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* EntertaininglyWrong: Frank checks the factory's search history, and discovers a lot of pornography. Even though this is clearly because Mac and Dennis have been stealing the factory's wi-fi, the gang concludes that everyone is just "masturbating constantly".
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Mac and Dennis turn out to have concocted a story about the fish factory as an excuse to get Dee out of the apartment so they can masturbate. Lampshaded at the end of the episode:
-->'''Dennis:''' I think what you're gonna find when you're spying on the general population is that everyone is just masturbating constantly.
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* ParentalIncest: Mac and Dennis both comment that they were under the impression Frank and Charlie, who the Gang think may be father and son, ''already'' masturbated together.

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* ParentalIncest: Mac and Dennis both comment that they were under the impression Frank and Charlie, who the Gang gang think may be father and son, ''already'' masturbated together.
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* ParentalIncest: Mac and Dennis both comment that they were under the impression Frank and Charlie ''already'' masturbated together.

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* ParentalIncest: Mac and Dennis both comment that they were under the impression Frank and Charlie Charlie, who the Gang think may be father and son, ''already'' masturbated together.together.
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* MistakenForPedophile: Charlie, when he talks about selling "cream pies" to children.
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-->'''Dennis:''' I'm to remember every man I've seen fall into a plate of spaghetti?
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frank jumps to the rather absurd conclusion that Mac and Dennis having "Asian" and "creampie" in their search history means that both are planning to open a pastry factory wit the Chinese.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frank jumps to the rather absurd conclusion that Mac and Dennis having "Asian" and "creampie" in their search history means that both are planning to open a pastry factory wit with the Chinese.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Frank jumps to the rather absurd conclusion that Mac and Dennis having "Asian" and "creampie" in their search history means that both are planning to open a pastry factory wit the Chinese.
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* InnocentInnuendo: Frank and Charlie have no idea what "creampie" means in a pornographic context and inadvertently say sexually suggestive things as a result.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The gang have a discussion about how the Chinese fish factory is trying to "take over" Paddy's.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The gang have a discussion panic about how the Chinese fish factory is a deliberate stand-in for America's panic about China. They worry that it's gotten too rich and powerful, claim that it's spying on them, and create a program to spy on them in retaliation (and Frank secretly starts spying on the group, more concerned about the internal threat). In the end, they all acknowledge that they're dependent on the Chinese factory and trying to "take over" Paddy's.shut them down would hurt the bar more than help it.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Dee is si desperate to be accepted by Mac and Dennis that she's thrilled to be included in their scheme even though it involves her working in a fish factory.

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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Dee is si so desperate to be accepted by Mac and Dennis that she's thrilled to be included in their scheme even though it involves her working in a fish factory.

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When a Chinese cannery opens next to the bar, the gang take to amateur espionage.

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->''"Something stinks here, Charlie, and it ain't just the fish."''
->'''-- Frank'''

When a Mac and Dennis enlist Dee's help to spy on the Chinese cannery opens next to across the bar, street from Paddy's, Frank and Charlie become suspicious and decide to do a little spying of their own.
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!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

* BloodyHilarious: Dee ends up covered in fish guts after getting her hair caught in a piece of machinery.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: The gang claim to have no recollection of the time they tied a waiter's shoelaces together and caused him to spill spaghetti all over himself.
* CallBack: Charlie calls Dee [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS07E09TheGangGetsTrapped "gangly and uncoordinated".]]
* CannotSpitItOut: Charlie's attempt at "apologizing" to Mac and Dennis.
-->'''Charlie:''' I wanted to apologize about, um... snapping earlier today, with words at you guys, and then I came here to make an apology -- apology words.
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Frank and Charlie both wear one during their "secret" meetings at Guigino's
* ContinuityNod:
** It's revealed that Mac and Dennis have been living with Dee since their apartment burned down at the end of the [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS09E10TheGangSquashesTheirBeefs previous season]].
** The waiter at Guigino's repeatedly reminds
the gang take of their [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS08E09TheGangDinesOut previous meeting]].
** Frank mentions that he has plenty of experience doing business in [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS08E07FranksBackInBusiness Asian countries]].
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Mac and Dennis turn out
to amateur espionage.have concocted a story about the fish factory as an excuse to get Dee out of the apartment so they can masturbate. Lampshaded at the end of the episode:
-->'''Dennis:''' I think what you're gonna find when you're spying on the general population is that everyone is just masturbating constantly.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The gang have a discussion about how the Chinese fish factory is trying to "take over" Paddy's.
* EarpieceConversation: Played for laughs; Charlie is wearing an earpiece allowing him to receive instructions from Frank when he goes to plant the hidden camera at Dee's apartment, but he keeps responding out loud. When Mac and Dennis question him about, he claims he has a spider living in his ear and sending its thoughts to him.
-->'''Mac:''' Is it telling you to leave?!
-->'''Charlie:''' ...Spider, can I leave?
* EroticEating: Frank's video features an attractive model seductively eating a creampie.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Charlie claims to eat scales of both the fishy and reptilian varieties.
* GreenEyedMonster: Charlie and Frank are jealous of what they perceive to be Mac and Dennis's newfound closeness with Dee now that they're all living together.
* HumiliationConga: Dee suffers one during her stint at the fish factory. First of all she gets her hair caught in a piece of machinery and ends up covered in fish guts, then she inadvertently causes one of the forklifts to crash, and finally she takes a nasty fall from a ladder while trying to spy on Frank's meeting with the manager.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Dee is si desperate to be accepted by Mac and Dennis that she's thrilled to be included in their scheme even though it involves her working in a fish factory.
* ITakeOffenceToThatLastOne:
-->'''Dennis:''' Flirt with the manager, he'll love how "pretty" and "blonde" you are.
-->'''Dee:''' Don't do that! I'm blonde!
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The rest of the gang berate Dee for getting the factory closed down, driving up the price of fish and cutting off their access to stolen [=WiFi=] in the process.
* OneDialogueTwoConversations: The entire "creampie" discussion at Guigino's; Charlie is talking about the pastry, while Mac and Dennis are talking about the porn variety.
-->'''Charlie:''' Everyone is gonna buy them. Everyone loves them, especially kids!
-->'''Dennis:''' Dude, you are gonna get in a ''lot'' of trouble.
-->'''Charlie:''' Hell no, dude. It's not like I'm gonna do it without the parents' permission.
-->'''Dennis:''' No parent would let you...
-->'''Charlie:''' Parents are gonna watch! They're gonna be so psyched to see it.
* ParentalIncest: Mac and Dennis both comment that they were under the impression Frank and Charlie ''already'' masturbated together.
* ShowSomeLeg: Dennis advises Dee to flirt with the manager at the factory in order to get some info out of him.
* SpyCam: Charlie and Frank attempt to plant one hidden in a vase of flowers at Dee's apartment so that they can spy on Mac and Dennis.
* YankTheDogsChain: Mac and Dennis lead Dee to believe that they actually want her help with a scheme for once, when in reality they just want to get her out of her own apartment.
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