1 | ->''"Uh, [Rebecca] loves [romcoms]. Especially the ones with some kind of powerless, nerdy underdog with a wacky best friend who feels invisible but then comes up with a scheme. And then the underdog makes a big, grand gesture and wins the person of their dreams."'' |
2 | -->-- '''Paula''' |
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4 | Rebecca tries to stick to her plan for happiness while Nathaniel and Maya bond over their feelings of unrequited love. |
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7 | !!"Gratuitous Karaoke Moment" (sung by Creator/ScottMichaelFoster and Esther Povitsky) |
8 | [[youtube:lQnkKxRfoWg]] |
9 | * HollywoodToneDeaf: Lampshaded. |
10 | -->''"Relatably, we're both off-key\ |
11 | But it's the part of the film\ |
12 | That everyone likes"'' |
13 | * KaraokeBondingScene: This is parodied. The lyrics are all about how a karaoke scene is usually an out-of-place moment that serves for the leads to be cutesy, and the number includes things like Maya [[SheCleansUpNicely cleaning up nicely]] when she appears, the camera [[DizzyCam spinning around them]], and the love interests they're trying to make jealous frowning at their chemistry. The song is a MusicalPastiche of "The Start of Something New" from ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'', itself a karaoke number. |
14 | * MusicalPastiche: Of "The Start Of Something New" from ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''. |
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16 | !!Tropes |
17 | * BromanticFoil: In the romcom fantasy, George is cast as the confident jock best friend to Nathaniel's homely dork. |
18 | -->'''George:''' Only things I care about in this world: sports, your love life. |
19 | * DisposableFiance: The romcom fantasy casts Greg as Rebecca's douchey, shallow boyfriend whom Nathaniel seeks to undermine. Marcy (Maya's ex's new girlfriend) is the personality-less one. |
20 | * FreezeFrameBonus: In the establishing shot of Home Base before building karaoke, the New York City skyline is superimposed in the background adding to the big city rom-com feel. It doesn’t last very long so it’s easy to miss. |
21 | * GenreDeconstruction: The entire episode is a DeconstructiveParody of [[RomanticComedy romantic comedies]], to the point of practically being a DeconstructorFleet. Nathaniel and Maya start out as "uggos," try to woo their exes back by pretending to go out, go through a magical makeover, ''actually'' start to have feelings for one another, have [[KaraokeBondingScene a gratuitous karaoke scene]], and then have a big moment where Nathaniel realizes that he's in love with Maya...except not really, because "Maya" is still just a stand-in for Rebecca and he learns that for her to be happy, he has to let her go. |
22 | * TheGlassesGottaGo: Maya has to lose her glasses as part of her makeover. In an [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated example]], Nathanial now ''has'' glasses just so he can lose them as part of ''his'' makeover. |
23 | * GrandRomanticGesture: Fantasy!Nathaniel plans to interrupt Greg's restaurant opening with a big speech telling Rebecca how much he loves her, but he backs out at the last second because he realizes Maya is the one for him. |
24 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: What Nathaniel ultimately realizes he has to do. |
25 | * {{Makeover}}: Both Nathaniel and Maya have one in the ItWasAllADream rom com parody. |
26 | * MeanBoss: The normally amiable Bert is cast as a snobby AmoralAttorney and overall [[Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada Miranda Priestly-esque harsh boss]]. |
27 | * MissingMom: Maya keeps bringing her up. |
28 | * OperationJealousy: In the parody, Maya and Nathaniel pretend to date to make Rebecca and Maya's ex Joanne both jealous. |
29 | * OppositesAttract: Parody!Nathaniel and Maya. |
30 | -->'''Nathaniel:''' We're that mismatched couple from different worlds that can make it. |
31 | * PurelyAestheticGlasses: Maya doesn't need glasses, she just wears them to honor Velma from ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''. |
32 | * RomanticFakeRealTurn: In the fantasy, Nathaniel and Maya start out fake dating but then Nathaniel catches feelings. |
33 | * SheCleansUpNicely: Maya, after her makeover. It's even lampshaded early into the fantasy that she could be a stunner if she tried harder. |
34 | * ShoutOut: To many classic rom coms, including Bert as the "evil demanding boss" from ''Film/TheDevilWearsPrada''. He asks for a sixth book in the ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'' series, similar to how Miranda asks for the as-yet-unpublished next installment in the ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' series. |
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