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The Oblongs

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The Oblongs	comment	So the gist of The Oblongs is this: there's the eponymous family living in the extremely poor half of the town — in this case, the Valley portion of Hill Valley — where the air is toxic and the land befoulednote This is the phrasing used verbatim by Mr. Klimer in the first episode. There's Bob, the father, who has no arms or legs yet somehow hops his limbless torso around from place to place, handle things with his mouth, and drives a car; Marie Kay "Pickles" Oblong, the alcoholic, chain-smoking mother with a huge beehive wig who used to live in the Hills; Biff and Chip, the oldest and Siamese twin brothers; Milo, their heavily medicated little brother with a myriad of mental and social illnesses; and Beth, the youngest and only daughter, who is possibly the most "normal" of the family despite the large pinkish tumor growing out of her head.The series covers the family's day-to-day lives, e.g. Bob working at Globocide, Milo, Biff and Chip getting mocked by the popular people, and Pickles stumbling in and out of intoxication and the occasional lusting over of her husband. It's intended to be a dark satire of class division in America, and caricatures the "Keeping up with the Joneses" mentality prevalent in society.This show was originally part of The WB's crop of shows back when the WB first started out and modeled itself after Fox Network (which explains why the network had that Married... with Children-esque sitcom, Unhappily Ever After). This show, along with Mission Hill and Baby Blues were also a part of the second wave of animated adult sitcoms dueling with The Simpsons (and then-newcomers Family Guy, South Park, and Futurama). This show (and the other two) failed (mostly due to Executive Meddling and low ratings), but have since attained cult classic status, thanks to [adult swim] airing the episodes and the entire series being released on DVD (though Mission Hill was edited to remove the copyrighted music on its soundtrack and Baby Blues hasn't been released on home media due to rights issues and general audience apathy).The Oblongs was loosely based on characters from Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children by Angus Oblong. Despite rumors that he was frozen from the creative process and hated the show, Oblong himself thought the show was all right, but stressed that this show was an adaptation of his book rather than a direct retelling.
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The Oblongs / int_10dd8619	type	Tag Team Twins
The Oblongs / int_10dd8619	comment	Tag Team Twins: Biff and Chip compete in the same sports at school. Although one episode had one of them competing in a wrestling tournament one-armed while another was bandaged up from injuries he incurred earlier in the episode (remember, they're conjoined...)
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The Oblongs / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
The Oblongs / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: Willy the exercise instructor in "Heroine Addict" is an obvious stand-in for Billy Blanks, founder of the then-trendy Tae Bo.
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The Oblongs / int_135b9977	type	Bloodless Carnage
The Oblongs / int_135b9977	comment	Bloodless Carnage: In one episode, a man gets his head cut off with a jump rope, but there is absolutely no blood.
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The Oblongs / int_13a6b7ef	type	Gaia's Lament
The Oblongs / int_13a6b7ef	comment	Gaia's Lament: The Valley is heavily polluted.
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The Oblongs / int_14ed6ab7	type	Does This Remind You of Anything?
The Oblongs / int_14ed6ab7	comment	Does This Remind You of Anything?: Beth's growth caused a lot of speculation until the creator had to finally say on his website "It's not a penis, guys."
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The Oblongs / int_154aa477	type	Big, Screwed-Up Family
The Oblongs / int_154aa477	comment	Big, Screwed-Up Family: Bob lacks limbs and is unbelievably naive, Pickles is an alcoholic, Biff and Chip are bickering conjoined twins, Milo has tons of mental disorders, and Beth has a growth on her head.
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The Oblongs / int_16ad6f7f	type	"It" Is Dehumanizing
The Oblongs / int_16ad6f7f	comment	"It" Is Dehumanizing: In "Disfigured Debbie", Debbie Klimer refers to Milo as "it" while complaining to the teacher that Milo won't stop talking to her.
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The Oblongs / int_17a45ff5	type	Misplaced Wildlife
The Oblongs / int_17a45ff5	comment	"Pickles' Little Amazons" has a Debbie mauled by a bear during a nature hike through the city.
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The Oblongs / int_1ba8eb64	type	Visual Pun
The Oblongs / int_1ba8eb64	comment	Visual Pun: Pickles escalating "Oh god, oh god, oh GOD!" as she and Bob have immodest sex next to Milo's room is visualized in his dream as his mother selling tickets to a screening of Oh, God!, with the bed squeaking becoming a rusty turnstile.
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The Oblongs / int_1c585ba5	type	Balls of Steel
The Oblongs / int_1c585ba5	comment	Invoked with the Mayor in "Father of the Bribe", see Balls of Steel above.
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The Oblongs / int_21d70919	type	Crapsack World
The Oblongs / int_21d70919	comment	Crapsack World: The Valley is heavily polluted and pretty much everyone there gets the short end of the stick.
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The Oblongs / int_22071825	type	I'm a Humanitarian
The Oblongs / int_22071825	comment	I'm a Humanitarian: Helga's parents were forced to eat the other passengers of their plane after it crashed and the food ran out. Her mom even made Helga a necklace from their teeth. Helga gets noticeably freaked out when her dad mentions she "looks good enough to eat".
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The Oblongs / int_222dc873	type	Black Comedy
The Oblongs / int_222dc873	comment	Black Comedy: The show features lots of dark humor, some of it including a parachuter in "Heroine Addict" gloating that he cheated death immediately before he crashes into power lines and is reduced to ashes, James learning that his Mail-Order Bride suffocated to death in her packaging in "Please Be Genital" and how the inhabitants of the Valley generally have to put up with undergoing grotesque mutations and nightmarish health problems because of the pollution caused by those living in the Hill region.
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The Oblongs / int_230d64	type	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
The Oblongs / int_230d64	comment	Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: The credo of everyone living in the Hills.
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The Oblongs / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
The Oblongs / int_24321e44	comment	OnlySaneWoman: Beth is the most normal of the Oblongs, both in personality and appearance.
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The Oblongs / int_2482df9c	type	Companion Cube
The Oblongs / int_2482df9c	comment	Companion Cube: Beth's "doll", Chloe, which is actually a redecorated bondage whip. In "Narcoleptic Scottie", Creepy Susie reveals that she has a pet clam, only to be informed by Peggy that it is actually a coin purse.
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The Oblongs / int_2676e225	type	Girl Posse
The Oblongs / int_2676e225	comment	Girl Posse: The Debbies have nothing better to do than pick on the Valley children.
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The Oblongs / int_26fa627a	type	Elephant in the Living Room
The Oblongs / int_26fa627a	comment	Elephant in the Living Room: Bob's lack of limbs is rarely pointed out.
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The Oblongs / int_2764d432	type	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
The Oblongs / int_2764d432	comment	Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Beth shows a nastier side in "The Golden Child" and "Father of The Bribe".
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The Oblongs / int_2969dda7	type	Nightmare Fetishist
The Oblongs / int_2969dda7	comment	Nightmare Fetishist: Creepy Susie, as befitting her name, has a fondness for what others are horrified by. In the first episode, she states that drowning is her third favorite way to die, "but they are all good".
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The Oblongs / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
The Oblongs / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: Helga's parents went on vacation and were stranded on an ice floe for a year (until Milo rescued them to save Helga from being adopted by Mrs. Hubbard).
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The Oblongs / int_2a6a8e89	type	Sadist Teacher
The Oblongs / int_2a6a8e89	comment	Sadist Teacher: Principal Davis.
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The Oblongs / int_2b14367f	type	Bring My Brown Pants
The Oblongs / int_2b14367f	comment	Bring My Brown Pants: In "Heroine Addict", the family is disturbed to discover Pickles wrecking the house late at night upon realizing how smelly everything is after she quit smoking. Bob subsequently comments on a smell, which Milo admits came from him and implies is because he soiled himself from being freaked out by his mother's behavior.
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The Oblongs / int_3104d34	type	Suicide as Comedy
The Oblongs / int_3104d34	comment	Suicide as Comedy: In "Disfigured Debbie", Debbie Klimer tries to end it all by jumping off a bridge. Milo pleads that she can't do it, which turns out to be because the pollution in the water is so thick that it's impossible for the impact of the fall to be fatal. Milo even states that everyone in the Valley has tried. "Pickles' Little Amazons" has a bit where Bob is concerned about his son Milo crossdressing to impersonate a girl scout. When Milo demonstrates a passion for crocheting, Bob asks his son to crochet him a noose (though it's a complete mystery how it would be possible for Bob to hang himself when he doesn't have any limbs).
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The Oblongs / int_31083edb	type	Logic Bomb
The Oblongs / int_31083edb	comment	Logic Bomb: In the first episode, we get this fun exchange.
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The Oblongs / int_31db73f8	type	Thick-Line Animation
The Oblongs / int_31db73f8	comment	Thick-Line Animation: Just about everyone and everything has a thick outline.
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The Oblongs / int_3547bebd	type	Superficial Suggestion Box
The Oblongs / int_3547bebd	comment	Superficial Suggestion Box: "The Golden Child" revealed that the company's suggestion box emptied right into the furnace. According to the boss, Bob had single-handily kept the plant warm for years.
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The Oblongs / int_35a858b3	type	Cluster F-Bomb
The Oblongs / int_35a858b3	comment	Cluster F-Bomb: Wonderfully subverted in "The Golden Child".
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The Oblongs / int_361731ad	type	Toilet-Drinking Dog Gag
The Oblongs / int_361731ad	comment	Toilet-Drinking Dog Gag: "Narcoleptic Scottie" has one of the scenes of Milo bonding with his new dog Scottie consist of Bob walking in on the two drinking from the toilet.
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The Oblongs / int_3a997df4	type	Comically Oversized Butt
The Oblongs / int_3a997df4	comment	Comically Oversized Butt: Mikey Butts has such a huge butt that he has to wear his grandmother's bras as underwear because it won't fit in any other underpants.
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The Oblongs / int_3bf7904f	type	Vengeful Vending Machine
The Oblongs / int_3bf7904f	comment	Vengeful Vending Machine: Plumbing issues leave the entire city save the Oblongs' house without water. In order to cut down on bathroom lines, a hundred-dollar cash slot is installed on the door. When Bob's boss tries to use it and his bill is rejected, another character quips "the great equalizer".
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The Oblongs / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
The Oblongs / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: In "Narcoleptic Scottie", Milo was suspended from school for doing something "unspeakable" with a fish stick. Pickles was about to spank him, but somehow it turned into a Hawaiian lu'au. Milo brings up in "Father of the Bribe" an incident involving panda bears getting into a Dairy Queen and that it is apparently why he needs a lawyer. In "The Golden Child", when Bob wakes up from a nightmare and declares "The truth must be told," Pickles freaks out assuming he's referring to her and abruptly confesses "I was the one who farted and ruined Christmas!" Whatever happened in "Pickles L'il Amazons" during the taxi ride to the jamboree. When the girls and Milo arrive, Pickles emerges out of the taxi on a massive wave of empty beer cans and announces "That was some road trip! Where's the crapper?" Milo immediately starts kissing the ground once he gets out of the vehicle.
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The Oblongs / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
The Oblongs / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Mikey Cheeks for one, but really all the Valley people. Bob and Helga usually get it much worse than any of the other characters in this show, whether they come from The Hills or The Valley, except for maybe Mikey.
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The Oblongs / int_4864031b	type	Informed Attractiveness
The Oblongs / int_4864031b	comment	Informed Attractiveness: Not to mention the Hill people in general. If it weren't for Valley people being mutants with obvious deformities, you would not be able to tell.
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The Oblongs / int_48b9731f	type	Paper-Thin Disguise
The Oblongs / int_48b9731f	comment	Paper-Thin Disguise: All you need to do to infiltrate the Debbies is dress exactly like them. Helga is short, fat and ugly and she had them fooled completely — until Helga scarfed down a platter of tea cakes and belched her wig clean off her head. Same with Yvette, the alien girl, who was able to completely hide the fact that she was a Grey by wearing sunglasses.
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The Oblongs / int_4b52ff08	type	May Contain Evil
The Oblongs / int_4b52ff08	comment	May Contain Evil: In "The Golden Child", Milo's Manic energy drink was popular because it contained morphine from discarded medicine bottles found outside a hospital.
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The Oblongs / int_4c851777	type	Black Comedy Rape
The Oblongs / int_4c851777	comment	Black Comedy Rape: The apparent implication in "Pickles' Little Amazons" when Pristine Klimer is persuaded to take a ride from a trucker, the trucker joyfully yells "Party!" after letting her in his truck and Pristine is last seen banging on the door window with a look of terror on her face.
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The Oblongs / int_4e4ea654	type	Workaholic
The Oblongs / int_4e4ea654	comment	Workaholic: Bob Oblong enjoys his job even if it's not a good one.
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The Oblongs / int_4f773434	type	Wise Beyond Their Years
The Oblongs / int_4f773434	comment	Wise Beyond Their Years: Beth is just a little girl, but at times makes it clear that she is aware of how terrible the world is.
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The Oblongs / int_50ae8e55	type	Little Miss Snarker
The Oblongs / int_50ae8e55	comment	Little Miss Snarker: Beth is this on occasion.
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The Oblongs / int_50f66629	type	Crazy-Prepared
The Oblongs / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: In "Father of The Bribe", Beth finds a switch and starts swinging it.
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The Oblongs / int_53243b25	type	Conjoined Twins
The Oblongs / int_53243b25	comment	Conjoined Twins: Biff and Chip, especially awkward because it's implied one of them is gay. It has to be Biff, since Chip had already fallen in love with a girl in one episode where he temporarly attached to Milo.
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The Oblongs / int_54fdbff5	type	The Eeyore
The Oblongs / int_54fdbff5	comment	The Eeyore: Creepy Susie tends to be very pessimistic.
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The Oblongs / int_58e43f17	type	Cats Are Mean
The Oblongs / int_58e43f17	comment	Cats Are Mean: "Father of The Bribe" had the city unleash a shipment of cats in heat when Biff and Chip refused to give back the bribe money.
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The Oblongs / int_5aa4ec8a	type	Ambiguous Syntax
The Oblongs / int_5aa4ec8a	comment	Ambiguous Syntax: In "Disfigured Debbie", Milo shouts out to Debbie "You can't do it!" when she's about to jump off a bridge in the Valley. It turns out he was being quite literal - she can't do it, as "we've all tried", but the pollution in the water is so thick that it just cushions the fall.
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The Oblongs / int_5cfaad8a	type	Audience Murmurs
The Oblongs / int_5cfaad8a	comment	Audience Murmurs: Subverted in "Heroine Addict": Pickles keeps saying things that cause the audience to gasp. However, it's revealed that the gasps are actually coming from Milo's friend, Mikey, who has asthma.
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The Oblongs / int_5fcedca	type	Big Eater
The Oblongs / int_5fcedca	comment	All you need to do to infiltrate the Debbies is dress exactly like them. Helga is short, fat and ugly and she had them fooled completely — until Helga scarfed down a platter of tea cakes and belched her wig clean off her head.
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The Oblongs / int_63c6a75c	type	Evil Lawyer Joke
The Oblongs / int_63c6a75c	comment	Evil Lawyer Joke: In "My Name is Robbie", the Oblongs are told not to talk to any lawyers when they're discussing the conditions of Bob's workman's compensation. Pickles points out that the men are lawyers themselves, to which they reply by insisting that they're actually attorneys.
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The Oblongs / int_66cdb21b	type	Gag Penis
The Oblongs / int_66cdb21b	comment	Seems to be what people need when they witness Bob's method of playing the piano or organ, considering that he has no arms or legs.
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The Oblongs / int_68a171b6	type	Sadist Show
The Oblongs / int_68a171b6	comment	Sadist Show: Pretty much everyone who lives in the Valley goes through all sorts of humiliation and hardship.
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The Oblongs / int_69fad334	type	You Are the New Trend
The Oblongs / int_69fad334	comment	You Are the New Trend: The family's lack of funds in "Bucketheads" forces Milo to go to school on a rainy day wearing a bucket on his head and a trash bag as a raincoat. The hill kids make fun of him until the Fonzie stand in says he likes his bucket. Milo shows up at school the next day to find all of the hill kids wearing buckets and accusing him of copying them. The rest of the plot focuses on his mother helping him stay one step ahead of them.
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The Oblongs / int_6b8c8d72	type	Our Slogan Is Terrible
The Oblongs / int_6b8c8d72	comment	Our Slogan Is Terrible: From "Bucketheads": "The Restaurant That's Too Cool For a Sign." <—- "That sign doesn't count."
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The Oblongs / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
The Oblongs / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Hill Valley, which has the "hills" section and the "valley" section. Also, Helga Phugly = Hella' fugly. The other Valley kids look at least presentable when compared to her. Creepy Susie lives up to her name because of her obsession with death, among other things.
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The Oblongs / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
The Oblongs / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: Attempted, and, thankfully averted, by one of the Debbies by jumping off of a bridge, but, as Milo put it, everyone in the Valley has tried.
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The Oblongs / int_6d7026fa	type	Punny Name
The Oblongs / int_6d7026fa	comment	Punny Name: Anita Bidet's name is a play on "I need a bidet", befitting the character's Drag Queen qualities. Also, Bob — namely the old joke about "What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs in the water?"
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The Oblongs / int_6ec4232f	type	Casting Gag
The Oblongs / int_6ec4232f	comment	Casting Gag: Biff and Chip are voiced by Real Life identical twins Jason and Randy Sklar, who are ironically more closely related than the characters they play (who are fraternal twins that are only conjoined because of the Valley).
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The Oblongs / int_6edc54d5	type	Here We Go Again!
The Oblongs / int_6edc54d5	comment	Here We Go Again!: In "Flush, Flush, Sweet Helga," Helga causes one of the Debbies' lockets to fall into the sewer, and gets stuck attempting to retrieve it. Once she's freed at the end of the episode, she causes Debbie to drop the refurbished locket into the sewer again and dives in after it.
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The Oblongs / int_6f44042b	type	The Immodest Orgasm
The Oblongs / int_6f44042b	comment	The Immodest Orgasm: Pickles, to the point that her and Bob's son, Milo, literally can't sleep without hearing it.
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The Oblongs / int_722d0026	type	Vanity Plate
The Oblongs / int_722d0026	comment	Vanity Plate: Mohawk Productions, which is an ultrasound of a baby in the womb, giggling after an upbeat drum rhythm plays.
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The Oblongs / int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
The Oblongs / int_729c69f3	comment	Politically Incorrect Villain: Pretty much every Hills resident is this by default due to looking down on the denizens of the Valley region for having deformities and being lower class, though Pristine Klimer takes the cake by making racist statements peppered with pseudo-Spanish towards a maid who isn't even Hispanic. One-shot character Miss Hubbard is a racist old woman whose book on parenting advice includes a prayer for the "white male God" to destroy the "mud races" and remarks to Pickles' snarking on her needing to wear a chastity belt by replying that there are a lot of immigrants around, implying that she believes all immigrants have a predilection for rape.
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The Oblongs / int_7b50237d	type	Distinction Without a Difference
The Oblongs / int_7b50237d	comment	Distinction Without a Difference: In "My Name is Robbie", the Oblongs are told by two men representing Globocide while discussing the conditions of Bob's workman's compensation for his jaw getting injured that they shouldn't talk to any lawyers. When Pickles addresses that the men are lawyers themselves, they reply that they're actually attorneys.
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The Oblongs / int_83a903f6	type	Stepford Smiler
The Oblongs / int_83a903f6	comment	Stepford Smiler: Pristine Klimer's smile often comes off as forced.
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The Oblongs / int_84d29a11	type	Drag Queen
The Oblongs / int_84d29a11	comment	Anita Bidet's name is a play on "I need a bidet", befitting the character's Drag Queen qualities.
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The Oblongs / int_863fac26	type	Jerk Jock
The Oblongs / int_863fac26	comment	Jerk Jock: Jared Klimer, and his little friend Blaine.
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The Oblongs / int_868a972f	type	Quiet Cry for Help
The Oblongs / int_868a972f	comment	Quiet Cry for Help: In the episode "Milo Interrupted", when Helga is discovered to be living without parents, she is given to Ms. Hubbard to care for. She then appears at the Oblongs' door with Ms. Hubbard shilling bibles and acts outwardly upbeat and cheerful — but when she blinks, she has "HELP ME" written on her eyelids.
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The Oblongs / int_88cee6e2	type	Abhorrent Admirer
The Oblongs / int_88cee6e2	comment	Abhorrent Admirer: Helga on "Milo, Interrupted"note The episode where Milo secretly takes care of Helga after Helga reveals that she's been abandoned by her parents and Hill Valley hires a Bible-thumping old lady named Mrs. Hubbard to act as the town's Moral Guardian following a minor act of vandalism.
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The Oblongs / int_8cb59aaa	type	Bathroom Control
The Oblongs / int_8cb59aaa	comment	Bathroom Control: In "Misfit Love", Milo states to his teacher that he has to take a dump. She says he'll have to do that after class.
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The Oblongs / int_8e4a0f15	type	Dumb Blonde
The Oblongs / int_8e4a0f15	comment	Dumb Blonde: The Debbies have blonde hair and are clearly not intelligent. In "Bucketheads", a background gag shows Debbie Klimer proudly showing off a D+.
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The Oblongs / int_91d3ab1e	type	Ominous Pipe Organ
The Oblongs / int_91d3ab1e	comment	Ominous Pipe Organ: Debbie Klimer plays one like the Phantom of the Opera after being disfigured in "Disfigured Debbie".
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The Oblongs / int_945b15da	type	PassiveAggressiveCombat
The Oblongs / int_945b15da	comment	Passive Aggressive Combat: Pickles and Pristine share a few barbs at a basketball game.
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The Oblongs / int_9ae85487	type	Dr. Jerk
The Oblongs / int_9ae85487	comment	Dr. Jerk: Dr. Hofschneider is pretty condescending and insulting to his patients. Notable examples of his assholishness include callously asking Bob if he knows what an idiot he is after he misinterprets his suggestion to neuter Scottie as neutering Milo in "Narcoleptic Scottie" as well as photographing Bob's injured groin so he can use the picture to freak other people out in "Please Be Genital".
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The Oblongs / int_9e529def	type	Dork Horse Candidate
The Oblongs / int_9e529def	comment	Dork Horse Candidate: How the "Disfigured Debbie" episode kicks off. Needless to say, it does not end well.
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The Oblongs / int_a0434be6	type	Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
The Oblongs / int_a0434be6	comment	Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Creepy Susie has pale skin and dark hair and pretty much lives up to her name.
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The Oblongs / int_a1575551	type	Living Prop
The Oblongs / int_a1575551	comment	Living Prop: Granny Oblong, who according to Pickles hasn't spoken or moved in twelve years.
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The Oblongs / int_a2492aff	type	Dogged Nice Guy
The Oblongs / int_a2492aff	comment	Dogged Nice Guy: Milo's feelings for Yvette are never returned.
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The Oblongs / int_a4247d2b	type	Multiboobage
The Oblongs / int_a4247d2b	comment	Multiboobage: The Nurse. No, it's not sexy at all. Conversely, Peggy, who has one breast. It's still not sexy.
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The Oblongs / int_a58e5ad7	type	Naked People Are Funny
The Oblongs / int_a58e5ad7	comment	Naked People Are Funny: "Narcoleptic Scottie" shows Milo running around naked with Scottie and some other dogs after Bob catches them eating from the garbage. "Bucketheads" has Helga unable to restrain herself from eating her own bacon dress during Milo's fashion show, resulting in the Hill kids being grossed out from getting an eyeful of her naked body.
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The Oblongs / int_a5a6d7b3	type	Mutants
The Oblongs / int_a5a6d7b3	comment	Mutants: The Valley people are mutated by the chemical spill from the Hill.
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The Oblongs / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
The Oblongs / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: Due to the show's short run, we never really see those stuck-up Hill people get what they deserve, which may have been the point. Though, in "Disfigured Debbie," one of the Debbies got shredded up in the thresher after beating Milo in student council elections. She did get what she deserved (even though she later got plastic surgery to fix her face, returned to her circle of friends, and learned nothing from the experience). "Pickles' Little Amazons" has a Debbie mauled by a bear during a nature hike through the city. In addition, the Hill people occasionally get humiliated while trying to shove their success in the Valley people's faces.
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The Oblongs / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
The Oblongs / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Pickles owns this trope (particularly when she's dealing with her old friend, Pristine, who hates her for marrying Bob and giving up her life of being rich, pretty, and popular). Milo has his moments too. Creepy Susie does it in her own morbid way.
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The Oblongs / int_aec3d8b2	type	Expository Theme Tune
The Oblongs / int_aec3d8b2	comment	Expository Theme Tune: The theme song mentions that the titular family live in the polluted part of town and infers that it is polluted because of the corrupt and rich people who live on the other side.
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The Oblongs / int_b035720c	type	Toxic, Inc.
The Oblongs / int_b035720c	comment	Toxic, Inc.: Globocide is one. Their legitimate products are poisonous with the nasty byproducts thereof, including the chemical spill mentioned in the theme tune, being responsible for the deformities of the people down in the Valley. This is to such a degree that, in the episode where Milo makes his energy drink, Mr. Klimer and the other executives need to have it explained that they can't keep selling it as-is because morphine's a controlled substance.
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The Oblongs / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
The Oblongs / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: Mayor Johnny "The Mayor" Bledsoe, a dig at pro-wrestlers-turned-elected-officials. In "Heroine Addict", the Oblongs are given a selection of backgrounds to pose for a family photo, one of which is described as a family trapped in the seven circles of Hell. They end up choosing that option and the family is shown dressed as The Simpsons, with Bob as Maggie, Milo as Bart, Pickles as Marge, Beth as Lisa, and Biff and Chip as Homer.
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The Oblongs / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
The Oblongs / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: In "Milo Interrupted", Bob and Pickles state that their son Milo knows better than to be a slave to an addictive substance. Shortly afterwards, they and Lucky all start smoking and exhale with glee. "Bucketheads" has a bit where Peggy complains about how disgusting it is for Jared and Blaine to be spitting at them, all while spitting into Mikey's face because of her lack of a jaw.
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The Oblongs / int_b7bc7d28	type	Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!
The Oblongs / int_b7bc7d28	comment	Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Used in the first episode with Milo when his father asks him if he has really gotten over his ADD.
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The Oblongs / int_b970a40	type	Valley Girl
The Oblongs / int_b970a40	comment	Valley Girl: The Debbies. All six of them.
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The Oblongs / int_b9a9d078	type	The Noseless
The Oblongs / int_b9a9d078	comment	The Noseless: Fitting with Angus Oblong's art style, none of the humans have noses, though some of them at least have nostrils.
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The Oblongs / int_bd0230fb	type	Ambiguously Bi
The Oblongs / int_bd0230fb	comment	Ambiguously Bi: Biff is frequently implied to be attracted to men, but has on occasion been shown joining his brother Chip in lusting after women.
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The Oblongs / int_bec0417c	type	Happily Married
The Oblongs / int_bec0417c	comment	Happily Married: Bob and Pickles have to be if they've had sex every morning and night ever since they first got hitched.
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The Oblongs / int_c2393191	type	Show Within a Show
The Oblongs / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show: Velva the Warrior, a very Merchandise-Driven parody of Xena: Warrior Princess. With very... interesting names. ("Placentor, no!")
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The Oblongs / int_c25c7890	type	Fun with Acronyms
The Oblongs / int_c25c7890	comment	Fun with Acronyms: In "The Golden Child", Biff mentions that he prefers the manly side of sports and gives "Heart, Obedience, Motivation, and Opportunity" as an example. Beth points out that the statement spells "homo", to which Biff replies by insisting that Beth can't spell.
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The Oblongs / int_c4db6423	type	Yank the Dog's Chain
The Oblongs / int_c4db6423	comment	Yank the Dog's Chain: In "Father of the Bribe", Biff and Chip get in a drag race with the bullies Jared and Blaine. Biff and Chip manage to stop their car just before it careens off a cliff, and breathe a sigh of relief when they exit the car safely and the car's okay. But immediately after that, Jared and Blaine drive up and kick Biff and Chip's car off the cliff.
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The Oblongs / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Oblongs / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The Debbies Also, Hill Valley. Milo dreams of his mother rapidly selling tickets to a screening of Oh, God! to coincide with her repeatedly moaning "Oh, god! from the other side of the wall.
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The Oblongs / int_c9687735	type	Toxic Waste Can Do Anything
The Oblongs / int_c9687735	comment	Toxic Waste Can Do Anything: Deconstructed. The residents of the Valley lived beneath the toxic waste produced from a bunch of factories in the Hills and were mutated in odd ways, but still acted more or less like everything was normal.
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The Oblongs / int_ca94b783	type	Non-Natural Number Gag
The Oblongs / int_ca94b783	comment	Non-Natural Number Gag: When Pickles' youth group is one member short of the minimum, Pristine snidely comments that Beth being "at most one half" cancels out Helga being "at least one-and-a-half".
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The Oblongs / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
The Oblongs / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive: George Klimer runs a poison company called Globocide and, much like everyone else in the Hill part of Hill Valley, is a colossal dick.
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The Oblongs / int_ce30e201	type	No Mouth
The Oblongs / int_ce30e201	comment	No Mouth: Beth has no visible mouth, except when she's talking.
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The Oblongs / int_d080f396	type	The Napoleon
The Oblongs / int_d080f396	comment	The Napoleon: Sometimes Beth.
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The Oblongs / int_d0b60f23	type	GoshDangItToHeck
The Oblongs / int_d0b60f23	comment	Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Bob Oblong, constantly.
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The Oblongs / int_d397657d	type	Hoist by His Own Petard
The Oblongs / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: In the first episode, Bob encourages his daughter to tattle on others, only for her to tattle on him.
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The Oblongs / int_d85c505	type	Racist Grandma
The Oblongs / int_d85c505	comment	Racist Grandma: Miss Hubbard from "Milo Interrupted" is an old woman who demonstrates racism and xenophobia, as her book on parenting advice includes a prayer for the "mud races" to be destroyed by the "white male God" and she is shown to wear a chastity belt, replying to Pickles' snarking over whether anyone would want to have their way with her by stating that there are a lot of immigrants around.
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The Oblongs / int_db212ca9	type	Did I Just Say That Out Loud?
The Oblongs / int_db212ca9	comment	Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Pristine in the first episode says to Pickles "Well, gotta run. I don't want my daughter and her friends exposed to a drunken hosebag. Oh my gosh! Did I say that out loud?"
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The Oblongs	hasFeature	The Oblongs / int_db212ca9
The Oblongs / int_dbc37cbd	type	Hairball Humor
The Oblongs / int_dbc37cbd	comment	Hairball Humor: In the first episode Lucky literally coughs up a lung which is mistaken for a hairball.
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The Oblongs / int_dd26fd14	type	Man of a Thousand Voices
The Oblongs / int_dd26fd14	comment	Man of a Thousand Voices: Billy West (of course).
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The Oblongs / int_e04ed269	type	Urban Segregation
The Oblongs / int_e04ed269	comment	Urban Segregation: It is enforced at just about every corner that Valley people aren't allowed to go anywhere near the Hill section.
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The Oblongs / int_e0804063	type	Even Nerds Have Standards
The Oblongs / int_e0804063	comment	Even Nerds Have Standards: In the pilot episode, Peggy is explaining to Milo the social hierarchy at school and notes that not only are they behind the dorks, geeks, and dweebs, but the wild dogs on the soccer field and the boy who lactates as well.
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The Oblongs / int_e34400ab	type	Ambiguously Gay
The Oblongs / int_e34400ab	comment	Ambiguously Gay: The bullies Jared and Blaine seem rather close. Milo says what everyone's thinking in "Get Off My Back": "Everyone says you have sex with each other!"
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The Oblongs / int_e4965307	type	Composite Character
The Oblongs / int_e4965307	comment	Composite Character: Some of the characters are combinations of different characters from the book. Bob is Bean the legless and tailless dog (he has no limbs) combined with the owner of Scottie the dog (in addition to owning Scottie in the series, he smokes a pipe and has the same hairstyle). Pickles is Waldo's mom (she's an alcoholic) combined with Rosie's mom (beehive hairdo, though it's a wig). Biff and Chip are Jenny, Jenny, Jenny & Babette the Siamese quadruplets (conjoined siblings) combined with Waldo (Chip has his appearance).
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The Oblongs / int_e4c0b2b6	type	Primal Scene
The Oblongs / int_e4c0b2b6	comment	And in a different episode, this was Biff and Chip's reaction to catching their parents in the kitchen.
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The Oblongs / int_e4c0b2b6	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Oblongs / int_e542d8c1	type	Goth
The Oblongs / int_e542d8c1	comment	Goth: Creepy Susie seems to be a parody of the Gloomy Goth subtrope. More like Existentialist French i.e. Sartre.
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The Oblongs / int_e5aff319	type	Mobile-Suit Human
The Oblongs / int_e5aff319	comment	Mobile-Suit Human: Bob for the Beach Episode "My Name Is Robbie", then a shark.
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The Oblongs / int_e7fd5cdc	type	Brain Bleach
The Oblongs / int_e7fd5cdc	comment	Brain Bleach: Two examples from "Bucketheads". Seems to be what people need when they witness Bob's method of playing the piano or organ, considering that he has no arms or legs. Also when the Hill kids saw Helga naked ("Please, God! Someone poke my eyes out!"). And in a different episode, this was Biff and Chip's reaction to catching their parents in the kitchen.
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The Oblongs / int_ea5c413d	type	Biting-the-Hand Humor
The Oblongs / int_ea5c413d	comment	Biting-the-Hand Humor: In "Flush, Flush, Sweet Helga", Helga encounters a frog with a top hat caught in a spider's web, which is clearly a jab at Looney Tunes character Michigan J. Frog, who was at one point the mascot of The WB, the channel the show originally aired on.
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The Oblongs / int_eaf5a1ac	type	Groin Attack
The Oblongs / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Groin Attack: In "Please Be Genital", Bob went to a strip club to celebrate a co-worker's bachelor party, and wound up on stage with a dancer. Despite warnings that "My boys are on the ground floor", the dancer stomps on Bob's groin. As a result, Bob has to abstain from sex for the next two weeks in order to properly recover. Invoked with the Mayor in "Father of the Bribe", see Balls of Steel above.
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The Oblongs / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
The Oblongs / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Pretty much everyone from the Hill is a complete dick to those who live in the Valley.
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The Oblongs / int_edaedf90	type	Vomit Discretion Shot
The Oblongs / int_edaedf90	comment	Vomit Discretion Shot: In "Disfigured Debbie" when the kids walk in on the disfigured Debbie making herself puke after binging on candy.
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The Oblongs / int_edaedf90	featureConfidence	1.0
The Oblongs	hasFeature	The Oblongs / int_edaedf90
The Oblongs / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
The Oblongs / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Averted with all six of the Debbies. All of them are referred to as "Debbie" and that somehow doesn't confuse anyone.
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The Oblongs / int_f020907b	type	Edible Theme Clothing
The Oblongs / int_f020907b	comment	Edible Theme Clothing: In "Bucketheads", when Milo tries to make his own line of clothes, he has Helga wear a dress made of bacon. Naturally, Helga can't stop herself from eating it, resulting in her dress falling off in front of the Hill kids, much to their disgust. If foods eaten by other animals count, in the same episode, Milo also makes Peggy wear a dress made from eucalyptus leaves, which gets her attacked by a koala that some Australian guy brought to the fashion show for some reason.
The Oblongs / int_f020907b	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Oblongs / int_f1f987e9	type	Joke of the Butt
The Oblongs / int_f1f987e9	comment	Joke of the Butt: Mikey's shtick is that he has the unfortunate deformity of having a big, saggy rear end.
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The Oblongs / int_f1f987e9	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Oblongs / int_f3d5d15f	type	Creepy Child
The Oblongs / int_f3d5d15f	comment	Creepy Child: Beth can come off as rather creepy because of how sneaky and not-so-innocent she is.
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The Oblongs / int_f3d5d15f	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Oblongs / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
The Oblongs / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: At least Once per Episode Milo's friend Mikey ends up getting into a horrible accident.
The Oblongs / int_f9f2c33	featureApplicability	1.0
The Oblongs / int_f9f2c33	featureConfidence	1.0
The Oblongs	hasFeature	The Oblongs / int_f9f2c33
The Oblongs / int_fdb3b2b5	type	Lady Drunk
The Oblongs / int_fdb3b2b5	comment	Lady Drunk: Pickles is an alcoholic.
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The Oblongs / int_fdb3b2b5	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Oblongs / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
The Oblongs / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: In "Heroine Addict", Milo decides that playing Velva with his sister Beth is lame and says that he'd rather drink brake fluid. Later, Bob crashes his car and states that he was certain he changed the brake fluid.
The Oblongs / int_fe0330fb	featureApplicability	1.0
The Oblongs / int_fe0330fb	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Oblongs / int_ff934825	type	Evil, Inc.
The Oblongs / int_ff934825	comment	Evil, Inc.: Globocide, Bob's employer, is a company that produces poisons and run by very corrupt people.
The Oblongs / int_ff934825	featureApplicability	1.0
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