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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Hayley snarking about Calvin being too laidback to get anything done is what convinces him to give her a run for her money.



* HeadsOrTails: The other Rangers split into pairs and did this to decide which campaign to join: Brody and Sarah on Calvin's, and Preston and Levi on Hayley's.



* WeNeedADistraction: Hayley and Levi morph to keep Phonephanzee distracted while Preston uses ninja tactics to sneak too where the other rangers are at and saves them while dispatching the Basher Bots before they could notice.

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* WeNeedADistraction: Hayley and Levi morph to keep Phonephanzee distracted while Preston uses ninja tactics to sneak too where the other rangers are at and saves them while dispatching the Basher Bots before they could notice.notice.
* WithCatlikeTread: After acquiring the voice samples, Phonepanzee boasts he will make a stealthy exit. He immediately bumps into a nearby bike, tipping off the Rangers to his presence.
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Well, a hybrid of a chimpanzee and telephone, but same difference.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Victor can win the election if he tried, but he and Monty are too focused on sabotaging Calvin and Hayley's campaign to win.

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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Victor can could win the election if he tried, but he and Monty are too focused on sabotaging Calvin and Hayley's campaign to win.

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A morning annoyance between Haley and Calvin gets exaggerated due to a little pride and competition, made only worse because of Phonepanzee: a monster who can use the rangers's voices against them.

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A morning annoyance between Haley Hayley and Calvin gets exaggerated due to a little pride and competition, made only worse because of Phonepanzee: a monster who can use the rangers's voices against them.



* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Victor can win the election if he tried, but he and Monty are too focused on sabotaging Calvin and Haley's campaign to win.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Mick ends up accidentally ruining Phonephanzee's plan just by passing through the school. He approached Haley and Preston as they were about to leave for the ambush site and held them up long enough for them to bump into Levi just before he got a call from "Haley."

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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Victor can win the election if he tried, but he and Monty are too focused on sabotaging Calvin and Haley's Hayley's campaign to win.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Mick ends up accidentally ruining Phonephanzee's plan just by passing through the school. He approached Haley Hayley and Preston as they were about to leave for the ambush site and held them up long enough for them to bump into Levi just before he got a call from "Haley."Hayley."



* DisqualificationInducedVictory: As the current school council president, Victor will keep the position if both Haley and Calvin are disqualified. He tries to make it seem like each candidate is sabotaging the other. It doesn't work but the two candidates leave the run and he gets to keep his presidency.
* FailedASpotCheck: This is the reason for Phonephanzee’s deception being revealed to the rangers. While calling the rangers one-by-one was working, he never bothered to check to see which rangers were around and which weren’t so he’d know who to call and whose voice he should mimic. Once Haley, Levi, and Preston figure it out, Phonephanzee’s plan falls apart.

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* DisqualificationInducedVictory: As the current school council president, Victor will keep the position if both Haley Hayley and Calvin are disqualified. He tries to make it seem like each candidate is sabotaging the other. It doesn't work but the two candidates leave the run and he gets to keep his presidency.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Well, a hybrid of a chimpanzee and telephone, but same difference.
* FailedASpotCheck: This is the reason for Phonephanzee’s deception being revealed to the rangers. While calling the rangers one-by-one was working, he never bothered to check to see which rangers were around and which weren’t so he’d know who to call and whose voice he should mimic. Once Haley, Hayley, Levi, and Preston figure it out, Phonephanzee’s plan falls apart.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Victor gets a face full of food during the food fight. He later gets drenched by the water balloons he and Monty rigged up.



* RecycledScript: The episode actually combines two different plots from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': The premise of Haley and Calvin being a couple that are competing against each other for student body president, only to put the two at odds through an outside force (The main difference is that this time they aren’t [[BrainwashedAndCrazy put under a spell]]) is similar to season 2's "Best Man for the Job". Meanwhile, a homage to season 1's "Food Fight" occurs when Victor and Monty rig Calvin's cupcakes with hot sauce, escalating a food fight that only causes tension with the rangers.
* WeNeedADistraction: Haley and Levi morph to keep Phonephanzee distracted while Preston uses ninja tactics to sneak too where the other rangers are at and saves them while dispatching the Basher Bots before they could notice.

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* RecycledScript: The episode actually combines two different plots from ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': The premise of Haley Hayley and Calvin being a couple that are competing against each other for student body president, only to put the two at odds through an outside force (The main difference is that this time they aren’t [[BrainwashedAndCrazy put under a spell]]) is similar to season 2's "Best Man for the Job". Meanwhile, a homage to season 1's "Food Fight" occurs when Victor and Monty rig Calvin's cupcakes with hot sauce, escalating a food fight that only causes tension with the rangers.
* ShoutOut: Levi calls Phonepanzee [[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 a dirty ape]].
* VoiceChangeling: Phonepanzee can imitate anyone's voice so long as he is nearby to record them talking.
* WeNeedADistraction: Haley Hayley and Levi morph to keep Phonephanzee distracted while Preston uses ninja tactics to sneak too where the other rangers are at and saves them while dispatching the Basher Bots before they could notice.
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* AnAesop: "Y'know, just because you heard something doesn't mean that it's true."


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* DidntSeeThatComing: Mick ends up accidentally ruining Phonephanzee's plan just by passing through the school. He approached Haley and Preston as they were about to leave for the ambush site and held them up long enough for them to bump into Levi just before he got a call from "Haley."


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* OnlySaneMan: While the others are quick to fall for Phonephanzee's lies about who started the food fight, Mick and later Levi point out how none of this is in line with what they know about each other.
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* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Not the full quote, but Cosmo says “Make my monkey grow!” when he gigantifies Phonepanzee.
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* DickDastardlyStopstoCheat: Victor can win the election if he tried, but he and Monty are too focused on sabotaging Calvin and Haley's campaign to win.

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* DickDastardlyStopstoCheat: DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Victor can win the election if he tried, but he and Monty are too focused on sabotaging Calvin and Haley's campaign to win.
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* DisqualificationInducedVictory: As the current school council president, Victor will keep the position if both Haley and Calvin are disqualified. He tries to make it seem like each candidate is sabotaging the other. It doesn't work but the two candidates leave the run and he gets to keep his presidency.
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* RecycledScript: Monkey Business actually combines two different plots from Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers: The premise of Haley and Calvin being a couple that are competing against each other for student body president, only to put the two at odds through an outside force (The main difference is that this time they aren’t [[BrainwashedAndCrazy put under a spell]]) is similar to season 2’s ''Best Man For The Job''. Meanwhile, a homage to season 1’s ''Food Fight'' occurs when Victor and Monty rig Calvin’s cupcakes with hot sauce, escalating a food fight that only causes tension with the rangers.

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* FoodFight: As it's tradition (see below).
* RecycledScript: Monkey Business The episode actually combines two different plots from Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers: ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'': The premise of Haley and Calvin being a couple that are competing against each other for student body president, only to put the two at odds through an outside force (The main difference is that this time they aren’t [[BrainwashedAndCrazy put under a spell]]) is similar to season 2’s ''Best 2's "Best Man For The Job''. for the Job". Meanwhile, a homage to season 1’s ''Food Fight'' 1's "Food Fight" occurs when Victor and Monty rig Calvin’s Calvin's cupcakes with hot sauce, escalating a food fight that only causes tension with the rangers.
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A morning annoyance between Haley and Calvin gets exaggerated due to a little pride and competition, made only worse because of Phonepanzee: a monster who can use the rangers's voices against them.

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A morning annoyance between Haley and Calvin gets exaggerated due to a little pride and competition, made only worse because of Phonepanzee: a monster who can use the rangers's voices against them.them.

Tropes that apply to that episode are:
* DickDastardlyStopstoCheat: Victor can win the election if he tried, but he and Monty are too focused on sabotaging Calvin and Haley's campaign to win.
* DishingOutDirt: Hayley uses the Earth Element Star to try and trap Phonephanzee into a pitfall, but it doesn’t work, so she uses it to go underground and strike with a sneak attack.
* FailedASpotCheck: This is the reason for Phonephanzee’s deception being revealed to the rangers. While calling the rangers one-by-one was working, he never bothered to check to see which rangers were around and which weren’t so he’d know who to call and whose voice he should mimic. Once Haley, Levi, and Preston figure it out, Phonephanzee’s plan falls apart.
* RecycledScript: Monkey Business actually combines two different plots from Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers: The premise of Haley and Calvin being a couple that are competing against each other for student body president, only to put the two at odds through an outside force (The main difference is that this time they aren’t [[BrainwashedAndCrazy put under a spell]]) is similar to season 2’s ''Best Man For The Job''. Meanwhile, a homage to season 1’s ''Food Fight'' occurs when Victor and Monty rig Calvin’s cupcakes with hot sauce, escalating a food fight that only causes tension with the rangers.
* WeNeedADistraction: Haley and Levi morph to keep Phonephanzee distracted while Preston uses ninja tactics to sneak too where the other rangers are at and saves them while dispatching the Basher Bots before they could notice.
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A morning annoyance between Haley and Calvin gets exaggerated due to a little pride and competition, made only worse because of Phonepanzee: a monster who can use the rangers's voices against them.

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