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Park slackers Mordecai (an anthropomorphic blue jay) and Rigby (an anthropomorphic raccoon) accidentally put a hole in the wall of their room and panic over how to cover up the damage — and a wizard's keyboard gives them the power of persuasion.This episode provides examples of:
- Bait-and-Switch: The episode opens with Rigby seemingly threatening a thug. However, it then reveals that he was actually talking to a wrestler plush doll.
- Call-Forward: One of the things Rigby sends to the moon is a bunch of baby ducks.
- Censor Decoy: According to Sam Marin (the voice actor for Benson, Pops, and Muscle Man), the part where the wizard runs into the bushes to urinate was supposed to have him masturbating. Cartoon Network rejected the original plan and went for the one that was dodgy, but more acceptable.
- Chekhov's Gun: "Hamboning will save your life one day!"
- "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: Mordecai and Rigby could have avoided this whole fiasco involving the keyboard and then being sent to the moon if they just covered up the hole in the wall with a magazine. Mordecai ends up realizing this too late.
- Cutaway Gag: When Mordecai asks Rigby how he got the keyboard, he replies that he has his methods. Cue transition to Rigby stealing it from a distracted wizard.
- Also, as Rigby is explaining to his fellow workers how certain other junk got to the moon, it cuts to him back in the Park while the rest are helping Pops, singing about sending things to the moon.
- Epic Fail: When the park workers travel back to Earth, they land in Mordecai and Rigby's room. Their travel ends up knocking the plaster off the walls, yet the outline of the original hole that Mordecai and Rigby created in the first place is STILL there.
- Everyone Has Standards: Mordecai and Rigby test the keyboard out on Pops, then Benson, by saying "Give us a raise, loser!". The difference is that they change "loser" to "Pops" because they know Pops is too sensitive to be insulted.
- I'll Kill You!: Rigby exclaims "I'll kill you!" right before "fighting" a wrestler plush doll (who he calls Bean Burrito).
- Laser-Guided Karma: Mordecai and Rigby are forced to return their raise to Benson, who believes he was manipulated by the keyboard. He also confiscates the keyboard and gives it to Skips, who promptly breaks it in half to prevent its further misuse.
- Mondegreen Gag: The primary crisis of the episode occurs when Mordecai tries to use The Power to get Skips to go back to his room, but Ribgy mishears and instead tells Skips to go to the moon.
- Nature Tinkling: A flashback shows that Rigby took the wizard's magic keyboard when the wizard put it down to pee in the bushes.
- No, You:Mordecai: Dude, we're 23 years old. We shouldn't be busting holes in walls, we're gonna get fired for this.Rigby: You mean you're gonna get fired for this.Mordecai: What?Rigby: You're the one who threw me too hard, ya hole!Mordecai: Don't call me a hole! You're the hole, you're the one who wanted to wrestle!Rigby: Okay, okaaayy! Let's not blame anyone!
- Too Much Information: When Rigby is complaining about them taking too long, Mordecai says they had to take Pops to the bathroom. Pops then pipes up that it happened twice.
- T-Word Euphemism: "How in the H are we gonna fix this S?"
- Bowdlerization: In the UK, the line is changed to "How in the heck are we gonna fix this hole?" (except for Netflix UK, where the line is, "Now, how in the H are we gonna fix this hole?", which would have made a better replacement line in America than the one chosen below)
- New reruns of the episode on Cartoon Network now have the line as, "Now, how in the heck are we gonna fix this stuff?" (the Slack Pack DVD has the original line).
- Bowdlerization: In the UK, the line is changed to "How in the heck are we gonna fix this hole?" (except for Netflix UK, where the line is, "Now, how in the H are we gonna fix this hole?", which would have made a better replacement line in America than the one chosen below)
