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* NoodleIncident: After Linda boasts to Monica she can eat all the french fries she wants and tells Bob to show that, Bob suddenly finds and wonders how a french fry made its way into his pocket before eating it.
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* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Linda invented a cheer routine she calls "The Pigwheel", where six cheerleaders get on top of each other and do a cartwheel. Even Gene realizes how dangerous it is, but when his cheer routine gets stolen during the finals, his team is forced to do it. It fails, and it's only due to Mr. Ambrose blocking their fall that they emerge unhurt.
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* ForbiddenDangerousTechnique: Linda invented a cheer routine she calls "The Pigwheel", where six cheerleaders get on top of each other and do a cartwheel. Even Gene realizes how dangerous it is, but when his cheer routine gets stolen during the finals, his team is forced to do it. It fails, and it's only due to Mr. Ambrose blocking their fall that they emerge unhurt.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mr. Ambrose cushions the cheerleaders' fall at the end. He's largely unharmed, but cushioning five kids with just his body means he suffers some bruising, requiring him to be checked on by paramedics.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mr. Ambrose cushions the cheerleaders' fall at the end. He's largely unharmed, but cushioning five kids with just his body means he suffers some bruising, requiring him to be checked on by paramedics.
* WantedAGenderConformingChild: Subverted. Bob thinks cheerleading as a whole is stupid, but he doesn't have a problem with Gene becoming a cheerleader.
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* WantedAGenderConformingChild: Subverted. Bob thinks cheerleading as a whole is stupid, but he doesn't have a problem with Gene becoming a cheerleader.
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* BigEater: After a long day of cheering practice, Gene just wants to come home, eat a big dinner, go to bed, and then wake up for his customary cheese plate.
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* ForbiddenDangerousTechnique: Linda invented a cheer routine she calls "The Pigwheel", where six cheerleaders get on top of each other and do a cartwheel. Even Gene realizes how dangerous it is, but when his cheer routine gets stolen during the finals, his team is forced to do it. It fails, and it's only due to Mr. Ambrose blocking their fall that they emerge unhurt.
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* TheKlutz: Tina falls on her face attempting a cartwheel and bites her tongue, impeding her speech for the rest of the episode.
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* ChekhovsGun: Linda's cheer routine ends up being used by the cheer team during the finals.
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* ChekhovsGun: Linda's cheer routine ends up being used by the cheer team during the finals.finals when their original routine gets leaked.
* DramaQueen: Mr. Ambrose wanted to supervise drama club but got stuck with cheerleading. As a result, he tries to insert drama into every moment possible, which as Gene later lampshades is ''really'' not something he should be doing.
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* RuleOfDrama: Invoked by Mr. Ambrose, who wanted to supervise drama club but got stuck with cheerleading. He tries to insert drama into every moment possible, which as Gene later lampshades is ''really'' not something he should be doing.
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* StageMom: Once Gene becomes a cheerleader, Linda tries to take over and live through him. She showers him with attention and openly gushes how great it is he's a cheerleader, giving him all sorts of snacks and incessantly trying to get him to cheer. She eventually resorts to wearing an old cheer uniform and comes up with several terrible routines for Gene to use. Gene quickly tells her to back off when she says "I'm just trying to be part of your cheerleading," and he finally screams at her she's ''not'' a cheerleader.
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* StageMom: Once Gene becomes a cheerleader, Linda tries to take over and live through him. She showers him with attention and openly gushes how great it is he's a cheerleader, giving him all sorts of snacks and incessantly trying to get him to cheer. She eventually resorts to wearing an old cheer uniform and comes up with several terrible if not outright dangerous routines for Gene to use. Gene quickly tells her to back off when she says "I'm just trying to be part of your cheerleading," and he finally screams at her she's ''not'' a cheerleader.
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*TranslationWithAnAgenda: Louise offers to be Tina's translator so she can say whatever she wants and frame Tina for it. When Tina gets a date with Jimmy Jr. in spite of Louise acting like Tina insulted him, Louise uses the opportunity to hold the date where ''she'' wants to go. Despite her motives being extremely obvious, the only time someone suspects something is when Jimmy Jr. notices her description of "Pie in the Sky" is way too long for the brief sentence Tina tried saying.
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* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Although cushioning the cheerleaders' fall does bruise him a little, Mr. Ambrose is deemed okay after a quick check-up by paramedics. He refuses to accept this and demands to be carried off on a stretcher for drama's sake.
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* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Although cushioning the cheerleaders' fall does bruise him a little, Mr. Ambrose is deemed okay after a quick check-up by paramedics. He refuses to accept this and demands to be carried off on a stretcher for drama's sake.sake, which the paramedics actually comply with.
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* SelfServingMemory: Linda recalls how her former friend Monica turned into an asshole after she became a cheerleader, taking advantage of Linda until the day she ditched her at the mall. Given how hard Linda tries to butter up Gene in order to be a cheerleader by proxy until Gene finally calls out how overbearing she is, it's likely Linda did the exact same thing to Monica and that's why they stopped being friends. Linda sort of admits it when she says she was "Kind of a cheerleader" because Monica was.
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* SelfServingMemory: Linda recalls how her former friend Monica turned into an asshole after she became a cheerleader, taking advantage of Linda until the day she ditched her at the mall. Given how hard Linda tries to butter up Gene in order to be a cheerleader by proxy until Gene finally calls out how overbearing she is, it's likely Linda did the exact same thing to Monica and that's why they stopped being friends. Linda sort of seemingly indirectly admits it when she says she was "Kind of a cheerleader" because Monica was.
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* ShoutOut: The storefront in the opening is called ''[[Franchise/TheTwilightZone The Nightlight Zone]]''.
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* ShoutOut: The storefront in the opening Store Next Door is called ''[[Franchise/TheTwilightZone The Nightlight Zone]]''.
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*CharacterizationMarchesOn: Tammy and Jocelyn don't seem to like each other. Four episodes later, they're depicted as {{Best Friend}}s and have stayed that way ever since.
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*MinorInjuryOverreaction: Although cushioning the cheerleaders' fall does bruise him a little, Mr. Ambrose is deemed okay after a quick check-up by paramedics. He refuses to accept this and demands to be carried off on a stretcher for drama's sake.
* NiceGirl: Despite what Linda insists, Monica came off as a decent person to her and she seems to hit it off with Bob.
* NiceGirl: Despite what Linda insists, Monica came off as a decent person to her and she seems to hit it off with Bob.
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*TheOneGuy: Todd cites this trope as why they shouldn't get Gene on the cheerleader squad, claiming he has the guy stuff handled. The other cheerleaders ignore him.
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-->'''Gene:''' If you're the Rap King, then ''I'm'' the Rap ''God''!
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-->'''Gene:''' If you're the Rap Yell King, then ''I'm'' the Rap Yell ''God''!
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* FridgeLogic: Invoked. Bob wonders who cheerleaders are rooting for when they take part in competitions.
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*CringeComedy: Todd's verses in the cheer battle are stilted and rather painful to listen to, especially the second and third one (which Zeke lampshades).
* FridgeLogic: Invoked. Bob wonders who roots for cheerleadersare rooting for when they take part in competitions.
* FridgeLogic: Invoked. Bob wonders who roots for cheerleaders
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*HypocriticalHumor: Linda tells Bob to not be insensitive, correctly assuming Tina didn't make the team. The instant she sees Gene in cheerleader uniform, however, she immediately forgets all about Tina, which Bob notices.
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*LargeHam: Gene's enthusiasm during Tina's audition is what leads to him being recruited for the squad.
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*NutritionalNightmare: The lunch Linda packs for Gene.
-->'''Bob:''' [[LampshadeHanging That's about 10,000 calories of cheer puns]].
-->'''Bob:''' [[LampshadeHanging That's about 10,000 calories of cheer puns]].
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*ThirdWheel: Bob assumes that Louise is feeling like one during Tina and Jimmy Jr.'s date. He couldn't be further from the truth.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mr. Ambrose tries to frame himself as this when he saves the cheerleaders from falling during their final routine. Considering everything up until then was ''his'' fault, nobody's quite buying it.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mr. Ambrose tries to frame himself as this when he saves the cheerleaders from falling during their final routine. Considering While everything up until then was ''his'' fault, nobody's quite buying it.the fact remains that the cheerleaders would have been badly hurt or even killed if not for him.
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* GilliganCut: When Mr. Ambrose saves the students, he tells them that if the judges saw what he did, they're getting first. Cut to Bob remarking on how the team got dead last.
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* TemptingFate: When Mr. Ambrose saves the students, he tells them that if the judges saw what he did, they're getting first. Cut to Bob remarking on how the team got dead last.
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*BadassBoast: Courtesy of Gene during his and Todd's rap battle.
-->'''Gene:''' If you're the Rap King, then ''I'm'' the Rap ''God''!
-->'''Gene:''' If you're the Rap King, then ''I'm'' the Rap ''God''!
*ChekhovsGun: Linda's cheer routine ends up being used by the cheer team during the finals.
*{{Gasshole}}: Poor Gene winds up having to lift Tammy during a routine, with predictable results. It's to the point that Jocelyn has to warn Gene beforehand to be careful.
*GilliganCut: When Mr. Ambrose saves the students, he tells them that if the judges saw what he did, they're getting first. Cut to Bob remarking on how the team got dead last.
*GilliganCut: When Mr. Ambrose saves the students, he tells them that if the judges saw what he did, they're getting first. Cut to Bob remarking on how the team got dead last.
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mr. Ambrose tries to frame himself as this when he saves the cheerleaders from falling during their final routine. Considering everything up until then was ''his'' fault, nobody's quite buying it.
*LaserGuidedKarma: Louise sets Tina and Jimmy Jr.'s date at a revolving restaurant and hogs most of the pie for herself. She winds up puking up everything she'd eaten at the end of the date.
*LaserGuidedKarma: Louise sets Tina and Jimmy Jr.'s date at a revolving restaurant and hogs most of the pie for herself. She winds up puking up everything she'd eaten at the end of the date.
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* ParentalFavoritism: Linda pours this on ''hard'' when Gene becomes a cheerleader and does everything she can to get on his good side so she can live vicariously through his cheerleading. She even says Gene's not her favorite anymore after he gives her a reality check, then changes her mind when he tries to do her cheer.
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* ParentalFavoritism: Linda pours this on ''hard'' when Gene becomes a cheerleader and does everything she can to get on his good side so she can live vicariously through his cheerleading. She even says Gene's not her favorite anymore after he gives her a reality check, then changes her mind when he tries to do her cheer. Bob outright lampshades that she's kind of laying the favoritism on thick.
*RuleOfDrama: Invoked by Mr. Ambrose, who wanted to supervise drama club but got stuck with cheerleading. He tries to insert drama into every moment possible, which as Gene later lampshades is ''really'' not something he should be doing.
*SanityBall: Despite normally loving all things Linda, Gene quickly points out that his mother's cheer idea is way too dangerous to perform.
*RuleOfDrama: Invoked by Mr. Ambrose, who wanted to supervise drama club but got stuck with cheerleading. He tries to insert drama into every moment possible, which as Gene later lampshades is ''really'' not something he should be doing.
*SanityBall: Despite normally loving all things Linda, Gene quickly points out that his mother's cheer idea is way too dangerous to perform.
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*SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: After purple-nurpling Gene, Zeke tries to tell Gene "it's not Zeke". Gene being [[TheDitz Gene]], he decides that Zeke is immediately clear of being the culprit.
*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mr. Ambrose cushions the cheerleaders' fall at the end. He's largely unharmed, but cushioning five kids with just his body means he suffers some bruising, requiring him to be checked on by paramedics.
*ThrowTheDogABone: Despite her date effectively being hijacked by Louise, Tina gets a kiss with Jimmy Jr. at the end of it, and Jimmy Jr. even hints he'd be down for another date.
*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Mr. Ambrose cushions the cheerleaders' fall at the end. He's largely unharmed, but cushioning five kids with just his body means he suffers some bruising, requiring him to be checked on by paramedics.
*ThrowTheDogABone: Despite her date effectively being hijacked by Louise, Tina gets a kiss with Jimmy Jr. at the end of it, and Jimmy Jr. even hints he'd be down for another date.
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*WantedAGenderConformingChild: Subverted. Bob thinks cheerleading as a whole is stupid, but he doesn't have a problem with Gene becoming a cheerleader.
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* InformedFlaw: Linda talks about Monica as if she were a terrible person who took advantage of her and abandoned her for the cheerleaders, though Monica herself appears to be pleasant when she remembers her old friend. Either Monica mellowed out or Linda exaggerated what happened between them, the latter seems more plausible given how she treats Gene.
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* InformedFlaw: Linda talks about Monica as if she were a terrible person who took advantage of her and abandoned her for the cheerleaders, though Monica herself appears to be pleasant when she remembers her old friend. Either Monica mellowed out or Linda exaggerated what happened between them, them; the latter seems more plausible plausible, given how she treats Gene.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/BringItOn''.''Film/BringItOn''.
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* BattleRapping: How Gene becomes team captain, beating former captain Todd in a battle of cheering rhymes.
* FridgeLogic: Invoked. Bob wonders who cheerleaders are rooting for when they take part in competitions.
* GracefulLoser: Tina isn't insulted at all when the cheerleaders offer Gene the spot she was trying out for.
* InformedFlaw: Linda talks about Monica as if she were a terrible person who took advantage of her and abandoned her for the cheerleaders, though Monica herself appears to be pleasant when she remembers her old friend. Either Monica mellowed out or Linda exaggerated what happened between them, the latter seems more plausible given how she treats Gene.
* TheMillstone: Mr. Ambrose, the coach, becomes this when he leaks the squad's routine to a rival team in the regional finals.
* NiceGirl: Despite what Linda insists, Monica came off as a decent person to her and Bob.
* PaperThinDisguise: Zeke's "disguise" for purple-nurpling Gene consists of wearing a jockstrap on his face. [[CloudCuckooLander Gene being Gene]], he doesn't see through it.
* ParentalFavoritism: Linda pours this on ''hard'' when Gene becomes a cheerleader and does everything she can to get on his good side so she can live vicariously through his cheerleading. She even says Gene's not her favorite anymore after he gives her a reality check, then changes her mind when he tries to do her cheer.
* SelfServingMemory: Linda recalls how her former friend Monica turned into an asshole after she became a cheerleader, taking advantage of Linda until the day she ditched her at the mall. Given how hard Linda tries to butter up Gene in order to be a cheerleader by proxy until Gene finally calls out how overbearing she is, it's likely Linda did the exact same thing to Monica and that's why they stopped being friends. Linda sort of admits it when she says she was "Kind of a cheerleader" because Monica was.
* ShoutOut: The storefront in the opening is called ''[[Franchise/TheTwilightZone The Nightlight Zone]]''.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Linda's ego grows massive after Gene joins the cheerleaders, making repeated attempts to sponge off his status to be the cheerleader she never was. When Gene flat out tells Linda to stop because her cheer ideas are stupidly dangerous and that she's not a cheerleader, Linda acts like Gene is the one going through this trope and accuses him of thinking he's better than her like her old friend Monica did.
* StageMom: Once Gene becomes a cheerleader, Linda tries to take over and live through him. She showers him with attention and openly gushes how great it is he's a cheerleader, giving him all sorts of snacks and incessantly trying to get him to cheer. She eventually resorts to wearing an old cheer uniform and comes up with several terrible routines for Gene to use. Gene quickly tells her to back off when she says "I'm just trying to be part of your cheerleading," and he finally screams at her she's ''not'' a cheerleader.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Louise pukes on the window at the revolving restaurant, and they later pass by it a second time.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Linda sees Monica as a terrible person who turned her back on a friend, though Monica herself, after taking a moment to remember Linda, is actually friendly and decent to her.
* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/BringItOn''.
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* BattleRapping: How Gene becomes team captain, beating former captain Todd in a battle of cheering rhymes.
* FridgeLogic: Invoked. Bob wonders who cheerleaders are rooting for when they take part in competitions.
* GracefulLoser: Tina isn't insulted at all when the cheerleaders offer Gene the spot she was trying out for.
* InformedFlaw: Linda talks about Monica as if she were a terrible person who took advantage of her and abandoned her for the cheerleaders, though Monica herself appears to be pleasant when she remembers her old friend. Either Monica mellowed out or Linda exaggerated what happened between them, the latter seems more plausible given how she treats Gene.
* TheMillstone: Mr. Ambrose, the coach, becomes this when he leaks the squad's routine to a rival team in the regional finals.
* NiceGirl: Despite what Linda insists, Monica came off as a decent person to her and Bob.
* PaperThinDisguise: Zeke's "disguise" for purple-nurpling Gene consists of wearing a jockstrap on his face. [[CloudCuckooLander Gene being Gene]], he doesn't see through it.
* ParentalFavoritism: Linda pours this on ''hard'' when Gene becomes a cheerleader and does everything she can to get on his good side so she can live vicariously through his cheerleading. She even says Gene's not her favorite anymore after he gives her a reality check, then changes her mind when he tries to do her cheer.
* SelfServingMemory: Linda recalls how her former friend Monica turned into an asshole after she became a cheerleader, taking advantage of Linda until the day she ditched her at the mall. Given how hard Linda tries to butter up Gene in order to be a cheerleader by proxy until Gene finally calls out how overbearing she is, it's likely Linda did the exact same thing to Monica and that's why they stopped being friends. Linda sort of admits it when she says she was "Kind of a cheerleader" because Monica was.
* ShoutOut: The storefront in the opening is called ''[[Franchise/TheTwilightZone The Nightlight Zone]]''.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Linda's ego grows massive after Gene joins the cheerleaders, making repeated attempts to sponge off his status to be the cheerleader she never was. When Gene flat out tells Linda to stop because her cheer ideas are stupidly dangerous and that she's not a cheerleader, Linda acts like Gene is the one going through this trope and accuses him of thinking he's better than her like her old friend Monica did.
* StageMom: Once Gene becomes a cheerleader, Linda tries to take over and live through him. She showers him with attention and openly gushes how great it is he's a cheerleader, giving him all sorts of snacks and incessantly trying to get him to cheer. She eventually resorts to wearing an old cheer uniform and comes up with several terrible routines for Gene to use. Gene quickly tells her to back off when she says "I'm just trying to be part of your cheerleading," and he finally screams at her she's ''not'' a cheerleader.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Louise pukes on the window at the revolving restaurant, and they later pass by it a second time.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Linda sees Monica as a terrible person who turned her back on a friend, though Monica herself, after taking a moment to remember Linda, is actually friendly and decent to her.
* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/BringItOn''.
