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* AllGirlsLikePonies: Becky dresses as a princess for Halloween and says that it would be even better if she could ride a pony to school.
* BedsheetGhost: A student walks into Mr. Dudley’s class wearing this costume and flips on the lights, [[FailedAttemptAtDrama ruining his dramatic moment]].
** One of Tobey’s robots also dresses as this.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Violet uses [=WordGirl=]'s catchphrase (“Word up!”) throughout the episode because she’s dressed as her for Halloween.
* CrowdChant: The rest of the trick-or-treaters chant for [=WordGirl=] to come and save the day and Violet, dressed as [=WordGirl=], believes they’re chanting for her.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: While talking to himself, Tobey announces that he’s going to ruin Halloween and follows with an EvilLaugh. He realizes he said all that out loud when he sees the rest of the class giving him a DeathGlare.
* BedsheetGhost: A student walks into Mr. Dudley’s class wearing this costume and flips on the lights, [[FailedAttemptAtDrama ruining his dramatic moment]].
** One of Tobey’s robots also dresses as this.
* BorrowedCatchphrase: Violet uses [=WordGirl=]'s catchphrase (“Word up!”) throughout the episode because she’s dressed as her for Halloween.
* CrowdChant: The rest of the trick-or-treaters chant for [=WordGirl=] to come and save the day and Violet, dressed as [=WordGirl=], believes they’re chanting for her.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: While talking to himself, Tobey announces that he’s going to ruin Halloween and follows with an EvilLaugh. He realizes he said all that out loud when he sees the rest of the class giving him a DeathGlare.
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* TheGrinch: A Halloween variant. Because Tobey lost the class costume contest, he’s determined to ruin the holiday for everyone.
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* HorrifyingTheHorror: The giant robots are terrified of trick-or-treating at a creepy-looking house.
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* IGotARock: Tobey is irritated that a soft-bristled toothbrush was included in the pile of candy his robots brought him, but they explained that it was the “treat” that was handed out.
** At the end of the episode when candy is falling out of the sky, Tobey tries to catch some but ends up getting an apple instead and then another toothbrush.
* JawDrop: Violet’s cat Fluffy sees Becky turn into [=WordGirl=] and is clearly shocked.
* LiteralMetaphor: One of the robots steals candy from a kid dressed like a baby.
* PaperThinDisguise: The lady in the Bo Peep costume thinks the ginormous robot that stole her candy was just a really tall kid dressed as a cowboy.
-->'''Bo Peep:''' A tall metal kid in a cowboy costume stole everything.
* {{Samurai}}: Tobey’s Halloween costume.
* ScaryFlashlightFace: Mr. Dudley does one along with a ChairReveal when he’s trying to teach his students the meaning of “eerie.”
* SecretKeeper: Fluffy, Violet’s cat, ends up being this for Becky. She probably doesn’t need to worry about her telling anyone though.
* ShoutOut: One of Becky’s classmates appears to be dressed as ''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Incredible Hulk]]'', mid-transformation.
* SpottingTheThread: Despite all of the other glaringly obvious differences, the thing that tips Tobey off to Violet not being the real [=WordGirl=] is that she’s not using her powers.
* TorsoWithAView: [=WordGirl=] punches holes through one of the robot’s torsos in the shape of a jack-o-lantern face.
** At the end of the episode when candy is falling out of the sky, Tobey tries to catch some but ends up getting an apple instead and then another toothbrush.
* JawDrop: Violet’s cat Fluffy sees Becky turn into [=WordGirl=] and is clearly shocked.
* LiteralMetaphor: One of the robots steals candy from a kid dressed like a baby.
* PaperThinDisguise: The lady in the Bo Peep costume thinks the ginormous robot that stole her candy was just a really tall kid dressed as a cowboy.
-->'''Bo Peep:''' A tall metal kid in a cowboy costume stole everything.
* {{Samurai}}: Tobey’s Halloween costume.
* ScaryFlashlightFace: Mr. Dudley does one along with a ChairReveal when he’s trying to teach his students the meaning of “eerie.”
* SecretKeeper: Fluffy, Violet’s cat, ends up being this for Becky. She probably doesn’t need to worry about her telling anyone though.
* ShoutOut: One of Becky’s classmates appears to be dressed as ''[[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk The Incredible Hulk]]'', mid-transformation.
* SpottingTheThread: Despite all of the other glaringly obvious differences, the thing that tips Tobey off to Violet not being the real [=WordGirl=] is that she’s not using her powers.
* TorsoWithAView: [=WordGirl=] punches holes through one of the robot’s torsos in the shape of a jack-o-lantern face.
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'''Escape Wham:''' When both Chuck and the Whammer attempt to steal famous, priceless Henry VIII artifacts, [=WordGirl=] fears they've become partners in crime. This part's associated vocabulary words are "boisterous" and "potential".
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: Tobey for [=WordGirl=], as usual. In this episode, he carved a pumpkin with a picture of him giving her flowers.
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* FaintInShock: A star-struck TJ faints when he sees "[=WordGirl=]" (actually Violet wearing a [=WordGirl=] Halloween costume) his door.
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* FaintInShock: A star-struck TJ faints when he sees "[=WordGirl=]" (actually Violet wearing a [=WordGirl=] Halloween costume) at his door.
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* {{Fainting}}: FaintInShock: A star-struck TJ faints when he sees "[=WordGirl=]" (actually Violet wearing a [=WordGirl=] Halloween costume) his door.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The museum curator asks Chuck not to spray him with mayonnaise, as it nauseates him. Because he had a bad experience with it. At camp.
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* KnuckleCracking: The Whammer does when preparing to take on on Chuck when they get into a fight at the end of the episode.
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* ParachuteInATree: Used as a BrickJoke. When the Whammer attacks the prison van he thinks Chuck is being transported in, the two guards driving it use ejection seats to get out of it before his attack connecs. At the end of the episode, they're both seen hanging in a tree, and [=WordGirl=] picks them up as she's taking Chuck and the Whammer to prison.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Chuck realises that both his condiment ray and the Whammer's wham powers are out of juice, he assumes a fighting stance as he glares at [=WordGirl=]... and then runs away. After a few moments of indecision, the Whammer decides to join him.
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* VerbThis: When the Whammer angers Chuck by telling him that he keeps messing up and needs training, Chuck tells him to "wham this" before starting to shoot mayo at him.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: The Whammer calls Chuck "Chuckie Sandwich-Headed Man" and other variations thereof, and Captain [=HuggyFace=] "Chief [=HairyFeet=]" and "Captain Monkey-Monkey".
* ContinuityNod: When the Whammer first reunites with Chuck, he reminds him of [[Recap/WordGirlS1E16ThornInTheSidekickCrimeTakesAHoliday that one time he was his sidekick]].
* DecoyConvoy: [=WordGirl=] pretends to transport Chuck to jail in a prison van in order to lure in the Whammer, who promised to come and free Chuck. The real Chuck is in a fake bread truck elsewhere.
* DefensiveWhat: When Captain [=HuggyFace=] is unimpressed by [=WordGirl=]'s overly-descriptive name for their operation to take Chuck from the police station to the jail.
-->'''[=WordGirl=]:''' What? The name covers all the bases.
* DoubleTake: Chuck's response when the Whammer tells [=WordGirl=] that he's not Chuck's sidekick, he's his ''partner'':
-->'''Chuck:''' Yeah! Wait, wait, wait, what?
* EjectionSeat: The decoy prison van that [=WordGirl=] fakes Chuck being transported in has two of them that the drivers use to avoid the Whammer's shockwave attack.
* FastballSpecial: While fighting Chuck and the Whammer at the museum, [=WordGirl=] throws Captain [=HuggyFace=] at the Whammer. The Whammer returns in kind with a far less enthusiastic Chuck.
* ContinuityNod: When the Whammer first reunites with Chuck, he reminds him of [[Recap/WordGirlS1E16ThornInTheSidekickCrimeTakesAHoliday that one time he was his sidekick]].
* DecoyConvoy: [=WordGirl=] pretends to transport Chuck to jail in a prison van in order to lure in the Whammer, who promised to come and free Chuck. The real Chuck is in a fake bread truck elsewhere.
* DefensiveWhat: When Captain [=HuggyFace=] is unimpressed by [=WordGirl=]'s overly-descriptive name for their operation to take Chuck from the police station to the jail.
-->'''[=WordGirl=]:''' What? The name covers all the bases.
* DoubleTake: Chuck's response when the Whammer tells [=WordGirl=] that he's not Chuck's sidekick, he's his ''partner'':
-->'''Chuck:''' Yeah! Wait, wait, wait, what?
* EjectionSeat: The decoy prison van that [=WordGirl=] fakes Chuck being transported in has two of them that the drivers use to avoid the Whammer's shockwave attack.
* FastballSpecial: While fighting Chuck and the Whammer at the museum, [=WordGirl=] throws Captain [=HuggyFace=] at the Whammer. The Whammer returns in kind with a far less enthusiastic Chuck.
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* GotMeDoingIt: When the Whammer comes to save Chuck and tells him that he's going to wham him out of there, [=WordGirl=] shows up to tell him that he's "not whamming anywhere". When Captain [=HuggyFace=] points this out, she admits that "the whole whamming thing is kind of contagious."
* ImpactSilhouette: The entrance to the Whammer's lair is a hole in the wall shaped like him that was probably made by the Whammer smashing through the wall at some point.
* OperationBlank: [=WordGirl=] calls the operation to transport Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy from the police station to the jail... Operation Transport-Chuck-the-Evil-Sandwich-Making-Guy-From-the-Police-Station-To-the-Jail.
* PerpSweating: [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] use this on Chuck to get him to tell them where the Whammer, whom she incorrectly thinks he's teamed up with, is hiding. They do the classic lamp thing, and [=WordGirl=] puts a sandwich on the table that looks to be for Chuck, but that Captain [=HuggyFace=] eats before Chuck can get it.
* SayingTooMuch: When it's revealed that the prison van "Chuck" was being transported in is a fake, [=WordGirl=] boasts that the Whammer can't defeat her and tells him where the ''actual'' Chuck is. Unsurprisingly, the Whammer promptly takes off to get him and leaves [=WordGirl=] admitting that maybe she shouldn't have mentioned that part.
* ThereWasADoor: The Whammer escapes from museum by blasting a hole in the wall, even though he already made a different hole to get ''in''. The exit hole is also right next to the door, which the curator lampshades he could just have used instead.
* VillainTeamUp: A rather one-sided example. [=WordGirl=] assumes that Chuck and the Whammer have teamed up when she finds them together in the museum, and the Whammer is happy to be Chuck's partner, but Chuck is against it.
* ImpactSilhouette: The entrance to the Whammer's lair is a hole in the wall shaped like him that was probably made by the Whammer smashing through the wall at some point.
* OperationBlank: [=WordGirl=] calls the operation to transport Chuck the Evil Sandwich-Making Guy from the police station to the jail... Operation Transport-Chuck-the-Evil-Sandwich-Making-Guy-From-the-Police-Station-To-the-Jail.
* PerpSweating: [=WordGirl=] and Captain [=HuggyFace=] use this on Chuck to get him to tell them where the Whammer, whom she incorrectly thinks he's teamed up with, is hiding. They do the classic lamp thing, and [=WordGirl=] puts a sandwich on the table that looks to be for Chuck, but that Captain [=HuggyFace=] eats before Chuck can get it.
* SayingTooMuch: When it's revealed that the prison van "Chuck" was being transported in is a fake, [=WordGirl=] boasts that the Whammer can't defeat her and tells him where the ''actual'' Chuck is. Unsurprisingly, the Whammer promptly takes off to get him and leaves [=WordGirl=] admitting that maybe she shouldn't have mentioned that part.
* ThereWasADoor: The Whammer escapes from museum by blasting a hole in the wall, even though he already made a different hole to get ''in''. The exit hole is also right next to the door, which the curator lampshades he could just have used instead.
* VillainTeamUp: A rather one-sided example. [=WordGirl=] assumes that Chuck and the Whammer have teamed up when she finds them together in the museum, and the Whammer is happy to be Chuck's partner, but Chuck is against it.
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'''Original airdate:''' February 15th, 2010
'''Tobey's Tricks and Treats:''' After losing the costume contest at school, Tobey sets his robots on a candy-stealing spree and vows to ruin Halloween. This part's associated vocabulary words are "eerie" and "supernatural".
'''Escape Wham:''' When both Chuck and the Whammer attempt to steal famous, priceless Henry VIII artifacts, [=WordGirl=] fears they've become partners in crime. This part's associated vocabulary words are "boisterous" and "potential".
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* {{Fainting}}: A star-struck TJ faints when he sees "[=WordGirl=]" (actually Violet wearing a [=WordGirl=] Halloween costume) his door.
* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Referenced and averted. When Violet wins a costume contest dressed as [=WordGirl=], Tobey accuses her of actually being [=WordGirl=] and already having the outfit in her closet. Becky, the ''actual'' [=WordGirl=], is dressed as Pretty Princess.
* HalloweenEpisode: After Tobey loses a costume contest at school, he decides to have his giant robots steal all the Halloween candy in town so he can have it to himself.
* IdiosyncraticWipes: A cloud of bats is used to transition from the title card to start of the episode proper, then later again to transition from Tobey sending his robots out for more candy to Becky, Bob, and Violet trick-or-treating.
* IdiotBall: Considering his massive crush on her, you would think Tobey if anyone would be able to tell that Violet in a [=WordGirl=] costume is not [=WordGirl=], especially considering Violet is blonde and he specifically gushes about [=WordGirl=]'s "dark, glossy locks" in "[[Recap/WordGirlS1E10ShrinkinInTheRayDepartmentStoreTobey Department Store Tobey]]".
* WorstWhateverEver: After [=WordGirl=] destroys Tobey's robots and makes all the candy they stole rain down over the area, he grumbles that "this is the worst Halloween ever."
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!!"Escape Wham" contains the following tropes:
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The museum curator asks Chuck not to spray him with mayonnaise, as it nauseates him. Because he had a bad experience with it. At camp.
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'''Tobey's Tricks and Treats:''' After losing the costume contest at school, Tobey sets his robots on a candy-stealing spree and vows to ruin Halloween. This part's associated vocabulary words are "eerie" and "supernatural".
'''Escape Wham:''' When both Chuck and the Whammer attempt to steal famous, priceless Henry VIII artifacts, [=WordGirl=] fears they've become partners in crime. This part's associated vocabulary words are "boisterous" and "potential".
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!!"Tobey's Tricks and Treats" contains the following tropes:
* {{Fainting}}: A star-struck TJ faints when he sees "[=WordGirl=]" (actually Violet wearing a [=WordGirl=] Halloween costume) his door.
* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Referenced and averted. When Violet wins a costume contest dressed as [=WordGirl=], Tobey accuses her of actually being [=WordGirl=] and already having the outfit in her closet. Becky, the ''actual'' [=WordGirl=], is dressed as Pretty Princess.
* HalloweenEpisode: After Tobey loses a costume contest at school, he decides to have his giant robots steal all the Halloween candy in town so he can have it to himself.
* IdiosyncraticWipes: A cloud of bats is used to transition from the title card to start of the episode proper, then later again to transition from Tobey sending his robots out for more candy to Becky, Bob, and Violet trick-or-treating.
* IdiotBall: Considering his massive crush on her, you would think Tobey if anyone would be able to tell that Violet in a [=WordGirl=] costume is not [=WordGirl=], especially considering Violet is blonde and he specifically gushes about [=WordGirl=]'s "dark, glossy locks" in "[[Recap/WordGirlS1E10ShrinkinInTheRayDepartmentStoreTobey Department Store Tobey]]".
* WorstWhateverEver: After [=WordGirl=] destroys Tobey's robots and makes all the candy they stole rain down over the area, he grumbles that "this is the worst Halloween ever."
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!!"Escape Wham" contains the following tropes:
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The museum curator asks Chuck not to spray him with mayonnaise, as it nauseates him. Because he had a bad experience with it. At camp.
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