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Recap / Green Eggs And Ham 2019 S 1 E 2 Car

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Guy tries to return the suitcase containing the stolen chickeraffe to Sam and gets more than he bargained for.

"Car" contains examples of:

  • Armor-Piercing Question: Invoked and lampshaded when the BAD GUYS catch Guy trying to return the briefcase containing the chickeraffe to Sam's Winnebago home.
    Gluntz: Why are you at this house, if it's not your house?
    Guy: Well, technically, I think it's more of a vehicle.
    McWinkle: How would you know that if it's not your house?
    Gluntz: Gotcha question! Woo-WOOP! (elbows McWinkle) You're killin' this, Winks!
    McWinkle: I'm aware.
  • Big "NO!": Guy gives one to Sam when Sam won't take the hint to stop asking if they can meet up again in Meepville and just drive off already.
  • Blatant Lies
    • Gluntz after hanging up on an unpleasant phone call.
    Gluntz: (glumly to McWinkle) "Well, I'm not gonna sugarcoat it. (Beat. Suddenly happy) The big man sends his love! He said he appreciates our efforts and believes in us forever. Also, he asked that I compliment you on your hat, specifically! (bites her lip and beams up at him with Puppy-Dog Eyes)
    McWinkle: "Gluntz, that was so sugarcoated, I'm gettin' a cavity."
    Sam: "You are safe and sound right here in this car with me!"
  • Creepy Changing Painting: Parodied. When Snerz is on the phone, he's standing next to an angelic portrait of himself. When his mood changes to anger, his Yes-Man turns a crank which changes it to a demonic portrait.
  • Deranged Animation: Guy's hallucination while succumbing to the desert heat.
  • Drives Like Crazy
    • Played straight with Sam. The times he keeps his hands on the wheel and eyes on the road are only slightly less dangerous than the times he doesn't. He ends up sending the car off a cliff at the end!
    • Inverted with Michellee, who drives so slowly and carefully (with the blinkers on nonstop) that she travels mere inches a minute.
  • Foreshadowing
    • Sam has several vanity license plates on the wall inside his trailer to keep up with his many aliases.
    • The Match Cut between Sam shouting "Where's the Chickeraffe?!" in his trailer and Snerz on the phone asking the same question. This is a heavy hint that he's talking to Sam. In this instance, the series tries to throw the viewers off by showing Gluntz getting a phone call from her and McWinkle's boss right after, suggesting that Snerz is talking to her.
    • The scene of Snerz blaring music through his phone cuts to an establishing shot of Donna's Diner, followed by Gluntz on the phone receiving a cacophonous call. Why doesn't it just cut from one end of the call to the other? Because they're not the same phone call.
    • Sam's wildlife rescuer badge. See "Freeze-Frame Bonus."
    • Sam claims that he has the chickeraffe's best interests in mind, unlike The BADGUYS who want to sell it to a collector. The exact opposite is true.
    • When Guy tries to hitchhike with her, Michellee assumes that Guy is either a deranged lunatic, a felon or "a drifter hoping to make us pawns in his traitorous ruse." She spends the rest of the series repeatedly mistaking him for all of those things when all three really apply to Sam.
    • Sam's face when Guy says his mother must be proud of him.
  • Freeze-Frame Bonus: Sam's wildlife rescue badge is just a picture of an eagle with the word "hero" under it, most likely a toy.
  • Go Fetch: In an effort to get the chickeraffe to stop tearing up his motel room, Guy throws his rolled-up newspaper and tells it to fetch. Unfortunately, it doesn't understand the concept of the game and throws him instead.
  • Hollywood Mirage: After a few hours in the desert heat, Guy starts imagining himself surrounded by sentient green eggs and flying hams with Synchro-Vox mouths.
  • I Always Wanted to Say That: Gluntz says this word for word when a frightened Guy asks "Who are you people??" and she replies "We're The BADGUYS!"
  • I'm Standing Right Here: Guy doesn't appreciate Michellee assuming out loud that he's a deranged lunatic, drifter or felon and asks her to drive along if she plans on continuing.
  • "It" Is Dehumanizing: Sam doesn't like Guy referring to the chickeraffe as "it" and prefers to call him "Guy Jr." but considers several more options.
  • Leaning on the Fourth Wall: When Guy refuses to eat the green eggs and ham Sam offers him in the car.
    Guy: "No. I will not eat them in a car."
    Sam: "Okay, that is an oddly specific stance to take on the matter..."
  • Noticing the Fourth Wall: Guy knows he's succumbing to a heat stroke when he starts hearing the narrator. The narrator even says as much!
    "I'm your narrator, Guy
    This dude in your brain
    And if you can hear me
    (Maniacal Laugh)
    You're going...

    INSAAAAAAANE!!!"
  • Priceless Ming Vase: Guy's motel room has several, all of which the chickeraffe destroys when it tries to play with him. It ends up costing him his several thousand "frequent lodger" points, which becomes an obstacle in "House". Lampshaded by Guy when the chickeraffe starts breaking them all deliberately.
    (pinching his eyes) "Why are there so many vases??"
  • Puppy-Dog Eyes
    • Gluntz looks up at McWinkle with a pair of oh-so-innocent eyes after relaying a message from their boss, which she absolutely did not sugar coat.
    • Guy gives a plaintive "life's-not-fair" look when he sees the air conditioner in the car Sam is driving, after having spent some time out in the desert.
  • Severely Specialized Store: Lem's Kites, Snorkels and Pole Vault Poles, where Sam got the kite, snorkel and pole vault pole he used to break into the zoo. Because Sam left all of his stuff at the scene of the crime, the BADGUYS are able to get his information from their records. Lampshaded by the "Plummeting out of business" sign in front and Gluntz sadly musing how "the kite, snorkel and pole vault pole bubble has finally burst."
  • Shout-Out
    • Snerz ends his rant over the phone with "Can you dig it??"
    • Sam taking the car off-road while Guy is asleep mirrors the scene in Planes, Trains and Automobiles where Del accidentally switches lanes while Neil takes a nap in the passenger seat.
  • Standard Snippet: "Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies" plays as Guy notices his frosty chocolate drink is frozen solid.
  • Synchro-Vox: Used on flying hams during Guy's Hollywood Mirage.
  • Through a Face Full of Fur: Guy blushes through his orange fur when he sees Michellee driving the car he wanted to hitchhike.
  • Tongue on the Flagpole: Guy's lip gets stuck to the icy chocolate drink Sam brings him in the desert.
  • The Unsmile: Sam gives one as he feigns interest in Guy's expressed interest in becoming a paint watcher.
    Sam: (facetiously) Very solid. Not giving up on your dream at all.
  • Vanity License Plate: Sam has several hanging on the wall inside his trailer, most of which read 3GGZ with one which reads KEW LL1. Michellee also has one that says NVR2SFE ("Never too safe").
  • Watch Out for That Tree!: Sam and the chickeraffe as they're running alongside the car, warning Guy about the cliff it's about to go over.
  • Wingding Eyes: The chickeraffe gets little hearts in it's eyes when it sees Guy for the first time.

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