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* DoctorWhomage: Doctor Zone is an obvious parody of Series/DoctorWho, with one alien race being mentioned, Trashcandroids, possibly being a mashup of the Cybermen, Autons, and Mechonoids from that show.

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* DoctorWhomage: Doctor Zone is an obvious parody of Series/DoctorWho, Series/DoctorWho. The [[ShowWithinAShow show he's from]], ''The Dr. Zone Files'', is very reminiscient of ''Doctor Who'' in general, with one alien race being mentioned, Trashcandroids, possibly being a mashup of the Cybermen, Autons, and Mechonoids from that show.



* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Dr. Zone Files'' is a show about a time traveler with the same name and his sidekick Time Ape. Milo and Sara Murphy love this show to the point where they would watch it all night.

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* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Dr. Zone Files'' is a very ''Series/DoctorWho''-esque show about a time traveler with the same name and his sidekick Time Ape. Milo and Sara Murphy love this show to the point where they would watch it all night.
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* {{Expy}}: Doctor Zone is an obvious parody of Series/DoctorWho, with one alien race being mentioned, Trashcandroids, possibly being a mashup of the Cybermen, Autons, and Mechonoids from that show.

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* {{Expy}}: DoctorWhomage: Doctor Zone is an obvious parody of Series/DoctorWho, with one alien race being mentioned, Trashcandroids, possibly being a mashup of the Cybermen, Autons, and Mechonoids from that show.
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** Melissa's theory of Doctor Zone's origin heavily borrows from {{Superman}}'s.

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** Melissa's theory of Doctor Zone's origin heavily borrows from {{Superman}}'s.Franchise/{{Superman}}'s.
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* * {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: a subtle one, when Sara goes to purchase Pistachios from Cavendish and Dakota she compliments them on their costumes, to Dakota's confusion, thus noting the pair's passing resemblance to Doctor Zone and Time Ape, this sets up two reveals down the line, firstly that the pair are in fact Time Agents, sent from the future to protect the pistachio nut from extinction, and secondly that the creator of Doctor Zone was in fact inspired by an encounter with Cavendish and Dakota that occurs later in the season.]]
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* {{Irony}}: Despite all of Sara's paranoia and caution, ''she's'' the one who ends up losing the tickets.
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-->'''Sara:''' [[LamePunReaction No, not literally!]]

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-->'''Sara:''' [[LamePunReaction No, not literally!]]literally!]]
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Doctor Zone Files Files. Lampshaded by Zack.

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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The fan guidebook on ''The Doctor Zone Files'', "The Doctor Zone Files Files.Files". Lampshaded by Zack.



* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Parodied when Sara and Milo sniff the air, and remark that "It smells quiet..."
* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: The inspiring music grinds to a halt when Sara loses the thread of her RousingSpeech about fandom.



* ShamingTheMob: Sara gives an impassioned speech to the crowd of riled-up fans. Milo has to help her out a bit.



* TemptingFate: Zack's remark of "What could possibly go wrong?" cause Sara to have flashbacks.

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* TemptingFate: Zack's remark of "What could possibly go wrong?" cause causes Sara to have flashbacks.flashbacks.
* VisualPun: When Sara asks the crowd of angry fans to "Lend me your ears," one of them offers her a pair of fake pointy ears.
-->'''Sara:''' [[LamePunReaction No, not literally!]]

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* BrownNote: Apparently, Time Ape's true form [[YourHeadASplode would cause an ordinary person's head to explode]].



** Time Ape's form before AFormYouAreComfortableWith resembles the description of Progenoskes from Literature/AWindInTheDoor.

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** Time Ape's form before he took on AFormYouAreComfortableWith resembles the description of Progenoskes from Literature/AWindInTheDoor.

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Sara wants to go see The Doctor Zone Files movie with Milo, but worries about potential problems.

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Milo's big sister Sara wants to go see The Doctor Zone Files movie with Milo, Milo and his friends, but worries about potential problems.



* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In the intro for ''The Dr. Zone Files'', Dr. Zone and Time Ape are menaced by a series of aliens and robots... ending with a piñata monster.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
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In the intro for ''The Dr. Zone Files'', Dr. Zone and Time Ape are menaced by a series of aliens and robots... ending with a piñata monster.monster.
** Sara's flashbacks to various disasters that struck her and her brother include a train inexplicably crashing through her birthday party, the blades on a windmill at a miniature golf course spinning out of control, and dropping her ice cream cone.



* {{Expy}}: Doctor Zone is an expy of Series/DoctorWho, with one alien race being mentioned, Trashcandroids, possibly being a mashup of the Cybermen, Autons, and Mechonoids from that show.
* FreezeFrameBonus: The credits for the episode of ''The Dr. Zone Files'' Milo is watching at the end go by super-fast, but are loaded with gags.

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* {{Expy}}: Doctor Zone is an expy obvious parody of Series/DoctorWho, with one alien race being mentioned, Trashcandroids, possibly being a mashup of the Cybermen, Autons, and Mechonoids from that show.
* FreezeFrameBonus: The credits for the episode of ''The Dr. Zone Files'' Milo is watching at the end go by super-fast, but are loaded with gags.



* OverlyLongGag: Dr. Zone struggling to hit the "Time Shift" button with his gift-box hand.

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* OverlyLongGag: Dr. Zone struggling to hit the "Time Shift" button with his gift-box hand. Time Ape gives an awkward AsideGlance.



* {{Portmanteau}}: After binge-watching ''The Dr. Zone Files'', Melissa and Zack are both excited and confused.
-->'''Melissa:''' I'm... exfused.\\
'''Zack:''' And I'm... concited?

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* {{Portmanteau}}: After binge-watching ''The Dr. Zone Files'', Melissa and Zack are both excited and confused.
confused about TheMovie.
-->'''Melissa:''' I'm... exfused.ex-fused.\\
'''Zack:''' And I'm... concited?con-cited?



* SpecialEffectFailure: In-universe, you can see a cable holding up Dr. Zone's Time Bee-hicle as it flies off.
* TakeThatAudience: This episode takes a shot at fans who can be really snobbish and rude.

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* SpecialEffectFailure: In-universe, StylisticSuck: Among other things, you can see a cable holding up Dr. Zone's Time Bee-hicle as it flies off.
off, and the shadow on a matte painting.
* TakeThatAudience: TakeThat: This episode takes a shot at sci-fi fans who can be really snobbish and rude.rude.
-->'''Dr. Zone Fan:''' I'm just saying if you can't speak the Trashcandroid's binary language, then you have no place in this line!
* TemptingFate: Zack's remark of "What could possibly go wrong?" cause Sara to have flashbacks.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In the intro for ''The Dr. Zone Files'', Dr. Zone and Time Ape are menaced by a series of aliens and robots... ending with a piñata monster.
* AsHimself: In-universe, Time Ape is credited "As Himself" on ''The Dr. Zone Files''.



* IncrediblyLamePun: You could make a drinking game out of Doctor Zone's time puns.

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* IncrediblyLamePun: FreezeFrameBonus: The credits for the episode of ''The Dr. Zone Files'' Milo is watching at the end go by super-fast, but are loaded with gags.
* HurricaneOfPuns:
You could make a drinking game out of Doctor Zone's time puns.



* OverlyLongGag: Dr. Zone struggling to hit the "Time Shift" button with his gift-box hand.



* ShoutOut:

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* ShoutOut: {{Portmanteau}}: After binge-watching ''The Dr. Zone Files'', Melissa and Zack are both excited and confused.
-->'''Melissa:''' I'm... exfused.\\
'''Zack:''' And I'm... concited?
* ShoutOut:



* TakeThat: This episode takes a shot at fans who can be really snobbish and rude.

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* TakeThat: SpecialEffectFailure: In-universe, you can see a cable holding up Dr. Zone's Time Bee-hicle as it flies off.
* TakeThatAudience:
This episode takes a shot at fans who can be really snobbish and rude.
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* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Dr. Zone Files'' is a show about a time traveler with the same name and his sidekick Time Ape. Milo and Sara Murphy love this show to the point where they would watch it all night.

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* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Dr. Zone Files'' is a show about a time traveler with the same name and his sidekick Time Ape. Milo and Sara Murphy love this show to the point where they would watch it all night.night.
* TakeThat: This episode takes a shot at fans who can be really snobbish and rude.
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* {{Expy}}: Doctor Zone is an expy of Series/DoctorWho, with one alien race being mentioned, Trashcandroids, possibly being a mashup of Cybermen and Autons from that show.

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* {{Expy}}: Doctor Zone is an expy of Series/DoctorWho, with one alien race being mentioned, Trashcandroids, possibly being a mashup of Cybermen the Cybermen, Autons, and Autons Mechonoids from that show.
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* PopularSayingBut: Dr. Zone, a time traveler, when he is flying off with the Time Bee-hicle:
--> '''Dr. Zone:''' Time waits for no man, except for me!
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Doctor Zone Files Files.

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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Doctor Zone Files Files. Lampshaded by Zack.
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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: At the beginning of Sara's speech, you can see the car that shes set her stuff down on drive off.

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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: At the beginning of Sara's speech, you can see the car that shes set she sets her stuff down on drive off.
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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: At the beginning of Sara's speech, you can see the car that she set her stuff down on drive off.

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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: At the beginning of Sara's speech, you can see the car that she shes set her stuff down on drive off.
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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: At the beginning of Sara's speech, you can see the car that she set her stuff down on drive off.
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** Time Ape's form before AFormYouAreComfortableWith resembles the description of Progenoskes from AWindInTheDoor.

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** Time Ape's form before AFormYouAreComfortableWith resembles the description of Progenoskes from AWindInTheDoor.Literature/AWindInTheDoor.
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Sara wants to go see The Doctor Zone Files movie with Milo, but worries about potential problems.
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* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Doctor Zone Files Files.
* {{Expy}}: Doctor Zone is an expy of Series/DoctorWho, with one alien race being mentioned, Trashcandroids, possibly being a mashup of Cybermen and Autons from that show.
* IncrediblyLamePun: You could make a drinking game out of Doctor Zone's time puns.
* ShoutOut:
** Time Ape's form before AFormYouAreComfortableWith resembles the description of Progenoskes from AWindInTheDoor.
** Melissa's theory of Doctor Zone's origin heavily borrows from {{Superman}}'s.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Dr. Zone Files'' is a show about a time traveler with the same name and his sidekick Time Ape. Milo and Sara Murphy love this show to the point where they would watch it all night.

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