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* HeroWithBadPublicity: As Sandy was already this following being framed last year, breaking her out of prison turns Soos, Stevonnie, E350 and Tulip into this as well.


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* InspectorJavert: Agent Parker, the FBI agent sent to hunt down Sandy and her friends after she's broken out of Devil's Island. He's determined to capture them at all costs, even being willing to kill them if they resist rather than take them alive for the courts.


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* ThisMeansWar: In "We Interrupt This Program", the Bus Driver sends a note to Kent Brockman's news station as they cover the hunt for E350's group, declaring his intention to finish the job he started last year.
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* AffectionateParody: "Robot Connie vs the Moon Nazis" is a send-up to 1950s sci-fi B-movies.


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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: In "Robot Connie vs the Moon Nazis", it's noted that Connie can breathe in space because she's a robot, Peridot can do it because she's a "science princess", and Amethyst can do it [[InsaneTrollLogic because she's British]].


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* FunWithAcronyms: In "Robot Connie vs the Moon Nazis", Connie is technically C.O.N.N.I.E, which stands for "Combat Operations Network Nine, Intelligent Entity". It's noted that the acronym was thought up before what it stands for.
* {{Ghostapo}}: "Robot Connie vs the Moon Nazis" mostly uses StupidJetpackHitler, but just before the end we're told about Himmler being Hitler's Chief Warlock. This is when E350 gives up on the story, as he realizes that's just a bit too much.


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* StupidJetpackHitler: "Robot Connie vs the Moon Nazis" has the titular Moon Nazis, being Nazis who escaped to the moon with their advanced technology.
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* WomenAreWiser: In "The Hole in the World", Sadie is the only person who suggests that they should leave the titular hole alone. Given [[DeliberateValuesDissonance the time period]], she's ignored initially, but after several people fall into its depths trying to study it, the remaining soldiers concede that she has a point.
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* NothingIsScarier:
** In "A Perfectly Normal Summer's Day", we get almost no explanation for what [[spoiler: led to the Crystal Gems being trapped in a virtual world on loop]].
** In "The Hole in the World", we're never told what's at the bottom of the hole, or what happened to the people who descended into it.
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* CheckpointCharlie: "Getting Out" is set in Berlin in 1961, and features Pearl as a CIA agent trying to smuggle [[spoiler: Greg and an infant Steven]] from the East to freedom in the West.

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* TheCaper: E350's plan to defeat the Bus Driver and save his captured friends involves him and the few that are still free stealing the Crucible from the ''Mass Effect'' universe.



* PoliceAreUseless: In "E3's Eleven (Minus Six)", the cops just let Stevonnie in a PaperThinDisguise walk into the station and take E3's Anti-Magic Tommy Gun, on a clear lie that the District Attorney wants it. But, considering the cops in question are the Springfield Police Department, one of the crowning examples of this trope, that shouldn't be too surprising.



* StoryArc: E350 and his remaining allies trying to rescue the others from the Bus Driver.



** "The Focus Group" mocks how corporate ownership attempting to appeal to the basest support can screw up franchises -- when a corporate entity buys out the Nicktoons, they decide to give the team DorkAge costumes, ditch Spongebob because he's AmbiguouslyBi, add exactly one female character and one black character (and proceed to be unable to think of any candidates for the latter), and decide that the team can only fight Dark Laser because they find the other villains offensive as antagonists. Then it turns out that [[spoiler: this is all a plot by Preston Northwest, Vlad, and Mr. Burns to shut down the team]].

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** "The Focus Group" mocks how corporate ownership attempting to appeal to the basest support can screw up franchises -- when a corporate entity buys out the Nicktoons, they decide to give the team DorkAge costumes, ditch Spongebob because he's AmbiguouslyBi, make Jenny into MsFanservice, add exactly one female character and one black character (and proceed to be unable to think of any candidates for the latter), and decide that the team can only fight Dark Laser because they find the other villains offensive as antagonists. Then it turns out that [[spoiler: this is all a plot by Preston Northwest, Vlad, and Mr. Burns to shut down the team]].team]].
** In "A House in New Orleans", the titular house has a portrait of UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson in its foyer, which the owner keeps up as a reminder of "the evil men do".
** "E3's Eleven (Minus Six)" has E350 explaining the concept of [[VideoGame/MassEffect3 the Crucible]] by calling out the Catalyst's InsaneTrollLogic. And while discussing his plan to steal it, he randomly brings up how ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyGhosts'' is the worst game in the franchise.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: In "A House in New Orleans", the Man in the White Suit's gambling house runs normally in general, but those who gamble against him directly are made to offer up greater collateral than mere money -- things such as their memories, their freedom, and even their souls. [[spoiler: Gaz bet and lost all of the above in her obsession with winning a rare game controller off of him, and Dib's attempt to win them back for her has him wagering her existence... and then he loses.]]


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* DescentIntoAddiction: The gambling house in "A House in New Orleans" gets people so obsessed with winning that they just keep coming back until they've lost so much they lose their freedom and souls to it.


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* LostHimInACardGame: In "A House in New Orleans", [[spoiler: a desperate Dib tries to win Gaz's freedom back, only to lose her and her entire existence.]]


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* RetGone: [[spoiler: In "A House in New Orleans", Dib is made to wager for Gaz's existence as collateral while trying to win her soul and mind back. He loses, and afterwards can't remember why he was in New Orleans in the first place.]]
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* CutLexLuthorACheck: "The Focus Group" has Jimmy casually reveal that he's been funding his lab by selling depleted uranium on the black market.


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** "The Focus Group" mocks how corporate ownership attempting to appeal to the basest support can screw up franchises -- when a corporate entity buys out the Nicktoons, they decide to give the team DorkAge costumes, ditch Spongebob because he's AmbiguouslyBi, add exactly one female character and one black character (and proceed to be unable to think of any candidates for the latter), and decide that the team can only fight Dark Laser because they find the other villains offensive as antagonists. Then it turns out that [[spoiler: this is all a plot by Preston Northwest, Vlad, and Mr. Burns to shut down the team]].
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* EvilerThanThou: "The World in Black and White" reveals that as bad as White Diamond was, using the Gem empire to impose her ControlFreak nature on the entire universe, Black Diamond was worse, wanting to turn all non-Diamond beings into the Diamonds' playthings.

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* BigBad: The Bus Driver, following on from last year.



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: What the Bus Driver has done to the heroes he abducted at the end of the last collection, turning them into villainous caricatures in order to ruin their reputations.



* ByNoIMeanYes: When Sandy asks if Soos only broke her out of prison to perform an intervention on E350, he initially says no only to immediately admit yes.



* ChekhovMIA: E350 disappeared after the Bus Driver's attack.

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* ChekhovMIA: E350 disappeared after the Bus Driver's attack. Subverted when it turns out he just moved to a cliffside shack and has been living in misery ever since; Sandy gets him back into action pretty quickly once she's out of prison.



* HeroicBSOD: E350 has been in one ever since last year's climax.



* ShoutOut: Plankton's attempted takeover of the story involves him showing clips from blatant ripoffs of famous movies now starring him -- ''[[Franchise/StarWars Plankton Wars]]'', ''[[Film/GoneWithTheWind Gone With the Plankton]]'', ''[[Film/AFewGoodMen A Few Good Plankton]]'', ''[[Film/Titanic1997 Planktanic]]'', and ''[[Film/SchindlersList Plankton's List]]''.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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Plankton's attempted takeover of the story involves him showing clips from blatant ripoffs of famous movies now starring him -- ''[[Franchise/StarWars Plankton Wars]]'', ''[[Film/GoneWithTheWind Gone With the Plankton]]'', ''[[Film/AFewGoodMen A Few Good Plankton]]'', ''[[Film/Titanic1997 Planktanic]]'', and ''[[Film/SchindlersList Plankton's List]]''.List]]''.
** E350's HeroicBSOD is specifically compared to Thor's in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.


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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Sandy snaps E350 out of his HeroicBSOD by telling him he's not a normal person wasting his time pretending to be weird, he's a legitimately weird person and should embrace that.
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Happens to the Crystal Gems [[spoiler: in "A Perfectly Normal Summer's Day" when they see that the world doesn't exist beyond their house]].

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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Happens to the Crystal Gems [[spoiler: in "A Perfectly Normal Summer's Day" when they see that the world doesn't exist beyond their house]].



* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler: In "A Perfectly Normal Summer's Day", it turns out that the Crystal Gems are trapped in some kind of VirtualWorld.]]

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* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler: In "A Perfectly Normal Summer's Day", it turns out that the Crystal Gems are trapped in some kind of VirtualWorld.virtual reality.]]
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* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Happens to the Crystal Gems [[spoiler: in "A Perfectly Normal Summer's Day" when they see that the world doesn't exist beyond their house]].


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* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler: In "A Perfectly Normal Summer's Day", it turns out that the Crystal Gems are trapped in some kind of VirtualWorld.]]
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* BullyingADragon: In "Don't Ask", Steven picks up a hitchhiking Rick and Morty. [[JerkAss Rick being Rick]], it isn't long before they're arguing, with Rick eventually pulling a laser gun on Steven and thinking he can intimidate him. One GilliganCut later, Rick has been imbedded in a cactus.


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* NoodleIncident: In "Dont Ask", when Steven picks up a hitchhiking Rick and Morty, it's apparently after the two have just buried the body of an alien Morthy accidentally killed with a high-five.
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* ApocalypticLog: "Sea Dogs" opens with an entry in the personal log of a sea galleon's captain, recounting how his ship became lost at sea, and overwhelmed by a mysterious illness, which the main story eventually reveals to be [[spoiler: werewolves]].


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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Turn out to be the cause of the events of [[spoiler: the lost ship in "Sea Dogs"]]. While not seen for long, it's clear that their curse is spread by bite, while it's implied that they've managed to survive for many years in total isolation.

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* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: At one point in "How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Seelowe", E350 states that having the largest army in the world means nothing if the troops can't be supplied and have to resort to cannibalism. He then clarifies that that's not a bit of BlackComedy, it's ''literally'' what some Japanese troops in the Pacific had to do when the islands they were on got cut off.



* TakeThat: One of the questions in "Form [=13E7-SP00K3=]" asks if the person filling out the form or their relatives have ever been a member of a number of villainous groups (cults, conspiracies, the Communist Party), but also includes Creator/ButchHartman's OAXIS project.

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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
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One of the questions in "Form [=13E7-SP00K3=]" asks if the person filling out the form or their relatives have ever been a member of a number of villainous groups (cults, conspiracies, the Communist Party), but also includes Creator/ButchHartman's OAXIS project.project.
** "How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Seelowe" is one long essay aimed at invalidating the myth that the Axis powers were unstoppable military juggernauts that could have won WWII if things had gone slightly differently, pointing out all the ways that their early victories were more due to luck than anything, and how their poorly managed supply lines and incompetent military leadership meant that they were always going to lose.
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* AlternateHistoryNaziVictory: "Spread Your Wings" appears to be set in one, as it's focused on Danny as part of an Allied counterattack that's trying and clearly failing to prevent a more technologically advanced Axis fleet that's intent on invading mainland America.


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* TakingYouWithMe: In "Spread Your Wings", [[spoiler: Danny kamikazes his fighter plane into the Nazi flagship ''Graf Zeppelin'']].

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''Halloween Unspectacular'' is a series of fanfics by E350, each containing thirty-one one-shots, one for each day of October. While each is an anthology, {{Story Arc}}s run through each, and {{Myth Arc}}s have grown out of those. It's been a yearly tradition on his Website/FanfictionDotNet account since 2010, excluding 2015, as he had tried to wrap up the series with the fifth edition only to come back to it in 2016.

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''Halloween Unspectacular'' is a series of fanfics by E350, each containing thirty-one one-shots, one for each day of October. While each is an anthology, {{Story Arc}}s run through each, and {{Myth Arc}}s have grown out of those. It's been a yearly tradition on his Website/FanfictionDotNet Website/FanFictionDotNet account since 2010, excluding 2015, as he had tried to wrap up the series with the fifth edition only to come back to it in 2016.



* TheAlcatraz: Sandy was sent to one after being framed by the Bus Driver -- Devil's Island, Massachusetts, a concrete fortress attached to the mainland only by a slim causeway.

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* TheAlcatraz: Sandy was sent to one after being framed by the Bus Driver -- Devil's Island, Massachusetts, a concrete fortress attached to the mainland only by a slim causeway.causeway, which is covered by checkpoints, sniper posts, and the Coast Guard. [[CardboardPrison Soos and Stevonnie break Sandy out in short order.]]



* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: Soos feels real bad about having to knock out a guard who was just nice to him as part of the plan to rescue Sandy, but before he can another prisoner runs up and decks the guy for beating him in cards, saving Soos the trouble.



* ExactWords: After Sandy's escape from Devil's Island, the warden justifies it by pointing out that he only ever said that his prison was "''nearly'' inescapable", not "''completely'' inescapable".



* GreatEscape: Soos and Stevonnie are plotting to break Sandy out of prison.

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* GreatEscape: Soos and Stevonnie are plotting plot to break Sandy out of prison.prison, sneaking in disguised as the laundry delivery, shrinking her with a shrink ray, and then taking her with them.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The guards at Devil's Island don't bother checking the laundry van, and don't even raise a fuss when it bursts through the gates at high speed on the way out.


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* LookADistraction: As part of their plan to break Sandy out of Devil's Island, Stevonnie and Soos use a mannequin to make it look like some other prisoner is escaping on a hang-glider, which most of the guards chase after, leaving Sandy under-guarded.
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* ImAHumanitarian: "A Letter Regarding Recent Events" reinterprets [[WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain the Apex]] as a cult that turns people into cannibalistic monsters.


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* TheMenInBlack: "A Letter Regarding Recent Events" is written by a version of Ford who works for a government agency that investigates the occult.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The questions in "Form [=13E7-SP00K3=]" is mostly composed of things that make sense in the type of fictional universes that are normally used in E350's work, asking about doomsday cults, supervillains, paranormal events, etc. But then it will occasionally ask about mundane things like asbestos or termites.


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* TakeThat: One of the questions in "Form [=13E7-SP00K3=]" asks if the person filling out the form or their relatives have ever been a member of a number of villainous groups (cults, conspiracies, the Communist Party), but also includes Creator/ButchHartman's OAXIS project.
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* BewareTheSuperman: In "Controlling the Superman", Vlad and the superheroes he represents take to systematically killing criminals, and then government members who question them.


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* HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee: Vlad is called before one in "Controlling the Superman" to explain the superheroes' extreme actions. [[spoiler: He ends up killing the chairman and threatening the others to make a point.]]
* KnightTemplar: Going by Vlad's actions in "Controlling the Superman", he and the superheroes he represents feel they're above the law.


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* YourHeadASplode: Vlad vaporizes the head of [[spoiler: the Senator chairing the subcommittee]] to make a point about his power.
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* GrandFinale: To the PURITY MythArc.


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* GrandFinale: The story is set up as one to the ''Halloween Unspectacular'' series, though whether or not this trope will hold true has yet to be seen ([[https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/852182944/4867979770 the author has admitted]] that this might not be the end, but he wants to cover his bases in case it is). Either way, this will likely serve as the finale to the current MythArc.
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* ChekhovsMIA: E350 disappeared after the Bus Driver's attack.

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[[folder: Halloween Unspectacular X]]
* TheAlcatraz: Sandy was sent to one after being framed by the Bus Driver -- Devil's Island, Massachusetts, a concrete fortress attached to the mainland only by a slim causeway.
* CallBack: Way back in the first edition's opening, Plankton declared that he would take over first fanfiction and then the world. This edition opens with him attempting to take control of Halloween Unspectacular in E350's absence, only to be arrested.
* ChekhovsMIA: E350 disappeared after the Bus Driver's attack.
* GreatEscape: Soos and Stevonnie are plotting to break Sandy out of prison.
* SeriousBusiness: The cops arrest Plankton for bad comedy.
* ShoutOut: Plankton's attempted takeover of the story involves him showing clips from blatant ripoffs of famous movies now starring him -- ''[[Franchise/StarWars Plankton Wars]]'', ''[[Film/GoneWithTheWind Gone With the Plankton]]'', ''[[Film/AFewGoodMen A Few Good Plankton]]'', ''[[Film/Titanic1997 Planktanic]]'', and ''[[Film/SchindlersList Plankton's List]]''.
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: For the first time since the fifth edition, E350 doesn't open the year with a musical number. In fact, he doesn't appear at all.
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* ''Halloween Unspectacular X''

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* ''Halloween ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13709320/1/Halloween-Unspectacular-X Halloween Unspectacular X''X]]''
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* ''Halloween Unspectacular X''
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* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler:The final chapter reveals that E350 might be carrying a ''lot'' of mental baggage under his usual happy-go-lucky exterior, if the letter he wrote to himself ("You are a fraud, and in time everyone will know who you really are.") is any indication. Sandy tries to reassure him that it's okay to need help, but she's interrupted by Jimmy's ManchurianAgent programming kicking in.]]

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* TakeThat: In "Robot Wars" Peridot and Lapis accidentally destroy Cleveland. No one notices for years.
** In the above ''Series/{{COPS}}'' reference, E350 calls it a "pretty awful show".

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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
** During the song in the first chapter, the people and things E3 [[SelfDeprecation claims his writing makes look good]] are Creator/DanBrown, Creator/ZackSnyder, Creator/AynRand, ''Literature/TheHost'', Creator/EdWood, Creator/GeorgeLucas, and Tim Kring.
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In "Robot Wars" Peridot and Lapis accidentally destroy Cleveland. No one notices for years.
** In the above above-mentioned ''Series/{{COPS}}'' reference, E350 calls it a "pretty awful show".
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-->'''E350:''' ''(answering the phone);; E350 speaking.\\

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-->'''E350:''' --->'''E350:''' ''(answering the phone);; phone)'' E350 speaking.\\

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** The BadGuyBar that the villains frequent is called the [[WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys Backslide Tavern]]. "Ten Decades" also mentions a stolen runabout in the first part.

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** The BadGuyBar that the villains frequent is called the [[WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys Backslide Tavern]]. "Ten Decades" also mentions a stolen runabout
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in the first part."Aliens and Monsters" segment from "The Reject Shop":
-->'''E350:''' ''(answering the phone);; E350 speaking.\\
'''Timmy:''' Hey, I need you to come over here.\\
'''E350:''' [[WebVideo/CodeMENT I can't, I'm buying clothes.]]\\
'''Timmy:''' We're not doing that joke.

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