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* AnAesop:
** It's okay to be scared of life problems and there's no shame in sharing them with people you trust.
** It's also okay to take a mental health break (aka a day off) if you need the time to work out your problems.
** It's okay to be scared of life problems and there's no shame in sharing them with people you trust.
** It's also okay to take a mental health break (aka a day off) if you need the time to work out your problems.
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* TastesBetterThanItLooks: Everyone is put off by Jacob's carrot cookies (Gregory even says they look ''alive''), but when Melissa actually tries one, she's forced to admit that they actually taste good.
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* CareerNotTaken: Melissa reveals she wanted to be a firefighter when she was younger. However, the gender politics of the time kept her from pursuing it.
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A surprise fire causes Ava to chicken out and for Gregory to take up the mantle as temporary principal to help the school process the incident. He then has to use his new authority to get Barbara to open up about her personal problems relating to the fire. Melissa, meanwhile, has the time of her life when the firefighters come to visit as she fangirls non-stop over everything firefighter related.
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A surprise fire causes Ava to chicken out and for Gregory to take up the mantle as temporary principal to help the school process the incident. He then has to use his new authority to get Barbara to open up about her personal problems relating to the fire. Melissa, meanwhile, has the time of her life when the firefighters come to visit as she fangirls non-stop over everything firefighter related.the visiting firefighters.
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* ChekhovsGun: Melissa mentions that branches of her family have a legacy as professional firefighters. Jacob uses the Schemmenti name to convince the visiting firefighters to let Melissa use their truck ladder. As it turns out, the Shemmentis are quite beloved among the firefighting community.
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* ChekhovsGun: Melissa mentions that branches of her family have a legacy as professional firefighters. Jacob uses the Schemmenti name to convince the visiting firefighters department to let Melissa use their truck ladder. As it turns out, the Shemmentis are quite beloved among the firefighting community.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Gregory points out that Jacob's cookies look ''alive'', Jacob accepts it since they were made with pro-biotics.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Gregory points out that Jacob's cookies look ''alive'', Jacob accepts it as a compliment since they were made with pro-biotics.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: While explaining how the shawl and candle belong to, Janine makes the conclusion that someone tried to blackmail (frame) Barbara.
* FrameUp: Defied. Janine deduces that someone used cashmere and Jesus to frame Barbara for the fire only for her to admit responsibility for her actions..
* FrameUp: Defied. Janine deduces that someone used cashmere and Jesus to frame Barbara for the fire only for her to admit responsibility for her actions..
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: While explaining how who the shawl and candle belong to, Janine makes the conclusion that someone tried to blackmail (frame) Barbara.
* FrameUp: Defied. Janine deduces that someone used cashmere and Jesus to frame Barbara for the fire only forher Barbara to admit responsibility for her actions..actions.
* FrameUp: Defied. Janine deduces that someone used cashmere and Jesus to frame Barbara for the fire only for
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* InTheBlood: Melissa confesses that her family has a rich history of fighting fires (as firefighters) and fighting fighting.
* InevitablyBrokenRule: During the surprise fire drill, Ms. Schemmenti tells the students to stay calm and not to run. Cue Ava running by and telling the kids to panic.
* InevitablyBrokenRule: During the surprise fire drill, Ms. Schemmenti tells the students to stay calm and not to run. Cue Ava running by and telling the kids to panic.
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* InTheBlood: Melissa She also confesses that her family has a rich history of fighting fires (as firefighters) and fighting fighting.
* InevitablyBrokenRule: During the surprise fire drill, Ms. Schemmenti tells the students to stay calm and not to run. Cue Ava runningby and down the halls telling the kids to panic.
* InevitablyBrokenRule: During the surprise fire drill, Ms. Schemmenti tells the students to stay calm and not to run. Cue Ava running
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* SkewedPriorities: Janine uses Ms. Janet's psychology services to talk about her personal problems and recent life affairs.
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* SkewedPriorities: Janine uses Ms. Janet's psychology psychological services to talk about her personal problems and recent life affairs.
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A surprise fire in the teacher's lounge causes Ava to chicken out and for Gregory to take up the mantle as temporary principal to help the school process the incident. He then has to use his new authority to get Barbara to open up about her personal problems relating to the fire. Melissa, meanwhile, has the time of her life when the firefighters come to visit as she fangirls non-stop over everything firefighter related.
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A surprise fire in the teacher's lounge causes Ava to chicken out and for Gregory to take up the mantle as temporary principal to help the school process the incident. He then has to use his new authority to get Barbara to open up about her personal problems relating to the fire. Melissa, meanwhile, has the time of her life when the firefighters come to visit as she fangirls non-stop over everything firefighter related.
* NoJustNo: Ava has this reaction after seeing Jacob's "carrot cookies".
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* NoJustNo: Ava has this reaction after seeing Jacob's "carrot cookies".
* StickyFingers: Firefighting fangirl Melissa went as far as to steal the keys to the firetruck.
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* StickyFingers: Firefighting fangirl Melissa went as far as to steal the keys to the firetruck.
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Adding link to Avatar The Last Airbender to Cold Open to make the joke clear; fixing link to Teletubbies.
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* ColdOpen: The episode starts with Ava having a rough morning and Jacob trying to get his coworkers to eats his cookies. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked...
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* ColdOpen: The episode starts with Ava having a rough morning and Jacob trying to get his coworkers to eats his cookies. [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked...]]
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* ShoutOut: Ava compares Janine's round face to the Sun Baby from ''Series/Teletubbies''.
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* ShoutOut: Ava compares Janine's round face to the Sun Baby from ''Series/Teletubbies''.''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''.
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* TheReveal: The reason Barbara lit the candle was to pray to the good lord to watch over her husband who's been having terrible health problems.
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* YouAreInCommand: Invoked. With Ava having fled the school, Gregory eagerly takes over as the "Interim" principal and manages relations between Abbott and the fire department.
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* YouAreInCommand: YouAreInCommandNow: Invoked. With Ava having fled the school, Gregory eagerly takes over as the "Interim" principal and manages relations between Abbott and the fire department.
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A surprise fire in the teacher's lounge causes Ava to chicken out and for Gregory to take up the mantle as temporary principal to help the school process the incident. He then has to use his new authority to get Barbara to open up about her personal problems relating to the fire. Melissa, meanwhile, has the time of her life when the firefighters come to visit which is great news for her but bad news for her students who have to deal with her over-enthusiasm.
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A surprise fire in the teacher's lounge causes Ava to chicken out and for Gregory to take up the mantle as temporary principal to help the school process the incident. He then has to use his new authority to get Barbara to open up about her personal problems relating to the fire. Melissa, meanwhile, has the time of her life when the firefighters come to visit which is great news for her but bad news for her students who have to deal with her over-enthusiasm.as she fangirls non-stop over everything firefighter related.
* ChekhovsGun: Melissa mentions that branches of her family have a legacy as professional firefighters. Jacob uses the Schemmenti name to convince the visiting firefighters to let Melissa use their truck ladder. As it turns out, the Shemmentis are quite beloved among the firefighting community.
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* FrameUp: Someone used Barbara's shawl and holy candle to start the fire.
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* FrameUp: Someone Defied. Janine deduces that someone used Barbara's shawl cashmere and holy Jesus to frame Barbara for the fire only for her to admit responsibility for her actions..
* FriendshipMoment: Melissa manages to get Barbara to open about why she's upset about the candle fire. And after learning that it was tostart pray for the fire.health of her husband, Melissa assures her that it's okay to be afraid of things and how she doesn't have to bottle up her fears.
* FriendshipMoment: Melissa manages to get Barbara to open about why she's upset about the candle fire. And after learning that it was to
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* ShoutOut: Ava compares Janine's round face to the Sun Baby from ''Series/Teletubbies''.
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* TheStinger: Jacob leaves his box of cookies in the teacher's lounge in the hopes that someone will take one. Melissa ends up trying it and is disgusted to learn how much she enjoys it.
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* YouAreInCommand: Invoked. With Ava having fled the school, Gregory eagerly takes over as the "Interim" principal and manages relations between Abbott and the fire department.
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* AnAesop:
** It's okay to be scared of life problems and there's no shame in sharing them with people you trust.
** It's also okay to take a mental health break (aka a day off) if you need the time to work out your problems.
** It's okay to be scared of life problems and there's no shame in sharing them with people you trust.
** It's also okay to take a mental health break (aka a day off) if you need the time to work out your problems.
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* RunningGag: Jacob trying to get people to eat his carrot cookies.
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A surprise fire in the teacher's lounge causes Ava to chicken out and for Gregory to take up the mantle as temporary principal to help the school process the incident. But the good news is that Melissa has a field day with the visit of the firefighters she greatly admires.
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A surprise fire in the teacher's lounge causes Ava to chicken out and for Gregory to take up the mantle as temporary principal to help the school process the incident. But He then has to use his new authority to get Barbara to open up about her personal problems relating to the good news is that Melissa fire. Melissa, meanwhile, has a field day with the visit time of her life when the firefighters she greatly admires.come to visit which is great news for her but bad news for her students who have to deal with her over-enthusiasm.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Melissa accuses Chief Robinson of being full of "fire machismo" based on how he silenced her as a woman. Jacob points out that there's a woman firefighter on his team.
* OnlySaneMan: Chief Robinson is not amused with the wacky and unprofessional antics of the Abbott staff while he does his presentation.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ava ''flees'' from the school as soon as she sees a fire in the teacher's lounge.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
** Ava ''flees'' from the school as soon as she sees a fire in the teacher'slounge.lounge.
** Barbara goes on a rant about not being able to light her candles anymore and then leaves the presentation.
** Ava ''flees'' from the school as soon as she sees a fire in the teacher's
** Barbara goes on a rant about not being able to light her candles anymore and then leaves the presentation.
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* StayInTheKitchen: Growing up, Melissa was shunned for her dream of being a girl firefighter. It doesn't help that the concept of one was used as a cheap joke to make fun of them.
* StickyFingers: Firefighting fangirl Melissa went as far as to steal the keys to the firetruck.
* StickyFingers: Firefighting fangirl Melissa went as far as to steal the keys to the firetruck.
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* WeWantOurJerkBack: Still not wanting to deal with her personal drama courtesy of Gregory pushing the issue, Barbara wishes Ava was back as principal since she wouldn't make a big deal out of it.
* WhamLine: Barbara finally cracks to her fellow queen about the reason why she's so upset about the candle
-->'''Barbara:''' Been dealing with Gerald's health. Had a prostate situation...
* WhatTheHellHero: Gregory gets some backlash during the firefighting assembly after his comments towards Barbara come off as ageist.
* WhamLine: Barbara finally cracks to her fellow queen about the reason why she's so upset about the candle
-->'''Barbara:''' Been dealing with Gerald's health. Had a prostate situation...
* WhatTheHellHero: Gregory gets some backlash during the firefighting assembly after his comments towards Barbara come off as ageist.
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* ItsTheBestXEver: "Acting Principal" Eddie proclaims to have the best day of his life after Ms. Janet informs him that there was no psychological trauma found in any of the students or faculty members.
* ObviouslyNotFine: Despite holding herself responsible for the fire, Barbara's insistence in assuring everyone that she's fine shows that she's hiding some deeper feelings about the fire.
* ObviouslyNotFine: Despite holding herself responsible for the fire, Barbara's insistence in assuring everyone that she's fine shows that she's hiding some deeper feelings about the fire.
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* SkewedPriorities: Janine uses Ms. Janet's psychology services to talk about her personal problems and recent life affairs.
* VerbalBackpedaling: Melissa introduces the "jaws of life" as a great way to ''destroy a car''. She immediately changes it to ''save someone from a car''.
* VerbalBackpedaling: Melissa introduces the "jaws of life" as a great way to ''destroy a car''. She immediately changes it to ''save someone from a car''.
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Janine tries to make two fighting students make up. Meanwhile, Gregory's father comes back to his life, trying to get him into the family business. And elsewhere, Ava teams up with Melissa to take down Mr. Johnson in fantasy football.
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* BlatantLies: Mr. Johnson tells Chief Smokey Robinson that he lost three diamonds and a Ferrari to exploit their insurance policy.
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* CrazyPrepared: As part of his principal training, Gregory took on a variety of catastrophe courses to prepare himself for any sudden emergencies.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: While explaining how the shawl and candle belong to, Janine makes the conclusion that someone tried to blackmail (frame) Barbara.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: While explaining how the shawl and candle belong to, Janine makes the conclusion that someone tried to blackmail (frame) Barbara.
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* HiddenDepths: Melissa admits that she once wanted to be a firefighter.
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* HiddenDepths: Melissa admits that she once wanted to be a firefighter.firefighter and is quite versed when it comes to firefighting equipment.
* InTheBlood: Melissa confesses that her family has a rich history of fighting fires (as firefighters) and fighting fighting.
* InTheBlood: Melissa confesses that her family has a rich history of fighting fires (as firefighters) and fighting fighting.
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* TheShrink: Ms. Janet is a psychologist sent by the school district to help anyone, student or faculty member, who may have been traumatized from the fire incident.
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"Fire" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of ''Abbott Elementary''.
Janine tries to make two fighting students make up. Meanwhile, Gregory's father comes back to his life, trying to get him into the family business. And elsewhere, Ava teams up with Melissa to take down Mr. Johnson in fantasy football.
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!Tropes in this episode include:
* ColdOpen: The episode starts with Ava having a rough morning and Jacob trying to get his coworkers to eats his cookies. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked...
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Gregory points out that Jacob's cookies look ''alive'', Jacob accepts it since they were made with pro-biotics.
* FrameUp: Someone used Barbara's shawl and holy candle to start the fire.
* HiddenDepths: Melissa admits that she once wanted to be a firefighter.
* InevitablyBrokenRule: During the surprise fire drill, Ms. Schemmenti tells the students to stay calm and not to run. Cue Ava running by and telling the kids to panic.
* NoJustNo: Ava has this reaction after seeing Jacob's "carrot cookies".
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ava ''flees'' from the school as soon as she sees a fire in the teacher's lounge.
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Janine tries to make two fighting students make up. Meanwhile, Gregory's father comes back to his life, trying to get him into the family business. And elsewhere, Ava teams up with Melissa to take down Mr. Johnson in fantasy football.
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!Tropes in this episode include:
* ColdOpen: The episode starts with Ava having a rough morning and Jacob trying to get his coworkers to eats his cookies. Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked...
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Gregory points out that Jacob's cookies look ''alive'', Jacob accepts it since they were made with pro-biotics.
* FrameUp: Someone used Barbara's shawl and holy candle to start the fire.
* HiddenDepths: Melissa admits that she once wanted to be a firefighter.
* InevitablyBrokenRule: During the surprise fire drill, Ms. Schemmenti tells the students to stay calm and not to run. Cue Ava running by and telling the kids to panic.
* NoJustNo: Ava has this reaction after seeing Jacob's "carrot cookies".
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Ava ''flees'' from the school as soon as she sees a fire in the teacher's lounge.
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