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* AccidentalInnuendo: Kennedy's hometown preacher warned him that New York City was the new Sodom, and that it would corrupt him. After realizing he's become hooked on cappacino, Kenneth says its finally happened and that he's been "sodomized"

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* CuttingTheElectronicLeash: Both Jack and CC throw their phones into a river on their rural getaway. Of course, RealityEnsues.

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* CuttingTheElectronicLeash: Both Jack and CC throw their phones into a river on their rural getaway. Of course, RealityEnsues.



* MoodWhiplash: Yes, a romantic break to the countryside is all well and good, but Jack and CC's absence from their respective workplaces results in a bungled business deal and a bill legalizing whale torture passing by one vote.



* RealityEnsues: Yes, a romantic break to the countryside is all well and good, but Jack and CC's absence from their respective workplaces results in a bungled business deal and a bill legalizing whale torture passing by one vote.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The halfway point between New York City and Washington, D.C. is nowhere near the Pennsylvania coal mining region.[[note]]As the crow flies, it's actually somewhere in the suburbs north of Wilmington, Delaware[[/note]]

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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The halfway point between New York City and Washington, D.C. is nowhere near the Pennsylvania coal mining region.[[note]]As the crow flies, it's actually somewhere in the suburbs north of Wilmington, Delaware[[/note]]Delaware. The nearby Hockessin community is where this episode gets the name for its fictional town.[[/note]]
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The halfway point between New York City and Washington, D.C. is nowhere near the Pennsylvania coal mining region.

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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The halfway point between New York City and Washington, D.C. is nowhere near the Pennsylvania coal mining region.[[note]]As the crow flies, it's actually somewhere in the suburbs north of Wilmington, Delaware[[/note]]
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* TheFundamentalist: Kenneth continues to be a benign example. He usually avoids hot drinks, because hot is "the devil's temperature".

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** At breakfast in Hockassin, the people making Jack and CC's breakfast slaughter a hog by the table. The breakfast didn't even have any ham.

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** At breakfast in In Hockassin, the people making Jack and CC's breakfast slaughter a hog by the table. The breakfast didn't even have any ham.


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* GRatedDrug: Kenneth's addiction to cappuccinos is shown as this. Trippy music plays when he's in the throes of caffeine, and he starts to grovel like a junkie when Tracy tells him to quit.


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* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Tracy buys a cappuccino machine to apologize for his behavior, even though he only dreamed it: him freaking out and siccing a robot to strangle an eyepatch-wearing Jenna.
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** At breakfast in Hockassin, the people making Jack and CC's breakfast slaughter a hog by the table. The breakfast didn't even have any ham.


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** One of the coal mining children seen drinking beer in the Pennsylvania betting parlor offers Jack a drink after he breaks up with CC.
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* RealityEnsues: Yes, a romantic break to the countryside is all well and good, but Jack and CC's absence from their respective workplaces results in a bungled business deal and a bill legalizing whale torture passing by one vote.

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* RealityEnsues: Yes, a romantic break to the countryside is all well and good, but Jack and CC's absence from their respective workplaces results in a bungled business deal and a bill legalizing whale torture passing by one vote.vote.
* SuddenMusicalEnding: The episode ends with the cast singing "Midnight Train to Georgia".

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* BlackComedyAnimalCruelty: A bill legalizing recreational whale torture passes the House by one vote.



* RealityEnsues: Yes, a romantic break to the countryside is all well and good, but Jack and CC's absence from their respective workplaces results in a bungled business deal and a bill advocating for dolphin torture passing by one vote.

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* RealityEnsues: Yes, a romantic break to the countryside is all well and good, but Jack and CC's absence from their respective workplaces results in a bungled business deal and a bill advocating for dolphin legalizing whale torture passing by one vote.

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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The halfway point between New York City and Washington, D.C. is nowhere near the Pennsylvania coal mining region.



* GameShowParody: One of the fake German shows is something called "Interrogation Bear".


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* HeroicBSOD: Kenneth has a crisis after becoming addicted to coffee, and tries to return back home to Georgia in shame. It doesn't last, if only because the midnight train he tried to catch was actually an 11:31 train.
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* CuttingTheElectronicLeash: Both Jack and CC throw their phones into a river on their rural getaway. Of course, RealityEnsues.
* GameShowParody: One of the fake German shows is something called "Interrogation Bear".



* IncrediblyLameFun: Liz studied abroad in Germany for a time, and fondly recalls partying hard. Of course, by Liz's standards, "partying hard" means visiting a museum dedicated to sparrows.



* NoNameGiven: Due to the Writer's Strike, this episode didn't have time to be named, so it's only referred to as "Episode 210".

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* NoNameGiven: Due to the Writer's Strike, this episode didn't have time to be named, so it's only referred to as "Episode 210".210".
* RealityEnsues: Yes, a romantic break to the countryside is all well and good, but Jack and CC's absence from their respective workplaces results in a bungled business deal and a bill advocating for dolphin torture passing by one vote.

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* TheCameo: Music/GladysKnight appears as herself at the very end of the episode.

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* BrickJoke: It's mentioned several times that Gladys Knight is the musical guest of the latest ''TGS'' episode. The woman herself appears at the very end.
* TheCameo: Music/GladysKnight Gladys Knight appears as herself at the very end of the episode.
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* BingeMontage: We see Liz work through several bottles of wine over the course of an evening as she calls the board of the apartment she plans on buying.
* TheCameo: Music/GladysKnight appears as herself at the very end of the episode.
* GermanicDepressive: Black-and-white factory footage with bleak, existentialist narration is apparently what passes for a German sitcom.
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Jack runs off with CC for a day at the halfway point between New York and Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, Liz tries to negotiate a business deal in his absence, while also trying to buy an apartment; in addition, Kenneth gets addicted to coffee.

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Jack runs off with CC for a day at the halfway point between New York and Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, Liz tries to negotiate a business deal in his absence, while also trying to buy an apartment; in addition, Kenneth gets addicted to coffee.coffee.

!!This episode contains the following tropes:

* MustHaveCaffeine: Kenneth gets addicted to coffee, to the point where he starts to act like a manic junkie.
* NoNameGiven: Due to the Writer's Strike, this episode didn't have time to be named, so it's only referred to as "Episode 210".
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Jack runs off with CC for a day at the halfway point between New York and Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, Liz tries to negotiate a business deal in his absence, while also trying to buy an apartment; in addition, Kenneth gets addicted to coffee.

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