the Waitress only to discover that he doesn't really love her.
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