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The Sleepover: Parker has a sleepover for the first time and enlists Angus's help to make it as fun as possible.

"The Sleepover" provides examples of:

  • Awkward First Sleepover: For Parker, who tries to give Lily a good sleepover, but turns out they aren't good at planning sleepovers. Turns out Lily and Angus also never been to a sleepover before.
  • Beat: After Parker shows Lily the room, there's a moment of silence until Parker asks Lily if they already show her Angus' bed and Burt while Lily responds with a yes. There's a brief silence until Parker lets out a chuckle while Lily scratches herself.
  • The Bore: Lily assumes she's too boring to have a fun sleepover with Parker, but Parker try to tell her they never had a sleepover before.
  • Childish Pillow Fight: The first thing Parker and Lily did from their list.
  • Freeze-Frame Bonus: From the fun things to do list: smelling raw eggs, moonbathing, staring contest, making an idea list, thumb war, kickball, fake sleeping, Russell watching, keep away from Angus, build a desk, call your mother, don't use coaster on purpose, jump on the couch, hot chocolate milk, talk into a fan, pretend swimming, roll on the floor, yell really loud, scare a cat, widdle some wood, the floor is lava, pillow fort, cow tipping, sock fashion show, gladiator, get oil changed, pillow fight, charades, hide and seek, crane ride, movie marathon, hoolahoop, puzzles, S'mores, sword duel, board game, puppet show, hair braiding, tooth brushing, scrapbook, coloring, listen to music, video games, run in circles, swim, bungee jump, skydiving, bike ride, sledding, patty cake, secret handshake, and photo booth.
  • The Ground Is Lava: One of the things listed in "to do" list for the sleepover mentions "the floor is lava."
  • Heh Heh, You Said "X": The episode ends with this exchange:
    Angus: "Well, I'll go grab my jam-jams!"
    (Awkward silence)
    Parker: "Did Angus just say "jam-jams?"
    Lily: "That definitely happened."
    Parker: "(laughing with Lily) Jam-jams!"
  • Leaning on the Fourth Wall: "Usually when I make a silly mistake, and I go to Lily for help. We figure it out in about 11 minutes, but it's never how we planned."
  • Sound-Effect Bleep: Angus lets one out when it turns out he already built a ship before putting in a bottle.

The 'B' Word: Parker and Angus try to give Russell a bath.

"The 'B' Word" provides examples of:

  • Art Shift: The part where Angus explains the plan of giving Russell a bath.
  • Berserk Button: Never say the "B" word (bath) in front of Russell.
  • Bowled Over: One medium shift gag involved this.
  • Eye Scream: Angus gets sprayed by an escaping air freshener by the eye.
  • Hates Baths: Russell, who refuses to take a bath.
  • Heh Heh, You Said "X": "Oh, you said the "B" word!"
  • Iris Out: Irises over Parker and Russell having fun taking a bath in the lake.
  • Medium-Shift Gag: When Parker, Angus, and Russell run over a group of bowling pins, it shows live-action footage of the pins getting knocked out.
  • Mondegreen Gag: In a flashback, while visiting the bat cave, Angus uttered the word bats (which sounds close to bath), causing Russell to run away, despite Angus not mentioning the word bath.
  • Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: "Fresheners, abort mission!"
  • Taken for Granite: Upon smelling Russell, Parker turns into stone.
  • Visible Odor: Russell, who had never taken a bath. As a result, she visibly got a bad odor.
  • Wilting Odor: Russell's smell has affected the city of Somewhere, which caused everyone to stay home.

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