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** She also has a grandmother with dementia whose been living in her apartment while Ava's family find her a decent home.

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** She also has a grandmother with dementia whose who's been living in her apartment while Ava's family find finds her a decent home.
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"Step Class" is the eight episode of ''Series/AbbottElementary'''s first season.

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"Step Class" is the eight ninth episode of ''Series/AbbottElementary'''s first season.

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Incredibly Lame Pun is just a redirect of Pun. Lame Pun Reaction is for when someone acknowledges a bad pun.


* IncrediblyLamePun At the performance's aftermath, Janine proudly declares to Ava that she "stepped up". Ava unamusingly points out that she was waiting all week to use that joke.


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* LamePunReaction: At the performance's aftermath, Janine proudly declares to Ava that she "stepped up". Ava unamusingly points out that she was waiting all week to use that joke.
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* CassandraTruth: The two queens warn Janine that nothing good will come with giving Ava a leadership position in her step class as they know she'll let her down in some way. Despite the warnings, Janine brushes them off wanting to give Ava a chance.

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* CassandraTruth: The two queens Janine's senpais warn Janine her that nothing good will come with giving Ava a leadership position in her step class as they know she'll let her and the students down in some way. Despite the warnings, Janine brushes them off wanting to give Ava a chance.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: While Ava spent most of her time gossiping with the girls (and Jermaine) while eating junk food, she's also shown to be a professional step teacher and has organized a stellar dance that the kids enjoy learning.

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* BunnyEarsLawyer: While Ava spent most of her time gossiping with the girls [[TheOneGuy (and Jermaine) Jermaine)]] while eating junk food, she's also shown to be a professional step teacher and has organized a stellar dance that the kids enjoy learning.



* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Barbara and Melissa repeatedly warn Janine about giving too much trust in Ava given her history in self-service and letting down anyone she comes into contact with. And she comes to doing that during the big performance but for unexpected reasons.

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* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Barbara and Melissa repeatedly warn Janine about giving too much trust in Ava given her history in self-service and letting down anyone she comes into contact with. And she comes dangerously close to doing that during the big performance where she has to leave them but for unexpected reasons.



** She also has a grandmother with dementia whose been living with her apartment while Ava's family find her a home.

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** She also has a grandmother with dementia whose been living with in her apartment while Ava's family find her a decent home.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Given her track record, Ava is regarded as a selfish woman who will do anything as long as it benefits her. Melissa even admits that she once pushed a child during a fire drill.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Given her track record, Ava is regarded as a selfish woman who will do anything as long as it benefits her. Melissa even admits reveals that she the principal once pushed a child aside during a fire drill.drill.
* NoJustNoReaction: Barbara and Janine have this reaction every-time Jacob brings up Morehouse.



** After Gregory defends himself saying he was "Born This Way", Jacob tells him not to slander [[{{Music/LadyGaga Lady Gaga's]] good name.

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** After Gregory defends himself saying he was "Born This Way", Jacob tells him not to slander [[{{Music/LadyGaga [[{{Music/LadyGaga}} Lady Gaga's]] good name.
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* TheFarmerAndTheViper:
* FriendshipMoment:
* GossipyHens Ava takeover chisme.

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* TheFarmerAndTheViper:
TheFarmerAndTheViper: Barbara and Melissa repeatedly warn Janine about giving too much trust in Ava given her history in self-service and letting down anyone she comes into contact with. And she comes to doing that during the big performance but for unexpected reasons.
* FriendshipMoment:
FriendshipMoment: The last scene has Janine step dancing alone in her classroom. Ava happens to walk on by and joins her which leads to the two women enjoying a silent moment of in-synch dancing.
* GossipyHens Ava takeover chisme.spends her time getting into chisme with the step dancers.



** Ava six years step in college
** She also had a grandmother with dementia and has been living with Ava for the time being.
* IncrediblyLamePun Stepped up all week

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** Ava spent six years in a professional step dancing program while in college
college.
** She also had has a grandmother with dementia and has whose been living with Ava for the time being.
her apartment while Ava's family find her a home.
* IncrediblyLamePun Stepped up At the performance's aftermath, Janine proudly declares to Ava that she "stepped up". Ava unamusingly points out that she was waiting all weekweek to use that joke.



* ItsAllAboutMe: Ava team push child
* OneOfTheKids: Ava proves to be popular with the kids
* PickyEater: Gregory
* PsychologicalProjection:
* RelationshipUpgrade
* RightForTheWrongReasons:
* SecretKeeper:

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Given her track record, Ava team push child
is regarded as a selfish woman who will do anything as long as it benefits her. Melissa even admits that she once pushed a child during a fire drill.
* OneOfTheKids: Ava proves to be very popular with the kids
kids as she engages in good gossip, brings delicious junk food to share, and incorporates a fresh and fun dance number that the kids enjoy.
* PickyEater: Gregory
Gregory is forced to admit that he doesn't like pizza, or most other foods, and that he only has a select few options that he enjoys.
* PsychologicalProjection:
PsychologicalProjection: While comforting Janine after she was dethroned by Ava, Greg's motivational speech has references to his own situation about being picked on for being weird and having different tastes.
* RelationshipUpgrade
RelationshipUpgrade: Melissa is now in a steady relationship with Gary.
* RightForTheWrongReasons:
RightForTheWrongReasons: Barbara and Melissa end up being right about Ava bailing on the step class as she has to attend to other affairs. But as Janine learns, her reasons are actually sympathetic.
* SecretKeeper: Janine decides to keep Ava's situation with her grandmother a secret from the rest of the faculty.



Stomp the Yard Major Payne
BornThisWay
* StartMyOwn: Janine considers starting her own
* TakeThat: Ava tries to get the kids cryptocurrency
* ThisIsGonnaSuck Meli Barbs
* WeNeedADistraction: Johnson
* YouOweMe: Jacob toll roads

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Stomp ** Janine's step class is compared to ''Stomp the Yard Major Payne
BornThisWay
Yard'' and she herself is christened as ''Film/MajorPayne''.
** After Gregory defends himself saying he was "Born This Way", Jacob tells him not to slander [[{{Music/LadyGaga Lady Gaga's]] good name.
* StartMyOwn: Janine considers starting her own
own step class but shoots down the idea after talking things out with Greg and Jacob.
* TakeThat: Ava tries to get the kids cryptocurrency
to invest in [[{{UsefulNotes/Bitcoin}} cryptocurrency]].
* ThisIsGonnaSuck Meli Barbs
ThisIsGonnaSuck: Melissa and Barbara only expect the worse in Ava and how she'll bring disaster after her admittance into the dance club.
* WeNeedADistraction: Johnson
Johnson entertains the audience with silly magic tricks while Janine looks for Ava.
* YouOweMe: Jacob toll roads tells his new buddy Greg that he expects to be paid not just for the pizza but also for the long agonizing trip he took to Balitmore just to buy him that pie. He even mentions that there were ''toll roads''.

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Ava inserts herself into Janine's afterschool step class and soon takes over through her hedonistic ways. And after the faculty holds "eat-off" where they bring their favorite pizzas to see which is superior, they're horrified to learn that Gregory is a picky eater.

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Ava inserts herself into Janine's afterschool step class and soon takes over through her hedonistic ways.unconventional methods. And after the faculty holds "eat-off" where they bring their favorite pizzas to see which is superior, they're horrified to learn that Gregory is a picky eater.



* BunnyEarsLawyer:
* CassandraTruth: The two queens warn
* ComicalOverreacting:
* ContinuityNod Melissa vending machine
* CrazyPrepared: Jacob Baltimore pizza
* EpicFail Janine Monday
* EtTuBrute: Janine Jasmine

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* BunnyEarsLawyer:
BunnyEarsLawyer: While Ava spent most of her time gossiping with the girls (and Jermaine) while eating junk food, she's also shown to be a professional step teacher and has organized a stellar dance that the kids enjoy learning.
* CassandraTruth: The two queens warn
warn Janine that nothing good will come with giving Ava a leadership position in her step class as they know she'll let her down in some way. Despite the warnings, Janine brushes them off wanting to give Ava a chance.
* ComicalOverreacting:
ComicalOverreacting: Barbara, Melissa and Jacob overreact when they learn how Gregory only likes a few select foods and isn't one to experiment with anything else.
* ContinuityNod Melissa brings up how she's going on another date with [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS1E06GiftedProgram the vending machine
machine guy]].
* CrazyPrepared: Knowing that his new best friend forever wouldn't bring his pizza to the "eat-off", Jacob proudly reveals that he went all the way to Baltimore pizza
to pick up Greg's "favorite" pizza.
* EatingLunchAlone: Gregory has to eat in the car after his coworkers make a mountain of his PickyEater problems.
* EpicFail Janine Monday
is met with booes from her work friends after she declares that Monday is her favorite day of the week.
* EtTuBrute: Janine Jasmineis appalled to see that Jasmine, one of her closest students, siding with Ava during her takeover.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper:
* FriendshipMoment:



* HiddenDepths: Ava six years step in college

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* HiddenDepths: HiddenDepths:
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Ava six years step in collegecollege
** She also had a grandmother with dementia and has been living with Ava for the time being.
* IncrediblyLamePun Stepped up all week



* RightForTheWrongReasons:
* SecretKeeper:



Longest Yard Major Payne

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Longest Stomp the Yard Major Payne


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* WeNeedADistraction: Johnson
* YouOweMe: Jacob toll roads

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Ava inserts herself into Janine's afterschool step class and soon takes over through her hedonistic ways. And after the faculty holds "eat-off" where they bring their favorite pizzas to see which is superior, they're horrified to learn that Gregory is a picky eater.


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* BunnyEarsLawyer:
* CassandraTruth: The two queens warn
* ComicalOverreacting:


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* CrazyPrepared: Jacob Baltimore pizza


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* EtTuBrute: Janine Jasmine
* GossipyHens Ava takeover chisme.
* HiddenDepths: Ava six years step in college
* {{Irony}}: The principal of Abbott Elementary openly professes that she hates school.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Ava team push child
* OneOfTheKids: Ava proves to be popular with the kids
* PickyEater: Gregory
* PsychologicalProjection:


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* ShoutOut
Longest Yard Major Payne
BornThisWay
* StartMyOwn: Janine considers starting her own
* TakeThat: Ava tries to get the kids cryptocurrency
* ThisIsGonnaSuck Meli Barbs
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"Step Class" is the eight episode of ''Series/AbbottElementary'''s first season.


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* ContinuityNod Melissa vending machine
* EpicFail Janine Monday
* RelationshipUpgrade
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