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  • Alternate Character Interpretation: According to Richard Wurmbrand, who was once a very well studied communist himself and was imprisoned under communism for 14 years, Karl Marx knew full well his system was deadly, and had in fact designed it to be so. Which raises the question, was Marx genuinely baffled by the fact that his communist utopia was a hellscape, or was he putting on a performance for the sake of his rival Gabby?
  • Aluminum Christmas Trees: Calvin Coolidge's pet raccoon Rebecca.
  • Anvilicious: Critics of the show sometimes complain that it hammers its conservative/libertarian message in too hard.
  • Big-Lipped Alligator Moment:
    • In "Don't Trash Success", the twins and Gabby comes across a Grumbledon named Grumbledan, and when Ethan accidentally calls him "Grumbledon" — which happens to be the name of the latter's species — Grumbledan clears up the confusion, and points out how crazy it would be to be named after his kind. This is right before a man pauses the episode, who happened to be named "Hugh Man".
    • Tarzan briefly kidnaps Derek in "The Education Jungle." And turns out to also be a cyborg. We learn in a later episode that he's working for a race of sentient alien raccoons, but as a stand alone moment in the episode, it makes little sense.
    • During "Money Management Mayhem," the game the twins are playing brings in a parody character called Lacy Stacy to drop exposition at random points before having her get yanked off the screen by whatever creatures are after the twins. Everyone on screen is as confused by this as the audience.
  • Diagnosed by the Audience:
    • Copernicus routinely misses social cues, is overly cheerful even in the face of danger, seems to lack sensitivity to pain or cold (though he does have his limits), is exceedingly generous even when the recipient is imaginary (and often to his own detriment), and has moments of incredible self-awareness and shining brilliance. These are all traits commonly associated with someone on the autism spectrum.
    • Ethan struggles with focus, is primarily a visual learner who can't retain what he doesn't immediately apply, finds he can pay attention best when he's allowed to doodle, hyperfixates on special interests, shows impulsive behavior and is particularly impulsive with money, and sugar (especially high fructose corn syrup) amplifies all of these characteristics. He shows multiple signs of having ADHD.
  • Jerkass Woobie: With the reveal that Karrine will literally lose her title as "daughter of the year" to the family dog if she doesn't become the little tyrant her parents want her to be, it suddenly becomes a little easier to sympathize with her. Even though she does get Grandma Gabby arrested just one scene later.
  • Nightmare Fuel: Karl Marx with a time machine. That is all.

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