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Incredibly Lame Pun is a redirect and not a trope by itself.


* IncrediblyLamePun: Dr. Spaceman's [[ItMakesSenseInContext brochure on crystal meth]] is called "You Do The Meth!"


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* {{Pun}}: Dr. Spaceman's [[ItMakesSenseInContext brochure on crystal meth]] is called "You Do The Meth!"
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* LameExcuse: When Liz wolfs down an entire steak in a comically small amount of time, she tells Jack that a dog ate it.
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* IOweYouMyLife: Jack invokes this when Devon is choking on a hot dog with no one else around. He extracts demands from Devon before finally applying the Heimlich maneuver.



* LameExcuse: When Liz wolfs down an entire steak in a comically small amount of time, she tells Jack that a dog ate it.



-->'''Jenna''': People recognize me, and I get off on it!

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-->'''Jenna''': People recognize me, and I get off on it!it!
* SoapboxSadie: Liz often rails against the prejudice society has against fat people. No one else is particularly sympathetic to it (not even Jenna).
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* ImagineSpot: Tracy imagines Kenneth and Angie making love in ridiculous, over-the-top ways while Music/{{Sade}}'s "No Ordinary Love" plays in the background.
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* LooseLips: Kenneth accidentally lets slip to Devon that Jack had a heart attack.

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* CureYourGays: Devon tries to cure himself of his homosexuality in order to marry Kathy, Don Geiss' daughter. It doesn't take.

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* CureYourGays: Devon tries to cure himself of his homosexuality in order to marry Kathy, Don Geiss' daughter. It doesn't take.quite work.


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* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Jack wears a Princeton t-shirt to Don Geiss' get-together.
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* CureYourGays: Devon tries to cure himself of his homosexuality in order to marry Kathy, Don Geiss' daughter. It doesn't take.
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* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Deliberately invoked by Devon once he learns of Jack's heart attack. Jack can't have alcohol, red meat, or engage in strenuous physical activity, so Devon conspires to put Jack in those situations whenever he can.
-->'''Devon''': I'm going to make your heart ''explode''.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: Dr. Spaceman's [[ItMakesSenseInContext brochure on crystal meth]] is called "You Do The Meth!"
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-->'''Jenna''': People recognize me, and I get off on it!
* PrayTheGayAway: Devon tries to do this via Practicology, using some strange glowing crystal. It doesn't work.

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-->'''Jenna''': People recognize me, and I get off on it!
* PrayTheGayAway: Devon tries to do this via Practicology, using some strange glowing crystal. It doesn't work.
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-->'''Jenna''': People recognize me, and I get off on it!

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-->'''Jenna''': People recognize me, and I get off on it!it!
* PrayTheGayAway: Devon tries to do this via Practicology, using some strange glowing crystal. It doesn't work.
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* ChurchOfHappyology: The Church of Practicology makes another appearance, as Devon turns to it in order to repress his homosexuality.
-->'''Jack''': You mean the cult invented by Creator/StanLee?
-->'''Devon''': No. I mean the religion founded by the alien king living ''inside'' Stan Lee.
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* BrickJoke: Jack asks Liz to eat a steak while he watches at the start of the episode (due to his heart condition, he can't eat red meat for a while). He asks Geiss' granddaughter to eat a hamburger while he watches at the end of the episode.
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Jenna is humiliated by her weight at first, before her "Me Want Food!" catchphrase becomes popular and she starts getting attention.

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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: InUniverse. Jenna is humiliated by her weight at first, before her "Me Want Food!" catchphrase becomes popular and she starts getting attention.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The portraits of Dr. Spaceman's former clients include Music/AshleeSimpson, Music/KennyRogers, King Hollywood, [[Series/{{ALF}} ALF]], Senator Orrin Hatch, and the Unabomber.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: The portraits of Dr. Spaceman's former clients include Music/AshleeSimpson, Music/KennyRogers, King Hollywood, [[Series/{{ALF}} ALF]], Senator Orrin Hatch, and the Unabomber.Unabomber.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Jenna is humiliated by her weight at first, before her "Me Want Food!" catchphrase becomes popular and she starts getting attention.
-->'''Jenna''': People recognize me, and I get off on it!
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* ActorAllusion: Jenna asks Liz if she can sing and roller-dance on the show. Jane Krakowski played Dinah the Dining Car in Theater/StarlightExpress, which required her to sing and dance while on roller skates.

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* ActorAllusion: Jenna asks Liz if she can sing and roller-dance on the show. Jane Krakowski played Dinah the Dining Car in Theater/StarlightExpress, ''Theatre/StarlightExpress'', which required her to sing and dance while on roller skates.
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* ActorAllusion: Jenna asks Liz if she can sing and roller-dance on the show. Jane Krakowski played Dinah the Dining Car in Theater/StarlightExpress, which required her to sing and dance while on roller skates.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The portraits of Dr. Spaceman's former clients include Creator/AshleeSimpson, Music/KennyRogers, King Hollywood, [[Series/{{ALF}} ALF]], Senator Orrin Hatch, and the Unabomber.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: The portraits of Dr. Spaceman's former clients include Creator/AshleeSimpson, Music/AshleeSimpson, Music/KennyRogers, King Hollywood, [[Series/{{ALF}} ALF]], Senator Orrin Hatch, and the Unabomber.
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When Don Geiss signals that he might retire, Jack and Devon jockey for position to replace him. Meanwhile, Liz tries to regain control over her life, and Jenna weighs some extreme options for losing weight.

!!This episode contains the following tropes:

* FreezeFrameBonus: The portraits of Dr. Spaceman's former clients include Creator/AshleeSimpson, Music/KennyRogers, King Hollywood, [[Series/{{ALF}} ALF]], Senator Orrin Hatch, and the Unabomber.

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