Line #9 Recap/AdventureTimeS5E39WeFixedATruck


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2	Finn finds an old truck, and Jake calls Banana Man to help with the repairs. But when BMO stays up all night working on the truck, he hears on a spooky radio talk show that Princess Bubblegum is a reptilian replicate.
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4	!! Tropes
5	* ArtisticLicenseEngineering: Banana Man explains how a petrol engine works, but the truck is then stated to run on diesel (which means it wouldn't have spark plugs).
6	* AscendedExtra: Banana Man gets ADayInTheLimelight in this episode.
7	* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The Bubblegum impostor's true form is a large pink lizard.
8	* AudienceWhatAudience: As Banana Man is explaining what a cylinder head is, a blueprint-style diagram of an engine appears next to him which apparently only he and the audience can see.
9	-->'''Finn:''' [to Jake] What is he pointing at?
10	* BaitAndSwitchComment: After Banana Man helps Finn, Jake, and BMO take down the lizard monster, the female Banana Guard comes up to him and tells him “You’re coming with me!” in a flirtatious manner. However, she then clarifies that he’s coming with her to jail for public indecency due to not having his peel on.
11	* BananaPeel: To cause the truck to go spinning over a ramp and hit the giant lizard Princess Bubblegum, Finn rips off Banana Man’s peel and throws it under the truck’s wheel.
12	* CallBack: Banana Man from [[Recap/AdventureTimeS3E18TheNewFrontier The New Frontier]] is called in by Jake to fix the truck.
13	* CanCrushingCranium: BMO does this as the group finishes their sodas after a day of working on the truck.
14	* CarFu: Finn launches the truck at the lizard monster to stop it from attacking the Candy Kingdom.
15	* ChekhovsSkill: If a banana can make a functioning rocket, surely he knows about auto mechanics, right?
16	* ContinuityNod: Banana Man notes that Jake once [[Recap/AdventureTimeS3E18TheNewFrontier destroyed his land, home and rocket in his attempt to commit suicide as prophesied by the Cosmic Owl.]]
17	* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Starchy and BMO turn out to be right about PB having been replaced by a lizard.
18	* ADayInTheLimelight: Banana Man from "The New Frontier" gets to be one of the main cast in this episode.
19	* EveryCarIsAPinto: After being crashed into the giant lizard, “Hot Daniel” the truck lays in the middle of the Candy Kingdom covered in flames.
20	* FakeKing: Double Subverted. Starchy suggests that PB has been replaced by a shape-shifting lizardoid imposter, in a reference to common conspiracy theories, but it turns out to be true.
21	* FriendshipSong: While working on the truck with Finn, Jake, and BMO, Banana Man sings a song about how he’s hoping this activity will make them want to be friends with him and then they’ll all hang out together forever.
22	* GoodBehaviorPoints: Banana Man gives BMO a gold star when he gets an answer right during his lesson about engines.
23	* HandOrObjectUnderwear: Banana Man blushes and covers himself with his hands when the female Banana Guard points out his lack of a peel.
24	* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Banana Man turns out to be very lonely.
25	* ImposterExposingTest: BMO, suspecting that Princess Bubblegum is really a lizard person, offers her a ladybug to eat. Unable to resist, a forked tongue comes out of PB’s mouth and gobbles it up.
26	* InstructionalDialogue: Banana Man gives a lecture on how petrol-engine cylinders work.
27	* NonMammalMammaries: The female Banana Guard has breasts.
28	* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Bubblegum impostor who mimics the real one.
29	* ReptilianConspiracy: A caller on Starchy’s radio show accuses Princess Bubblegum of being replaced by a lizard person. This Conspiracy Theorist turns out to be correct as the group later discovers.
30	* SeriesContinuityError: Cinnamon Bun is in the mob chasing PB, despite choosing to stay in the Fire Kingdom in "Earth & Water".
31	* {{ShapeShifting}}: The Bubblegum impostor could perfectly mimic Bubblegum until BMO reveals its identity by [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten tempting it with an insect]].
32	* ShoutOut:
33	** When BMO searches their memory for information on fixing cars, their screen displays a waving flashlight. This is a reference to the waving flashlight icon displayed when searching for files in Windows 98.
34	** Starchy's late-night radio show “Graveyard Shift" is a reference to Coast to Coast AM, a talk and call-in show which frequently deals with paranormal and conspiracy topics, notably including David Icke's "reptoid hypothesis."
35	* ShowWithinAShow: BMO and Banana Man listen to "Graveyard Shift", a late-night cryptid/conspiracy show hosted by Starchy the Gravedigger, where they learn about the conspiracy that Princess Bubblegum has been replaced by a lizard-person.
36	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: There's a token girl Banana Guard that Banana Man falls for.
37	* SpecialGuest: [[Music/WeirdAlYankovic “Weird Al” Yankovic]] returns as Banana Man and even gets to sing in this episode.
38	* TorchesAndPitchforks: As Finn, Jake, BMO, & Banana Man enter the Candy Kingdom, they see Princess Bubblegum being chased by an angry mob wielding torches and pitchforks.
39	* UnusualEuphemism:
40	-->'''Princess Bubblegum:''' What the fridge?!

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