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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: “So if we move in together you’ll stop sleeping with Rebecca Bunch?”



* ChekovsBoomerang: The hit Rebecca tried to put on Mona via the dark web. She did cancel it and no one was hurt, but Trent was aware of it and threatens to tell the police if she doesn’t get back together with him.

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* ChekovsBoomerang: ChekhovsBoomerang: The hit Rebecca tried to put on Mona via the dark web. She did cancel it and no one was hurt, but Trent was aware of it and threatens to tell the police if she doesn’t get back together with him.
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* ChekovsBoomerang: The hit Rebecca tried to put on Mona via the dark web. She did cancel it and no one was hurt, but Trent was aware of it and threatens to tell the police if she doesn’t get back together with him.
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* {{Robinsonade}}: Trent escaped from the hospital and was taught to survive in the desert by coyotes for a few months. Later subverted when Rebecca realizes 'coyote' is slang for 'smuggler'. Maybe. [[AmbiguousSyntax It's never really clarified]].

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* {{Robinsonade}}: Trent escaped from the hospital and was taught to survive in the desert by coyotes for a few months. Later subverted when Rebecca realizes 'coyote' is slang for 'smuggler'. Maybe. [[AmbiguousSyntax It's never really clarified]].clarified]], and honestly, both versions would make perfect sense considering Trent.
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* ReallyFondOfSleeping: It's mentioned that cats sleep like 16 hours a day.

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* YouJustToldMe: How Mona confirms that Nathaniel has been sleeping with Rebecca.

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* YouJustToldMe: How Mona confirms that uses this on Nathaniel has been to confirm her suspicions of his infidelity.
-->'''Mona''': So if we move in together, that means you'll stop
sleeping with Rebecca.Rebecca Bunch?
-->'''Nathaniel''': How did you know I was sleeping with Rebecca?
-->'''Mona''': I wasn't sure, but thank you, now I am.
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* ShoutOut: Janie wanted her party to be like ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', not TheRoaringTwenties.

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* ShoutOut: Janie wanted her party to be like ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', not TheRoaringTwenties.TheRoaringTwenties.
* YouJustToldMe: How Mona confirms that Nathaniel has been sleeping with Rebecca.
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* BonusMaterial: The post-song scene (the last 30 seconds in the YouTube video) was taken out of the actual episode. NoAnimalsWereHarmed because the cats are puppets.

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* BonusMaterial: The post-song scene (the last 30 seconds in the YouTube Website/YouTube video) was taken out of the actual episode. NoAnimalsWereHarmed because the cats are puppets.
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* BonusMaterial: The post-song scene (the last 30 seconds in the YouTube video) was taken out of the actual episode. [[spoiler:NoAnimalsWereHarmed because the cats are puppets.]]

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* BonusMaterial: The post-song scene (the last 30 seconds in the YouTube video) was taken out of the actual episode. [[spoiler:NoAnimalsWereHarmed NoAnimalsWereHarmed because the cats are puppets.]]



Also we sleep, like, sixteen hours a day

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Also we sleep, like, sixteen hours a dayday''"
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* BonusMaterial: The post-song scene (the last 30 seconds in the YouTube video) was taken out of the actual episode. [[spoiler:NoAnimalsWereHarmed because the cats are puppets.]]
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* OverlyLongGag: Like the original song, Trent's smile after he "BLAM"s through the hearts are held for a bit too long to make it even more manic.



* GeekyTurnOn: Rebecca apparently loved ''Harry Potter'' dirty talk. White Josh is unimpressed.

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* GeekyTurnOn: Rebecca apparently loved ''Harry Potter'' dirty talk.talk with Nathaniel. White Josh is unimpressed.



* {{Robinsonade}}: Trent escaped from the hospital and was taught to survive in the desert by coyotes for a few months. Later subverted when Rebecca realizes 'coyote' is slang for 'smuggler'.

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* {{Robinsonade}}: Trent escaped from the hospital and was taught to survive in the desert by coyotes for a few months. Later subverted when Rebecca realizes 'coyote' is slang for 'smuggler'. Maybe. [[AmbiguousSyntax It's never really clarified]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: The months Trent spent in hospital in a cast were some of the most painful of his life. Oh, not because he was healing from at least a hundred fractures, but because the doctor was practicing bad stand-up on him.
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Just as Rebecca tries to be more realistic and practical, Trent throws a wrench into her plans; Josh and Valencia reckon with their shared history.
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!!"Buttload of Cats"[[note]]"Fuckton of Cats" in the explicit version[[/note]] [-(sung by: Rachel Bloom)-]
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* BirdsOfAFeather: Two lonely cat ladies -- the saleslady and a customer -- leave to bond over their cats.
* CatsAreMean: Mentioned by the puppet cats, who point out that they're not exactly ideal housepets.
-->"''The ironic part is, we're not that friendly\\
If you're lonely, we might make it worse\\
Also we sleep, like, sixteen hours a day
* CrazyCatLady: The song is ''all about'' this stereotype -- an unmarried woman will eventually come to own a buttload/fuckton of cats.
-->"''When you're a permanent bachelorette\\
It's mandatory that you go out and get\\
A buttload of cats!''"
* {{Pastiche}}: [[http://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/crazy-ex-girlfriend-season-3-episode-12-buttload-of-cats-trent-1201927253/ Per]] WordOfGod, to Music/RandyNewman.

!!"I'm Just a Boy In Love" [-(sung by: Paul Welsh)-]
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* CallBack: A genderflipped reprise of the season two theme song.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: The lyrics are unchanged from the season two theme song, and are still all about how "love" is an excuse for questionable actions.

!!"Back in Action" [-(sung by: Rachel Bloom and Donna Lynne Champlin)-]
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* AffectionateParody: Of buddy-cop theme songs and '80s rock.

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* TheBigBoard: Trent's got one for tracking Rebecca's movements in what's basically his Rebecca stalker cave.
* {{Blackmail}}: Trent blackmails Rebecca with her attempted hit on Mona.
* GeekyTurnOn: Rebecca apparently loved ''Harry Potter'' dirty talk. White Josh is unimpressed.
* LookBothWays: Trent relates that he was distracted by the sound of a train...before being hit by a bus, breaking nearly every bone in his body.
* PantyThief: Trent has been stealing Rebecca's underwear for a while.
* {{Robinsonade}}: Trent escaped from the hospital and was taught to survive in the desert by coyotes for a few months. Later subverted when Rebecca realizes 'coyote' is slang for 'smuggler'.
* ShoutOut: Janie wanted her party to be like ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', not TheRoaringTwenties.

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