Is he a farmer or a businessman? Both, technically...
Night BillCricket and Tilly discover Bill has got a nighttime job as a telemarketer to better provide for them, but the job is dreary and tiring for him.
"Night Bill" contains examples of:
- Bottle Episode: Most of the second half is set in the office complex.
- Chariot Race: What Bill, Cricket and Tilly have so Bill can quit his job.
- Cross-Popping Veins: Jyle has these in a few scenes.
- Eye Scream: When helping Bill win the Fight Race, Cricket uses cans of Beef Up which spray into Jyle's eyes and down his throat as well.
- Feet-First Introduction: How Jyle is introduced.
- Friend-or-Idol Decision: Mentioned. Tilly tells Bill if she and Cricket have to choose between him and the stuff he buys for them, they'd choose him. Cricket is pensive by this, but agrees anyway.
- Hello, [Insert Name Here]: Bill's second spiel he records for Beef Up starts with "Hello, my name is [say name here]."
- I Need to Go Iron My Dog: One morning, Tilly tries to have Bill join in the table for breakfast, but he was so exhausted he could only say:Bill: I'd love to, but I gotta [yawns] go milk the eggs.
- Mean Boss: Jyle is always mistreating the Beef Up employees, and berates Bill for not selling enough cases.
- New Job Episode: Bill takes up a night job as a Beef Up employee to make money to buy gifts for Cricket and Tilly. He quits in the end, however, because they prefer him more.
- Our Slogan Is Terrible: The "Bag O'Bits" cereal that Tilly's having for breakfast has for slogan: "It's cheap".
- Shout-Out: The chariot race is reminiscent of Ben-Hur.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Cricket eating the contracts. The first time, Bill warns Tilly not to let Cricket eat paper. The second time, he swallows a staple and they have to go to the hospital.
- Toilet Humour: This argument between Bill and his boss Jyle.Bill: Sorry, sir, it's just that sometimes people don't want to buy the product, and well... I don't want to be rude.
Jyle: Dang it, Green, that's a number 2 mindset. We don't do number 2 here. And if you drink as much Beef Up as I do, you'll never do number 2 again!
He's not giving you a hug, he's trying to suck the life right out of you.
Cheap SnakeCricket adopts a snake and finds out he cannot take care of it thanks to his impulsiveness.
"Cheap Snake" contains examples of:
- Ambiguous Gender: Snakey is called a male by Cricket, but a female by the store owner.
- A Tragedy of Impulsiveness: Cricket's problem for the episode. He doesn't think before he acts, resulting in him buying Snakey with nothing planned, placing him in an unconstrained location, feeding him the wrong things, and trying to stop him himself with no help. It all culminates near the end when Snakey eats him because of his impulsiveness.
- Dinner Deformation: Whatever Snakey eats is visible inside him.
- Don't Sneak Up on Me Like That!: Gramma felt this way toward Cricket, Tilly and Remy disturbing her during her show.Gramma: Cricket, you know better than to sneak up on me during Gramma Time!
- A Dog Named "Dog": Cricket names the snake "Snakey".
- Eaten Alive: Snakey does this to the animals, and eventually to Cricket. They are released unharmed.
- Eye Scream: "Scorpy" pokes Cricket in the eye at the end of the episode.
- Foreshadowing:
- At the beginning when Cricket sees the pet store, one of the signs reads "Everything must go."
- Remy is the only one of the group who knows about snakes, and whenever there is a moment for what Snakey can do, Remy starts to mention a snake fact before getting cut off. This foreshadows Snakey being passed to him in the end.
- From Bad to Worse: Snakey causes more trouble to the Greens thanks to Cricket's impulsiveness. It is to the point he actually refuses Remy's advice to think things through which in turn results in him eaten.
- Good-Times Montage: Between Cricket and Snakey as they spend time together upon the latter being adopted.
- Here We Go Again!: After passing Snakey to Remy, Cricket impulsively moves on to another pet, a scorpion named "Scorpy", who pokes him in the eye.
- Laser-Guided Karma: After everything Cricket does throughout the episode, Snakey rightfully rewards him for his impulsiveness by eating him alive.
- Leeroy Jenkins: Cricket still refuses to follow Remy's advice to pause and think things through before going after Snakey, and charges for Snakey himself to the back alley. He immediately gets his comeuppance soon after.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Cricket only got Snakey because of the "no think, just do" lesson he believed from a commercial; thanks to such, he cannot find the perfect environment, the proper food, and he doesn't think before he takes care of Snakey when things get rough. Thus he ultimately decides Snakey can't live with him, so he gives him to Remy.
- Ominous Latin Chanting: When Tilly makes eye contact with Snakey, this plays in the background.
- Space Whale Aesop: Being constantly impulsive toward anything you do will eventually lead to disaster.
- Tempting Fate: "No think, just do." Too bad Cricket didn't see the consequences for this...
- Unsuccessful Pet Adoption: In the end, Cricket decides he cannot have Snakey but cannot take him back to the pet store because it went out of business; thus, he lets the snake-smart Remy have the pet.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Even Alice Green, who is typically tough as nails, is afraid of snakes.Gramma: You didn't tell me your pet was one of them devil worms! How do they move around with no legs?
Remy: Actually, they move their muscles and scales in a lateral—
Gramma: DON'T YOU LECTURE ME WHILE I'M PANICKING!
