The Kid Plays in the Picture: Carl's love for toys gets him caught up in a whirlwind toy review career.
Achy Breaky Art: Frida's art gets a bad review, so the kids try to stage a new auction to lift her spirits.
"The Kid Plays in the Picture" contains examples of:
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: When his first video doesn't go too well (it gets no views whatsoever), Carl begins begging Carlota for help.
- Big "NO!": Carl does this when he realizes he's missing out on all the fun with his toy reviews.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Carl.
- Establishing Character Moment: Monica's first scene consists of her having Carl ask an adult to sign a contract, with the text suspiciously shaped like a skull. The entire time, she has a Psychotic Smirk on her face.
- "Eureka!" Moment: Carl learns that Carlota is sent free makeup samples for review. He then gets the idea of reviewing toys.
- Everybody Cries: Carl's Imagine Spot has his entire family crying massive gobs of tears (even the pets) as Monica steals the mercado.
- Failure Montage: Carl's attempts at finding gimmicks for a toy review channel involve getting hit at by Carlitos while hanging upside-down, jumping up in flames from drinking hot sauce, and fighting with Sergio over a pogo stick. Carlota sticks with the last one, which earns 50,000 views in less than two hours.
- Hate Sink: Monica is little more than a Bad Boss who forces Carl to review toys by the score, refuses to give him breaks, and even threatens to sue his whole family if he backs out.
- Hyperventilation Bag: Carl does this out of fear that Monica will take his family's mercado (and even Lalo) if he stops reviewing toys. When he explains everything to Carlota, she takes the bag and does the same thing.
- Imagine Spot: When Monica wants to sue his family if Carl backs out, Carl imagines Monica stealing the mercado (and Lalo).
- Instant Web Hit: His first review video doesn't get a single view, but the following video with Carl and Sergio fighting over a toy racks up over 50,000 hits in a couple of hours. And while he and Carlota are discussing this, a delivery company brings him a toy to review in their next video.
- Ludicrous Precision: At the end of the episode, Carl mentions that his next birthday is in "nine months, twenty-one days, twelve hours, and ten seconds."
- Obviously Evil: Monica is shown sitting on a throne of skulls, and the text of the contract she offers is shaped like a skull.
- Ocular Gushers / Inelegant Blubbering: The entire Casagrande family does this en masse in Carl's Imagine Spot.
- Take That!: This episode takes a swipe at Ryan ToysReview, showcasing how just hectic the life of a child toy reviewer can be. It also counts as Biting-the-Hand Humor, as Ryan's Mystery Playdate airs on Nickelodeon.
"Achy Breaky Art" contains examples of:
- Bait-and-Switch Comment: Artemio Alcaraz refers to Frida's artwork as "a wonder," "a vision," and "truly breathtaking." The next day, however, Ronnie Anne, Bobby, Carlota, Carl, and CJ learn about what he thinks of her work:"Frida Puga Casagrande's art is a wonder...I wonder how it could be so bad. Her sculptures are a vision of horror, while her painting is breathtaking in its ability to make me feel disgusted. She should quit being an artist."
- Casting Gag: Bobby and Carlota disguising themselves as a married couple at the art auction make sense if you know that their voice actors, Carlos and Alexa PenaVega, are married.
- Caustic Critic: Artemio Alcaraz is the resident art critic from the Great Lakes City Article. They say his reviews can make or break an artist. Therefore, when he gives Frida's art a relatively poor judgment, the kids (knowing how emotional she can be) do everything they can to prevent her from seeing the study.
- Comedic Underwear Exposure: Upon seeing his mother tear off her clothes to reveal her pink jumpsuit, Carl does the same thing to his clothes, only to show his choo-choo chonies!
- Crying a River: Frida cries waterfalls of tears after reading the review on the last remaining newspaper in town and starts flooding the room. First, a puddle of tears goes through her door. Then, her tears gush out from the keyhole. And lastly, the paper goes through the keyhole, and an explosion of tears enters her door.
- Extremely Protective Child: Once again, Carl's protective instincts kick in when he wants to break Artemio Alcaraz for making his mama cry. Even though he can't even break a pencil!
- Laser-Guided Karma: For giving Frida's artwork a terrible review, Artemio Alcaraz has to watch the public ignore him in favor of the very painting he trashed and, to add injury to insult, Sergio flings him into a trash can with a fishing rod.
- Mistaken for Exhibit: Bobby does this with a trash can at the art gallery.
- Ocular Gushers: Frida does this after reading the review in the last newspaper in town. This results in her tears pouring out her apartment door.
- Potty Emergency: After peeing on half the newspapers in town, Bobby and Lalo hydrate themselves with water. But they drink so much water they must go to the bathroom.
- Shout-Out: The title references the Billy Ray Cyrus song "Achy Breaky Heart."
- Too Important to Walk: Artemio Alcaraz rides around on a Segway.
- Urine Trouble: Invoked by Bobby, who allows Lalo to pee on the newspapers to prevent Tia Frida from reading Alcaraz's horrible review. He later mentions that he has peed on the newspapers.
