Stage Plight: Hoping to get closer to her crush, Benny, Luan tries out for the school play.
Antiqued Off: When Clyde and Zach begin bonding over a mutual interest in antiques, Lincoln quickly finds himself feeling like a third wheel.
"Stage Plight" provides examples of:
- Aborted Declaration of Love: In the play rehearsal, Luan persistently concocts excuses to get off the stage so she doesn't have to suffer the embarrassment of kissing Benny.
- Actually a Good Idea: Luan suggests to Mrs. Bernardo that they modernize the play, and have Juliet send Romeo a text message instead of kissing him. Mrs. Bernardo considers the idea pure genius.
- Almost Kiss: Plenty of times during the rehearsal, Luan can't help but reject Benny's kiss out of nervousness.
- Ambiguous Situation: While it's made obvious by the end that Benny reciprocates Luan's feelings, it wasn't determined immediately whether they were an Official Couple. However that was confirmed in the following season in A Pimple Plan.
- Anachronism Stew: Played for Laughs. Cell phones end up getting used in the play, even though Romeo and Juliet takes place during a time where there were no cell phones. This is later subverted as no cells were present in the play.
- Ascended Extra: Benny plays a much more major role compared to just appearing as a cameo and screaming in "L is for Love".
- Bad "Bad Acting": The original Romeo and Juliet both had pretty lousy auditions, and were removed from the roles in the first rehearsal. Neither one seemed to object too strongly.
- The Big Damn Kiss: Luan and Benny share one at the end.
- Banana Peel: Luan does this on purpose as one of her excuses to get out of kissing Benny.
- Birds of a Feather: It was previously established that Luan and Benny both like comedy in "L is for Love". This episode not only has them continue to participate in their school's theater, but also reveals that both of them own puppets which eventually develop a bond of their own.
- Blush Stickers: These appear on Luan and Benny during their final scene.
- The Bus Came Back: Benny returned to play a major role in this episode.
- Calling Your Bathroom Breaks: Luan claims to have to pee as one of her many excuses to avoid the kiss scene.
- Chain of Deals: Luan ends up forming one with a bunch of kids so she can become a Montague.
- Companion Cube: Benny owns a marionette named Mrs. Apple Blossom, who merely resembles a Distaff Counterpart of Mr. Coconuts.
- Continuity Nod: The entire episode revolves around Luan's infatuation with her crush Benny, which was previously mentioned but not given enough depth in "L is for Love".
- Crush Blush: Luan and Benny blush at each other as they convey mutual affection.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Luan and Benny.
- Entertainment Above Their Age: Lucy, the twins, Lisa, and Lily are among the audience watching Romeo and Juliet. Then again, they're only there for Luan.
- First Kiss: Luan receives her first kiss near the end of this episode with Benny, who had also never been kissed up to that point.
- Large Ham: Mrs. Bernardo, the play director, whose speech is overly dramatic.
- Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Mr. Coconuts speaks without Luan's control at the end, prompting a creeped-out reaction from Lola.
- Oblivious to Love: Benny quits the play on account of Luan's constant refusal to kiss him at rehearsal. He thinks it's because she doesn't like him, unaware that she likes him but was incredibly nervous to have her first kiss.
- Performance Anxiety: It's not so much that Luan's anxious about performing in front of a crowd, but it rather has to do with being around her crush and having to kiss him in the play.
- Pun: It's a Luan-centered episode. What did you expect?Luan: Gotta get my braces checked, otherwise, this would be Romeo and Drooliet.
- Puppy Love: Luan and Benny are technically still kids and act very flirtatious and romantic towards each other near the end.
- Real After All: Mr. Coconuts and Mrs. Apple Blossom both move and speak on their own at the end of the episode, startling Lola.
- Running Gag:
- Mrs. Bernardo being overly dramatic.
- Luan trying to come up with excuses not to kiss Benny.
- Mr. Coconuts telling Luan to kiss Benny so they can get it over with him.
- Spencer trying to read the lines on his body.
- Ship Tease:
- The episode pulls the audience's heartstrings many times in regards to the timing of if and when Luan will kiss Benny in the play.
- Mr. Coconuts and Mrs. Apple Blossom seem to have developed a romance of their own by the end.
- Shout-Out:
- Luan and Benny both sign up to perform Romeo and Juliet.
- "Well, Mrs. Apple Blossom, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."
- The Real Mimes of Miami is a spoof of The Real Housewives.
- Shrinking Violet: Luan is first really shy around Benny, so signs up for play auditions after him. When she then gets cast as Juliet and has to kiss him, she gets very self-conscious and find excuses to get out of it.
- Whole-Plot Reference: The entire episode is a nod to Romeo and Juliet.
"Antiqued Off"
- Fun for Some: In-Universe. Clyde and Zach enjoy antiquing, while Lincoln finds it boring. Lincoln loves magic shows, but his friends dislike them. Clyde claims to like them, but evidence suggests otherwise.
- I Ate WHAT?!: While at Clyde's house, Lincoln grabs what he thinks is a root beer and drinks it, but then Clyde informs him it's actually an antique onion elixir (from 1812). Cue Spit Take.
- I Need to Go Iron My Dog: Lincoln's friends all use these excuses so they don't have to go to the magic show with him. Rusty's excuse actually involves ironing: his jeans.
- Literal-Minded: Zach thought that the flea market sold fleas.
- Stage Magician: The Amazing Brailster.
- Toilet Humour: This exchange that references Lisa's fascination with studying poop:Lincoln: You know me. I'd do anything for proctology!Clyde: Uh, Lincoln, I think you got the wrong “-ology”.Lincoln: And I think you don’t know Lisa.
- What Have We Ear?: Referenced when Liam mentions that he dislikes how magicians always manage to pull a coin out his ear.
