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** (From Double Subverted #2) Benjamin still finds value in it; Fool's Gold is ''still'' a shiny, valuable metal. Benjamin tries to sell it as actual gold, but fails. He then gets the perfect idea of having his dad make a ring out of the pyrite nugget he was given by Johnny. It nabs Benjamin $20 bucks, which means the pyrite nugget wasn't so worthless after all.

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** (From Double Subverted #2) Benjamin still finds value in it; Fool's Gold is ''still'' a shiny, valuable metal. Benjamin tries to sell it as actual gold, but fails. He then gets the perfect idea of having his dad make a ring out of the pyrite nugget he was given by Johnny. It nabs Benjamin $20 $40 bucks, which means the pyrite nugget wasn't so worthless after all.
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** (From Double Subverted #2) Benjamin still finds value in it; Fool's Gold is ''still'' a shiny, valuable metal. Benjamin tries to sell it as actual gold, but fails. He then gets the perfect idea of having his dad make a ring out of the pyrite nugget he was given by Johnny. It nabs Benjamin $20 bucks, which means the pyrite nugget wasn't so worthless after all.
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**…or a gold nugget painted as a rock…


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**…but specifically fool’s gold.
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* '''Played For Horror''':
** Benjamin [[DisproportionateRetribution kills Johnny because he gave him the rock]].
** That little rock is the humble beginning of Johnny's [[BullyBrutality relentless, merciless, destructive and demented campaign to bully Benjamin]]. When Benjamin opens his desk drawer and notices that tiny pebble he put there thirty scenes later, [[TraumaButtonEnding he breaks down screaming and shaking like a leaf and his parents try unsuccessfully to calm him down]].

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* '''Zig Zagged''': Johhny plans to give Benjamin a rock, but accidentally gives him candy instead. Benjamin eggs Johnny's house anyway.

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Johhny plans to give Benjamin a rock, but accidentally gives him candy instead. Benjamin eggs Johnny's house anyway.
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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

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* '''Zig Zagged''': ???Johhny plans to give Benjamin a rock, but accidentally gives him candy instead. Benjamin eggs Johnny's house anyway.
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** [[ButtMonkey Benjamin]], the child, receives a rock while trick-or-treating for Halloween, disappointing him. This may be followed up by the egging[=/=][[ToiletPaperPrank TPing]] of the house he got it from.

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** [[ButtMonkey Benjamin]], the child, receives a rock while trick-or-treating for Halloween, disappointing him. This may be followed up by the egging[=/=][[ToiletPaperPrank [[{{Egging}} egging]][=/=][[ToiletPaperPrank TPing]] of the house he got it from.



** Benjamin gives Johnny rocks. Johnny eggs[=/TPs=] Benjamin's house.

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** Benjamin [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Benjamin]] gives Johnny [[{{Manchild}} Johnny]] rocks. Johnny eggs[=/TPs=] Benjamin's house.

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* '''Defied''': Benjamin refuses the offer of a rock.

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Benjamin refuses the offer of a rock.
** Benjamin's PapaWolf threatens to smash Johnny's teeth in if he hands Benjamin a
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** Johnny is [[JerkAss an asshole]]. Whether he's singled out Benjamin as the target of his joke or he's done it to all of the other children that have come to his home depends on the writer.



** Benjamin is the show's ButtMonkey and/or CosmicPlaything. The writers make clear that it being Halloween makes no difference.



** Benjamin collects rocks, intentionally stopping by Johnny house, of whom he knows gives rocks for Halloween.

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** Benjamin collects rocks, intentionally stopping by Johnny Johnny's house, of whom he knows gives rocks for Halloween.


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** Benjamin is Johnny's personal prank monkey and the rock is a "special present" just for him.


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* '''Played For Drama''': The other kids find the rock(s) as something ActuallyPrettyFunny but Benjamin, barely containing his despair and rage, screams that they better stop laughing at him or else he will do something with the rock(s) that they will ''definitely not'' find funny.
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** Johnny, the adult, gives a rock to a trick-or-treating child on Halloween, perhaps resulting in a vandalization of his home.

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** Johnny, [[{{Jerkass}} Johnny]], the adult, gives a rock to a trick-or-treating child on Halloween, perhaps resulting in a vandalization of his home.

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the Played For Drama point was utter bullshit; using \"they get so depressed that they suicide\" as a cheap cop-out card to avoid writing something coherent/creative isn\'t valid when writing the \"Played For Drama\" point.


'''Basic Trope''': [[ButtMonkey Benjamin]] gets an item from [[JerkAss Jacqua]] that isn’t candy on Halloween, perhaps vandalising the givers house.

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'''Basic Trope''': [[ButtMonkey Benjamin]] A character gets an item from [[JerkAss Jacqua]] that isn’t candy on Halloween, perhaps vandalising Halloween. At times, they'll vandalize the givers house.giver's house as retribution.



** Benjamin, the child, receives a rock while trick-or-treating for Halloween, disappointing him. This may be followed up by the egging/TPing of the house he got it from.
** Jacqua, the adult, gives a rock to a trick-or-treating child on Halloween, perhaps resulting in a vandalisation of his home.

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** Benjamin, [[ButtMonkey Benjamin]], the child, receives a rock while trick-or-treating for Halloween, disappointing him. This may be followed up by the egging/TPing egging[=/=][[ToiletPaperPrank TPing]] of the house he got it from.
** Jacqua, Johnny, the adult, gives a rock to a trick-or-treating child on Halloween, perhaps resulting in a vandalisation vandalization of his home.



** Jacqua’s house is absolutely covered in a pile of eggs & toilet paper after the vandalisation.

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** Jacqua’s Johnny’s house is absolutely covered in a pile of eggs & toilet paper after the vandalisation.vandalization.



** Jacqua’s house has been hit by 1 single egg, and it has 1 small crack in it.

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** Jacqua’s Johnny’s house has been hit by 1 single egg, and it has 1 small crack in it.



** Jacqua had gotten the rocks as a child, and hadn’t gotten a chance to give them away until now.

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** Jacqua Johnny had gotten the rocks as a child, and hadn’t gotten a chance to give them away until now.



** Jacqua gives Benjamin eggs & toilet paper. Benjamin throws rocks at Jacquas house.
** Benjamin gives Jacqua rocks. Jacqua eggs/TPs Benjamins house.
** Benjamin gives Jacqua eggs & toilet paper. Jacqua throws rocks at Benjamins house.

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** Jacqua Johnny gives Benjamin eggs & toilet paper. Benjamin throws rocks at Jacquas Johnny's house.
** Benjamin gives Jacqua Johnny rocks. Jacqua eggs/TPs Benjamins Johnny eggs[=/TPs=] Benjamin's house.
** Benjamin gives Jacqua Johnny eggs & toilet paper. Jacqua Johnny throws rocks at Benjamins Benjamin's house.



** Jacqua literally gives Benjamin the real Dwayne Johnson (AKA The Rock)
** Jacqua gives Benjamin hard rock candy.
** Benjamin throws a dozen chickens & a toilet at Jacquas house.
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** ???
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** Benjamin does not receive a rock.

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** Jacqua Johnny literally gives Benjamin the real Dwayne Johnson (AKA The Rock)
** Jacqua Johnny gives Benjamin hard rock candy.
** Benjamin throws a dozen chickens & a toilet at Jacquas Johnny's house.
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* '''Averted''':
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'''Averted''': Benjamin does not receive a rock.



** The producer hates adults, so he demands the writers to make Jacquas house get vandalised.
* '''Lampshaded''':
** “Who gives out a ROCK on Halloween?”

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** The producer hates adults, so he demands the writers to make Jacquas Johnny's house get vandalised.
vandalized.
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'''Lampshaded''': “Who gives out a ROCK on Halloween?”



** Benjamin collects rocks, intentionally stopping by Jacquas house, of whom he knows gives rocks for Halloween.
** Jacqua targets down Benjamin since he really needs to get rid of the pile of rocks in his bedroom.

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** Benjamin collects rocks, intentionally stopping by Jacquas Johnny house, of whom he knows gives rocks for Halloween.
** Jacqua Johnny targets down Benjamin since he really needs to get rid of the pile of rocks in his bedroom.



** After receiving rocks, Benjamin realises he can use them to wreck Jacquas house.
** Jacqua scrapes off all the eggs & toilet paper, using it normally.
* '''Defied''':
** Benjamin refuses the offer of a rock.
* '''Discussed''':
** ”Are you really giving me a rock? Put some originality into it.”
* '''Conversed''':
** ”I’m gonna get a rock, I just know it! I’m the kid that gets a rock every Halloween special!”
* '''Implied''':
** Benjamin is seen going trick-or-treating. The next time we see him, he’s in bed with a tipped over bag of rocks next to him.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** ???
* '''Reconstructed''':
** ???
* '''Played For Laughs''':
** Back at Benjamins house, Benjamin puts the rock on top of a large pile of other rocks.
* '''Played For Drama''':
** Benjamin is driven into a deep depression, spiralling into suicide.

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** After receiving rocks, Benjamin realises realizes he can use them to wreck Jacquas Johnny house.
** Jacqua Johnny scrapes off all the eggs & toilet paper, using it normally.
* '''Defied''':
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'''Defied''': Benjamin refuses the offer of a rock.
* '''Discussed''':
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'''Discussed''': ”Are you really giving me a rock? Put some originality into it.”
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'''Conversed''': ”I’m gonna get a rock, I just know it! I’m the kid that gets a rock every Halloween special!”
* '''Implied''':
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'''Implied''': Benjamin is seen going trick-or-treating. The next time we see him, he’s in bed with a tipped over bag of rocks next to him.
* '''Deconstructed''':
** ???
* '''Reconstructed''':
** ???
* '''Played For Laughs''':
**
Laughs''': Back at Benjamins Benjamin's house, Benjamin he puts the rock on top of a large pile of other rocks.
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'''Played For Drama''':
** Benjamin is driven into a deep depression, spiralling into suicide.
Drama''': ???
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'''Basic Trope''': A child gets an item that isn’t candy on Halloween, perhaps vandalising the givers house.

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'''Basic Trope''': A child [[ButtMonkey Benjamin]] gets an item from [[JerkAss Jacqua]] that isn’t candy on Halloween, perhaps vandalising the givers house.
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‘''Basic Trope’’': A child gets an item that isn’t candy on Halloween, perhaps vandalising the givers house.

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‘''Basic Trope’’': '''Basic Trope''': A child gets an item that isn’t candy on Halloween, perhaps vandalising the givers house.
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‘''Basic Trope’’': A child gets an item that isn’t candy on Halloween, perhaps vandalising the givers house.
*’’’Straight’’’:
**Benjamin, the child, receives a rock while trick-or-treating for Halloween, disappointing him. This may be followed up by the egging/TPing of the house he got it from.
**Jacqua, the adult, gives a rock to a trick-or-treating child on Halloween, perhaps resulting in a vandalisation of his home.
*’’’Exaggerated’’’:
**Benjamin receives enough rocks to fill his entire bag.
**Benjamin receives a large boulder.
**Benjamin receives all the rocks on his street.
**Benjamin receives a rock from every house he goes to.
**Jacqua’s house is absolutely covered in a pile of eggs & toilet paper after the vandalisation.
*’’’Downplayed’’’:
**Benjamin receives a small rock in a mix of many other delicious sweets.
**Jacqua’s house has been hit by 1 single egg, and it has 1 small crack in it.
*’’’Justified’’’:
**Jacqua had gotten the rocks as a child, and hadn’t gotten a chance to give them away until now.
**There were no other houses celebrating Halloween around that area.
*’’’Inverted’’’:
**Jacqua gives Benjamin eggs & toilet paper. Benjamin throws rocks at Jacquas house.
**Benjamin gives Jacqua rocks. Jacqua eggs/TPs Benjamins house.
**Benjamin gives Jacqua eggs & toilet paper. Jacqua throws rocks at Benjamins house.
*’’’Subverted’’':
**What seems like a rock is actually a fudge ball with a rough grey wrapper...
**The eggs that are thrown turn out to be eggshells with happy faces drawn on them, and the toilet paper is covered in thank you notes...
*’’’Double Subverted’’’:
**…but the fudge ball is filled with pebbles.
**…but upon closer inspection, the thank you notes are death sentences. And the eggs are cleverly disguised grenades.
*’’’Parodied’’’:
**Jacqua literally gives Benjamin the real Dwayne Johnson (AKA The Rock)
**Jacqua gives Benjamin hard rock candy.
**Benjamin throws a dozen chickens & a toilet at Jacquas house.
*’’’Zig Zagged’’’:
**???
*’’’Averted’’’:
**Benjamin does not receive a rock.
*’’’Enforced’’’:
**The producer likes depressing stories, so he tells the writers to include Benjamin receiving a rock.
**The producer hates adults, so he demands the writers to make Jacquas house get vandalised.
*’’’Lampshaded’’’:
**“Who gives out a ROCK on Halloween?”
*’’’Invoked’’’:
**Benjamin collects rocks, intentionally stopping by Jacquas house, of whom he knows gives rocks for Halloween.
**Jacqua targets down Benjamin since he really needs to get rid of the pile of rocks in his bedroom.
*’’’Exploited’’’:
**After receiving rocks, Benjamin realises he can use them to wreck Jacquas house.
**Jacqua scrapes off all the eggs & toilet paper, using it normally.
*’’’Defied’’’:
**Benjamin refuses the offer of a rock.
*’’’Discussed’’':
**”Are you really giving me a rock? Put some originality into it.”
*’’’Conversed’’’:
**”I’m gonna get a rock, I just know it! I’m the kid that gets a rock every Halloween special!”
*’’’Implied’’’:
**Benjamin is seen going trick-or-treating. The next time we see him, he’s in bed with a tipped over bag of rocks next to him.
*’’’Deconstructed’’’:
**???
*’’’Reconstructed’’’:
**???
*’’’Played For Laughs’’’:
**Back at Benjamins house, Benjamin puts the rock on top of a large pile of other rocks.
*’’’Played For Drama’’’:
**Benjamin is driven into a deep depression, spiralling into suicide.

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