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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent
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** "Head over Heels" by Tears for Fears, maybe a reference to another story of time travel with an unusual character - Film/DonnieDarko.
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** "Head over Heels" by Tears for Fears, Music/TearsForFears, maybe a also reference to another story of time travel with an unusual character - -- Film/DonnieDarko.
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* HeroicSelfDeprecation: In an act of self-flagellation Walter casts himself as an evil MadScientist who steals children's dreams.
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* AnachronismStewAnachronismStew: Done deliberately for laughs. For example, Nina Sharp uses an old rotary telephone right next to her iMac monitor.
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* FrothyMugsOfWater: AvertedTrope. They actually show a bong on network television.
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* FrothyMugsOfWater: AvertedTrope. They actually show a bong on network television.television, though they do not show Walter until after he uses it.
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* DownerEnding: Walter's version of the story ends with Peter taking back the glass heart and coldly telling Walter that "some things you can't undo". Ella objects and comes up with a new ending (see HappilyEverAfter below)
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* HappilyEverAfter: With Ella's help.version of the ending has Peter split the glass heart in two and give half to Walter so they can work together to create more things that will bring people happiness.
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** While explaining Peter's disappearance to Olivia Rachel claims he's in debt to Big Eddie, who the real Peter was trying to avoid back in [[AbortedArc the first season]].
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Distraught over Peter's disappearance and attempting to console himself with a self-made marijuana blend (the titular Brown Betty), Walter gets roped into helping Astrid watch Olivia's niece Ella for a few hours. He tells Ella a noir-esque story about a woman with a broken heart searching for one that's been stolen, full of thinly-veiled [[{{Expy}} expies]] of people from Fringe Division and ultimately painting himself as a well-meaning man who nonetheless causes great pain and doesn't deserve Peter's forgiveness.
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In the story, Rachel approaches Olivia to find her boyfriend, Peter, who has gone missing. During the investigation, Detective Broyles leads her to Massive Dynamic, where the CEO Nina Sharp informs her that Peter is a conman and industrial spy. Later, Rachel is found murdered, with
Later, Olivia follows Nina Sharp, only to find herself kidnapped by a "Watcher," working for
Ella is disappointed by the ending, so she proposes an alternate ending: when Walter says he can change, Peter believes him and splits the glass heart in two, and together they "lived happily ever after." Olivia returns, having found no leads on Peter's location. Astrid returns Walter to his home, where the Observer watches from a distance and notes Peter's disappearance.
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** Olivia sings StevieWonder's "For Once in my Life".
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** Olivia sings StevieWonder's Music/StevieWonder's "For Once in my My Life".
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** The search for the glass heart seems to reference the Tin Woodman's quest in TheWonderfulWizardOfOz.
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** The search for the glass heart seems to reference the Tin Woodman's quest in TheWonderfulWizardOfOz.''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''.
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* DeggansRule: Passed, Astrid and Broyles.
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* AmericanAccents: Anna Torv seems to have a little trouble with Olivia's Noo Yawk accent.
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* SchizoTech:SchizoTech: An episode set in a 40's FilmNoir...with cell phones.
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[[caption-width-right:300: I have spent my life making things that bring joy and happiness, to make the world a better place. Bubble Gum was one of my first. Ah. Flannel Pajamas. Oh, Rainbows. And my latest project, Singing Corpses. ]]
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** "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by TheBeeGees
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** "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by TheBeeGees
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** "Head over Heels" by Tears for Fears, maybe a reference to another story of time travel with an unusual character -DonnieDarko.Film/DonnieDarko.
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* TheCastShowoff: Oddly averted in September's case. Michael Cerveris is both a musical theatre actor and a rock singer, but he doesn't get a song.
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-->'''WALTER:''' Be careful, Stella (to Ella).
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'''Season 2, Episode 20''':
!Brown Betty
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[[caption-width-right:300: I have spent my life making things that bring joy and happiness, to make the world a better place. Bubble Gum was one of my first. Ah. Flannel Pajamas. Oh, Rainbows. And my latest project, Singing Corpses. ]]
Distraught over Peter's disappearance and attempting to console himself with a self-made marijuana blend (the titular Brown Betty), Walter gets roped into helping Astrid watch Olivia's niece Ella for a few hours. He tells Ella a noir-esque story about a woman with a broken heart searching for one that's been stolen, full of thinly-veiled [[{{Expy}} expies]] of people from Fringe Division and ultimately painting himself as a well-meaning man who nonetheless causes great pain and doesn't deserve Peter's forgiveness.
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!! Tropes found in this episode:
* AffectionateParody: Of FilmNoir
* AllAnimalsAreDogs:
-->'''WALTER:''' Gene, Gene, no licking. no licking.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: We find out that Walter was roughed up in school because [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents his mother would dress him up as parts in musicals]].
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Gene's polk-a-dots.
* AmericanAccents: Anna Torv seems to have a little trouble with Olivia's Noo Yawk accent.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded.]]
-->'''ELLA:''' That's not how it goes. She can't be dead.
-->'''WALTER:''' Why not?
-->'''ASTRID:''' Probably because it's her mother, Walter.
-->'''WALTER:''' Oh.
-->'''ELLA:''' No, that's not it. Because that's not how stories work. She's in love -- true love. She can't die.
* AnachronismStew
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry:
** Walter spells [=MnSO4=] as “manganese sulphate”, ignoring IUPAC guidelines, but later spells [=H2SO4=] as “sulfuric acid”
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine:
** The cricoarytenoid muscles do not actually contract the larynx. They are muscles intrinsic to the larynx. The posterior cricoarytenoid muscle laterally rotates the arytenoid cartilages, opening the vocal folds. The lateral cricoarytenoid muscle internally rotates the arytenoid cartilages, closing the vocal folds.
* TheBechdelTest: Passed.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The singing corpses.
* BizarroEpisode
* CallBack: Picture of John Scott on Olivia's desk.
* CellPhonesAreUseless: No signal in the crate.
* ContinuityNod: Ella plays operation with Walter as she previously played with Olivia in 'The No-Brainer' and Teddy played with Astrid in 'Johari Window'.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Astrid
* DeggansRule: Passed, Astrid and Broyles.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: We see black and white photos and Bell on the Viewing device appears like a black and white television.
* DreamStealer
* DrugsAreBad: InvertedTrope
* FantasticDrug: Brown Betty
* FantasticNoir
* FrothyMugsOfWater: AvertedTrope. They actually show a bong on network television.
* FunctionalAddict: Although how functional Walter is could be debated.
* GRatedDrug; MarijuanaIsLSD: Given Walter's typical ingestion of psychedelics, sedatives, and various other drugs, the effects of marijuana are a bit overplayed in this episode.
* HardboiledDetective: Olivia's character.
* HappilyEverAfter: With Ella's help.
* HeartTrauma
* LoveAtFirstSight:
-->'''RACHEL:''' We met only a few weeks ago, but... it was love at first sight.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Of the C Variant.
-->'''WALTER:''' Be careful, Stella (to Ella).
* TheNicknamer: Walter decides to change some names, [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} to protect the innocent]]:
** Astrid Farnsworth becomes Esther Figglesworth.
** Instead of calling the Observer by a Month name, he is called by the Zodiac sign Gemini.
** The Observers are called Watchers.
* NoirEpisode
* NotThatKindOfDoctor:
-->'''ELLA:''' (playing the board game - Operation. to Walter as the buzzer repeatedly sounds) You're killing him. You're not supposed to touch the sides. What kind of doctor are you? You're not even trying.
* OutOfGenreExperience: A FilmNoir MusicalEpisode in a ScienceFiction show.
* OnceUponATime:
-->'''WALTER:''' Once upon a time... there was an accomplished detective.
* ProductPlacement: [[http://www.americanlicorice.com/our-brands/red-vines/ Red Vines]] get a label.
* SchizoTech:
* SeparateSceneStorytelling
* ShoutOut:
** We find out Walter's mother loved Creator/RaymondChandler and Creator/DashiellHammett.
** "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by TheBeeGees
** "Head over Heels" by Tears for Fears, maybe a reference to another story of time travel with an unusual character - DonnieDarko.
** The search for the glass heart seems to reference the Tin Woodman's quest in TheWonderfulWizardOfOz.
** The [[{{Chiaroscuro}} dramatic shadows]] during Creator/LeonardNimoy's appearance suggest he may have [[BeardOfEvil facial hair]] recalling MirrorUniverse [[TheSpock Spock]].
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent
* StonersAreFunny:
-->'''ELLA:''' All you've done is eat all my snacks and talk about weird stuff and everything makes you laugh.
* StorybookEpisode
* TitleDrop:
-->'''WALTER:''' I'd hardly classify what I've just smoked as marijuana. It's -- it's a hybrid. Of Chronic Supernova and Afghani Kush. I call it Brown Betty.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong:
** Walter sings Tears for Fears "Head over Heels".
** Broyle's does a very good job singing Traffic's "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys".
** The corpses sing "Candy Man".
** Astrid really brings it with "I hope I get it" from Theatre/AChorusLine.
** Olivia sings StevieWonder's "For Once in my Life".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The man stabbed in the back at the Hawaii themed jazz bar.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad:
-->'''WALTER:''' I never told Peter stories. I was always... too busy with my work.
* WouldHurtAChild
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!Brown Betty
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/300px-Episode220_3190.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:300: I have spent my life making things that bring joy and happiness, to make the world a better place. Bubble Gum was one of my first. Ah. Flannel Pajamas. Oh, Rainbows. And my latest project, Singing Corpses. ]]
Distraught over Peter's disappearance and attempting to console himself with a self-made marijuana blend (the titular Brown Betty), Walter gets roped into helping Astrid watch Olivia's niece Ella for a few hours. He tells Ella a noir-esque story about a woman with a broken heart searching for one that's been stolen, full of thinly-veiled [[{{Expy}} expies]] of people from Fringe Division and ultimately painting himself as a well-meaning man who nonetheless causes great pain and doesn't deserve Peter's forgiveness.
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!! Tropes found in this episode:
* AffectionateParody: Of FilmNoir
* AllAnimalsAreDogs:
-->'''WALTER:''' Gene, Gene, no licking. no licking.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: We find out that Walter was roughed up in school because [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents his mother would dress him up as parts in musicals]].
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Gene's polk-a-dots.
* AmericanAccents: Anna Torv seems to have a little trouble with Olivia's Noo Yawk accent.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded.]]
-->'''ELLA:''' That's not how it goes. She can't be dead.
-->'''WALTER:''' Why not?
-->'''ASTRID:''' Probably because it's her mother, Walter.
-->'''WALTER:''' Oh.
-->'''ELLA:''' No, that's not it. Because that's not how stories work. She's in love -- true love. She can't die.
* AnachronismStew
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry:
** Walter spells [=MnSO4=] as “manganese sulphate”, ignoring IUPAC guidelines, but later spells [=H2SO4=] as “sulfuric acid”
* ArtisticLicenseMedicine:
** The cricoarytenoid muscles do not actually contract the larynx. They are muscles intrinsic to the larynx. The posterior cricoarytenoid muscle laterally rotates the arytenoid cartilages, opening the vocal folds. The lateral cricoarytenoid muscle internally rotates the arytenoid cartilages, closing the vocal folds.
* TheBechdelTest: Passed.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The singing corpses.
* BizarroEpisode
* CallBack: Picture of John Scott on Olivia's desk.
* CellPhonesAreUseless: No signal in the crate.
* ContinuityNod: Ella plays operation with Walter as she previously played with Olivia in 'The No-Brainer' and Teddy played with Astrid in 'Johari Window'.
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Astrid
* DeggansRule: Passed, Astrid and Broyles.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: We see black and white photos and Bell on the Viewing device appears like a black and white television.
* DreamStealer
* DrugsAreBad: InvertedTrope
* FantasticDrug: Brown Betty
* FantasticNoir
* FrothyMugsOfWater: AvertedTrope. They actually show a bong on network television.
* FunctionalAddict: Although how functional Walter is could be debated.
* GRatedDrug; MarijuanaIsLSD: Given Walter's typical ingestion of psychedelics, sedatives, and various other drugs, the effects of marijuana are a bit overplayed in this episode.
* HardboiledDetective: Olivia's character.
* HappilyEverAfter: With Ella's help.
* HeartTrauma
* LoveAtFirstSight:
-->'''RACHEL:''' We met only a few weeks ago, but... it was love at first sight.
* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Of the C Variant.
-->'''WALTER:''' Be careful, Stella (to Ella).
* TheNicknamer: Walter decides to change some names, [[Franchise/{{Dragnet}} to protect the innocent]]:
** Astrid Farnsworth becomes Esther Figglesworth.
** Instead of calling the Observer by a Month name, he is called by the Zodiac sign Gemini.
** The Observers are called Watchers.
* NoirEpisode
* NotThatKindOfDoctor:
-->'''ELLA:''' (playing the board game - Operation. to Walter as the buzzer repeatedly sounds) You're killing him. You're not supposed to touch the sides. What kind of doctor are you? You're not even trying.
* OutOfGenreExperience: A FilmNoir MusicalEpisode in a ScienceFiction show.
* OnceUponATime:
-->'''WALTER:''' Once upon a time... there was an accomplished detective.
* ProductPlacement: [[http://www.americanlicorice.com/our-brands/red-vines/ Red Vines]] get a label.
* SchizoTech:
* SeparateSceneStorytelling
* ShoutOut:
** We find out Walter's mother loved Creator/RaymondChandler and Creator/DashiellHammett.
** "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by TheBeeGees
** "Head over Heels" by Tears for Fears, maybe a reference to another story of time travel with an unusual character - DonnieDarko.
** The search for the glass heart seems to reference the Tin Woodman's quest in TheWonderfulWizardOfOz.
** The [[{{Chiaroscuro}} dramatic shadows]] during Creator/LeonardNimoy's appearance suggest he may have [[BeardOfEvil facial hair]] recalling MirrorUniverse [[TheSpock Spock]].
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent
* StonersAreFunny:
-->'''ELLA:''' All you've done is eat all my snacks and talk about weird stuff and everything makes you laugh.
* StorybookEpisode
* TitleDrop:
-->'''WALTER:''' I'd hardly classify what I've just smoked as marijuana. It's -- it's a hybrid. Of Chronic Supernova and Afghani Kush. I call it Brown Betty.
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong:
** Walter sings Tears for Fears "Head over Heels".
** Broyle's does a very good job singing Traffic's "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys".
** The corpses sing "Candy Man".
** Astrid really brings it with "I hope I get it" from Theatre/AChorusLine.
** Olivia sings StevieWonder's "For Once in my Life".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The man stabbed in the back at the Hawaii themed jazz bar.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad:
-->'''WALTER:''' I never told Peter stories. I was always... too busy with my work.
* WouldHurtAChild
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