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* FoodAsBribe: The babies have to bring Angelica food that she likes, such as a slice of Didi's pie, a bag of Cheese Curly Q's, and a cheesecake so that she can tie Chuckie's shoelaces.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After tying everything in sight and making Chuckie give in to her demands for food other than burgers, she confesses that she tied Chuckie's shoes, so the grown-ups try to make her tie her own shoes in front of them. She messes up every time, so Drew and Charlotte enroll her in Miss Carol's shoe-tying seminar.
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* LaboriousLaces:
** Chuckie's shoelaces are almost always untied, which often leads to him tripping over them. In this episode, the babies get Angelica to tie Chuckie's shoelaces, since she learned them from Miss Carol's video lesson, but they have to bring her food that she likes first. This leads to the adults believing that Chuckie can tie his own shoelaces.
** At the end of the episode, when Angelica forgets how to tie her own shoelaces, Drew and Charlotte enroll her in Miss Carol's week-long shoe-tying empowerment seminar. On her way out of Tommy's house, Angelica trips over her own shoelaces.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After tying everything in sight and making Chuckie give in to her demands for food other than burgers, she confesses that she tied Chuckie's shoes, so the grown-ups try to make her tie her own shoes in front of them. She messes up every time, so Drew and Charlotte enroll her in Miss Carol's shoe-tying seminar. She also trips over her own shoelaces on her way out of Tommy's house.
** Chuckie's shoelaces are almost always untied, which often leads to him tripping over them. In this episode, the babies get Angelica to tie Chuckie's shoelaces, since she learned them from Miss Carol's video lesson, but they have to bring her food that she likes first. This leads to the adults believing that Chuckie can tie his own shoelaces.
** At the end of the episode, when Angelica forgets how to tie her own shoelaces, Drew and Charlotte enroll her in Miss Carol's week-long shoe-tying empowerment seminar. On her way out of Tommy's house, Angelica trips over her own shoelaces.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After tying everything in sight and making Chuckie give in to her demands for food other than burgers, she confesses that she tied Chuckie's shoes, so the grown-ups try to make her tie her own shoes in front of them. She messes up every time, so Drew and Charlotte enroll her in Miss Carol's shoe-tying seminar. She also trips over her own shoelaces on her way out of Tommy's house.
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* RuleOfThree: Angelica gets the babies to bring her three different types of food from Stu's barbecue that aren't burgers so she can tie Chuckie's shoelaces; first a slice of Didi's pie, then a bag of Cheese Curly Q's, and finally a cheesecake.
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* TemptingFate:
** After Angelica ties Chuckie's shoelaces a second time, Chuckie says "Phew. Now I don't have to worry about tying my shoe again!" Cue Chuckie tripping over his shoelaces, which become untied again.
** When the babies build a wall made out of building blocks around Chuckie to prevent anyone from untying Chuckie's shoelaces, Chuckie proclaims "Nothing's ever gonna untie my shoes again!" Cue Angelica untying Chuckie's shoelaces.
** After Angelica ties Chuckie's shoelaces a second time, Chuckie says "Phew. Now I don't have to worry about tying my shoe again!" Cue Chuckie tripping over his shoelaces, which become untied again.
** When the babies build a wall made out of building blocks around Chuckie to prevent anyone from untying Chuckie's shoelaces, Chuckie proclaims "Nothing's ever gonna untie my shoes again!" Cue Angelica untying Chuckie's shoelaces.
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* FearInducedIdiocy: Angelica [[OutOfCharacterMoment gets so shy]] about everyone watching her tie her shoes that she keeps messing up.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Perhaps a literal example; when Angelica tells the babies that snakes taught her how to tie shoelaces, Chuckie exclaims "Snakes?! I'm never learning to tie my shoes!"
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Perhaps a literal example; when Angelica tells the babies that snakes taught her how to tie shoelaces, Chuckie exclaims exclaims, "Snakes?! I'm never learning to tie my shoes!"
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* RemoteControlRuckus: Stu and Drew fight over the remote, as the former wants to watch a football game on television, while the latter wants to watch a golf tournament. When Dil gets a hold of the remote, he changes it to a badminton game, which Stu and Drew settle on watching.
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"Tie My Shoes" couldn't have taken place before "Word of the Day", because both Dil is present, while "Word of the Day" happened before he was born
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** [[Recap/RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits Miss Carol]] is shown teaching her audience to tie their shoes on a VHS tape Angelica is watching. Evidently, this episode takes place ''before'' "The Word of the Day."
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** [[Recap/RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits Miss Carol]] is shown teaching her audience to tie their shoes on a VHS tape Angelica is watching. Evidently, this episode takes place ''before'' "The Word of the Day."
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* SeriesContinuityError: Miss Carol is still operating as an apparently popular children's show host, despite the fact her previous appearance ended with her being fired from her own show for swearing in front of her child audience.
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The fifteenth episode of the sixth season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.
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The fifteenth episode of the sixth season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.
''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991''.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits Miss Carol]] is shown teaching her audience to tie their shoes on a VHS tape Angelica is watching. Evidently, this episode takes place ''before'' "The Word of the Day."
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** [[Recap/RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits Miss Carol]] is shown teaching her audience to tie their shoes on a VHS tape Angelica is watching. Evidently, this episode takes place ''before'' "The Word of the Day."
** [[Recap/RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits Miss Carol]] is shown teaching her audience to tie their shoes on a VHS tape Angelica is watching. Evidently, this episode takes place ''before'' "The Word of the Day."
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* DontEatAndSwim: Parodied; after the babies bring Angelica a piece of Didi's pie so she can tie Chuckie's shoes for them, she claims that you have to wait an hour after eating before you can tie shoes. Likely, she was using this as an excuse not to tie Chuckie's shoes and got the inspiration from hearing about the swimming rule.
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* PerformanceAnxiety: Drew tells Angelica that if she's famous on TV people will stare at her all the time and she gets nervous about it. She then tries to tie her shoes but can't under pressure.
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* PerformanceAnxiety: Drew tells Angelica that if she's famous on TV people will stare at her all the time and she gets nervous about it. She then tries to tie her shoes but can't under pressure.pressure.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Perhaps a literal example; when Angelica tells the babies that snakes taught her how to tie shoelaces, Chuckie exclaims "Snakes?! I'm never learning to tie my shoes!"
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Perhaps a literal example; when Angelica tells the babies that snakes taught her how to tie shoelaces, Chuckie exclaims "Snakes?! I'm never learning to tie my shoes!"
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* RantInducingSlight: The episode opens with Angelica fuming that she wanted her cereal served in a Cynthia bowl, instead of a Dummi Bears bowl.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After tying everything in sight and making Chuckie give in to her demands for food other than burgers, she confesses that she tied Chuckie's shoes, so the grown-ups try to make her tie her own shoes in front of them. She messes up every time, so Drew and Charlotte enroll her in Miss Carol's shoe-tying seminar.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After tying everything in sight and making Chuckie give in to her demands for food other than burgers, she confesses that she tied Chuckie's shoes, so the grown-ups try to make her tie her own shoes in front of them. She messes up every time, so Drew and Charlotte enroll her in Miss Carol's shoe-tying seminar.seminar.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Drew tells Angelica that if she's famous on TV people will stare at her all the time and she gets nervous about it. She then tries to tie her shoes but can't under pressure.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Drew tells Angelica that if she's famous on TV people will stare at her all the time and she gets nervous about it. She then tries to tie her shoes but can't under pressure.
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* LiteralMinded: When Angelica doesn't speak to the babies, Tommy asks her if Fluffy has her tongue, as he heard that cats can do that.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits Miss Carol]] is shown teaching her audience to tie their shoes on a VHS tape Angelica is watching.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits Miss Carol]] is shown teaching her audience to tie their shoes on a VHS tape Angelica is watching. Evidently, this episode takes place ''before'' "The Word of the Day."
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* FromBadToWorse: It starts with Chas thinking Chuckie is able to tie his shoes, then Chas goes on to tell the other parents about this, which leads Chuckie to try to prevent his shoelaces from going undone and rely on Angelica when they do go undone.
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* FromBadToWorse: It starts with Chas thinking Chuckie is able to tie his shoes, then Chas goes on to tell the other parents about this, which leads Chuckie to try to prevent his shoelaces from going undone and rely on Angelica when they do go undone.undone.
*LaserGuidedKarma: After tying everything in sight and making Chuckie give in to her demands for food other than burgers, she confesses that she tied Chuckie's shoes, so the grown-ups try to make her tie her own shoes in front of them. She messes up every time, so Drew and Charlotte enroll her in Miss Carol's shoe-tying seminar.
*LaserGuidedKarma: After tying everything in sight and making Chuckie give in to her demands for food other than burgers, she confesses that she tied Chuckie's shoes, so the grown-ups try to make her tie her own shoes in front of them. She messes up every time, so Drew and Charlotte enroll her in Miss Carol's shoe-tying seminar.
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* ContinuityNod: [[RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits Miss Carol]] is shown teaching her audience to tie their shoes on a VHS tape Angelica is watching.
** Betty mentions [[RugratsS1E4BabyCommercialLittleDude Phil and Lil's baby commercial]].
** Betty mentions [[RugratsS1E4BabyCommercialLittleDude Phil and Lil's baby commercial]].
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* ContinuityNod: [[RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits [[Recap/RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits Miss Carol]] is shown teaching her audience to tie their shoes on a VHS tape Angelica is watching.
** Betty mentions[[RugratsS1E4BabyCommercialLittleDude [[Recap/RugratsS1E4BabyCommercialLittleDude Phil and Lil's baby commercial]].
** Betty mentions
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*ChildProdigy: Discussed by Didi; she reads from one of Lipschitz' books that a two-year-old who can tie his shoes at a third-grade level will learn algebra by the age of four.
*ContinuityNod: [[RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits Miss Carol]] is shown teaching her audience to tie their shoes on a VHS tape Angelica is watching.
**Betty mentions [[RugratsS1E4BabyCommercialLittleDude Phil and Lil's baby commercial]].
*FromBadToWorse: It starts with Chas thinking Chuckie is able to tie his shoes, then Chas goes on to tell the other parents about this, which leads Chuckie to try to prevent his shoelaces from going undone and rely on Angelica when they do go undone.
*ChildProdigy: Discussed by Didi; she reads from one of Lipschitz' books that a two-year-old who can tie his shoes at a third-grade level will learn algebra by the age of four.
*ContinuityNod: [[RugratsS5E4TheWordOfTheDayJonathanBabysits Miss Carol]] is shown teaching her audience to tie their shoes on a VHS tape Angelica is watching.
**Betty mentions [[RugratsS1E4BabyCommercialLittleDude Phil and Lil's baby commercial]].
*FromBadToWorse: It starts with Chas thinking Chuckie is able to tie his shoes, then Chas goes on to tell the other parents about this, which leads Chuckie to try to prevent his shoelaces from going undone and rely on Angelica when they do go undone.
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*AdultsAreUseless: When Angelica tries to get Drew to answer the door, he and Stu are so distracted by a badminton game on TV that she has to do it herself. To be fair, Charlotte had told her that she would get a Cynthia dollhouse if she spoke not a word, and trying to get a parent's attention without saying anything is very difficult, to say the least.
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* RageInducingSlight: The episode opens with Angelica fuming that she wanted her cereal served in a Cynthia bowl, instead of a Dummi Bears bowl.
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The fifteenth episode of the sixth season of ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.
'''Silent Angelica'''
Angelica tries to stay quiet because her mom and dad (busy with an important phone call and a badminton game on TV, respectively) promised her toys.
'''Tie My Shoes'''
Angelica ties Chuckie's shoes for him, but Chas thinks Chuckie did it on his own.
!!"Silent Angelica" provides examples of:
*ContinuityNod: The Reptar Wagon from ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' is shown again.
*ImagineSpot: Angelica has one of her driving a Cynthia car and living by the Cynthia townhouse, which is interrupted by the babies singing and dancing to a song playing on the record player.
*OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The Rugrats take note when Angelica does not yell at them for Chuckie's breaking her Cynthia plane toy.
*RageInducingSlight: The episode opens with Angelica fuming that she wanted her cereal served in a Cynthia bowl, instead of a Dummi Bears bowl.
*TheReveal: It is revealed that Drew's birthday is May 25.
!!"Tie My Shoes" provides examples of:
'''Silent Angelica'''
Angelica tries to stay quiet because her mom and dad (busy with an important phone call and a badminton game on TV, respectively) promised her toys.
'''Tie My Shoes'''
Angelica ties Chuckie's shoes for him, but Chas thinks Chuckie did it on his own.
!!"Silent Angelica" provides examples of:
*ContinuityNod: The Reptar Wagon from ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'' is shown again.
*ImagineSpot: Angelica has one of her driving a Cynthia car and living by the Cynthia townhouse, which is interrupted by the babies singing and dancing to a song playing on the record player.
*OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The Rugrats take note when Angelica does not yell at them for Chuckie's breaking her Cynthia plane toy.
*RageInducingSlight: The episode opens with Angelica fuming that she wanted her cereal served in a Cynthia bowl, instead of a Dummi Bears bowl.
*TheReveal: It is revealed that Drew's birthday is May 25.
!!"Tie My Shoes" provides examples of:
