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Removed because I realized while Charles is a recurring character he isn't in a lot of Season 1 episodes and it kind of risks "whenever Charles is not on-screen everybody should be asking, where is Charles?"


** It's also the only episode to not feature Offdensen at all due to him not being introduced until the very next one.
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* EurekaMoment: When Toki says the band's attempt at sewing Jean-Pierre together would be wrong, Nathan gets the inspiration for "Sewn Back Together Wrong".
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** Toki had Skwisgaar's CharacterTic of fingering the guitar. Later episodes make it exclusively Skwisgaar's habit.


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* LetMeGetThisStraight: At the grocery store, Pickles asks a seafood worker about cooking lobsters.
-->'''Pickles:''' Okay, hold on now, so you're telling me that you put these little guys in boiling water and they shriek, and they turn red and they die?\\
'''Worker:''' Yes sir.\\
'''Pickles:''' That is the most metal thing I ever heard in my whole life.
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* HelicopterBlender: The Dethcopter slices through a flock of doves on the way to the concert. It also slices up Jean-Pierre after a mishap with fireworks launches him into the blades.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Jean Pierre offers wine from the Prime Minister of Norway. Nathan says the band never drinks [alcohol] before a show, only to reveal everyone else loading up on booze, including Nathan.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Even the most brutal band in the history of the world can't help but get a bit freaked out when they see what Jean-Pierre looks like after he's surgical reconfigured.

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** It's also the only episode to not feature Offdensen at all due to him not being introduced until the very next one.
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* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: This episode introduces the Tribunal, who do what Omnicient Councils of Vagueness do best. [[{{MagicalCamera}} Magical cameras]]? Check. Ill-defined plan? You bet'cha.

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* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: This episode introduces the Tribunal, who do what Omnicient Councils of Vagueness do best. [[{{MagicalCamera}} [[MagicalCamera Magical cameras]]? Check. Ill-defined plan? You bet'cha.



* VisualPun: Dethklok pours large amounts of boiling coffee onto the fans, whose [[FacialHorror resulting injuries]] reflect Skwissgaar's [[AwesomeMusic face-melting guitar solo.]]

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* VisualPun: Dethklok pours large amounts of boiling coffee onto the fans, whose [[FacialHorror resulting injuries]] reflect Skwissgaar's [[AwesomeMusic [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic face-melting guitar solo.]]
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* CurseCutShort: "You ams a G-milf. That ams a [[CakeEater grandmother I would like to f...]]" (cue scene change)

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* CurseCutShort: "You ams a G-milf. That ams a [[CakeEater [[LikesOlderWomen grandmother I would like to f...]]" (cue scene change)
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* BloodSpatteredInnocents: Dethklok staring in shock as they get splattered with Jean-Pierre's blood.

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* BloodSpatteredInnocents: BloodSplatteredInnocents: Dethklok staring in shock as they get splattered with Jean-Pierre's blood.

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We're introduced to Dethklok, the world's greatest metal band and the world's seventh largest economic power. The band hire's a new chef who's horribly mangled in a helicopter accident, forcing the band to try and get their own food.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Meet the greatest metal band in the world.]]
We're introduced to Dethklok, the world's greatest metal band and the world's seventh largest economic power. The band hire's hires a new chef who's horribly mangled in a helicopter accident, forcing the band to try and get their own food.
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* BigNo: Twice.
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We're introduced to Dethklok, the world's greatest metal band and the world's seventh largest economic power. The band hire's a new chef who's horribly mangled in a helicopter accident, forcing the band to try and get their own food.

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* EpicFail: Dethklok's attempt at grocery shopping.



* VisualPun: Dethklok pours large amounts of boiling coffee onto the fans, whose resulting injuries reflect Skwissgaar's [[AwesomeMusic face-melting guitar solo.]]

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* VisualPun: Dethklok pours large amounts of boiling coffee onto the fans, whose [[FacialHorror resulting injuries injuries]] reflect Skwissgaar's [[AwesomeMusic face-melting guitar solo.]]

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* EarlyBirdCameo: The opening riff of "Hatredy" (featured a few episodes later) is used as transition music.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: The opening riff of "Hatredy" (featured [[Recap/MetalocalypseS1E5Dethkomedy a few episodes later) later]]) is used as transition music.


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* OpeningShoutOut: Senator Stampington introduces the members of Dethklok by quoting the ThemeTuneRollCall verbatim.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: The opening riff of "Hatredy" (featured a few episodes later) is used as transition music.



* MundaneMadeAwesome: Nathan explicitly states that they intend to do this to coffee with their endorsement of Duncan Hills.



* VetinariJobSecurity: Dethklok's attempts to make food while chef Jean-Pierre's in a coma [[EpicFail does not go over well]].

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* VetinariJobSecurity: Dethklok's attempts to make food while chef Jean-Pierre's in a coma [[EpicFail does not go over well]].well]].
* VisualPun: Dethklok pours large amounts of boiling coffee onto the fans, whose resulting injuries reflect Skwissgaar's [[AwesomeMusic face-melting guitar solo.]]
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* HighTurnoverRate: Dethklok warns their new chef, Jean-Pierre, that their previous chefs frequently died CruelAndUnusualDeaths.

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* HighTurnoverRate: Dethklok warns their new chef, Jean-Pierre, that their previous chefs frequently died CruelAndUnusualDeaths.{{Cruel and Unusual Death}}s.



* SoftGlass: Averted. Nathan shatters a glass display case at a deli with his forehead to grab some sausages. He comes away from this with several shards of glass stuck in his arms and head. He doesn't seem to notice or care.

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* SoftGlass: Averted. Nathan shatters a glass display case at a deli with his forehead to grab some sausages. He comes away from this with several shards of glass stuck in his arms and head. He doesn't seem to notice or care.notice.
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* AndIMustScream: Jean-Pierre while kept barely alive in pieces on a machine.
* BloodSpatteredInnocents: Dethklok staring in shock as they get splattered with Jean-Pierre's blood.
* CurseCutShort: "You ams a G-milf. That ams a [[CakeEater grandmother I would like to f...]]" (cue scene change)
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The episode has noticeable pacing issues in comparison with later episodes. Also, Nathan, Muderface, and Toki's voices were at their earliest stages.
* HighTurnoverRate: Dethklok warns their new chef, Jean-Pierre, that their previous chefs frequently died CruelAndUnusualDeaths.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Jean-Pierre getting sucked into a dethcopter propeller.


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* VetinariJobSecurity: Dethklok's attempts to make food while chef Jean-Pierre's in a coma [[EpicFail does not go over well]].
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* SoftGlass: Averted. Nathan shatters a glass display case at a deli with his forehead to grab some sausages. He comes away from this with several shards of glass stuck in his arms and head. He doesn't seem to notice or care.
* TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: This episode introduces the Tribunal, who do what Omnicient Councils of Vagueness do best. [[{{MagicalCamera}} Magical cameras]]? Check. Ill-defined plan? You bet'cha.

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