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I Named It Whiskers: After one of Lily's inventions goes haywire, she enlists Parker's help to get it back under control.

"I Named It Whiskers" provides examples of:

  • A Day in the Limelight: First episode focusing on Lily.
  • Disney Death: Lily mourned for Parker when he was knocked out, but he ended up being okay.
  • Eyedscreen: Lily and Whiskers have one and Parker somehow closes the black bars when he barges in. The black bars return once he leaves the scene.
  • Foreshadowing: The caterpillar robot appears in the title card and in the episode, it is one of the devices Lily uses to get rid of Whiskers.
  • Here We Go Again!: The episode ends with another invention of Lily going haywire.
  • Mouse Trap: One of Parker's plans is this.
  • Noodle Incident: As Whiskers left the store, Parker and Lily reminisced the past situations they got into.
  • Shout-Out: The caterpillar robot resembles Caterpie.
  • Title Drop: The title of this episode is named-dropped by Lily after the flashback ends.
  • Terrifying Pet Store Rat: Though more like a terrifying invention store rat.
  • You Dirty Rat!: Whiskers

How Angus Got His Groove Back: Angus loses his lucky beanie, which causes him to revert back to being a child.

"How Angus Got His Groove Back" provides examples of:

  • All Just a Dream: The whole episode was just a daydream from Angus. Turns out the beanie was lost in the toilet the whole time.
  • Babysitting Episode: The subplot revolves on Ms. Pam babysitting Angus, who started acting like a big fat baby without his beanie.
  • Facial Horror: Towards the end of the dream, this is what happens to Angus, done in stop-motion.
  • Foreshadowing: "Did you look inside the toilet? Cause I'm always losing stuff inside there." At the end of the episode, Angus' beanie was indeed lost in the toilet.
  • Hat of Power: Angus' beanie, which was formerly owned by his father. It was a lucky beanie that helped him deliver packages from everywhere.
  • Gasshole: Angus made a stinkie in one scene, which ends up driving all the Middlemost Toast customers away.
  • Manchild: Angus ends up acting like this without his lucky beanie.
  • Medium Blending: Had a couple of stop-motion scenes, such as the hand sausage and the Nightmare Fuel scene where Angus' face melts off.
  • Shout-Out: The title is a reference to How Stella Got Her Groove Back.

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