History Recap / CornerGasS5E04DarkCircles

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--->'''Wanda:''' I don't just make fun of your plans. I make fun of your clothes, and your truck. I make fun of how broke you are, and the stupid things you say, and that weird smell that comes off you sometimes. Don't I?
--->'''Hank:''' True.
--->'''Wanda:''' So then you'll have to admit, I'm pretty fair and well-rounded about it.
--->'''Hank:''' Yeah, okay, you got a point there. I'm sorry I came down so hard on you.
--->'''Wanda:''' Apology accepted.

--->'''Karen:''' I can't let you do that, Hank. [''Beat''] Although that ''would'' make things way easier on me. Okay, let's do that.

-->'''Oscar:''' If you go ahead with this, I'm gonna find somewhere else to sleep.
-->'''Emma:''' [[ThreatBackfire If that's a threat, you should make it less appealing.]]

* KafkaKomedy: Hank takes the blame for Karen's burnt circles, [[IdiotHoudini and the town congratulates him on a good prank]]. When a little girl points out that it was actually Karen who did it, [[DudeNotFunny everyone turns against her]]. She complains that people were impressed with Hank, but angry at her.

-->'''Lacey:''' Okay, are you just making up my side of this conversation?
-->'''Brent:''' A ''little'' hungry, yeah.

-->'''Davis:''' Karen, I want you to get the RCMP down here right away. Tell 'em we got a 10-92.
-->'''Karen:''' Parking violation?
-->'''Davis:''' By ''aliens''.

-->'''Lacey:''' Hey, what do you know about this, uh, Marco guy?
-->'''Brent:''' I know he put me off toothpicks for a while.

'''C Plot:''' Brent loses his work shirt and is accidentally sent a black one as a replacement, which causes a drastic personality shift when he puts it on. The new "Black Shirt Brent" is a toothpick-chomping, intimidating tough guy who Wanda is terrified of and Lacey is extremely attracted to.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Not all, just Lacey. Black Shirt Brent's "bad boy" personality pretty much turns her into a SmittenTeenageGirl, watching him from afar with a dreamy look on her face. Wanda tries introducing her to another bad boy, Marco, but she seems repulsed by him... at least until Brent abandons his Black Shirt persona. Then she seems willing to give Marco a shot.
* BaitAndSwitchComment:
** When Hank mentions that Wanda always makes fun of his plans, Wanda is very offended and hurt... because she makes fun of ''everything'' about Hank, not just his plans.
--->'''Wanda:''' I don't just make fun of your plans. I make fun of your clothes, and your truck. I make fun of how broke you are, and the stupid things you say, and that weird smell that comes off you sometimes. Don't I?\\
'''Hank:''' True.\\
'''Wanda:''' So then you'll have to admit, I'm pretty fair and well rounded about it.\\
'''Hank:''' Yeah, okay, you got a point there. I'm sorry I came down so hard on you.\\
'''Wanda:''' Apology accepted.

--->'''Karen:''' I can't let you do that, Hank. ''[beat]'' Although that ''would'' make things way easier on me. Okay, let's do that.

-->'''Oscar:''' If you go ahead with this, I'm gonna find somewhere else to sleep.\\
'''Emma:''' If that's a threat, you should make it less appealing.

-->'''Lacey:''' Okay, are you just making up my side of this conversation?\\
'''Brent:''' A ''little'' hungry, yeah.

* PoliceCodeForEverything: Parodied. The police code given is for something mundane that you would expect there to be a police code for in real life, but Davis found a creative use for it.
-->'''Davis:''' Karen, I want you to get the RCMP down here right away. Tell 'em we got a 10-92.\\
'''Karen:''' Parking violation?\\
'''Davis:''' By ''aliens''.

-->'''Lacey:''' Hey, what do you know about this, uh, Marco guy?\\
'''Brent:''' I know he put me off toothpicks for a while.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Oscar is a terrible house guest for Davis. He drinks all the milk straight from the carton, wears Davis's pants and pajamas, and is an all-around nuisance. At the end of the episode, Emma joins Oscar at Davis's house, and is seemingly just as bad.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Brent is loving his newfound bad boy reputation. That is, until Wanda compares him to the creepy Marco. Marco's compliment of "nice shirt" is enough to get Brent to nod unassuredly and spit out his toothpick.

* KafkaKomedy: Hank takes the blame for Karen's burnt circles, and the town congratulates him on a good prank. When a little girl points out that it was actually Karen who did it, [[DudeNotFunny everyone turns against her]]. She complains that people were impressed with Hank, but angry at her.

'''A Plot:''' Emma hires a painter for the house, but the smell of paint fumes makes Oscar sick, so he has to look for a place to stay in the meantime. Davis mistakes this as Oscar and Emma splitting up for good, and offers to let Oscar stay with him out of pity, only to learn what a horrible roommate Oscar is. Meanwhile, back at the house, the paint fumes are having an effect on Emma.

* MushroomSamba: Emma gets high on paint fumes and starts seeing things, like bats that aren't there and the painter dressed as Dracula.

'''Brent:''' ...a ''little'' hungry, yeah.

* PoliceCodeForEverything: Parodied. The police code given is for something mundane that there actually ''would'' be a police code for in real life, but Davis found a creative use for it.

* SustainedMisunderstanding: Oscar's explanation that staying at his house makes him queasy is vague enough that Davis assumes he's splitting up with Emma. Then when he sees Emma acting strange from the paint fumes, he assumes it's because she's distraught about the break-up.

* ClothesMakeTheManiac: Brent's whole subplot is that putting on a black shirt instead of his normal blue one turns him into a DarkerandEdgier version of himself. However, it's subverted when he reveals to Hank that his new personality is all just an act he's putting on to freak people out. Possibly double-subverted when he finds he can't make himself act like that without the black shirt, however a black apron from the Ruby works just as well, if only in his own mind.

'''A Plot:''' Emma hires a painter for the house, which causes Oscar to quickly leave because of the paint smell. He takes refuge with Davis, who is convinced Oscar and Emma are going through a separation. Meanwhile, Emma herself isn't doing well with the fumes.

'''C Plot:''' Brent loses his work shirt and is accidentally sent a black one as a replacement. This has interesting effects, as Wanda is suddenly scared of her boss and Lacey is drooling over "Black Shirt Brent". Wanda decides to set Lacey up with another "bad boy", though Lacey is not enthused.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Parodied when Brent starts wearing a black uniform shirt. Wanda starts acting scared of him, but Lacey gets all dreamy and high school crush-like. Brent plays it up when he realizes.

** When Hank mentions that Wanda always makes fun of his plans, Wanda takes offense, but only because Hank failed to mention she also makes fun of his clothes, his truck, and pretty much everything else about him.

--->'''Karen:''' I can't let you do that, Hank... although that ''would'' make things way easier on me. Okay, let's do that.

* MushroomSamba: Emma gets high on paint fumes and starts seeing things, like bats that aren't there and the painter dressed as dracula.

'''Brent:''' ...a little hungry, yeah.
* PoliceCodeForEverything:

* ShoutOut: When Lacey tells Brent he can confront the salesman wearing his regular work shirt, he is adamant that he can't be [[Series/HappyDays Fonzie]] in a powder blue smock.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Oscar is a terrible house guest for Davis. He drinks all the milk straight from the carton, wears Davis' pants and pajamas, and is an all-around nuisance.