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    In General 
  • The fact that Meggy, who has a fear of anime right down to a biological level, is starring in a series with an Animesque art style.

    Pilot 

    The Silence of the Yams 

    Reservoir Cats 
  • Whisk would have flawlessly whisked away the portrait of Aloysious Bori had it not been for one animal noise exhibit...
    Announcer: The dog says... dog barking
  • In general, Whisk's mood-swinging. Whenever she's wearing her mask, she's a stealthy thief who can slip away with ease, but the moment you knock her mask off, she turns SUPER shy and begs not to be looked at.
  • The fact that the exhibits themselves can enter "defense mode" to attempt to stop any intruders.
  • Auri brings a pair of dark shades to the museum investigation. Meggy calls him out on wearing sunglasses indoors.
  • Auri knocks the nose off of a Sphinx exhibit. He tries to fix it, but ends up covering himself in glue and catapulting himself onto Meggy instead. This is why they're glued to each other throughout the episode.
  • When Meggy and Auri discovers Whisk's abandoned costume:
  • Whisk tries to relax in her hotel room. Room service has other plans. Whisk has to parkour all around the room to hide herself from the bellboy.
  • Once Whisk retrieves her mask and kicks the bellboy out, he is hopelessly smitten with her.
  • Meggy tries to prove that Whisk is staying at the hotel by pointing out the obvious highly-advanced cat-burgling utility belt in the bellboy's cart. The bellboy claims that lots of guests have highly-advanced cat-burgling utility belts. Auri observes that several guests do, in fact, appear to be in possession of highly-advanced cat-burgling utility belts.
  • They finally get the bellboy to talk by threatening to file a written complaint to his regional manager.
  • When Meggy and Auri manage to chase away each other's fears and knock Whisk's mask off, Whisk desperately leaps out the window. Auri lets out a Big "NO!", only for Meggy to remind him that she didn't jump to her death.
    Meggy: She has a grappling hook!
  • Meggy happily opens her suitcase to rummage through her stuff. Her expression is noticeably more strained when she closes it again, after having realized that Whisk already took everything inside.
    • Cue a montage of Meggy aimlessly storming through the room to let off some steam.
    • Cue Auri happily singing that their crime-fighting days aren't over.
  • When Auri recovers the portrait of Aloysious Bori:
    Auri: C'mon, Poppop. Let's put you back in the museum where you belong instead of the twisted halls of my subconscious.
    Meggy becomes very concerned

    Cat-sino Royale 
  • As Meggy trains Auri to become (marginally) more physically competent, we get this exchange:
    Meggy: How are we going to catch [Whisk] if you can't keep up!?
  • Meggy gets a call from Whisk. This is Meggy's response:
    Meggy: The next words I hear from you better be "I'm so sorry I took your things! I'm coming to give them back right now so you don't hunt me down and kick my ASS!"
  • As Whisk outlines the conditions of their meeting, Meggy notices some rustling in the tree. She puts two and two together and throws the phone at the tree out of anger, only for it to be revealed that Aziz was the one in the tree trying to get "ice cream ingredients".
  • Whisk holding her laser gun to Meggy's head as she nervously asks her to give her the mask.
  • The Aura Bora constantly sushing Meggy and Whisk until Whisk incapacitates him with her fear gun. Turns out, he was constantly punished for being disruptive in his school days.
    Aura Bora: No, teacher! I'll be quiet. I'll be quiet! Just don't send me to the principal's office!
  • As Whisk explains how the safe was closed for fumigation during an insect infestation, we see a scene of the Maloy brothers getting chased by people-sized bugs with baseball bats.
  • What astounding trick are the Maloy brothers performing? A bottle flip.
  • There are some tributes to the SMG4 crew. Most notably:
    • Meggy introducing herself to Froy as Melony.
    • The magazine cover parody featuring Tari. No, not that Tari.
    • Froy's "Ow, my ovaries!"
    • Near the end of the episode, Meggy comparing Whisk's social anxiety to Tari's.
  • As Whisk infiltrates Doy's room, his ranting matches Whisk's actions. He even cries "THIEF!" at one point... only for him to elaborate that he was talking about his brother.
  • Meggy trying to distract Froy's tiger by throwing toys at it.
  • Before Whisk can talk her way past the elevator guards, a partygoer bumps into her and makes her mask fall off. Since Whisk is left in a Troubled Fetal Position from the ensuing attention, Meggy has to improvise.
    Meggy: I don't know what you people put in the flonzo puffs here, but they've made her sick as a dog! ...cat.
    Later
    Meggy (Taking back Whisk's mask): And don't take people's stuff, it's wrong! ...usually.
  • Since Whisk and Meggy have to hold their breaths while infiltrating the Maloy brothers' safe, they have an exchange that goes something like this:
    Meggy: [Don't you think you've taken enough?]
    Whisk: [You can leave me be if you don't want any.]
    • ...except entirely in "Mmph"s and hand gestures.
  • As Meggy and Whisk are trying to get past the Maloy brothers, it becomes evident that their tiger was given many different tells specifically for mauling people. It backfires on them.
  • In a meta sense, compare Meggy's picture with SMG4 to his 10 Year Anniversary poster. One may think that he fattened up during the party. It may also explain why the other SMGs had trouble finding him if they were using his beeg form as a reference.
    • The fact that there's still prevention towards copyrighted material. Specifically, by having Meggy conveniently putting her finger on top of Mario's face in the picture.

    The Funk and the Furious 
  • As Auri chases a runaway thief, he delivers a Pre Ass Kicking One Liner before pretending to press buttons on a watch he doesn't even have, and then simply pedaling slightly faster on his unicycle so he can catch up to him.
  • As Meggy passes by another tourist, she feels envious of his lavish, stress-free vacation. Of course, she doesn't notice the car crashing and exploding moments later.
  • Auri states that the Funky Fource are crime-fighting dancers. To enforce this, Franky Fresh lights an aura bora on fire for filming the performance. The aura bora does not react.
  • Mayora Bora calls the Funky Fource's leader "Flunky Fish", much to the frustration of an especially irate fan.
    Fan: It's Franky Fresh, idiot!
    • Soon, even Franky gets sick of the mayor, and kicks him away to continue the announcement himself.
  • Meggy's sheer apathy towards the Funky Fource.
    • Throughout the announcement, Auri is awestruck, while Meggy keeps herself busy on her phone.
    • The only reason why she goes in the Funky Fource's van at all is because the crowd dragged her in.
  • Meggy asks how the van is bigger on the inside.
  • A sobbing Aura Bora jumps out the window after getting his audition rejected. Granted, the van does not have multiple floors, so he's probably fine.
  • Auri's audition goes like this:
    Franky Fresh: What's your name, my funky bora?
    Auri: Auri! And I just wanna say-
    Auri panics and improvises a less-than-impressive dance routine.
  • As the Funky Fource explain their origin story, they pull up a cardboard prop of a school classroom, while they all wear typical nerd glasses over their stylish shades.
    • Considering the fact that at least Franky Fresh is revealed to be wearing a pair of more modest shades under his usual ones, that means he's wearing three pairs of glasses at that point.
  • As Meggy convinces Auri to let her have the relaxing vacation she wants, she pauses mid-sentence to adjust one of the servant's fanning.
  • When Auri reveals himself to the Funky Fource as they're watching Meggy, their first response is to awkwardly stammer, like they were caught stealing from the cookie jar.
    • They do this again when Meggy finds them chasing Auri.
  • When Auri tries to warn Meggy about the Funky Fource's plans for her, they beat him up with over-the-top dance moves and poses.
  • Auri tries to exaplain what's going on to Meggy. However, his panicking makes him a little hard to understand.

    Saturday Night Funkin' 
  • While Meggy's brainwashing is terrifying in many ways, it's pretty chuckle-worthy in others.
  • Luke and Kevin's guest voice appearances. Specifically, a couple of bumbling servants who are tricked by Auri into abandoning their posts with a cardboard cutout of Franky Fresh and the action figure from the last episode.
  • The return of the cranky fan.
    Mayora Bora: Thank you, citizens of Port Aurora for being here today for the performance of the Flunky Force!
    Fan: Funky Fource, dingus!
  • Throughout the performance, the mayor thinks that the attempt on his life, among other things, is all part of the performance.
  • The Funky Fource once again beating Auri around like a pinball, this time to a groovy synchronized dance routine.
  • And later, Auri gets the audience to heckle the Funky Fource just by activating the appropriate prompt.
    • The Funky Fource trying to shield themselves from the audience's projectiles while still bopping to the beat.
  • When Auri gets Meggy to destroy the Funky Fource's turntables, Meggy says that she owes Auri for getting her out of that one. Auri is quick to cash in, since they still need to escape the Funky Fource themselves.
  • When the crowd devolves into an angry mob against Meggy and Auri, the Mayor muses that he shouldn't have started "Free Torch Day".
  • The guards that Auri tricked return just in time to be trampled by the mob.
  • Aziz throws his entire ice cream cart in through the window. Then he asks for it back. After their refusal, he then accuses them of stealing his ice cream cart, too.
  • There’s something amusing about the fact that the Big Bad of the show is an egg in a fez.
    Meggy: Auri? Is my brain still messed up, or is that egg talking to us?
    • Then he rewards the Goonie with a cookie when it retaliates with a rocket.
  • When Auri desperately tries to bargain with the Spud Buds, they respond by throwing a rock at him.

    What Comes Next 
  • The beginning, where Benedict is telling the story of the Phoenix Festival to his Goonies, storybook and all. It's just so silly seeing Benedict of all people using that soft voice you'd hear from a caring father telling a bedtime story to his children.
  • When the Mayor is woken up by Benedict, he gives a panicked excuse, despite the fact that he doesn't have a boss. He's the mayor.
  • For stopping the "mayor assassins", the Mayor offers Benedict a coupon that gives him a whopping 2% discount on ice cream.
    Mayora: Expires after one year, offer invalid during free season.
  • Benedict's wish list includes a nuclear reactor, high-impact explosives and a new fez.
  • When the Spud Buds join Benedict in Mayora's office:
    Yam (referring to stature of Mayora): How much do you think that's worth?
    Mash destroys it
    Mash: Guess we'll never know!
  • Benedict confirming the accusations of Mayora (namely, the crime rise and the assassin plot) like a proud, giddy child.
  • When the mayor denies knowing where the sheriff badge is, Whisk bears her claws menacingly... only to pull the sheriff badge out from behind Mayora's chair.
  • When Meggy and Auri escape the vacuum cleaner in the garbage dump:
    Auri: The afterlife smells a lot worse than I thought it would.
    Meggy: We're alive, Auri. The vacuum absorbed most of the explosion.
  • When Auri goes to stop Benedict himself after Meggy refuses to do so, Meggy, in a burst of frustration, tells Auri that he's not a real sheriff. Quite the tearjerking moment, until Shadow Meggy shows up in a nearby mirror.
  • Benedict tries to win the Lighthouse Keeper over with flowery language, but all it achieves is making him fall asleep.
  • This exchange:
    Lighthouse Keeper:I woulda thought the sheriff'd be aware of the lighthouse barrier.
  • Benedict's followers try to take down the barrier:
  • To get past the barrier, Benedict does good deeds for the people. For starters:
    • He offers free ice cream. When Aziz tries to do something about it (since no one would want to buy his ice cream anymore), a Goonie just knocks him out.
    • Some bullies are picking on a kid. In response, a Goonie chases them away with his rocket launcher.
    • When an old man walks in front of a bus, a Goonie forcefully kicks the old man out of the way.
    • Benedict sets up a petting zoo by beating up the Maloy brothers and kidnapping their tiger. Other animals include:
      • The monkey that was stealing Meggy's fruit in episode 1.
      • Mr. Rock
      • A smaller turtle from the boat that brought Meggy to Port Aurora.
    • This:
      Child: Thank you, mister sheriff! We love you!
      Benedict: Thanks! I love me, too.
  • The Lighthouse Keeper's response to Operation Childlocknote .
    Lighthouse Keeper: Those are children! Are you mad!?
    Benedict: Why yes! Furious, actually!
  • The Lighthouse Keeper does his best to hold off Benedict's Goonie, though he's defeated soon enough. He tries to get one last shot in. He hits his mark... but it only serves to briefly distract the Goonie, as he marches forward with a harpoon lodged in his shoulder.
  • Among the chaos Benedict's followers are causing throughout Port Aurora, a Goonie can be seen jumping on the bed.
  • As Meggy and Auri try to fight off some Goonies, they argue about whether or not Auri can handle this. Meggy gets hit by an ice cream cart for it.
  • Aziz' reaction to the finishing blow.
    Aziz: Are you going to pay for that egg?
    Meggy: Come on, we just saved your life!
    Aziz: All right, all right. [...] Maybe you are not so bad deputy and ginger girl after all.
  • Aziz decides to keep the ice cream that fell on the floor. He doesn't even try to hide it. Rather, he advertises the fact that they have "street droppings".

    Mad Meggy 
  • As the Goonies are building Benedict's throne, one of them is holding their hammer the wrong way.
  • When the spud buds are stuck cowering from an assailant in the shadows, Yam gets Mash to check it out. Mash tries to calm himself by saying that ghosts are "super weak to guns". When something DOES show up, he empties the entire clip, and throws the gun.
  • Considering the "toppings" of Aziz's popsicle, it's hard to say if his weapon of choice is actually a weapon or his latest merch.
  • Whisk dressing up a Goonie as a girl. She just wanted some diversity.
  • Meggy finding out that the Mayor was elected through a Magic 8 Ball.
  • The Funky Fource dancing with Joe Fresh's urn as if he were still alive, in a Black Comedy sort of way.
  • Meggy and Auri guessing the Funky Fource's weapon system password *. The Funky Fource are surprised their system got hacked.
    • The weapon system's trying as hard as it can.
  • Since the Funky Fource are too good at dodging their own defense system, Meggy has to resort to Exactly What I Aimed At. One of the Funky Fource members gets hit by a car.

    All Fall Down 
  • Benedict's swearing rant—which is bleeped out, because the TV he was communicating through has a filter feature on it.
  • Benedict has the audacity to call Meggy and Auri monsters for presumably killing his Goonies because he spent a whole afternoon training them.

    Rebirth 
  • When Auri awakens in an empty void, he notes that the afterlife doesn't smell very pleasant, only for his grandfather to arrive and assure him that he still isn't in the afterlife even though Auri clearly died. Oh, and real sheriffs don't do hugs. They do it anyway.
  • Auri asks Meggy if she's crying. She claims that they're just "pain tears" from the scratches she had accumulated from her fight with Whisk.
  • After losing her mask and Auri is brought back from his temporary demise, Whisk comes up with this reasoning for bailing the fight against Benedict's orders:
  • Benedict completely loses his marbles when he starts hallucinating Auri as Aloysius. Meggy and Auri's Jaw Drop reaction sells it.
  • Shadow Meggy of all people gets a funny moment, where she's just lounging with Meggy as she finally gets her vacation.
  • The plaque on Mayora Bora’s memorial statue: “He died for our discount vacation packages.”
  • The cute cat-face reaction Whisk has when she finds her mask in the rubble.
  • The final shot of the first season? Benedict screaming because he was in the in-between with his Arch-Enemy.

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