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-->'''Justin:''' Are you kidding? Uh- They c- they can do ''anything'', I mean, there's this kid at my school who wrecked his motorcycle he lost his legs, and so now he uses these pogo stick things that they made for him, and now he's, like, good at basketball, which is WEIRD because he sucked before. And now he's some sort of unstoppable cyborg, which, I think is going to his head, really, because now he's mopping up the court with everybody and talking smack about it around with everyone, but not in a funny way.\\

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-->'''Justin:''' Are you kidding? Uh- They c- they can do ''anything'', I mean, there's this kid at my school who wrecked his motorcycle motorcycle, he lost his legs, and so now he uses these pogo stick things that they made for him, and now he's, like, good at basketball, which is WEIRD because he sucked before. And now he's some sort of unstoppable cyborg, which, I think is going to his head, really, because now he's mopping up the court with everybody and talking smack about it around with everyone, but not in a funny way.\\
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* ShapeshifterBaggage: Clever wordplay aside, the Djinn's true self appears gigantic, nearly touching the ceiling of Alex's bedroom, despite the fact that he was disguised as an average size human man (who was admittedly twisted in ways not humanly possible).

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* ShapeshifterBaggage: Clever wordplay aside, the Djinn's true self appears gigantic, nearly touching the ceiling of Alex's Justin's bedroom, despite the fact that he was disguised as an average size human man (who was admittedly twisted in ways not humanly possible).
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Between the trio, Justin is the most pure-hearted. Even when given an endless supply of gold coins, he uses the money he get from them for more mundane things like paying his rent.

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* TokenGoodTeammate: Between the trio, Justin is the most pure-hearted. Even when given an endless supply of gold coins, he uses the money he get gets from them for more mundane things like paying his rent.
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* TimePassesMontage: Justin spends the night after returning from the airport watching TV, smoking a bong, and snacking on leftover fast food. The suitcase containing the Djinn

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* TimePassesMontage: Justin spends the night after returning from the airport watching TV, smoking a bong, and snacking on leftover fast food. The suitcase containing the DjinnDjinn flashes throughout his mind during the montage.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: The Djinn's pain, and coughing up coins, first occurs when someone tries pulling out his foot.



* BigYes: The Djinn utters a few of them as he prepares to reveal his true self.
* {{Bookends}}: The story begins and ends at the airport.

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* BigNo: The Djinn utters a couple of them when Justin prepares to take him to a hospital, then back to the airport.
* BigYes: The Djinn also utters a few of them these as he prepares to reveal his true self.
self and punish Alex and Carla.
* {{Bookends}}: The story begins with Justin having just got off a flight at the airport, and ends with the Djinn checking into a flight at the same airport.



* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: It's clear to see that Justin could've spared himself the events of the episode if he had just waited another minute for his actual luggage to come off the carousel. Of course, that would mean not finding a solution to his problems, or at least having to complain to someone when he saw the wreckage that it became.



* TheDogBitesBack: Alex attempts to persuade Justin into continuing the man's torture by invoking one of these moments, telling Justin that he can buy his father's business and force the man to work for him. It backfires when Justin is too pure-hearted to allow such a thing.



* EveryoneLives: The first episode of the series to have all the main characters live, albeit with the hero sustaining painful injuries and the villains enduring a horrific, self-inflicted punishment.

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* EveryoneLives: The This is the first episode of the series to have all the main characters live, albeit with the hero sustaining painful injuries and the villains enduring a horrific, self-inflicted punishment.punishment. The only death in the episode is revealed to be a nightmare that Justin has.



* FatalFlaw: Alex and Carla's greed. They just ''had'' to give the Djinn one last zap before they planned to run off, even when they had more than enough money to never work again.



** Justin watches a cartoon about a man who finds a genie in a bottle.
** He also watches a brief snippet of an old movie that features man counting stacks of money.
** The restaurant that Justin and Alex have lunch from is named "Ali Baba Burger", hinting at the reveal of the Djinn.

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** Justin watches a cartoon about a man who finds a genie in a bottle.
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bottle. He also watches a brief snippet of an old movie that features man counting stacks of money.
** The restaurant that Justin and Alex have lunch from is named a Middle East-themed fast food joint called "Ali Baba Burger", hinting at the reveal of the Djinn.



* GoodIsNotNice: The Djinn presents himself as helpful and polite when he's in human form, but in his natural form, he's a punisher of the greedy by way of stuffing them in magic suitcases.



* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite how loathsome Alex and Carla are, they do raise valid points about Justin's status as a loser with very little money and failing grades, and how he needs to be more active and assertive with his life.
* KarmicJackpot: Implied that Justin hit it, for actually trying to help the Djinn and stop Alex and Carla from "torturing" him, as Justin while convalescing finds a letter by the Djinn telling him that he can call him for help whenever he needs it.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite how loathsome Alex and Carla are, turn out to be, they do ''do'' raise valid points about Justin's status as a loser with very little money and failing grades, and how he needs to be more active and assertive with his life.
* KarmicJackpot: Implied that Justin hit it, for For actually trying to help the Djinn and stop Alex and Carla from "torturing" him, as Justin while convalescing finds a letter by the Djinn entity in question in the hospital, telling him that he can call think of him for help whenever he needs it.wants and he'll be there, providing an easy solution to his problems with money and school.



* LazyBum: Justin has definite shades of this, spending more time snacking on fast food and getting high than studying or getting a job.



* LoserProtagonist: Justin is a stoner who is gradually failing school, low on cash, isn't on good terms with his dad, ends up losing his girlfriend, and is generally treated like a doormat by his roommate and friends. That quickly changes once he meets the man in the suitcase.

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* LoserProtagonist: Justin is a stoner who is gradually failing school, low on cash, isn't on good terms with his dad, ends up losing his girlfriend, and is generally treated like a doormat by his roommate and friends. That quickly changes once he meets the man in the suitcase.



* MoneyFetish: Alex and Carla succumb to one of these big time. One scene even has the former picking up coins with his mouth off the latter's stomach during sex.

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* MoneyFetish: Alex and Carla succumb to one of these big time. One scene even has the former picking up eating coins with his mouth off the latter's stomach during sex.an intimate moment.



* NiceGuy: While he's trapped in the suitcase, the Djinn presents himself as a courteous and nonplussed individual, even when he's being tortured. That quickly vanishes when Justin is injured.

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* NiceGuy: While he's trapped in the suitcase, the Djinn presents himself as a courteous and nonplussed helpful individual, even when he's being tortured. That He quickly vanishes turns vicious when Justin is injured.Carla and Alex brutally injure Justin.



* ProductPlacement: Justin seems to be a fan of ''Fangoria''. His wall is covered with ''Fangoria'' stickers, and an issue of the magazine (signed by director David Bruckner) is seen on his nightstand.
* ProperlyParanoid: Justin tells Alex and Carla that he feels that something bad will happen if the man is kept prisoner for too long. He proves to be partially right when the man reveals his true self and punishes the latter two, after they nearly kill Justin for trying to stop their racket.
* SatchelSwitcheroo: Justin brings the Djinn to his house by mistaking the suitcase he is stuck inside for luggage. When he leaves the airport, his actual mysteriously-wrecked luggage appears on the belt.



* SeinfeldianConversation: When Justin offers to take the man to the hospital, the man says that Western medicine can't help him. Justin... gets off track.
-->'''Justin:''' Are you sure? I mean, they can do all sorts of stuff. Like, this one kid, he lost his legs in a car accident, and they replaced them with pogo sticks. And now he's really good at basketball, which is really weird because he was really bad at basketball before. But I think it's going to his head, because now he's roughing around with everyone, but not in a funny way.\\
'''Man in the Suitcase:''' [''interrupting''] Excuse me, but I am in a ''lot'' of pain right now. So could you please help me out of this suitcase, and then I will give your school drama the attention I'm sure it deserves.
* SevenMinuteLull: When hearing about how the man can't be helped out of his dilemma by a Western hospital, Justin tells him that said hospitals can do anything, and in the process, gets sidetracked by delivering a long-winded story about a kid who got in a motorcycle accident and had his legs replaced with pogo sticks, and about how he used them to become good at basketball.
* ShoppingMontage: A partial one occurs as the trio torture the Djinn, with them getting new clothes, paying the rent, and other assorted luxuries.

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* SeinfeldianConversation: When Justin offers to take the man to the hospital, the man says that Western medicine can't help him. Justin...him with his condition. Justin tries to persuade him that Western hospitals can do pretty much anything, and in the process... gets off track.
-->'''Justin:''' Are you sure? I mean, kidding? Uh- They c- they can do all sorts of stuff. Like, ''anything'', I mean, there's this one kid, kid at my school who wrecked his motorcycle he lost his legs in a car accident, legs, and so now he uses these pogo stick things that they replaced them with pogo sticks. And made for him, and now he's really he's, like, good at basketball, which is really weird WEIRD because he was really bad at basketball sucked before. But And now he's some sort of unstoppable cyborg, which, I think it's is going to his head, really, because now he's roughing mopping up the court with everybody and talking smack about it around with everyone, but not in a funny way.\\
'''Man in the Suitcase:''' [''interrupting''] '''Man:''' (''interrupting'') Excuse me, but please! I do not mean to interrupt but, I am in a ''lot'' ''great'' degree of pain right now. So could you please help me out of this suitcase, pain, and then I will cannot give your school schoolyard drama the attention I'm sure that I am ''certain'' that it deserves.
* SevenMinuteLull: When hearing As detailed above, when he learns about how the man can't be helped out of his dilemma by a Western hospital, Justin tells him that said hospitals can do anything, and in the process, gets sidetracked by delivering a long-winded story about a kid who got in a motorcycle accident and had his legs replaced with pogo sticks, and about how he used them to become good at basketball.
* ShapeshifterBaggage: Clever wordplay aside, the Djinn's true self appears gigantic, nearly touching the ceiling of Alex's bedroom, despite the fact that he was disguised as an average size human man (who was admittedly twisted in ways not humanly possible).
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ShoppingMontage: A partial one occurs as the trio torture the Djinn, with them getting new clothes, paying the rent, and indulging other assorted luxuries.



** Justin seems to be a fan of ''Fangoria''. His wall is covered with ''Fangoria'' stickers, and an issue of the magazine (signed by director David Bruckner) is seen on his nightstand.



* TimePassesMontage: Justin spends the night after returning from the airport watching TV, smoking a bong, and snacking on leftover fast food.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Between the trio, Justin is the most pure-hearted. Even when given an endless supply of gold coins, he uses the money he get from them for mundane things like paying his rent.

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* TimePassesMontage: Justin spends the night after returning from the airport watching TV, smoking a bong, and snacking on leftover fast food.
food. The suitcase containing the Djinn
* TokenGoodTeammate: Between the trio, Justin is the most pure-hearted. Even when given an endless supply of gold coins, he uses the money he get from them for more mundane things like paying his rent.



* WrenchWhack: Carla nearly kills Justin by hitting him in the head with a monkey wrench.

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* VisualPun: When it's made clear that the Djinn is able to produce gold coins from his mouth, one can say that he's able to "cough up cash".
* WrenchWhack: Carla nearly kills Justin by hitting bashing him in the head with a monkey wrench.
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'''Man in the Suitcase:''' [interrupting] Excuse me, but I am in a ''lot'' of pain right now. So could you please help me out of this suitcase, and then I will give your school drama the attention I'm sure it deserves.

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'''Man in the Suitcase:''' [interrupting] [''interrupting''] Excuse me, but I am in a ''lot'' of pain right now. So could you please help me out of this suitcase, and then I will give your school drama the attention I'm sure it deserves.
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* SeinfeldianConversation: When Justin offers to take the man to the hospital, the man says that Western medicine can't help him. Justin... gets off track.
-->'''Justin:''' Are you sure? I mean, they can do all sorts of stuff. Like, this one kid, he lost his legs in a car accident, and they replaced them with pogo sticks. And now he's really good at basketball, which is really weird because he was really bad at basketball before. But I think it's going to his head, because now he's roughing around with everyone, but not in a funny way.\\
'''Man in the Suitcase:''' [interrupting] Excuse me, but I am in a ''lot'' of pain right now. So could you please help me out of this suitcase, and then I will give your school drama the attention I'm sure it deserves.
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* WrenchWhack: Carla nearly kills Justin by hitting him in the head with a monkey wrench.
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* KarmicJackpot: Implied that Justin hit it, for actually trying to help the Djinn and stop Alex and Carla from "torturing" him, as Justin while convalescing finds a letter by the Djinn telling him that he can call him for help whenever he needs it.
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Justin, Alex, and Carla put the man through absolute agony to get him to produce a fortune of gold coins. Among other things, they put his fingers in a mousetrap, rip out his teeth, and electrocute him with a car battery."

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* ColdBloodedTorture: Justin, Alex, and Carla put the man through absolute agony to get him to produce a fortune of gold coins. Among other things, they put his fingers in a mousetrap, rip out his teeth, and electrocute ''electrocute him with a car battery."battery''.

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