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* AllForNothing: Robbie thinks his whole experience was this after [=WESAYSO=] purchases the volcano and clearly won't allow free energy. Earl assures Robbie that it was not all for nothing, as it taught him something: He thought the company only wanted to make his life miserable, now he knows they want to make everybody's life miserable.
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* BrickJoke: At the science fair, Robbie mentions another student built a lamp that you operate by clapping. After Robbie wins, he and Spike share a high-five- [[ClapperGag and then the lights go off.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Mr. Richfield asks his boss Mr. Ashland if he wants him to eat Robbie, Mr. Ashland tells him that the company has a policy of not eating their enemies - that's what they have lawyers for.
** It is revealed Richfield is horrified of the fact that Mr. Ashland doesn't like sychopants and that he had them killed and their heads mounted them up on his office wall.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Mr. Richfield asks his boss Mr. Ashland if he wants him to eat scoffs of the idea of eating Robbie, Mr. Ashland tells him assures that the company has a policy of not eating their enemies - that's what they have lawyers for.
** It is revealed Richfield is horrified of the fact upon learning that Mr. Ashland doesn't like sychopants and that he had them would subject any sycophant employee to be killed and their heads have his/her head mounted them up on his office wall.wall, as Mr. Ashland despises sycophants in general. Richfield even gulps in fear upon seeing the heads of the dead sycophant employees, knowing that he too will suffer the same fate if he continues sucking up for Ashland.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr. Richfield, as usual, and his boss, who doesn't want Robbie's science project to ruin their business.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr. Richfield, as usual, and his boss, boss Mr. Ashland, who doesn't want Robbie's science project to ruin their business.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Mr. Richfield asks his boss if he wants him to eat Robbie, Mr. Ashland tells him that the company has a policy of not eating their enemies - that's what they have lawyers for.
** Played with regarding Mr. Richfield's feelings of the situation. At one point, it looks like he thinks it's wrong to make Robbie look bad just to help the company, but then remarks that he's honored.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Mr. Richfield asks his boss Mr. Ashland if he wants him to eat Robbie, Mr. Ashland tells him that the company has a policy of not eating their enemies - that's what they have lawyers for.
** It is revealed Richfield is horrified of the fact that Mr. Ashland doesn't like sychopants and that he had them killed and their heads mounted them up on his office wall.
** Played with regarding Mr. Richfield's feelings of the situation. At one point, it looks like he thinks it's wrong to make Robbie look bad just to help the company, but then remarks that he's honored. happy to do the job.



* KarmaHoudini: Mr. Richfield gets away with ensuring that Robbie's energy source is never made available to the public.

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* KarmaHoudini: Mr. Richfield gets and Mr. Ashland get away with ensuring that Robbie's energy source is never made available to the public.

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* MulticoloredScience: Blink and you'll miss it, but one of the science fair projects is a set of multicolored flasks labeled "red", "blue", "purple" and so on.



* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Robbie refuses to sell his idea to [=WESAYSO=], knowing that they only want to buy it to keep dinosaurs from getting free energy, and would rather the citizens have the idea for free than sell to the company.

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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Robbie refuses to sell his idea to [=WESAYSO=], knowing that they only want to buy it to keep dinosaurs from getting free energy, and would rather the citizens have the idea for free than sell to the company.company.
* TechnicolorScience: Blink and you'll miss it, but one of the science fair projects is a set of multicolored flasks labeled "red", "blue", "purple" and so on.
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* MulticoloredScience: Blink and you'll miss it, but one of the science fair projects is a set of multicolored flasks labeled "red", "blue", "purple" and so on.
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* DownerEnding: Richfield figures out that he can buy the volcano and not allow Robbie's idea to actually happen, without having to pay them. Earl also learns for the first time that [=WESAYSO=] does not just want to ruin his life - they want to ruin everybodys.

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* DownerEnding: Richfield figures out that he can buy the volcano and not allow Robbie's idea to actually happen, without having to pay them. Earl also learns for the first time that [=WESAYSO=] does not just want to ruin his life - they want to ruin everybodys.everybody's.
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Pangea has an ash day (the dinosaurs equivalent of a snow day), allowing the kids to stay home from school and Earl to stay home from work, but Fran still makes them do stuff around the house. She makes Earl pay the heating bills that have to be paid, makes Charlene help her make a dessert, using a special plastic dome to keep the heat in, and makes Robbie work on his science project. When coming up with ideas, he thinks about the volcanoes, the heating bills that nobody wants to pay, and the dome that keeps heat in, and comes up with a way to power electricity from the domes and into homes for free. Robbie wins at the science fair, and Mr. Pullman tells him that he thinks the idea could work for real, and the government wants to research the idea and pay Robbie for the idea. B.P. Richfield has a meeting with his boss, Mr. Ashland, who tells him what trouble this science project could do for business, as if dinosaurs can get free energy, [=WESAYSO=] will lose profits. The company runs television ads to discredit Robbie, and then Mr. Richfield invites the family to dinner so the company can buy Robbie's idea. Robbie knows that the only reason they want to buy the idea is so it can't be used, and would rather give it to society for free than profit from [=WESAYSO=]. Earl, however, wants Robbie to sell so that the family will be rich, but after Richfield insults Robbie, Earl stands up for Robbie, mentioning that he doesn't care if he can afford the dome and the volcano. Richfield then learns that the company can just buy the land around and under the volcano, preventing Robbie's idea from becoming a reality.

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Pangea has an ash day (the dinosaurs equivalent of a snow day), allowing the kids to stay home from school and Earl to stay home from work, but Fran still makes them do stuff around the house. She makes Earl pay the heating bills that have to be paid, makes Charlene help her make a dessert, using a special plastic dome to keep the heat in, and makes Robbie work on his science project. When coming up with ideas, he thinks about the volcanoes, the heating bills that nobody wants to pay, and the dome that keeps heat in, and comes up with a way to power electricity from the domes and into homes for free. Robbie wins at the science fair, and Mr. Pullman tells him that he thinks the idea could work for real, and the government wants to research the idea and pay Robbie for the idea. B.P. Richfield has a meeting with his boss, Mr. Ashland, who tells him what trouble this science project could do for business, as if dinosaurs can get free energy, [=WESAYSO=] will lose profits. The company runs television ads to discredit Robbie, and then Mr. Richfield invites the family to dinner so the company can buy Robbie's idea. Robbie knows that the only reason they want to buy the idea is so it can't be used, and would rather give it to society for free than profit from [=WESAYSO=]. Earl, however, wants Robbie to sell so that the family will be rich, but after Richfield insults Robbie, Earl stands up for Robbie, mentioning that he doesn't care if he can afford the dome and the volcano. Richfield then learns that the company can just buy the land around and under the volcano, preventing Robbie's idea from becoming a reality.
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* EvilLawyerJoke: According to Mr. Ashland, the executives of [=WESAYSO=] do not eat their enemies- They have lawyers to do it for them.
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* KarmaHoudini: Mr. Richfield.

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* KarmaHoudini: Mr. Richfield.Richfield gets away with ensuring that Robbie's energy source is never made available to the public.

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* BaitAndSwitch: When trying to come up with an idea for a science project, Robbie accidentally dips his chocolate bar into the peanut butter. Unlike in the Reese's commercials that it references, Robbie decides that he can't eat it.
* CheckPlease: Earl says this after Richfield leaves the restaurant upon realizing that if the company buys the volcano that they can deny allowing the dome to be put there.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr. Richfield, as usual, and his boss, who doesn't want Robbie's science project to ruin their business.



* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr. Richfield, as usual, and his boss, who doesn't want Robbie's science project to ruin their business.

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Pangea has an ash day (the dinosaurs equivalent of a snow day), allowing the kids to stay home from school and Earl to stay home from work, but Fran still makes them do stuff around the house. She makes Earl pay the heating bills that have to be paid, makes Charlene help her make a dessert, using a special plastic dome to keep the heat in, and makes Robbie work on his science project. When coming up with ideas, he thinks about the volcanoes, the heating bills that nobody wants to pay, and the dome that keeps heat in, and comes up with a way to power electricity from the domes and into homes for free. Robbie wins at the science fair, and Mr. Pullman tells him that he thinks the idea could work for real, and Robbie is given offers to make the idea a reality. B.P. Richfield has a meeting with his boss, who tells him what trouble this science project could do for business, as if dinosaurs can get free energy, [=WESAYSO=] will lose profits. The company runs television ads to discredit Robbie, and then Mr. Richfield invites the family to dinner so the company can buy Robbie's idea. Robbie knows that the only reason they want to buy the idea is so it can't be used, and would rather give it to society for free than profit from [=WESAYSO=]. Earl, however, wants Robbie to sell so that the family will be rich, but after Richfield insults Robbie, Earl stands up for Robbie, mentioning that he doesn't care if he can afford the dome and the volcano. Richfield then learns that the company can just buy the land around and under the volcano, preventing Robbie's idea from becoming a reality.

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Pangea has an ash day (the dinosaurs equivalent of a snow day), allowing the kids to stay home from school and Earl to stay home from work, but Fran still makes them do stuff around the house. She makes Earl pay the heating bills that have to be paid, makes Charlene help her make a dessert, using a special plastic dome to keep the heat in, and makes Robbie work on his science project. When coming up with ideas, he thinks about the volcanoes, the heating bills that nobody wants to pay, and the dome that keeps heat in, and comes up with a way to power electricity from the domes and into homes for free. Robbie wins at the science fair, and Mr. Pullman tells him that he thinks the idea could work for real, and Robbie is given offers the government wants to make research the idea a reality.and pay Robbie for the idea. B.P. Richfield has a meeting with his boss, Mr. Ashland, who tells him what trouble this science project could do for business, as if dinosaurs can get free energy, [=WESAYSO=] will lose profits. The company runs television ads to discredit Robbie, and then Mr. Richfield invites the family to dinner so the company can buy Robbie's idea. Robbie knows that the only reason they want to buy the idea is so it can't be used, and would rather give it to society for free than profit from [=WESAYSO=]. Earl, however, wants Robbie to sell so that the family will be rich, but after Richfield insults Robbie, Earl stands up for Robbie, mentioning that he doesn't care if he can afford the dome and the volcano. Richfield then learns that the company can just buy the land around and under the volcano, preventing Robbie's idea from becoming a reality.


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* DisproportionateRetribution: In one of [=WESAYSO=]'s ads to make Robbie look bad to the public, a reporter turns a random dinosaur on the street against Robbie by mentioning that he failed science and never showers after gym. He also makes the claim that Robbie supports letting killers out of prison, but that's the last claim he makes, after she had already been turned against him.


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* EvenEvilHasStandards: When Mr. Richfield asks his boss if he wants him to eat Robbie, Mr. Ashland tells him that the company has a policy of not eating their enemies - that's what they have lawyers for.
** Played with regarding Mr. Richfield's feelings of the situation. At one point, it looks like he thinks it's wrong to make Robbie look bad just to help the company, but then remarks that he's honored.
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Pangea has an ash day (the dinosaurs equivalent of a snow day), allowing the kids to stay home from school and Earl to stay home from work, but Fran still makes them do stuff around the house. She makes Earl pay the heating bills that have to be paid, makes Charlene help her make a dessert, using a special plastic dome to keep the heat in, and makes Robbie work on his science project. When coming up with ideas, he thinks about the volcanoes, the heating bills that nobody wants to pay, and the dome that keeps heat in, and comes up with a way to power electricity from the domes and into homes for free. Robbie wins at the science fair, and Mr. Pullman tells him that he thinks the idea could work for real, and Robbie is given offers to make the idea a reality. B.P. Richfield has a meeting with his boss, who tells him what trouble this science project could do for business, as if dinosaurs can get free energy, [=WESAYSO=] will lose profits. The company runs television ads to discredit Robbie, and then Mr. Richfield invites the family to dinner so the company can buy Robbie's idea. Robbie knows that the only reason they want to buy the idea is so it can't be used, and would rather give it to society for free than profit from [=WESAYSO=]. Earl, however, wants Robbie to sell, but eventually is talked some sense and stands up for Robbie, telling Earl that he doesn't care if he can afford the idea and the volcano. Richfield then learns that the company can just buy the land around the volcano and not allow Robbie's idea to become a reality.

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Pangea has an ash day (the dinosaurs equivalent of a snow day), allowing the kids to stay home from school and Earl to stay home from work, but Fran still makes them do stuff around the house. She makes Earl pay the heating bills that have to be paid, makes Charlene help her make a dessert, using a special plastic dome to keep the heat in, and makes Robbie work on his science project. When coming up with ideas, he thinks about the volcanoes, the heating bills that nobody wants to pay, and the dome that keeps heat in, and comes up with a way to power electricity from the domes and into homes for free. Robbie wins at the science fair, and Mr. Pullman tells him that he thinks the idea could work for real, and Robbie is given offers to make the idea a reality. B.P. Richfield has a meeting with his boss, who tells him what trouble this science project could do for business, as if dinosaurs can get free energy, [=WESAYSO=] will lose profits. The company runs television ads to discredit Robbie, and then Mr. Richfield invites the family to dinner so the company can buy Robbie's idea. Robbie knows that the only reason they want to buy the idea is so it can't be used, and would rather give it to society for free than profit from [=WESAYSO=]. Earl, however, wants Robbie to sell, sell so that the family will be rich, but eventually is talked some sense and after Richfield insults Robbie, Earl stands up for Robbie, telling Earl mentioning that he doesn't care if he can afford the idea dome and the volcano. Richfield then learns that the company can just buy the land around and under the volcano and not allow volcano, preventing Robbie's idea to become from becoming a reality.
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* KarmaHoudini: Mr. Richfield.

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* KarmaHoudini: Mr. Richfield.Richfield.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When Earl finally agrees that it would be bad for Mr. Richfield to buy the idea, he accidentally gives Richfield the idea to just buy the volcano.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Robbie refuses to sell his idea to [=WESAYSO=], knowing that they only want to buy it to keep dinosaurs from getting free energy, and would rather the citizens have the idea for free than sell to the company.
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Pangea has an ash day (the dinosaurs equivalent of a snow day), allowing the kids to stay home from school and Earl to stay home from work, but Fran still makes them do stuff around the house. She makes Earl pay the heating bills that have to be paid, makes Charlene help her make a dessert, using a special plastic dome to keep the heat in, and makes Robbie work on his science project. When coming up with ideas, he thinks about the volcanoes, the heating bills that nobody wants to pay, and the dome that keeps heat in, and comes up with a way to power electricity from the domes and into homes for free. Robbie wins at the science fair, and Mr. Pullman tells him that he thinks the idea could work for real, and Robbie is given offers to make the idea a reality. B.P. Richfield has a meeting with his boss, who tells him what trouble this science project could do for business, as if dinosaurs can get free energy, [=WESAYSO=] will lose profits. The company runs television ads to discredit Robbie, and then Mr. Richfield invites the family to dinner so the company can buy Robbie's idea. Robbie knows that the only reason they want to buy the idea is so it can't be used, and would rather give it to society for free than profit from [=WESAYSO=]. Earl, however, wants Robbie to sell, but eventually is talked some sense and stands up for Robbie, telling Earl that he doesn't care if he can afford the idea and the volcano. Richfield then learns that the company can just buy the land around the volcano and not allow Robbie's idea to become a reality.

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* DownerEnding: Richfield figures out that he can buy the volcano and not allow Robbie's idea to actually happen, without having to pay them. Earl also learns for the first time that [=WESAYSO=] does not just want to ruin his life - they want to ruin everybodys.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr. Richfield, as usual, and his boss, who doesn't want Robbie's science project to ruin their business.
* KarmaHoudini: Mr. Richfield.

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