Monster Hunt
Tropes:
- Agent Scully: Jimmy plays this role in the beginning of the episode by refusing to believe there’s not a reasonable explanation for the sea monster sightings.
- Embarrassing Slide: While Cindy and Libby are showing a slideshow proving the existence of the sea monster during a town meeting, Cindy announces that the next slide will show irrefutable proof of the monster but accidentally shows a photo of her in her swimsuit at the beach instead.
- Expy: Going along with the episode’s many references to Jaws, Captain Betty is an Expy of Quint from that movie.
- Foreshadowing: Carl says he has bad memories of the lake the monster resides in because it’s where he released his pet turtle, Snappy, when he realized he was allergic to him. This story comes back into play when the group realizes that the sea monster is actually Snappy after years of mutation.
- Getting Eaten Is Harmless: Captain Betty gets eaten whole by Snappy; but at the end of the episode when Snappy is reverted back to normal, Captain Betty reappears unharmed - apparently spewed up during the transformation.
- Idiot Houdini: Hugh was responsible for the lake monster in the first place, due to him dumping chemical sludge from Jimmy's lab in the lake for the past few years, but faces no consequences for his actions.
- Plot Allergy: With this episode, Carl can now add turtles to his ever-growing list of things he’s allergic to.
- Sea Monster: There are reports of a sea monster being spotted in Retroville waters and Jimmy is determined to prove it’s fake
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: As is typical for him, Jimmy falls victim to this during the town meeting held to discuss what to do about the Retroville sea monster.
- "Shaggy Frog" Story: When Captain Betty is asked how he got his name, he tells them a chilling tale about a shipment of sea monkeys that got attacked by the monster and ate up all of the sea monkeys. He ends it with a happy "And that's why they call me Betty!"Carl: Okay, I think I missed something.Sheen: What's your problem? He couldn't have been more clearer.
- Small Role, Big Impact: Hugh only appears briefly in the episode, but he is responsible for the events that took place as he was foolishly deposing of chemical waste from Jimmy’s lab in the lake.
- Stripping Snag: While Snappy is devouring the boat and Sheen is trying to avoid being eaten, Snappy’s mouth snags the leg of his pants and ends up completely ripping them off.
- Toxic Waste Can Do Anything: It’s revealed that Carl’s old pet turtle, Snappy, has been mutated by Hugh dumping the run-off from Jimmy’s lab into the lake for years.
- Whole-Plot Reference: This episode is filled with references to the movie, Jaws.
Jimmy for President
Tropes:
- Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: After Carl is afraid to vote and calls out Jimmy, Sheen, and Libby's misdoings, Ms. Fowl discovers the three have done illegal things which lead to their disqualification:Ms. Fowl: It has come to my attention that some of our candidates have been guilty of bribery, blackmail, and MURDER! [students shriek] Sorry, not murder. I meant to say, operating a zeppelin on school premises!
- Blackmail: Sheen tries to blackmail Carl into voting for him by telling him if he doesn’t he’ll show everyone an embarrassing picture of Carl from Ike’s sleepover.
- Bribing Your Way to Victory: This is Libby & Cindy’s method for getting Carl to vote for them, but it nearly doesn’t work as he doesn’t understand why they’re giving him money until they have to spell it out for him that they’re doing it to secure his vote for Libby.
- Cheaters Never Prosper: Jimmy, Sheen, Libby, and Cindy all learn this at the end of the episode as they are disqualified for trying to earn votes dishonestly and Bolbi wins by default.
- Decided by One Vote: After the votes have been tallied, Jimmy, Sheen, and Libby have tied, thus Ms. Fowl gets Carl, the only student who never voted, to be the decider. Carl freaks out and can't bring himself to vote, revealing Cindy bribed him with a dollar, Sheen blackmailed him, and Jimmy's showy routine with scantily-clad women. This causes all three to be disqualified, leaving Bolbi to win by default.
- Election Day Episode: This episode’s plot revolves around the election of the new class president.
- Epic Fail: What got Jimmy disqualified from the election, which was operating a zeppelin on school premises without a permit, had nothing to do with how he tried to win Carl's vote in particular.
- Foreign Exchange Student: One of the candidates for class president is Bolbi, the class’s new exchange student.
- Freak Out: Carl has this before exposing what Jimmy, Sheen and Libby tried to do to him to make sure he voted for them.
- Happy Dance: Bolbi celebrates his win by doing one of these and enforces that everyone participates as part of his presidential decree.Bolbi: Slap, slap, slap! Clap, clap, clap!
- Laser-Guided Karma: Jimmy, Sheen and Libby are disqualified from the election because of their illegal campaign practices.
- Nap-Inducing Speak: Jimmy’s presidential speech about all of the technological advancements he’ll bring to the school puts the whole audience to sleep.
- Nothing Is Funnier: Beyond somehow involving bubbles, what exactly makes the picture of Carl at Ike's slumber party so embarrassing is left entirely to the viewer's imagination.
- Secret Message Wink: Cindy tries to bribe Carl into voting for Libby for class president by slipping him a dollar when she shakes his hand, and telling him to "keep it" while winking. Carl, who doesn't understand nonverbal cues very well, asks Cindy why she's winking. He still doesn't get it when she explicitly says she's bribing him. Even after, he still thinks she's winking because she likes him.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: For someone so smart, Jimmy should've known better, or at least done his research that operating a blimp on school premises is an illegal campaign practice in real life.
- Vocal Evolution: Bolbi's voice is deeper and more manly for his age in this episode, compared to the shrill, high-pitched voice he has later on.
