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* GutturalGrowler: Devon proves to be one, much like Jack.
-->'''Liz''': Wow, if this turns into a showdown, you guys could settle it with a [growling deeply] '''"talking like this contest."'''
-->'''Liz''': Wow, if this turns into a showdown, you guys could settle it with a [growling deeply] '''"talking like this contest."'''
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As the fireworks and their implications become clear, Al Roker begins to slowly back away.
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* BoomerangBigot: Toofer's ancestor, who he believed to have been the highest-ranking black officer in the Union Army, was actually in the ''Confederate'' Army ([[AluminumChristmasTrees which may seem like a joke, but there actually were blacks who advocated the Confederacy and even fought in its Army]]). He owned the farm where they caught John Wilkes Booth, and there's a book written about him called ''Confederate Monster''.
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* BoomerangBigot: Toofer's ancestor, who he believed to have been the highest-ranking black officer in the Union Army, was actually in the ''Confederate'' Army ([[AluminumChristmasTrees which may seem like a joke, but there actually were blacks who advocated (in reality, no Black soldier ever served in the Confederacy and even fought in its Army]]).Confederate army). He owned the farm where they caught John Wilkes Booth, and there's a book written about him called ''Confederate Monster''.
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* BoomerangBigot: Toofer's ancestor, who he believed to have been the highest-ranking black officer in the Union Army, was actually in the ''Confederate'' Army. He owned the farm where they caught John Wilkes Booth, and there's a book written about him called ''Confederate Monster''.
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* BoomerangBigot: Toofer's ancestor, who he believed to have been the highest-ranking black officer in the Union Army, was actually in the ''Confederate'' Army.Army ([[AluminumChristmasTrees which may seem like a joke, but there actually were blacks who advocated the Confederacy and even fought in its Army]]). He owned the farm where they caught John Wilkes Booth, and there's a book written about him called ''Confederate Monster''.
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* FantasticFireworks: Subverted. They ''would'' be fantastic, but NBC forgot to warn people that they would be setting off three hours of fireworks over Midtown. And considering [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror New York's past...]]
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* FantasticFireworks: Subverted. They ''would'' be fantastic, but NBC forgot to warn people that they would be setting off three hours of fireworks over Midtown. And considering [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror New York's past...]]Midtown...on a day that's not The Fourth of July...in a '''''post-9/11 society where everyone fears another large-scale terrorist attack'''''.
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Jack plots against his counterpart and rival from the West Coast, Devon Banks -- by using Kenneth the page as a honey pot. Meanwhile, Tracy struggles with the results of a DNA test.
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Jack plots against his counterpart and rival from the West Coast, Devon Banks -- by using Kenneth the page as a honey pot. Meanwhile, Tracy struggles with the results of gets a DNA test.
test after a woman claims that he's the father of her illegitimate son...and discovers that he's a descendent of Thomas Jefferson.
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Jack plots against his counterpart and rival from the West Coast, Devon Banks. Meanwhile, Tracy struggles with the results of a DNA test.
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Jack plots against his counterpart and rival from the West Coast, Devon Banks.Banks -- by using Kenneth the page as a honey pot. Meanwhile, Tracy struggles with the results of a DNA test.
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* FamousAncestor: Tracy is a descendant of UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson. Meanwhile, Toofer is descended from the infamous Tobias Spurlock, the highest-profile black officer for the Confederacy.
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* FamousAncestor: Tracy is a descendant of UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson. Meanwhile, Toofer is descended from the infamous (and fictional) Tobias Spurlock, the highest-profile black officer for the Confederacy.
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-->'''Liz''': Wow, if this turns into a showdown, you guys could settle it with a [growling deeply] '''"talking like this contest."'''
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* BoomerangBigot: Toofer's ancestor, who he believed to have been the highest-ranking black officer in the Union Army, was actually in the ''Confederate'' Army. He owned the farm where they caught John Wilkes Booth, and there's a book written about him called ''Confederate Monster''.
* BrickJoke: When he's trying to sell Liz on the idea of a fireworks special, Jack mentions that they have fireworks that can form in the shape of a cowboy hat. Later in the episode, one of the network executives asks Jack if the special will have fireworks that can turn into cowboy hats.
* ButNotTooWhite: According to a DNA test, Tracy is more white than black, which results in him having an identity crisis.
* BrickJoke: When he's trying to sell Liz on the idea of a fireworks special, Jack mentions that they have fireworks that can form in the shape of a cowboy hat. Later in the episode, one of the network executives asks Jack if the special will have fireworks that can turn into cowboy hats.
* ButNotTooWhite: According to a DNA test, Tracy is more white than black, which results in him having an identity crisis.
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** Al Roker also cameos as the host of the NBC fireworks special.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Jack tries to use Kenneth as a distraction for Devon to keep him from attending an important meeting. It doesn't work.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Jack tries to use Kenneth as a distraction for Devon to keep him from attending an important meeting. It doesn't work.Despite Kenneth's [[FanDisservice spectacularly unsexy dancing]], it works...until Devon hears the time on the radio.
* FamousAncestor: Tracy is a descendant of UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson. Meanwhile, Toofer is descended from the infamous Tobias Spurlock, the highest-profile black officer for the Confederacy.
* FantasticFireworks: Subverted. They ''would'' be fantastic, but NBC forgot to warn people that they would be setting off three hours of fireworks over Midtown. And considering [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror New York's past...]]
* FamousAncestor: Tracy is a descendant of UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson. Meanwhile, Toofer is descended from the infamous Tobias Spurlock, the highest-profile black officer for the Confederacy.
* FantasticFireworks: Subverted. They ''would'' be fantastic, but NBC forgot to warn people that they would be setting off three hours of fireworks over Midtown. And considering [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror New York's past...]]
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* ChekhovsGun: Liz mentions earlier in the episode that it would be useful if people would be open about all their weird issues at the start of a relationship. At the end of the episode, she tells Floyd all the weird issues she has in order to win him back over.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Jack tries to use Kenneth as a distraction for Devon to keep him from attending an important meeting. It doesn't work.
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* CallingYourAttacks: Devon yells "Ka-RATE!" when practicing his karate moves.
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* TheAlcoholic: Floyd is revealed to have been one.
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* TheAlcoholic: Floyd is revealed to have been one. Liz pretends to be one in order to date him.
* TheCameo: Maury Povich shows up in Tracy's dream, hosting an episode of ''Maury'' where Tracy confronts his biological father, UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson.
* TheCameo: Maury Povich shows up in Tracy's dream, hosting an episode of ''Maury'' where Tracy confronts his biological father, UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson.
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* TheAlcoholic: Floyd is revealed to have been one.
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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Pete's moved into Liz's apartment indefinitely after marital problems.
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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Pete's moved into Liz's apartment indefinitely after marital problems.problems.
* TropaholicsAnonymous: After Liz follows Floyd into a church to see why he's going there in the afternoon, she joins him in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
* TropaholicsAnonymous: After Liz follows Floyd into a church to see why he's going there in the afternoon, she joins him in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
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Jack plots against his counterpart and rival from the West Coast, Devon Banks. Meanwhile, Tracy struggles with a paternity suit.
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Jack plots against his counterpart and rival from the West Coast, Devon Banks. Meanwhile, Tracy struggles with the results of a paternity suit.
DNA test.
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* TheThingThatWouldntLeave: Pete's moved into Liz's apartment indefinitely after marital problems.
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* TheThingThatWouldntLeave: TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Pete's moved into Liz's apartment indefinitely after marital problems.
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* StraightGay: Devon turns out to be gay, which takes Jack by surprise.
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* SlipIntoSomethingMoreComfortable: Devon uses this line in the hotel room with Kenneth, who gushes "[[LampshadeHanging Like in the movies!]]"
* StraightGay: Devon turns out to be gay, which takes Jack bysurprise.surprise.
* TheThingThatWouldntLeave: Pete's moved into Liz's apartment indefinitely after marital problems.
* StraightGay: Devon turns out to be gay, which takes Jack by
* TheThingThatWouldntLeave: Pete's moved into Liz's apartment indefinitely after marital problems.
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Jack plots against his counterpart and rival from the West Coast, Devon Banks. Meanwhile, Tracy struggles with a paternity suit.
!!This episode contains the following tropes:
* GutturalGrowler: Devon proves to be one, much like Jack.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Frank, never seen without his trucker cap and huge glasses, asks Tracy why he's wearing a "stupid hat and glasses".
* ObliviousToLove: Kenneth has absolutely ''no'' idea that Devon is hitting on him.
* StraightGay: Devon turns out to be gay, which takes Jack by surprise.
!!This episode contains the following tropes:
* GutturalGrowler: Devon proves to be one, much like Jack.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Frank, never seen without his trucker cap and huge glasses, asks Tracy why he's wearing a "stupid hat and glasses".
* ObliviousToLove: Kenneth has absolutely ''no'' idea that Devon is hitting on him.
* StraightGay: Devon turns out to be gay, which takes Jack by surprise.
