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A look into the lives of the Greens and the Big Citygoers going about their natural and wild lives, presented as a nature documentary.

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A look into the lives of the Greens and the Big Citygoers going about their natural and wild lives, selves, presented as a nature documentary.

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Cricket is interested in Remy's Galaxu trading cards and wants to start his own collection, but when he obtains a rare card that Remy wants, Remy struggles to cope with it to avoid straining their friendship.

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Cricket is interested in Remy's Galaxu trading cards and wants to start his own collection, but when he obtains a rare card that Remy wants, Remy he gets jealous and struggles to cope with it to avoid straining their friendship.


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* TitleDrop: By Remy when he asks Claire to get a pack of Galaxu cards for Cricket.
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** Gloria rolls a cluster of garbage bags like a dung beetle.

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** Gloria rolls a cluster of garbage bags like a dung beetle.beetle, and forages through the garbage like a raccoon, with grime around her eyes resembling a raccoon's facial marks.
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* ContinuitySnarl: In the flashback to their fishing trip in "Axin' Saxon" there's a BaitAndSwitch where Cricket appears to be upset that Remy was instantly better than him at fishing despite his years of practice, but then is shown to actually be happy for him. This is contradicted by the earlier episode, where Cricket being upset over Remy instantly being better than him was a big part of their subplot.

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* ContinuitySnarl: In the flashback to their fishing trip in "Axin' Saxon" there's a BaitAndSwitch where Cricket appears to be upset that Remy was instantly better than him at fishing despite his years of practice, but then is shown to actually be happy for him. This is contradicted by contradicts the earlier episode, where Cricket being upset over Remy instantly being better than him was a big part of their subplot.
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* ContinuitySnarl: In the flashback to their fishing trip in "Axin' Saxon" there's a BaitAndSwitch where Cricket appears to be upset that Remy was instantly better than him at fishing despite his years of practice, but then is shown to actually be happy for him. This is contradicted by the earlier episode, where Cricket being upset over Remy instantly being better than him was a big part of their subplot.
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* AdultsAreUseless: After Cricket and Remy's food is stolen by a group of teenagers, the food truck worker does nothing except close the shutters.

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* AdultsAreUseless: After Cricket and Remy's food is stolen by a group of teenagers, the food truck worker does nothing except close the shutters.shutters, leaving Cricket and Remy to get the food back themselves.
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* AdultsAreUseless: After Cricket and Remy's food is stolen by a group of teenagers, the food truck worker does nothing except close the shutters.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The narrator is based on Creator/RichardAttenborough.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The narrator is based on Creator/RichardAttenborough.veteran nature film presenter Creator/DavidAttenborough.

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* GottaCatchThemAll: Remy has collected all known ''Galaxu'' cards, except for the rare Canon Dillo card. When Cricket gets one in his starter pack, Remy becomes jealous and tries to take it from him.

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* CombatByChampion: Cricket and Remy fight over the Starmadillo card the same way they would have in the ''Galaxu'' anime and have Gramma and Vasquez fight in their stead like the {{Mons}} in the game.
* GottaCatchThemAll: Remy has collected all known ''Galaxu'' cards, except for the rare Canon Dillo Starmadillo card. When Cricket gets one in his starter pack, Remy becomes jealous and tries to take it from him.
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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: The series' usual slice-of-life is dived away in favor of a parody of a nature documentary that focuses on Big City as if it were a wild ecosystem.
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* TheVoiceless: Although all the main characters are present, Cricket, Gramma, Bill, and Gloria are the only ones other than the narrator who speak, and Gramma is the only one with more than one line. Tilly, Remy, and the other Big Citygoers do not speak outside of their grunts, screams, yells, laughter, and unintelligible talking.

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* TheVoiceless: Although all the main characters are present, Cricket, Gramma, Bill, and Gloria are the only ones other than the narrator who speak, and Gramma is the only one with more than one line. Tilly, Remy, and the other Big Citygoers do not speak outside of their grunts, screams, yells, laughter, and unintelligible talking.chatter.
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* TheVoiceless: Although all the main characters are present, Cricket, Gramma, Bill, and Gloria are the only ones other than the narrator who speak, and Gramma is the only one with more than one line. Tilly, Remy, and the other Big Citygoers do not speak outside of their grunts, screams, yells, laughter, and unintelligible talking.


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* SpottingTheThread: Wanting the Starmadillo card, Remy asks Gloria to paint over one of his other cards and swaps it out with Cricket's. However, Cricket immediately realizes the card is a fake because he recognizes the card has Gloria's art style with smooth lines and confident strokes.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The narrator is based on Creator/RichardAttenborough.



* {{Phonymon}}: ''Galaxu'' cards are a clear parody of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.

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* {{Phonymon}}: ''Galaxu'' cards are a clear parody of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Gloria gets a massive boost to her self esteem, not only from getting hired by Remy for two commissions but from Cricket immediately recognizing her art style.
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* DocumentaryEpisode: The episode is presented as a nature documentary observing the natural but wild lives of the main characters.
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* AnimalMotifs: As part of the nature documentary spoof, the Greens and other characters often adopt animal behaviors that they normally wouldn't do.
** Alice thumps her chest the way a gorilla would to show dominance. Several other characters, like the teens who steal Cricket and Remy's food or the bodybuilder going after Bill's eggs, adopt primate behavior.
** Alice and the construction crew fight by butting their heads like stags or big horn sheep.
** Gloria rolls a cluster of garbage bags like a dung beetle.
* CarryingACake: Bill gets some heirloom eggs for dinner, but since the truck won't start, he has to take them to the subway, where a bodybuilder tries to take them, putting Bill on the defensive.
* DumpsterDive: Gloria secretly looks in the cafe dumpsters for things she could claim for herself -- in this case, a pair of high heel shoes. She almost gets taken by the garbage truck trying to get them.
* UseYourHead: Gramma fights the construction workers jackhammering next to her house by putting on a hardhat and fighting them by headbutting them like rams.
* WildlifeCommentarySpoof: A narrator relates the Greens going about their day as if they were animals out in the wild.



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* GottaCatchThemAll: Remy has collected all known ''Galaxu'' cards, except for the rare Canon Dillo card. When Cricket gets one in his starter pack, Remy becomes jealous and tries to take it from him.
* {{Phonymon}}: ''Galaxu'' cards are a clear parody of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.
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'''Concrete Jungle'''

A look into the lives of the Greens and the Big Citygoers going about their natural and wild lives, presented as a nature documentary.

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'''Starter Pack'''

Cricket is interested in Remy's Galaxu trading cards and wants to start his own collection, but when he obtains a rare card that Remy wants, Remy struggles to cope with it to avoid straining their friendship.

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