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* YourTelevisionHatesYou: Spinelli tries to keep her mind off what her future career will be by watching television. Unfortunately, every channel she turns to has something related to careers.
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It's Career Day at Third Street School; several alumni have come to talk about their professions, including inventor Pat Patterson. While this inspires the main gang to talk about their careers, Spinelli just wants to focus on being a kid. Her friends warn her that not planning for a future can mean not having one. She then has nightmares about lacking a future while her friends are all successful.
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It's Career Day at Third Street School; several alumni have come to talk about their professions, including inventor Pat Patterson.Patterson (No, not [[Wrestling/PatPatterson that]] Pat Patterson). While this inspires the main gang to talk about their careers, Spinelli just wants to focus on being a kid. Her friends warn her that not planning for a future can mean not having one. She then has nightmares about lacking a future while her friends are all successful.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Spinelli's worries about what she'll grow up to be are assuaged when Pat Patterson (No, not [[Wrestling/PatPatterson that]] Pat Patterson) tells her that it took him a lifetime to figure out what he wanted to do. He didn't even invent his shoes until he was all grown up. The irony is, he backed out of saying his speech during Career Day because he was struck with stage fright.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Spinelli's worries about what she'll grow up to be are assuaged when Pat Patterson (No, not [[Wrestling/PatPatterson that]] Pat Patterson) tells her that it took him a lifetime to figure out what he wanted to do. He didn't even invent his shoes until he was all grown up. The irony is, he backed out of saying his speech during Career Day because he was struck with stage fright.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Spinelli's worries about what she'll grow up to be are assuaged when Pat Patterson tells her that it took him a lifetime to figure out what he wanted to do. He didn't even invent his shoes until he was all grown up. The irony is, he backed out of saying his speech during Career Day because he was struck with stage fright.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Spinelli's worries about what she'll grow up to be are assuaged when Pat Patterson (No, not [[Wrestling/PatPatterson that]] Pat Patterson) tells her that it took him a lifetime to figure out what he wanted to do. He didn't even invent his shoes until he was all grown up. The irony is, he backed out of saying his speech during Career Day because he was struck with stage fright.
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* MesACrowd: Gretchen contemplates cloning herself in the future to solve the world's problems. In fact, in Spinelli's dream, she encounters multiple clones of Gretchen. One is a news reporter interviewing sports star Vince, one works at a ticket booth to Mikey's sold-out concert, and one is a police officer. Spinelli tells the officer she looks familiar.
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* PresidentSuperhero: T.J. wants to be president when he grows up and Senõr Fusion.
* SelfDuplication: Gretchen contemplates cloning herself in the future to solve the world's problems. In fact, in Spinelli's dream, she encounters multiple clones of Gretchen. One is a news reporter interviewing sports star Vince, one works at a ticket booth to Mikey's sold-out concert, and one is a police officer. Spinelli tells the officer she looks familiar.
* SelfDuplication: Gretchen contemplates cloning herself in the future to solve the world's problems. In fact, in Spinelli's dream, she encounters multiple clones of Gretchen. One is a news reporter interviewing sports star Vince, one works at a ticket booth to Mikey's sold-out concert, and one is a police officer. Spinelli tells the officer she looks familiar.
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* FutureLoser: Spinelli worries that since all her friends have taken the good aspirations, that leaves her without a future career to pursue. By that logic, she fears she'll grow up to be a homeless vagabond with no future.
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* FutureLoser: FutureLoser:
** Spinelli worries that since all her friends have taken the good aspirations, that leaves her without a future career to pursue. By that logic, she fears she'll grow up to be a homeless vagabond with nofuture.future.
** Mikey could also be seen as this. It's difficult to see how he makes a living singing in restaurants, especially since he apparently [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules refuses tips]].
* {{Irony}}: Spinelli is portrayed as a future loser, but except for Gus, she's the most level-headed of the six. The others have all chosen something [[AwesomeButImpractical highly unrealistic]] (cloning yourself isn't possible, even for Gretchen; TJ would have to win several elections and/or achieve something else to become president and the odds of playing professional sports are slim, even for Vince) or something where making money is virtually impossible (how exactly will Mikey make any money from his singing?). Gus is the only one who chooses the BoringButPractical option of picking a realistic career by following his father into the military.
** Spinelli worries that since all her friends have taken the good aspirations, that leaves her without a future career to pursue. By that logic, she fears she'll grow up to be a homeless vagabond with no
** Mikey could also be seen as this. It's difficult to see how he makes a living singing in restaurants, especially since he apparently [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules refuses tips]].
* {{Irony}}: Spinelli is portrayed as a future loser, but except for Gus, she's the most level-headed of the six. The others have all chosen something [[AwesomeButImpractical highly unrealistic]] (cloning yourself isn't possible, even for Gretchen; TJ would have to win several elections and/or achieve something else to become president and the odds of playing professional sports are slim, even for Vince) or something where making money is virtually impossible (how exactly will Mikey make any money from his singing?). Gus is the only one who chooses the BoringButPractical option of picking a realistic career by following his father into the military.
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* AdultFear: Spinelli develops one such fear when she worries that if she can't decide on a career, she'll be without a future. Later, she's comforted by Pat Patterson that although it's common not to know the right career for you, nothing is set in stone.
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* MesACrowd: Gretchen contemplates cloning herself in the future to solve the world's problems. In fact, in Spinelli's dream, she encounters multiple clones of Gretchen. One is a news reporter interviewing sports star Vince, one works at a ticket booth to Mikey's sold-out concert, and one is a police officer. Spinelli tells the officer she looks familiar.
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* YouLookFamiliar: In Spinelli's dream, she encounters multiple clones of Gretchen. One is a news reporter interviewing sports star Vince, one works at a ticket booth to Mikey's sold-out concert, and one is a police officer. Spinelli tells the officer she looks familiar.
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* AdultFear: Spinelli develops one such fear when she worries that if she can't decide on a career, she'll be without a future. Later, she's comforted by Pat Patterson that although it's common not to know the right career for you, nothing is set in stone.
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* YouLookFamiliar: In Spinelli's dream, she encounters multiple clones of Gretchen. One is a news reporter interviewing sports star Vince, one works at a ticket booth to Mikey's sold-out concert, and one is a police officer. Spinelli tells the officer she looks familiar.
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* AfraidOfNeedles: Pat Patterson tells Spinelli that he wasn't thinking of being an inventor when he graduated school; far from it, he wanted to be a doctor originally. There was just a problem; the sight of needles and blood made him gag. When he tried to change jobs and become a fisherman, he got seasick easily.
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* AfraidOfNeedles: AfraidOfBlood: Pat Patterson tells Spinelli that he wasn't thinking of being an inventor when he graduated school; far from it, he wanted to be a doctor originally. There was just a problem; the sight of needles and blood made him gag. When he tried to change jobs and become a fisherman, he got seasick easily.
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* AnxietyDreams: After fretting throughout the day on what she wants to do with her life, Spinelli has a bad dream about growing up to be a homeless lady, and all her friends have gone on to bigger and better things.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Spinelli thinks that worrying about your future cuts into the fun of being a kid. She says that a bunch of older people don't understand what the future will be, and Pat later agrees with her on that. Her friends say that it doesn't hurt to think about it.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Spinelli thinks that worrying about your future cuts into the fun of being a kid. She says that a bunch of older people don't understand what the future will be, and Pat later agrees with her on that. Her friends say that it doesn't hurt to think about it.
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* AnxietyDreams: After fretting throughout the day on about what she wants to do with her life, Spinelli has a bad dream about growing up to be a homeless lady, and all her friends have gone on to bigger and better things.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Spinelli thinks that worrying about your future cuts into the fun of being a kid. She says that a bunch of older peopledon't doesn't understand what the future will be, and Pat later agrees with her on that. Her friends say that it doesn't hurt to think about it.
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Spinelli thinks that worrying about your future cuts into the fun of being a kid. She says that a bunch of older people
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It's Career Day at Third Street School; several alumni have come to talk about their professions, including inventor Pat Patterson. While this inspires the main gang to talk about their careers, Spinelli just wants to focus on being a kid. Her friends warn her that not planning for a future can mean not having one. She then has nightmares about lacking a future while her friends are all successful.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Principal Prickly says that "the future is now," Spinelli snarks that by that logic, it's time for recess already. The kids around her giggle in agreement.
* AfraidOfNeedles: Pat Patterson tells Spinelli that he wasn't thinking of being an inventor when he graduated school; far from it, he wanted to be a doctor originally. There was just a problem; the sight of needles and blood made him gag. When he tried to change jobs and become a fisherman, he got seasick easily.
!! Tropes for this episode include:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Principal Prickly says that "the future is now," Spinelli snarks that by that logic, it's time for recess already. The kids around her giggle in agreement.
* AfraidOfNeedles: Pat Patterson tells Spinelli that he wasn't thinking of being an inventor when he graduated school; far from it, he wanted to be a doctor originally. There was just a problem; the sight of needles and blood made him gag. When he tried to change jobs and become a fisherman, he got seasick easily.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Spinelli thinks that worrying about your future cuts into the fun of being a kid. She says that a bunch of older people don't understand what the future will be, and Pat later agrees with her on that. Her friends say that it doesn't hurt to think about it.
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* FutureLoser: Spinelli worries that since all her friends have taken the good aspirations, that leaves her without a future career to pursue. By that logic, she fears she'll grow up to be a homeless vagabond with no future.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Miss Lemon snarkily calls one alumnus a showoff for saying she mastered two-sided forms by the time she was eighteen.
* FutureLoser: Spinelli worries that since all her friends have taken the good aspirations, that leaves her without a future career to pursue. By that logic, she fears she'll grow up to be a homeless vagabond with nofuture.future.
* NiceGuy: Pat Patterson is revealed to be this. When he runs into Spinelli while she has a panic attack and lashes out at him, he invites her to sit on the sidewalk with him. Then Pat reveals that he had no idea what he wanted to be when he grew up, and his plans went awry. He reassures Spinelli that she doesn't have to decide on a career in the now; he certainly didn't, and he's at least fine.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Pat Patterson is afraid of public speaking. He sees the kids staring at him and realizes that he can't do that.
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* FutureLoser: Spinelli worries that since all her friends have taken the good aspirations, that leaves her without a future career to pursue. By that logic, she fears she'll grow up to be a homeless vagabond with no
* NiceGuy: Pat Patterson is revealed to be this. When he runs into Spinelli while she has a panic attack and lashes out at him, he invites her to sit on the sidewalk with him. Then Pat reveals that he had no idea what he wanted to be when he grew up, and his plans went awry. He reassures Spinelli that she doesn't have to decide on a career in the now; he certainly didn't, and he's at least fine.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Pat Patterson is afraid of public speaking. He sees the kids staring at him and realizes that he can't do that.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlotCouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Spinelli's worries about what she'll grow up to be are assuaged when Pat Patterson tells her that it took him a lifetime to figure out what he wanted to do. He didn't even invent his shoes until he was all grown up. The irony is, he backed out of saying his speech during Career Day because he was struck with stage fright.
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* AnAesop: Kids aren't obligated to think about their future or decide right away what they grow up to be. Even when you reach the point you're grown and ready for a career, your future isn't set in stone.
* AnxietyDreams: After fretting throughout the day on what she wants to do with her life, Spinelli has a bad dream about growing up to be a homeless lady, and all her friends have gone on to bigger and better things.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot
* FutureLoser: Spinelli worries that since all her friends have taken the good aspirations, that leaves her without a future career to pursue. By that logic, she fears she'll grow up to be a homeless vagabond with no future.
* AnxietyDreams: After fretting throughout the day on what she wants to do with her life, Spinelli has a bad dream about growing up to be a homeless lady, and all her friends have gone on to bigger and better things.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot
* FutureLoser: Spinelli worries that since all her friends have taken the good aspirations, that leaves her without a future career to pursue. By that logic, she fears she'll grow up to be a homeless vagabond with no future.
