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* AbsurdlyIneffectiveBarricade: Blossom uses a FurnitureBlockade to barricade the group in the Mayor’s game room, and Buttercup [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this trope:
-->'''Buttercup:''' Every time people lock themselves in a room, they lock the monster in with them! We’re sitting ducks!
* BaitAndSwitch:
** When the girls walk into the Mayor’s office, they see his body hanging after an apparent [[SuicideAsComedy suicide]]. It’s revealed however that he had just hung up his jacket while still wearing it.
** When all her other attempts to cure the Mayor fail, Buttercup says there’s only one thing left to do and raises a wooden stake above her head, implying that she’s going to stab the Mayor with it. It turns out she was just staking it into the floor to make a sundial in order for them to wait until morning for the effects to wear off.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Buttercup trying to turn the Mayor back into a human is portrayed as an exorcism.
* EnemyMime: At the beginning of the episode, the girls are watching a movie in which a woman is being attacked by zombie mimes.



* HereWeGoAgain: When Bubbles turns into a monster after eating the tainted pickle chips.

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* HereWeGoAgain: GrowlingGut: When Bubbles turns into a monster after eating and the tainted pickle chips.Mayor are searching for the monster, they hear a growling sound but it ends up just being the Mayor’s stomach.



* HereWeGoAgain: Said verbatim by Buttercup when Bubbles turns into a monster after eating the tainted pickle chips.



* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Bubbles when she hears a strange noise:
-->'''Bubbles:''' My mayor sense is tingling.
* ProperlyParanoid: Blossom may be annoyed with Buttercup’s “movie monster paranoia,” but all of her predictions end up being correct.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Mayor in monster form has red eyes.
* TheReveal: The girls finally realize that the Mayor himself is the monster when he transforms in front of them.



** Many of the movies Buttercup mentions are references to horror movies: A Nightmare in Banjo Room [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet (A Nightmare on Elm Street)]], Chair-Raiser [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} (Hellraiser)]], and Rosemary’s Chair [[Film/RosemarysBaby (Rosemary’s Baby)]].

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** Many of the movies Buttercup mentions are references to horror movies: A Nightmare in Banjo Room [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet (A A Nightmare on Elm Street)]], Chair-Raiser in Banjo Room]], [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} (Hellraiser)]], and Rosemary’s Chair Chair-Raiser]], [[Film/RosemarysBaby (Rosemary’s Baby)]].Rosemary’s Chair]], and [[Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968 Night of the Living Room]].
** Buttercup also makes a reference to ''[[Film/TheShining The Shining]]'', replacing Danny’s “redrum” line with the phrase, “red room”.
* StaggeredZoom: On Bubbles when she sees the monster for the first time.
* SuddenAnatomy: Buttercup develops fingers in order to reference the classic “redrum” line from ''[[Film/TheShining The Shining]]'' while making her finger talk like Danny does.
* TemptingFate: Blossom asks what could possibly go wrong, right before the power goes out.
* WayPastTheExpirationDate: The Mayor turns into a monster because he keeps eating expired Transylvanian pickle chips.

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!This episode contains examples of:

* GenreSavvy: Buttercup complains to Blossom when she suggest they split up. Citing that's the ''last'' thing you wanna do in a horror movie. She likewise notes when in a locked the room the monster ''always'' is locked in with them.

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!This !!This episode contains examples of:

* GenreSavvy: Buttercup complains to Blossom when she suggest suggests they split up. Citing that's up, citing that it's the ''last'' thing you wanna do in a horror movie. She likewise notes when in a locked the room the monster is ''always'' is locked in with them.



* HalloweenEpisode: Set around Halloween though the girls opt to watch scary movies then go trick or treating.
* JekyllAndHyde: The monster haunting the Mayor is the Mayor himself. He turns into a monster after eating expired Transylvanian pickle chips. When the girls realize this, they have to tie the monster Mayor to a chair and wait out his change back to normal.

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* HalloweenEpisode: Set around Halloween though the girls opt to watch scary movies then rather than go trick or treating.
trick-or-treating.
* JekyllAndHyde: The monster haunting the Mayor is the Mayor himself. He turns into a monster after eating expired Transylvanian pickle chips. When the girls realize this, they have to tie the monster Mayor to a chair and wait it out his change until he changes back to normal.



** To WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo during the Scooby Doo Door chase, even refencing the meeting the Globetrotters (the basketball team that pops up), the Mayor driving the Mystery Machine, and even having him sprout out "Zoinks!".

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** Buttercup is dressed as [[Film/VanHelsing Van Helsing]].
** To WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo during the Scooby Doo Door chase, even refencing the meeting the Globetrotters (the basketball team that pops up), the Mayor driving the Mystery Machine, and even having him sprout out "Zoinks!"."Zoinks!".
** When dealing with the monster Mayor, Buttercup says “The power of juice compels you!” which is a reference to [[Film/TheExorcist The Exorcist]].
** Many of the movies Buttercup mentions are references to horror movies: A Nightmare in Banjo Room [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet (A Nightmare on Elm Street)]], Chair-Raiser [[Franchise/{{Hellraiser}} (Hellraiser)]], and Rosemary’s Chair [[Film/RosemarysBaby (Rosemary’s Baby)]].
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* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Even contains a ShoutOut to ScoobyDoo with the Mayor pulling up in a pink van similar to the Mystery Machine and saying "Zoinks!"

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* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Even contains a ShoutOut to ScoobyDoo Franchise/ScoobyDoo with the Mayor pulling up in a pink van similar to the Mystery Machine and saying "Zoinks!"
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* HalloweenEpisode: Set around Halloween though the girls opt to watch scary movies then go trick or treating.



* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Even contains a ShoutOut to ScoobyDoo with the Mayor pulling up in a pink van similar to the Mystery Machine and saying "Zoinks!"

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* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Even contains a ShoutOut to ScoobyDoo with the Mayor pulling up in a pink van similar to the Mystery Machine and saying "Zoinks!""Zoinks!"
* ShoutOut:
** Blossom is dressed as Rosie the Riveter, even striking the same pose from the poster.
** To WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo during the Scooby Doo Door chase, even refencing the meeting the Globetrotters (the basketball team that pops up), the Mayor driving the Mystery Machine, and even having him sprout out "Zoinks!".
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* GenreSavvy: Buttercup complains to Blossom when she suggest they split up. Citing that's the ''last'' thing you wanna do in a horror movie.

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* GenreSavvy: Buttercup complains to Blossom when she suggest they split up. Citing that's the ''last'' thing you wanna do in a horror movie. She likewise notes when in a locked the room the monster ''always'' is locked in with them.
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* GenreSavvy: Buttercup complains to Blossom when she suggest they split up. Citing that's the ''last'' thing you wanna do in a horror movie.
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* JekyllAndHyde: The monster haunting the Mayor is the Mayor himself. He turns into a monster after eating expired Transylvanian pickle chips. When the girls realize this, they have to tie the monster Mayor to a chair and wait out his change back to normal.
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* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Even contains a ShoutOut to ScoobyDoo with the Mayor pulling up in a pink van similar to the Mystery Machine and saying "Zoinks!"
* ShoutOut: Blossom, as Rosie the Riveter, even invokes her slogan, "We Can Do It!"

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* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Even contains a ShoutOut to ScoobyDoo with the Mayor pulling up in a pink van similar to the Mystery Machine and saying "Zoinks!"
* ShoutOut: Blossom, as Rosie the Riveter, even invokes her slogan, "We Can Do It!"
"Zoinks!"
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* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Even contains a ShoutOut to ScoobyDoo with the Mayor pulling up in a pink van similar to the Mystery Machine and saying "Zoinks!"

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* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Even contains a ShoutOut to ScoobyDoo with the Mayor pulling up in a pink van similar to the Mystery Machine and saying "Zoinks!""Zoinks!"
* ShoutOut: Blossom, as Rosie the Riveter, even invokes her slogan, "We Can Do It!"
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The Mayor is haunted by a monster roaming the halls of his office. The girls, dressed for Halloween (Blossom as Rosie the Riveter, Bubbles as the Mayor, Buttercup as a vampire hunter), investigate, only to find that the Mayor himself is the monster.

!This episode contains examples of:

* HereWeGoAgain: When Bubbles turns into a monster after eating the tainted pickle chips.
* ScoobyDoobyDoors: Even contains a ShoutOut to ScoobyDoo with the Mayor pulling up in a pink van similar to the Mystery Machine and saying "Zoinks!"

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