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[[caption-width-right:350:Daily excercise can help even the most seasoned of folks. Just don't strain yourself.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Daily excercise can help keep even the most seasoned of folks.folks fit and healthy. Just don't strain yourself.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Daily excercise can help even the most seasoned of folks. Just to strain yourself.]]

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* DoubleMeaningTitle: The term "dirt nap" is slang for burying a dead body (i.e., what Elder Kettle thinks the boys are going to do to him), but it also refers to the literal nap in dirt the earthworm needed to become healthy again.

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* CrackOwMyBack: At one point, Elder Kettle tried to yell out he was still hip, right when a crack was heard and he yelled out he hurt his hip.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The audience doesn't see Elder Kettle after he falls into his own spiked pit. But the boys do wince and Cuphead [[BlackComedy casually]] suggests they should bury him in the backyard.



* LockAndLoadMontage: Elder Kettle dons a military uniform and booby traps the house when he believes Cuphead and Mugman are going to kill him.



* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: Compared to episodes before and after it, this is a '''very''' dark-humor filled episode, as Elder Kettle's OutOfContextEavesdropping gets more and more suggestive of the boys hating him, and Elder Kettle gets increasingly wary of them because of it. It goes from insulting Elder Kettle's sheen, mocking his strength, and then the two planning to [[NeverSayDie "put him down"]] and ''bury him in the back yard'' because of his age. The episode even ends on a GainaxEnding where [[spoiler:Elder Kettle falls into a spike trap he set up, and Cuphead and Mugman opt to get a shovel to bury him]]. Bear in mind, this show is aimed at young kids!

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* OwMyBodyPart: Offscreen, Elder Kettle shouts "Ow my leg!" when he got caught in one of his own traps.
--> *Another offscreen explosion*
--> '''Elder Kettle''': Ow! My ''other'' leg!
* PianoDrop: After Kettle was shot by arrows and blown up with his own traps, his trauma is finally finished up with a piano dropping on him. All played for {{slapstick}}.
* SpikesOfDoom: One of the traps Elder Kettle lays out is a spiked pit in the living room which he covers with leaves. He accidentally falls into it at the end of the episode.
* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: Compared to episodes before and after it, this is a '''very''' dark-humor filled episode, as Elder Kettle's OutOfContextEavesdropping gets more and more suggestive of the boys hating him, and Elder Kettle gets increasingly wary of them because of it. It goes from insulting Elder Kettle's sheen, mocking his strength, and then the two planning to [[NeverSayDie "put him down"]] and ''bury him in the back yard'' because of his age. The episode even ends on a GainaxEnding where [[spoiler:Elder Elder Kettle falls into a spike trap he set up, and Cuphead and Mugman opt to get a shovel to bury him]].him. Bear in mind, this show is aimed at young kids!

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* NotQuiteDead: As soon as the earthworm is buried, it springs back to life, as all he needed was some refreshing dirt.


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* NotQuiteDead: As soon as the earthworm is buried, it springs back to life, as all it needed was some refreshing dirt.
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* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: Compared to episodes before and after it, this is a '''very''' dark-humor filled episode, as Elder Kettle's OutOfContextEavesdropping gets more and more suggestive of the boys hating him, and Elder Kettle gets increasingly wary of them because of it. It goes from insulting Elder Kettle's sheen, mocking his strength, and then the two planning to [[NeverSayDie "put him down"]] and ''bury him in the back yard'' because of his age. The episode even ends on a GainaxEnding where [[spoiler:Elder Kettle falls into a spike trap he set up, and Cuphead and Mugman opt to get a shovel to bury him]].

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* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: Compared to episodes before and after it, this is a '''very''' dark-humor filled episode, as Elder Kettle's OutOfContextEavesdropping gets more and more suggestive of the boys hating him, and Elder Kettle gets increasingly wary of them because of it. It goes from insulting Elder Kettle's sheen, mocking his strength, and then the two planning to [[NeverSayDie "put him down"]] and ''bury him in the back yard'' because of his age. The episode even ends on a GainaxEnding where [[spoiler:Elder Kettle falls into a spike trap he set up, and Cuphead and Mugman opt to get a shovel to bury him]]. Bear in mind, this show is aimed at young kids!
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* NeverSayDie: The words "kill" aren't spoken by Cuphead or Mugman until Elder Kettle says so.


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* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: Compared to episodes before and after it, this is a '''very''' dark-humor filled episode, as Elder Kettle's OutOfContextEavesdropping gets more and more suggestive of the boys hating him, and Elder Kettle gets increasingly wary of them because of it. It goes from insulting Elder Kettle's sheen, mocking his strength, and then the two planning to [[NeverSayDie "put him down"]] and ''bury him in the back yard'' because of his age. The episode even ends on a GainaxEnding where [[spoiler:Elder Kettle falls into a spike trap he set up, and Cuphead and Mugman opt to get a shovel to bury him]].
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* OutOfContextEavesdropping: The plot gets started when Elder Kettle overhears the cups talking about their pet earthworm and thinking they're talking about him. It starts out as them talking about how he's not as youthful as he used to be, then about how they might have to "take him out of his misery", and finally, burying him in the backyard.

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* OutOfContextEavesdropping: The plot gets started when Elder Kettle overhears the cups talking about their pet earthworm and thinking they're talking about him. It starts out as them talking about how he's not as youthful as he used to be, then about how they might have to "take him out of his misery", and finally, burying him in the backyard.backyard.
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Or worse.

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Or worse.worse.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Elder Kettle booby traps the living room in an attempt to stop the cups from killing him. Instead, he ends up getting hurt by each and every one, capped off with a PianoDrop.
* LowClearance: Early on, Elder Kettle avoids hitting his head on a low hanging lamp at the top of the stairs. As he gets more and more distressed, however, he keeps hitting his head on the lamp.
* NotQuiteDead: As soon as the earthworm is buried, it springs back to life, as all he needed was some refreshing dirt.
* OutOfContextEavesdropping: The plot gets started when Elder Kettle overhears the cups talking about their pet earthworm and thinking they're talking about him. It starts out as them talking about how he's not as youthful as he used to be, then about how they might have to "take him out of his misery", and finally, burying him in the backyard.
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Elder Kettle worries about his age after overhearing a conversation between Cuphead and Mugman. He soon tries his best to improving his life when he thinks they'll send him away to retire.

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Elder Kettle worries about his age after overhearing a conversation between Cuphead and Mugman. He soon tries his best to improving his life when he thinks they'll send him away to retire.retire.

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