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* AdultsAreUseless: Pioneer Paul and the other employees are absolutely no help to the students, even willing to risk their lives [[PrinciplesZealot just to prevent themselves from breaking character]]. When Pioneer Paul had the chance to free the students[[note]]as well as Mr. Garrison and the other employees[[/note]], [[SkewedPriorities he instead shoots his co-worker dead]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for breaking character]]. It's not until ''after'' the catastrophe is over that Pioneer Paul gives away some helpful information.

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* AdultsAreUseless: Pioneer Paul and the other employees are absolutely no help to the students, even willing to risk their lives [[PrinciplesZealot just to prevent themselves from breaking character]]. When Pioneer Paul had the chance to free the students[[note]]as well as Mr. Garrison students and the other employees[[/note]], hostages, [[SkewedPriorities he instead shoots his co-worker dead]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for breaking character]]. It's not until ''after'' the catastrophe is over that Pioneer Paul gives away some helpful information.
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* CurbstompBattle: The police utterly waste the robbers in their gun fight, suffering no casualties while leaving only Franz alive.



* SpoofAesop: The people back in the pioneer times lacked many of the luxuries that is afforded by modern society and we should be thankful to live in a world with such conveniences. This is delivered by [[BigBad Franz]] after a whole episode of showing just how ''ridiculous'' the Pioneer Village employees are for refusing to break character just to enforce this moral.



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* SpannerInTheWorks: Cartman and Butters unwitting prevent the criminals from escaping by running into one of them and causing a commotion that alerts the others, creating a window for the police to save the hostages and eliminate the criminals.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Cartman and Butters unwitting unwittingly prevent the criminals robbers from escaping by running into one of them and causing a commotion that alerts the others, creating a window for the police to save the hostages and eliminate the criminals.

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* HeroicSacrifice: A non lethal example and a parodic one. Stan states he does what he considers the "ultimate sacrifice" to save Kenny from being killed by the terrorists, said sacrifice being to talk like a pioneer so that the staff who stubbornly insist to not break character, thus acting as if they are unable to understand the terrorists' modern way of speaking, thus not giving them the vault code they asked for. Stan considers this to be the ultimate sacrifice, because this made him look like a fool in front of his love interest Wendy. Even though the sacrifice isn't as dramatic as it might've sound at first, it is still extremely impressive for Stan considering how much he adores Wendy and he stayed calm even when the terrorists pointed their guns at him, meaning that he knowingly risked his life.



* PetTheDog: As mentioned above, Kenny, who has the ability to come back to life and has died numerous painful deaths, did not suffer such a fate this time thanks to his friend [[AFriendInNeed Stan saving him at the last moment]].



* ThrowTheDogABone: As mentioned above, Kenny, who has the ability to come back to life and has died numerous painful deaths, did not suffer such a fate this time thanks to his friend [[AFriendInNeed Stan saving him at the last moment]].

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* ThrowTheDogABone: As mentioned above, Kenny, who has the ability to come back to life and has died numerous painful deaths, did not suffer such a fate this time thanks to his friend [[AFriendInNeed Stan saving him at the last moment]].

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* EffortlessAmazonianLift: Butters managing to pull Cartman over a lamp post with little effort, and then uses him as a living flail after they re-enter the park.


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* UninhibitedMusclePower: The self-admittedly unathletic Butters pulls this off by managing to pull Cartman over a lamp post with little effort, then using him as a living flail after they re-enter the park--having the right amount of muscle memory as he and Cartman were forced to be swung daintily around the post like rocking chairs put some good spring in his step.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: To the pioneers, breaking character at any point before their shifts end is a serious enough offense that they're willing to '''''murder someone''''' if they even try.
** That offense is enough that even the ringleader of the ''robbery'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards calls them insane for what they did]].
** The fact that the usually happy-go-lucky Butters doesn't even ''try'' to have fun at Super Phun Time, only focused on getting Cartman to go back, not to mention being ''actually scared'' when he sees the police surrounding the reenactment facility, is a sign of how serious he takes the buddy policy. Zig-zagged in that it ''is'' in-character in one respect- he's likely taking the situation so seriously because he's ''scared shitless'' about how his parents, who would ground him for simply ''having a hair out of place in his school picture'', would react if he wasn't.
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** The fact that the usually happy-go-lucky Butters doesn't even ''try'' to have fun at Super Phun Time, only focused on getting Cartman to go back, not to mention being ''actually scared'' when he sees the police surrounding the reenactment facility, is a sign of how serious he takes the buddy policy. Zig-zagged in that it ''is'' in-character in one respect- he's likely taking the situation so seriously because he's ''scared shitless'' about how his parents, who would ground him for simply ''putting boxes of food one spot off'', would react.

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** The fact that the usually happy-go-lucky Butters doesn't even ''try'' to have fun at Super Phun Time, only focused on getting Cartman to go back, not to mention being ''actually scared'' when he sees the police surrounding the reenactment facility, is a sign of how serious he takes the buddy policy. Zig-zagged in that it ''is'' in-character in one respect- he's likely taking the situation so seriously because he's ''scared shitless'' about how his parents, who would ground him for simply ''putting boxes ''having a hair out of food one spot off'', place in his school picture'', would react.react if he wasn't.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: To the pioneers, breaking character at any point before their shifts end is a serious enough offense that they're willing to '''''murder someone''''' if they even try.
** That offense is enough that even the ringleader of the ''robbery'' [[EvenEvilHasStandards calls them insane for what they did]].
** The fact that the usually happy-go-lucky Butters doesn't even ''try'' to have fun at Super Phun Time, only focused on getting Cartman to go back, not to mention being ''actually scared'' when he sees the police surrounding the reenactment facility, is a sign of how serious he takes the buddy policy. Zig-zagged in that it ''is'' in-character in one respect- he's likely taking the situation so seriously because he's ''scared shitless'' about how his parents, who would ground him for simply ''putting boxes of food one spot off'', would react.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Not only did the criminals [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking hold kids hostage, kill several people, and nearly kill a child, they also robbed a Burger King]].

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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Not only did the criminals [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking hold kids hostage, kill several people, and nearly kill a child, but they also robbed a Burger King]].



* Main/GoodTimesMontage: Cartman and Butters' time at Super Phun Thyme, complete with the former singing, and Butters holding Cartman's hand the whole time, looking unhappy throughout the montage.

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* Main/GoodTimesMontage: GoodTimesMontage: Cartman and Butters' time at Super Phun Thyme, complete with the former singing, and Butters holding Cartman's hand the whole time, looking unhappy throughout the montage.
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* TheDogBitesBack: For everything Cartman put Butters through, the latter [[GreviousHarmWithABody uses the former as a club]] against one of the criminals.

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* TheDogBitesBack: For everything Cartman put Butters through, the latter [[GreviousHarmWithABody [[GrievousHarmWithABody uses the former as a club]] against one of the criminals.
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* TheDogBitesBack: For everything Cartman put Butters through, the latter [[GreviousHarmWithABody uses the former as a club]] against one of the criminals.
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** The criminals (equipped with [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Sat-phones, Automatic Rifles, and Silenced Pistols]]) robbed a Burger King. At one point one of them asks for their "cut", and flips through the ingredients of a burger like a stack of bills.

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** The criminals (equipped with [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Sat-phones, Automatic Rifles, and Silenced Pistols]]) robbed a Burger King. At one point one of them asks for their "cut", and flips through the ingredients of a burger like a stack of bills. Meanwhile, the police treat them as the most dangerous criminals and wipe out all but the leader.



** Butters will not let go of Cartman's hand under any circumstance, because Mr. Garrison said not to until they were back on the bus.
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] compared to the rest of the examples, but Stan treats being a dork in front of [[LoveInterest Wendy]] to be a horrible sin and when he decides to role-play as a pioneer to save Kenny, he tells her to look away.

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** Butters will not let go of Cartman's hand under any circumstance, because Mr. Garrison said not to until they were back on the bus.
bus. Even when he's battered and Cartman is unconscious after an explosion, Butters drags his body back to the bus, fainting afterwards.
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] compared to the rest of the examples, but Stan treats being a dork in front of [[LoveInterest Wendy]] to be a horrible sin and when he decides to role-play as a pioneer to save Kenny, he tells her to look away. Wendy appreciates his attitude and doesn't mind it much when he does act like a dork.



* SpannerInTheWorks: Cartman and Butters unwitting prevents the criminals from escaping by running into one of them and causing a commotion that alerts the others, creating a window for the police to save the hostages and defeat the criminals.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Cartman and Butters unwitting prevents prevent the criminals from escaping by running into one of them and causing a commotion that alerts the others, creating a window for the police to save the hostages and defeat eliminate the criminals.

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