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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: After getting dumped in a ghetto area by the police, Mac and Dee approach the only white guy in sight due to [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain their latent racism]], claiming that he looks "safe" despite the fact that he's huddled on the floor just a few feet away from a kindly-looking old black man. This turns out to be a mistake, and they end up getting mugged at gunpoint.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: After getting dumped in a ghetto area by the police, Mac and Dee approach the only white guy in sight due to [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain their latent racism]], claiming that he looks "safe" despite the fact that he's huddled on the floor just a few feet away from a kindly-looking old black man. This turns out to be a mistake, and [[LaserGuidedKarma they end up getting mugged at gunpoint.gunpoint]].
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: After getting dumped in a ghetto area by the police, Mac and Dee approach the only white guy in sight due to their latent racism, claiming that he looks "safe" despite the fact that he's huddled on the floor just a few feet away from a kindly-looking old black man. This turns out to be a mistake, and they end up getting mugged at gunpoint.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: After getting dumped in a ghetto area by the police, Mac and Dee approach the only white guy in sight due to [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain their latent racism, racism]], claiming that he looks "safe" despite the fact that he's huddled on the floor just a few feet away from a kindly-looking old black man. This turns out to be a mistake, and they end up getting mugged at gunpoint.
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* DirtyCop: After impersonating the police, Frank and Dennis assume the role of dirty cops and extort money. This infuriates Charlie, who prefers to roleplay as undercover, albeit honest, cop instead.

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* DirtyCop: After impersonating the police, Frank and Dennis assume the role of dirty cops and extort money. This infuriates Charlie, who prefers to roleplay as an undercover, albeit honest, cop instead.
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* DirtyCop: After impersonating the police, Frank and Dennis assume the role of dirty cops and extort money. This infuriates Charlie, who prefers to roleplay as undercover, albeit honest, cop instead.
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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Dee screams "You like that, bitch?" when she's attacking the masturbating bum.

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->'''-- Mac'''

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->'''-- Mac'''
-->-- '''Mac'''




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-->'''Frank:''' You can be an undercover cop in the backseat.
-->'''Dennis:''' Yeah, dude, then you can wear all the disguises you want.
-->'''Charlie:''' DAMMIT! ...That is ''such'' a good idea!

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-->'''Frank:''' You can be an undercover cop in the backseat.
-->'''Dennis:'''
backseat.\\
'''Dennis:'''
Yeah, dude, then you can wear all the disguises you want.
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want.\\
'''Charlie:'''
DAMMIT! ...That is ''such'' a good idea!

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Mac and Dee become vigilantes to solve the homeless problem. Meanwhile, after buying a junkyard police car to scare the homeless away from the bar, Frank and Dennis dress up in police costumes and begin to abuse the public while Charlie dresses as Al Pacino from ''Serpico'' and tries to expose them.

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->''"The streets are flooded with the ejaculate of the homeless, and you people are counting on the police?!"''
->'''-- Mac'''

When the gang witnesses a homeless guy masturbating in the alley behind Paddy's,
Mac and Dee become vigilantes in order to solve clean up the homeless problem. Meanwhile, after buying city's unsavory elements. Frank and Dennis buy a junkyard police car to scare the homeless away from the bar, Frank and Dennis dress up in police costumes and bar but quickly begin to abuse the public after they get a taste of the power and respect afforded to the police, while Charlie dresses as Al Pacino from ''Serpico'' and tries to expose them.them.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

* AngryGuardDog: Discussed; Charlie suggests that the gang should get a junkyard dog to guard the bar, but Dennis ends up buying a cat instead.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
-->'''Charlie:''' I got a laundry list of corruption charges: extortion, bribery, junkyard cats...
* BaitAndSwitchComment: When Charlie demands to know why Dennis and Frank didn't get a him a police uniform:
-->'''Frank:''' You can be an undercover cop in the backseat.
-->'''Dennis:''' Yeah, dude, then you can wear all the disguises you want.
-->'''Charlie:''' DAMMIT! ...That is ''such'' a good idea!
* BatterUp: Dee attacks the masturbating bum with a baseball bat.
* CaughtWithYourPantsDown: The cold open is just one long shot of Dennis, Mac and Dee watching on in horror as a homeless guy masturbates quite openly and proudly in the alley behind the bar.
* DressUpEpisode: All five members of the gang end up dressing up in some kind of costume. Mac and Dee don vigilante costumes similar to those worn by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_Angels Guardian Angels]], Dennis and Frank wear police uniforms and Charlie dresses as Serpico.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: After getting dumped in a ghetto area by the police, Mac and Dee approach the only white guy in sight due to their latent racism, claiming that he looks "safe" despite the fact that he's huddled on the floor just a few feet away from a kindly-looking old black man. This turns out to be a mistake, and they end up getting mugged at gunpoint.
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: After buying an old cop car to protect the bar, Dennis and Frank start dressing up in police uniforms so that people don't think they stole it. The power quickly goes to their heads, and before long they're actively impersonating officers to get free food and extorting random citizens for petty crimes.
* IncrediblyObviousBug: Charlie's attempt at a HiddenWire is just a tape recorder duct-taped to his chest and connected to a full-size microphone.
* MadeOfIron: Agent Jack Bauer, Dennis's junkyard cat. The guy who sells it to him claims that it's indestructible, and sure enough at the end of the episode it jumps out of an exploding car unscathed.
* MolotovCocktail: Charlie uses one to blow up the cop car at the end of the episode.
* PetTheDog: Dennis seems genuinely fond of the cat and insists on taking it everywhere with him, despite both Frank and Charlie pointing out that it stinks.
* PoliceAreUseless: Mac and Dee think that they are.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Mac's ''"Oh. My. God."'' on seeing the masturbating bum in the cold open.
* SassyBlackWoman: The desk sergeant at the police station is one.
* ShoutOut:
** Dee complains that she and Mac look like [[Series/WhatsHappening Rerun]] in their Guardian Angels getup.
** Dennis names his cat [[Series/TwentyFour Agent Jack Bauer]]
** Charlie dresses up as [[{{Film/Serpico}} Serpico]].
* SleevesAreForWimps: Mac claims that this is his "look".
* {{Squick}}: In-universe, this is the reaction that Dennis, Mac and Dee have when confronted with a homeless person masturbating in their alley.
* VigilanteMan: Mac and Dee become vigilantes in an attempt to tackle the city's homeless problem.
* WeaponForIntimidation: Mac carries a baseball bat that he insists is just for this purpose, though it gets utterly subverted when Dee takes it from him and uses it to beat the holy hell out of a homeless guy.
* WouldHitAGirl: Mac slaps Dee across the face when he's freaking out about being in the ghetto.
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: The police ditch Mac and Dee in this part of town in order to teach them a lesson when they claim that they could do a better job of policing the city.
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Mac and Dee become vigilantes to solve the homeless problem. Meanwhile, after buying a junkyard police car to scare the homeless away from the bar, Frank and Dennis dress up in police costumes and begin to abuse the public while Charlie dresses as Al Pacino from ''Serpico'' and tries to expose them.

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