Summary: When the Twins’ business is hurt by a subsidy, they visit Ludwig Von Mises and crash-land in a Spooky land where they learn just how stinky the market can get.
This episode contains the following tropes:
- An Aesop: "When subsidies are there, markets are not fair."
- Brick Joke: Every garbage can Derek encounters, even in different time periods and dimensions, has already been washed to sparkling, much to his frustration.
- Call-Back: Ludwig von Mises references central planning and unintended consequences. Emily is quick to point out they learned about central planning from another Austrian economist in the previous episode.
Gabby: They came in a two-for-one special!
- Halloween Episode: The twins visit a Halloween dimension.
- Historical Domain Character: Ludwig von Mises, an economist and sociologist.
- Hypocritical Humor: Mr. Tuttle spends a good portion of the episode ranting about having to sell oat milk in his cafe—and then is caught enjoying some at night by Mrs. Tuttle.
- Look Behind You: Copernicus tries this on the twins when they confront him about working for the mayor's subsidized car wash, but doesn't take the opportunity to slip away.
- National Stereotypes: Mr. Furgenstein admits to being stereotypically German, having recently enjoyed Oktoberfest and preferring the Germanic Efficiency of letting the car wash clean his trash can. He's also ambiguously Jewish, but at least he averts the All Germans Are Nazis trope.
- Shoe Slap: Gabby uses her chancla to stop Derek from eating a pigeon.
- Shout-Out:
- Von Mises isn't a big fan of Mary Poppins.
- The ogres in Hallowood are big fans of onions.
- Take That!:
- Gabby and von Mises exchange a couple of these.
Gabby: Have fun with your flying rats!Von Mises: Have fun with your regular rat!- The Halloween dimension the twins visit is called Hallowood, which is basically a Halloween-themed Hollywood. Gabby quips, "Except here, everyone is dead on the outside."
