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* ThatCameOutWrong: When Steve accuses Jim of challenging him to a race, Jim retorts "No, what I want is to have nothing to do with you!".
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Blinky after hearing how
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Blinky after hearing howhow Jim's dad left him, and seeing that he wants a Vespa, assembles the parts for Jim. He then suggests they can build it together. So Jim gets his Vespa, and a new father figure.
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* BirthdayEpisode
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* BirthdayEpisodeBirthdayEpisode: It's Jim's sixteenth birthday.
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* ShockAndAwe: Jim applies Blinky's lesson about using the environment to his advantage by using his sword as a lightning rod and electrocuting the Stalkling.
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* IDontWantToDie: Jim is freaked out about a troll that can stalk him in ''broad daylight'' and will murder him when he is alone.
* KickTheDog: The Nuñez's leave Jim behind in the rain when he begs for a ride home. Even if they're mad at him, that is cold.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Steve sees Jim test-driving the Vespa, and starts mocking him. Jim, driving away from the Stalkling, tells Steve he doesn't have time for the JerkJock tendencies. Steve then challenges him to a race, ends up crashing, and loses his place as Romeo in the play.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Toby while playing videogames with Aargh misses Jim's desperate phone call as the Stalkling goes for him.
* PetTheDog: Toby as a birthday present to Jim bribes the Vespa dealer to let him take a scooter for a spin.
* SpotTheThread: Claire is suspicious about Jim "hosting a party at her house". She asked around, and no one they know attended. Jim doesn't have time to answer, though, because they're called in to rehearsal.
* ShockAndAwe: Jim applies Blinky's lesson about using the environment to his advantage by using his sword as a lightning rod and electrocuting theStalkling.Stalkling.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Blinky after hearing how
* KickTheDog: The Nuñez's leave Jim behind in the rain when he begs for a ride home. Even if they're mad at him, that is cold.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Steve sees Jim test-driving the Vespa, and starts mocking him. Jim, driving away from the Stalkling, tells Steve he doesn't have time for the JerkJock tendencies. Steve then challenges him to a race, ends up crashing, and loses his place as Romeo in the play.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Toby while playing videogames with Aargh misses Jim's desperate phone call as the Stalkling goes for him.
* PetTheDog: Toby as a birthday present to Jim bribes the Vespa dealer to let him take a scooter for a spin.
* SpotTheThread: Claire is suspicious about Jim "hosting a party at her house". She asked around, and no one they know attended. Jim doesn't have time to answer, though, because they're called in to rehearsal.
* ShockAndAwe: Jim applies Blinky's lesson about using the environment to his advantage by using his sword as a lightning rod and electrocuting the
* ThrowTheDogABone: Blinky after hearing how
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* BirthdayNotABreak: Jim gets targeted by a Stalkling, hit by lightning, and nearly suffers [[DeathByFalling]]. He already doesn't like birthdays in general, but this clinches it.
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* BirthdayNotABreak: ABirthdayNotABreak: Jim gets targeted by a Stalkling, hit by lightning, and nearly suffers [[DeathByFalling]].DeathByFalling. He already doesn't like birthdays in general, but this clinches it.
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* BirthdayNotABreak: Jim gets targeted by a Stalkling, hit by lightning, and nearly suffers [[DeathByFalling]]. He already doesn't like birthdays in general, but this clinches it.
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* HeroWithBadPublicity: The babysitting incident last episode means that Jim's name is basically mud with the Nuñez's.
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** Played straight: Jim's father gave him the parts for a bike so they could build it together, then promptly vanished. Jim's mother tries to make them fun.
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** Played straight: Jim's father gave him the parts for a bike so they could build it together, then promptly vanished. Jim's mother tries to make them fun.fun, but Jim is not into it. Her gift giving skills do not help.
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** Played straight: Jim's father gave him the parts for a bike so they could build it together, then promptly vanished. Jim's mother tries to make them fun.
** Played with: Blinky, having heard the story, acquires the parts for a classic era Vespa to assemble with Jim. Jim is overjoyed and no longer hates his birthday.
** Played straight: Jim's father gave him the parts for a bike so they could build it together, then promptly vanished. Jim's mother tries to make them fun.
** Played with: Blinky, having heard the story, acquires the parts for a classic era Vespa to assemble with Jim. Jim is overjoyed and no longer hates his birthday.
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* GiftGivingGaffe: Played with. Jim's mother tells him his birthday surprise is waiting in the ''garage'', that she hopes he'll get a lot of ''mileage'' out of it... And instead of presenting him with the Vespa he's been dreaming of, gives him a food processor she saw on one of his cooking shows. She then unintentionally guilt trips him by giving him PuppyDogEyes and saying "you hate it..." when she sees his disappointment. Then she realizes that she led him to expect the Vespa with her own choice of words. For the coup de grace, Dr.Lake tells Jim she hates the idea of him on a Vespa.
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* GiftGivingGaffe: Played with. Jim's mother tells him his birthday surprise is waiting in the ''garage'', that she hopes he'll get a lot of ''mileage'' out of it... And instead of presenting him with the Vespa he's been dreaming of, gives him a food processor she saw on one of his cooking shows. She then unintentionally guilt trips him by giving him PuppyDogEyes and saying "you hate it..." when she sees his disappointment. Then she realizes that she led him to expect the Vespa with her own choice of words. For the coup de grace, Dr. Lake tells Jim she hates the idea of him on a Vespa.
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* GiftGivingGaffe: Played with. Jim's mother tells him his birthday surprise is waiting in the ''garage'', that she hopes he'll get a lot of ''mileage'' out of it... And instead of presenting him with the Vespa he's been dreaming of, gives him a food processor she saw on one of his cooking shows. She then unintentionally guilt trips him by giving him PuppyDogEyes when she sees his disappointment. Then she realizes that she led him to expect the Vespa with her own choice of words. For the coup de grace, Dr.Lake tells Jim she hates the idea of him on a Vespa.
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* GiftGivingGaffe: Played with. Jim's mother tells him his birthday surprise is waiting in the ''garage'', that she hopes he'll get a lot of ''mileage'' out of it... And instead of presenting him with the Vespa he's been dreaming of, gives him a food processor she saw on one of his cooking shows. She then unintentionally guilt trips him by giving him PuppyDogEyes and saying "you hate it..." when she sees his disappointment. Then she realizes that she led him to expect the Vespa with her own choice of words. For the coup de grace, Dr.Lake tells Jim she hates the idea of him on a Vespa.
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* GiftGivingGaffe: Played with. Jim's mother tells him his birthday surprise is waiting in the ''garage'', that she hopes he'll get a lot of 'mileage' out of it... And instead of presenting him with the Vespa he's been dreaming of, gives him a food processor she saw on one of his cooking shows. She then unintentionally guilt trips him by giving him PuppyDogEyes when she sees his disappointment. Then she realizes that she led him to expect the Vespa with her own choice of words. For the coup de grace, Dr.Lake tells Jim she hates the idea of him on a Vespa.
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* GiftGivingGaffe: Played with. Jim's mother tells him his birthday surprise is waiting in the ''garage'', that she hopes he'll get a lot of 'mileage' ''mileage'' out of it... And instead of presenting him with the Vespa he's been dreaming of, gives him a food processor she saw on one of his cooking shows. She then unintentionally guilt trips him by giving him PuppyDogEyes when she sees his disappointment. Then she realizes that she led him to expect the Vespa with her own choice of words. For the coup de grace, Dr.Lake tells Jim she hates the idea of him on a Vespa.
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* GiftGivingGaffe: Played with. Jim's mother tells him his birthday surprise is waiting in the ''garage'', that she hopes he'll get a lot of 'mileage' out of it... And instead of presenting him with the Vespa he's been dreaming of, gives him a food processor she saw on one of his cooking shows. She then unintentionally guilt trips him by giving him PupoyDogEyes when she sees his disappointment. Then she realizes that she led him to expect the Vespa with her own choice of words. For the coup de grace, Dr.Lake tells Jim she hates the idea of him on a Vespa.
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* GiftGivingGaffe: Played with. Jim's mother tells him his birthday surprise is waiting in the ''garage'', ''garage'', that she hopes he'll get a lot of 'mileage' out of it... And instead of presenting him with the Vespa he's been dreaming of, of, gives him a food processor she saw on one of his cooking shows. She then unintentionally guilt trips him by giving him PupoyDogEyes PuppyDogEyes when she sees his disappointment. Then she realizes that she led him to expect the Vespa with her own choice of words. For the coup de grace, Dr.Lake tells Jim she hates the idea of him on a Vespa.
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It's Jim's 16th birthday, which he spends hunted by an enemy.
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* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: Jim gets targeted by a Stalking, a murderous, sunlight immune troll that stalks its prey until death.
* GiftGivingGaffe: Played with. Jim's mother tells him his birthday surprise is waiting in the ''garage'', that she hopes he'll get a lot of 'mileage' out of it... And instead of presenting him with the Vespa he's been dreaming of, gives him a food processor she saw on one of his cooking shows. She then unintentionally guilt trips him by giving him PupoyDogEyes when she sees his disappointment. Then she realizes that she led him to expect the Vespa with her own choice of words. For the coup de grace, Dr.Lake tells Jim she hates the idea of him on a Vespa.
* ShockAndAwe: Jim applies Blinky's lesson about using the environment to his advantage by using his sword as a lightning rod and electrocuting the Stalkling.
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This episode contains examples of the following tropes.
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: Jim gets targeted by a Stalking, a murderous, sunlight immune troll that stalks its prey until death.
* GiftGivingGaffe: Played with. Jim's mother tells him his birthday surprise is waiting in the ''garage'', that she hopes he'll get a lot of 'mileage' out of it... And instead of presenting him with the Vespa he's been dreaming of, gives him a food processor she saw on one of his cooking shows. She then unintentionally guilt trips him by giving him PupoyDogEyes when she sees his disappointment. Then she realizes that she led him to expect the Vespa with her own choice of words. For the coup de grace, Dr.Lake tells Jim she hates the idea of him on a Vespa.
* ShockAndAwe: Jim applies Blinky's lesson about using the environment to his advantage by using his sword as a lightning rod and electrocuting the Stalkling.
