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* AffectionateParody:
** Of holiday traditions. Leap Day comes with its own mascot, clothing, sayings, history, and classic movies. To someone who’s never heard of it before, it all sounds very strange...
** Jack's fever dream also parodies Literature/AChristmasCarol.

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AffectionateParody: Of holiday traditions. Leap Day comes with its own mascot, clothing, sayings, history, and classic movies. To someone who’s never heard of it before, it all sounds very strange...
** Jack's fever dream also parodies Literature/AChristmasCarol.
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** [[Creator/JimCarrey Jim Carrey]] appears as the star of an in-universe film about Leap Day. He plays a man [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife who has an epiphany about his life]] after [[Film/TheSantaClause suddenly becoming the holiday’s mascot.]]

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** [[Creator/JimCarrey Jim Carrey]] Creator/JimCarrey appears as the star of an in-universe film about Leap Day. He plays a man [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife who has an epiphany about his life]] after [[Film/TheSantaClause suddenly becoming the holiday’s mascot.]] ]]
** Creator/AndieMacDowell plays Carrey's unaware wife, in a part reminiscent of her role in ''{{Film/Multiplicity}}''.



* ScarpiaUltimatum: A variant. Liz is offered $20 million to sleep with a college acquaintance who’s hit it big.

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* ScarpiaUltimatum: A variant. Liz is offered $20 million to sleep with a college acquaintance who’s who's hit it big.big.
* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: Jack has a fever dream of Leap Day Past with his mother, Leap Day Present of his neglected daughter, and Leap Day Future of his daughter working for Habitat for Humanity after experimenting with liberalism.
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* HumanoidAbomination: Leap Day Williams is a mascot for Leap Day depicted as a white haired man dressed up like the Monoply Guy that rises from the Marianas Trench to exchange children's tears for candy. The in-universe Jim Carrey movie depicts his character's transformation into the figure as growing gills. In TheStinger, an old man implied to be [[RealAllAlong the real Leap Day William]] bids goodbye to the viewers, before flashing gills, [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily a mouthful of needle-like teeth]], and [[BlackEyesOfEvil shiny black eyes]] while hissing.

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* HumanoidAbomination: Leap Day Williams is a mascot for Leap Day depicted as a white haired man dressed up like the Monoply Guy that rises from the Marianas Trench to exchange children's tears for candy. The in-universe Jim Carrey movie depicts his character's transformation into the figure as growing gills. In TheStinger, an old man implied to be [[RealAllAlong [[RealAfterAll the real Leap Day William]] bids goodbye to the viewers, before flashing gills, [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily a mouthful of needle-like teeth]], and [[BlackEyesOfEvil shiny black eyes]] while hissing.

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* EldritchAbomination: An old man implied to be Leap Day William suddenly grows fangs and black eyes in the last seconds of [[TheStinger The Stinger.]]


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* HumanoidAbomination: Leap Day Williams is a mascot for Leap Day depicted as a white haired man dressed up like the Monoply Guy that rises from the Marianas Trench to exchange children's tears for candy. The in-universe Jim Carrey movie depicts his character's transformation into the figure as growing gills. In TheStinger, an old man implied to be [[RealAllAlong the real Leap Day William]] bids goodbye to the viewers, before flashing gills, [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily a mouthful of needle-like teeth]], and [[BlackEyesOfEvil shiny black eyes]] while hissing.
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* AudienceSurrogate//HandWave: Liz was apparently on a single's cruise in Season 2's Leap Day, and has a hometown that doesn't celebrate it. This justifies her reacting like us to everything.

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* AudienceSurrogate//HandWave: AudienceSurrogate: Liz was apparently on a single's cruise in Season 2's Leap Day, and has a hometown that doesn't celebrate it. This justifies her reacting like us to everything.
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* AudienceSurrogate/HandWave: Liz was apparently on a single's cruise in Season 2's Leap Day, and has a hometown that doesn't celebrate it. This justifies her reacting like us to everything.

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* AudienceSurrogate/HandWave: AudienceSurrogate//HandWave: Liz was apparently on a single's cruise in Season 2's Leap Day, and has a hometown that doesn't celebrate it. This justifies her reacting like us to everything.

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* AffectionateParody: Of holidays. Leap Day comes with its own mascot, clothing, sayings, history, and classic movies. Of course, to someone who’s never heard of it before, it all sounds very strange...
* TheCameo: [[Creator/JimCarrey Jim Carrey]] appears as the star of an in-universe film about Leap Day. He plays a man who has an epiphany about his life after spending the day as the holiday’s mascot.

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* AffectionateParody: AffectionateParody:
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Of holidays.holiday traditions. Leap Day comes with its own mascot, clothing, sayings, history, and classic movies. Of course, to To someone who’s never heard of it before, it all sounds very strange...
** Jack's fever dream also parodies Literature/AChristmasCarol.
* TheCameo: AudienceSurrogate/HandWave: Liz was apparently on a single's cruise in Season 2's Leap Day, and has a hometown that doesn't celebrate it. This justifies her reacting like us to everything.
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[[Creator/JimCarrey Jim Carrey]] appears as the star of an in-universe film about Leap Day. He plays a man [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife who has an epiphany about his life life]] after spending the day as [[Film/TheSantaClause suddenly becoming the holiday’s mascot. mascot.]]
** Victoria's Secret supermodel Karolina Kurkova also appears [[AsHimself As Herself]] as one of Thad's suitors.
* EldritchAbomination: An old man implied to be Leap Day William suddenly grows fangs and black eyes in the last seconds of [[TheStinger The Stinger.]]
* EurekaMoment: Parodied. Tracy has a $50,000 Benihana gift certificate and wondering what to do with it. He starts following a train of thought, arrives at [[HolidayVolunteering soup kitchen]], keeps going, but arrives back at soup kitchen a second time and stays there.
* GoldDigger: Liz finds herself competing with these after word of Thad's wealth starts getting around.
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It’s [[FictionalHoliday Leap Day!]] The magical time of every four years where Leap Day William emerges from the Marianas Trench to trade children’s tears for candy.

As everyone celebrates this magical time, Liz finds herself facing a romantic challenge, while Jack resolves to use Leap Day to increase profits.

!!The 30 Rock episode “Leap Day” contains examples of:

* AffectionateParody: Of holidays. Leap Day comes with its own mascot, clothing, sayings, history, and classic movies. Of course, to someone who’s never heard of it before, it all sounds very strange...
* TheCameo: [[Creator/JimCarrey Jim Carrey]] appears as the star of an in-universe film about Leap Day. He plays a man who has an epiphany about his life after spending the day as the holiday’s mascot.
* ScarpiaUltimatum: A variant. Liz is offered $20 million to sleep with a college acquaintance who’s hit it big.

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