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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: For someone so smart, Jimmy should've known better, or at least done his research that operating a blimp on school premises is an illegal campaign practice in real life.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: For someone so smart, Jimmy should've known better, or at least done his research that operating a blimp on school premises is an illegal campaign practice in real life.life.
* VocalEvolution: Bolbi's voice is deeper and more manly for his age in this episode, compared to the shrill, high-pitched voice he has later on.
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* IdiotHoudini: Hugh was responsible for the lake monster in the first place, due to him dumping chemical sludge from Jimmy's in the lake for the past few years, but faces no consequences for his actions.

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* IdiotHoudini: Hugh was responsible for the lake monster in the first place, due to him dumping chemical sludge from Jimmy's lab in the lake for the past few years, but faces no consequences for his actions.

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* DecidedByOneVote: After the votes have been tallied, Jimmy, Sheen, and Libby have tied, thus Ms. Fowl gets Carl, the only student who never voted, to be the decider. Carl freaks out and can't bring himself to vote, revealing Cindy bribed him with a dollar, Sheen blackmailed him, and Jimmy's showy routine with scantily-clad women. This causes all three to be disqualified, leaving Bolbi to win by default.

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* DecidedByOneVote: After the votes have been tallied, Jimmy, Sheen, and Libby have tied, thus Ms. Fowl gets Carl, the only student who never voted, to be the decider. Carl [[FreakOut freaks out out]] and can't bring himself to vote, revealing Cindy bribed him with a dollar, Sheen blackmailed him, and Jimmy's showy routine with scantily-clad women. This causes all three to be disqualified, leaving Bolbi to win by default.



* EpicFail: What got Jimmy disqualified from the election, which was operating a zeppelin on school premises without a permit, had '''nothing''' to do with how he tried to win Carl's vote in particular.



* FreakOut: Carl has this before exposing what Jimmy, Sheen and Libby tried to do to him to make sure he voted for them.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Jimmy, Sheen and Libby are disqualified from the election because of their illegal campaign practices.



* SecretMessageWink: Cindy tries to bribe Carl into voting for Libby for class president by slipping him a dollar when she shakes his hand, and telling him to "keep it" while winking. Carl, who doesn't understand nonverbal cues very well, asks Cindy why she's winking. He still doesn't get it when she explicitly says she's bribing him. Even after, he still thinks she's winking because she likes him.

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* SecretMessageWink: Cindy tries to bribe Carl into voting for Libby for class president by slipping him a dollar when she shakes his hand, and telling him to "keep it" while winking. Carl, who doesn't understand nonverbal cues very well, asks Cindy why she's winking. He still doesn't get it when she explicitly says she's bribing him. Even after, he still thinks she's winking because she likes him.him.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: For someone so smart, Jimmy should've known better, or at least done his research that operating a blimp on school premises is an illegal campaign practice in real life.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: After Carl is afraid to vote and calls out Jimmy, Sheen, and Libby's misdoings, Ms. Fowl discovers the three have done illegal things which lead to their disqualification:
-->'''Ms. Fowl:''' It has come to my attention that some of our candidates have been guilty of bribery, blackmail, and MURDER! ''[students shriek]'' Sorry, not murder. I meant to say, operating a zeppelin on school premises!


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* DecidedByOneVote: After the votes have been tallied, Jimmy, Sheen, and Libby have tied, thus Ms. Fowl gets Carl, the only student who never voted, to be the decider. Carl freaks out and can't bring himself to vote, revealing Cindy bribed him with a dollar, Sheen blackmailed him, and Jimmy's showy routine with scantily-clad women. This causes all three to be disqualified, leaving Bolbi to win by default.
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* IdiotHoudini: Hugh was responsible for the lake monster in the first place, due to him dumping chemical sludge from Jimmy's in the lake for the past few years, but faces no consequences for his actions.


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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Hugh only appears briefly in the episode, but he is responsible for the events that took place as he was foolishly deposing of chemical waste from Jimmy’s lab in the lake.
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* NothingIsFunnier: Beyond somehow involving bubbles, what exactly makes the picture of Carl at Ike's slumber party so embarrassing is left entirely to the viewer's imagination.

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* NothingIsFunnier: Beyond somehow involving bubbles, what exactly makes the picture of Carl at Ike's slumber party so embarrassing is left entirely to the viewer's imagination.imagination.
* SecretMessageWink: Cindy tries to bribe Carl into voting for Libby for class president by slipping him a dollar when she shakes his hand, and telling him to "keep it" while winking. Carl, who doesn't understand nonverbal cues very well, asks Cindy why she's winking. He still doesn't get it when she explicitly says she's bribing him. Even after, he still thinks she's winking because she likes him.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Sheen tries to blackmail Carl into voting for him by telling him if he doesn’t he’ll show everyone an embarrassing picture of Carl from Ike’s sleepover.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Sheen tries to blackmail Carl into voting for him by telling him if he doesn’t he’ll show everyone [[EmbarrassingOldPhoto an embarrassing picture of Carl Carl]] from Ike’s sleepover.



* NapInducingSpeak: Jimmy’s presidential speech about all of the technological advancements he’ll bring to the school puts the whole audience to sleep.

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* NapInducingSpeak: Jimmy’s presidential speech about all of the technological advancements he’ll bring to the school puts the whole audience to sleep.sleep.
* NothingIsFunnier: Beyond somehow involving bubbles, what exactly makes the picture of Carl at Ike's slumber party so embarrassing is left entirely to the viewer's imagination.
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[[AC:Monster Hunt]]
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Jimmy sets out to disprove a town myth that a lake monster exists off the coast of Retroville.

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* AgentScully: Jimmy plays this role in the beginning of the episode by refusing to believe there’s not a reasonable explanation for the sea monster sightings.
* EmbarrassingSlide: While Cindy and Libby are showing a slideshow proving the existence of the sea monster during a town meeting, Cindy announces that the next slide will show irrefutable proof of the monster but accidentally shows a photo of her in her swimsuit at the beach instead.
* {{Expy}}: Going along with the episode’s many references to ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', Captain Betty is an Expy of Quint from that movie.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Carl says he has bad memories of the lake the monster resides in because it’s where he released his pet turtle, Snappy, when he realized he was allergic to him. This story comes back into play when the group realizes that the sea monster is actually Snappy after years of mutation.
* GettingEatenIsHarmless: Captain Betty gets eaten whole by Snappy; but at the end of the episode when Snappy is reverted back to normal, Captain Betty reappears unharmed - apparently spewed up during the transformation.
* PlotAllergy: With this episode, Carl can now add turtles to his ever-growing list of things he’s allergic to.
* SeaMonster: There are reports of a sea monster being spotted in Retroville waters and Jimmy is determined to prove it’s fake
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: As is typical for him, Jimmy falls victim to this during the town meeting held to discuss what to do about the Retroville sea monster.
* ShaggyFrogStory: When Captain Betty is asked how he got his name, he tells them a chilling tale about a shipment of sea monkeys that got attacked by the monster and ate up all of the sea monkeys. He ends it with a happy "And that's why they call me Betty!"
-->'''Carl:''' Okay, I think I missed something.
-->'''Sheen:''' What's your problem? He couldn't have been more clearer.
* StrippingSnag: While Snappy is devouring the boat and Sheen is trying to avoid being eaten, Snappy’s mouth snags the leg of his pants and ends up completely ripping them off.
* ToxicWasteCanDoAnything: It’s revealed that Carl’s old pet turtle, Snappy, has been mutated by Hugh dumping the run-off from Jimmy’s lab into the lake for years.
* WholePlotReference: This episode is filled with references to the movie, ''Film/{{Jaws}}''.

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[[AC:Jimmy for President]]
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Jimmy runs for class president against Sheen, Libby and Bolbi - the new kid.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Sheen tries to blackmail Carl into voting for him by telling him if he doesn’t he’ll show everyone an embarrassing picture of Carl from Ike’s sleepover.
* BribingYourWayToVictory: This is Libby & Cindy’s method for getting Carl to vote for them, but it nearly doesn’t work as he doesn’t understand why they’re giving him money until they have to spell it out for him that they’re doing it to secure his vote for Libby.
* CheatersNeverProsper: Jimmy, Sheen, Libby, and Cindy all learn this at the end of the episode as they are disqualified for trying to earn votes dishonestly and Bolbi wins by default.
* ElectionDayEpisode: This episode’s plot revolves around the election of the new class president.
* ForeignExchangeStudent: One of the candidates for class president is Bolbi, the class’s new exchange student.
* HappyDance: Bolbi celebrates his win by doing one of these and enforces that everyone participates as part of his presidential decree.
-->'''Bolbi:''' Slap, slap, slap! Clap, clap, clap!
* NapInducingSpeak: Jimmy’s presidential speech about all of the technological advancements he’ll bring to the school puts the whole audience to sleep.

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