
In The Best Vacation Ever, Elliot breaks his ankle and has to cancel a vacation he has been planning all year so Manny and the tools build him a beach in his backyard."In Tool Dance", Manny has to fill in for Maria's dance partner, Oleg after he sprains his ankle.Identity Amnesia: "Pat the Screwdriver" has Pat getting hit on the head and thinking he's a screwdriver.Skateboarder: No, I don't have a phone! But I think there might be a pay phone over there. Squeeze hits up a skateboarder resting on a bench who can't her because he's listening to music on headphones. I Can't Hear You: This happens in "Ice Cream Team." Manny's tools are trying to pitch ice cream to people in a local park, to try to get it all sold before it melts do a malfunctioning freezer.Hard-Work Montage: The repair of the day is often shown like this, set against the once-an-episode song "We Work Together".The tools didn't know what that was when they learn it's really his stomach. Growling Gut: Felipe in "Breakfast for Champions" when he was suffering starvation and fatigue.Good Samaritan: A "hero" example, in Manny, to the point where in the episode "A Very Handy Holiday" he and the tools missed a Christmas party because he kept stopping to help friends on the way.Fake Interactivity: Surprisingly averted, except in some of the newer credits where Kelly's voice-over asks a fairly obvious question to the viewer.Face Palm: Manny does this in "Paint Job" when the tools make a mess of his demo video for his nephew, Pedro.(Instead of him saying you break it and having the tools say we fix it.)


Portillo manipulates Manny into taking a needed day off in one episode. Cel Shading: How the CGI for the show was animated.("We Loparts are experts at electronics, you know") It's almost always false. Lopart begins nearly any explanation of why he doesn't need Manny's help. "I'm a hammer" - Pat's explanation for absolutely everything."You break it, we fix it" - the motto of the repair shop, said solely by Manny during calls made to him in the first season, then split between him and the tools in all later episodes.
Car Ride Games: In one episode, the toys are in the car, bored, and playing "I Spy", but Pat "spies" the toolbox twice in a row.Played to extremes in "Have a Handy New Year" when his actions cause the New Year's Ball to be destroyed. Of the tools, Turner seems to have a target on his head for anything dropped or flying through the air. Lopart, generally because of his own refusal to be helped for his own good. Breaking the Fourth Wall: Most often done by Felipe, but the tools and Manny will do it every now and again, especially during any episode's token songs.Although Manny will usually explain what's the meaning afterwards, except if it's something like hello or thank you. They were laughing and having a good time. Baths Are Fun: The tools are seen taking a bath at the end of "Paint Job".Babysitting Episode: "Uncle Manny" has Manny and the tools babysit his baby nephew Chico and try to stop him from messing up with their work.
