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* HilariousInHindsight: Or HarsherInHindsight depending on how you feel about it. There's a gag about Teddy inviting the Belchers to his mom's for Thanksgiving where "his sister and her husband have the flu but probably aren't infectious anymore", and that he'll make sure to bring hand sanitizer for everybody. This episode came out in November 2019, right before the Covid- 19 Pandemic.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Or HarsherInHindsight depending on how you feel about it. There's a gag about Teddy inviting the Belchers to his mom's for Thanksgiving where "his sister and her husband have the flu but probably aren't infectious anymore", and that he'll make sure to bring hand sanitizer for everybody. This episode came out in November 2019, right before the Covid- 19 Pandemic.
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* SarcasmBlind: Upon seeing Bob serenade his turkey in the fridge, Linda asks if he wants her to set up a little bed so he can sleep near his little friend. Bob assures he can do it himself. He then realizes she was being sarcastic.

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* SarcasmBlind: Upon seeing Bob serenade his turkey in the fridge, Linda asks if he wants her to set up a little bed so he can sleep near his little friend. Bob assures Linda that he can do it himself. He then realizes she was being sarcastic.
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* {{Pyromaniac}}: Louise is all over Bob's plan to cook the turkey in the back alley over an open fire because it gives her an excuse to burn things. Bob is too worried about his turkey to care, although he does take notice that she's way too excited about it.

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* {{Pyromaniac}}: Louise is all over Bob's plan to cook the turkey in the back alley over an open fire because it gives her an excuse to burn things. Bob is too worried about his turkey to care, although he does take notice that she's way too excited about it.it, but is ultimately too focused on his turkey to care.



* SeriousBusiness: Riverbrook Lake Farms Heritage turkeys are ''never'' frozen and must be served fresh. So when Linda suggests freezing it, Bob immediately took offense.

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* SeriousBusiness: Riverbrook Lake Farms Heritage turkeys are freshly killed, ''never'' frozen frozen, and must be cooked and served fresh.as soon as possible without interfering with either of the above. So when Linda suggests freezing it, Bob immediately took offense.

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* {{Pyromaniac}}: Louise is all over Bob's plan to cook the turkey in the back alley over an open fire because it gives her an excuse to burn things. Bob is too worried about his turkey to care.

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* {{Pyromaniac}}: Louise is all over Bob's plan to cook the turkey in the back alley over an open fire because it gives her an excuse to burn things. Bob is too worried about his turkey to care.care, although he does take notice that she's way too excited about it.


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-->'''Bob:''' (''eye twitching'') ''What'' did you just say?


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*SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Gene definitely didn't pee on anything usable as fuel.

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*BurnBabyBurn: Louise says this verbatim when tossing a basket into the fire.



*OhCrap: Bob says this verbatim when the fire department shows up to the alley.



* SanitySlippage: As usual, Bob goes totally off his nut when it comes to Thanksgiving. He becomes downright ''obsessed'' with cooking the heritage turkey for Thanksgiving, setting up a fire pit in the alley and getting Linda and the kids to find things to burn.

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* SanitySlippage: As usual, Bob goes totally off his nut rocker when it comes to Thanksgiving. He becomes downright ''obsessed'' with cooking the heritage turkey for Thanksgiving, setting up a fire pit in the alley and getting Linda and the kids to find things to burn.



** When Bob starts a fire, Gene references Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start The Fire"
--> ''"I'm sorry, Billy Joel, we did start the fire!"''

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** When **Gene makes a Music/BillyJoel reference after Bob starts a fire, Gene references Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start The Fire"
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the fire in the alley.
--->'''Gene:''' "I'm
sorry, Billy Joel, we did ''did'' start the fire!"''fire!"

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* {{Pyromaniac}}: Louise is all over Bob's plan to cook the turkey in the back alley over an open fire because it gives her an excuse to burn things.

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*NoSympathy: While Bob is technically doing something wrong by setting up a fire in the alley, the fire department is rather callous towards him when they come to hose it down.
* {{Pyromaniac}}: Louise is all over Bob's plan to cook the turkey in the back alley over an open fire because it gives her an excuse to burn things. Bob is too worried about his turkey to care.

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bb_s10_e08.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"I'm sorry, Billy Joel, we did start the fire!"'']]

->''"As much as I love you all, I might actually love this turkey more right now."''
--> '''--Bob'''



* ShoutOut: Bob compares cooking the turkey to ''Film/IndependenceDay''.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** When Bob starts a fire, Gene references Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start The Fire"
--> ''"I'm sorry, Billy Joel, we did start the fire!"''
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Bob compares cooking the turkey to ''Film/IndependenceDay''.
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* SeriousBusiness: Riverbrook Lake Farms Heritage turkeys and ''never'' frozen and must be served fresh. So when Linda suggests freezing it, Bob immediately took offense.

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* SeriousBusiness: Riverbrook Lake Farms Heritage turkeys and are ''never'' frozen and must be served fresh. So when Linda suggests freezing it, Bob immediately took offense.
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* ShoutOut: Bob compares cooking the turkey to ''Film/IndependenceDay''.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: The turkey falls on the fire and gets burnt badly. Bob is about to throw it away when he realizes that under the charred skin the meat is perfectly cooked. He and the family start eating from it, saying it’s perhaps the best turkey Bob has ever cooked.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: The turkey falls on the fire and gets burnt badly. Bob is about to throw it away when he realizes that under the charred skin the meat is perfectly cooked. He and the family start eating from it, saying it’s perhaps the best turkey Bob has ever cooked.cooked.
* TwitchyEye: Bob's eye twitches when Linda suggests freezing the turkey.
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* LOL69: Linda tells Bob that she's sure they paid the gas bill because "The check number ended in 69 and we high-fived."

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* SanitySlippage: As usual, Bob goes totally off his nut when it comes to Thanksgiving.
* SeriousBusiness: Bob becomes downright ''obsessed'' with cooking the heritage turkey for Thanksgiving, setting up a fire pit in the alley and getting Linda and the kids to find things to burn.

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* SanitySlippage: As usual, Bob goes totally off his nut when it comes to Thanksgiving.
* SeriousBusiness: Bob
Thanksgiving. He becomes downright ''obsessed'' with cooking the heritage turkey for Thanksgiving, setting up a fire pit in the alley and getting Linda and the kids to find things to burn.burn.
* SarcasmBlind: Upon seeing Bob serenade his turkey in the fridge, Linda asks if he wants her to set up a little bed so he can sleep near his little friend. Bob assures he can do it himself. He then realizes she was being sarcastic.
* SeriousBusiness: Riverbrook Lake Farms Heritage turkeys and ''never'' frozen and must be served fresh. So when Linda suggests freezing it, Bob immediately took offense.
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Bob gets his hands on a fresh-killed heritage turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, but a gas outage leads Bob to resort to desperate measures.

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Bob gets his hands on a fresh-killed heritage turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, but a gas outage leads Bob to resort to desperate measures.measures to get his turkey cooked, even if it means getting the fire department involved.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: When sent to look for stuff to burn for the fire, Linda gets distracted looking at the kids’ old drawings.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: When sent to look for stuff to burn for the fire, Linda gets distracted looking at the kids’ old drawings.drawings and arts-and-crafts projects.



* PetTheDog: For once in the series [[spoiler: Bob gets to cook a perfectly-done turkey for Thanksgiving, albeit it had to get burned in a fire to do so.]]

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* PetTheDog: For once in the series [[spoiler: Bob gets to cook -->'''Bob:''' I've gone nuts, haven't I?\\
'''Tina:''' Oh, just
a perfectly-done turkey for Thanksgiving, albeit it had to get burned in a fire to do so.]]little bit.



* SeriousBusiness: Bob becomes downright ''obsessed'' with cooking the heritage turkey for Thanksgiving.
* ShaggyDogStory: Subverted. [[spoiler: Bob accidentally knocks the turkey into the bonfire while trying to prevent the fire department from putting out the fire, burning it in the process. Instead of it getting ruined, the turkey becomes perfectly cooked, with the Belchers eating it up at the end.]]

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* SeriousBusiness: Bob becomes downright ''obsessed'' with cooking the heritage turkey for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving, setting up a fire pit in the alley and getting Linda and the kids to find things to burn.
* ShaggyDogStory: Subverted. [[spoiler: Bob accidentally knocks the turkey into the bonfire while trying to prevent the fire department from putting out the fire, burning it in the process. Instead of it getting ruined, the turkey becomes perfectly cooked, with the Belchers eating it up at the end.]]
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* PetTheDog: For once in the series [[spoiler: Bob gets a perfectly-cooked turkey for Thanksgiving, albeit it had to get burned in a fire to do so.]]

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* PetTheDog: For once in the series [[spoiler: Bob gets to cook a perfectly-cooked perfectly-done turkey for Thanksgiving, albeit it had to get burned in a fire to do so.]]
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* PetTheDog: For once in the series [[Spoiler: Bob gets a perfectly-cooked turkey for Thanksgiving, albeit it had to get burned in a fire to do so.]]

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* PetTheDog: For once in the series [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Bob gets a perfectly-cooked turkey for Thanksgiving, albeit it had to get burned in a fire to do so.]]
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* PetTheDog: For once in the series [[Spoiler: Bob gets a perfectly-cooked turkey for Thanksgiving, albeit it had to get burned in a fire to do so.]]


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* ShaggyDogStory: Subverted. [[spoiler: Bob accidentally knocks the turkey into the bonfire while trying to prevent the fire department from putting out the fire, burning it in the process. Instead of it getting ruined, the turkey becomes perfectly cooked, with the Belchers eating it up at the end.]]

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* TemptingFate: Bob declares that this is going to be the best turkey he’s ever cooked, just as the fire department comes to shut him down.



* ThrowTheDogABone: The turkey falls on the fire and gets burnt badly. Bob is about to throw it away when he realizes that under the charred skin the meat is perfectly cooked. He and the family start eating from it, saying it’s perhaps the best turkey Bob has eve cooked.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: The turkey falls on the fire and gets burnt badly. Bob is about to throw it away when he realizes that under the charred skin the meat is perfectly cooked. He and the family start eating from it, saying it’s perhaps the best turkey Bob has eve ever cooked.
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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: When sent to look for stuff to burn for the fire, Linda gets distracted looking at the kids’ old drawings.



* SeriousBusiness: Bob becomes downright ''obsessed'' with cooking the heritage turkey for Thanksgiving.

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* SeriousBusiness: Bob becomes downright ''obsessed'' with cooking the heritage turkey for Thanksgiving.Thanksgiving.
* ThanksgivingEpisode
* ThrowTheDogABone: The turkey falls on the fire and gets burnt badly. Bob is about to throw it away when he realizes that under the charred skin the meat is perfectly cooked. He and the family start eating from it, saying it’s perhaps the best turkey Bob has eve cooked.
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* SanitySlippage: As usual, Bob goes totally off his nut when it comes to Thanksgiving.
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Bob gets his hands on a fresh-killed heritage turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, but a gas outage leads Bob to resort to desperate measures.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: The kids manage to get a fallen log back to the alley, but Bob points out that it's too big to fit into the fire pit and they don't have anything with which to chop it up.
* JerkassRealization: When Tina offers her father her gratefulness tree to burn, Bob nearly considers throwing it onto the fire before realizing that he's let his obsession get the best of him.
* {{Pyromaniac}}: Louise is all over Bob's plan to cook the turkey in the back alley over an open fire because it gives her an excuse to burn things.
* SeriousBusiness: Bob becomes downright ''obsessed'' with cooking the heritage turkey for Thanksgiving.

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