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2	Milo's big sister Sara wants to go see The Doctor Zone Files movie with Milo and his friends, but worries about potential problems.
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4	!!Tropes
5	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
6	** In the intro for ''The Dr. Zone Files'', Dr. Zone and Time Ape are menaced by a series of aliens and robots... ending with a piñata monster.
7	** Sara's flashbacks to various disasters that struck her and her brother include a train inexplicably crashing through her birthday party, the blades on a windmill at a miniature golf course spinning out of control, and dropping her ice cream cone.
8	* AsHimself: In-universe, Time Ape is credited "As Himself" on ''The Dr. Zone Files''.
9	* BrownNote: Apparently, Time Ape's true form [[YourHeadASplode would cause an ordinary person's head to explode]].
10	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The fan guidebook on ''The Doctor Zone Files'', "The Doctor Zone Files Files". Lampshaded by Zack.
11	* DoctorWhomage: Doctor Zone is an obvious parody of Series/DoctorWho. The [[ShowWithinAShow show he's from]], ''The Dr. Zone Files'', is very reminiscient of ''Doctor Who'' in general, with one alien race being mentioned, Trashcandroids, possibly being a mashup of the Cybermen, Autons, and Mechonoids from that show.
12	* * {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: a subtle one, when Sara goes to purchase Pistachios from Cavendish and Dakota she compliments them on their costumes, to Dakota's confusion, thus noting the pair's passing resemblance to Doctor Zone and Time Ape, this sets up two reveals down the line, firstly that the pair are in fact Time Agents, sent from the future to protect the pistachio nut from extinction, and secondly that the creator of Doctor Zone was in fact inspired by an encounter with Cavendish and Dakota that occurs later in the season.]]
13	* FreezeFrameBonus: The credits for ''The Dr. Zone Files'' go by super-fast, but are loaded with gags.
14	* HurricaneOfPuns: You could make a drinking game out of Doctor Zone's time puns.
15	* {{Irony}}: Despite all of Sara's paranoia and caution, ''she's'' the one who ends up losing the tickets.
16	* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Parodied when Sara and Milo sniff the air, and remark that "It smells quiet..."
17	* LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand: The inspiring music grinds to a halt when Sara loses the thread of her RousingSpeech about fandom.
18	* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: At the beginning of Sara's speech, you can see the car that she sets her stuff down on drive off.
19	* OverlyLongGag: Dr. Zone struggling to hit the "Time Shift" button with his gift-box hand. Time Ape gives an awkward AsideGlance.
20	* PopularSayingBut: Dr. Zone, a time traveler, when he is flying off with the Time Bee-hicle:
21	--> '''Dr. Zone:''' Time waits for no man, except for me!
22	* {{Portmanteau}}: After binge-watching ''The Dr. Zone Files'', Melissa and Zack are both excited and confused about TheMovie.
23	-->'''Melissa:''' I'm... ex-fused.\
24	'''Zack:''' And I'm... con-cited?
25	* ShamingTheMob: Sara gives an impassioned speech to the crowd of riled-up fans. Milo has to help her out a bit.
26	* ShoutOut:
27	** Time Ape's form before he took on AFormYouAreComfortableWith resembles the description of Progenoskes from Literature/AWindInTheDoor.
28	** Melissa's theory of Doctor Zone's origin heavily borrows from Franchise/{{Superman}}'s.
29	* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Dr. Zone Files'' is a very ''Series/DoctorWho''-esque show about a time traveler with the same name and his sidekick Time Ape. Milo and Sara Murphy love this show to the point where they would watch it all night.
30	* StylisticSuck: Among other things, you can see a cable holding up Dr. Zone's Time Bee-hicle as it flies off, and the shadow on a matte painting.
31	* TakeThat: This episode takes a shot at sci-fi fans who can be really snobbish and rude.
32	-->'''Dr. Zone Fan:''' I'm just saying if you can't speak the Trashcandroid's binary language, then you have no place in this line!
33	* TemptingFate: Zack's remark of "What could possibly go wrong?" causes Sara to have flashbacks.
34	* VisualPun: When Sara asks the crowd of angry fans to "Lend me your ears," one of them offers her a pair of fake pointy ears.
35	-->'''Sara:''' [[LamePunReaction No, not literally!]]

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