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* CaptainCrash: Played with for once, as Launchpad actually lands perfectly when taking Scrooge to the Republic much to Scrooge's pleasant surprise and Launchpad's disappointment. But later in the episode when he takes the plane back into the air to try to plow the clouds away to show off the eclipse he ends up getting hit by the Gizmoduck suit as it's on it's way to Fenton causing him to crash through no fault of his own for once.
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* DressedToOppress: General Chiquita is dressed like a stereotypical tyrant: green [[BadassLongcoat greatcoat]] with a ChestOfMedals, CommissarCap, large epaulettes and [[SinisterShades sunglasses]].
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* TheGeneralissimo: General Chiquita, the [[VillainOfTheWeek main antagonist of the episode]], evokes this trope as the shady leader of the fictional Latin American country called the "Banana Republic" and is seen wearing a military uniform all the time.
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* MoralDissonance: Scrooge does business with the military dictator of a Banana Republic (literally called "The Banana Republic"). Though the dictator is portrayed as a villain who attempts to execute Scrooge and Fenton at one point, Scrooge having done business with him is never portrayed as a bad thing.
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** During the confusion montage, someone asks, "Does anybody really know what day it is? Does anybody really care?" A parody of the Music/{{Chicago}} song "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?".
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* BananaPeel: The plane taxis over one as Launchpad brings it in for a landing, resulting in another crash.
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* DeathByMaterialism: Scrooge tries to avoid having to give Fenton a dime to call the Gizmoduck suit even though it's probably the only way he and Fenton will survive the execution.
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* GetItOverWith: Fenton's way of drawing his "last words" out to buy time for his Gizmoduck suit to arrive annoys everyone so much that Scrooge would rather prefer to be finished off rather than have him stall for another second.
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* GetItOverWith: Fenton's way of drawing his "last words" out to buy time for his Gizmoduck suit the Gizmosuit to arrive annoys everyone so much that Scrooge would rather prefer to be finished off rather than have him stall for another second.
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* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: As the cannon squad is counting down, Fenton laments never getting to tell his mother or his girlfriend Gandra farewell. However, the Gizmosuit arrives JustInTime.
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: The triplets and Launchpad are working on clearing the clouds to show it's Friday at the same time Fenton is trying to get the Gizmoduck suit to keep himself and Scrooge from being executed. The Gizmosuit goes straight into Launchpad's cloudplower, crashing it before he can clear the clouds completely.
* RightHandVersusLeftHand: The triplets and Launchpad are working on clearing the clouds to show it's Friday at the same time Fenton is trying to get the Gizmoduck suit to keep himself and Scrooge from being executed. The Gizmosuit goes straight into Launchpad's cloudplower, crashing it before he can clear the clouds completely.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Louie and the newscaster both call the eclipse an "eclair".
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* BrickJoke: Fenton has to borrow a dime from Scrooge so he can use a pay phone to get ahold of the Gizmoduck suit. Then, after they're out of danger, Scrooge calls to him and Fenton answers, knowing Scrooge wants the dime returned.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: Effectively what the nephews end up doing to Scrooge, and by extension, the world.
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wrong trope - they just convince it's Saturday; had nothing to do with sleeping
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* ClockTampering: The boys alter all the calendars in Scrooge's mansion to make him think it's one day later.
* FakedRipVanWinkle: Huey, Dewey, and Louie try this on the small-scale, convincing their Uncle Scrooge that he's slept through Friday in order to get their allowances before the end of a big sale. Unfortunately, when Scrooge [=McDuck=] thinks it's Saturday, the whole world must follow suit.
* FakedRipVanWinkle: Huey, Dewey, and Louie try this on the small-scale, convincing their Uncle Scrooge that he's slept through Friday in order to get their allowances before the end of a big sale. Unfortunately, when Scrooge [=McDuck=] thinks it's Saturday, the whole world must follow suit.
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* ClockTampering: The boys alter all the calendars in Scrooge's mansion to make him think it's one day later.
* FakedRipVanWinkle: Huey, Dewey, and Louie try this on the small-scale, convincing their Uncle Scrooge that he's slept through Friday in order to get their allowances before the end of a big sale.later. Unfortunately, when Scrooge [=McDuck=] thinks it's Saturday, the whole world must follow suit.suit...
* FakedRipVanWinkle: Huey, Dewey, and Louie try this on the small-scale, convincing their Uncle Scrooge that he's slept through Friday in order to get their allowances before the end of a big sale.
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* ClockTampering: The boys alter all the calendars in Scrooge's mansion to make him think it's one day later.
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* MoralDissonance: Scrooge does business with the military dictator of a Banana Republic (literally called "The Banana Republic"). Though the dictator is portrayed as a villain who attempts to execute Scrooge and Fenton at one point, Scrooge having done business with him is never portrayed as a bad thing.
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* BananaRepublic: The Central American-esque country run by the militant dictatorship where Scrooge's cereal factory resides in is ''literally'' called the Banana Republic.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: The nephews' plan to buy the scooter before the sale ends winds up backfiring for them. While their ploy to get their allowances early works, due to everyone now thinking it's Saturday the sale on the scooter ends, which means even though they now have their allowances they no longer have enough to afford it!
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* FakedRipVanWinkle: Huey, Dewey, and Louie try this on the small-scale, convincing their Uncle Scrooge that he's slept through Friday in order to get their allowances before the end of a big sale. Unfortunately, when Scrooge McDuck [=McDuck=] thinks it's Saturday, the whole world must follow suit.
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** Fenton also references Nathan Hale's last words and Marc Antony's "friends, Romans, countrymen" speech.
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** Fenton also references Nathan Hale's last words and Marc Antony's "friends, Romans, countrymen" speech.speech.
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: An eclipse turned out to be the proof needed by the triplets to show that they had pranked Scrooge into thinking it was Saturday so that he could give them their allowances early.
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: An eclipse turned out to be the proof needed by the triplets to show that they had pranked Scrooge into thinking it was Saturday so that he could give them their allowances early.
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* FakedRipVanWinkle: Huey, Dewey, and Louie try this on the small-scale, convincing their Uncle Scrooge that he's slept through Friday in order to get their allowances before the end of a big sale. Unfortunately, when Scrooge McDuck thinks it's Saturday, the whole world must follow suit.
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* GetItOverWith: Fenton's way of drawing his "last words" out to buy time for his Gizmoduck suit to arrive annoys everyone so much that Scrooge would rather prefer to be finished off rather than have him stall for another second.
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* AnAesop: What seems like a small, harmless lie can quickly snowball into something much worse.
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** A confused Fenton says, "Right now I'd be happy if it was Tuesday and this was Belgium!", which refers to ''If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium''.
** Fenton also references Nathan Hale's last words and Marc Antony's "friends, Romans, countrymen" speech.
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** A confused Fenton says, "Right now I'd be happy if it was Tuesday and this was Belgium!", which refers to ''If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium''.
** Fenton also references Nathan Hale's last words and Marc Antony's "friends, Romans, countrymen" speech.
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In order to receive their allowances ahead of time so they can buy a new scooter, the nephews trick Scrooge into believing it's Saturday instead of Friday, resulting in mass confusion worldwide.
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