After breaking his tooth in an incident involving a stuffed bear, Dan is convinced his childhood dentist is behind it - and that he might also be a supervillain.
This episode provides examples of the following Tropes:
- Bait-and-Switch Comment: Dan's "No, you shut up!" conservation ends with him happily saying, "Okay, bye, Grandma."
- Bait the Dog: Pullum presents himself as a very friendly guy that's always smiling and trying to make his patients comfortable, essentially being the exact opposite as Dan describes him to be. He's actually a Depraved Dentist and hammy supervillain that relishes causing others pain.
- Berserk Button: Apparantly, Dan doesn't like being called "Danny".Dan: Call me "Danny" again and you'll be sorrier than you've ever been in your miserable, pointless, tooth-scraping life!
- Big "NO!": Pullman, after Dan activates the self-destruct.
- Bond One-Liner:
- After taking out the last Dentobot:Dan: Rinse that out and spit!
- After Pullum's tooth-shaped fortress is blown up.Dan: Now, that's what I call tooth decay!
- After taking out the last Dentobot:
- Captain Obvious: Dr Pullum's lair is a giant tooth-shaped building.Chris: I bet it's because of the whole "dentist" thing.Dan: You think?
- Cartoonish Supervillainy: The dentist wants to give everyone cavities so he can swipe their money from massive fillings.
- Chase Scene
- Chekhov's Gun: Elise's supercomputer.
- The Cuckoo Lander Was Right: Dan's dentist really is a super villain, and he really did give Dan a cavity on purpose.
- Department of Redundancy Department:Dan: To the carmobile!
- Depraved Dentist: Thr dentist was always underpaid so he decided to charge high prices for fillings, hence the many cavities.
- Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat: Dan insists on breaking down the door to the dentist's office to get to his files even though the door was left unlocked.
- Drives Like Crazy: Chris hits three parked cars and bounces his car off a guard rail several times while leaving a parking garage at the start of the car chase with the dentist.
- Early Installment Weirdness: Chris is openly aware of Elise working on a supercomputer and notes her ability to perform an emergency tracheostomy. In later episodes, he is blissfully unaware of all aspects of her job and skills.
- The End... Or Is It?: The ending reveals that Dan's dentist somehow survived Dan blowing up his lair with him in it with no noticeable injuries aside from shattered teeth.
- Evil Laugh: Pullum when peeling out of the parking lot. He gladly continues to indulge in this afterwards.
- Hammerspace
- "Hell, Yes!" Moment: Dan is positively giddy when Elise goes over the secret code and confirms he was right about Pullum.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Dr. Pullum's teeth are destroyed by the enamel-seeking bear he gave Dan.
- I Warned You: Outside Pullum's fortress, Dan rubs it in Chris's face that he was right about the guy being a supervillain and demands an apology.
- Instantly Proven Wrong: Even after Elise confirms Pullum is up to some shady stuff, Chris balks at calling the guy an outright supervillain. Then, after chasing him into the janitor's closet, Dan finds a lever that reveals a hidden firepole behind a sliding wall.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Dan tells Chris that he should really admit to Elise that her violent horror movies keep giving him nightmares.
- Large Ham: Dr Pullum.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Pullum enjoyed being a Depraved Dentist. Dan ends up breaking all of his teeth.
- Meaningful Echo: "It's Dan. I'm a grown man with grown man needs."
- Mecha-Mooks: Outside the fortress, Dan and Chris face three Dentobots.
- More Than Mind Control
- Noodle Incident: After the uproar that Dan causes at the clinic, the nurse asks if he behaved this way during his last visit. Pullum just remarks that Dan was smaller.
- Nothing Is Scarier: Elise's horror movie is titled Chainsaw Bloodbath. Chris is naturally terrified and desperately trying to pretend otherwise.Elise: Are you sure you're enjoying this?
Chris: It's a guy with a chainsaw in an orphanage. What's not to—whoa, momma! That's a lot of blood. - Oh, Crap!: Pullum over finding Dan and Chris at his office ready to drill a hole in his face.
- Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: "Open wide!"
- Punny Name
- Sadist: Pullum says that he's enjoyed causing countless children pain over the years.
- The Scream: Parodied when Chris is about to use a hot glue gun on Dan's mouth. Cutting to a distant shot of the city, Dan screams bloody murder before Chris has even done anything.
- Skyward Scream: Dan as usual, but Pullum also does this during the final scene.
- Strange Minds Think Alike: "Dentobots" is the name that Pullum has on his control panel for his robot mooks. When confronted by the robots, Chris immediately shouts the name without any prompting.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Dan finds out that headbutting a robot really hurts.
- Take Over the World: Pullum's ultimate plan is to activate a device that will allow him to control the minds of anyone that's ever had any dental work.
- Villain Respect: Pullum congratulates Dan for being the only one to suspect his true nature.
- "You!" Exclamation: Dan when Pullum greets him at the clinic.
