History Recap / BobsBurgersS10E17JustTheTrip

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gene is still just as afraid of snakes as [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E18ItSnakesAVillage last time]] despite saving his sisters from drowning making it look like otherwise.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: It's only when they get inside the limo that the Belchers learn that she is also carrying a snake named Steve to the animal sanctuary. Gene, [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E18ItSnakesAVillage having previously established a fear of snakes]], freaks out and bolts, but he's eventually persuaded to return to the limo, and he sits in the front passenger seat where Steve can't reach him. When they stop at the Madness Castle, the snake gets in the front seat and Gene once again panics. When they reach the sanctuary, it turns out to be almost all snakes. Gene by this point is just resigned to be surrounded by snakes everywhere he goes.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gene is still just as afraid of snakes as [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E18ItSnakesAVillage last time]] despite saving his sisters from drowning.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gene is still as afraid of snakes as Recap/BobsBurgersS3E18ItSnakesAVillage despite saving his sisters from drowning.

* AwesomeMcCoolName: The name on the fake diary Louise gives Tina is Guy Handsometeen.

* AmbiguouslyBi: One of the ''first things'' that Teddy does when left alone in the restaurant is ''smell Bob's apron'' and say, "100% Bob. That's the smell. That's the stuff!"

!!Tropes:

* GivenNameReveal: Nat's name is revealed to be short for Natalie.

* ButchLesbian: Nat is revealed to have an ex-girlfriend. As for the "butch" part... yeah.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of your typical "Road trip of love" story. After delivering Steve the snake back to Theresa, Nat blurts out a proposal. Theresa flatly says no, because they broke up for a reason in the first place and bringing the snake back doesn't fix that.

** Bob names the baby garter snakes [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy and Ricky]] and [[Series/HappyDays the Fonz]].

* ContinuityNod: Gene’s [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E18ItSnakesAVillage fear of snakes.]]

** Store front in the opening: [[Film/TaxiDriver You Walkin' to Me?]] physical therapy.

** Bob names the garter snakes [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy and Ricky]] and [[Series/HappyDays the Fonz]].

* ADayInTheLimelight: Nat has appeared twice before as a major character, but it's here we learn the most about her personal life and she (literally) drives the plot for the episode.

* JarPotty: In the flashback to the Belcher's last road trip, Gene is peeing on a bottle.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Before the trip, Bob makes Louise promise she won’t ask to stop at any weird roadside attractions. Louise promises, saying she definitely did NOT Google their trip route and there’s NO attractions on the way, especially NOT a place called the Madness Castle. Bob is not reassured by this.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: It's only when they get inside the limo that the Belchers learn that she is also carrying a snake named Steve to the animal sanctuary. Gene, of course, freaks out and bolts, but he's eventually persuaded to return to the limo, and he sits in the front passenger seat where Steve can't reach him. When they stop at the Madness Castle, the snake gets in the front seat and Gene once again panics. When they reach the sanctuary, it turns out to be almost all snakes. Gene by this point is just resigned to be surrounded by snakes everywhere he goes.

* SanitySlippage: Teddy goes completely mental while the Belcher's are away.

* StalkerWithoutACrush: Zigzagged; Teddy fantasizes about marrying Linda, not so much because he's in love with her, but rather because he wants to ''be'' Bob, or at least take his place (in a non-violent way, admittedly), because he idolizes him so much. It gets ''really'' creepy when he's left alone in the restaurant, feeling free to play out his fantasies. It's not helped when Bob and Linda finding Teddy asleep in their bed.

* StalkerWithoutACrush: Zigzagged; Teddy fantasizes about marrying Linda, not so much because he's in love with her, but rather because he wants to ''be'' Bob, or at least take his place (in a non-violent way, admittedly), because he idolizes him so much. It gets ''really'' creepy when he's left alone in the restaurant, feeling free to play out his fantasies.

* RageBreakingPoint: When Bob finds out the animal sanctuary run by Nat's ex is just a large collection of snakes, he completely snaps.

** Bob names the baby snakes [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy and Ricky]] and [[Series/HappyDays the Fonz]].

The Belcher family takes an unexpected road trip with Nat the limo driver.

* ContinuityNod: Gene’s fear of snakes.

* VomitChainReaction: In the flashback to the Belcher's last road trip, Tina throwing up in the car leads to everyone throwing up as well (with Gene only throwing up only because everyone else was doing it).

* ShoutOut: The Madness Castle resembles [[https://www.boredpanda.com/halloween-decorations-parents-house-christine-mcconnell/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic Christine McConnell’s haunted house exterior]]. The {{Bizarrchitecture}} of the interior is similar to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House Winchester Mystery House.]]

* ShoutOut: The Madness Castle resembles [[https://www.boredpanda.com/halloween-decorations-parents-house-christine-mcconnell/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic Christine McConnell’s haunted house exterior]]

* ShoutOut: The tourist trap Louise wants to visit resembles [[https://www.boredpanda.com/halloween-decorations-parents-house-christine-mcconnell/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic Christine McConnell’s haunted house exterior]]

* ShoutOut: The tourist trap Louise wants to visit looks a lot like [[Christine McConnell’s haunted house exterior https://www.boredpanda.com/halloween-decorations-parents-house-christine-mcconnell/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic]]