Poltergeeks/References

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Trivia

• This is the 2nd episode where Timmy's belly growls, the first being Love Struck!
• This episode proves that The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom may have a shared universe.
• This episode reveals that back in the 1980s (way before their son was born), Mr. and Mrs. Turner were a ghosthunting-team called the "Poltergeeks", with their aliases being "Mom" (for Mr. Turner) and "Barnaby" (for Mrs. Turner).
• Timmy's hair changes different shades of brown in this episode.
• It is revealed that at some point, Timmy saw a court-ordered psychiatrist.
• This is the only time we see Mr. Bickles in the 1980s.
• This is the second time we see Mr. Turner and Mrs. Turner in the 1980s.
• A monster similar to the one that appeared in Nectar of the Odds appears in this episode but instead of red, it is colored dark green.
• This episode shows Chet Ubetcha when he was in the 80s.

Allusions

Danny Phantom and the Pac-Man ghosts cameo.

• Poltergeeks - The episode's title and the title card are a reference to the 1982 horror movie, Poltergeist.
• Ghostbusters - The plot of Mr. and Mrs. Turner busting ghosts is akin to the plot of the movie.
• Danny Phantom - Danny Phantom makes a brief appearance cameo on one of the screens of Mr. and Mrs. Turner's lair.
• Pac-Man - Pac-Man ghosts make a brief appearance cameo on one of the screens of Mr. and Mrs. Turner's lair.

1980s Chet Ubetcha

• Michael Jackson - Chet Ubetcha's suit back in the 1980s closely resembles the Concert attire that the late Michael Jackson was known for.
• Luigi's Mansion - Mr. Turner & Mrs. Turner's ghost catching equipment resembles Luigi' Poltergust 5000.
• The X-Files - By the end, it is revealed that Mr. and Mrs. Turner were also alien hunters at some point in their adolescence, which is a possible reference to Mulder and Scully.

Goofs

• After Cosmo and Wanda get in the ghost-catching box, Timmy's mom picks it up, yet Timmy still has it.
• Mr. and Mrs. Turner's room does not have the wallpaper it does in Dread 'N' Breakfast.
• In this episode, Mr. and Mrs. Turner's room has two lamps, but in Dread 'N' Breakfast, there is only one lamp.
• On a sign outside the mansion, the word trespassers is misspelled as "tresspassers".

Running Gags

• Mr. Turner throwing money at people.
• Someone being called crazy, and then answering, "Not according to the court-ordered psychiatrist!"
• Mr. Turner calling Mrs. Turner "Barnaby".

Quotes

Mr. Turner: Driving home from my boring job, in my boring car, past boring scenery and the giant boring lizard eating a boring bus. [at home] What's for boring dinner?

Mrs. Turner: Boring roast boar. [places the boar on the table]

Timmy: Well, I'm not bored, I'm starved.

Boar: Uh, you guys are boring. [jumps out the window]

[Timmy's stomach growls and Timmy puts his hands on his stomach]

Timmy: Man I need food. [looks to his parents] And you two need some excitement in your lives!

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[after Wanda advises him to not eat the submarine sandwich]

Cosmo: Oh Wanda, you always know what's best for me, if only I'd listen. [goes to eat the sub sandwich anyway]

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Timmy: [sees Cosmo sleep-floating] Oh no, Cosmo! Uh, Mom, Dad, I can explain!

Both: [while seeing Cosmo in a blanket in his head]: Aaaaaaaaaugh!

Mr. Turner: It's a ghost, with a periscope in its ear!

Timmy: A ghost? Okay, let's go with that. [to his parents] But don't worry, I bet his ghost wife is coming to drag him back to the fishbowl, I mean, back to the underwater realm of the undead!

Wanda: [comes and drags Cosmo back] Oh, sorry, I told this idiot ghost not to eat that sandwich.

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Chet Ubetcha: Tell us, Polter-geeks, have you ever caught a real ghost?

Mrs. Turner: Not technically. You see, we find a house we think is haunted then we just blow it up!

Mr. Turner: After all, you can't have a haunted house if you don't have a house!

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Timmy: Chet Ubetcha ran you out of town?

Mr. Turner: Well, across town. We moved from one side of Dimmsdale to the other. We even had to change our names. I used to be called Mom!

Mrs. Turner: And I used to be called Barnaby!

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[after Wanda turns Cosmo into a ghost]

Cosmo: Ahhh! Where are my feet?! How am I gonna finish my toe lint sculpture?

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Cosmo: Whooo, we are about to get sucked into a trap, with great drama and ghostly noises, whoooooo~

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Mrs. Turner: Should we look for ghosts in Mr. Crocker's house?

Timmy: Nah, just blow it up.

Mr. Turner: Yay!

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Timmy: Woo hoo!

Mr. Turner: Woo hoo is right. Barnaby and I have never been less bored.

Mrs. Turner: Or more rich!

Mr. Turner: [walks to the window] Now I can throw money at all my problems! [throws some money at Dinkleberg]

Dinkleberg: Thanks Turner!

Mr. Turner: Grrrrrr, Dinkleberg.

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Cosmo: Look, I'm a Californian ghost! [in a spooky voice] Duuuuuude~ [sniffs Timmy] peanut butter and cash! My two favorite things!

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Wanda: [to Timmy] Whoooooo- [pauses and sniffs] Hey are you wearing peanut butter and money?

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[right before placing Cosmo and Wanda in the "Ghost" Chipper]

Mr. Turner: Now, to chip 'em up and sell them as haunted lawn mulch!

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Poof: Eghh! Mommy! Daddy!

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Mrs. Turner: So boring in the hospital.

Mr. Turner: And expensive! [while a doctor wheels away a wheelbarrow of money]

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Mrs. Turner: Oh look, a spaceman!

Mr. Turner: Time to restart our other business, hunting aliens!

Mrs. Turner: Should we catch it?

Mr. Turner: No, let's blow it up!

Cosmo: Ahhhhhhh! [flies out the window while dodging Mr. Turner's blasts] Why can't they just throw money at me?

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