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* InsultBackfire: Mordecai and Rigby make fun of Benson for believing in the Jebediah Townhouse superstition. Benson responds by saying that he ''is'' superstitious.

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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: While out smashing pumpkins, Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five get turned into pumpkins themselves.



** The main storyline is based around a bet among the groundskeepers about who can tell the best scary story.

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** The main storyline is based around a bet among the groundskeepers about who can tell the best scary story. The winner gets everyone’s Halloween candy and the loser has to wear their Halloween costume until Thanksgiving.



* BoardGames: To kill time and wait out the night in “The Previous Owner,” the group plays a board game that looks a lot like Chutes & Ladders.



* BurnTheWitch: The villagers accuse Jebediah of being one just based on the way he acts.

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* BurnTheWitch: The villagers accuse Jebediah of being one just based on the way he acts.acts and chase him down with TorchesAndPitchforks.
* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: Thomas tries to tell a story that ends this way, but he screws up the punchline. It’s also what causes him to lose the bet in the end.
-->'''Thomas:''' But the maniac was calling from ''outside'' the house! Wait, is that right…? I mean, ''inside'' the house!
* CassandraTruth: Benson tells the park crew the GhostStory of Jebediah Townhouse, but none of them believe him.



* ForbiddenFruit: The sign in the pumpkin patch in Muscle Man’s story says, “Smash all you want, but leave these two pumpkin lovers alone.” - referring to a pumpkin scarecrow couple.
-->'''Rigby:''' Aw, man. That just makes me want to smash them more!
* ForcedToWatch: The pumpkin scarecrow watches helplessly as his wife gets smashed by Muscle Man and her guts splatter onto his face.



* HalloweenTrickery: At the beginning of the episode, some kids are {{egging}} one of the park buildings. When Benson catches them, they then start throwing eggs at him.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Rigby is hiding in a barn from the pumpkin scarecrow and sighs in relief, saying “He’ll never get me in here!” Right after, the scarecrow breaks through the door.
* KissingDiscretionShot: Muscle Man and Starla cover themselves with a giant paper bag so they can make out in their peanut butter and jelly costumes.
* NotInTheFace: Mordecai yells “Not the face!” when he’s being turned into a pumpkin.
* OminousKnocking: After Pops says he saw Jebediah Townhouse, he, Mordecai, and Rigby hear someone pounding on the front door. It turns out to be Muscle Man trying to scare them so he can win the bet.
* {{Poltergeist}}: Jebediah Townhouse is described as one and while he’s seen possessing items around the house, he never really acts in a stereotypically poltergeist way.
* PumpkinPerson: Muscle Man’s story, “Jacked Up Jack-O-Lantern,” is about a ScaryScarecrow with a jack-o-lantern for a head seeking {{revenge}} on him, Rigby, Muscle Man, & Hi-Five for smashing his wife’s head.



* {{Revenge}}: Muscle Man’s story, “Jacked Up Jack-O-Lantern,” is about a ScaryScarecrow with a jack-o-lantern for a head seeking revenge on him, Rigby, Muscle Man, & Hi-Five for smashing his wife’s head.

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* {{Revenge}}: Muscle Man’s story, RedEyesTakeWarning: The pumpkin scarecrow that comes to life in “Jacked Up Jack-O-Lantern,” is about a ScaryScarecrow with a jack-o-lantern for a head seeking revenge on him, Rigby, Muscle Man, & Hi-Five for smashing his wife’s head.Jack-O-Lantern” has glowing red eyes.


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** One of the kids that’s egging a park building at the beginning of the episode is dressed as Donatello from ''[[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''.
** The UMÄK store factory is a parody of IKEA stores.


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* VengefulGhost: Jebediah Townhouse vows to come back 200 years after his death to kill whoever is living in his house as revenge for not being accepted by his fellow villagers in his own time period.
* WouldRatherSuffer: Mordecai would rather jump off the roof than listen to any more of Jebediah Townhouse’s 80s lingo.
* YeahShot: Rigby’s story ends with one after Benson tells him that he’s going to get “all the promotions.”

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Bad Thomas, bad! Seriously, that made my ears sad, bro."]]



* BornInTheWrongCentury: Jebediah Townhouse who slang and mannerisms are all from the TheEighties and [[TheNineties early nineties]]. Even when he comes back as a ghost, he still misses the decade, as those slang terms aren't used anymore (and, if they are, it's used ironically or by out-of-touch people trying to be cool).

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* TheBet: Two in this episode:
** The main storyline is based around a bet among the groundskeepers about who can tell the best scary story.
** In “The Previous Owner,” after Benson leaves for the night, the rest of the groundskeepers make a bet about who can stay the longest in the house on the night that Jebediah Townhouse is supposed to return. They all pool in $20 and the winner gets all the money.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Jebediah Townhouse who slang and mannerisms are all from the TheEighties [[TheEighties 80s]] and [[TheNineties early nineties]].90s]]. Even when he comes back as a ghost, he still misses the decade, as those slang terms aren't used anymore (and, if they are, it's used ironically or by out-of-touch people trying to be cool).



* DownerEnding: The third story end up with ''none of the characters surviving''.

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* DownerEnding: The third story end up ends with ''none of the characters surviving''.surviving''.
* HalloweenEpisode: This episode features a Halloween party at the park in which the gang sees who can tell the scariest story.



* {{Revenge}}: The Jack-O-Lateran Scarecrow goes after Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost for smashing his "wife".

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* {{Revenge}}: The Jack-O-Lateran Scarecrow goes after Mordecai, Muscle Man’s story, “Jacked Up Jack-O-Lantern,” is about a ScaryScarecrow with a jack-o-lantern for a head seeking revenge on him, Rigby, Muscle Man, and & Hi-Five Ghost for smashing his "wife".wife’s head.

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'''Killer Bed''': Rigby buys a bed whose model is possessed by the spirit of a criminal who fell into the machinery.

'''Jacked Up Jack-O-Lantern''': When Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost go smashing pumpkins, they unknowingly smash the head of a scarecrow's wife and end up paying the price one by one.

'''The Previous Owner''': Benson tells the gang of a slang-talking settler whose soul possesses the park house, and that he is to re-emerge after 200 years have passed. Regardless, Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, Hi-Five Ghost, and a reluctant Pops decide to spend the night in the house after making a bet for as to who can stay the longest.

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'''Killer Bed''': Bed:''' Rigby buys a bed whose model is possessed by the spirit of a criminal who fell into the machinery.

'''Jacked Up Jack-O-Lantern''': Jack-O-Lantern:''' When Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost go smashing pumpkins, they unknowingly smash the head of a scarecrow's wife and end up paying the price one by one.

'''The Previous Owner''': Owner:''' Benson tells the gang of a slang-talking settler whose soul possesses the park house, and that he is to re-emerge after 200 years have passed. Regardless, Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, Hi-Five Ghost, and a reluctant Pops decide to spend the night in the house after making a bet for as to who can stay the longest.



* TotallyRadical: Jebediah's speech is filled with this.

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* TotallyRadical: Jebediah's speech is filled with this.this.
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* KillEmAll: The third story end up with ''none of the characters surviving''.

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* KillEmAll: DownerEnding: The third story end up with ''none of the characters surviving''.
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* BalefulPolymorph: The Jack-O-Lateran Scarecrow end up inflicting this on Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost at the end of the second story.
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* BornInTheWrongCentury: Jebediah Townhouse who slang and mannerisms are all from the TheEighties and [[TheNineties early nineties]]. Even when he comes back as a ghost, he still misses the decade, as those slang terms aren't used anymore (and, if they are, it's used ironically or by out-of-touch people [[WereStillRelevantDammit trying to be cool]]).

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* BornInTheWrongCentury: Jebediah Townhouse who slang and mannerisms are all from the TheEighties and [[TheNineties early nineties]]. Even when he comes back as a ghost, he still misses the decade, as those slang terms aren't used anymore (and, if they are, it's used ironically or by out-of-touch people [[WereStillRelevantDammit trying to be cool]]).cool).
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* KillEmAll: The third story end up with none of the characters surviving.
* RealAfterAll: After Benson tells his tale, he admits that it's actually true. Pop's calling his father confirms it right before Jebediah shows up to attack them.

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* KillEmAll: The third story end up with none ''none of the characters surviving.
surviving''.
* RealAfterAll: After Benson tells his tale, he admits that it's actually true. Pop's calling his father confirms it right before Jebediah shows up to attack them. them all.
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* ActorAllusion: Techmo is dressed up as [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]] at the gang's party. Both characters are voiced by Creator/SteveBlum.
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* ActorAllusion: Techmo is dressed up as [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]] at the gang's party. Both characters are voiced by Creator/SteveBlum.
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* BornInTheWrongCentury: Jebediah Townhouse who slang and mannerisms are all glen from the TheEighties and [[TheNineties early nineties]]. Even when he comes back as a ghost, he still misses the decade.

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* BornInTheWrongCentury: Jebediah Townhouse who slang and mannerisms are all glen from the TheEighties and [[TheNineties early nineties]]. Even when he comes back as a ghost, he still misses the decade.decade, as those slang terms aren't used anymore (and, if they are, it's used ironically or by out-of-touch people [[WereStillRelevantDammit trying to be cool]]).
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'''Killer Bed''': Rigby buys a bed that's haunted by a criminal who died while the bed was being created.

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'''Killer Bed''': Rigby buys a bed that's haunted whose model is possessed by the spirit of a criminal who died while fell into the bed was being created.
machinery.



'''The Previous Owner''': Benson tells the gang of a man whose soul possesses the park house, and that he is to re-emerge after 200 years have passed. Regardless, Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, Hi-Five Ghost, and a reluctant Pops decide to spend the night in the house after making a bet for as to who can stay the longest.

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'''The Previous Owner''': Benson tells the gang of a man slang-talking settler whose soul possesses the park house, and that he is to re-emerge after 200 years have passed. Regardless, Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, Hi-Five Ghost, and a reluctant Pops decide to spend the night in the house after making a bet for as to who can stay the longest.
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** A lot of what Jebediah say are based off things from old media such as "Whoop There It Is" by Tag Team and "Gotta Have My Pops" which was an old ad slogan for Pops cereal.

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** A lot of what Jebediah say are based off things from old media such as "Whoop There It Is" which was a song by rap group, Tag Team and "Gotta Have My Pops" which was an old ad slogan for Pops cereal.cereal. Also his dance during the flashback was based on Music/MCHammer "Hammer Time" dance.
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* BalefulPolymorph: The Jack-O-Lateran Scarecrow end up inflicting this on Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost at the end of the second story.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Jebediah Townhouse who slang and mannerisms are all glen from the TheEighties and [[TheNineties early nineties]]. Even when he comes back as a ghost, he still misses the decade.
* BurnTheWitch: The villagers accuse Jebediah of being one just based on the way he acts.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Jebediah decides to kill anyone still in the house on Halloween despite only being angry at the villagers for trying to kill him.
* KillEmAll: The third story end up with none of the characters surviving.
* RealAfterAll: After Benson tells his tale, he admits that it's actually true. Pop's calling his father confirms it right before Jebediah shows up to attack them.
* {{Revenge}}: The Jack-O-Lateran Scarecrow goes after Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost for smashing his "wife".
* ShoutOut:
** As stated in the Actor Allusion, one to ''Cowboy Bebop''
** A lot of what Jebediah say are based off things from old media such as "Whoop There It Is" by Tag Team and "Gotta Have My Pops" which was an old ad slogan for Pops cereal.
* TooDumbToLive: In the third story Benson warns Mordecai, Rigby, Pops, Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost of the danger of Jebediah and not to stay in the house that night. They think he's making it up and stay within the house on a dare.
* TotallyRadical: Jebediah's speech is filled with this.
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The guys hold a bet for people who can tell the scariest story. These stories are:

'''Killer Bed''': Rigby buys a bed only for it to be a local murderer turned into one.

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The guys hold a bet for people who can tell the scariest story. These story (the winner gets all of the candy placed on the table for the bet. The loser [[[ButtMonkey Thomas]]] has to wear his costume until Thanksgiving). This year's stories are:

'''Killer Bed''': Rigby buys a bed only for it to be that's haunted by a local murderer turned into one.
criminal who died while the bed was being created.
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The guys hold a bet for people who can tell the scariest story. These stories are "Killer Bed", where Rigby buys a bed only for it to be a murderer turned into one, "Jacked Up Jack-O-Lantern", where Muscleman, High Five, Mordecai and Rigby smash a pumpkin's wife and pay the price, and "The Previous Owner", where the house is haunted by a poltergeist and Mordecai, Rigby, Muscleman, High Five and Pops stay the night while he's there.

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-> Written by Calvin Wong and Toby Jones (''Killer Bed'' and ''Jacked-Up Jack-o-Lantern'') and by Benton Connor and Andres Salaff (''The Previous Owner'')

The guys hold a bet for people who can tell the scariest story. These stories are "Killer Bed", where are:

'''Killer Bed''':
Rigby buys a bed only for it to be a local murderer turned into one, "Jacked one.
'''Jacked
Up Jack-O-Lantern", where Muscleman, High Five, Mordecai and Rigby smash a pumpkin's wife and pay the price, and "The Previous Owner", where the house is haunted by a poltergeist and Jack-O-Lantern''': When Mordecai, Rigby, Muscleman, High Five Muscle Man, and Hi-Five Ghost go smashing pumpkins, they unknowingly smash the head of a scarecrow's wife and end up paying the price one by one.
'''The Previous Owner''': Benson tells the gang of a man whose soul possesses the park house, and that he is to re-emerge after 200 years have passed. Regardless, Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, Hi-Five Ghost, and a reluctant
Pops stay decide to spend the night while he's there.in the house after making a bet for as to who can stay the longest.
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* ActorAllusion: Techmo is dressed up as [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]] at the gang's party. Both characters are voiced by Creator/SteveBlum.
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The guys hold a bet for people who can tell the scariest story. These stories are "Killer Bed", where Rigby buys a bed only for it to be a murderer turned into one, "Jacked Up Jack-O-Lantern", where Muscleman, High Five, Mordecai and Rigby smash a pumpkin's wife and pay the price, and "The Previous Owner", where the house is haunted by a poltergeist and Mordecai, Rigby, Muscleman, High Five and Pops stay the night while he's there.

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