r/TopCharacterTropes • • 16h ago

miscellaneous The extremely small print loophole.

SpongeBob SquarePants-Pickles:If a customer is unsatisfied with their order (such as claiming a Krabby Patty is missing its pickles), they are entitled to a $2.00 full refund. Bubble Bass uses this guarantee by falsely claiming SpongeBob forgot the pickles on his complex order.

The Middle-Heck on a Hard Body:Sue Heck enters an endurance contest at Ehlert Motors where contestants must keep their hand on a car to win it, only to learn after winning that the prize was actually a trip to Disney World.

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC 16h ago

The Middle one is funny when you realize it's an ABC show and a lot of ABC shows had the characters go to Disney World for some reason.

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u/GhostBoyJames 16h ago

I think Disney owns ABC

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC 16h ago

They do. Which is clever or lazy for them to advertise their theme parks in shows millions of people watched. Roseanne did it and Modern Family did it.

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u/drsideburns 15h ago

They did it with Full House! Which really deep with their crossover. While the girls are in Disney, they see an Aladdin show, and DJ thought she saw Steve in the Aladdin show, portraying Aladdin - Steve was also Aladdin's Voice Actor.

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u/Gaelic_Gladiator41 15h ago

Modern Family actually filmed on-site in Disneyland

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u/amglasgow 16h ago

Family Matters too.

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u/MarstonsGhost 15h ago

And Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

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u/Alabenson 12h ago

They do. Eisner started mandating ABC shows have Disney World episodes after he bought the network to cross promote the parks.

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u/Drmeanleany 16h ago

lol the whole show was them barely getting by and being close to poverty….but out of the blue they win a trip to Disney 😂

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u/GhostBoyJames 15h ago

There’s also the family from Malcolm In The Middle who despite their income issues with 5 kids are able to go a vacation every year.

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u/drsideburns 15h ago

Ok, but their vacations aren't like other TV Family vacations. They went to a waterpark - where Lois had to lecture the boys that they aren't wealthy, and don't get to just take vacations easily. If they ruin a vacation, it's a big loss.

see it here.

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u/GhostBoyJames 15h ago

I love how Lois climbed all the way back up the waterslide due to her sheer rage.

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u/UpCDownCLeftCRightC 16h ago

Yeah and it was the same with Roseanne. A family having trouble making ends meet but they spend the husband's last check from his job on a trip to Disney World.

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u/AdWestern1561 16h ago

I was informed of this by commentators of the upcoming Abbot Elementary Disney World episode.

Good ol'brand synergy.