80's Dan: Difference between revisions

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Goodbye, blues!'' }}

 

* [[Acting for Two]]: In the Christmas episode, all of Brad's characters team up.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Dan dresses up as Cinema Snob in the ''[[Halloween III: Season of the Witch|Halloween III Season of the Witch]]'' [http://thecinemasnob.com/2011/10/27/80s-dan-halloween-iii-season-of-the-witch.aspx episode], with some heavy [[Self-Deprecation]].

"The stick up his ass seemed pleasant." }}

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: The show is one of 80's sitcoms, including a gratuitous [[Laugh Track]] and a cute buddy who's completely out of place.

* [[Ass Shove]]: In the [[Christmas Special]], Mrs. Crabtree threatens to shove ROB up her own ass. {{spoiler|Acts as [[Foreshadowing]] to [[The Reveal]] that she really does do that kind of thing when drunk, and that the Christmas star 80's Dan and Dolly were looking for throughout the whole thing was up there all along.}}

* [[Censor Box]] / [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: Dolly's religious aura makes it physically impossible to swear around her. But only on Christmas. Actually, the rules aren't clear.

'''Dolly:''' It doesn't make sense to us either. }}

* [[Character Blog]]: ROB The Robot has a [http://twitter.com/#!/ROBtheRobot Twitter account].

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Dan, at least that's how he comes across a lot of the time.

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Dan's verdict on Mrs. Crabtree's Halloween outfit.

""That is the worst [[Battlestar Galactica Classic|Dirk Benedict]] costume I've ever seen." }}

** Then he mistakes Dolly's [[Sailor Moon]] outfit for a [[Sexy Whatever Outfit|sexy Donald Duck outfit]].

* [[Crossover]]: The Christmas special has several of Brad's characters.

** Dan and 90's Kid of ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]'' have met at least twice (once offscreen and once onscreen).

* [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]]: Mrs. Crabtree suggesting that 80s Dan shove a New Coke bottle where the sun doesn't shine.

** She suggests a similar fate for R.O.B., but it [[Too Kinky to Torture|just turns him on]].

* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: "80s Dan's [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Very Inappropriate Christmas]]"

* [[Jerkass]]: R.O.B. casually insults everyone around him and hits on Mrs. Crabtree right in front of her husband.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: In the first episode of ''80s Dan'', Dan squirms rather sheepishly while the ''very familiar'' ''[[Automan]]'' theme plays:

'''ROB:''' Same reason I'm thinking of titties! }}

* [[Laugh Track]]: Not quite spoofed, but it's clear the use isn't serious either.

* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: Dolly embarking on a journey to find the star to her Christmas Tree. Turns out it's [[Ass Shove|up inside]] {{spoiler|the drunk Mrs Crabtree}}.

** "Because this whole holiday reeks of ass!!"

* [[Shaggy Frog Story]]: 80s Dan relating the story of his 1989 Christmas.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Dan's insistence that his jacket [[Insistent Terminology|isn't white.]] "It's '''[[Miami Vice|Crockett.]]'''"