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* GotMeDoingIt: After learning that Mrs. Kelly does things in threes, Mac and Charlie wind up doing it as well.

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* ObsessivelyOrganized: Mrs. Kelly has to do everything in threes "so that Charlie doesn't die". It's apparently contagious, as both Charlie and Mac later end up doing it too.



* SuperOCD: Mrs. Kelly has to do everything in threes "so that Charlie doesn't die". It's apparently contagious, as both Charlie and Mac later end up doing it too.
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* CloudCuckoolander: Mrs. Kelly won't go to grocery stores because she believes shopping carts are dangerous, in addition to various other odd behaviors and beliefs.
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* VoiceGrunting: Mrs. Mac largely communicates in grunts that Mac understands and translates for the others.

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-->'''Dee:''' I'm a Grobanite. Grobanites don't miss shows. Josh Groban comes to town and we consider it a call to action.
-->'''Frank:''' What you're saying is very dorky.

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-->'''Dee:''' I'm a Grobanite. Grobanites don't miss shows. Josh Groban comes to town and we consider it a call to action.
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* RuleOfThree: Invoked: Mrs. Kelly is of the opinion that if she doesn't do things in threes, Charlie will die.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Mrs. Kelly has a phobia of dogs and is terrified that they'll "eat her face off".

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Mrs. Kelly has a phobia of dogs animals and is terrified that they'll "eat her face off".

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Charlie and Mac try to get their mothers to live together in Mrs. Kelly's house after Mrs. Mac burns her house down. Meanwhile, Frank cares for Dee when she falls ill.

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->''"They could be like The Golden Girls! A couple of old ladies getting together, chasing men, eating cheesecake... that'd be cool!"''
->'''-- Mac'''

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Charlie and Mac try to get their mothers to live together in Mrs. Kelly's house after decide that Mrs. Mac should move in with Mrs. Kelly after the former burns her house down. Meanwhile, down, but the new partnership gets off to a rocky start. Frank cares for tries to look after Dee when she falls ill.ill in an attempt to score brownie points so that she'll feel obliged to care for him when he's old.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

* AbusiveParents: Dennis repeatedly calls out Frank for being a horrible father to both him and Dee.
* CallBack: Mac is adamant that he's not sending his mother a nursing home for fear that she'll [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E08FrankSetsSweetDeeOnFire get raped]].
* ChainedToABed: Non-sexy variant; Dennis and Frank tie Dee to the futon in Frank and Charlie's apartment "for her own protection" after she falls down a flight of stairs while drugged.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Mac and Dennis are apparently under the impression that Josh Groban is Charles Grodin's son.
* ContinuityNod: Charlie mentions that [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E03TheGreatRecession Uncle Jack has moved out of his mother's house.]]
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Mac is very fond of his mother and initially wants her to move in with him and Dennis after her house burns down. He also tells Charlie off for disrespecting Mrs. Kelly.
* EverythingTryingToKillYou: This is Mrs. Kelly's view of the world, to the point where she thinks that ''shopping carts'' are dangerous.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Mac's dog Poppins will eat anything from cigarette butts to shampoo and body lotion.
* EyeScream: Poppins's eye periodically falls out of its socket and Mac nonchalantly pops it back in with his knuckle, disgusting both Dennis and Charlie.
* FanGirl: Dee is a self-confessed "Grobanite".
-->'''Dee:''' I'm a Grobanite. Grobanites don't miss shows. Josh Groban comes to town and we consider it a call to action.
-->'''Frank:''' What you're saying is very dorky.
* HiddenDepths: Mrs. Mac is revealed to be very handy and good at fixing things.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: Mac claims that he gets his awful temper from his mother after she almost strangles Mrs. Kelly.
* NotQuiteDead: Dennis and Frank think they've killed Poppins after the dog gets into the drugged juice they gave to Dee and attempt to hide the body from Mac by throwing it in the trash. It turns out to be a false alarm, however, as Mac discovers Poppins alive and well, chewing on a diaper at the bottom of the trash can.
* OddFriendship: After a rocky start, the end of the episode sees one of these beginning to blossom between the surly, mannish Mrs. Mac and timid, fussy Mrs. Kelly.
* OhCrap: Dennis's reaction when he realizes that Mac intends for his mother to move in with them.
* RacistGrandma: Mrs. Mac and Mrs. Kelly eventually end up bonding over their mutual racism.
* SickEpisode: Dee's subplot sees her coming down with a slight cold and then using it as an excuse to boss Frank around when he offers to take care of her. Then Frank and Dennis conspire to ''make'' her sicker so that she has to depend on Frank.
* ShoutOut: Mac and Charlie want their mothers to be like ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', and at one point they sing the theme tune.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Mac and Frank seem to think that nursing homes are a hotbed of rape.
-->'''Dennis:''' You people have a very strange conception of what goes on in nursing homes.
* SuperOCD: Mrs. Kelly has to do everything in threes "so that Charlie doesn't die". It's apparently contagious, as both Charlie and Mac later end up doing it too.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Frank and Dennis spike Dee's juice with cough medicine to make her feel worse so that she becomes dependent on Frank.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Mrs. Kelly has a phobia of dogs and is terrified that they'll "eat her face off".
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Charlie and Mac try to get their mothers to live together in Mrs. Kelly's house after Mrs. Mac burns her house down. Meanwhile, Frank cares for Dee when she falls ill.

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