Line #10 Recap/CampCampS3E5DialMForJasper


1	David's acting weird. He's jumping at shadows and seeing things. But when Max and crew find a picture of his days as a Camp Campbell Camper, they notice that one of his friends looks just like that kid who's always on Spooky Island, Jasper.
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4	!!Tropes:
5	* AskAStupidQuestion: David, still shaken from briefly seeing Jasper's ghost the previous night and being interrogated by Max about his jumpy behavior, asks Max if he's ever seen a vision of a childhood version of one of his friends.
6	-->'''Max:''' David, I'm ten. ''All'' my friends are childhood versions of themselves.
7	* BaitAndSwitch: All through the episode David is shown clearly feeling tremendous guilt for whatever happened with Jasper, and Max is openly suspicious that he was actually responsible for Jasper's death. The flashbacks seem to be supporting this conclusion, showing young David getting more and more angry at Jasper, culminating in their argument in front of Campbell's cave of incriminating evidence. We see David look behind Jasper...the camera gives an ominous shot of the uneven stairs leading down into the dark cave...David darkly declares that they aren't friends anymore while moving his arms as if to push Jasper down the stairs...and then the motion transitions into David simply pointing at Jasper accusingly and declaring that [[PokeThePoodle he's going to tell on him]].
8	-->'''Jasper:''' ''[[FauxHorrific (GASP)]]''
9	* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: Agents Miller apparently spy on people via their appliances for a living.
10	* BrickJoke: When the trio confront him about Jasper's fate, the Quartermaster gives a brief "[[NotInFrontOfTheKid Not in front of the microwave]]", which could be interpreted simply as the [[CloudCuckoolander Quartermaster]] being his usual self. At the end of the episode, it is revealed he's got a good reason for it - as he usually does.
11	* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Quartermaster is seen stuffing silverware in a microwave, and is hesitant to discuss Jasper's fate in front of it. At the end of the episode, Agents Miller casually mention that their job involves spying on civilians via their microwaves.
12	* DynamiteCandle: How Jasper died; in the dark cave full of Cameron's stolen goods, he lit what he thought was a candle. Turned out to be a stick of dynamite, and to make matters worse, he threw the stick into a whole ''pile'' of dynamite!
13	* EurekaMoment: Lil' Davey inspired Cameron's 'camp scam' by remarking on a "camp where you can do anything". In the present, Cameron is trying to use this to pin the blame on David.
14	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Jasper burns his LA Gear light-up shoes in a fit of spite for ruining his shot at the Order of the Sparrow. When he winds up trapped in a dark cave full of dynamite, he lives just long enough to regret it.
15	* InnocentlyInsensitive: The morning after David sees Jasper's ghost, Nikki pops up next to him at breakfast and cheerfully exclaims "I'm so hungry I could DIE!" Later subverted, however, when we learn that David doesn't actually know that Jasper is dead.
16	* InternalReveal: Max, Neil, and Nikki finally learn that Jasper is the ghost of a Camp Campbell camper.
17	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Turns out David has no idea Jasper died, and thinks he went home. Cameron covered the whole thing up. Not even Max has the heart to break this delusion.
18	* NervousWreck: David starts to crack when Jasper's ghostly form haunts him.
19	* NoYou:
20	-->'''Jasper:''' That's whack, Davey. [Campbell] seems more like the kinda guy to set you up to take the fall.\
21	'''Davey:''' ''You're'' the one who's whack!
22	* PartingWordsRegret: David is torn up about the fight he and Jasper had that ended their friendship, although he doesn't know that Jasper was blown up - he thinks Jasper's parents picked him up from camp and that Jasper has been too bitter to find him in the years since.
23	* TheReveal: We finally learn how Jasper died.
24	* TookALevelInKindness: Max, who loves his BrutalHonesty, can't bear to tell David the truth that his childhood friend is dead.
25	* WhamShot: In-universe, the picture with David and Jasper is this for the ComicTrio.

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