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* ShaggyDogStory: {{Lampshaded}}. The gang go around trying to undo their various curses so their appearance on ''Series/BarRescue'' can go off without a hitch, and meanwhile the film crew leave because nobody is at the bar. The gang then discuss that [[AnAesop the only real bad luck they experience is the bad luck they constantly make for themselves]]. (But judging by how they believe Cricket's misfortune has no explanation, they will [[AesopAmnesia forget this by next week]].)

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* ShaggyDogStory: {{Lampshaded}}. The gang go around trying to undo their various curses so their appearance on ''Series/BarRescue'' can go off without a hitch, and meanwhile the film crew leave because nobody is at the bar. The gang then discuss that [[AnAesop the only real bad luck they experience is the bad luck they constantly make for themselves]].themselves. (But judging by how they believe Cricket's misfortune has no explanation, they will [[AesopAmnesia forget this by next week]].)
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** Dennis also uses it when describing the time when the monkey robbed and sexually assaulted them in their faces.

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** Dennis also uses it when describing the time when the monkey who worked for them robbed and sexually assaulted them in and also fucked their faces.

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* ClusterFBomb: Frank drops the f-bomb twice as he was beating the seagull to death.


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* PrecisionFStrike: Frank drops the f-bomb twice as he was beating the seagull to death.
** Dennis also uses it when describing the time when the monkey robbed and sexually assaulted them in their faces.
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* ClusterFBomb: Frank drops the f-bomb twice as he was beating the seagull to death.
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** [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS04E05MacAndCharlieDiePart1 Frank doesn't dismiss wearing a seagull skull around his neck for life because "it could be cool!"]]
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* GamerChick: Dee is shown to be one, as her playing them with the volume loudly is what leads to her suspecting that her neighbor who came to ask her to lower it was the one who cursed her.

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* BuffySpeak: Dennis experiences severe brain fog [[spoiler: as a side effect of mold exposure]] that makes him forget various words, for example describing houses as "the-the-the things, the boxes that people live in."

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* ArtisticLicense: Just like in real life, the fictional Chase Utley replied to Mac's letter in a [[https://youtu.be/BnPBTozqdvY video]]. However, Chase mistakes Mac's letter to be one written by a little kid when, in reality, the response video shows Mac's face, meaning that Chase should have known that Mac was a grown adult.
* BuffySpeak: Dennis experiences severe brain fog [[spoiler: as a side effect of mold exposure]] exposure that makes him forget various words, for example describing houses as "the-the-the things, the boxes that people live in."



* DoingInTheWizard: [[spoiler:The year-old monkey corpse caused high levels of mold in the bar, which was responsible for every single manifestation of the "curse" (except for Frank's egg bleeding, but that was because it was a seagull egg and they are just that way).]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: The monkey bartender is found dead after getting stuck under the kegs.]]

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* DoingInTheWizard: [[spoiler:The The year-old monkey corpse caused high levels of mold in the bar, which was responsible for every single manifestation of the "curse" (except for Frank's egg bleeding, but that was because it was a seagull egg and they are just that way).]]
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: The monkey bartender is found dead after getting stuck under the kegs.]]



* GoodLuckCharm: Mac's monkey paw [[spoiler: that's eventually stolen by Chase Utley]].

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* GoodLuckCharm: Mac's monkey paw [[spoiler: that's eventually stolen by Chase Utley]].Utley.
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* ShaggyDogStory: {{Lampshaded}}. The gang go around trying to undo their various curses so their appearance on ''Series/BarRescue'' can go off without a hitch, and meanwhile the film crew leave because nobody is at the bar. The gang then discuss that [[AnAesop the only real bad luck they experience is the bad luck they constantly make for themselves]]. (But judging by how they believe Cricket's misfortune has no explanation, they will [[AesopAmnesia forget this by next week]].)

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** [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS15E04TheGangReplacesDeeWithAMonkey Mac finds the bartending monkey's body and takes its paw.]]

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** [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS15E04TheGangReplacesDeeWithAMonkey Mac finds the bartending monkey's body and takes its paw.paw which is full of the cash it stole from the register.]]



* FriendshipMoment: Twisted and warped, but the Gang sure put a lot of effort into making a trophy gift they wanted Dee to have, even if it's titled "cunt of the year".

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* FriendshipMoment: Twisted and warped, but the Gang sure put a lot of effort into making a trophy gift they wanted Dee to have, even if it's titled "cunt of the year". Part of the complaint is that Dee earned it and the recipient must be nominated, which Dee sheepishly agrees with.



** Mac also believes the monkey's paw he found to be good luck like a rabbit's foot, despite its cultural prominence as a cursed item.



* RunningGag: People killing animals in the bar, and then kicking them under things instead of cleaning them.

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* RunningGag: People killing kicking the corpses of dead animals under various places in the bar, and then kicking them under things instead of bar to avoid cleaning them.them up.


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** Mac finally meets and has a conversation with Chase Utley, and even though it goes south later it is a relatively tame letdown.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Bonnie suggests three ways to lift Frank's curse: slitting Frank's throat with a goat's horn and drinking a bowl of his blood; beheading the seagull Frank killed and having him wear its skull around his neck for the rest of his life; and giving the seagull a proper burial.
* BuffySpeak: Dennis experiences severe brain fog [[spoiler: as a side effect of mold exposure]] that makes him forget various words, for example describing houses as "the-the-the things, the boxes that people live in."


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* RuleOfThree: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Charlie, who asks Bonnie why she didn't just mention the normal way of lifting Frank's curse first, rather than suggesting two gruesome alternatives first.

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** Cricket is able to curse people with authentic Latin because [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E07TheGangExploitsAMiracle he used to be a priest]].



* ContinuityNod: There are a couple of hints that Dennis [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS12E05MakingDennisReynoldsAMurderer may have murdered Maureen Ponderosa.]]

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There are a couple of hints that Dennis [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS12E05MakingDennisReynoldsAMurderer may have murdered Maureen Ponderosa.]]]]
** Cricket is able to curse people with authentic Latin because [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E07TheGangExploitsAMiracle he used to be a priest]].
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* {{Irony}}: Mac spent 11 years believing Chase Utley never received his letter, (or possibly threw it out, [[AlternativeJokeInterpretation depending on how deep in denial he was during his explanation]]). It turns out Chase not only read it, but--believing it to be fanmail from a child--he took the time to compose a personalized response. Mac never received it.
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* WeightWoe: Dennis complains that Mac didn't tell him earlier about ''Series/BarRescue'', because he hasn't been working out enough and his shirt might fall off.

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* WeightWoe: Dennis complains that Mac didn't tell him earlier about ''Series/BarRescue'', because he hasn't been working out enough and his shirt might fall off.off.

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* CastingGag: That old woman who cursed Dee? That's Creator/RheaPerlman, Danny [=DeVito's=] ex-wife.

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* CastingGag: That old woman who cursed Dee? That's Creator/RheaPerlman, Danny [=DeVito's=] ex-wife.wife.
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** Cricket is able to curse people with authentic Latin because [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS02E07TheGangExploitsAMiracle he used to be a priest]].


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* ThrowTheDogABone: Downplayed, but things are going pretty well for Cricket now. Going from disfigured homeless drug-addicted urine-drinking prostitute to disfigured homeless drug-''dealing'' urine-drinking ''pimp'' seems like a promotion. It seems once you hit bottom, there's nowhere to go but up.
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* CastingGag: That old woman who cursed Dee? That's Creator/RheaPerlman, Danny [=DeVito's=] ex-wife.


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* DoingInTheWizard: [[spoiler:The year-old monkey corpse caused high levels of mold in the bar, which was responsible for every single manifestation of the "curse" (except for Frank's egg bleeding, but that was because it was a seagull egg and they are just that way).]]


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* RuderAndCruder: This episode really takes advantage of the internet's looser language restrictions.
* RunningGag: People killing animals in the bar, and then kicking them under things instead of cleaning them.
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** [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS15E05TheGangReplacesDeeWithAMonkey Mac finds the bartending monkey's body and takes its paw.]]

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** [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS15E05TheGangReplacesDeeWithAMonkey [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS15E04TheGangReplacesDeeWithAMonkey Mac finds the bartending monkey's body and takes its paw.]]
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* GoodLuckCharm: Mac's monkey paw [[spoiler: that's eventually stolen by Chase Utley]].
* SuperstitionEpisode: The whole episode centers around Charlie convincing the Gang to perform superstitions, "just in case".
* SuperstitiousSailors: While nobody in the episode ''is'' a sailor, Frank killing a seagull prompts Charlie and his mom to warn him of the bad luck sailors say it'll bring; and the ways he can undo it.

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* CallBack: [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E06TheWorldSeriesDefense Mac finally meets Chase Utley and asks if Chase got his letters.]]

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** [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS15E05TheGangReplacesDeeWithAMonkey Mac finds the bartending monkey's body and takes its paw.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: The monkey bartender is found dead after getting stuck under the kegs.]]
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* CountryMatters: Dee presents an old woman with a "cunt of the year" trophy, [[TheFriendNobodyLikes which the rest of the Gang gave her]], to a neighbor who complains about the noise Dee is making. The neighbor is one of the suspects for the origin of the curse.

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* CountryMatters: Dee presents an old woman with a "cunt of the year" trophy, [[TheFriendNobodyLikes which the rest of the Gang gave her]], to a neighbor who complains about the noise Dee is making. The neighbor is one of the suspects for the origin of the curse.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: While he's keeping the ashes out of spite more than as a trophy (though he probably did kill her), Dee has no problem with Dennis being a SerialKiller.
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* FriendshipMoment: Twisted and warped, but the Gang sure put a lot of effort into making a trophy gift they wanted Dee to have, even if it's titled "cunt of the year".
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* FreudianSlip: Dennis says he was "murdered" to Maureen.

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* FreudianSlip: Dennis says he was "murdered" to Maureen.Maureen.
* WeightWoe: Dennis complains that Mac didn't tell him earlier about ''Series/BarRescue'', because he hasn't been working out enough and his shirt might fall off.
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* {{Curse}}: The Gang tries to figure out what has cursed them, with many, many possibilities of the curse's origin. It's subverted, however, in that all of the supposed curses have mundane explanations.

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* {{Curse}}: The Gang tries to figure out what has cursed them, with many, many possibilities of the curse's origin. It's subverted, however, in that all of the supposed curses effects of the curse have mundane explanations.
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After Mac manages to get the bar on ''Series/BarRescue'', the Gang becomes convinced they've been cursed when bad things start to happen to them.
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!!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

* CallBack: [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS05E06TheWorldSeriesDefense Mac finally meets Chase Utley and asks if Chase got his letters.]]
* ContinuityNod: There are a couple of hints that Dennis [[Recap/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphiaS12E05MakingDennisReynoldsAMurderer may have murdered Maureen Ponderosa.]]
* {{Curse}}: The Gang tries to figure out what has cursed them, with many, many possibilities of the curse's origin. It's subverted, however, in that all of the supposed curses have mundane explanations.
* CountryMatters: Dee presents an old woman with a "cunt of the year" trophy, [[TheFriendNobodyLikes which the rest of the Gang gave her]], to a neighbor who complains about the noise Dee is making. The neighbor is one of the suspects for the origin of the curse.
* FreudianSlip: Dennis says he was "murdered" to Maureen.

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