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* TheVoiceless: Rob Thomas has exactly one line, tersely snarled in Dennis' face while holding his shoe in a striking position: "''Watch your ass, new meat.''"
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-->'''Sinbad''': This is Sinbad's house! When you in Sinbad house, you my '''''BITCH'''''!
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* ShapedLikeItself: Charlie is very excited at the prospect of meeting Sinbad, and hopes he wears "something made of windbreaker".
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Frank cannot pronounce the name of Creator/BonJovi.
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* CentipedesDilemma: Dee's joke at the comedy club can be charitably called a work in progress--at least compared to Charlie's "what is cheese, you know?"--but is hampered horribly by her performance-anxiety-induced dry heaves.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Dee tells Charlie that his life sucks because of choices he could stop making at any time. Then she reveals that every night she goes to a comedy club to humiliate herself.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Frank pisses in a fountain daily. Dee throws coins she wishes for celebrity status upon into the fountain, while Charlie steals the coins to pay someone to spy on the Waitress for him. Finally, Dennis uses the water of the fountain to wash his face. Dee is the only one to figure out or comment upon their place in all of these events.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Frank pisses in a fountain daily. Dee throws coins she wishes in the same fountain to wish for celebrity status upon into the fountain, status, while Charlie steals the coins to pay someone to spy on the Waitress for him. Finally, Dennis uses the water of the fountain to wash his face. Dee is the only one to figure out or comment upon their place in all of these events.
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Dennis finds a manuscript of the memoir he wrote years ago about his many sexual conquests, and ends up in a rehab center with comedian Creator/{{Sinbad}} and Music/MatchboxTwenty frontman Rob Thomas, after Mac and Frank decide that he should re-enact some of the scenarios in the book to lend verisimilitude to his stories. Meanwhile, Charlie and Dee decide to spend a day in each other's shoes.
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Dennis finds a manuscript of the memoir he wrote years ago about his many sexual conquests, and ends up in a rehab center with comedian Creator/{{Sinbad}} and Music/MatchboxTwenty frontman Rob Thomas, Music/RobThomas, after Mac and Frank decide that he should re-enact some of the scenarios in the book to lend verisimilitude to his stories. Meanwhile, Charlie and Dee decide to spend a day in each other's shoes.
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* AdamWesting: Comedian Creator/{{Sinbad}} and Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20 appear as hallucinated versions of themselves, in which Sinbad is an angry, aggressive, unhinged rehab ward king and Rob Thomas is his equally unhinged, violent but largely quiet "bitch".
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* AdamWesting: Comedian Creator/{{Sinbad}} and Rob Thomas Music/RobThomas of Matchbox 20 appear as hallucinated versions of themselves, in which Sinbad is an angry, aggressive, unhinged rehab ward king and Rob Thomas is his equally unhinged, violent but largely quiet "bitch".
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* BaldnessMeansSickness: In a big win for realism, the executive Mac was hoping to fool by donning a bald cap and pretending to have cancer points out that if he'd lost his hair due to chemotherapy (which is what actually causes hair loss, not the cancer itself), he should have lost all his facial hair, too.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Frank and Mac play with a laser pointer and talk on a cell phone in a movie theater, but are outraged when another patron tells them to quiet down.
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Dennis finds a manuscript of the memoir he wrote years ago about his many sexual conquests, and ends up in a rehab center with comedian Sinbad Creator/{{Sinbad}} and Matchbox 20 frontman, Music/MatchboxTwenty frontman Rob Thomas Thomas, after Mac and Frank decide that he should re-enact some of the scenarios in the book to lend verisimilitude to his stories. Meanwhile, Charlie and Dee decide to spend a day in each other's shoes.
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* AllJustADream: The Rob Thomas and Sinbad segments were actually hallucinations brought on from the head trauma Dennis received when he was knocked unconscious.
* AndYouWereThere: Dennis hallucinated that a warehouse was a rehab, and that its two employees were Sinbad and Rob Thomas.
* AndYouWereThere: Dennis hallucinated that a warehouse was a rehab, and that its two employees were Sinbad and Rob Thomas.
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* AndYouWereThere: Dennis hallucinated that a warehouse was a rehab, and that its two employees were Sinbad and Rob Thomas.
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* TheCastShowoff: Averted. Sinbad demands that Rob Thomas sing a song for Dennis, but changes his mind and barks at him to shut up before Thomas gets so much as a word out.
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-->'''Charlie:''' Look, Dee, I can't explain it, alright? There's some sort of weird chemical reaction that happens when you combine cat food, beer and glue, it makes you feel like extremely sick and tired and you're able to fall asleep!
-->'''Dee:''' Why would I wanna make myself extremely sick and tired?
-->'''Charlie:''' 'Cause there's gonna be about fifty cats howling outside that window all night long, and you have no idea how loud fifty cats can be.
-->'''Dee:''' Why would I wanna make myself extremely sick and tired?
-->'''Charlie:''' 'Cause there's gonna be about fifty cats howling outside that window all night long, and you have no idea how loud fifty cats can be.
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-->'''Charlie:''' Look, Dee, I can't explain it, alright? There's some sort of weird chemical reaction that happens when you combine cat food, beer and glue, it makes you feel like extremely sick and tired and you're able to fall asleep!
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'''Dee:''' Why would I wanna make myself extremely sick andtired?
-->'''Charlie:'''tired?\\
'''Charlie:''' 'Cause there's gonna be about fifty cats howling outside that window all night long, and you have no idea how loud fifty cats can be.
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'''Dee:''' Why would I wanna make myself extremely sick and
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'''Charlie:''' 'Cause there's gonna be about fifty cats howling outside that window all night long, and you have no idea how loud fifty cats can be.
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* FirstRuleOfTheYard: Sinbad constantly harasses and dominates Dennis every chance he gets as if they were in a MightMakesRight prison situation.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: Frank pisses in a fountain daily. Dee throws coins she wishes for celebrity status upon into the fountain, while Charlie steals the coins to pay someone to spy on the Waitress for him. Finally, Dennis uses the water of the fountain to wash his face. Dee is the only one to figure out or comment upon their place in all of these events.
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* CallBack: [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E01CharlieGetsCrippled Mac uses a wheelchair-and-blanket]] while pretending cancer.
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* CallBack: [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E01CharlieGetsCrippled Mac uses a wheelchair-and-blanket]] while pretending to have cancer.
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* SanitySlippage: Dennis, as the end of the episode reveals that his time in "rehab" was actually spent in a random warehouse and he hallucinated his encounters with Sinbad and Rob Thomas - likely due to Frank knocking him out with nail gun.
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* SanitySlippage: Dennis, as the end of the episode reveals that his time in "rehab" was actually spent in a random warehouse and he hallucinated his encounters with Sinbad and Rob Thomas - likely due to Frank knocking him out with a nail gun.
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* AxCrazy: Sinbad threatens to [[EyeScream poke Dennis' eye out]], and Rob Thomas tries to [[GroinAttack bash his testicles]] with a shoe.
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* AxCrazy: Sinbad threatens to [[EyeScream poke Dennis' eye out]], and Rob Thomas tries to [[GroinAttack bash beat his testicles]] with a shoe.
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* CallBack: [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E01CharlieGetsCrippled Mac uses a wheelchair-and-blanket while faking cancer.]]
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* AxCrazy: Sinbad threatens to [[EyeScream poke Dennis' eye out]], and Rob Thomas tries to [[GroinAttack bash his testicles]] with a shoe.
* CallBack: [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E01CharlieGetsCrippled Mac uses a wheelchair-and-blanket while faking cancer.]]
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* InAnotherMansShoes: Charlie and Dee are each convinced that they have the hardest lives in the gang, and they both spend a day experiencing what life is like for the other.
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* InAnotherMansShoes: Charlie and Dee are each convinced that they have the hardest lives in the gang, and they both spend a day experiencing what life is like for the other. Mac and Frank end up doing it with each other later.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E07WhoPoopedTheBed Frank and Charlie still sleep ass-to-ass in the same bed]].
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* CreepyTwins: Dee encounters a ''very'' creepy pair of twin little girls in the hallway of Charlie's apartment building, though it's later revealed that she was tripping on glue.
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* CreepyTwins: Dee encounters a ''very'' creepy pair of twin little girls in the hallway of Charlie's apartment building, though it's later revealed that she was tripping on glue.had a "glue O.D." due to huffing as much as Charlie.
** StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Frank's entrance in the same scene is punctuated by his bursting through the door and immediately wolfing down a can of cat food before going to bed, [[SubvertedTrope although he might already be familiar with the routine by this point]].
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-->'''Dennis:''' I banged that girl in the fountain. That story was true; the hotdogs, the oatmeal, everything.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Dee gets so nervous that she ends up dry-heaving whenever she tries to perform comedy.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Dee gets so nervous that she ends up dry-heaving whenever she tries to perform comedy.
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-->'''Dennis:''' I banged that girl in the fountain. That story was true; the hotdogs, hot dogs, the oatmeal, everything.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Dee gets so nervous that she ends up dry-heaving (or vomiting, if she's eaten anything prior to going onstage) whenever she tries to performcomedy.at a comedy club. It's outright stated that this isn't the first time this has happened.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Dee gets so nervous that she ends up dry-heaving (or vomiting, if she's eaten anything prior to going onstage) whenever she tries to perform
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* TapOnTheHead: Deconstructed; see SanitySlippage above. Dennis' hallucinated experience in rehab is heavily implied to be due to taking a blow to the head by Frank's nail gun, and he immediately determines that he should go see a real doctor as soon as possible.
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Dennis finds a manuscript of the memoir he wrote years ago about his many sexual conquests, and Mac and Frank decide to re-enact the scenarios to lend some verisimilitude to Dennis' stories, which lands Dennis in a rehab center with comedian Sinbad and Matchbox 20 frontman, Rob Thomas. Meanwhile, Charlie and Dee show each other what life is like for each other.
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->''"I've been keeping track of all my sexual exploits and I was gonna unleash them on the world in a fiery blaze of eroticism."''
->'''-- Dennis'''
Dennis finds a manuscript of the memoir he wrote years ago about his many sexual conquests, andMac and Frank decide to re-enact the scenarios to lend some verisimilitude to Dennis' stories, which lands Dennis ends up in a rehab center with comedian Sinbad and Matchbox 20 frontman, Rob Thomas. Thomas after Mac and Frank decide that he should re-enact some of the scenarios in the book to lend verisimilitude to his stories. Meanwhile, Charlie and Dee show decide to spend a day in each other other's shoes.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AsHimself: Both Sinbad and Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20.
* BlatantLies: In Dennis's memoirs he claims that he was the personal sexual advisor to Jon Bon Jovi and that he woke up in a rehab center with the wounds of Christ on his hands and feet.
* CannotTellAJoke: It's revealed that Dee performs stand-up comedy at an open mic night most evenings, and she's predictably terrible. Then she makes Charlie do it as well, and he's even worse.
* CigaretteBurns: Mac wants to use a cigar to give Dennis stigmata on his hands, though Frank insists a nail gun would be more effective.
* CreepyTwins: Dee encounters a ''very'' creepy pair of twin little girls in the hallway of Charlie's apartment building, though it's later revealed that she was tripping on glue.
* DogFoodDiet: Charlie and Frank eat cat food every night before they go to sleep.
* InAnotherMansShoes: Charlie and Dee are each convinced that they have the hardest lives in the gang, and they both spend a day experiencing what life is like foreach other.the other.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Every time Charlie tries to explain to Dee why he does the ridiculous things that he does.
-->'''Charlie:''' Look, Dee, I can't explain it, alright? There's some sort of weird chemical reaction that happens when you combine cat food, beer and glue, it makes you feel like extremely sick and tired and you're able to fall asleep!
-->'''Dee:''' Why would I wanna make myself extremely sick and tired?
-->'''Charlie:''' 'Cause there's gonna be about fifty cats howling outside that window all night long, and you have no idea how loud fifty cats can be.
* NoodleImplements:
-->'''Dennis:''' I banged that girl in the fountain. That story was true; the hotdogs, the oatmeal, everything.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Dee gets so nervous that she ends up dry-heaving whenever she tries to perform comedy.
* SanitySlippage: Dennis, as the end of the episode reveals that his time in "rehab" was actually spent in a random warehouse and he hallucinated his encounters with Sinbad and Rob Thomas - likely due to Frank knocking him out with nail gun.
* ScaryBlackMan: Dennis's hallucination of Sinbad is extremely aggressive and threatening.
* ShoutOut:
** Dee's encounter with the twin girls in Charlie's building is taken straight out of ''Film/TheShining''.
** Mac repeatedly tells Dennis that he doesn't want to end up like the ''Million Little Pieces'' guy.
* StalkerWithACrush: Charlie reveals that he steals pennies from the fountain in order to pay somebody to spy on the Waitress for him.
* StickyFingers: Mac steals a laser pointer from the Philadelphia Soul executive's office.
* StylisticSuck: Dennis's memoirs are ''full'' of this.
-->''"Our eyes locked, our hands touched, and she whispered in my ear, 'Dude... your balls totally rule.'"''
* TakeThat: Dennis's reaction to apparently meeting Rob Thomas is to exclaim "Matchbox 20? ''Ew.''" Mac later refers to Thomas as a "douchebag".
* ThirdPersonPerson: Sinbad constantly refers to himself in the third person.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Charlie's addiction to cheese is brought up again when Dee accuses him of eating it out of the rat traps in the bar. He later gives a stand-up comedy set that exclusively revolves around awkward references to cheese.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Mac and Frank decide to "help" Dennis by knocking him out cold outside the rehab center, giving him stigmata wounds with a cigar and a ''nail gun'', and then forgetting about him for the rest of the episode. To make matters worse, instead of being concerned when it's revealed Dennis has been hallucinating the entire time, they're mostly just annoyed that he "lied" to them.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Mac wears a bald cap and pretends to have cancer in the hopes that Bon Jovi will agree to perform a private concert for him. Unfortunately, the executive sees through his brilliant ruse right away and informs him that when people go through chemo, they usually lose their facial hair as well.
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->'''-- Dennis'''
Dennis finds a manuscript of the memoir he wrote years ago about his many sexual conquests, and
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AsHimself: Both Sinbad and Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20.
* BlatantLies: In Dennis's memoirs he claims that he was the personal sexual advisor to Jon Bon Jovi and that he woke up in a rehab center with the wounds of Christ on his hands and feet.
* CannotTellAJoke: It's revealed that Dee performs stand-up comedy at an open mic night most evenings, and she's predictably terrible. Then she makes Charlie do it as well, and he's even worse.
* CigaretteBurns: Mac wants to use a cigar to give Dennis stigmata on his hands, though Frank insists a nail gun would be more effective.
* CreepyTwins: Dee encounters a ''very'' creepy pair of twin little girls in the hallway of Charlie's apartment building, though it's later revealed that she was tripping on glue.
* DogFoodDiet: Charlie and Frank eat cat food every night before they go to sleep.
* InAnotherMansShoes: Charlie and Dee are each convinced that they have the hardest lives in the gang, and they both spend a day experiencing what life is like for
* InsaneTrollLogic: Every time Charlie tries to explain to Dee why he does the ridiculous things that he does.
-->'''Charlie:''' Look, Dee, I can't explain it, alright? There's some sort of weird chemical reaction that happens when you combine cat food, beer and glue, it makes you feel like extremely sick and tired and you're able to fall asleep!
-->'''Dee:''' Why would I wanna make myself extremely sick and tired?
-->'''Charlie:''' 'Cause there's gonna be about fifty cats howling outside that window all night long, and you have no idea how loud fifty cats can be.
* NoodleImplements:
-->'''Dennis:''' I banged that girl in the fountain. That story was true; the hotdogs, the oatmeal, everything.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Dee gets so nervous that she ends up dry-heaving whenever she tries to perform comedy.
* SanitySlippage: Dennis, as the end of the episode reveals that his time in "rehab" was actually spent in a random warehouse and he hallucinated his encounters with Sinbad and Rob Thomas - likely due to Frank knocking him out with nail gun.
* ScaryBlackMan: Dennis's hallucination of Sinbad is extremely aggressive and threatening.
* ShoutOut:
** Dee's encounter with the twin girls in Charlie's building is taken straight out of ''Film/TheShining''.
** Mac repeatedly tells Dennis that he doesn't want to end up like the ''Million Little Pieces'' guy.
* StalkerWithACrush: Charlie reveals that he steals pennies from the fountain in order to pay somebody to spy on the Waitress for him.
* StickyFingers: Mac steals a laser pointer from the Philadelphia Soul executive's office.
* StylisticSuck: Dennis's memoirs are ''full'' of this.
-->''"Our eyes locked, our hands touched, and she whispered in my ear, 'Dude... your balls totally rule.'"''
* TakeThat: Dennis's reaction to apparently meeting Rob Thomas is to exclaim "Matchbox 20? ''Ew.''" Mac later refers to Thomas as a "douchebag".
* ThirdPersonPerson: Sinbad constantly refers to himself in the third person.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Charlie's addiction to cheese is brought up again when Dee accuses him of eating it out of the rat traps in the bar. He later gives a stand-up comedy set that exclusively revolves around awkward references to cheese.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Mac and Frank decide to "help" Dennis by knocking him out cold outside the rehab center, giving him stigmata wounds with a cigar and a ''nail gun'', and then forgetting about him for the rest of the episode. To make matters worse, instead of being concerned when it's revealed Dennis has been hallucinating the entire time, they're mostly just annoyed that he "lied" to them.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Mac wears a bald cap and pretends to have cancer in the hopes that Bon Jovi will agree to perform a private concert for him. Unfortunately, the executive sees through his brilliant ruse right away and informs him that when people go through chemo, they usually lose their facial hair as well.
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