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Dude Not Funny is when a character calls out another one for doing an offensive/tasteless joke, which isn't the case here.


* DudeNotFunny: Walt's reaction when Zach sarcastically asks him how he wants to eat his turtle costume, as Walt said he would if Zach could prove the Turtles' existence.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: The way Shredder and Krang bicker in this episode has shades of this.

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* DudeNotFunny: Walt's reaction when Zach sarcastically asks him how he wants to eat his turtle costume, as Walt said he would if Zach could prove the Turtles' existence.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: The way Shredder and Krang bicker in this episode has shades of this.sounds like angry parents.
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* ClothesEatingWager: Walt, Zach's older brother, says this regarding Zach's turtle costume if he can prove the Ninja Turtles exist. When Zach ''does'' prove it at the end that the Turtles exist, [[BrickJoke he jokingly offers to hold Walt to his word]].

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* ClothesEatingWager: Walt, Zach's older brother, says this regarding Zach's turtle costume if he can prove the Ninja Turtles exist. When Zach ''does'' prove it at the end that the Turtles exist, end, [[BrickJoke he jokingly offers to hold holds Walt to his word]].



* DudeNotFunny: Walt's reaction when Zach sarcastically asks him how he wants to eat his turtle costume, as Walt said he would if Zach can prove the Turtles' existence.

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* DudeNotFunny: Walt's reaction when Zach sarcastically asks him how he wants to eat his turtle costume, as Walt said he would if Zach can could prove the Turtles' existence.
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* ClothesEatingWager: Walt, Zach's older brother, says this regarding Zach's turtle costume if he can prove the Ninja Turtles exist. When Zach ''does'' prove it at the end that the Turtles exist, [[BrickJoke he jokingly offers to hold Walt to his word]].


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* DudeNotFunny: Walt's reaction when Zach sarcastically asks him how he wants to eat his turtle costume, as Walt said he would if Zach can prove the Turtles' existence.


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* NotMeThisTime: When the Turtles discover a sticky substance underneath their van, they immediately to their attention to Michelangelo, who protests that he "hasn't sneaked pizza in the van" for a whole month. It turns out that the stuff is actually an ultraviolet paint used by Zach so he could track their footprints to their lair.

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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Zack is an adolescent kid who wants to be a Ninja Turtles just like the others... except he's just a kid with no fighting experience.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Zack's brother doesn't believe him about the ninja turtles, despite their existence (along with all of the other weird stuff that's been happening for a season and a half) being public knowledge at this point.
* BigBrotherBully: Zack's brother takes every opportunity to mock him for his ambitions.

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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Zack Zach is an adolescent kid who wants to be a Ninja Turtles just like the others... except he's just a kid with no fighting experience.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Zack's Zach's brother doesn't believe him about the ninja turtles, despite their existence (along with all of the other weird stuff that's been happening for a season and a half) being public knowledge at this point.
* BigBrotherBully: Zack's Zach's brother takes every opportunity to mock him for his ambitions.



* TheMillstone: Zack is the turtle's biggest fan, but he has no fighting experience and all he ever does is make things worse.
* PetTheDog: Splinter praises Zack's ingenuity in finding their lair, though it's mostly meant as a dig towards his sons for being careless.

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* TheMillstone: Zack Zach is the turtle's biggest fan, but he has no fighting experience and all he ever does is make things worse.
* PoliceAreUseless: In an attempt to locate Zach's home, Shredder calls the police department and tells them that he found Zach's lost bicycle and wishes to return it. After reading the license plate, the officer on the line practically gives Shredder the address without so much as verifying his story.
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PetTheDog: Splinter praises Zack's Zach's ingenuity in finding their lair, though it's mostly meant as a dig towards his sons for being careless.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Channel 6 News hears reports of a break-in involving a warthog and a rhino, Irma theorizes that "they had a garage sale at the zoo". April, on the other hand, knows better.
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* PetTheDog: Splinter praises Zack's ingenuity in finding their lair, though it's mostly meant as a dig towards his sons for being careless.
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* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: The way Shredder and Krang bicker in this episode has shades of this.
--> '''Shredder:''' Why is it whenever they do something wrong, they're ''my'' stupid mutants?
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Zack's brother doesn't believe him about the ninja turtles, despite their existence (along with all of the other weird stuff that's been happening for a season and a half) being public knowledge at this point.
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A precocious kid wants to be a crime fighting ninja turtle just like the guys, so he gets himself involved in a fight against the Shredder.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Zack is an adolescent kid who wants to be a Ninja Turtles just like the others... except he's just a kid with no fighting experience.
* BigBrotherBully: Zack's brother takes every opportunity to mock him for his ambitions.
* TheMillstone: Zack is the turtle's biggest fan, but he has no fighting experience and all he ever does is make things worse.
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