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* '''Straight''': ''The Alice Show'' is serialized with significant continuity. In an early episode, "Charlie's Chili," Charlie teaches Alice his recipe for chili. This seems to be all on the matter, until Alice cooks her own variation on the recipe to win a cookoff in the next season.
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* '''Straight''': The animated series ''The Alice Show'' is serialized with significant continuity. In an early episode, "Charlie's Chili," Charlie teaches Alice his recipe for chili. This seems to be all on the matter, until Alice cooks her own variation on the recipe to win a cookoff cook-off in the next season.
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** On top of the main plot, "Charlie's Chili" has Alice buy new oven mitts, change a lightbulb, and joke about her car needing an oil change. All of these become plot points in later episodes.
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** On top of the main plot, "Charlie's Chili" has Alice buy some new oven mitts, change a lightbulb, and joke about her car needing an oil change. All of these become plot points in later episodes.episodes; the oven mitts were created by Alice's DisappearedDad, Bob, who she tracks down for an entire season, the lightbulb turns out to be an important part in defeating TheBully Danny, and the joke about her car needing an oil change becomes true when Alice runs out of gas just when she's about to meet Bob, causing him to abandon the meeting and leaving Alice with an HeroicBSOD.
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** During the production of "Alice's Cookoff" the producers decided it would save cost if they [[StockFootage reused the (albeit slightly recolored) chili cells from "Charlie's Chili"]] and the writers wrote around it.
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** During the production of "Alice's Cookoff" Cookoff", the producers decided it would save cost if they [[StockFootage reused the (albeit slightly recolored) recolored chili animation cells from "Charlie's Chili"]] Chili"]], and the writers wrote around it.
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* '''Enforced''': After "Charlie's Chili" was an unexpected fan-favorite episode, the writers decided to give some of the popular elements recurring purpose.
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** After "Charlie's Chili" was an unexpected fan-favorite episode, the writers decided to give some of the popular elements recurringpurpose.purpose.
** During the production of "Alice's Cookoff" the producers decided it would save cost if they [[StockFootage reused the (albeit slightly recolored) chili cells from "Charlie's Chili"]] and the writers wrote around it.
** After "Charlie's Chili" was an unexpected fan-favorite episode, the writers decided to give some of the popular elements recurring
** During the production of "Alice's Cookoff" the producers decided it would save cost if they [[StockFootage reused the (albeit slightly recolored) chili cells from "Charlie's Chili"]] and the writers wrote around it.
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** Alice, some time after this encounter, opens up a diner with Charlie's signature chili.
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** Alice, some time after this encounter, opens up a diner with Charlie's signature chili.
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* '''Inverted''': "Charlie's Chili" seems to be important, but the main points become [[RedHerring Red Herrings]] or [[AbortedArc Aborted Arcs]].
* '''Subverted''': "The Alice Show" is notorious for its continuity and every episode mattering. Despite this, when the series ends, "Charlie's Chili" turns out to be the exception.
* '''Double Subverted''': As it turns out, "Charlie's Chili" ''was'' supposed to be important, but the tie-in got scrapped due to time. When "The Alice Show" was unexpectedly renewed, a plot connection was written in.
* '''Subverted''': "The Alice Show" is notorious for its continuity and every episode mattering. Despite this, when the series ends, "Charlie's Chili" turns out to be the exception.
* '''Double Subverted''': As it turns out, "Charlie's Chili" ''was'' supposed to be important, but the tie-in got scrapped due to time. When "The Alice Show" was unexpectedly renewed, a plot connection was written in.
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* '''Inverted''': "Charlie's Chili" seems to be important, but the main points become [[RedHerring Red Herrings]] RedHerring[=s=] or [[AbortedArc Aborted Arcs]].
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* '''Subverted''':"The ''The Alice Show" Show'' is notorious for its continuity and every episode mattering. Despite this, when the series ends, "Charlie's Chili" turns out to be the exception.
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* '''Double Subverted''': As it turns out, "Charlie's Chili" ''was'' supposed to be important, but the tie-in got scrapped due to time. When "The Alice Show" was unexpectedly
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* '''Zig Zagged''': "Charlie's Chili" becomes important later, but not for the reasons one would normally expect.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': '''Zig-Zagged''': "Charlie's Chili" becomes important later, but not for the reasons one would normally expect.
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* '''Played For Laughs''': The events of 'Charlie's Chili' are the setup for a really long BrickJoke.
* '''Played For Drama''': [[CerebusCallback A later revelation paints the events of 'Charlie's Chili' in a darker light.]]
* '''Played For Drama''': [[CerebusCallback A later revelation paints the events of 'Charlie's Chili' in a darker light.]]
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* '''Played For for Laughs''': The events of 'Charlie's Chili' "Charlie's Chili" are the setup for a really long BrickJoke.
* '''PlayedFor for Drama''': [[CerebusCallback A later revelation paints the events of 'Charlie's Chili' "Charlie's Chili" in a darker light.]]
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* '''Inverted''': "Charlie's Chili" seems to be important, but the main points become [[RedHerring Red Herrings]] or [[Aborted Arc AbortedArcs]].
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* '''Inverted''': "Charlie's Chili" seems to be important, but the main points become [[RedHerring Red Herrings]] or [[Aborted Arc AbortedArcs]].[[AbortedArc Aborted Arcs]].
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'''Basic Trope:''' A seemingly unimportant episode has plot-relevant matters only clear in hindsight.
* '''Straight''': ''The Alice Show'' is serialized with significant continuity. In an early episode, "Charlie's Chili," Charlie teaches Alice his recipe for chili. This seems to be all on the matter, until Alice cooks her own variation on the recipe to win a cookoff in the next season.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice, some time after this encounter, opens up a diner with Charlie's signature chili.
** Charlie, from this episode, appears to be a one-off character. As of next season, he's [[AscendedExtra promoted to the main cast]].
** On top of the main plot, "Charlie's Chili" has Alice buy new oven mitts, change a lightbulb, and joke about her car needing an oil change. All of these become plot points in later episodes.
** As of "Charlie's Chili," ''The Alice Show'' runs on NegativeContinuity. However, the next season introduces ContinuityCreep that includes bits from that episode.
* '''Downplayed''':
** After this episode, Charlie makes occasional cameos, but he's never crucial to the plot.
** This episode makes it clear that Alice learning the chili recipe will be important. The lightbulb, she changed, however, has unexpected relevance later on.
* '''Justified''': Alice didn't think any of this would matter either. If she did, maybe she'd have paid more attention.
* '''Inverted''': "Charlie's Chili" seems to be important, but the main points become [[RedHerring Red Herrings]] or [[Aborted Arc AbortedArcs]].
* '''Subverted''': "The Alice Show" is notorious for its continuity and every episode mattering. Despite this, when the series ends, "Charlie's Chili" turns out to be the exception.
* '''Double Subverted''': As it turns out, "Charlie's Chili" ''was'' supposed to be important, but the tie-in got scrapped due to time. When "The Alice Show" was unexpectedly renewed, a plot connection was written in.
* '''Parodied''': "Charlie's Chili" is written like a BreatherEpisode, except any insinuation of greater importance is [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall written off with]] SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.
* '''Zig Zagged''': "Charlie's Chili" becomes important later, but not for the reasons one would normally expect.
* '''Averted''':
** Episodes that appear innocuous stay that way.
** ''The Alice Show'' has NegativeContinuity.
* '''Enforced''': After "Charlie's Chili" was an unexpected fan-favorite episode, the writers decided to give some of the popular elements recurring purpose.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hi Charlie! Didn't expect to see you again!"
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%% * '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Alice makes a point to stay in touch with Charlie after the episode.
* '''Discussed''': "I didn't know it at the time, but that time Charlie taught me how to make chili really became important."
* '''Conversed''': "Sorry for telling you 'Charlie's Chili' was skippable. I thought it was just filler."
* '''Played For Laughs''': The events of 'Charlie's Chili' are the setup for a really long BrickJoke.
* '''Played For Drama''': [[CerebusCallback A later revelation paints the events of 'Charlie's Chili' in a darker light.]]
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%%* '''Implied''':
%%* '''Deconstructed''':
%%* '''Reconstructed''':
%%* '''Played for Horror''':
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
* '''Straight''': ''The Alice Show'' is serialized with significant continuity. In an early episode, "Charlie's Chili," Charlie teaches Alice his recipe for chili. This seems to be all on the matter, until Alice cooks her own variation on the recipe to win a cookoff in the next season.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Alice, some time after this encounter, opens up a diner with Charlie's signature chili.
** Charlie, from this episode, appears to be a one-off character. As of next season, he's [[AscendedExtra promoted to the main cast]].
** On top of the main plot, "Charlie's Chili" has Alice buy new oven mitts, change a lightbulb, and joke about her car needing an oil change. All of these become plot points in later episodes.
** As of "Charlie's Chili," ''The Alice Show'' runs on NegativeContinuity. However, the next season introduces ContinuityCreep that includes bits from that episode.
* '''Downplayed''':
** After this episode, Charlie makes occasional cameos, but he's never crucial to the plot.
** This episode makes it clear that Alice learning the chili recipe will be important. The lightbulb, she changed, however, has unexpected relevance later on.
* '''Justified''': Alice didn't think any of this would matter either. If she did, maybe she'd have paid more attention.
* '''Inverted''': "Charlie's Chili" seems to be important, but the main points become [[RedHerring Red Herrings]] or [[Aborted Arc AbortedArcs]].
* '''Subverted''': "The Alice Show" is notorious for its continuity and every episode mattering. Despite this, when the series ends, "Charlie's Chili" turns out to be the exception.
* '''Double Subverted''': As it turns out, "Charlie's Chili" ''was'' supposed to be important, but the tie-in got scrapped due to time. When "The Alice Show" was unexpectedly renewed, a plot connection was written in.
* '''Parodied''': "Charlie's Chili" is written like a BreatherEpisode, except any insinuation of greater importance is [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall written off with]] SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.
* '''Zig Zagged''': "Charlie's Chili" becomes important later, but not for the reasons one would normally expect.
* '''Averted''':
** Episodes that appear innocuous stay that way.
** ''The Alice Show'' has NegativeContinuity.
* '''Enforced''': After "Charlie's Chili" was an unexpected fan-favorite episode, the writers decided to give some of the popular elements recurring purpose.
* '''Lampshaded''': "Hi Charlie! Didn't expect to see you again!"
%% * '''Invoked''':
%% * '''Exploited''':
* '''Defied''': Alice makes a point to stay in touch with Charlie after the episode.
* '''Discussed''': "I didn't know it at the time, but that time Charlie taught me how to make chili really became important."
* '''Conversed''': "Sorry for telling you 'Charlie's Chili' was skippable. I thought it was just filler."
* '''Played For Laughs''': The events of 'Charlie's Chili' are the setup for a really long BrickJoke.
* '''Played For Drama''': [[CerebusCallback A later revelation paints the events of 'Charlie's Chili' in a darker light.]]
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%%* '''Implied''':
%%* '''Deconstructed''':
%%* '''Reconstructed''':
%%* '''Played for Horror''':
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
