Tropes:
- Adaptational Wimp: In her story, Buttercup portrays Blossom as a scared weakling with a Complexity Addiction.
- Answer Cut: Buttercup is Tempting Fate when she asks “What could go wrong?” after suggesting to trick-or-treat at the spooky mansion. The answer to that question comes after the cut, with the girls being held captive by a giant squash monster.
- Berserk Button: As the girls find out, mistaking the squash monster for a pumpkin is not a good idea.
- Brain Food: Parodied. The zombie bread in Buttercup’s story are hungry for “Graaaaains!”
- Dracula: Shows up at the end of Buttercup's story, but the squash monster stops her before anything can happen.
- Dresses the Same: In a Running Gag throughout the episode, nobody understands Blossom’s Ada Lovelace costume. Mojo Jojo then shows up at the end wearing the exact same costume.Mojo Jojo: Great. Another Ada Lovelace?Blossom: Finally someone gets it!
- Everything Makes a Mushroom: When Buttercup throws a stick of butter at Mojo Jojo who’s been turned into zombie bread, it creates a giant explosion.
- Faux Horrific: Blossom's "horror" focuses more on the fact that the mob chasing the monster is making a mess then said monster being in danger.
- Frankenstein's Monster: The basis of Blossom's story which parodies Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Bubbles even plays The Igor.
- Genre Shift: After Buttercup and Blossom tell stories that are horror-related, Bubbles is more of a romantic comedy and the one that makes the monster let them go.
- Halloween Episode: Notable for being a first animated Halloween theme episode of the franchise as even the original series didn't have a Halloween episode. note
- Humiliation Conga: In Bubbles’ story, Tony the spaghetti squash gets fired, breaks his heel upon leaving the office, and gets hit by a Roadside Wave.
- Mary Sue: In-universe, Buttercup's character in her story is pretty much this.
- Old, Dark House: The only house left for the girls to trick-or-treat at is a creepy house at the top of a hill, its ominous nature being punctuated by Dramatic Thunder and lightning.
- Plant Person: The monster in this episode is a giant squash monster.
- The Power of Love: Bubbles’ romantic story is the one that touches the squash monster enough to let the girls go.
- Shout-Out
- In her story, Buttercup is dressed like Rambo and acts like a stereotypical action star. She also yells to Bubbles that they have to “get to the chopper!”
- Buttercup’s character in Blossom’s story is a talking raven, like in Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven.
- Title of the Dead: Buttercup’s story is called “Night of the Living Bread”.
- The Titling
- Tom the Dark Lord: Blossomstein’s monster is named Jared.
- Torches and Pitchforks: An angry mob gathers outside Blossomstein’s castle because creating a monster is against the Transylvania Homeowners Association’s code.
- Vignette Episode: This episode consists of the three girls telling stories to entertain a giant squash.
- Zombie Apocalypse: The basis of Buttercup's story where zombie breads attack the city.
