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* TimeTravelersDinosaur: The time-travelling Cavendish and Dakota bringing dinosaurs to a Christmas party they're attending in an attempt to prevent themselves from getting into an argument that ruins their friendship.
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* RaptorAttack: Dakota sends a (''Film/JurassicPark''-styled) ''Velociraptor'' to eat the last eggroll, only for it to maul Cavendish instead.

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* RaptorAttack: Dakota sends a (''Film/JurassicPark''-styled) ''Velociraptor'' to eat the last eggroll, only for it to maul Cavendish instead. Later, the two let loose a whole pack of raptors to the party.
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* RaptorAttack: Dakota sends a (''Film/JurassicPark''-styled) raptor to eat the last eggroll, only for it to maul Cavendish instead.

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* RaptorAttack: Dakota sends a (''Film/JurassicPark''-styled) raptor ''Velociraptor'' to eat the last eggroll, only for it to maul Cavendish instead.
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Milo surprises his parents by inviting the extended Murphy family to town for Christmas, multiplying the effects of Murphy’s Law.

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Milo surprises his parents by inviting the extended Murphy family to town for Christmas, multiplying the effects of Murphy’s Law. Meanwhile, an argument at the company Christmas party threatens Cavendish and Dakota's friendship, prompting older versions of themselves to go back in time and fix things.



* RoadSignReversal: Future!Cavendish reverses a sign so he and Dakota won't find and argue over the party's last eggroll. Unfortunately, Future!Dakota [[TwoRightsMakeAWrong has the same idea]].

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* RoadSignReversal: Future!Cavendish Future Cavendish reverses a sign so he and Dakota won't find and argue over the party's last eggroll. Unfortunately, Future!Dakota Future Dakota [[TwoRightsMakeAWrong has the same idea]].
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* ImplausibleDeniability: Milo's cousin Nate adamantly insists that he does ''not'' have the family curse of bad luck, no matter how many disasters befall him.


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* ThePollyanna: Milo's Aunt Lora and Uncle Joey are even more upbeat and optimistic than he is, something Zack comments on.
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** Milo's Uncle Joey and Aunt Lora compare being on a sinking boat to ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}''
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* MotorMouth: Milo and Sarah's grandparents tend to talk very fast and talk over each other, making it hard for others to understand.
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* RaptorAttack: Dakota sends a (''Film/JurassicPark''-styled) raptor to eat the last eggroll, only for it to maul Cavendish instead.

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* YouCantFightFate: It looks like Dakota and Cavendish are destined to end their friendship no matter what their future selves do to try and stop it, before their future selves have enough and just tell them directly, which ultimately ''[[SubvertedTrope does]]'' allow them to stay friends in the future.

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* YouCantFightFate: It looks like Dakota and Cavendish are destined to end their friendship no matter what their future selves do to try and stop it, before their future selves have enough and just tell them directly, which ultimately ''[[SubvertedTrope does]]'' allow them to stay friends in the future.future.
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* YouCantFightFate: It looks like that Dakota and Cavendish are destined to end their friendship no matter what their future selves do to try and stop it, before their future selves have enough and just tell them directly, which ultimately ''[[SubvertedTrope does]]'' allow them to stay friends in the future.

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* YouCantFightFate: It looks like that Dakota and Cavendish are destined to end their friendship no matter what their future selves do to try and stop it, before their future selves have enough and just tell them directly, which ultimately ''[[SubvertedTrope does]]'' allow them to stay friends in the future.
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* UnderTheMistletoe: Subverted: A mistletoe drone flies over Brick and Savannah. [[NoSparks They immediately vaporize it.]]

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* UnderTheMistletoe: Subverted: A mistletoe drone flies over Brick and Savannah.Savannah at the Christmas party. [[NoSparks They immediately vaporize it.]]
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* UnderTheMistletoe: Subverted: A mistletoe drone flies over Brick and Savannah. [[NoSparkes They immediately vaporize it.]]

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* UnderTheMistletoe: Subverted: A mistletoe drone flies over Brick and Savannah. [[NoSparkes [[NoSparks They immediately vaporize it.]]
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* UnderTheMistletoe: Subverted: A mistletoe drone flies over Brick and Savannah. [[NoSparkes They immediately vaporize it.]]
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: There's a B plot featuring Dakota and Cavendish's broken friendship and their efforts to prevent it from being broken in the first place.

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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: There's a B plot featuring Dakota and Cavendish's broken friendship and their efforts to prevent it from being broken in the first place.place.
* YouCantFightFate: It looks like that Dakota and Cavendish are destined to end their friendship no matter what their future selves do to try and stop it, before their future selves have enough and just tell them directly, which ultimately ''[[SubvertedTrope does]]'' allow them to stay friends in the future.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The B plot features Dakota's and Cavendish's future selves trying to prevent the argument that ended their friendship.

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The B plot features Dakota's and Cavendish's future selves trying to prevent the argument that ended their friendship. Even if their future selves reconciled, their years were still wasted over a broken friendship.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Cavendish and Dakota may be nobodies in the Bureau of Time Travel, but this episode makes it clear they ''will'' eventually get the respect they deserve as popstars.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Cavendish and Dakota may be nobodies in the Bureau of Time Travel, but this episode makes it clear that after so long, they ''will'' eventually will ''finally'' catch a break and get the respect they deserve as popstars.pop stars.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Cavendish and Dakota may be nobodies in the Bureau of Time Travel, but this episode makes it clear they ''will'' eventually get the respect they deserve as popstars.
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** ''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb The Swinter Song]]'' is played as a background music.

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** ''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb The Swinter Song]]'' is played as a background music. The instrumental of ''Candace Party'' also plays in a segment.

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* ShoutOut: ''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb The Swinter Song]]'' is played as a background music.

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''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb The Swinter Song]]'' is played as a background music.music.
** Due to circumstances, the Murphys have to go to a Chinese restaurant for their Christmas dinner, kind of like [[Film/AChristmasStory another family also had to on Christmas Day]].
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* ContinuityNod: Dakota (alone in the BadFuture and with Cavendish in the [[GoodFuture good one]]) becomes famous with his [[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS1E17WereGoingToTheZoo going to the zoo song]] and variants of it.

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* ContinuityNod: Dakota (alone in the BadFuture and with Cavendish in the [[GoodFuture good one]]) one) becomes famous with his [[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS1E17WereGoingToTheZoo going to the zoo song]] and variants of it.
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* ContinuityNod: Dakota (alone in the BadFuture and with Cavendish in the [[GoodFuture good one]]) becomes famous with his [[Recap/MiloMurphysLawS1E17WereGoingToTheZoo going to the zoo song]] and variants of it.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The only time the two plots come close to intersecting is when Dakota and Cavendish decide to eat eggrolls at the same restaurant and [[TimeTravel day]] the Murphys are celebrating Christmas.


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* LonelyAtTheTop: In the timeline where he and Cavendish are no longer friends, Dakota eventually becomes a celebrity but feels lonely without Cavendish. He's still just as famous in the new timeline but not as lonely since he has Cavendish at his side.
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* GonnaNeedMoreX: One of Dakota's plans to prevent himself and Cavendish from arguing consists on having a dinosaur crash the party. Once it fails, he decides he needs a bigger dinosaur. He does try it later and figures out the dinosaur's size wasn't the issue.


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* RoadSignReversal: Future!Cavendish reverses a sign so he and Dakota won't find and argue over the party's last eggroll. Unfortunately, Future!Dakota [[TwoRightsMakeAWrong has the same idea]].
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Milo surprises his parents by inviting the extended Murphy family to town for Christmas, multiplying the effects of Murphy’s Law.

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* InSpiteOfANail: No matter what changes their future selves make, Dakota and Cavendish will end their friendship over a Christmas party's last eggroll until they learn their future selves went back in time to prevent it from happening. Even in the future where their friendship survives, Dakota still becomes a celebrity. The only difference is that [[ForWantOfANail Cavendish is also famous in the new timeline.]]
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The B plot features Dakota's and Cavendish's future selves trying to prevent the argument that ended their friendship.
* ShoutOut: ''[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb The Swinter Song]]'' is played as a background music.
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Dakota and Cavendish decide to go back in time to save their friendship without either of them knowing the other is trying the same. Both try the same first plan.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: There's a B plot featuring Dakota and Cavendish's broken friendship and their efforts to prevent it from being broken in the first place.

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