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Recap / Fanboy And Chum Chum S 1 E 6 The Hard Sell

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Fanboy and Chum Chum must help Oz from losing his store by trying to get him to sell something.


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  • An Aesop: Hoarding is not an option; it's important to throw out things such as trash and those you don’t use as much anymore.
  • Big "NO!": Oz screams one as Fanboy is about to give Lenny the Crabulous figure.
  • Bottle Episode: Set entirely inside Oz Comix.
  • Brick Joke: When showing the Crabulous figure, Fanboy points out he had an exercise video, "Crabulous: Destroyer of Flab". At the end, everyone watches it.
  • Characterization Click Moment: This episode fully establishes Oz's hoarding nature; him being threatened into selling something by his mother and admitting his problem to the boys is what fully cements it.
  • Comically Missing the Point: Oz thought a store is where he can store things, as if keep them.
  • A Day in the Limelight: For Oz.
  • Death Glare: Two of them given by Fanboy and Chum Chum when Oz refuses to sell the Crabulous to Michael Johnson and Cheech during the Failure Montage.
  • Failure Montage: Various customers wanting to buy Crabulous, only for Oz to do something which cancels the purchase.
  • Irony: Even though Oz hates Crabulous, he still refuses to sell the action figure of him.
  • Palette Swap: At one point, a double of Oz appears, but with blonde hair and different clothing colors.
  • Race Against the Clock: Oz has until 6:00 to sell something, otherwise he'll lose the store.
  • Real Time: The other time Oz's mom calls from upstairs, she announces she'll be coming downstairs in one minute. Exactly one minute in real life elapses between her saying that and when she comes downstairs.
  • Shout-Out: Oz gets sealed in a display package like how Han Solo did.
  • The Smurfette Principle: Oz's mom is the only female present.
  • Title Drop: Done when Fanboy sees Lenny enter the store:
    Fanboy: Watch and learn, Chum Chum, as I demonstrate the subtle art of the Hard Sell.

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