Can't Hardly Wait: Lori takes a job as a waitress at Dad's restaurant, but it turns out that serving is harder than she anticipated.
A Mutt Above: Spurred on by a classmate's mocking about Charles, Lana decides to train him to compete in a local dog show.
"Can't Hardly Wait"
- A Day in the Limelight: For Lori.
- The Alleged Car: Flip's car is in even worse shape than Vanzilla, to say the least!
- Bloody Horror: Parodied. Lisa is shot in the face with ketchup when her robot goes berserk at the family restaurant, leading to a dramatic slowdown of her and her glasses falling to the ground covered in said ketchup.
- Butt-Monkey: Poor Lori suffers from this every time she tries a different job.
- Daddy's Girl: This episode gives insight into Lori's relationship with her father.
- Empty Nest: Mr. Loud has a tough time accepting that Lori will move out of the house soon to go to college.
- Failure Montage: Lori has one where she tries out different jobs at the restaurant.
- Fingore: In one scene, Mr. Loud cuts his finger with a knife while chopping up a kiwi.
- Inelegant Blubbering: After Trying Not to Cry in front of Lori, Mr. Loud breaks down in tears as he laments having to see his eldest child move out for Fairway University.
- Onion Tears: Happens to Lori when her dad has her chop the onions as his assistant chef. At least, she's more dignified about it than Bobby.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Had Kotaro not suggested that Lori do things only an experienced waiter could do, such as memorizing orders without writing them down and carrying a bunch of plates at once, Lori probably could've handled the job better.
"A Mutt Above"
- Accidental Misnaming: Lana can't pronounce the name of Lacey's dog, Victoire.
- And Your Little Dog, Too!: When Lana decides to enter Charles in the dog show against Lacey and her dog.Lana: We'll show that snob, and her little dog too.
- Bait-and-Switch Comparison: Lacey wants Victoire to stay away from that classless mutt. And the dog's no prize either.
- Bittersweet Ending: Lana and Charles ultimately drop out of the dog show and miss out on winning a trophy, but only because Lana realizes that she'd rather have Charles stay the same fun dog she's always known and love rather than change him up just to get the approval of a snooty Alpha Bitch.
- Book Ends: The episode starts and finishes with Lana and Charles playing in a puddle of mud at the park.
- A Day in the Limelight: For Lana and Charles.
- Fartillery: Charles farts when Lana tells him to speak during training, which instantly knocks Lincoln out, not that Lucy couldn't still use him for her "pretend" funeral.
- Gone Horribly Right: Once Charles finally becomes a sophisticated obedient dog, he no longer wants to do the fun stuff he used to do with Lana.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Lana says this almost word-for-word after she realizes how training Charles for the dog show made him completely dismissive towards wanting to do anything fun with her anymore.
- Pet Contest Episode: Lana enters Charles into a dog show to prove themselves to Lacey and her dog, Victoire.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Lincoln dresses up to help Lana train Charles, but it was really to get dressed for Lucy's "pretend" funeral.
- Status Quo Is God: When it seemed like Charles was permanently changed to a obedient, but non-playful dog, much to Lana's dismay, he changes back to normal after he smells his favorite tennis ball hiding under Lana's hat.
- Uncatty Resemblance: Lampshaded by Lacey, right before Lana and Charles growl at her with identical expressions. We also see several examples at the dog show later in the episode.
