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* HollywoodBeautyStandards: Mac's weight gain is contrasted with Dennis' obsession with staying thin. While Mac is diagnosed with diabetes and needs insulin shots now, Dennis' is shown to be highly malnourished and ready to pass out from light activity.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Dee is initially quite dismissive of Roxy's lifestyle, but learning she is actually quite loaded from having so many clients gives Dee pause. Then after learning some clients are just looking for a fetish and it isn't all intercourse Dee is more than happy to let a guy massage her feet for a few hundred dollars.
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* DisposableSexWorker: Played for dark laughs at the end of the episode when Roxy abruptly keels over from a drug overdose; the gang don't want to deal with the repercussions of a dead hooker being found in Charlie's apartment, so they drag her out into the hallway and phone in an anonymous tip to 911.
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* DisposableSexWorker: Played for dark laughs at the end of the episode when Roxy abruptly keels over from a drug overdose; the gang don't want to deal with the repercussions of a dead hooker being found in Charlie's apartment, apartment (with Charlie adding him being covered in (fake) blood would make it look worse), so they drag her out into the hallway and phone in an anonymous tip to 911.
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* RewatchBonus: In the scene where Charlie and Frank prepare for their blind date, Charlie can be seen eating what appears to be some kind of candy the whole time; he doesn't say what it is, but it's actually the blood capsules he'll later projectile vomit all over the unfortunate woman they take out for the evening.
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* RewatchBonus: In the scene where Charlie and Frank prepare for their blind date, Charlie can be seen eating what appears to be some kind of candy the whole time; he doesn't say what it is, but it's actually the blood capsules he'll later projectile vomit all over the unfortunate woman they take out for the evening.evening. Also a subversion of typical {{foreshadowing}}, since Charlie never says what they are or why he's eating them until ''after'' he's thrown them back up.
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* DumbassHasAPoint: Mac may be delusional about his weight gain, but he's correct when he tells Dennis that aging is inevitable and they won't look like 20 year-olds forever.
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* AsHimself: Possibly hinted at with the Tiger Woods" impersonator. Dee seems to recognize him as the Donovan [=McNab=] impersonator from a previous episode, but it might be that she also realizes that he's Creator/GeoffreyOwens, best known for playing Sondra's husband Elvin on ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.
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* AsHimself: Possibly hinted at with the Tiger Woods" Woods impersonator. Dee seems to recognize him as the Donovan [=McNab=] impersonator from a previous episode, but it might be that she also realizes that he's Creator/GeoffreyOwens, best known for playing Sondra's husband Elvin on ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.
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* StoutStrength: Mac claims that he now has this after gaining fifty pounds. Dennis ''does'' struggle to move him, but given that Dennis also almost faints a few minutes later that's not really saying a lot.
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* StoutStrength: Mac claims that he now has this after gaining fifty pounds. Dennis ''does'' struggle to move him, but given that Dennis also almost faints from malnutrition a few minutes later that's not really saying a lot.
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* IllBoy: Mac and Dennis are both revealed to be in very poor health, with the former having type 2 diabetes and the latter suffering from severe malnutrition.
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* AsHimself: Possibly hinted at with the Tiger Woods Woods" impersonator. Dee seems to recognize him as the Donovan [=McNab=] impersonator from a previous episode, but it might be that she also realizes that he's Creator/GeoffreyOwens, best known for playing Sondra's husband Elvin on ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.
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** Charlie comments that the last time the gang tried to get a jukyard dog to guard the bar, [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E14BumsMakingAMessAllOverTheCity Dennis got them a cat instead]].
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** Charlie comments that the last time the gang tried to get a jukyard junkyard dog to guard the bar, [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E14BumsMakingAMessAllOverTheCity Dennis got them a cat instead]].
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** Dee recognizes Roxy's client "Tiger Woods" as the same actor who pretended to be Donovan [=McNab=] when she [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E02TheGangGetsInvincible tried out for the Philadelphia Eagles]].
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** Dee recognizes Roxy's client client, "Tiger Woods" as the same actor who pretended to be Donovan [=McNab=] when she [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E02TheGangGetsInvincible tried out for the Philadelphia Eagles]].
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* {{Fetish}}: Roxy's client likes "foot shit". Dee is also convinced to become a "foot girl" after learning how much money she can make just by letting a guy rub her feet.
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* {{Fetish}}: Roxy's client client, "Tiger Woods", likes "foot shit". Dee is also convinced to become a "foot girl" after learning how much money she can make just by letting a guy rub her feet.
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* AffectionateParody: Of ''Film/PrettyWoman'', naturally.
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* AffectionateParody: Of ''Film/PrettyWoman'', naturally. Although it could also be seen as a {{Deconstruction}}.
* AsHimself: Possibly hinted at with the Tiger Woods impersonator. Dee seems to recognize him as the Donovan [=McNab=] impersonator from a previous episode, but it might be that she also realizes that he's Creator/GeoffreyOwens, best known for playing Sondra's husband Elvin on ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.
* AsHimself: Possibly hinted at with the Tiger Woods impersonator. Dee seems to recognize him as the Donovan [=McNab=] impersonator from a previous episode, but it might be that she also realizes that he's Creator/GeoffreyOwens, best known for playing Sondra's husband Elvin on ''Series/TheCosbyShow''.
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** Roxy, who seemingly consumes drugs and alcohol non-stop during all her waking hours, dies when her heart gives out during Frank's proposal.
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Mac repeatedly pronounces "diabetes" as "diabettis", despite the doctor having pronounced it correctly in front of him just moments before.
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* RealityEnsues:
** In previous episodes, Dennis's diet habits were PlayedForLaughs. Here, the doctor reveals Dennis's habits have left him with numerous vitamin deficiencies, dehydration, anemia, and low blood pressure.
** Mac's weight gain was also PlayedForLaughs but then it is revealed that he now has adult onset type 2 diabetes as the result of his massive weight gain and unhealthy eating habits.
** In previous episodes, Dennis's diet habits were PlayedForLaughs. Here, the doctor reveals Dennis's habits have left him with numerous vitamin deficiencies, dehydration, anemia, and low blood pressure.
** Mac's weight gain was also PlayedForLaughs but then it is revealed that he now has adult onset type 2 diabetes as the result of his massive weight gain and unhealthy eating habits.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** In previous episodes, Dennis's diet habits were PlayedForLaughs. Here, the doctor reveals Dennis's habits have left him with numerous vitamin deficiencies, dehydration, anemia, and low blood pressure.
** Mac's weight gain was also PlayedForLaughs but then it is revealed that he now has adult onset type 2 diabetes as the result of his massive weight gain and unhealthy eating habits.
** In previous episodes, Dennis's diet habits were PlayedForLaughs. Here, the doctor reveals Dennis's habits have left him with numerous vitamin deficiencies, dehydration, anemia, and low blood pressure.
** Mac's weight gain was also PlayedForLaughs but then it is revealed that he now has adult onset type 2 diabetes as the result of his massive weight gain and unhealthy eating habits.
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* RealityEnsues: RealityEnsues:
** In previous episodes, Dennis's diet habits were PlayedForLaughs. Here, the doctor reveals Dennis's habits have left him with numerous vitamin deficiencies, dehydration, anemia, and low blood pressure.
** Mac's weight gain was also PlayedForLaughs but then it is revealed that he now has adult onset type 2 diabetes as the result of his massive weight gain and unhealthy eating habits.
** In previous episodes, Dennis's diet habits were PlayedForLaughs. Here, the doctor reveals Dennis's habits have left him with numerous vitamin deficiencies, dehydration, anemia, and low blood pressure.
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* OffTheWagon: Dee admits that she smoked some crack with Roxy in the car on the way to the apartment. Dennis wonders if there's any left.
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-->'''Mac:''' This is ridiculous, dude, okay? We're getting older, we're not gonna look twenty forever.
-->'''Dennis:''' No, I ''am'' gonna look twenty forever, Mac, because the older I get, the more vigilant I become. I don't eat lunch anymore, for instance. And on odd days, I don't eat breakfast.
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-->'''Mac:''' This is ridiculous, dude, okay? We're getting older, we're not gonna look twenty forever.
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'''Dennis:''' No, I ''am'' gonna look twenty forever, Mac, because the older I get, the more vigilant I become. I don't eat lunch anymore, for instance. And on odd days, I don't eat breakfast.
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'''Dennis:''' No, I ''am'' gonna look twenty forever, Mac, because the older I get, the more vigilant I become. I don't eat lunch anymore, for instance. And on odd days, I don't eat breakfast.
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Frank tries to turn his favorite hooker, Roxy, into a presentable woman, but Charlie doesn't want Roxy anywhere near Frank. Meanwhile, Mac begins to gain weight and a doctor's visit reveals that Dennis is more sickly than Mac (the latter of which has Type 2 diabetes, while Dennis is suffering from many vitamin and mineral deficiencies).
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->''"Mac, you have gained fifty pounds of fat... Frank, you're talking about marrying hookers. This is ridiculous, what is going on with our group?! We're becoming the gross crew!"''
->'''-- Dennis'''
Franktries announces his intent to turn his favorite hooker, Roxy, into a presentable woman, an honorable woman by marrying her, but Charlie is worried that Roxy only cares about his money. Meanwhile, Dennis becomes concerned that Mac's dramatic weight gain will offset the gang's balance, but a trip to the hospital reveals that they're ''both'' in terrible health.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AffectionateParody: Of ''Film/PrettyWoman'', naturally.
* AngryGuardDog: Discussed at the beginning of the episode, when Dee and Charlie want to get one for the bar.
* BeYourself: Part of the reason Frank likes Roxy so much is because she accepts him as he is. Mostly because he's paying her, but still.
-->'''Frank:''' I love eggs, Charlie. And I love crabs. And I love boiling denim and banging whores, and I don't care if anybody doesn'twant Roxy anywhere near Frank. Meanwhile, Mac begins to gain weight and a doctor's visit reveals like that about me, they don't have to stick around... I miss Roxy.
* BigEater: Mac is almost constantly eating throughout the episode, carrying a literal ''trash bag'' full of chimichangas around with him.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Charlie ends up projectile vomiting fake blood all over the woman he tries to set Frank up with after swallowing "like, a million" blood capsules.
* CallBack: [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E02TheGangSolvesTheGasCrisis Charlie pretends to be a southern gentleman again.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Charlie and Frank boil boxes of denim that they find under the bridge to wear.
* CompetitionFreak: Mac immediately tries to turn his and Dennis's test results at the hospital into a competition, despite the fact that they're ''both'' revealed to be in terrible shape.
* ContinuityNod
** Charlie comments that the last time the gang tried to get a jukyard dog to guard the bar, [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E14BumsMakingAMessAllOverTheCity Dennis got them a cat instead]].
** Dennis and Dee's [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E03DennisAndDeeGoOnWelfare past addiction to crack]] ismore sickly than referenced when they're both triggered by Roxy smoking crack in front of them. At one point Dennis claims that it's what he wants most in the world.
** Dee recognizes Roxy's client "Tiger Woods" as the same actor who pretended to be Donovan [=McNab=] when she [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E02TheGangGetsInvincible tried out for the Philadelphia Eagles]].
* DisposableSexWorker: Played for dark laughs at the end of the episode when Roxy abruptly keels over from a drug overdose; the gang don't want to deal with the repercussions of a dead hooker being found in Charlie's apartment, so they drag her out into the hallway and phone in an anonymous tip to 911.
* DueToTheDead: Frank insists on saying a few words about Roxy before the gang dump her body in the hallway.
-->'''Frank:''' Roxy, God bless you. You were a good whore. You serviced me like no other whore ever did. Not only my crank, but my heart. And I'm gonna miss ya.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The gang find Roxy to be unspeakably crass, and at one point Dee chastises her for calling a male shop assistant "gay boy".
* {{Fetish}}: Roxy's client likes "foot shit". Dee is also convinced to become a "foot girl" after learning how much money she can make just by letting a guy rub her feet.
* GoldDigger: Charlie is concerned that Roxy is only interested in Frank's money and insists that he can do better.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Completely and utterly averted with Roxy; despite Frank's attempts to make an honest woman out of her, she really is every bit as crass and trashy as she first appears.
* IllBoy: Mac(the and Dennis are both revealed to be in very poor health, with the former having type 2 diabetes and the latter of which has Type 2 diabetes, while Dennis is suffering from many vitamin severe malnutrition.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Mac repeatedly pronounces "diabetes" as "diabettis", despite the doctor having pronounced it correctly in front of him just moments before.
* LadySwearsALot: Roxy, to such an extent that she makes Dee look polite andmineral deficiencies).cultured.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Mac, Dennis and Dee have an extended conversation about how they're "getting into their second act" and don't want things to change. They're talking about hitting middle age, but they could easily be talking about the show itself, given that this is the seventh season.
* LyricalDissonance: The gang dragging a dead prostitute out of Charlie's apartment to the tune of Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman".
* OverlyLongGag: Charlie vomits on his date not once, not twice, but ''three'' times. And then, once you think it's finally over, he does it again, this time on Frank.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Charlie apparently wasn't aware that ''Pretty Woman'' is a film and is understandably somewhat confused when Dee suggests they "throw a pretty woman" at Roxy.
* {{Squick}}: Dennis, Dee and Charlie have this reaction InUniverse when they hear Frank having loud, enthusiastic sex with Roxy in the back office.
* StoutStrength: Mac claims that he now has this after gaining fifty pounds. Dennis ''does'' struggle to move him, but given that Dennis also almost faints a few minutes later that's not really saying a lot.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Happens multiple times when Charlie projectile vomits all over his date.
* WeightWoe: Played with; Mac doesn't really seem to care about his dramatic weight gain - mostly because he's deluded enough to believe that it's muscle - but it has an incredibly negative effect on ''Dennis'', to the point where he almost passes out at the hospital from starving himself.
-->'''Mac:''' This is ridiculous, dude, okay? We're getting older, we're not gonna look twenty forever.
-->'''Dennis:''' No, I ''am'' gonna look twenty forever, Mac, because the older I get, the more vigilant I become. I don't eat lunch anymore, for instance. And on odd days, I don't eat breakfast.
* YouAreFat: Dennis to Mac whenever he insists that he's "cultivating mass".
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:
* AffectionateParody: Of ''Film/PrettyWoman'', naturally.
* AngryGuardDog: Discussed at the beginning of the episode, when Dee and Charlie want to get one for the bar.
* BeYourself: Part of the reason Frank likes Roxy so much is because she accepts him as he is. Mostly because he's paying her, but still.
-->'''Frank:''' I love eggs, Charlie. And I love crabs. And I love boiling denim and banging whores, and I don't care if anybody doesn't
* BigEater: Mac is almost constantly eating throughout the episode, carrying a literal ''trash bag'' full of chimichangas around with him.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Charlie ends up projectile vomiting fake blood all over the woman he tries to set Frank up with after swallowing "like, a million" blood capsules.
* CallBack: [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E02TheGangSolvesTheGasCrisis Charlie pretends to be a southern gentleman again.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Charlie and Frank boil boxes of denim that they find under the bridge to wear.
* CompetitionFreak: Mac immediately tries to turn his and Dennis's test results at the hospital into a competition, despite the fact that they're ''both'' revealed to be in terrible shape.
* ContinuityNod
** Charlie comments that the last time the gang tried to get a jukyard dog to guard the bar, [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E14BumsMakingAMessAllOverTheCity Dennis got them a cat instead]].
** Dennis and Dee's [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E03DennisAndDeeGoOnWelfare past addiction to crack]] is
** Dee recognizes Roxy's client "Tiger Woods" as the same actor who pretended to be Donovan [=McNab=] when she [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS03E02TheGangGetsInvincible tried out for the Philadelphia Eagles]].
* DisposableSexWorker: Played for dark laughs at the end of the episode when Roxy abruptly keels over from a drug overdose; the gang don't want to deal with the repercussions of a dead hooker being found in Charlie's apartment, so they drag her out into the hallway and phone in an anonymous tip to 911.
* DueToTheDead: Frank insists on saying a few words about Roxy before the gang dump her body in the hallway.
-->'''Frank:''' Roxy, God bless you. You were a good whore. You serviced me like no other whore ever did. Not only my crank, but my heart. And I'm gonna miss ya.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The gang find Roxy to be unspeakably crass, and at one point Dee chastises her for calling a male shop assistant "gay boy".
* {{Fetish}}: Roxy's client likes "foot shit". Dee is also convinced to become a "foot girl" after learning how much money she can make just by letting a guy rub her feet.
* GoldDigger: Charlie is concerned that Roxy is only interested in Frank's money and insists that he can do better.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Completely and utterly averted with Roxy; despite Frank's attempts to make an honest woman out of her, she really is every bit as crass and trashy as she first appears.
* IllBoy: Mac
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Mac repeatedly pronounces "diabetes" as "diabettis", despite the doctor having pronounced it correctly in front of him just moments before.
* LadySwearsALot: Roxy, to such an extent that she makes Dee look polite and
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Mac, Dennis and Dee have an extended conversation about how they're "getting into their second act" and don't want things to change. They're talking about hitting middle age, but they could easily be talking about the show itself, given that this is the seventh season.
* LyricalDissonance: The gang dragging a dead prostitute out of Charlie's apartment to the tune of Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman".
* OverlyLongGag: Charlie vomits on his date not once, not twice, but ''three'' times. And then, once you think it's finally over, he does it again, this time on Frank.
* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Charlie apparently wasn't aware that ''Pretty Woman'' is a film and is understandably somewhat confused when Dee suggests they "throw a pretty woman" at Roxy.
* {{Squick}}: Dennis, Dee and Charlie have this reaction InUniverse when they hear Frank having loud, enthusiastic sex with Roxy in the back office.
* StoutStrength: Mac claims that he now has this after gaining fifty pounds. Dennis ''does'' struggle to move him, but given that Dennis also almost faints a few minutes later that's not really saying a lot.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Happens multiple times when Charlie projectile vomits all over his date.
* WeightWoe: Played with; Mac doesn't really seem to care about his dramatic weight gain - mostly because he's deluded enough to believe that it's muscle - but it has an incredibly negative effect on ''Dennis'', to the point where he almost passes out at the hospital from starving himself.
-->'''Mac:''' This is ridiculous, dude, okay? We're getting older, we're not gonna look twenty forever.
-->'''Dennis:''' No, I ''am'' gonna look twenty forever, Mac, because the older I get, the more vigilant I become. I don't eat lunch anymore, for instance. And on odd days, I don't eat breakfast.
* YouAreFat: Dennis to Mac whenever he insists that he's "cultivating mass".
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