History Recap / SquirrelBoyS1E10HarriedTreasureTheRodSquad

* ThrowTheDogABone: Mr. J, while usually being the show's uber-unlucky [[ButtMonkey punching]] [[TheChewToy bag]], gets a happy ending here. Admittedly, he did suffer the misfortune of having his brand new lawn destroyed, but he gets to sit back and watch Andy, Rodney, Kyle, and Salty Mike reconstruct it.

* TheChick: Darlene plays this role to the Rod Squad as the token female member who uses her attractive looks to get her way.

* AbsenteeActor: Mrs. J does not appear in this episode.

* AbusiveDad: PlayedWith at the end. While Andy ''did'' deserve punishment for demolishing Mr. J's new lawn, the amount of blades that had to be polished would have cost him, Rodney, Kyle, and Salty Mike their whole energy and caused them to suffer from sleep deprivation.
-->'''Rodney:''' We don't have to polish ''every'' blade, do we?\\
'''Mr. J:''' ''Every'' blade!
* AllForNothing: The boys wasted their time digging up Mr. J's lawn to unearth a treasure chest, only to find Captain Puffy and a bunch of cereal boxes in the chest instead of loot.
* AllTakeAndNoGive: Kyle and Salty Mike hog all the seafood logs without saving any for Andy and Rodney.
* AnAesop: Don't damage others' property in pursuit of something trivial and unimportant, ''especially'' if they worked really hard on making it.
* BittersweetEnding: The ending is happy on Mr. J's part, but a real shame on the boys' part.
* ButtMonkey: Andy trips and falls while entering Mr. J's new lawn and later Rodney accidentally hits him and knocks him over with a shovel.
* CallBack: When Mr. J unexpectedly awakens Andy and Rodney, a startled Rodney utters "[[Recap/SquirrelBoyS1E1ALineInTheSandwichTreeForTwo The hat sells the sandwich]]".

* IdiotBall: Andy--while usually having common sense-- does not recognize his ''own house'' on the treasure map, even with ''two'' magnifying glasses, but [[TheDitz Rodney]] on the other hand ''does''. He also doesn't seem to care about how wrecking the lawn will affect Mr. J (well, he ''does'' at first, but then recklessly goes along with it for whatever reason).
** This trope is actually zig-zagged here, as Andy (despite not being able to ''recognize his own house on the map'') at first acts as the voice of reason by calling out Rodney for wanting to dig the lawn up and ''then'' he goes along with digging it up.
* JerkassBall: Andy holds it in this episode as he inconsiderately digs his dad's brand new lawn up for treasure (sure, he felt reluctant about it at first, but he still chose to roll with it anyway) when he knows how important the new lawn is to him. He also seems pretty greedy about the treasure, as he impulsively knocks Captain Puffy over to get to it. Luckily, the selfish bastard gets his LaserGuidedKarma in the end along with Rodney, Kyle, and Salty Mike.
* LaserGuidedKarma: As punishment for demolishing his new lawn, Mr. J forces Andy, Rodney, Kyle, and Salty Mike to polish every blade of grass that came with it.

** Andy wearing a beard as his cooperation method.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Mr. J, while usually being the show's uber-unlucky [[ButtMonkey punching]] [[TheChewToy bag]], gets a happy ending here. Admittedly, he did suffer the misfortune of having his brand-new lawn destroyed, but it's downplayed in that he gets to sit back and watch Andy, Rodney, Kyle, and Salty Mike reconstruct his lawn.
* TreasureHuntEpisode: Andy, Rodney, Kyle, and Salty Mike dig up the lawn to find the buried treasure promised by the treasure-themed cereal.

* AdultsAreUseless: Andy is seen riding his bike in the middle of the city at night with no parental guidance, which should be concerning to his parents, considering his age.
* BalloonBelly: Rodney gets one after eating a dozen boxes of Sticky Buns.
* TheChick: Darlene plays this role to the Rod Squad.

-->'''Rodney:''' This is, without a doubt, the tastiest, yummiest, deliciousest, Sticky Bun I've ever eaten... [[BaitAndSwitch since the last one]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sure, Rodney used Andy's shirt to wipe off the gooey remains from the Sticky Buns, but he at least tried to prevent Andy from getting blamed and in trouble for something he didn't do.

* ShoutOut: The episode is a parody of the Creator/{{ABC}} crime drama series ''Series/TheModSquad'' (1968-1973), with Rodney playing the role as Michael, Leon playing Clarence, and Darlene playing Peggy.

* ButtMonkey / TheChewToy: Andy trips and falls while entering Mr. J's new lawn and later Rodney accidentally hits him and knocks him over with a shovel; given that it's {{Slapstick}}, both of these moments are PlayedForLaughs.

* IdiotBall: Andy--while usually having common sense-- does not recognize his ''own house'' on the treasure map, even with ''two'' magnifying glasses, but [[TheDitz Rodney]] on the other hand ''does''.

** Kyle saying "x is for losers, LOSER!"

* ThrowTheDogABone: Mr. J, while usually being the show's unlucky [[ButtMonkey punching]] [[TheChewToy bag]], gets a happy ending here. Admittedly, he did suffer the misfortune of having his brand-new lawn destroyed, but it's downplayed in that he gets to sit back and watch Andy, Rodney, Kyle, and Salty Mike reconstruct his lawn.