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* AchievementsInIgnorance: Greg mentions that Tariq is busy moderating a meeting in ''city hall''.



* ColdOpen: The episode starts with the Abbott cafeteria staff undergoing a [[{{Series/HellsKitchen}} Hell's Kitchen-esque montage]] as they prepare entries for the upcoming festival.

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* ColdOpen: The episode starts with the Abbott cafeteria staff undergoing a [[{{Series/HellsKitchen}} Hell's Kitchen-esque [[{{Series/TheBear2022}} Bear-esque montage]] as they prepare entries for the upcoming festival.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Janine applied for an administrator position, she assumed that she would only be working with elementary schools. But Super Nintendo Reynolds explains that she'll be covering middle and high schools too.



* HiddenDisdainReveal: The last scene of the episode reveals that the district worker with glasses always hated Janine and won't be missing her. He even knocks out the nameplate from her door.



* NoodleIncident: Ava once fought a blue tuna to save Questlove's afro pin when it fell in the water.

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Ava once fought a blue tuna to save Questlove's afro pin when it fell in the water.water.
** Greg mentions that Tariq is busy moderating a meeting in ''city hall''.


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** The food preparation in the ColdOpen pays homage to ''Series/TheBear2022''.
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** Devon, the cafeteria man, mentions how AVA Fest the Sequel is just around the corner. Greggo also brings up how Ava lied to everyone about Jasmine Sullivan showing up.
** Superintendent Reynolds brings up how [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS3E07Librarian Janine's library program]] is a rising success.
** Barbara called in [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS3E05Breakup her church choir]] while Jacob summoned [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS2E03StorySamurai the Story Samurai]] as potential back-up performers.

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** Devon, the cafeteria man, mentions how [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS2E19Festival AVA Fest the Sequel Sequel]] is just around the corner. Greggo also brings up how Ava lied to everyone about Jasmine Sullivan showing up.
** Superintendent Reynolds brings up how explains that [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS3E07Librarian Janine's library program]] is a rising success.
** Barbara called in [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS3E05Breakup her church choir]] while Jacob summoned [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS2E03StorySamurai the Story Samurai]] as potential back-up performers.



* CryingWolf: Thanks to Ava lying about bringing Janine Sullivan to AVA Fest last year, no one believes her in regards to Questlove. Melissa even namedrops the fable while labeling Ava as both the liar ''and'' the wolf.

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* CryingWolf: Thanks to Ava lying about bringing Janine Sullivan to AVA Fest last year, no one believes her in regards to Questlove. Melissa even namedrops the titular fable while labeling Ava as both the liar ''and'' the wolf.



* TheStinger: Manny, alongside Emily and Simon, both lament on how Janine left them and try to push through their heartbreak. Though one of the district workers, the snooty one with glasses, proudly admits that he hated Janine and is glad that she's gone.

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* TheStinger: Manny, alongside Emily and Simon, both lament on how Janine left them and try to push through continue onward in spite of their heartbreak. Though one of the district workers, the snooty one with glasses, proudly admits that he hated Janine and is glad that she's gone.

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Abbott prepares for it's upcoming AVA Fest aka Open House. And while Ava is eager to bring in legendary musician Questlove as the show's headliner, her coworkers are worried about her lying again and are preparing to handle the fallout behind her back. Meanwhile, while the district work family is preparing a party in honor of Janine, the VIP starts to have misgivings over whether she made the right choice in choosing administration over Abbott.

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Abbott prepares for it's upcoming AVA Fest aka Open House. And while Ava is eager to bring in legendary musician Questlove [[{{Music/TheRoots}} Questlove]] as the show's headliner, her coworkers are worried about her lying again and are preparing to handle the fallout behind her back. Meanwhile, while And as the district work family is preparing coworkers set up a party in honor of Janine, Janine's inclusion, the VIP starts to have misgivings over whether she made the right choice in choosing administration over Abbott.



* BeenThereShapedHistory: Ava mentions that she impressed Questlove with her rhythm and would become a founding member of the Roots.
* BigNo: A cafeteria lady screams this after Mr. Johnson calls her team's main entry ''trash''.

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Ava mentions that she impressed Questlove with her rhythm and would become a founding member the founder of the Roots.
* BigNo: A cafeteria lady Shanae screams this after Mr. Johnson calls her team's main entry ''trash''.



* CassandraTruth: No one in the Abbott Crew believes Ava having a close history with Questlove.
* ColdOpen: The episode starts with the Abbott cafeteria staff undergoing a Hell's Kitchen-esque montage as they prepare entries for the upcoming festival.

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* BrickJoke: Mr. Johnson's gift for Janine was a strand from his favorite mop. While dancing at the end, he tells Janine that he'll be needing that strand back.
* CassandraTruth: No one in the Abbott Crew believes Ava having a close history with Questlove. To everyone's astonishment, he actually shows up and confirms everything that Ava said was true.
* ChekhovsGun: One of the parting gifts Janine receives is a letter from Barbara. When she's having an emotional crisis during her party, Janine reads the letter which helps her feel more at ease. But it's only reading the additional part of her letter (the one where her students signed) does she make her return to Abbott.

* ColdOpen: The episode starts with the Abbott cafeteria staff undergoing a [[{{Series/HellsKitchen}} Hell's Kitchen-esque montage montage]] as they prepare entries for the upcoming festival.



** Devon, the cafeteria man, mentions how AVA Fest the Sequel is just around the corner. Greggo brings up how Ava lied to everyone about Jasmine Sullivan showing up.
** Superintendent Reynolds brings up how Janine's library program is a rising success.

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** Devon, the cafeteria man, mentions how AVA Fest the Sequel is just around the corner. Greggo also brings up how Ava lied to everyone about Jasmine Sullivan showing up.
** Superintendent Reynolds brings up how [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS3E07Librarian Janine's library program program]] is a rising success.



* CryingWolf: Thanks to Ava lying about bringing Janine Sullivan to AVA Fest last year, no one believes her in regards to Questlove. Melissa even namedrops the fable while labeling Ava as both the liar ''and'' the wolf.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: Janine ultimately decides to return to Abbott Elementary and is welcomed with open arms by her work family. Gregory gets a message saying that his request for funding for his Garden Goofballs program has been approved. And Ava pulls off a successful AVA Fest 2.0 thanks to Questlove showing up to give a spectacular performance.



* IChooseToStay: Janine ultimate

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* IChooseToStay: Janine ultimateultimately decides to quit her administration job so she can become a full time teacher at her favorite school.


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* NoodleIncident: Ava once fought a blue tuna to save Questlove's afro pin when it fell in the water.


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* StatusQuoIsGod: Janine ultimately returns to Abbott while cutting ties with her old district job.
* TheStinger: Manny, alongside Emily and Simon, both lament on how Janine left them and try to push through their heartbreak. Though one of the district workers, the snooty one with glasses, proudly admits that he hated Janine and is glad that she's gone.

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Abbott prepares for it's upcoming AVA Fest aka Open House. And while Ava is eager to bring in legendary musician Questlove as the show's headliner, her coworkers are worried about her lying again and are preparing to handle the fallout behind her back. Meanwhile, while the district work family is preparing a party in honor of Janine, the VIP starts to have misgivings over whether she made the right choice in choosing administration over Abbott.



* AchievementsInIgnorance: Greg mentions that Tariq is busy moderating a meeting in ''city hall''.



** Barbara called in [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS3E05Breakup her church choir]] while Jacob summoned [[Recap/AbbottElementaryS2E03StorySamurai the Story Samurai]] as potential back-up performers.
** Melissa offers to do ''[[Recap/AbbottElementaryS2E13TheFundraiser an impersonation bit]]'' as a performance option.
* CringeComedy: Melissa's impressions feel rather jarring as her Abbott friends do their best to tolerate them.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Even though Superintendent Reynolds accepts Janine's resignation, he does bring up that he will be holding a grudge against Abbott for as long as his heart is pumping.



* IChooseToStay: Janine ultimate



* ShoutOut: Emily and Simon chant "[[{{Film/Freaks}} One of us! One of us!]]" to Janine.

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Emily and Simon chant "[[{{Film/Freaks}} One of us! One of us!]]" to Janine.Janine.
** Ava mentions how she had to quit Roots before she destroyed them ala ''Music/YokoOno''.

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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Ava mentions that she impressed Questlove with her rhythm and would become a founding member of the Roots.
* BigNo: A cafeteria lady screams this after Mr. Johnson calls her team's main entry ''trash''.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
** Janine's parting gifts from her Abbott friends include a heart-felt letter (Barbara), a framed photo of Jacob (Jacob), a bottle of mace (Melissa), and a single strand from a mop (Mr. Johnson).
** While describing Janine's party, Emily mentions that there will be cake and fun only for Simon to add in ''blood oaths''.
* CassandraTruth: No one in the Abbott Crew believes Ava having a close history with Questlove.



* ContinuityNod: Devon, the cafeteria man, mentions how AVA Fest the Sequel is just around the corner.

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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
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Devon, the cafeteria man, mentions how AVA Fest the Sequel is just around the corner.corner. Greggo brings up how Ava lied to everyone about Jasmine Sullivan showing up.
** Superintendent Reynolds brings up how Janine's library program is a rising success.
* HistoryWithCelebrity: Ava mentions how she used to hang out with ''[[{{Music/TheRoots}} Questlove]]'' and can use him as a potential headliner for AVA Fest the Second Reckoning.
* ImprobablyPredictable: Ava tasks Gregory with bringing back Janine's Abbott lanyard knowing that she still has it on her person. And he's quite surprised to see her wearing it after he asks for it back.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: After Simon bitterly comments on how nothing rhymes with "tutor", Manny pulls out various words to rhyme it with.
* ShoutOut: Emily and Simon chant "[[{{Film/Freaks}} One of us! One of us!]]" to Janine.
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"2 Ava 2 Fest" is the tenth episode of Season Three of ''Abbott Elementary''.

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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The ColdOpen focuses on the underutilized cafeteria staff as they prep up for the upcoming festival.
* ColdOpen: The episode starts with the Abbott cafeteria staff undergoing a Hell's Kitchen-esque montage as they prepare entries for the upcoming festival.
* ContinuityNod: Devon, the cafeteria man, mentions how AVA Fest the Sequel is just around the corner.
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