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* AnAesop: Equal pay regardless of a worker's value may sound like a good idea, but it results in loss of skilled workers, which in turn brings down whole companies and even countries. Fair pay isn't equal pay.

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* AnAesop: Equal pay regardless of a worker's value may sound like a good idea, but it results in loss of skilled workers, which in turn brings down whole companies and even countries. Fair pay isn't doesn't mean equal pay.
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* HairstyleInertia: Five-year-old Gabby has the same hairstyle as 85-year-old Gabby.
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* AnAesop:

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* AnAesop:AnAesop: Equal pay regardless of a worker's value may sound like a good idea, but it results in loss of skilled workers, which in turn brings down whole companies and even countries. Fair pay isn't equal pay.
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* ParentalBonus: Copernicus says his mom drinks some "courage" every night after he goes to bed.
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* EvenTheRatsWontTouchIt: Derek finds Cuba's garbage too rancid--especially the Communist Manifesto.
* GroinAttack: Ethan shoots a baseball at the Cuban soldiers using Derek as a launcher. It hits a soldier in the groin.



* RenaissanceMan: Deconstructed. Gabby's friend Rafael is forced to be one because simply being a doctor doesn't pay enough in Cuba. So he also drives taxis and does other jobs in order to make ends meet.



->'''Grandma Gabby:''' [Wonky] will make us rich through merchandising. ''(to the audience)'' Everything you see in the next 20 minutes can potentially be sold as a toy! ''gasp'' Is that a Derek backpack?!

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->'''Grandma Gabby:''' [Wonky] will make us rich through merchandising. ''(to the audience)'' Everything you see in the next 20 minutes can potentially be sold as a toy! ''gasp'' Is that a Derek backpack?!backpack?!
* ShoutOut: [[Film/Scarface1983 "Say hello to my little raccoon!"]]
* TimeLapse: Gabby uses one to show the twins how Cuba decayed over time because of communism.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Grandma Gabby has had a lot of "Dereks" over the years.

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* ReplacementGoldfish: Grandma Gabby has had a lot of "Dereks" over the years.years.
* ParodyProductPlacement: Played with. Wonky's toy factory is an obvious parody of Willy Wonka, [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by the kids. Gabby then uses this to segue into a [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall-breaking]] advertisement for the Tuttle Twins online store.
->'''Grandma Gabby:''' [Wonky] will make us rich through merchandising. ''(to the audience)'' Everything you see in the next 20 minutes can potentially be sold as a toy! ''gasp'' Is that a Derek backpack?!
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'''Summary:''' Why doesn’t everyone get equal pay? Ethan and Emily travel back in time to visit people like Babe Ruth, and learn about the economic value that people provide, and the dangers of communism.

!!This episode contains the following tropes:
* AnAesop:
* AnachronisticAnimal: Gabby reveals that she found her first "Derek" as a child in Cuba. Raccoons went extinct in Cuba in the 17th century.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: This episode reveals that Grandma Gabby grew up in Cuba, and her family fled the country after communism destroyed it.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Babe Ruth teaches the kids about the economic value of a skilled baseball player versus an unskilled player.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Grandma Gabby has had a lot of "Dereks" over the years.

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