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* PeopleFarm: The retirement home that Randall sent Hopson to turns out to be a Red Lobster-owned cryogenic farm of elderly humans where the Red Lobster crew inject marine wildlife DNA into their bodies so that they grow delicious meals such as lobster arms and scallops. Bullet's line, "RED LOBSTER IS OLD PEOPLE?!" is a parody of the famous line "[[Film/SoylentGreen SOYLENT GREEN]] IS PEOPLE!!"

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* PeopleFarm: PeopleFarms: The retirement home that Randall sent Hopson to turns out to be a Red Lobster-owned cryogenic farm of elderly humans where the Red Lobster crew inject marine wildlife DNA into their bodies so that they grow delicious meals such as lobster arms and scallops. Bullet's line, "RED LOBSTER IS OLD PEOPLE?!" is a parody of the famous line "[[Film/SoylentGreen SOYLENT GREEN]] IS PEOPLE!!"

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* AbusiveParents: Dusty reminisces about his abusive mother, who used to throw bricks at him.
-->'''Dusty''': You know, whenever a brick crashes through the window, it reminds me of my mama. You know every year on my birthday, she made me tuck my [[UnusualEuphemism samajiggers]] between my legs, called me an ugly fat woman, and throw bricks at my head. ''[chuckles]'' Oh, Mama.

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* AbusiveParents: AbusiveParents:
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Dusty reminisces about his abusive mother, who used to throw bricks at him.
-->'''Dusty''': --->'''Dusty''': You know, whenever a brick crashes through the window, it reminds me of my mama. You know every year on my birthday, she made me tuck my [[UnusualEuphemism samajiggers]] between my legs, called me an ugly fat woman, and throw bricks at my head. ''[chuckles]'' Oh, Mama.



-->'''Dusty's Mom''': I forgot your birthday, Dusty! Mama loves her ugly little fat woman!

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-->'''Dusty's --->'''Dusty's Mom''': I forgot your birthday, Dusty! Mama loves her ugly little fat woman!



-->'''Anderson Cooper''': You're watching CNN, where a rogue cop has just taken a black man hostage!
-->'''Sean Hannity''': You're watching FOX News, where an angry black thug has kidnapped a police officer!

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-->'''Anderson Cooper''': You're watching CNN, where a rogue cop has just taken a black man hostage!
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Hannity''': You're watching FOX News, where an angry black thug has kidnapped a police officer!



* PoliceBrutality: A concept that is mocked and parodied in this episode, when Fitz, a black cop, inflicts violence upon himself, leading to liberal and conservative news outlets [[ManipulativeEditing twisting the story to fit their own political rhetorics]].

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* PoliceBrutality: PoliceBrutality:
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A concept that is mocked and parodied in this episode, when Fitz, a black cop, inflicts violence upon himself, leading to liberal and conservative news outlets [[ManipulativeEditing twisting the story to fit their own political rhetorics]].rhetorics]].



-->'''Gina''': SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS, YOU GOD DAMNED TWAT WAFFLE!!!

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-->'''Gina''': --->'''Gina''': SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS, YOU GOD DAMNED TWAT WAFFLE!!!
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* {{Mondegreen}}: Fitz gets himself in trouble with one of these.

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* {{Mondegreen}}: MondegreenGag: Fitz gets himself in trouble with one of these.
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*TheMafiya: The Russian mobsters trading guns for argyle meth.
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* TemptingFate: While Fitz was relieved that his dick was safe, he thought that no one was around to saw the scene. Cue the video of such scene shown on CNN news.
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* LogicBomb: Gina induces this on the news pundits by having Fitz, Dusty and herself play out a scenario that combines positions from both sides of their politics, leaving them dumbstruck on how to spin it. Sean Hannity is revealed to be a robot when he malfunctions and explodes from the contradictions.
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When Fitz accidentally shoots himself in the dick, after getting scared by his reflection, he gets massive news publicity, with both liberal and conservative news channels twisting the story to fit their own narratives. CNN details this as the story of a cop shooting an innocent black man, while FOX details this as an armed, trigger happy black man getting his comeuppance from the cops. Meanwhile, Hopson gets sent to a retirement home.

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When Fitz (who has post-traumatic stress disorder) accidentally shoots himself in the dick, after getting scared by his reflection, he gets massive news publicity, with both liberal and conservative news channels twisting the story to fit their own narratives. narratives: CNN details this reports it as yet another story about a police officer committing police brutality against a black man while FOX News reports it as the heroic story of a cop shooting an innocent police officer fighting back against a black man, while FOX details this as an armed, trigger happy black man getting his comeuppance from the cops. criminal. Meanwhile, Hopson gets sent to a retirement home.home, but Hopson thinks it's a sting operation.
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* TokenMinority: Because of the fact that Fitz is this to Paradise P.D., [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity Randall refuses to fire him]], on account of affirmative actions.

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* TokenMinority: Because of the fact that Fitz is this to Paradise P.D., [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity [[UltimateJobSecurity Randall refuses to fire him]], on account of affirmative actions.action despite that Fitz never does his job.
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* DiscretionShot: Randall has to change Randall's diaper. Despite this being a Netflix original and a raunch-com, the writers decide to cut the audience some slack, by not showing us Hopson's naked old droopy dick ... [[Recap/ParadisePDS01E06MeetTheJabowskis in this episode]].

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* DiscretionShot: Randall has to change Randall's Hopson's diaper. Despite this being a Netflix original and a raunch-com, the writers decide to cut the audience some slack, by not showing us Hopson's naked old droopy dick ... [[Recap/ParadisePDS01E06MeetTheJabowskis in this episode]].

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-->'''Dusty''': You know, whenever a brick crashes through the window, it reminds me of my mama. You know every year on my birthday, she made me tuck my samajiggers between my legs, called me an ugly fat woman, and throw bricks at my head. ''[chuckles]'' Oh, Mama.

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-->'''Dusty''': You know, whenever a brick crashes through the window, it reminds me of my mama. You know every year on my birthday, she made me tuck my samajiggers [[UnusualEuphemism samajiggers]] between my legs, called me an ugly fat woman, and throw bricks at my head. ''[chuckles]'' Oh, Mama.


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* PoliceBrutality: A concept that is mocked and parodied in this episode, when Fitz, a black cop, inflicts violence upon himself, leading to liberal and conservative news outlets [[ManipulativeEditing twisting the story to fit their own political rhetorics]].
** And it was also played straight when Gina kicked the shit out of the Russian mobsters on the docks.
-->'''Gina''': SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS, YOU GOD DAMNED TWAT WAFFLE!!!


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* StatusQuoIsGod: Stanley forces Randall to un-retire him and let him work as a cop again, by strangling him with his newly mutated lobster claw, which of course, also disappears in the next episode.

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* NumberOneDime: Fitz' piccolo.
* AbusiveParents: Dusty reminisces about his abusive mother, who used to throw bricks at him.
-->'''Dusty''': You know, whenever a brick crashes through the window, it reminds me of my mama. You know every year on my birthday, she made me tuck my samajiggers between my legs, called me an ugly fat woman, and throw bricks at my head. ''[chuckles]'' Oh, Mama.
** These statements are later proven true, in a [[LiteralMetaphor literal]] [[BrickJoke brick joke]].
-->'''Dusty's Mom''': I forgot your birthday, Dusty! Mama loves her ugly little fat woman!
-->'''Dusty''': Thanks, mama!
* AffectionateNickname: Bullet is referred to as "Fifi", after lying about his identity.



* AssShove: In her first with the mobsters, Gina shoves the head of one of the mobsters up another mobster's ass.



* DiscretionShot: Randall has to change Randall's diaper. Despite this being a Netflix original and a raunch-com, the writers decide to cut the audience some slack, by not showing us Hopson's naked old droopy dick ... [[Recap/ParadisePDS01E06MeetTheJabowskis in this episode]].
-->'''Dusty''': It looks like Betty White, holding a dead snake in her mouth!



* PeopleFarm: The retirement home that Randall sent Hopson to turns out to be a Red Lobster-owned cryogenic farm of elderly humans where the Red Lobster crew inject marine wildlife DNA into their bodies so that they grow delicious meals such as lobster arms and scallops. Bullet's line, "RED LOBSTER IS OLD PEOPLE?!" is a parody of the famous line "[[Film/SoylentGreen SOYLENT GREEN]] IS PEOPLE!!"



* ManipulativeEditing: The news channels do this with the G-Fitz situation, in order to make the story fit their own political narratives.
-->'''Anderson Cooper''': You're watching CNN, where a rogue cop has just taken a black man hostage!
-->'''Sean Hannity''': You're watching FOX News, where an angry black thug has kidnapped a police officer!
* {{Mondegreen}}: Fitz gets himself in trouble with one of these.
-->'''Fitz''': If anyone's hurt, see Kyle the medic. See Kyle! See Kyle!
* PeopleFarm: The retirement home that Randall sent Hopson to turns out to be a Red Lobster-owned cryogenic farm of elderly humans where the Red Lobster crew inject marine wildlife DNA into their bodies so that they grow delicious meals such as lobster arms and scallops. Bullet's line, "RED LOBSTER IS OLD PEOPLE?!" is a parody of the famous line "[[Film/SoylentGreen SOYLENT GREEN]] IS PEOPLE!!"
* SanitySlippage: Fitz slowly but surely starts to lose his mind, when he gets his piccolo confiscated.



* SplitPersonality: Fitz goes insane and splits himself into dual personalities. A badass police officer and a crime-causing thug.



* TokenMinority: Because of the fact that Fitz is this to Paradise P.D., [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity Randall refuses to fire him]], on account of affirmative actions.

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* TalkingToThemself: Fitz does this, when he experiences Multiple Personality Disorder.
* TokenMinority: Because of the fact that Fitz is this to Paradise P.D., [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity Randall refuses to fire him]], on account of affirmative actions.actions.
* TwoTimerDate: Fitz has to show up at two political rallies. One for Blue Lives Matter and one for Black Lives Matter. He's supposed to play the role of a heroic cop for the police officers and a defenseless victim at the black people. Unfortunately, things go wrong and Fitz eventually ends up looking like a murderous ruffian in front of the cops and a racist Klansman in front of the African-Americans.
* VampireVords: The Russian Mobster talks like this.
-->'''Robby''': Anybody ever tell you, you sound like that vampire motherfucker, who counts shit on Sesame Street?
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* HumanFarm: The retirement home that Randall sent Hopson to turns out to be a Red Lobster-owned cryogenic farm of elderly humans where the Red Lobster crew inject marine wildlife DNA into their bodies so that they grow delicious meals such as lobster arms and scallops. Bullet's line, "RED LOBSTER IS OLD PEOPLE?!" is a parody of the famous line "[[Film/SoylentGreen SOYLENT GREEN]] IS PEOPLE!!"

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* HumanFarm: PeopleFarm: The retirement home that Randall sent Hopson to turns out to be a Red Lobster-owned cryogenic farm of elderly humans where the Red Lobster crew inject marine wildlife DNA into their bodies so that they grow delicious meals such as lobster arms and scallops. Bullet's line, "RED LOBSTER IS OLD PEOPLE?!" is a parody of the famous line "[[Film/SoylentGreen SOYLENT GREEN]] IS PEOPLE!!"
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* HumanFarm: The retirement home that Randall sent Hopson to turns out to be a Red Lobster-owned cryogenic farm of elderly humans where the Red Lobster crew inject marine wildlife DNA into their bodies so that they grow delicious meals such as lobster arms and scallops. Bullet's line, "RED LOBSTER IS OLD PEOPLE?!" is a parody of the famous line "[[Film/SoylentGreen SOYLENT GREEN]] IS PEOPLE!!"
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When Fitz accidentally shoots himself in the dick, after getting scared by his reflection, he gets massive news publicity, with both liberal and conservative news channels twisting the story to fit their own narratives. CNN details this as the story of a cop shooting an innocent black man, while FOX details this as an armed, trigger happy black man getting his comeuppance from the cops. Meanwhile, Hopson gets sent to a retirement home.
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* ArcWords: "No, Not My Dick!"
* BaitAndSwitchComment: Randall says that race relations have never been better in Paradise, ever since they hired "Officer Blacky". Fitz gets offended by this, only to reveal that "Blacky" was the name of an Asian cop, who used to work for them before getting killed on the job.
* BleakAbyssRetirementHome: Heaven's Lobby Nursing Home.
* GoldenMeanFallacy: Both liberals and conservatives are mocked and ridiculed equally in this episode.
* TheLoad: Fitz is this to Gina in this episode, as he provides no help in fighting criminals and actually blows their cover, by playing the flute, when they're supposed to be hiding.
* SelfHarm: Fitz shoots himself in the dick.
* StrawmanPolitical: Pretty much every real-life news reporter in this episode.
* TokenMinority: Because of the fact that Fitz is this to Paradise P.D., [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity Randall refuses to fire him]], on account of affirmative actions.

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