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* ActingForTwo: Anna Friel provided the voice of the "Dandy Lion" promotional video using her native English accent instead of the American one she used for Chuck.
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* MusicalisInterruptus: As Olive is performing her musical number in reality and not in her imagination, she is occasionally interrupted by brief disturbances, like would-be customers and a janitor.
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Chuck has many questions about being back from the dead, not all of which Ned is willing to answer. To Emerson's dismay, Chuck tags along on their latest case: automotive engineer Bernard Slaybeck, dead in a hit-and-run. Or so they think until Ned wakes up Bernard, who claims that he was killed by a dummy. Intrigued, the detectives investigate Bernard's employer, the Dandy Lion car company, where they meet his grieving girlfriend, Janine, and poke around the Dandy Lion factory.

Janine points them to a large pit full of discarded crash test dummies, but they barely have time to investigate before someone dressed as a dummy knocks them unconscious and, back at the factory, imprisons them inside body bags inside a Dandy Lion prototype.

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Chuck has many questions about being back from the dead, not all of which Ned is willing to answer. To Emerson's dismay, Chuck tags along on their latest case: automotive engineer Bernard Slaybeck, dead in a hit-and-run. Or so they think until Ned wakes up Bernard, who claims that he was killed by a dummy. Intrigued, the detectives investigate Bernard's employer, the Dandy Lion car company, where they meet his grieving girlfriend, Janine, Jeanine, and poke around the Dandy Lion factory.

Janine Jeanine points them to a large pit full of discarded crash test dummies, but they barely have time to investigate before someone dressed as a dummy knocks them unconscious and, back at the factory, imprisons them inside body bags inside a Dandy Lion prototype.
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* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Olive sings "Hopelessly Devoted To You" (from ''{{Grease}}'')

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* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Olive sings "Hopelessly Devoted To You" (from ''{{Grease}}'')''Film/{{Grease}}'')
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* DontComeAKnockin: in a shot [[ShoutOut referencing]] ''{{Titanic}}''.

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* DontComeAKnockin: in a shot [[ShoutOut referencing]] ''{{Titanic}}''.''Film/{{Titanic 1997}}''.
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* TheAllegedCar: The plot hinges around [[spoiler: a safety flaw in the Dandy Lion design]], and not the obvious one [[hottip:*:poor visibility due to all windows being perfectly circular]] either.

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* TheAllegedCar: The plot hinges around [[spoiler: a safety flaw in the Dandy Lion design]], and not the obvious one [[hottip:*:poor [[note]]poor visibility due to all windows being perfectly circular]] circular[[/note]] either.
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* HypocriticalHumor: The CEO of a company pushing eco-friendly cars having a Hummer for his personal vehicle comes across as this.
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* IndirectKiss: The plastic of their body bags keeps Ned and Chuck from kissing.

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* IndirectKiss: The plastic of their body bags keeps Ned and Chuck from kissing.touching.
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* IndirectKiss: The plastic of their body bags keeps Ned and Chuck from kissing.

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* {{Omniglot}}: Chuck's Japanese

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* MalevolentMaskedMan: The murderer does his work wearing a crash test dummy's mask.
* {{Omniglot}}: Chuck's JapaneseJapanese.
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* BigEater: Janine. However, Chuck believes (and is proved right) that she's actually a laxative-assisted bulimic.
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* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Subverted; the villain isn't aware that Ned, Chuck, and Emerson can't hear his MotiveRant.
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Ned is dropped off at boarding school, four weeks after his mother's death. Teased by the other children, Ned concocts a revenge plan: he volunteers to help out in science class and secretly resurrects the frogs, causing mayhem. Though he quickly regrets his actions, he lies to the teachers about being responsible--having learned to lie from his father, who lied when he said he'd be back for Ned.

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Ned is dropped off at boarding school, four weeks after his mother's death. Teased by the other children, boys, Ned concocts a revenge plan: he volunteers to help out in science class and secretly resurrects the frogs, causing mayhem. Though he quickly regrets his actions, he lies to the teachers about being responsible--having learned to lie from his father, who lied when he said he'd be back for Ned.



* DontComeKnocking: in a scene homaging ''{{Titanic}}''.

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* DontComeKnocking: DontComeAKnockin: in a scene homaging shot [[ShoutOut referencing]] ''{{Titanic}}''.

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Ned is dropped off at boarding school, four weeks after his mother's death. Teased by the other children, Ned concocts a revenge plan: he volunteers to help out in science class and secretly resurrects the frogs, causing mayhem. Though he quickly regrets his actions, he lies to the teachers about being responsible--having learned to lie from his father, who lied when he said he'd be back for his son.

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Ned is dropped off at boarding school, four weeks after his mother's death. Teased by the other children, Ned concocts a revenge plan: he volunteers to help out in science class and secretly resurrects the frogs, causing mayhem. Though he quickly regrets his actions, he lies to the teachers about being responsible--having learned to lie from his father, who lied when he said he'd be back for his son.
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* Main/TheAllegedCar: The plot hinges around [[spoiler: a safety flaw in the Dandy Lion design]], and not the obvious one [[hottip:*:poor visibility due to all windows being perfectly circular]] either.

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* Main/TheAllegedCar: *TheAllegedCar: The plot hinges around [[spoiler: a safety flaw in the Dandy Lion design]], and not the obvious one [[hottip:*:poor visibility due to all windows being perfectly circular]] either.



* Main/CorruptCorporateExecutive
* Main/FreeTheFrogs
* [[IWantMyJetPack I Want My Flying Car]]
* {{Omniglot}}: Chuck's Japanese
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Olive sings "Hopelessly Devoted To You" (from ''{{Grease}}'')

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* Main/FreeTheFrogs
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*DontComeKnocking: in a scene homaging ''{{Titanic}}''.
*FreeTheFrogs
*[[IWantMyJetPack
I Want My Flying Car]]
* {{Omniglot}}: *{{Omniglot}}: Chuck's Japanese
* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: *ThatRemindsMeOfASong: Olive sings "Hopelessly Devoted To You" (from ''{{Grease}}'')

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''{{Grease}}'')

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Chuck has many questions about being back from the dead, not all of which Ned is willing to answer. To Emerson's dismay, Chuck tags along on their latest case: automotive engineer Bernard Slaybeck, dead in a hit-and-run. Or so they think until Ned wakes up Bernard, who claims that he was killed by a dummy. Intrigued, the detectives investigate Bernard's employer, the Dandy Lion car company, where they meet his grieving girlfriend, Janine.

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Chuck has many questions about being back from the dead, not all of which Ned is willing to answer. To Emerson's dismay, Chuck tags along on their latest case: automotive engineer Bernard Slaybeck, dead in a hit-and-run. Or so they think until Ned wakes up Bernard, who claims that he was killed by a dummy. Intrigued, the detectives investigate Bernard's employer, the Dandy Lion car company, where they meet his grieving girlfriend, Janine.
Janine, and poke around the Dandy Lion factory.

Janine points them to a large pit full of discarded crash test dummies, but they barely have time to investigate before someone dressed as a dummy knocks them unconscious and, back at the factory, imprisons them inside body bags inside a Dandy Lion prototype.


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*[[IWantMyJetPack I Want My Flying Car]]
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*Main/TheAllegedCar: The plot hinges around [[spoiler: a safety flaw in the Dandy Lion design]], and not the obvious one either.

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*Main/TheAllegedCar: The plot hinges around [[spoiler: a safety flaw in the Dandy Lion design]], and not the obvious one [[hottip:*:poor visibility due to all windows being perfectly circular]] either.

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