Yeah, Filbrick ain't exactly the best father.
Face It
- Younger Pacifica's face as she lays in bed in shock in the dark. She's wide-eyed and clutching her llama plush, emotionally shot from her mom spontaneously ripping out a page and not ending the story on a good note, and pressuring Pacifica all at once for an upcoming beauty pageant.
- The story in question is The Ugly Duckling, only instead of the "duckling" growing up to be a swan, Pacifica's mother changes the ending so that the duckling never makes any friends because of his weird face. She reads this to Pacifica, who can't be more than ten at most, the night before she has a beauty pageant.
Comix Up!
- The fact that Soos recognizes the sound of Stan crying.
- While Kid Stan's comics getting rejected is justified due to the Comics Code and that they were "technically a pyramid scheme in comic form", it's still sad to see Stan struggle to be creative and fail.
The Jersey Devil's in the Details
- Stan admits to Ford that he took their Pa's gold chain, but not to steal it: he wanted to polish it up for a Father's Day gift, because for once he wanted their dad to look at him the way he looks at Ford: "Like he actually likes me." Ouch.
- It's also a little heartbreaking when Stan says that no matter what, he feels like he's just the dumb twin who screws everything up.
- Ford confronting Stan with the photos of Stan stealing the chain eerily mirrors their fight years later about the destroyed science project. Only this time, it has a happier ending....
- While Filbrick admiring the engraved gold chain is a sweet moment, it's also sad to think that he'll still throw Stanley out just a few years later.
