Operation: Birthday Takeback/References

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Trivia

• Vicky returns in this episode, marking her first official debut since "Certifiable Super Sitter." (Not counting Fairly Odder.)
  • Grey DeLisle voices the character for the first time in 7 years, after previously being portrayed by Mary Kate Wiles in Fairly Odder.
    • Furthermore, Vicky's princess outfit is very similar to her outfit in the Oh Yeah! Cartoons short, Where's the Wand?.
• Timmy is once again mentioned, this time by Wanda. This is the second time he's been mentioned explicitly, the first time being by Crocker in Crock to the Future. However, while Crocker mentioned Timmy by his last name, Wanda mentions him by his first name.
• Chip Skylark is mentioned/pictured multiple times throughout the episode.
• Dev celebrates his birthday in this episode, though it's never stated how old he was.
• Peri was surprised to learn that Vicky was a real person and had previously assumed he imagined her when he was a baby.
• The princess outfit that Vicky wears resemble her costume from "Where's the Wand?"
• There was a concept title card for this episode.
• Jasmine mentions her mom, who's apparently a Chip Skylark-fan, particularly of his song "Icky Vicky" (which would be over twenty years old by the events of this episode).

  

Allusions

• The Creation of Adam - TBA
• Home Alone (film series) - TBA
• The Cake is a lie - the catchphrase is a line from meaning a false promise.
• Sticks and Stones - the math equation of x= Sticks Y=stones z=broken bones are from a saying.
• Static Shock - Hazel shock Vicky with Static electricity is similar with Virgil Hawkins of his powers of static electricity.
• Kryptonite - Wanda said Vicky's kryptonite is adults should be handy for a couple of decades ago. 

Continuity & Easter Eggs

• “Icky Vicky” is played in the episode and mentioned by Jasmine as "The song my mom plays all the time."
• After seeing a statue of Dale, Vicky recalls him having worked for her in "Nectar of the Odds."
  • Additionally, Dev mentions he doesn’t get to drink lemonade, likely due to Dale’s experience during said episode.
• In Dale's secret room, parts of an Eliminator from "Wishology!" are seen.
• Dale finds out that Hazel was the anomaly who stopped his money-making scam from the events of Lost and Founder's Day.
• Hazel finally admits to Dev that she accidentally wished for them to be friends to understand Dev better in A New Dev-Elopment.
• Cosmo broke the fourth wall by saying that Vicky has been terrorizing kids since 2001, which is when the original series premiered.

Running Gags

• Nobody like the expression mural of Dale with his boots.

Quotes

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