History Recap / TheAmazingWorldOfGumballS5E34TheDeal

* ADayInHerApron: Gender-inverted, as Richard tries to get Nicole to appreciate his work as a HouseHusband. While his bizarre methods (like feeding the kids off a tablecloth that he wraps them up in for baths) initially just make Nicole respect him even less, he manages to reign in the kids when they stop listening to even her.

** Richard reigns in his unsupervised kids the same way Owen does with his raptors in ''Film/JurassicWorld''. He also quotes the "clever girl" line from ''Film/JurassicPark''.

* LikeParentLikeChild: Turns out Nicole, like Gumball, may spontaneously bust into rap. Nicole's inability to be photogenic also seems to have been passed down.

* CallBack: Nicole becomes employee of the month, which she previously had complained about not being in "The Worst".

* LikeParentLikeChild: Turns out Nicole, like Gumball, may spontaneously bust into rap.

* TemptingFate: After Nicole mentions that nothing else ''inside'' the house can be ruined by the kids, the garden shed gets thrown over the house onto the front yard.

* WritersCannotDoMath: During Nicole's rap, she says her raise was three-cents-on-the-dollar (i.e. 3%), but then later says it's only $10 per ''month''. That would mean her annual income was $4000, which is ridiculously low even for [[PerpetualPoverty the Wattersons' sorry financial state]]--it's well below minimum wage for a full-time position (~$14,000) and the poverty line for someone living alone ($12,060), much less the sole income source for a family of five ($28,870).

* LampshadeHanging: Darwin questions why Richard would frame a newspaper article about him being a loser.

** Another horror shout-out. Anais telling Nicole to "Send more cops" after she spits out the Donut Cop's hat is a direct reference to the zombie calling "Send more paramedics" in ''Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead''.
** Richard reigns in his unsupervised kids [[Film/JurassicWorld the same way Owen does with his raptors]]. Also:
-->'''Richard''': (upon getting ambushed by Anais) [[Film/JurassicPark Clever girl.]]

* AlmostKiss: Nicole walks in Carrie (wearing Nicole's wedding dress) and Darwin about to kiss, causing Carrie to teleport away.
* BlackComedyCannibalism: When Nicole threatens to call the cops on her kids (who she doesn't recognize), they spit out piece of the Donut Cop's body in front of her.

** Another horror shout-out. Anais telling Nicole to "Send more Cops" after she spits out the Donut Cop's hat is a direct reference to the zombie calling "Send more Paramedics" in [[Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead Return of the Living Dead]].

** Another horror shout-out. Anais telling Nicole to "Send more Cops" after she spits out the Donut Cop's hat is a direct reference to the zombie calling "Send more Paramedics" in [[Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead]].

** Richard stops his unsupervised kids [[Film/JurassicWorld the same way Owen stops his raptors]]. Also:

* ShoutOut: The kids in their unsupervised state look and act like Film/{{Gremlins}}.

** When talking about how horrible Richard is at parenting, Nicole mentions that only stage moms are worse.

* LampshadeHanging: Darwin wonders why Richard would frame a newspaper article about him being a loser.

* TakeThat: Gumball compares Richard's terrible attempt at rapping to British dental work.

* WritersCannotDoMath: During Nicole's rap, she says her raise was three-cents-on-the-dollar (i.e. 3%), but then later says it's only $10 per ''month''. That would mean her annual income was $4000, which is ridiculously low even for [[PerpetualPoverty the Wattersons' sorry financial state]]--it's well below minimum wage for a full-time position (~$14,000) and the poverty line for someone living alone ($12,060), much less the sole income source for a family of five ($28,870).

* SmashCut: Anais advises Richard to just tell Nicole he feels underappreciated, insisting her mother is a "reasonable wo-" [[DescriptionCut and we cut to Nicole outside]], where her self-celebratory fireworks show nails the moon in the eye and starts raising sparks on her neighbors.

* SmashCut: Anais advises Richard to just tell Nicole he feels underappreciated, insisting her mother is a "reasonable wo-" [[DescriptionCut and we cut to Nicole outside, giving herself a celebratory fireworks show that terrorizes the neighbors]].

* ADayInHerApron: Gender-inverted, as Richard tries to get Nicole to appreciate his work as a HouseHusband. While his bizarre methods (from feeding the kids off a tablecloth that he wraps them up in for baths) initially just make Nicole respect him even less, he manages to reign in the kids when they stop listening to even her.

* ADayInHerApron: Gender-inverted, as Richard tries to get Nicole to appreciate his work as HouseHusband. While Nicole brushes his bizarre methods off, he manages to reign in the kids when they stop listening to even her.

* WritersCannotDoMath: During Nicole's rap, she says her raise was three-cents-on-the-dollar (i.e. 3%), but then later says it's only $10 per ''month''. That would mean her annual income was $4000, which is ridiculously low even for [[PerpetualPoverty the Wattersons' sorry financial state]]--it's well below minimum wage for a full-time position (~$14,000) and the poverty line for someone living along ($12,060), much less the sole income source for a family of five ($28,870).

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