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* SitcomHomageEpisode: In a way. While most sitcom homage episodes are just a parody ([[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive]] or [[AffectionateParody otherwise]]) of a popular sitcom or a popular genre of sitcom[[note]]i.e. HighSchool sitcoms, [[DomCom family sitcoms]] and [[WorkCom work coms]][[/note]], this episode's sitcom homage highlights all the ways a good sitcom can JumpTheShark, especially when a main character is replaced with one that [[TheScrappy fans don't like]] (or only like in small doses). There are impossibly cliché plots that begin and end [[HalfwayPlotSwitch in a disjointed fashion]], direction is so poor that [[RevealingContinuityLapse the set changes between shots in a single scene]], [[FalseCameraEffects the picture looks out of focus and has noticeable glare]], the sound quality takes a nosedive, and [[AspectRatioSwitch the screen shifts to a 4:3 aspect ratio]].

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* SitcomHomageEpisode: In a way. While most sitcom homage episodes are just a parody ([[DeconstructiveParody deconstructive]] or [[AffectionateParody otherwise]]) of a popular sitcom or a popular genre of sitcom[[note]]i.e. HighSchool sitcoms, [[DomCom family sitcoms]] and [[WorkCom work coms]][[/note]], this episode's sitcom homage highlights Once Tobias becomes the "main character", the show pastiches all the ways a good sitcom can JumpTheShark, especially when a main character is replaced with one that [[TheScrappy fans don't like]] (or only like in small doses).replaced. There are impossibly cliché plots that begin and end [[HalfwayPlotSwitch in a disjointed fashion]], direction is so poor that [[RevealingContinuityLapse the set changes between shots in a single scene]], [[FalseCameraEffects the picture looks out of focus and has noticeable glare]], the sound quality takes a nosedive, and [[AspectRatioSwitch the screen shifts to a 4:3 aspect ratio]].

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Rewind Gag is about things happening in reverse


* JustTheIntroductionToTheOpposites: Gumball's first attempt to stop being "The Loser" is to do the ([[LiteralMinded literal]]) opposite of everything he usually does. This eventually turns into him eating in reverse, and Darwin stops him [[ToiletHumor before he went to the bathroom]].



* RewindGag: Gumball's first attempt to stop being "The Loser" is to do the ([[LiteralMinded literal]]) opposite of everything he usually does. This eventually turns into him eating in reverse, and Darwin stops him [[ToiletHumor before he went to the bathroom]].
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** Several episodes such as "The Finale", "The Void", "The Money", "The Signal", "The Disaster" and "The Rerun" all take steps to imply or establish that the World of Gumball is a world set within a TV show. This episodes does likewise.

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** Several episodes such as "The Finale", "The Void", "The Money", "The Signal", "The Disaster" and "The Rerun" all take steps to imply or establish that the World of Gumball is a world set within a TV show. This episodes episode does likewise.

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* LaughTrack: A laugh track follows Tobias and gets louder the worse his jokes are.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: Tobias pays the price for starting a HostileShowTakeover by getting his face ''incinerated'' by a very furious Gumball.
* LaughTrack: A laugh track follows Tobias and gets louder the worse his jokes are.


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* RageBreakingPoint: Seeing Tobias dating Penny is Gumball's last straw, and forcibly attempts to give him a piece of his mind by regurgitating his criticisms at him. And once Tobias wakes up in the hospital, Gumball finally gets his revenge by spitting every last ounce of venom at him so hard it ''incinerates'' his face.

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