Line #9 Recap/HTFFalseAlarm


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:From one craving to another.]]
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4	Originally made as bonus content for the Xbox-360 game of the same name, later released on the official Website/YouTube channel on August 1, 2008.
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6	Nutty buys a literal truckload of candy from Lifty and Shifty, only to go to hospital for eating so much that the candy tears his insides. After some time in a mental ward, he's cured of his addiction only to quickly replace it with another one: video games.
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8	!!"False Alarm" contains the following:
9	* AddictionDisplacement: At first, Nutty is a changed squirrel, but once Lifty and Shifty offer him video games, he becomes addicted to them.
10	* CarryABigStick: Nutty gets ahold of a giant mallet and crushes a barrel with The Mole in it.
11	* CoatFullOfContraband: Lifty and Shifty do this with a coat full of candy to lure Nutty in. When Nutty rejects Lifty's coat of candy after having his addiction cured, Shifty opens a coat full of ''video games'' instead, kick-starting a whole ''new'' addiction.
12	* DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes: Unsurprisingly, Nutty is briefly blinded upon walking outside after staying inside playing video games for almost a year.
13	* HoboGloves: The Mole is seen wearing a pair of fingerless knit gloves along with a tin can hat while warming himself in front of (or rather, facing away from) a TrashcanBonfire to signify that he's a hobo in this episode.
14	* IKnowMortalKombat: Thanks to his new video game obsession, Nutty goes on a rampage by using skills and attacks he got from them.
15	* KarmaHoudini: Nutty steals Cuddles' car and kills Petunia, Lifty, Shifty, and The Mole, but suffers no consequences besides his candy addiction returning. Then again, considering how often that addiction gets him killed, maybe that ''is'' punishment enough.
16	* KarmicDeath: After enabling Nutty's addictions for a profit and getting him hurt by dumping a truckful of candy on him, Lifty and Shifty get what's coming to them when he crashes into their van and sends them smashing through the windshield.
17	* NailedToTheWagon: After Nutty's sugar addiction lands him in the hospital for what likely isn't the first time, Sniffles decides to deal with the root of the problem once and for all by locking him in a padded cell until he's been weaned off candy.
18	* NewJobAsThePlotDemands: Sniffles is a doctor again and Petunia is a newspaper delivery girl.
19	* OcularGushers: Nutty cries like this at one point during his withdrawal process when he's forced to go cold turkey on candy.
20	* RoomFullOfCrazy: The padded cell Sniffles throws Nutty in to get him to kick his candy habit for good eventually ends up like this, with scratches all over the walls and floor.
21	* SeasonalBaggage: The Seasonal Montage variant is used to show how long Nutty stays inside after getting addicted to video games. It goes from night to day, then to autumn, winter, and spring as his letterbox gets fuller and his lawn gets overgrown.
22	* ShoutOut: To several video games:
23	** Nutty tossing Cuddles out of his car and stealing it is similar to how cars are stolen in the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' franchise.
24	** Petunia's guts on the windshield resemble ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'' pieces. Nutty even tries to line a piece with the rest.
25	** Lifty and Shifty's death end up with their heads resembling ''VideoGame/PacMan'' and a ghost.
26	** Nutty jumps over a barrel with The Mole in it and smashes it with a giant hammer, similar to ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''.
27	* StatusQuoIsGod: At the end of the episode, Nutty finds a candy cane in Lifty and Shifty's van and eats it. He's back to his candy cravings!
28	* StealthPun: Nutty killing The Mole is an obvious reference to ''Donkey Kong'', but there's also the fact that he's ''whacking'' a ''mole'' with a hammer.
29	* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Petunia, Lifty, Shifty, and The Mole die.
30	* ThrowTheDogABone: Nutty, Sniffles, and Cuddles survive.

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