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* CrazyPrepared: Cricket knew right ahead the kids cannot just walk up to Bill and ask for some honey samples; when Remy asks for such, Cricket tells him Bill will always tell them the honey is off-limits because they're only for the Farmer's Market and cannot be sampled before then, which is why he plans the heist.
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* LiarRevealed: After Phoenix's makeshift campaign wins her the election, Remy forgets to unplug his phone from the podium and Phoenix chews on it; this in turn brings up the campaign's outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage, which in turn exposes Phoenix's fraud campaign and results in her disqualified.

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* AnAesop: Responsible people can still have a bit of fun on them.



* AnAesop:
** Don't worry about what others think of your pet; they'll always be the best in your book.
** Lying is never allowed when it comes to campaigns.
** Your hard work may inspire others to help you.



* UnimpressiveProgressReveal: Following a HardWorkMontage of Tilly and Nancy filling a batch of potholes, the camera zooms out to reveal there's far more potholes than they thought.

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* UnimpressiveProgressReveal: Following a HardWorkMontage of Tilly and Nancy filling a batch of potholes, the camera zooms out to reveal there's far more potholes than they thought.thought.
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** Don't care about what others think of your pet; they'll always be the best in your book.

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** Don't care worry about what others think of your pet; they'll always be the best in your book.



* NoOSHACompliance: The road that Nancy and Tilly were traveling on had a lot of potholes. Neglecting the condition of the road would cause a lot of accidents and delays. It's a good thing Nancy, Tilly, and other citizens were able to fix it by filling in all the potholes.
* OhCrap: While Nancy was fixing the road, a truck driver was able to drink some coffee, only for him to accidentally spill some on his eyes. Nancy freaks out and attempts to get out of the road [[HelpImStuck before realizing she was stuck!]] Tilly was able to get her off the road in time, but Nancy's boot was still stuck on the road.



-->'''Cricket:''' Whelp, the people have spoken. RUN!

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-->'''Cricket:''' [[OhCrap Whelp, the people have spoken. RUN!RUN!]]

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* BottleEpisode: Nearly the whole episode is set in the country house's backyard and barn, with the final scene set in the boys' room after the kids are busted.



** When Bill comes back during the heist, Nancy tattles on him. This, however, was to distract everyone while she took a bit of honey for the kids.

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** When Bill comes back during the heist, Nancy tattles on him. [[BatmanGambit This, however, was to distract everyone everyone]] while she took a bit of honey for the kids.



* HopeSpot: Cricket manages to convince the Smalton residents that Phoenix is impressive with his fake video, and beats out Beans by a landslide... but when Cricket asks Remy to play the victory theme on his phone, Remy reveals he left his phone plugged in, and Phoenix chews it unguarded, bringing up the outtakes from the video, exposing their lies and Phoenix is disqualified.

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* HopeSpot: Cricket manages to convince the Smalton residents that Phoenix is impressive with his fake video, and beats out Beans by a landslide... but when Cricket asks Remy to play the victory theme on his phone, Remy reveals he left his phone plugged in, in at the podium, and Phoenix chews it unguarded, bringing up the outtakes from the video, exposing their lies and Phoenix is disqualified.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Phoenix steps up to the podium after winning, Remy's phone can be seen plugged in beneath her, being mere moments before she notices it and chews it, exposing Cricket's lies about her onscreen.
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* TakeThat: Cricket says "This is politics. Lying is allowed!" This comes back to bite him later.
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* YouAreGrounded: Bill bluntly says this to Cricket after the former rescued the latter from the bees.
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* GracefulLoser: Beans's owner accepts the results of the elections and only gets outraged when Cricket and Remy's trickery is revealed.
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* EatTheCamera: Cricket's picture briefly does this at the beginning of Phoenix's campaign ad.
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* BigNo: After Cricket gives a rousing speech on how he sees Phoenix which the townsfolk approve of, and he asks them if Phoenix still wins, a woman shouts this in response, since Cricket lied about Phoenix in the campaign video.

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* IdiotBall: When a mother sees Phoenix's stick about to hit her baby, she doesn't bother to quickly push the baby out of the way so he's safe.


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* IdiotBall: When a mother sees Phoenix's stick about to hit her baby, she doesn't bother to quickly push the baby out of the way so he's safe.
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* IdiotBall: When a mother sees Phoenix's stick about to hit her baby, she doesn't bother to quickly push the baby out of the way so he's safe.

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* BittersweetEnding: Phoenix is disqualified and loses the election, leaving Beans to remain mayor once more, but at least Cricket and Remy had fun and Cricket will always love Phoenix no matter what, as she'll always be his favorite.

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* BittersweetEnding: Phoenix is disqualified and loses the election, leaving Beans to remain mayor once more, but at least Cricket and Remy had fun and Cricket doesn't care what the town will think of Phoenix and he will always love Phoenix her no matter what, as she'll always be his favorite.


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* ReflectiveEyes: When Phoenix misses her stick and is about to hit a mother's baby, it reflects into the baby's eyes.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: After Bill is led into the woods by the RC mole, Cricket says, "That sweet nectar is nested nevermore!"


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* TitleDrop: By Tilly when Cricket tells the kids they're going to steal the honey unguarded near the beginning.
-->'''Tilly:''' Brother, are you proposin'... a honey heist?
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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The episode ends as Cricket, Tilly, and Nancy share a laugh after Remy tells them to "beehive" themselves.

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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The episode ends as Cricket, Tilly, and Nancy share a laugh after Remy tells makes a pun by telling them to "beehive" themselves.
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* EverybodyLaughsEnding: The episode ends as Cricket, Tilly, and Nancy share a laugh after Remy tells them to "beehive" themselves.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: After Cricket screams at Bill coming when Nancy tattles him, her clipboard can be seen with a noticeable bump in the paper. Turns out, Nancy secretly hid some of the honey under the clipboard paper while Cricket was distracted.
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** Lying is never allowed when it comes to campaigns.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Even though the townsfolk loved Cricket's RousingSpeech, Phoenix is disqualified and they boo him, prompting he and Remy to flee.
-->'''Cricket:''' Whelp, the people have spoken. RUN!
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* BigWhat: Cricket screams this to Remy when he sees Phoenix hit play on the outtakes from their ad.



* ProducePelting: At the end of the episode, the people throw tomatoes at Cricket for cheating in the election.

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* ProducePelting: At the end of the episode, the people throw tomatoes at Cricket for cheating in the election.election.
* RewindReplayRepeat: The last outtake is Cricket telling Remy, "This is politics, lying is allowed!"; Phoenix then proceeds to repeatedly rewind the video and replay the last three words over and over, exposing Cricket's fraud campaign.
* UnimpressiveProgressReveal: Following a HardWorkMontage of Tilly and Nancy filling a batch of potholes, the camera zooms out to reveal there's far more potholes than they thought.
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* SuddenEyeColor: Seen on the kids as the honey is flowing past them as they are watching Nancy dispense it (Cricket's are shown to be blue, Tilly's are green, and Remy's are brown).
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* AnAesop: Responsible people still have a bit of fun on them.

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* AnAesop: Responsible people can still have a bit of fun on them.
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* AnAesop:
** Don't care about what others think of your pet; they'll always be the best in your book.
** Your hard work may inspire others to help you.


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* BittersweetEnding: Phoenix is disqualified and loses the election, leaving Beans to remain mayor once more, but at least Cricket and Remy had fun and Cricket will always love Phoenix no matter what, as she'll always be his favorite.
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* AnAesop: Responsible people still have a bit of fun on them.


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* HopeSpot: Cricket manages to convince the Smalton residents that Phoenix is impressive with his fake video, and beats out Beans by a landslide... but when Cricket asks Remy to play the victory theme on his phone, Remy reveals he left his phone plugged in, and Phoenix chews it unguarded, bringing up the outtakes from the video, exposing their lies and Phoenix is disqualified.

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* FakeDefector: At first it appears

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* FakeDefector: At first it appears that Nancy has ratted out Cricket to Bill, but it turns out she was distracting everyone while she took a piece of honeycomb, thus getting some honey for the kids.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Gramma is shown spearing a fly with a knitting needle.



* GoFetch: Cricket tries to prove that Phoenix can do tricks by throwing a stick. Phoenix tries to fetch it, but gets exhausted after running a few feet. Beans then catches the stick before it could hit a little baby.

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* ElectionDayEpisode: After learning that Mayor Beans is running unopposed, Cricket campaigns to have Phoenix run as his opponent.
* GoFetch: Cricket tries to prove that Phoenix can do tricks by throwing a stick. Phoenix tries to fetch it, but gets exhausted after running a few feet. Beans then catches the stick before it could hit a little baby.baby.
* ProducePelting: At the end of the episode, the people throw tomatoes at Cricket for cheating in the election.

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* MadeOfExplodium: The RC mole falls down a cliff and explodes on impact, with a baffled Bill wondering "What did that mole eat?" In reality, a remote-control toy car is no more susceptible to blowing up into flames than a real mole.

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* FakeDefector: At first it appears
* MadeOfExplodium: The RC mole falls down a cliff and explodes on impact, with a baffled Bill wondering "What did that mole thing eat?" In reality, a remote-control toy car is no more susceptible to blowing up into flames than a real mole.



* WeNeedADistraction: Cricket disguises an RC car as a mole to lure Bill away from the hive.

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* WeNeedADistraction: WeNeedADistraction:
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Cricket disguises an RC car as a mole to lure Bill away from the hive.hive.
** When Bill comes back during the heist, Nancy tattles on him. This, however, was to distract everyone while she took a bit of honey for the kids.



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* AttackOfThePoliticalAd: Cricket's campaign ad is mostly about how Phoenix is a better dog than Beans, with a brief mention of Beans being "guilty of snobbery". Unfortunately, Phoenix chewing on Remy's phone causes the video's outtakes to play, exposing it as lies.
* CaligulasHorse: Smalton's mayor is a dog named Beans. This gives Cricket the idea to have Phoenix elected mayor.
* GoFetch: Cricket tries to prove that Phoenix can do tricks by throwing a stick. Phoenix tries to fetch it, but gets exhausted after running a few feet. Beans then catches the stick before it could hit a little baby.
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* TheCaper: Cricket plans a heist of Bill's beehive.
* CountingSheep: Tilly's part in the heist is to deal with Gramma. She does this by putting her down... to sleep, by getting the sheep to jump a haybale past Gramma so she would count them and inevitably fall asleep.
* MadeOfExplodium: The RC mole falls down a cliff and explodes on impact, with a baffled Bill wondering "What did that mole eat?" In reality, a remote-control toy car is no more susceptible to blowing up into flames than a real mole.
* TheMole: Defied. When Cricket asks Remy to be the mole, Remy thinks it means he'll be a covert operative. In reality, Cricket meant that Remy would operate a fake mole to lure Bill away from the hive.
* TwoKeyedLock: Bill has installed one to protect the beehive, with him keeping one key and Nancy the other. Cricket's plan hinges on Nancy joining the heist so she can use her key while Cricket swipes Bill's.
* WeNeedADistraction: Cricket disguises an RC car as a mole to lure Bill away from the hive.



Cricket discovers the mayor of Smalton is a dog and is up for re-election, so he rallies Remy to get Phoenix to run for mayor and convince the town she's impressive. Meanwhile, Tilly and Nancy try to fix a road of potholes.

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Cricket discovers the mayor of Smalton is a dog and is up for re-election, so he rallies Remy to get Phoenix to run for mayor and convince the town she's impressive. Meanwhile, Tilly and Nancy try to fix a road of potholes.potholes.

!!"Dog Mayor" contains examples of:
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'''Honey Heist'''

When Bill prepares fresh honey, Cricket leads the kids on a heist to take the honey before Bill finds out, but their plans may be ruined by Nancy's responsibility.

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'''Dog Mayor'''

Cricket discovers the mayor of Smalton is a dog and is up for re-election, so he rallies Remy to get Phoenix to run for mayor and convince the town she's impressive. Meanwhile, Tilly and Nancy try to fix a road of potholes.

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