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* ArtisticLicenseSports: Justified as the characters don't really know what they are doing. Frank's advice to Dee in training involves resting the barbell on her neck, jerking the weight up and locking her knees. Even she seems to recognize how horrible the advice is. Dennis and Mac also train Charlie on just being a StoneWall, doing nothing except hitting him with fists, chairs and boards to toughen him up.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Dennis claims ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' is unrealistic because girls can't fight. Because they don't have muscles.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Dennis claims ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' is unrealistic because girls can't fight. Because they don't have muscles. Brianna later mocks Dee's roided-affected appearance as looking like a Holocaust victim.
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* VictoryByEndurance: Dennis and Mac's strategy for training Charlie is simply to hit him with things, reasoning to just make him a StoneWall. This was after Charlie's punching strength was seen to be lacking.
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* ShoutOut: The title of the episode is a reference to the film ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'', which is also discussed by the characters during the cold open.
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* ShoutOut: The title of the episode is a reference to the film ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'', which is also discussed by the characters during the cold open. [[spoiler:Brianna's neck breaking on an errant stool is also a riff on the film]]
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: As part of the TrainingMontage, Mac hits Charie over the head with a beer bottle.
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: As part of the TrainingMontage, Mac hits Charie Charlie over the head with a beer bottle.
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: As part of the TrainingMontage, Mac hits Charie over the head with a beer bottle.
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* AssholeVictim: Unlike most of the people who have their lives wrecked by the gang, Bobby and Brianna are such huge jerks in their own right that it's hard to have much sympathy for them.
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* PapaWolf: Bobby Thunderson hesitates to accept Frank's challenge to a fight until Frank threatens to hit Brianna, prompting Bobby to accept the challenge.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The mugger at the beginning is taken aback by the Gang abandoning Dee. He sarcastically says "Nice friends" to her.
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-->'''Mac:''' Dennis and I are gonna train you to be an underground street fighter.
-->'''Charlie:''' What?! ...That is ''brilliant!''
-->'''Charlie:''' What?! ...That is ''brilliant!''
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-->'''Mac:''' Dennis and I are gonna train you to be an underground street fighter.
-->'''Charlie:'''fighter.\\
'''Charlie:''' What?! ...That is ''brilliant!''
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'''Charlie:''' What?! ...That is ''brilliant!''
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-->'''Fight organizer:''' These are waiver forms, in case your fighter is seriously injured... or killed.
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-->'''Mac:''' Oh, we don't care about that. Sign away.
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-->'''Fight organizer:''' These are waiver forms, in case your fighter is seriously injured... or killed.
-->'''Mac:'''killed.\\
'''Mac:''' Oh, we don't care about that. Sign away.
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'''Mac:''' Oh, we don't care about that. Sign away.
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Frank trains Dee for a boxing match against the daughter of his old boxing foe. Meanwhile, Dennis and Mac train Charlie for an underground fighting ring so they can make money off him.
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->''"I WILL EAT YOUR BABIES, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch BITCH!!]]"''
->'''-- Dee'''
After the guys leave Dee alone with a mugger, Franktrains Dee for offers to help her learn self-defense, but things quickly get complicated when she agrees to a boxing match against the daughter of his old boxing foe. rival. Meanwhile, Dennis and Mac train Charlie for an underground fighting ring so they can make money off him.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AlphaBitch: Brianna, the daughter of Frank's old rival, come across as this. At one point she compares Dee to a Holocaust victim.
* BaitAndSwitchComment:
-->'''Mac:''' Dennis and I are gonna train you to be an underground street fighter.
-->'''Charlie:''' What?! ...That is ''brilliant!''
* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: Most of Frank's "training advice" makes it clear that he has no idea what he's actually doing.
* TheBoxingEpisode: The episode revolves around two separate fights, one of which is an actual boxing match.
* BrickBreak: Charlie attempts to do this with a wooden board at the beginning of his training, and fails dismally.
* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode, the gang fight over whether or not Charlie could pull a four-by-four through the snow like Sylvester Stallone in ''Film/RockyIV''. One of the scenes in the TrainingMontage later on has him pulling Dennis's Range Rover - with Mac and Dennis riding on top of it - while hopped up on steroids.
* CallBack: [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E02TheGangGoesJihad Once again]], somebody has to yell over the gang's bickering several times to get their attention.
* ComedicSociopathy: This exchange:
-->'''Fight organizer:''' These are waiver forms, in case your fighter is seriously injured... or killed.
-->'''Mac:''' Oh, we don't care about that. Sign away.
* DescriptionCut: Dennis states that they've turned Charlie into an "animal". Cut to a 'roided-up Charlie growling and gnawing on a piece of meat.
* DirtyCoward: When the gang is mugged by a junkie with a knife, the guys all shove Dee forwards and run away.
* EatsBabies: Dee claims to as part of her TrashTalk.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Dennis enters Charlie into the fight under the name "Clown Baby", reasoning that it will cause people to bet against him so that they make even more money.
* FightClubbing: Mac and Dennis enlist Charlie in an illegal underground pit fight, as they believe he is impossible to injure.
* GirlsWithMoustaches: Dee is shown shaving her facial hair during the TrainingMontage, likely as a result of her steroid abuse.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Mac and Dennis seem oddly fixated with getting Charlie to take his shirt off. They also massage his shoulders and hand before they begin "training" him, and when Mac leaves the room Dennis continues to do so while moaning in Charlie's ear.
* LightningBruiser: This is Mac's excuse for why he ends up getting beaten by a much smaller opponent; he claims that the guy was just freakishly fast.
* MadeOfIron: Mac and Dennis seem to believe that Charlie is incapable of being severely or permanently injured, and much of their "training" of him consists of them pummeling him with their fists, throwing trash cans at him and breaking boards, chairs and even glass bottles over him. To be fair, he does take most of it without seeming much worse off.
* OhCrap: Frank's reaction at the end of the episode, when he realizes that he's most likely paralyzed Brianna after his OneHitKO of her father causes her to break her neck.
* PetTheDog: Frank seems genuinely concerned when he learns that the guys left Dee alone with the mugger.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Dennis claims ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' is unrealistic because girls can't fight. Because they don't have muscles.
* PunchAWall: Dee manages to punch a hole in the wall of her apartment when she's on steroids.
* TheRival: Bobby Thunderson is Frank's old boxiing rival from the sixties, and there's still a fair amount of animosity between them. His daughter Brianna is also this for Dee.
* SanitySlippage: Both Dee and Charlie become increasingly unhinged as they continue to abuse steroids.
* ShaggyDogStory: After everything they go through, neither Dee nor Charlie ends up participating in their fight, as they both get arrested for beating up a bystander outside the bar while high on steroids. Mac ends up taking Charlie's place, while Frank takes Dee's.
* ShoutOut: The title of the episode is a reference to the film ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'', which is also discussed by the characters during the cold open.
* TrainingMontage: Set to Joe Esposito's "You're the Best" as Dee and Charlie both prepare for their respective fights.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Mac and Dennis enlist Charlie in a dangerous and illegal underground fighting match with no apparent concern for his safety, simply to make a quick buck. When Mac ends up taking Charlie's place, Dennis secretly bets ''against'' him, allowing Mac to get his ass kicked and pocketing all of the cash. ''Then'' when Mac finds out, he leaves Dennis alone in an alleyway with a mugger, [[CrossesTheLineTwice telling the mugger to stab him.]]
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->'''-- Dee'''
After the guys leave Dee alone with a mugger, Frank
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AlphaBitch: Brianna, the daughter of Frank's old rival, come across as this. At one point she compares Dee to a Holocaust victim.
* BaitAndSwitchComment:
-->'''Mac:''' Dennis and I are gonna train you to be an underground street fighter.
-->'''Charlie:''' What?! ...That is ''brilliant!''
* TheBlindLeadingTheBlind: Most of Frank's "training advice" makes it clear that he has no idea what he's actually doing.
* TheBoxingEpisode: The episode revolves around two separate fights, one of which is an actual boxing match.
* BrickBreak: Charlie attempts to do this with a wooden board at the beginning of his training, and fails dismally.
* BrickJoke: At the beginning of the episode, the gang fight over whether or not Charlie could pull a four-by-four through the snow like Sylvester Stallone in ''Film/RockyIV''. One of the scenes in the TrainingMontage later on has him pulling Dennis's Range Rover - with Mac and Dennis riding on top of it - while hopped up on steroids.
* CallBack: [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E02TheGangGoesJihad Once again]], somebody has to yell over the gang's bickering several times to get their attention.
* ComedicSociopathy: This exchange:
-->'''Fight organizer:''' These are waiver forms, in case your fighter is seriously injured... or killed.
-->'''Mac:''' Oh, we don't care about that. Sign away.
* DescriptionCut: Dennis states that they've turned Charlie into an "animal". Cut to a 'roided-up Charlie growling and gnawing on a piece of meat.
* DirtyCoward: When the gang is mugged by a junkie with a knife, the guys all shove Dee forwards and run away.
* EatsBabies: Dee claims to as part of her TrashTalk.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Dennis enters Charlie into the fight under the name "Clown Baby", reasoning that it will cause people to bet against him so that they make even more money.
* FightClubbing: Mac and Dennis enlist Charlie in an illegal underground pit fight, as they believe he is impossible to injure.
* GirlsWithMoustaches: Dee is shown shaving her facial hair during the TrainingMontage, likely as a result of her steroid abuse.
* HomoeroticSubtext: Mac and Dennis seem oddly fixated with getting Charlie to take his shirt off. They also massage his shoulders and hand before they begin "training" him, and when Mac leaves the room Dennis continues to do so while moaning in Charlie's ear.
* LightningBruiser: This is Mac's excuse for why he ends up getting beaten by a much smaller opponent; he claims that the guy was just freakishly fast.
* MadeOfIron: Mac and Dennis seem to believe that Charlie is incapable of being severely or permanently injured, and much of their "training" of him consists of them pummeling him with their fists, throwing trash cans at him and breaking boards, chairs and even glass bottles over him. To be fair, he does take most of it without seeming much worse off.
* OhCrap: Frank's reaction at the end of the episode, when he realizes that he's most likely paralyzed Brianna after his OneHitKO of her father causes her to break her neck.
* PetTheDog: Frank seems genuinely concerned when he learns that the guys left Dee alone with the mugger.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Dennis claims ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'' is unrealistic because girls can't fight. Because they don't have muscles.
* PunchAWall: Dee manages to punch a hole in the wall of her apartment when she's on steroids.
* TheRival: Bobby Thunderson is Frank's old boxiing rival from the sixties, and there's still a fair amount of animosity between them. His daughter Brianna is also this for Dee.
* SanitySlippage: Both Dee and Charlie become increasingly unhinged as they continue to abuse steroids.
* ShaggyDogStory: After everything they go through, neither Dee nor Charlie ends up participating in their fight, as they both get arrested for beating up a bystander outside the bar while high on steroids. Mac ends up taking Charlie's place, while Frank takes Dee's.
* ShoutOut: The title of the episode is a reference to the film ''Film/MillionDollarBaby'', which is also discussed by the characters during the cold open.
* TrainingMontage: Set to Joe Esposito's "You're the Best" as Dee and Charlie both prepare for their respective fights.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Mac and Dennis enlist Charlie in a dangerous and illegal underground fighting match with no apparent concern for his safety, simply to make a quick buck. When Mac ends up taking Charlie's place, Dennis secretly bets ''against'' him, allowing Mac to get his ass kicked and pocketing all of the cash. ''Then'' when Mac finds out, he leaves Dennis alone in an alleyway with a mugger, [[CrossesTheLineTwice telling the mugger to stab him.]]
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