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* AffectionateParody: The second half of the episode is this for the ''Film/LethalWeapon'' series, as well as 80s action movies in general.
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** Frank plays a Native American villain, which unlike Mac [[DoubleStandard no one in the Gang takes issue with]].
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* BannedEpisode: One It's one of five episodes of ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'' to be removed from Sunny'' which is no longer available for online purchase or streaming due to {{Blackface}}.its depiction of {{Blackface}}/{{Brownface}}.[[note]]The episodes are "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E03AmericasNextTopPaddys America's Next Top Paddy's Billboard Model Contest]]", "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E09ShapingAmericasYouth Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth]]", "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS08E02TheGangRecyclesTheirTrash The Gang Recycles Their Trash]]", "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS09E09TheGangMakesLethalWeapon6 The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6]]", and "[[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS14E03DeeDay Dee Day]]".[[/note]]
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* MultiPartEpisode: Part 2 of [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E08TheGangGetsANewMember "The Gang Gets a New Member"]] in all but name, resolving the status quo changes that episode ended with.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Mac thinks that blackface can be done tastefully. Taken even further by Frank, who claims that it's all about "making the lips look funny".
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Mac thinks the problem with historical instances of {{Blackface}} is that they were done to mock black people and that if it's done accurately it's okay. No one else agrees with him.
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* ContinuityNod: When Dee asks her class not to tell anyone at the school that she took them to a bar, one of the kids responds that he's been to Paddy's before, referencing the issues the bar has had with [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS01E03UnderageDrinking underage drinking.]]
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* ContinuityNod: When Dee asks her class not to tell anyone at the school that she took them to a bar, one of the kids responds that he's been to Paddy's before, referencing the issues the bar has had with [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS01E03UnderageDrinking underage drinking.]]
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* {{Blackface}}: Mac plays Murtaugh in blackface and insists that it's not racist if it's done "tastefully".
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** Mac plays Murtaugh in blackface and insists that it's not racist if it's done"tastefully"."tastefully".
** Dee and Charlie get fired when Richie shows up to school in blackface after seeing ''Lethal Weapon 5''.
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* DoubleStandard: While Dennis insists blackface is racist and completely unacceptable, he then chooses to imitate Murtaugh with a stereotypical black voice that sounds absolutely nothing like Danny Glover. He insists this isn't racist when Mac questions it.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: Frank thinks James Earl Jones white because of the scene in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' where Darth Vader's helmet is removed and his face is revealed.
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->'''Charlie:''' Look at us with our new careers, huh? How about that?
->'''Dee:''' Well, yours is kinda the same, you know, 'cause you've always sort of been a janitor.
->'''Dee:''' Well, yours is kinda the same, you know, 'cause you've always sort of been a janitor.
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->'''Charlie:''' Look at us with our new careers, huh? How about that?
->'''Dee:'''that?\\
'''Dee:''' Well, yours is kinda the same, you know, 'cause you've always sort of been a janitor.
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'''Dee:''' Well, yours is kinda the same, you know, 'cause you've always sort of been a janitor.
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-->'''Dee:''' Don't eat trash, Charlie.
-->'''Charlie:''' I'll eat what I wanna eat, okay?
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-->'''Student:''' Okay, I'm confused. So Dr. Meyers ''isn't'' dead?
-->'''Dee:''' No, no. No, not dead. Very much alive. But that's the power of acting, do you see what I'm saying? One minute dead, the next minute alive -- resurrection. It's all acting!
-->'''Dee:''' No, no. No, not dead. Very much alive. But that's the power of acting, do you see what I'm saying? One minute dead, the next minute alive -- resurrection. It's all acting!
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-->'''Student:''' Okay, I'm confused. So Dr. Meyers ''isn't'' dead?
-->'''Dee:'''dead?\\
'''Dee:''' No, no. No, not dead. Very much alive. But that's the power of acting, do you see what I'm saying? One minute dead, the next minute alive -- resurrection. It's all acting!
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'''Dee:''' No, no. No, not dead. Very much alive. But that's the power of acting, do you see what I'm saying? One minute dead, the next minute alive -- resurrection. It's all acting!
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: In-universe, the film is full of this. In particular, the scene in the casino is obviously greenscreen, while the death of the villain's henchman is shown by tossing a ragdoll off the roof.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: In-universe, the film is full of this. In particular, the scene in the casino is obviously greenscreen, while the death of the villain's henchman is shown by tossing a ragdoll off out of the roof.window (you can clearly see the doll's face).
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* SoBadItsGood: InUniverse, this seems to be the students' response to the gang's movie, with one of them proclaiming it "the best film he's ever seen".
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: In-universe, the filmhe's ever seen".is full of this. In particular, the scene in the casino is obviously greenscreen, while the death of the villain's henchman is shown by tossing a ragdoll off the roof.
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* HamAndCheese: Frank is clearly having the time of his life playing the villain.
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* FanDisservice: Frank gets a full penetrative sex scene with a prostitue in the gang's film, to the horror of the students watching.
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* {{Juggalo}}: Richie, the student who Charlie takes under his wing, is a diehard Juggalo who gets bullied for his clown makeup.
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Dee continues her new job as a substitute drama teacher and exposes her students to the culture of Paddy's with a field trip to see The Gang filming a low-budget version of the Lethal Weapon movies.
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->'''Charlie:''' Look at us with our new careers, huh? How about that?
->'''Dee:''' Well, yours is kinda the same, you know, 'cause you've always sort of been a janitor.
Dee continues her [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E08TheGangGetsANewMember new job as a substitute dramateacher teacher]] and exposes takes her students on a field trip to Paddy's to watch a screening of the gang's homemade ''Lethal Weapon'' sequel. Meanwhile, Charlie uses his new position as the high school janitor to take a troubled student under his wing.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AffectionateParody: The second half of the episode is this for the ''Film/LethalWeapon'' series, as well as 80s action movies in general.
* AlmightyJanitor: Charlie attempts to be one of these while he's working at the high school, taking it upon himself to mentor the students.
* AwesomeAussie: Riggs, but only as played by Dennis.
* BadBadActing: All of the gang in their Lethal Weapon movie, but especially Charlie, who Mac and Dennis note they should have cut completely.
* {{Blackface}}: Mac plays Murtaugh in blackface and insists that it's not racist if it's done "tastefully".
* BrickJoke: Dennis mentioned [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E02DennisGetsDivorced earlier in the season]] in what appeared to be a throwaway joke that the guys had made their own Lethal Weapon sequel. Here, we get to see the full thing.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frank comments that James Earl Jones "does a good blackface".
-->'''Dennis:''' James Earl Jones ''has'' a black face! He's a black man!
* CoolTeacher: Dee continues her attempts to be one, bringing her students to theculture of Paddy's with bar and promising them a field trip to see The Gang Broadway.
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Charlie chastises Richie for filming the gang's movie on his phone.
* ElectricTorture: Dennis-as-Riggs is chained up and tortured with alow-budget version stun gun by one of Lazarus's mooks (played by Charlie).
* EroticMassage: Frank's sex scene starts out with one of these.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dennis and Charlie both find Mac's use of blackface regrettable, though Dennis has no problem doing a "black voice".
* ExtremeOmnivore: Charlie starts eating an orange that one of the students throws in the trash, much to Dee's disgust.
-->'''Dee:''' Don't eat trash, Charlie.
-->'''Charlie:''' I'll eat what I wanna eat, okay?
* FanDisservice: Frank gets a full penetrative sex scene with a prostitue in the gang's film, to the horror of the students watching.
* FanFilm: InUniverse, it's revealed that the gang have made their own Lethal Weaponmovies.sequel.
* FiringInTheAirALot: Mac and Dennis as Riggs and Murtaugh do this while visiting their wives' graves at the end of the movie.
* {{Juggalo}}: Richie, the student who Charlie takes under his wing, is a diehard Juggalo who gets bullied for his clown makeup.
* LadySwearsALot: Dee delivers a foul-mouthed tirade over the phone to Dennis, Mac and Frank when they call to harass her at work, causing the other teachers to stare at her in shock.
-->'''Dee:''' I am a teacher now, okay? Don't ever call me here again. I don't have time for your shit, you dumbass dickbags.
* MoodWhiplash: Dee solemnly announces to her students that Dr. Meyers has passed away before immediately switching gears and cheerily informing them that she was doing a monologue.
-->'''Student:''' Okay, I'm confused. So Dr. Meyers ''isn't'' dead?
-->'''Dee:''' No, no. No, not dead. Very much alive. But that's the power of acting, do you see what I'm saying? One minute dead, the next minute alive -- resurrection. It's all acting!
* MurderousThighs: Dennis-as-Riggs snaps the neck of the mook torturing him using his thighs.
* NativeAmericanCasino: Frank plays a Native American villain who owns a casino in the gang's film.
* TheOtherDarrin: InUniverse example, played for laughs; Mac and Dennis randomly switch parts halfway through the movie for no real reason.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Mac thinks that blackface can be done tastefully. Taken even further by Frank, who claims that it's all about "making the lips look funny".
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Charlie has never heard of Insane Clown Posse.
-->'''Charlie:''' You have a posse? Well, good. Stick with your insane clown people, and you won't get jumped.
* PrankCall: Mac, Dennis and Frank call up Dee at work for the sole purpose of making pregnancy jokes since she's not around for them to harrass in person anymore.
* SequelEpisode: To [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E08TheGangGetsANewMember "The Gang Gets a New Member"]].
* SoBadItsGood: InUniverse, this seems to be the students' response to the gang's movie, with one of them proclaiming it "the best film he's ever seen".
* StatusQuoIsGod: By the end of the episode, Dee and Charlie have both been fired from their jobs at the high school.
* StylisticSuck: ''Lethal Weapon 5'' definitely counts, with its bad special effects and worse acting.
* UnwantedAssistance: Frank tries to defend Mac's use of blackface but only ends up making him look worse, as his views are even ''more'' racist.
-->'''Mac:''' Stop arguing for me, okay? I got it.
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->'''Dee:''' Well, yours is kinda the same, you know, 'cause you've always sort of been a janitor.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AffectionateParody: The second half of the episode is this for the ''Film/LethalWeapon'' series, as well as 80s action movies in general.
* AlmightyJanitor: Charlie attempts to be one of these while he's working at the high school, taking it upon himself to mentor the students.
* AwesomeAussie: Riggs, but only as played by Dennis.
* BadBadActing: All of the gang in their Lethal Weapon movie, but especially Charlie, who Mac and Dennis note they should have cut completely.
* {{Blackface}}: Mac plays Murtaugh in blackface and insists that it's not racist if it's done "tastefully".
* BrickJoke: Dennis mentioned [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E02DennisGetsDivorced earlier in the season]] in what appeared to be a throwaway joke that the guys had made their own Lethal Weapon sequel. Here, we get to see the full thing.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frank comments that James Earl Jones "does a good blackface".
-->'''Dennis:''' James Earl Jones ''has'' a black face! He's a black man!
* CoolTeacher: Dee continues her attempts to be one, bringing her students to the
* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Charlie chastises Richie for filming the gang's movie on his phone.
* ElectricTorture: Dennis-as-Riggs is chained up and tortured with a
* EroticMassage: Frank's sex scene starts out with one of these.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dennis and Charlie both find Mac's use of blackface regrettable, though Dennis has no problem doing a "black voice".
* ExtremeOmnivore: Charlie starts eating an orange that one of the students throws in the trash, much to Dee's disgust.
-->'''Dee:''' Don't eat trash, Charlie.
-->'''Charlie:''' I'll eat what I wanna eat, okay?
* FanDisservice: Frank gets a full penetrative sex scene with a prostitue in the gang's film, to the horror of the students watching.
* FanFilm: InUniverse, it's revealed that the gang have made their own Lethal Weapon
* FiringInTheAirALot: Mac and Dennis as Riggs and Murtaugh do this while visiting their wives' graves at the end of the movie.
* {{Juggalo}}: Richie, the student who Charlie takes under his wing, is a diehard Juggalo who gets bullied for his clown makeup.
* LadySwearsALot: Dee delivers a foul-mouthed tirade over the phone to Dennis, Mac and Frank when they call to harass her at work, causing the other teachers to stare at her in shock.
-->'''Dee:''' I am a teacher now, okay? Don't ever call me here again. I don't have time for your shit, you dumbass dickbags.
* MoodWhiplash: Dee solemnly announces to her students that Dr. Meyers has passed away before immediately switching gears and cheerily informing them that she was doing a monologue.
-->'''Student:''' Okay, I'm confused. So Dr. Meyers ''isn't'' dead?
-->'''Dee:''' No, no. No, not dead. Very much alive. But that's the power of acting, do you see what I'm saying? One minute dead, the next minute alive -- resurrection. It's all acting!
* MurderousThighs: Dennis-as-Riggs snaps the neck of the mook torturing him using his thighs.
* NativeAmericanCasino: Frank plays a Native American villain who owns a casino in the gang's film.
* TheOtherDarrin: InUniverse example, played for laughs; Mac and Dennis randomly switch parts halfway through the movie for no real reason.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Mac thinks that blackface can be done tastefully. Taken even further by Frank, who claims that it's all about "making the lips look funny".
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Charlie has never heard of Insane Clown Posse.
-->'''Charlie:''' You have a posse? Well, good. Stick with your insane clown people, and you won't get jumped.
* PrankCall: Mac, Dennis and Frank call up Dee at work for the sole purpose of making pregnancy jokes since she's not around for them to harrass in person anymore.
* SequelEpisode: To [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS06E08TheGangGetsANewMember "The Gang Gets a New Member"]].
* SoBadItsGood: InUniverse, this seems to be the students' response to the gang's movie, with one of them proclaiming it "the best film he's ever seen".
* StatusQuoIsGod: By the end of the episode, Dee and Charlie have both been fired from their jobs at the high school.
* StylisticSuck: ''Lethal Weapon 5'' definitely counts, with its bad special effects and worse acting.
* UnwantedAssistance: Frank tries to defend Mac's use of blackface but only ends up making him look worse, as his views are even ''more'' racist.
-->'''Mac:''' Stop arguing for me, okay? I got it.
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