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-->'''Tasumi:''' Riley! My feet are gonna rust!
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-->'''Tasumi:''' Riley! My feet are gonna rust!rust!
* ExactWords: In order to prove that Todd and Riley are just imagining things, Dick asks Mr. Zupeck if he’s a witch, not knowing that it’s actually his wife who's the witch. Zupeck, of course, says no and Dick considers the case closed.
* FakeOutFadeOut: The episode is getting ready to end with a PanUpToTheSkyEnding when Shelton, who’s still a monkey, interrupts the IrisOut.
-->'''Shelton:''' Hey what about me with the not changing back? And the tail? And the no thumbs? And the slightly better smell?
* FreezeFrameBonus: On the giant sign above their house, Dick has misspelled Halloween as “Hollowene”.
* GiantSpider: Riley is commenting on how unrealistic the webs on the Zupecks’ house are because the spider who made them would’ve had to have been huge, when a real giant spider swings down at her. With it being Halloween, of course both she and Todd think it’s just a decoration.
* HalloweenEpisode: Determined to have the scariest side of the street in the neighborhood for Halloween, Todd and Riley replace their boring neighbors with a real witch and vampire.
* HenpeckedHusband: Mr. Zupeck certainly appears to be this, seeing as how he’s constantly being yelled at and bossed around by his wife.
* IdiosyncraticWipes: Scenes transition with images of pieces of candy, ghosts, and a jack-o-lantern that [[EatTheCamera eats the camera]].
* IGotARock: The thing that convinces Riley that they need to replace the Kelpmans is the fact that they give out pennies on Halloween.
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: C.A.R.’s reply when Todd tells it to dress up as a pumpkin and go sit in the yard.
-->'''C.A.R.:''' Excuse me! I’m a spy car, not a decorative holiday ornament!
* JoinUsDrone: Done by Dick and Agent K after they’ve been turned into zombies.
** Everyone does this at the end as well, after it’s been revealed that the events of the episode were all a Halloween prank and they’re trying to get C.A.R. to come out and join them for the party.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre:
-->'''Mr. Zupeck:''' ...return after sundown and you will surely get what’s coming to you, every child will!” [[[Evil Laugh]]] “If you take my meaning!
* LetsSplitUpGang: Subverted. Riley specifically says to stay together and not split up when they're in the Zupecks’ house. Unfortunately, right after she says this all her and Todd’s friends disappear behind various secret passageways.
* LosingYourHead: Dick, as a zombie, takes off his head while he tells Todd and Riley to leave the Zupecks alone.
* MagicCauldron: The kids walk in on Mrs. Zupeck creating a magic potion in one. They later find out that they have to tip over her cauldron and spill the potion in order break her spell that’s zombified their parents.
* MonsterMash: Todd and Riley encounter a variety of monsters throughout the episode including a vampire, a witch, mummies, zombies, and more.
* {{Mummy}}: Dick’s idea of scary Halloween decorations is turning normal lawn ornaments into mummies with toilet paper.
* OhGodWithTheVerbing: Shelton, as usual.
** When he’s explaining his costume: “I’m a hippie! With the beads! And the protesting! And the oh, yes! Free love! Whatever that means.”
** He also does this when Todd and Riley find him after he’s had his brain switched with a monkey’s by the Zupecks. “Oh, I’m crazy! With the probing! And the hurting! And, oh, I want a banana!”
* OperationBlank: True to her Agent K costume, Riley says it’s time to commence “Operation: Rainbow Jumper”, complete with BriefAccentImitation. Todd thinks it’s a terrible name though and changes it to “Operation: De-Zombify Mom & Dad”.
* OverlyLongGag: Dick and Mr. Zupeck laughing hysterically and spraying spit all over each other.
* PlotTwist: Mr. Fleem tells Todd and Riley that the Kelpmans never actually willingly moved out of their house and the supernatural Zupecks were not sent by Fleemco.
* ReversePsychology: Riley uses this method to get Buzz to help them stop the Zupecks. Due to how dimwitted Buzz is, it works flawlessly.
-->'''Riley:''' Buzz, I know what you’re thinking. Don’t you knock over that cauldron and ruin this haunted house just so you can keep your trophy!
* RunningGag:
** Buzz and his dad coming up with [[LameComeback Lame Comebacks]] for Todd and Dick and then complimenting each other, and themselves, on them.
** Everyone calling the golden ghost trophy for the scariest side of the street a “golden snot rag”.
* SarcasticConfession: When Dick asks Mr. Zupeck if he’s a vampire, he says yes and then bursts out laughing, making Dick think he’s just joking.
* ShoutOut:
** When their replacements arrive, Todd says “[[Film/Poltergeist1982 They’re he-re]].”
** Jacobo dresses as [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby Doo]] for Halloween, although he claims he’s a {{Chupacabra}}.
* ShrunkInTheWash: Riley is able to wear one of her mom’s actual spy outfits for Halloween because Agent K accidentally left it in the dryer too long.
* SpoofAesop: It turns out that the Kelpmans are actually really cool people with fun jobs that keep them too busy to decorate for Halloween. Mr. & Mrs. Kelpman are a videogame designer and an ice cream taste tester respectively, and tried to share the perks of their jobs with the neighborhood kids but kept getting ignored because they all thought they were boring. Upon learning this, Todd says he’s learned a valuable lesson. Riley asks if it’s “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”, but Todd has a more specific lesson in mind.
-->'''Todd:''' Always find out if your neighbors have cool jobs!
* TickleTorture: The Zupecks torture Jacobo in a pendulum-type contraption with a feather attached to it.
* TimeForPlanB: Todd says this verbatim after all their friends disappear in the Zupecks’ house. His plan B? “RUN!!!!”
* TownContestEpisode: Every Halloween, Todd and Riley’s neighborhood has a competition for which side of the street has the scariest Halloween decorations.
* WhamLine: After Todd says “This is it!” when the monsters are closing in on them.
-->'''Mr. Zupeck:''' This ''is'' it...the best Halloween of your lives!
* XRaySparks: Happens to Buzz’s dad while he’s installing some of their Halloween decorations.
* YouMeddlingKids: Riley’s response to Jacobo, dressed as Scooby, wanting to join their investigation:
-->'''Riley:''' We don’t need a meddling kid and his dumb dog to solve ''this'' mystery.
* VampireVords: The Zupecks both speak like this, even though only one of them is a vampire.
* ExactWords: In order to prove that Todd and Riley are just imagining things, Dick asks Mr. Zupeck if he’s a witch, not knowing that it’s actually his wife who's the witch. Zupeck, of course, says no and Dick considers the case closed.
* FakeOutFadeOut: The episode is getting ready to end with a PanUpToTheSkyEnding when Shelton, who’s still a monkey, interrupts the IrisOut.
-->'''Shelton:''' Hey what about me with the not changing back? And the tail? And the no thumbs? And the slightly better smell?
* FreezeFrameBonus: On the giant sign above their house, Dick has misspelled Halloween as “Hollowene”.
* GiantSpider: Riley is commenting on how unrealistic the webs on the Zupecks’ house are because the spider who made them would’ve had to have been huge, when a real giant spider swings down at her. With it being Halloween, of course both she and Todd think it’s just a decoration.
* HalloweenEpisode: Determined to have the scariest side of the street in the neighborhood for Halloween, Todd and Riley replace their boring neighbors with a real witch and vampire.
* HenpeckedHusband: Mr. Zupeck certainly appears to be this, seeing as how he’s constantly being yelled at and bossed around by his wife.
* IdiosyncraticWipes: Scenes transition with images of pieces of candy, ghosts, and a jack-o-lantern that [[EatTheCamera eats the camera]].
* IGotARock: The thing that convinces Riley that they need to replace the Kelpmans is the fact that they give out pennies on Halloween.
* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: C.A.R.’s reply when Todd tells it to dress up as a pumpkin and go sit in the yard.
-->'''C.A.R.:''' Excuse me! I’m a spy car, not a decorative holiday ornament!
* JoinUsDrone: Done by Dick and Agent K after they’ve been turned into zombies.
** Everyone does this at the end as well, after it’s been revealed that the events of the episode were all a Halloween prank and they’re trying to get C.A.R. to come out and join them for the party.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre:
-->'''Mr. Zupeck:''' ...return after sundown and you will surely get what’s coming to you, every child will!” [[[Evil Laugh]]] “If you take my meaning!
* LetsSplitUpGang: Subverted. Riley specifically says to stay together and not split up when they're in the Zupecks’ house. Unfortunately, right after she says this all her and Todd’s friends disappear behind various secret passageways.
* LosingYourHead: Dick, as a zombie, takes off his head while he tells Todd and Riley to leave the Zupecks alone.
* MagicCauldron: The kids walk in on Mrs. Zupeck creating a magic potion in one. They later find out that they have to tip over her cauldron and spill the potion in order break her spell that’s zombified their parents.
* MonsterMash: Todd and Riley encounter a variety of monsters throughout the episode including a vampire, a witch, mummies, zombies, and more.
* {{Mummy}}: Dick’s idea of scary Halloween decorations is turning normal lawn ornaments into mummies with toilet paper.
* OhGodWithTheVerbing: Shelton, as usual.
** When he’s explaining his costume: “I’m a hippie! With the beads! And the protesting! And the oh, yes! Free love! Whatever that means.”
** He also does this when Todd and Riley find him after he’s had his brain switched with a monkey’s by the Zupecks. “Oh, I’m crazy! With the probing! And the hurting! And, oh, I want a banana!”
* OperationBlank: True to her Agent K costume, Riley says it’s time to commence “Operation: Rainbow Jumper”, complete with BriefAccentImitation. Todd thinks it’s a terrible name though and changes it to “Operation: De-Zombify Mom & Dad”.
* OverlyLongGag: Dick and Mr. Zupeck laughing hysterically and spraying spit all over each other.
* PlotTwist: Mr. Fleem tells Todd and Riley that the Kelpmans never actually willingly moved out of their house and the supernatural Zupecks were not sent by Fleemco.
* ReversePsychology: Riley uses this method to get Buzz to help them stop the Zupecks. Due to how dimwitted Buzz is, it works flawlessly.
-->'''Riley:''' Buzz, I know what you’re thinking. Don’t you knock over that cauldron and ruin this haunted house just so you can keep your trophy!
* RunningGag:
** Buzz and his dad coming up with [[LameComeback Lame Comebacks]] for Todd and Dick and then complimenting each other, and themselves, on them.
** Everyone calling the golden ghost trophy for the scariest side of the street a “golden snot rag”.
* SarcasticConfession: When Dick asks Mr. Zupeck if he’s a vampire, he says yes and then bursts out laughing, making Dick think he’s just joking.
* ShoutOut:
** When their replacements arrive, Todd says “[[Film/Poltergeist1982 They’re he-re]].”
** Jacobo dresses as [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby Doo]] for Halloween, although he claims he’s a {{Chupacabra}}.
* ShrunkInTheWash: Riley is able to wear one of her mom’s actual spy outfits for Halloween because Agent K accidentally left it in the dryer too long.
* SpoofAesop: It turns out that the Kelpmans are actually really cool people with fun jobs that keep them too busy to decorate for Halloween. Mr. & Mrs. Kelpman are a videogame designer and an ice cream taste tester respectively, and tried to share the perks of their jobs with the neighborhood kids but kept getting ignored because they all thought they were boring. Upon learning this, Todd says he’s learned a valuable lesson. Riley asks if it’s “Don’t judge a book by it’s cover”, but Todd has a more specific lesson in mind.
-->'''Todd:''' Always find out if your neighbors have cool jobs!
* TickleTorture: The Zupecks torture Jacobo in a pendulum-type contraption with a feather attached to it.
* TimeForPlanB: Todd says this verbatim after all their friends disappear in the Zupecks’ house. His plan B? “RUN!!!!”
* TownContestEpisode: Every Halloween, Todd and Riley’s neighborhood has a competition for which side of the street has the scariest Halloween decorations.
* WhamLine: After Todd says “This is it!” when the monsters are closing in on them.
-->'''Mr. Zupeck:''' This ''is'' it...the best Halloween of your lives!
* XRaySparks: Happens to Buzz’s dad while he’s installing some of their Halloween decorations.
* YouMeddlingKids: Riley’s response to Jacobo, dressed as Scooby, wanting to join their investigation:
-->'''Riley:''' We don’t need a meddling kid and his dumb dog to solve ''this'' mystery.
* VampireVords: The Zupecks both speak like this, even though only one of them is a vampire.
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Riley and Todd call Fleemco to replace their neighbors the Kelpmans with some very "spirited" people: the Zupecks, so their side of the street can beat Buzz and his dad's top-notch decorations and score tons of Halloween candy.
!!Tropes:
* AllJustAPrank: In the end, it’s revealed that the monster Zupecks, the haunted house, and the zombie apocalypse were all just one big practical joke put on by all of Todd & Riley’s friends, family, and neighbors to give them a fun Halloween.
* AntiClimacticUnmasking: When Mr. Fleem takes off his mummy mask, the only thing it reveals is his mustache. The rest of his face is still covered with mummy bandages in order to keep his role as TheFaceless.
* BaitAndSwitch: Tasumi makes it seem like she’s going to impart some bilingual wisdom on the group when talking about their neighbors who never decorate for Halloween.
-->'''Tasumi:''' We have a word for people like them in Japan...lame!
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: As is usually the case with Todd and Riley’s replacements, they end up getting more than they bargained for with the Zupecks. They try to replace the Kelpmans to make their side of the street scarier, and end up having their most terrifying Halloween ever.
* BrickJoke:
** Earlier in the episode, Riley drools over candy so much that Tasumi ends up standing in a puddle of it and worries that her outfit will rust. Later, as the rest of the group tiptoes through the Zupecks’ house, Tasumi squeaks noisily with each step behind them. She sarcastically apologizes and says maybe she wouldn’t be so rusty if someone hadn’t drooled all over her.
** Mrs. Zupeck tells her husband multiple times throughout the episode to [[InsistentTerminology stop calling the basement a dungeon]]. It seems like he finally got it in the end, because when Buzz calls their dungeon cool, Mr. Zupeck corrects him that it’s a basement.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: This exchange between C.A.R. and Dick after Todd says that the Zupecks “are vampires or witches or something even worse”:
-->'''C.A.R.:''' Like idiot stuntmen?
-->'''Dick:''' Oh, yeah! I hate those guys!
* ChristmasLightChaos: Dick is trying to cover the house with jack-o-lantern shaped string lights and has all the stereotypical problems including getting them tangled up, causing the power to go out in the whole neighborhood, and trying to find the one broken bulb.
* {{Denouement}}: When Todd and Riley find out that everything was just a Halloween prank, everyone reveals that they were just wearing costumes and Mr. Fleem tells them about hiring Hollywood actors to play the Zupecks. Even the Kelpmans were in on it!
* DroolDeluge: Riley gets so excited while talking about Halloween candy, she ends up flooding her bedroom with drool.
-->'''Tasumi:''' Riley! My feet are gonna rust!
!!Tropes:
* AllJustAPrank: In the end, it’s revealed that the monster Zupecks, the haunted house, and the zombie apocalypse were all just one big practical joke put on by all of Todd & Riley’s friends, family, and neighbors to give them a fun Halloween.
* AntiClimacticUnmasking: When Mr. Fleem takes off his mummy mask, the only thing it reveals is his mustache. The rest of his face is still covered with mummy bandages in order to keep his role as TheFaceless.
* BaitAndSwitch: Tasumi makes it seem like she’s going to impart some bilingual wisdom on the group when talking about their neighbors who never decorate for Halloween.
-->'''Tasumi:''' We have a word for people like them in Japan...lame!
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: As is usually the case with Todd and Riley’s replacements, they end up getting more than they bargained for with the Zupecks. They try to replace the Kelpmans to make their side of the street scarier, and end up having their most terrifying Halloween ever.
* BrickJoke:
** Earlier in the episode, Riley drools over candy so much that Tasumi ends up standing in a puddle of it and worries that her outfit will rust. Later, as the rest of the group tiptoes through the Zupecks’ house, Tasumi squeaks noisily with each step behind them. She sarcastically apologizes and says maybe she wouldn’t be so rusty if someone hadn’t drooled all over her.
** Mrs. Zupeck tells her husband multiple times throughout the episode to [[InsistentTerminology stop calling the basement a dungeon]]. It seems like he finally got it in the end, because when Buzz calls their dungeon cool, Mr. Zupeck corrects him that it’s a basement.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: This exchange between C.A.R. and Dick after Todd says that the Zupecks “are vampires or witches or something even worse”:
-->'''C.A.R.:''' Like idiot stuntmen?
-->'''Dick:''' Oh, yeah! I hate those guys!
* ChristmasLightChaos: Dick is trying to cover the house with jack-o-lantern shaped string lights and has all the stereotypical problems including getting them tangled up, causing the power to go out in the whole neighborhood, and trying to find the one broken bulb.
* {{Denouement}}: When Todd and Riley find out that everything was just a Halloween prank, everyone reveals that they were just wearing costumes and Mr. Fleem tells them about hiring Hollywood actors to play the Zupecks. Even the Kelpmans were in on it!
* DroolDeluge: Riley gets so excited while talking about Halloween candy, she ends up flooding her bedroom with drool.
-->'''Tasumi:''' Riley! My feet are gonna rust!
