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* AnAesop:
** Even in a moment of crisis, you should never give up.
** Doing good isn't about changing the world, it's about being a good person even when it's hard, because you just might inspire others to try doing better too.



* AnAesop:
** Don't try to meddle with things; it'll only make them worse.
** Some things are best kept the way they are.
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* ShoutOut: Bill quotes ''Literature/LordOfTheRings'' during his breakdown.
-->'''Bill:''' It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over such a small thing.

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* AnimationBump: Many of the facial expressions are much more exaggerated, such as Tilly's lips visibly puckered after she spits the bulb out, and Cricket and Gramma's devious faces. The lighting at the landfill is much more detailed than previous fire scenes, and even the scene of Bill brooding to himself about the bulb is done with infernal red colors, something Season 1 ''never'' had the courage to animate.

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* AnimationBump: Similar to other episodes animated by Creator/RoughDraftStudios, Many of the facial expressions are much more exaggerated, such as Tilly's lips visibly puckered after she spits the bulb out, and Cricket and Gramma's devious faces. The lighting at the landfill is much more detailed than previous fire scenes, and even the scene of Bill brooding to himself about the bulb is done with infernal red colors, something Season 1 ''never'' had the courage to animate.


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* LetsGetDangerous: When Gloria first hears about what Bill and Tilly are doing, she's all in, a feeling she drops the instant she hits a traffic jam.
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* WeWantOurJerkBack: Having Gramma and Mr. Grigorian settle their feud actually makes them miserable, since their animosity was the only thing bringing purpose to their lives, and without it they become passive and lethargic. So Tilly and Cricket resolve to restart the feud.

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* WeWantOurJerkBack: Having Gramma and Mr. Grigorian settle their feud actually makes them miserable, since their animosity was the only thing bringing purpose to their lives, and without it they become passive and lethargic. So Tilly and Cricket resolve to restart the feud.feud.
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* InfernalBackground: When Bill begins to lose his mind and considers leaving the bulb in the dump, the whole scene goes flaming and infrared-like.


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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Upon seeing Gramma and Mr. Grigorian not feuding, Cricket asks Tilly this, which eventually causes her to realize her meddling made things worse.
-->'''Tilly:''' Without the feud, their lives have become so much happier!\\
'''Cricket:''' I don't know, Tilly... They seem happy to you?
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Tilly and Bill have until 3:00 to reach the e-waste center before it closes until the next month or so.

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Tilly and Bill have until 3:00 to reach the e-waste center before it closes until the next month or so.week.
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* HorrifyingTheHorror: At the dump, Bill and Tilly are accosted by scary looking thugs. But they run away screaming when Bill shows them the fluorescent bulb.

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* HorrifyingTheHorror: At the dump, Bill and Tilly are accosted by scary looking thugs. But they They run away screaming when Bill shows them the fluorescent bulb.bulb, because [[FauxHorrific they don't want to go through the trouble of recycling it]].

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* AnAesop: Even in a moment of crisis, you should never give up.

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* AnAesop: AnAesop:
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Even in a moment of crisis, you should never give up.up.
** Doing good isn't about changing the world, it's about being a good person even when it's hard, because you just might inspire others to try doing better too.
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* BigNo: By Tilly when she stops Bill from dropping the bulb into the dump.


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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Tilly and Bill have until 3:00 to reach the e-waste center before it closes until the next month or so.
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* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: In the process of walking through the city dump to the e-waste center, Tilly loses both of her shoes.
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* AnimationBump: Cricket and Tilly's devious faces as they emit an EvilLaugh are about three times much better than how they emoted in Season 1, appearing much more exaggerated and squashed up instead of just a single face with barely minimal movement.
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* AnimationBump: Many of the facial expressions are much more exaggerated, such as Tilly's lips visibly puckered after she spits the bulb out, and Cricket and Gramma's devious faces. The lighting at the landfill is much more detailed than previous fire scenes, and even the scene of Bill brooding to himself about the bulb is done with infernal red colors, something Season 1 ''never'' had the courage to animate.
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* Foreshadowing: Early on, Bill warns Tilly against meddling in Gramma and Mr. Grigorian's feud, saying that "sometimes things that look broken don't need fixing." Sure enough, Tilly "fixing" the feud actually makes them feel worse.

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Bill warns Tilly against meddling in Gramma and Mr. Grigorian's feud, saying that "sometimes things that look broken don't need fixing." Sure enough, Tilly "fixing" the feud actually makes them feel worse.
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* HiddenDepths: Bill was a hackey-sack champion in 1998.
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* NoJustNoReaction: A woman is walking by the Greens' home when the trashcan explodes from too much garbage. The woman just says "Nope!" as she runs away.
* RopeBridge: To get to the e-waste center, Bill and Tilly have to cross the "Bridge of Sorrows", a rickety old wooden bridge over a polluted river. Bill falls through and almost drops the bulb, but manages to catch it using his hacky sack skills. A butterfly landing on the handrail causes the whole thing to collapse, forcing Bill and Tilly to run for their lives.


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* SniffSniffNom: Seeing that his kale isn't growing well, Bill tastes the soil and detects trace amounts of plastic. Sure enough, Cricket had been burying the trash on the "trash hole" he's made in the kale patch.


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* Foreshadowing: Early on, Bill warns Tilly against meddling in Gramma and Mr. Grigorian's feud, saying that "sometimes things that look broken don't need fixing." Sure enough, Tilly "fixing" the feud actually makes them feel worse.
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* AnAesop: Even in a moment of crisis, you should never give up.


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* AnAesop:
** Don't try to meddle with things; it'll only make them worse.
** Some things are best kept the way they are.

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* DoWrongRight: Alice scolds Cricket for throwing away the house bills in the garbage... because they belong in the recycling bin.
* GreenAesop: Cricket and Gramma learn about recycling while looking for a way to get rid of the garbage in their yard.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: At the dump, Bill and Tilly are accosted by scary looking thugs. But they run away screaming when Bill shows them the fluorescent bulb.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Gloria is at first willing to drive Bill and Tilly to the e-waste center, but there's a lot of traffic and the center closes in twenty minutes and doesn't open again until a week later. Cut to Gloria leaving them back at the house.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Cricket has let a lot of trash accumulate in the house, so much he can't put it all on one trashcan. He does try, though, and it causes the can to explode.



* SequelEpisode: To "Forbidden Feline" back in Season 1.

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* FeudEpisode: The longstanding feud between Alice Green and Mr. Grigorian is the focus of this episode.
* FreudianExcuse: We learn from the flashback to when the feud started that Alice's beef with Mr. Grigorian was that she was tired of the city encroaching on what was once her farm and thought he was just another city slicker being annoying, when Mr. Grigorian was a newcomer to the city himself.
* SequelEpisode: To "Forbidden Feline" back in Season 1.1.
* WeWantOurJerkBack: Having Gramma and Mr. Grigorian settle their feud actually makes them miserable, since their animosity was the only thing bringing purpose to their lives, and without it they become passive and lethargic. So Tilly and Cricket resolve to restart the feud.
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'''Green Greens'''

When Cricket finds a discarded florescent light bulb in the trash, Tilly and Bill set out on an epic journey to get the bulb to the e-waste center before it closes. Meanwhile, Cricket and Gramma learn about recycling.

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* {{Determinator}}: Tilly will stop at nothing to recycle the bulb.
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'''Truce Bomb'''

Tilly meddles with Gramma and Mr. Grigorian to help them settle their long-lasting feud, but when they call a truce and make up, things don't seem normal anymore.

!! "Truce Bomb" contains examples of:

* SequelEpisode: To "Forbidden Feline" back in Season 1.

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