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** "Cronkite. Brokaw. Ben Arnold."

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* Gaslighting: [[spoiler: Greg Frickard has been deliberately lying to Emily about the events surrounding her rescue and causing her to doubt her own memories in order to date her and keep her away from Ben.]]



** Gaslighting: [[spoiler: Greg Frickard has been deliberately lying to Emily about the events surrounding her rescue and causing her to doubt her own memories in order to date her and keep her away from Ben.]]
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** Gaslighting: [[spoiler: Greg Frickard has been deliberately lying to Emily about the events surrounding her rescue and causing her to doubt her own memories in order to date her and keep her away from Ben.]]
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** The Transmogrifier has the same name as another [[CalvinAndHobbes troublesome ray gun.]]

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* MysteriousPast: Nobody seems to know much about Sammy before he came to King Falls, except for his StalkerWithACrush caller. [[spoiler: When Sammy discovers that Ben is questioning his identity in episode 39, having written "Who is Sammy Stevens???" in his notebook, he storms out of the studio and refers to Ben as "Benedict Arnold" for the next episode."]]

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* MysteriousPast: Nobody seems to know much about Sammy before he came to King Falls, except for his StalkerWithACrush caller. [[spoiler: When Sammy discovers that Ben is questioning his identity in episode 39, having written "Who is Sammy Stevens???" in his notebook, he storms out of the studio and refers to Ben as "Benedict Arnold" for the next episode."]]"]] Some hints are given in Episode 49 that suggest the show where he was "Shotgun" Sammy is now an OldShame.



** Gauging accents doesn't help at all either, as most of the townsfolk don't have pronounced accents except for Troy, who sounds like he's right out of [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Mayberry]] and Mayor Grisham, who sounds like he's from the heart of New England.

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** Gauging accents doesn't help at all either, as most of the townsfolk don't have pronounced accents except for Troy, who sounds like he's right out of [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Mayberry]] and Mayor Grisham, who sounds like he's from the heart of New England.England.
* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Sammy getting into a fight quickly prompts Ben to talk about Sammy suplexing someone. This may just be a figure of speech on Ben's part, since he also calls out the names of various other pro wrestling maneuvers, and in Episode 49 is noted to have done a dropkick.
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** Originally, Greg Frickard started off as this for trying to steal Emily's affections before Ben can move on them, but he's [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes steadily more creepy and unhinged]] [[SerialEscalation with each appearance he makes.]] As of Episode 49, he may have just [[JumpingOffTheSliperySlope flung himself]] straight into the [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk villain category]] after [[spoiler: lying to Emily about rescuing her from the UFO crash instead of Ben in order to drive a wedge between them.]]

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** Originally, Greg Frickard started off as this for trying to steal Emily's affections before Ben can move on them, but he's [[TookALevelInJerkass becomes steadily more creepy and unhinged]] [[SerialEscalation with each appearance he makes.]] As of Episode 49, he may have just [[JumpingOffTheSliperySlope [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope flung himself]] straight into the [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk villain category]] after [[spoiler: lying to Emily about rescuing her from the UFO crash instead of Ben in order to drive a wedge between them.so that she would date him instead.]]
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** Originally, Greg Frickard started off as this for trying to steal Emily's affections before Ben can move on them, but he's [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming steadily more creepy and unhinged as the show continues.]] As of Episode 49, he may have just [[JumpingOffTheSliperySlope flung himself]] straight into the [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk villain category]] after [[spoiler: lying to Emily about rescuing her from the UFO crash instead of Ben in order to drive a wedge between them.]]

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** Originally, Greg Frickard started off as this for trying to steal Emily's affections before Ben can move on them, but he's [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming becomes steadily more creepy and unhinged as the show continues.unhinged]] [[SerialEscalation with each appearance he makes.]] As of Episode 49, he may have just [[JumpingOffTheSliperySlope flung himself]] straight into the [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk villain category]] after [[spoiler: lying to Emily about rescuing her from the UFO crash instead of Ben in order to drive a wedge between them.]]
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** The phone number given for the hotline has a 424 area code, which covers Los Angeles, raising even ''more'' questions. L.A. isn't exactly the most mountainous place, after all...

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** The phone number given for the hotline has a 424 area code, which covers Los Angeles, raising even ''more'' questions. L.A. isn't exactly the most mountainous place, after all...all...
** Gauging accents doesn't help at all either, as most of the townsfolk don't have pronounced accents except for Troy, who sounds like he's right out of [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Mayberry]] and Mayor Grisham, who sounds like he's from the heart of New England.
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** Greg Frickard, for trying to steal the affections of the girl Ben loves, and [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming steadily more creepy and unhinged as the show continues.]]

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** Originally, Greg Frickard, Frickard started off as this for trying to steal the Emily's affections of the girl before Ben loves, and can move on them, but he's [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming steadily more creepy and unhinged as the show continues.]] As of Episode 49, he may have just [[JumpingOffTheSliperySlope flung himself]] straight into the [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk villain category]] after [[spoiler: lying to Emily about rescuing her from the UFO crash instead of Ben in order to drive a wedge between them.]]
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* AbsurbPhobia: Ben has a fear of garbage bears, also known as raccoons

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* AbsurbPhobia: AbsurdPhobia: Ben has a fear of garbage bears, also known as raccoons
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*AbsurbPhobia: Ben has a fear of garbage bears, also known as raccoons
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* AffectionateParody: King Fall's resident [[spoiler: vigilante superhero, The Dark, is this for Detective Comic's Batman.]]
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* CampGay: Archie Simmons, to Ron Begley's StraightGay. Archie is extremely flamboyant, speaks with a feminine lisp, and babies the pom-shi's that he breeds. Although its never been explicitly stated that Archie is gay, several hints have been dropped, including using the same exact phrase Ron uses to refer to Sammy and Ben's backsides.
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* ElectionEpisode: ''Election Special: Rock The Vote''.

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* ElectionEpisode: ElectionDayEpisode: ''Election Special: Rock The Vote''.
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* ElectionEpisode: ''Election Special: Rock The Vote''.

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* EvilIsPetty: Howard Ford Beauregard III buys up almost every Christmas tree in the tri-state area so he can (allegedly) make a Holiday garden.



** BattleRapping: Occurs between Deputy Troy and Jacob Williams in Episode 40. While the former is arresting the latter. This includes attempting to read the Miranda rights.

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* TheMafia: Ernie Salsedo, former owner of a muffler shop in town, implied to be the Don of a local Mafia, complete with a stereotypical accent and veiled threats made over the radio. He's implied to be behind the death of [[spoiler: Rich MacGuff, whose body comes back as a zombie...]]

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* TheMafia: Ernie Salsedo, former owner of a muffler shop in town, implied to be the Don of a local Mafia, complete with a stereotypical accent and veiled threats made over the radio. He's implied to be behind the death of [[spoiler: Rich MacGuff, [=MacGuff=], whose body comes back as a zombie...]]



* MusicalEpisode: Episode 40. After Gwendolyn the Racist Witch encants a spell to give King Falls a snowy Christmas, Sammy is shocked to find that everyone in town but him is communicating in song.

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* MusicalEpisode: Episode 40. After Gwendolyn the Racist Witch encants a spell to give King Falls a snowy Christmas, Sammy is shocked to find that everyone in town but him is communicating in song. Here are the songs:
** CrowdSong: "This Holiday's 'bout to get lit", where Ben leads the town in a rap number when he's lighting up the Christmas tree.
** VillainSong: "I'm No Good," sung by Beauregard, where he brags about taking the Christmas trees.
** BattleRapping: Occurs between Deputy Troy and Jacob Williams in Episode 40. While the former is arresting the latter. This includes attempting to read the Miranda rights.
** GospelMusic: "Santa Up, Devil Down", where the Reverend Xavier Hawthorne leads the town in a gospel song, about Santa beating the Devil, seeming to not know that Saint Nicholas and Santa Claus are one and the same.
** GriefSong: "Can't You Hear Me?" Ben, again, sings this as he laments [[spoiler: the loss of Emily. She's even heard in the closing moments of the song, whispering Ben's name.]]
** GrandFinale: "Next Year", a rock number which also doubles as MusicalExposition, with [[spoiler: Ben revealing that the Notebook is done and he's ready to get Emily back, that Tim [[BlatantLies is flicker-free]], and Dale breaking into Beauregard's house to [[ComicallyMissingThePoint smoke the trees in there]](which are actual Christmas trees).]]
*** MusicalWorldHypothesis: ''Nobody'' but Sammy remembers the singing.
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** And then the censor button breaks during the 2016 Christmas episode, after [[spoiler: tensions rose in the previous episode to the point where Sammy is referring to his co-host as Benedict Arnold.]]. It's also a MusicalEpisode. HilarityEnsues.


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* MysteriousPast: Nobody seems to know much about Sammy before he came to King Falls, except for his StalkerWithACrush caller. [[spoiler: When Sammy discovers that Ben is questioning his identity in episode 39, having written "Who is Sammy Stevens???" in his notebook, he storms out of the studio and refers to Ben as "Benedict Arnold" for the next episode."]]
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** He's been slipping on this lately, though; there are at least three uncensored F-Bombs since [[spoiler: Emily's abduction]], all of them delivered by Ben himself.

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** He's been slipping on this lately, though; there are at least three four uncensored F-Bombs since [[spoiler: Emily's abduction]], all three of them delivered by Ben himself.
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** Episode 44 is another double-whammy. [[spoiler: While Ben prepares for Emily's rescue, Sammy is left alone to man the station and report on the rescue efforts. While Ben is indisposed, Sammy receives a call from Debbie, whom Sammy is immediately hostile to after Troy was nearly attacked by a shadow demon trying to help her. Debbie reveals that the book she found their number in has writing on everyone in town, and that Emily's name is not in it, surmising that she is not meant to return to King Falls, and begging Sammy to tell Ben to stop.]] Immediately afterwards, [[spoiler: Ben successfully shoots the UFO down, revealing both (assumingly) the real Tim Jensen, along with Emily. She recognizes Troy and that she is the librarian at King Falls Library, but her response to seeing Ben is:]]
-->[[spoiler: ''[[WhamLine I'm sorry but...]][[LaserGuidedAmnesia who are you?]]'' ]]
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* AgentMulder: When it comes to Storm Sanders, who may or may not be a skinwalker, Sammy freaks out when he comes into the station to do weather reports.

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* AgentMulder: When it comes to Storm Sanders, who may or may not be a skinwalker, Sammy freaks out when he comes into the station to do weather reports. [[spoiler: And for good reason, as it turns out.]]
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* MusicalEpisode: Episode 40. After Gwendolyn the Racist Witch encants a spell to give King Falls a snowy Christmas, Sammy is shocked to find that everyone in town but him is communicating in song.

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** After episode 9, Ben and Sammy both will occasionally exclaim "Jack in the Box Jesus."



* StraightGay: Ron Begley. He's a foul-mouthed, hard-living bait shop owner who makes it completely clear that he is into guys and has no shame about it.

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* StraightGay: Ron Begley. He's a foul-mouthed, hard-living bait shop owner who makes it completely clear that he is into guys and has no shame about it.
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* StraightGay: Ron Begley.

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* StraightGay: Ron Begley. He's a foul-mouthed, hard-living bait shop owner who makes it completely clear that he is into guys and has no shame about it.
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** Episode 41: [[spoiler: Mary Jensen is getting caught by the Lights, and then Troy confronted them, shot at them and RAN them off.]]

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* BleepDammit: Often. Apparently Ben controls the censorship live on the air to an insane degree- the button must be literally on his person, because he manage to hit it during events like [[spoiler: Sammy and Mayor Grisham's fight in Episode 18]]

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* BleepDammit: Often. Apparently Ben controls the censorship live on the air to an insane degree- the button must be literally on his person, because he manage to hit it during events like [[spoiler: Sammy and Mayor Grisham's fight in Episode 18]]18]].
** He's been slipping on this lately, though; there are at least three uncensored F-Bombs since [[spoiler: Emily's abduction]], all of them delivered by Ben himself.



* CorruptHick: Mayor Grisham, hinted to embezzle from the town, and all-around unpleasant. He has run completely unopposed in the last two mayoral elections. [[spoiler: When he ''is'' opposed, the votes are mysteriously rendered null and void.]]

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** Gwendolyn, the Racist Witch, is possibly the most malicious example of a Cuckoolander that has been seen in media to date- every other word that comes out of her mouth is racist, sexist, homophobic, or otherwise bigoted, all while having a perky pep to her voice, a smile on her face, and an obfuscating quirky personality.
* CorruptHick: Mayor Grisham, hinted to embezzle from the town, and all-around unpleasant. He has run completely unopposed in the last two mayoral elections. [[spoiler: When he ''is'' opposed, the votes are mysteriously rendered null and void. And he ''wins the election'', nearly killing Troy in the process just so the ballots from the election station won't be counted.]]
** Joining him is Sheriff Judd Gunderson, whose very presence intimidates Sammy and Ben to the point where they're powerless to do anything. [[spoiler: It is ''blatant'' that he had Troy Kreighauser-- ''his own deputy''-- run off the road just so he couldn't deliver decisive ballots for Mayor Grisham's election. And he has him run off at Torrence Gulch- AKA the place where he himself killed Ben's sugar glider Serendipity, just to rub salt in the wound.
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** Sheriff Judd Gunderson, whom Ben absolutely hates for killing his pet sugar glider. [[spoiler: He makes an appearance in episode 38, and intimidates Sammy and Ben, and pretty much shows the corruption present in the town first-hand.]]


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** Episode 38: [[spoiler: Grisham ''wins'' re-election, despite great opposition from Ron Bagely. He clearly cheated, and there's nothing the town can do about it.]]

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* ChurchOfHappyology: The "Science Institute" seems to be similar to this, having "brainwashed Hollywood celebrities" among its ranks, and its on-air advertisements being rather cultish.

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* ChurchOfHappyology: The "Science Institute" seems to be similar to this, having "brainwashed Hollywood celebrities" among its ranks, and its on-air advertisements being rather cultish. They outright name-drop the ''actual'' Church of Happyology as an insult to them, at one point.



* CorruptHick: Mayor Grisham, hinted to embezzle from the town, and all-around unpleasant. He has run completely unopposed in the last two mayoral elections.

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* CorruptHick: Mayor Grisham, hinted to embezzle from the town, and all-around unpleasant. He has run completely unopposed in the last two mayoral elections. [[spoiler: When he ''is'' opposed, the votes are mysteriously rendered null and void.]]



* KitschyLocalCommercial: Usually OnceAnEpisode.

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* KitschyLocalCommercial: Usually OnceAnEpisode.OnceAnEpisode, with businesses ranging from everything from Rose's Diner to the local cemetery King Falls Forever to Creepy Carl's Candy Van.
* TheMafia: Ernie Salsedo, former owner of a muffler shop in town, implied to be the Don of a local Mafia, complete with a stereotypical accent and veiled threats made over the radio. He's implied to be behind the death of [[spoiler: Rich MacGuff, whose body comes back as a zombie...]]



* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Apparently they like to [[BestialityIsDepraved get frisky with purebred dogs]], and pass on these tendencies to those they bite. Also, they develop a love for Series/TheTwilightSaga. [[CaptainObvious They're team Jacob.]]

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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Apparently they like to [[BestialityIsDepraved get frisky with purebred dogs]], and pass on these tendencies to those they bite. If they manage to... get frisky with them, their puppies become human under a full moon. Also, they develop a love for Series/TheTwilightSaga. [[CaptainObvious They're team Jacob.]]



** He gives another one when [[spoiler: Tim Jensen says he'll never get Emily back.]]



** One of the (non-existent) oddities listed in ''King of King Falls'' is the [[Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit Smokey and the Banshee]], which is an apparition driving a trans-am.

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** One of the (non-existent) oddities listed in ''King of King Falls'' is the [[Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit Smokey and the Banshee]], which is an apparition driving a trans-am. [[spoiler: This turns into a BrickJoke later on when the apparition of Rich MacGuff steals a trans-am and drives it into the muffler shop of a man who allegedly killed him.]]


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*** Episode 37's title is [[{{Film/Clerks}} In A Row?]]
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** Episode 33: More crop circles pop up at Libbydale Farms, and [[spoiler: Tim Jensen]] is sent to translate them. The crop circles say one word: [[spoiler: EMILY]]. On top of this, [[spoiler: Tim]] says this:
--> You'll never get her back.
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I have no idea how I keep getting Pete's last name wrong.


* BadLiar: Pete Sanchez, Howard Ford Beauregard III's gardener, often calls the station in place of his employer to spout insults, and despite his best efforts to hide the fact that it's him, Sammy and Ben catch on every time.

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* BadLiar: Pete Sanchez, Myers, Howard Ford Beauregard III's gardener, often calls the station in place of his employer to spout insults, and despite his best efforts to hide the fact that it's him, Sammy and Ben catch on every time.



** Chet Sebastian, the smooth-talking and [[AnythingThatMoves lecherous]] host of Chet Sebastian's Jazz Corner (which plays on the same station), has subbed once for Sammy, and once for Ben. Both times, he's consistently hung up on phone calls from anyone who doesn't sound young and attractive. Yet, in Episode 27, he uses his lechery to weaponize IBangedYourMom to imply all sorts of horrible things about Pete's mother so that he'll give up details about [[spoiler: Ben's location]].

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** Chet Sebastian, the smooth-talking and [[AnythingThatMoves lecherous]] host of Chet Sebastian's Jazz Corner (which plays on the same station), has subbed once for Sammy, and once for Ben. Both times, he's consistently hung up on phone calls from anyone who doesn't sound young and attractive. Yet, in Episode 27, he uses his lechery to weaponize IBangedYourMom to imply all sorts of horrible things about Pete's Pete Myer's mother so that he'll give up details about [[spoiler: Ben's location]].

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* AgentMulder: When it comes to Storm Sanders, who may or may not be a skinwalker, Sammy freaks out when he comes into the station to do weather reports.



* BadLiar: Pete, Howard Ford Beauregard III's gardener, often calls the station in place of his employer to spout insults, and despite his best efforts to hide the fact that it's him, Sammy and Ben catch on every time.

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* BadLiar: Pete, Pete Sanchez, Howard Ford Beauregard III's gardener, often calls the station in place of his employer to spout insults, and despite his best efforts to hide the fact that it's him, Sammy and Ben catch on every time.



** Chet Sebastian, the smooth-talking and [[AnythingThatMoves lecherous]] host of Chet Sebastian's Jazz Corner (which plays on the same station), has subbed once for Sammy, and once for Ben. Both times, he's consistently hung up on phone calls from anyone who doesn't sound young and attractive. Yet, in Episode 27, he uses his lechery to weaponize IBangedYourMom to imply all sorts of horrible things about Pete's mother so that he'll give up details about [[spoiler: Ben's location]].



* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Apparently they like to [[BestialityIsDepraved get frisky with purebred dogs]], and pass on these tendencies to those they bite.

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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Apparently they like to [[BestialityIsDepraved get frisky with purebred dogs]], and pass on these tendencies to those they bite. Also, they develop a love for Series/TheTwilightSaga. [[CaptainObvious They're team Jacob.]]



* RunningGag: Ben chiding Sammy for never-- and we mean literally ''never''-- checking his e-mails.



* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Oliva [=DuPont=], featured in episode 10, is capable of communicating with the spirits of deceased pets.

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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Oliva [=DuPont=], featured in episode 10, is a medium capable of communicating with the spirits of deceased pets.

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