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* PaperThinDisguise: Lou tries hide from Sally by pretending to be a knight in an exhibit filled with suits of armor, but Sally is fooled for a minute.
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* VillainyFreeVillain: While Sally Payson was just doing her job as a security guard, her stubbornness and short temper still make her being the antagonist.

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* VillainyFreeVillain: While Sally Payson was just doing her job as a security guard, her stubbornness and short temper still make her being the antagonist.
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** Let others get a word in edgewise, even if you think they’re lying.
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* UnsuccessfulPetAdoption: In this episode, Chas gives Chuckie sea monkeys as a pet, but Chuckie believes the sea monkeys are homesick, and decides to release them in the ocean when he and Tommy go to the beach.

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* UnsuccessfulPetAdoption: In this episode, Chas gives Chuckie sea monkeys as a pet, but Chuckie believes the sea monkeys are homesick, and decides to release them in the ocean when he and Tommy go to the beach.beach.
* WordSchmord: When Lou and Boris get into a fight about how the card game they're playing goes, Boris says "Friendly game, Schmendly game!".
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Sally’s habit of not letting Lou speak or explain himself throughout the episode eventually comes back to bite her when she was too busy telling him to leave to the museum as he was trying to tell her to put the dinosaur bone back on the skeleton which in turn causes it collapse, and she is fired from her.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Sally’s habit of not letting Lou speak or explain himself throughout the episode eventually comes back to bite her when she was too busy telling him to leave to the museum as he was trying to tell her to put the dinosaur bone back on the skeleton which in turn causes it collapse, and she is fired from her.the museum.
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The ninth episode of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.

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The ninth episode of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Sally’s habit of not letting Lou speak or explain himself throughout the episode eventually comes back to bite her when she was too busy telling to leave as he was trying to tell her to put the dinosaur bone back on the skeleton which in turn causes it collapse, and she is fired from her.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Sally’s habit of not letting Lou speak or explain himself throughout the episode eventually comes back to bite her when she was too busy telling him to leave to the museum as he was trying to tell her to put the dinosaur bone back on the skeleton which in turn causes it collapse, and she is fired from her.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: Sally’s habit of not letting Lou speak or explain himself throughout the episode eventually comes back to bite her when she was too busy telling to leave as he was trying to tell her to put the dinosaur bone back on the skeleton which in turn causes it collapse, and she is fired from her.




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* VillainyFreeVillain: While Sally Payson was just doing her job as a security guard, her stubbornness and short temper still make her being the antagonist.
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* OffModel: In the scene where Stu picks up his cooler after Tommy pours the water with Chuckie's sea monkeys into it, Chuckie is inexplicably not wearing his shoes.
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* AnAesop: Not all animals need to be set free unless it is a wild animal.
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* CrappyHolidays: Besides Tommy and Chuckie's own misadventure during the beach vacation, most of the grown ups end up squabbling over petty details.

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* {{Acrofatic}}: Sally Payson, the museum's security guard, is heavyset but she keeps a good pace trying to catch Lou.



* {{Acrofatic}}: Sally Payson, the museum's security guard, is heavyset but she keeps a good pace trying to catch Lou.
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* AnAesop:
** Always stay alert.
** Don't jump to conclusions.
** Respect public property.


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* AnAesop: Not all animals need to be set free unless it is a wild animal.
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* GameNightFight: Grandpa Lou and Boris play a card game that results in a heated argument who whether or not the player should play a card they draw. It ends with Boris flipping the cards onto the ground and tells Lou he can play 52 pick-up.
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* OffWithHisHead: Chuckie fears this when he sees [[BeachBury Chas buried in the sand]].
-->'''Chuckie:''' ''MY DAD'S BEEN DECAFFEINATED!''

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* {{Acrofatic}}: Sally Payson, the museum's security guard, is heavyset but she keeps a good pace trying to catch Lou.



* NobodyHereButUsStatues: While on the run from Sally Payson, the museum's security guard, Lou hides out in an exhibit filled with suits of knights' armor and poses as a knight. Unfortunately for him, Sally manages to spot him amongst the suits of armor.

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* NobodyHereButUsStatues: While on the run from Sally Payson, the museum's security guard, Sally, Lou hides out in an exhibit filled with suits of knights' armor and poses as a knight. Unfortunately for him, Sally manages to spot him amongst the suits of armor.
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* GetOut: When Lou reunites with the babies just as they pull the toe bone out from the dinosaur skeleton, Sally catches up to Lou and tells him to get out of the museum. Lou tries to tell her to put the bone back in the skeleton, but she keeps interrupting him and telling him to get out.

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* GetOut: When Lou reunites with the babies just as they pull the toe bone out from the dinosaur skeleton, Sally catches up to Lou and tells him to get out of the museum. Lou tries to tell her to put the bone back in the skeleton, but she keeps interrupting him and telling him to get out. Lou relents and leaves, just as the whole thing comes crashing down on her.
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* OffModel: In the scene where Stu picks up his cooler after Tommy pours the water with Chuckie's sea monkeys into it, Chuckie is inexplicably not wearing his shoes.


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* SeaAping: When Tommy and Chuckie express sadness at their sea monkeys being stuck in a fishbowl, they smuggle them to the beach in Stu's cooler and help release them into the ocean. Earlier in the episode, Chas declares them to be an educational toy as well as his first pet, while Stu grumbles at how much money he had to pay for "a bowl full of brine shrimp".
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** When Chuckie finds Chas' head sticking out of the head, he screams that his dad's been "decaffeinated".

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** When Chuckie finds Chas' head sticking out of the head, sand, he screams that his dad's been "decaffeinated".
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*OldTimeyBathingSuit: Being the Pickles patriarch, Lou wears this kind of bathing suit.
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* BeachBury: Angelica bures Chas in the sand as part of her plan to scare the babies.

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* BeachBury: Angelica bures buries Chas in the sand as part of her plan to scare the babies.



** When Chuckie finds Chas' head sticking out of the head, he says that his dad's been "decaffeinated".

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** When Chuckie finds Chas' head sticking out of the head, he says screams that his dad's been "decaffeinated".



-->'''Tommy:''' You know, Chuckie, I was thinking, maybe the Sea Moneys' not worth all this trouble. I mean, they're just little specks.\\

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-->'''Tommy:''' You know, Chuckie, I was thinking, maybe the Sea Moneys' Moneys not worth all this trouble. I mean, they're just little specks.\\
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* SiblingRivalry: When Stu tries to teach the babies how to build a sandcastle, Drew takes notice and tries to give Stu a few tips, which soon leads to them arguing about their own childhood sandcastles.

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* SiblingRivalry: When Stu tries to teach the babies how to build a sandcastle, Drew takes notice and tries to give Stu a few tips, which soon leads to them arguing about their own childhood sandcastles.sandcastles.
* UnsuccessfulPetAdoption: In this episode, Chas gives Chuckie sea monkeys as a pet, but Chuckie believes the sea monkeys are homesick, and decides to release them in the ocean when he and Tommy go to the beach.
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The ninth episode of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.

'''No Bones About It'''

Tommy is sad that Spike didn't get to go with him and his friends to the museum, so he tries to get a dinosaur bone as a souvenir for Spike.

'''Beach Blanket Babies'''

Tommy and Chuckie try to free the latter's sea monkeys during a trip to the beach.

!! "No Bones About It" provides examples of:

* CallBack: On his way to the museum, Lou listens to [[Recap/RugratsS1E5BeautyContestBaseball the KOLD radio station]].
* DinosaurDoggieBone: When Lou takes the babies to a museum without Spike, they try to get him a dinosaur bone as a present. They succeed.
* GetOut: When Lou reunites with the babies just as they pull the toe bone out from the dinosaur skeleton, Sally catches up to Lou and tells him to get out of the museum. Lou tries to tell her to put the bone back in the skeleton, but she keeps interrupting him and telling him to get out.
* GrandparentalObliviousness: Lou gets into a conversation with two elderly ladies, allowing the babies to escape and have an adventure trying to get a bone for Spike. Fortunately, not long after the babies escape, Lou notices their stroller is empty and spends the rest of the episode trying to find them.
* GrossUpCloseUp: This episode begins with an extreme close-up of Spike's tongue.
* NobodyHereButUsStatues: While on the run from Sally Payson, the museum's security guard, Lou hides out in an exhibit filled with suits of knights' armor and poses as a knight. Unfortunately for him, Sally manages to spot him amongst the suits of armor.
* PricelessMingVase: While looking for the babies, Lou goes into an exhibit filled with these. He accidentally knocks over one of the stands with the babies' stroller, but catches the vases before they can shatter.
* VanityLicensePlate: As Lou pulls into the museum's parking lot, the license plate on the back of his car reads, "I'MOLD".

!! "Beach Blanket Babies" provides examples of:

* BeachBury: Angelica bures Chas in the sand as part of her plan to scare the babies.
* BeachEpisode: Tommy and Chuckie go to the beach in this episode, and attempt to release Chuckie's sea monkeys back into the sea.
* {{Malaproper}}:
** Tommy and Chuckie mispronounce Sea Monkeys as "Sea Moneys".
** When Chuckie finds Chas' head sticking out of the head, he says that his dad's been "decaffeinated".
* NoodleIncident: When Tommy begins to suspect that Angelica might be making up her story about the sandman, he tells Chuckie about the time she told him his blanket was alive. Chuckie tells Tommy not to remind him of that experience.
* RousingSpeech: Chuckie, of all people, manages to give one to Tommy when the latter begins to give up on their quest to set the former's Sea Monkeys back into the sea.
-->'''Tommy:''' You know, Chuckie, I was thinking, maybe the Sea Moneys' not worth all this trouble. I mean, they're just little specks.\\
'''Chuckie:''' Just little specks? When a growed-up walks past you and doesn't even know you're there, don't you feel like "just little specks"? When you're not tall enough to open a door or turn on a light or get out the cookies, don't you feel like "just little specks"?\\
'''Tommy:''' Uh...\\
'''Chuckie:''' I don't know about you, Tommy, but for all the little specks out there, I'm pushing that thing down in the water!\\
'''Tommy:''' Let's go!
* SiblingRivalry: When Stu tries to teach the babies how to build a sandcastle, Drew takes notice and tries to give Stu a few tips, which soon leads to them arguing about their own childhood sandcastles.

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