History Recap / MiloMurphysLawS1E08SmoothOperator

* NonIndicativeName: {{InUniverse}}; the opera focuses on a rivalry between mobsters called the Baritones and the Mezzo-Sopranos. However, as Milo points out, the Mezzo-Soprano characters are performed by baritones.

* {{You Do NOT Want To Know}}: A variant:

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Milo goes to the opera and when things go wrong, he ends up center stage.
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* AtTheOperaTonight: Milo, Zack and Melissa do it for extra credit, but Amanda is just there for (a carefully regulated amount of) fun. They do dress up fancy, though unlike most examples, it's not a real opera being performed.
* ContinuityNod: Eliot the crossing guard [[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS1E07PartyOfPeril gets chased across the stage by an angry duck]] at one point.
* DisasterDominoes: {{Subverted}}; a stagehand describes an overly-complicated way that a set of loose lights could fall onto the stage, complete with arrows for the audience to help visualize the process. Then he admits that the rope holding them up could just come loose because he didn't tie it very well, which promptly happens.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Well, the opera singer whom Milo replaced was an adult.
-->'''Opera Singer:''' ''You're shorter than I remember.''
-->'''Milo:''' ''This is the physique that I was cursed with.''
-->'''Opera Singer:''' ''I'll admit that I'm confused,/You're not the one that I rehearsed with.''
* MuggedForDisguise: They didn't actually take his clothes, but Cavendish and Dakota tied up the pistachio salesman and hid him under the stage.
* NonIndicativeName: {{InUniverse}}; the opera focuses on a rivalry between mobsters called the Baritones and the Mezzo-Sopranos. However, as Milo points out, the Mezzo-Soprano characters are performed by baritones.
* NoodleIncident: Milo spends the whole episode with his arm in a cast, but we never find out why.
* NoYou: After Cavendish and Dakota spill the pistachios:
-->'''Cavendish:''' You had ''one'' job...\\
'''Dakota:''' Yeah, well, you had the same job!
* OhCrap: The look on Amanda's face when she realizes that [[TheJinx Milo]] is also attending the opera.
* OverlyLongGag: The main character in the opera keeps getting interrupted by parts of the stage collapsing.
* PushedInFrontOfTheAudience: Milo winds up on stage a few times early on, and quickly scampers off. When one of the performers books it, however, he goes on to play his part as best he can.
* ScheduleFanatic: Amanda's schedule is so precise that she factors in how long it will take to peel and eat an orange.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After [[TheJinx Murphy's Law]] makes more and more chaos happen on-stage, one of the performers refuses to go on, forcing Milo to take his place.
* ShipTease: It's strongly implied that Milo has a crush on Amanda.
* ShoutOut:
** The banners outside the opera house for "The Mezzo-Sopranos" reference the promotional posters for ''Series/TheSopranos''.
** Amanda describes the plot of "The Mezzo-Sopranos" as "It's about [[Film/AnalyzeThis a morally-conflicted crime-boss who's seeing a therapist.]]"
* TheShowMustGoOn: Milo says this at the beginning, and then spends the whole episode trying to keep the opera going smoothly, despite everything that goes wrong.
-->'''Opera Singer:''' ''I believe we've gone off-book, now/I believe this scene we're botching!''
-->'''Milo:''' ''But I feel we should go on/Because there's all these people watching!'' (motions to audience with forced smile)
* ShownTheirWork: The ending hinges on the fact that Milo knows the difference between operatic voice types, specifically, baritones and mezzo-sopranos. (Though that's not too hard, since in real life men can't be the latter.)
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Cavendish and Dakota definitely know how to work the concession stand and did not tie anyone up to get this job.
* ThatPoorCat: When the backdrop collapses in the middle of the play, [[FreezeFrameBonus among the many things that fall from the rafters]] is a yowling cat.
* {{You Do NOT Want To Know}}: A variant:
-->'''Milo:''' You can sit with us in the center if you want. [[CrazyPrepared I bought an extra seat]] [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror in case mine got destroyed]]!
-->'''Amanda:''' How would your seat get destroyed?
-->'''Melissa:''' It's best not to speculate.
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* OverlyLongGag: The main character in the opera getting interrupted by parts of the stage collapsing.

* ThatPoorCat: When the backdrop collapses in the middle of the play, [[FreezeFrameBonus among the many things that fall from the rafters]] is a yowling cat.

-->'''Milo:''' You can sit with us in the center if you want. [[ThePollyanna I bought an extra seat]] [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror in case mine got destroyed]]!

* ShownTheirWork: The ending hinges on the fact that Milo knows the difference between operatic voice types, specifically, baritones and mezzo-sopranos. (Though that's not too hard, since they differ by the performer's gender.)

-->'''Milo:''' You can sit with us in the center if you want. I bought an extra seat in case mine got destroyed!

-->'''Melissa:''' It's best not to speculate.

* RubeGoldbergMachine: {{Subverted}}; a stagehand describes an overly-complicated way that a set of loose lights could fall onto the stage, complete with arrows for the audience to help visualize the process. Then he admits that the rope holding them up could just come loose because he didn't tie it very well, which promptly happens.

* ShoutOut: The banners outside the opera house for "The Mezzo-Sopranos" reference the promotional posters for ''Series/TheSopranos''.

* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: After [[TheJinx Murphy's Law]] makes more and more chaos happen on-stage, one of the performers refuses to go on, forcing Milo to take his place.

* RubeGoldbergMachine: {{Subverted}}; a stagehand describes an overly-complicated way that a set of loose lights could fall onto the stage, complete with arrows for the audience to help visualize the process. Then he admits that the rope holding them up could just come lose because he didn't tie it very well, which promptly happens.

-->'''Milo:''' ''But I feel we should go on/Because there's all these people watching!'' (motions to audience with forced smile)

* ShipTease: It's implied that Milo has a crush on Amanda.

* NoodleIncident: Milo spends the whole episode in a cast, but we never find out why.

* AtTheOperaTonight: Milo, Zack and Melissa do it for extra credit, but Amanda is just there for fun. They do dress up fancy, though unlike most examples, it's not a real opera being performed.

* TheShowMustGoOn: Milo says this at the beginning, and then spends the whole episode trying to keep the opera going smoothly, despite everything that goes wrong.

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