Line #36 Recap/CornerGasAnimatedS2E5PaperSashay


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3	'''A Plot:''' When Wullerton's weekly paper goes under, the gang worries the Dog River Howler will too. Wanda and Emma set out to recruit new advertisers...\
4	'''B Plot:''' ...while Brent helps Oscar start an online version that raises eyebrows.\
5	'''C Plot:''' Karen asks Hank to help deal with a crow, but befriends it after it willingly accepts her homemade muffins. Hank gets jealous, and when the crow steals his shiny pocketknife, he sets out to break them up.\
6	'''D Plot:''' After Brent comments on Lacey's "city walk", she becomes self-conscious and asks Davis to help her develop a more "country" posture.
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8	!!Tropes:
9	* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Emma's going around to local businesses to have them buy ad space in the Howler comes across as much more threatening than probably intended. When Wanda tries to copy her, it's mistaken for a mafioso impression.
10	-->'''Emma:''' [[HypocriticalHumor See? You catch more flies with honey]].\
11	'''Wanda:''' [[{{Dissimile}} Sure, if the honey is]] ''[[{{Dissimile}} terrifying.]]''
12	* BrickJoke: Lacey is trying to remember her shopping list of "whipped cream, ketchup and eggs" until her mind takes over (see InnerMonologue below). Later, when Wanda and Emma try to convince Won to put an ad in the paper for the Foo Mart, he says business is just fine, citing how he "just sold some whipped cream, ketchup and eggs, as a matter of fact".
13	* TheCameo: Current-at-the-time Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears, wondering aloud why someone (Oscar) wrote an online article blaming him for sea monsters in the landlocked prairies.
14	* ContinuityNod: Wanda's mentions her penchant for [[CrosswordPuzzle crosswords]], which was well established in the live action series.
15	* CordonBleughChef: Karen's muffins are completely inedible. It turns out that even the crow isn't eating them; she's using them as building material for her nest.
16	* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: The Howler isn't actually in any danger whatsoever, partly because [[HillbillyMoonshiner they also sell moonshine in the back of their office]], but Emma and Wanda don't learn this until the end.
17	* EasilyImpressed:
18	-->'''Lacey:''' How was breakfast?\
19	'''Brent:''' Well, I don't mean to complain, but I ordered bacon and eggs, you gave me eggs and bacon.\
20	'''Lacey:''' Yeah, I turned the plate around. It's like having breakfast in Australia.\
21	'''Brent:''' Ooh, exotic.
22	* FishOutOfWater: Lacey's whole plot involves her trying to change her "city walk" to a country one to fit in more with the small town folks. She eventually [[TakeAThirdOption settles]] for something in between the two.
23	* ForgetfulJones: Davis worries about Lacey taking on more than she can handle with practicing her walking techniques at The Ruby, noting how she's horrible at multitasking. She then goes into an InnerMonologue wondering if that's true, in the process forgetting that the soup she's holding is for a customer, handing it off to Davis before asking for the man's order again.
24	* GenderBlenderName: Everything Karen called the crow becomes this when it turns out to be a mother.
25	* GoneHorriblyRight: Emma encourages Oscar's online news at first, because she figures that his inevitable failure will help boost paper sales. However, his crazy opinions end up being far more interesting to read, and the Howler's manager actually wants to thank him. Thankfully, writing more than one issue is something Oscar refuses to do.
26	* GroinAttack: Oscar's main motivation for starting an online paper is getting hit in the crotch by a paperboy's thrown delivery.
27	* InnerMonologue: Lacey is shown to fall into this when dealing with other's comments about her, like her "city walk". Brent calls this "going all Lacey", which leads to Lacey even having an InnerMonologue ''about'' her InnerMonologue. Towards the end, Brent also has his own monologue moment regarding Lacey.
28	* NeverMessWithGranny:
29	-->'''Oscar:''' I'll kill that paper if it's the last thing I do!\
30	'''Brent:''' You're going against Mom, so it probably ''will'' be.
31	* NeverMyFault: When Emma learns how popular Oscar's online paper is with the town, she immediately blames Brent, who she had strongarmed into helping Oscar.
32	* PercussiveTherapy: In the end, it turns out that Emma thinks that the Howler is tripe, but wanted to save it because she uses the actual paper to create therapeutic pinatas of Oscar's head she can bash apart.
33	* PompousPoliticalPundit: Oscar becomes one when he starts up an online paper, with articles such as "Save on Heating, Support Global Warming".
34	* ProperlyParanoid: Oscar thinks the paperboy intentionally antagonized him, and Hank becomes suspicious of the crow, both of which are ridiculed by Brent at the end...right before Hank is almost stabbed by the crow dropping his pocketknife, and the paperboy admonishes her for targeting the wrong guy.
35	* PunnyName: The crow receives a series of these from Karen, such as [[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe Edgar Allan Crow]], [[Creator/CameronCrowe Cameron Crow]], and [[Music/{{Nickelback}} Chad Crow-ger]]. Hank asks if she had considered [[Creator/RussellCrowe Russel Crow]], but she thought it'd be too obvious. And then at the very end, the paperboy calls her [[Music/SherylCrow Sheryl]].
36	* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: Hank specifies that he doesn't own a ''Swiss Army'' pocketknife, but a ''Swedish'' pocketknife with some stranger attachments.
37	* ShoutOut: Davis references ''Film/TheKarateKid'' and particularly Mr. Miyagi's WaxOnWaxOff technique when coaching Lacey on switching to a country walk.
38	-->'''Davis:''' Now there's one thing left to do.\
39	'''Lacey:''' I've seen that movie, and I'm ''not'' washing your car.
40	* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Oscar brings just a monitor, not a whole computer, to Corner Gas to start the online Howler. Later, he somehow manages to delete two hours worth of Brent's work in a single key stroke.
41	* TheTriple: Invoked by Brent when he sees Wanda doing calculations by waving her hands:
42	-->'''Brent:''' What are you doing? Conducting an invisible choir? Waving down a tiny waitress? A third thing that's funnier?
43	* TheUnSmile: This is Wanda's expression when she tries to convince Won to put a Foo Mart ad in the Howler.
44	-->'''Won:''' What's wrong with your mouth?

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