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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Turns out, none of Abbott's staff did due diligence in regards to filming. To get the videos for the attack ad, a crew came in, asked for permission to enter the school and asked for people to sign permissions to use their image, all of them did under the impression that they were the crew that was already filming them, and did not bother to check that they were a different crew or by whom they were sent. Thus, the ad was made legally and with their consent, and there's nothing they can do.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Tariq talks with Gregory about Janine's favorite movie which he can't remember. Near the end, Greg correctly guesses that it's ''Film/Jumanji''.
* TheMole: Legendary Charter School was able to enter the school since they passed off as the {{Mokumentary}} crew that Ava hired.
* TheMole: Legendary Charter School was able to enter the school since they passed off as the {{Mokumentary}} crew that Ava hired.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Tariq talks with Gregory about Janine's favorite movie which he can't remember. Near the end, Greg correctly guesses that it's ''Film/Jumanji''.
''Film/{{Jumanji}}''.
* TheMole: Legendary Charter School was able to enter the school since they passed off as the{{Mokumentary}} {{Mockumentary}} crew that Ava hired.
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* BeCarefulForWhatYouWishFor: Janine expresses eagerness in catching up with Tariq for the sake of reliving old times. Then she finds that he doodled on her desk with permanent marker followed by a call from the chump asking her to give him a ride.
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* BeCarefulForWhatYouWishFor: BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Janine expresses eagerness in catching up with Tariq for the sake of reliving old times. Then she finds that he doodled on her desk with permanent marker followed by a call from the chump asking her to give him a ride.
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* BeCarefulForWhatYouWishFor: Janine expresses eagerness in catching up with Tariq for the sake of reliving old times. Then she finds that he doodled on her desk with permanent marker followed by a call from the chump asking her to give him a ride.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Barbara reveals that Draemond suffered a troubled homelife when he was only a child and believed that the world had turned against him.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Barbara reveals that Draemond suffered a troubled homelife when he was only a child and boy who believed that the world had turned against him.
* IronicEcho: Tariq has trouble naming Janine's favorite movie while he's talking with Greg. His inability to think of the movie just encourages Janine's decision to renounce him.
* MeaningfulEcho: Tariq talks with Gregory about Janine's favorite movie which he can't remember. Near the end, Greg correctly guesses that it's ''Film/Jumanji''.
* MoralityPet: Draemond still holds Ms. Howard with high regard. And it's thanks to her intervention that he decides to take down the commercial. That said, she wasn't able to talk him out of his true operation.
* TheStinger: After replanting the flowers in the school garden, Tariq explains how he's made progress as a rising song writer. He was even hired by Legendary Charter Schools to write their jingle.
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* UnwantedAssistance: Janine doesn't appreciate Gregory warning him about Tariq's intentions with their "catch up" and says that it's "none of his business".
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* UnwantedAssistance: UnwantedAssistance:
** Janine doesn't appreciate Gregory warning him about Tariq's intentions with their "catch up" and says that it's "none of hisbusiness". business".
** Barbara doesn't approve of Draemond's methods of building up charter schools as it involves dragging public school teachers through the mud.
* VillainHasAPoint: Despite his approval for the slanderous ad, Draemond does bring up valid points about Abbott's poor conditions mixed with Ava's less than stellar experience as a principal.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Draemond reveals himself to be this type of villain. After leaving Abbott and bouncing around public schools, he ended up in a charter school that gave him everything he needed to succeed in life. This developed his new desire of turning Abbott into a charter school while slandering public schools to gain support.
** Janine doesn't appreciate Gregory warning him about Tariq's intentions with their "catch up" and says that it's "none of his
** Barbara doesn't approve of Draemond's methods of building up charter schools as it involves dragging public school teachers through the mud.
* VillainHasAPoint: Despite his approval for the slanderous ad, Draemond does bring up valid points about Abbott's poor conditions mixed with Ava's less than stellar experience as a principal.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Draemond reveals himself to be this type of villain. After leaving Abbott and bouncing around public schools, he ended up in a charter school that gave him everything he needed to succeed in life. This developed his new desire of turning Abbott into a charter school while slandering public schools to gain support.
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* CoincidentalBroadcast: Subverted. The teachers learn there's a commercial attacking them on the television and turn on the TV, hoping to watch it...only to see a totally unrelated commercial. Ava comes in with it loaded onto a laptop.
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* CoincidentalBroadcast: Subverted. The teachers learn there's a commercial attacking them on ComicallyMissingThePoint: Draemond points out that their principal knows more about the television and turn on the TV, hoping to watch it...only to see a totally unrelated commercial. cast of ''Series/LoveIsland'' then she does her own students. Ava comes in with it loaded onto a laptop.confirms that she knows ''just as much''.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Barbara reveals that Draemond suffered a troubled homelife when he was only a child and believed that the world had turned against him.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The Abbott commercial slanders all of the teachers with the exception of Barbara Howard. Additionally, she's the first one who insists that they don't fight whoever created it after Melissa learns who's responsible. When Draemond introduces himself, he reveals that he came from Abbott and thinks highly of his old teacher Ms. Howard.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: While Barbara remembers Draemond as a troubled boy growing up, Ava and Melissa remind her that he's now a full grown man who's tarnishing Abbott's reputation.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: While Barbara remembers Draemond as a troubled boy growing up, Ava and Melissa remind her that he's now a full grown man who's tarnishing Abbott's reputation.
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* UnwantedAssistance: Janine doesn't appreciate Gregory warning him about Tariq's intentions with their "catch up" and says that it's "none of his business".
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Ava thinks that calling Draemond via phone isn't going to work given his status as a CEO. To her shock, the weirdo actually answers Jacob's call.
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* AnswerCut: After her fellow queen applauds her for finding the rat behind the commercial and asks for her secret, Melissa assures her that "she has her ways". The confession cut reveals that she just Googled it but she likes to maintain an aura of darkness.
* ContinuityNod: Tariq catches [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS1E07ArtTeacher Gregory working on the school garden]] while [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial insisting that he wasn't doing anything to make it better]].
* EtTuBrute: Mr. Hill is heartbroken to hear that his student Joshua is being transferred to a charter school.
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* {{Malaproper}}: Melissa says the commercial triggered her "fight or fight" response. Gregory tries to correct her, saying it's "fight or flight", but she scoffs.
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* {{Malaproper}}: LoveTriangle: Janine looks noticeably uncomfortable as she sees Amber shooting the breeze with Gregory.
* {{Malaproper}}:
** Melissa says the commercial triggered her "fight or fight" response. Gregory tries to correct her, saying it's "fight or flight", but she scoffs.
* {{Malaproper}}:
** Melissa says the commercial triggered her "fight or fight" response. Gregory tries to correct her, saying it's "fight or flight", but she scoffs.
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** Later when Barbara tires to get her friends to let the issue go by insisting "they go low, we go high", Melissa interprets it as striking them in the eyes and nose.
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* SkewedPriorities: Ava doesn't like the sudden rise in transfers because it means more paperwork for her to fill out.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Now that they identified the source behind the slanderous commercial as a man named Draemond, Ava and Melissa plan on going to his mother[=/=]grandma for revenge.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Now that they identified the source behind the slanderous commercial as a man named Draemond, Ava and Melissa plan on going to his mother[=/=]grandma for revenge.
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* ColdOpen: The story begins with Jacob spilling the tea to Gregory about a student's mother who was arrested for protesting better working conditions. As he hears the ''chisme'', Greg manages a game of Red Light, Green Light with his class.
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* FanBoy:
** Tariq is an anime and manga fan and collected various toys from his favorite media.
** Jacob is a fan of ''Manga/OnePunchMan''.
** Tariq is an anime and manga fan and collected various toys from his favorite media.
** Jacob is a fan of ''Manga/OnePunchMan''.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Tariq once told Janine that he considered his plush Charmeleon to be the only one who ''understood him''.
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* ManipulativeEditing: The producer of the slanderous commercial took clips of the Abbott staff going about their school days and manipulate them into looking like oppressive and insensitive teachers.
* TheMole: Legendary Charter School was able to enter the school since they passed off as the {{Mokumentary}} crew that Ava hired.
* NoodleIncident: Janine recalls a time she and Tariq went to Medieval Times which led to Tariq freeing all the horses.
* TheMole: Legendary Charter School was able to enter the school since they passed off as the {{Mokumentary}} crew that Ava hired.
* NoodleIncident: Janine recalls a time she and Tariq went to Medieval Times which led to Tariq freeing all the horses.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Turns out, none of Abbott's staff did due diligence in regards to filming. To get the videos for the attack ad, a crew came in, asked for permission to enter the school and asked for people to sign permissions to use their image, all of them did under the impression that they were the crew that was already filming them, and did not bother to check that they were a different crew or by whom they were sent. Thus, the ad was made legally and with their consent, and there's nothing they can do.
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* LoopholeAbuse: The staff has no legal recourse for stopping the commercial as Ava gave the film crew permission to enter the school and the staff members all signed the liability waivers without reading the fine print.
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* WhamLine: At the end of the episode, Draemond reveals his plan to take over Abbott and turn it into a charter school, introducing an overarching threat into a show that had been thus far episodic.
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* WhamLine: At the end of the episode, Draemond reveals his plan to take over Abbott and turn it into a charter school, introducing an overarching threat into a show that had been thus far episodic.episodic:
-->'''Draemond:''' I plan to turn every elementary school in Philadelphia into a Legendary school. Next stop: Abbott.
-->'''Draemond:''' I plan to turn every elementary school in Philadelphia into a Legendary school. Next stop: Abbott.
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* RacialFaceBlindness: Ava let the charter school's film crew in, not realizing they weren't the {{Mockumentary}} crew they're used to, since all film crews are made up of "moderately attractive white men with beards."
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* CoincidentalBroadcast: Subverted. The teachers learn there's a commercial attacking them on the television and turn on the TV, hoping to watch it...only to see a totally unrelalted commercial. Ava comes in with it loaded onto a laptop.
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* CoincidentalBroadcast: Subverted. The teachers learn there's a commercial attacking them on the television and turn on the TV, hoping to watch it...only to see a totally unrelalted unrelated commercial. Ava comes in with it loaded onto a laptop.
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** Tariq kept merchandise of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}, and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (among other interests) at the place he shared with his now ex-girlfriend.
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** Tariq kept merchandise of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}, ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (among other interests) at the place he shared with his now ex-girlfriend.
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* ArousedByTheirVoice: After one phone call Gregory says Draemond (played by Broadway vet Creator/LeslieOdomJr with his natural baritone) "sounds handsome" and is giggly at their first meeting.
* AsideGlance: Gregory stares at the camera when he says that ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' is Janine's favorite movie.
* AsideGlance: Gregory stares at the camera when he says that ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' is Janine's favorite movie.
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* ArousedByTheirVoice: After one phone call Gregory Jacob says Draemond (played by Broadway vet Creator/LeslieOdomJr with his natural baritone) "sounds handsome" and is giggly at their first meeting.
* AsideGlance: Gregory stares at the camera aghast when hesays that ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' is Janine's realizes Tariq (who dated Janine for a decade) doesn't know her favorite movie.movie. When he then lets her know that he knows it's ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'', he then smugly looks at the camera.
* AsideGlance: Gregory stares at the camera aghast when he
* OldFlameFizzle: When Janine's childish ex-boyfriend Tariq rolls back in town, she's first taken in by his charm and agrees to have dinner with him. When she realizes he's still the same exploitative douchebag she broke up with, however, she shuts it down, reassured that she made the right choice in dumping him.
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* WhamLine: Two from Draemond:
** One when he reveals Barb was his teacher...
** and another when he reveals his plan to take over Abbott and turn it into a charter school.
** One when he reveals Barb was his teacher...
** and another when he reveals his plan to take over Abbott and turn it into a charter school.
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* WhamLine: Two from Draemond:
** One when he reveals Barb was his teacher...
** and another when heAt the end of the episode, Draemond reveals his plan to take over Abbott and turn it into a charter school.school, introducing an overarching threat into a show that had been thus far episodic.
** One when he reveals Barb was his teacher...
** and another when he
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* AutoErotica: After one phone call Gregory says Draemond (played by Broadway vet Creator/LeslieOdomJr with his natural baritone) "sounds handsome" and is giggly at their first meeting.
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* AutoErotica: ArousedByTheirVoice: After one phone call Gregory says Draemond (played by Broadway vet Creator/LeslieOdomJr with his natural baritone) "sounds handsome" and is giggly at their first meeting.
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* AutoErotica: After one phone call Gregory says Draemond (played by Broadway vet Creator/LeslieOdomJr with his natural baritone) "sounds handsome" and is giggly at their first meeting.
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Jacob does this when he calls the CEO.
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Jacob's phone call to Draemond starts with threats, then Jacob does this when he calls the CEO.agreeing to a meeting, then Jacob being happy that Draemond complimented his voice.
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* PetTheDog: In-universe example; the charter school CEO, a former student of Barb who attended Abbott, portrays only her in a positive light (and portrays her as a charter school teacher) because she was his favorite teacher at Abbott.
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* PetTheDog: PetTheDog:
** In-universe example; the charter school CEO, a former student of Barb who attended Abbott, portrays only her in a positive light (and portrays her as a charter school teacher) because she was his favorite teacher atAbbott.Abbott.
** Jacob's students make fun of him all the time, but they do like him, which shines through in this episode when one of them sees the ad and assures Jacob that they all know he's doing the best he can.
** In-universe example; the charter school CEO, a former student of Barb who attended Abbott, portrays only her in a positive light (and portrays her as a charter school teacher) because she was his favorite teacher at
** Jacob's students make fun of him all the time, but they do like him, which shines through in this episode when one of them sees the ad and assures Jacob that they all know he's doing the best he can.
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* BitingTheHandHumor: The slanderous ad about the school is being run on Creator/{{Hulu}}, the show's streaming hub.
* CoincidentalBroadcast: Subverted. The teachers learn there's a commercial attacking them on the television and turn on the TV, hoping to watch it...only to see a totally unrelalted commercial. Ava comes in with it loaded onto a laptop.
* {{Malaproper}}: Melissa says the commercial triggered her "fight or fight" response. Gregory tries to correct her, saying it's "fight or flight", but she scoffs.
-->'''Melissa:''' No, I'm not a flipping bird, Gregory.
-->'''Melissa:''' No, I'm not a flipping bird, Gregory.
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* ShoutOut: Tariq kept merchandise of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}, and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (among other interests) at the place he shared with his now ex-girlfriend.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Tariq kept merchandise of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}, and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (among other interests) at the place he shared with his nowex-girlfriend.ex-girlfriend.
** Jacob finds out about the commercial from a student talking about ''Anime/OnePunchMan''.
** Tariq kept merchandise of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}, and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (among other interests) at the place he shared with his now
** Jacob finds out about the commercial from a student talking about ''Anime/OnePunchMan''.
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* AsideGlance: Gregory gives one to the camera when he says that ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' is Janine's favorite movie.
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* ShoutOut: Tariq kept merchandise of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}, and ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' (among other interests) at the place he shared with his now ex-girlfriend.
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* BrickJoke: TheStinger reveals Tariq composed the charter school's extremely catchy jingle.
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* FullNameUltimatum: Barbara orders her former student Draemond into her classroom by sternly calling him by his full name. He immediately obeys, respectfully saying "Yes, Mrs. Howard" and following her with his tail between his legs.
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* AsideGlance: Gregory gives one to the camera when he says that ''Flim/Jumanji" ''Film/{{Jumanji}}'' is Janine's favorite movie.
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* SuckySchool: Deliberately exaggerated InUniverse by the attack ad to make Abbott seem much worse than it actually is.
* TakeAThirdOption: Rather than attack Abbott, by the end of the episode, Draemond reveals to the film crew that he plans to turn Abbott into a charter school.
* TakeAThirdOption: Rather than attack Abbott, by the end of the episode, Draemond reveals to the film crew that he plans to turn Abbott into a charter school.
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* AsideGlance: Gregory gives one to the camera when he says that
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Jacob does this when he calls the CEO.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Jacob does this when he calls the CEO.
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** and another when he reveals his plan to take over Abbott and turn it into a charter school.
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"Attack Ad" is the seventh episode of ''Series/AbbottElementary's'' second season.
The school is hit with an attack ad from a charter school company, portraying Abbott and all of the teachers except Barb in a bad light. With a number of parents pulling their kids out of the school and transferring to charter schools, the teachers attempt to get the ad taken down. When their attempts fail, Jacob calls the CEO of the charter company, who, to his surprise agrees to come down. It turns out, he has a special connection to Barb, who manages to convince him to take the ad down. Meanwhile, Tariq is back in town to pick up his stuff from Janine's apartment, and wants to try and hook up with Janine again. Janine agrees to go out to dinner with him again, but after talking to Gregory and remembering how burdensome and inconsiderate he was, she changes her mind, and Tariq reveals he already has a new girlfriend.
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!!This episode contains examples of:
* DiggingYourselfDeeper:
* PetTheDog: In-universe example; the charter school CEO, a former student of Barb who attended Abbott, portrays only her in a positive light (and portrays her as a charter school teacher) because she was his favorite teacher at Abbott.
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The school is hit with an attack ad from a charter school company, portraying Abbott and all of the teachers except Barb in a bad light. With a number of parents pulling their kids out of the school and transferring to charter schools, the teachers attempt to get the ad taken down. When their attempts fail, Jacob calls the CEO of the charter company, who, to his surprise agrees to come down. It turns out, he has a special connection to Barb, who manages to convince him to take the ad down. Meanwhile, Tariq is back in town to pick up his stuff from Janine's apartment, and wants to try and hook up with Janine again. Janine agrees to go out to dinner with him again, but after talking to Gregory and remembering how burdensome and inconsiderate he was, she changes her mind, and Tariq reveals he already has a new girlfriend.
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!!This episode contains examples of:
* DiggingYourselfDeeper:
* PetTheDog: In-universe example; the charter school CEO, a former student of Barb who attended Abbott, portrays only her in a positive light (and portrays her as a charter school teacher) because she was his favorite teacher at Abbott.
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