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* ButtMonkey: Poor Tina gets pooped on by a bird. Twice.
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* ButtMonkey: Poor Tina gets pooped on by a bird. Twice.Twice, on both shoulders.
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** The exterminator van is "[[Music/FrankSinatra The Pest is Yet to Come]]".
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** The exterminator van Exterminator Van is "[[Music/FrankSinatra The Pest is Yet to Come]]".
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Somehow, Linda failed to notice that Gene had his wiener out in the picture until Gene pointed it out in the last moment of the episode.
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'''Linda:''' [[BigWhat What!?]]
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*SeriousBusiness: Linda treats sending out Christmas cards as if it's the defining part of her life.
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* AllForNothing/ShaggyDogStory: At the end, Linda receives the final Christmas cards and declares the picture perfect. But then on the final moments of the episode...
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* AllForNothing/ShaggyDogStory: AllForNothing: At the end, Linda receives the final Christmas cards and declares the picture perfect. But then on the [[ShaggyDogStory final moments of the episode...]]
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The episode also felt like a Shaggy Dog Story at the last moments.
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* AllForNothing: At the end, Linda receives the final Christmas cards and declares the picture perfect. But then on the final moments of the episode...
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* AllForNothing: AllForNothing/ShaggyDogStory: At the end, Linda receives the final Christmas cards and declares the picture perfect. But then on the final moments of the episode...
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnThePoint: You have to walk for three miles to get to Three Mile Lookout Point.
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnThePoint: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: You have to walk for three miles to get to Three Mile Lookout Point.
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* EurekaMoment: After eight long days of trying to solve the puzzle she got for Christmas, Louise finally solves it, and it gives her an idea of how to get Linda and the camera free: by turning Linda's body around so she slips off.
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* EurekaMoment: After eight long days of trying to solve the puzzle she got for Christmas, Louise finally solves it, and it gives her an idea of how to get Linda and the camera free: by turning Linda's body around so she slips off.out.
*ExactlyWhatItSaysOnThePoint: You have to walk for three miles to get to Three Mile Lookout Point.
*ExactlyWhatItSaysOnThePoint: You have to walk for three miles to get to Three Mile Lookout Point.
*IHaveNoSon: Inverted; Gene is so pissed at having to go to Three Mile Lookout Point that he tells Linda she's not his mother right now.
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** The opening store next door is [[Film/Scarface1983 Say Hello to My Little French]] Language School, and the exterminator van is for [[Music/FrankSinatra The Pest is Yet to Come]].
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** The opening store next door Store Next Door is [[Film/Scarface1983 "[[Film/Scarface1983 Say Hello to My Little French]] French]]: Language School, and the School".
**The exterminator van isfor [[Music/FrankSinatra "[[Music/FrankSinatra The Pest is Yet to Come]].Come]]".
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** Louise mentions ''Film/JeremiahJohnson'' when they fear they'll get lost in the woods. Bob questions how she knows that movie, which she's too young to see; she admits she just came up with the name and has never heard of the movie.
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** Louise mentions ''Film/JeremiahJohnson'' when they fear they'll get lost in the woods. Bob questions how she knows that movie, which she's too young to see; she admits she just came up with the name at random and has never actually heard of the movie.
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** When Bob suggests that Linda drop the camera, Linda claims [[Theater/{{Hamilton}} she's not throwing away her shot]], before pausing and clarifying that she means her shot of the family.
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** When Bob suggests that Linda drop the camera, Linda claims [[Theater/{{Hamilton}} [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} she's not throwing away her shot]], before pausing and clarifying that she means her shot of the family.
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*ButtMonkey: Poor Tina gets pooped on by a bird. Twice.
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* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: The Belcher's previous Christmas card photos always come out wrong. Either Bob sneezed in the middle of the shot or the kids are doing something improper.
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*DreadfulMusician: While Gene is a fairly decent keyboard player, his skill with the harmonica is ''horrible'', to the point that ''[[NiceGirl Tina]]'' is begging him to stop. At one point she even slaps the harmonica out of his hands.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: The Belcher's previous Christmas card photos always come out wrong. Either Bob sneezed in the middle of the shot or the kids are doing somethingimproper.improper, often both.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: The Belcher's previous Christmas card photos always come out wrong. Either Bob sneezed in the middle of the shot or the kids are doing something
*EyeTwitch: Linda doesn't take Bob's suggestion that the card doesn't matter all that well.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: During the photo-taking process, Gene has to pee. It later turns out he never zipped back up, because he points out his penis in the seemingly-perfect final shot.
*{{Gasshole}}: Gene lets out a fart during the photo-taking process. Bob also lets one out, which his kids cheer at.
*{{Gasshole}}: Gene lets out a fart during the photo-taking process. Bob also lets one out, which his kids cheer at.
*KnowWhenToFoldEm: Louise suggests that Linda just drop the camera, and notes that Bob and Gene actually approve of the idea.
*ProperlyParanoid: Bob refuses to let Gene hold the bag of snacks. [[DiscussedTrope Gene notes that Bob doesn't trust him, and actually agrees that he has a point]].
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* ThisIsGoingToSuck: The entire family complains when Linda declares that they're going to take the picture at Three Mile Lookout Point, which is so called because it's a three-mile hike to get there.
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**When Bob suggests that Linda drop the camera, Linda claims [[Theater/{{Hamilton}} she's not throwing away her shot]], before pausing and clarifying that she means her shot of the family.
* ThisIsGoingToSuck: The entire family complains when Linda declares that they're going to take the picture at Three Mile Lookout Point, which is so called because it's a three-mile hike to get there. The kids are trying to jump out of the car, and Bob looks like he's considering hitting the brakes and turning around.
* ThisIsGoingToSuck: The entire family complains when Linda declares that they're going to take the picture at Three Mile Lookout Point, which is so called because it's a three-mile hike to get there. The kids are trying to jump out of the car, and Bob looks like he's considering hitting the brakes and turning around.
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*BrickJoke: Louise's "serial killer face" is mentioned once at the start of the episode. It comes back in the end credits, where we see that she's made the face for at least ''five'' of the Belchers' previous Christmas cards.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Louise calls Linda obsessed over her photo, while at the same time struggling to solve the puzzle she's been obsessing over since Christmas.
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** Louise mentions ''Film/JeremiahJohnson'' when they fear they'll get lost in the woods. Bob questions how she knows that movie, which she's too young to see.
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** Louise mentions ''Film/JeremiahJohnson'' when they fear they'll get lost in the woods. Bob questions how she knows that movie, which she's too young to see.see; she admits she just came up with the name and has never heard of the movie.
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* ThisIsGoingToSuck: The entire family complains when Linda declares that they're going to take the picture at Three Mile Lookout Point, which is so called because it's a three-mile hike to get there.
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* ThisIsGoingToSuck: The entire family complains when Linda declares that they're going to take the picture at Three Mile Lookout Point, which is so called because it's a three-mile hike to get there.there.
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Linda drags Bob and the kids out into nature, determined to take the best holiday family portrait ever.
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* AllForNothing: At the end, Linda receives the final Christmas cards and declares the picture perfect. But then on the final moments of the episode...
-->'''Gene:''' My wiener is out.\\
'''Linda:''' [[BigWhat What!?]]
* ClutchingHandTrap: Just as Linda has taken the perfect picture, she slips and drops the camera into a crack in the rocks. She manages to grab it before it falls off the other side, but now she can't pull her arm out without letting go of the camera.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: The Belcher's previous Christmas card photos always come out wrong. Either Bob sneezed in the middle of the shot or the kids are doing something improper.
* EurekaMoment: After eight long days of trying to solve the puzzle she got for Christmas, Louise finally solves it, and it gives her an idea of how to get Linda and the camera free: by turning Linda's body around so she slips off.
* FamilyPortraitOfCharacterization: The end credits include a montage of previous Belcher family Christmas cards, none of which show the family at their best.
* HopelessWithTech: Once the Belchers arrive at Three Mile Lookout Point, they have trouble figuring out the camera timer. They try to solve it by having some passing hikers take the photo, but they were standing behind the sun and all the photos came out with them in shadow.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: As crazy as Linda seems to be about the picture, the rest of the family fixates on something as well, in relation to their Christmas presents.
** Louise has a love/hate relationship with her wooden puzzle toy.
** Gene blows endlessly and [[DreadfulMusician tunelessly]] on his new harmonica.
** Tina can't stop playing with her new hat, although this is initially justified by her needing to stretch it out.
** Bob is juicing everything, and his main objection to the outing is that he doesn't want to be separated from the juicer.
* KubrickStare: Linda has to warn Louise not to make her "serial killer face" when taking the photo. Louise then demonstrates said face, and it's truly creepy.
* NotSoAboveItAll: The park ranger is very stern about ordering the Belchers out of the park, but is touched when they ask him to help free Linda and her camera.
* ShoutOut:
** The opening store next door is [[Film/Scarface1983 Say Hello to My Little French]] Language School, and the exterminator van is for [[Music/FrankSinatra The Pest is Yet to Come]].
** When Linda is recalling how they were chased off someone's property in a previous failed attempt at shooting a Christmas card, Gene says "Why have a fountain if you don't expect people to do a ''Series/{{Friends}}'' in it?"
** Louise mentions ''Film/JeremiahJohnson'' when they fear they'll get lost in the woods. Bob questions how she knows that movie, which she's too young to see.
* ThisIsGoingToSuck: The entire family complains when Linda declares that they're going to take the picture at Three Mile Lookout Point, which is so called because it's a three-mile hike to get there.
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* AllForNothing: At the end, Linda receives the final Christmas cards and declares the picture perfect. But then on the final moments of the episode...
-->'''Gene:''' My wiener is out.\\
'''Linda:''' [[BigWhat What!?]]
* ClutchingHandTrap: Just as Linda has taken the perfect picture, she slips and drops the camera into a crack in the rocks. She manages to grab it before it falls off the other side, but now she can't pull her arm out without letting go of the camera.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: The Belcher's previous Christmas card photos always come out wrong. Either Bob sneezed in the middle of the shot or the kids are doing something improper.
* EurekaMoment: After eight long days of trying to solve the puzzle she got for Christmas, Louise finally solves it, and it gives her an idea of how to get Linda and the camera free: by turning Linda's body around so she slips off.
* FamilyPortraitOfCharacterization: The end credits include a montage of previous Belcher family Christmas cards, none of which show the family at their best.
* HopelessWithTech: Once the Belchers arrive at Three Mile Lookout Point, they have trouble figuring out the camera timer. They try to solve it by having some passing hikers take the photo, but they were standing behind the sun and all the photos came out with them in shadow.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: As crazy as Linda seems to be about the picture, the rest of the family fixates on something as well, in relation to their Christmas presents.
** Louise has a love/hate relationship with her wooden puzzle toy.
** Gene blows endlessly and [[DreadfulMusician tunelessly]] on his new harmonica.
** Tina can't stop playing with her new hat, although this is initially justified by her needing to stretch it out.
** Bob is juicing everything, and his main objection to the outing is that he doesn't want to be separated from the juicer.
* KubrickStare: Linda has to warn Louise not to make her "serial killer face" when taking the photo. Louise then demonstrates said face, and it's truly creepy.
* NotSoAboveItAll: The park ranger is very stern about ordering the Belchers out of the park, but is touched when they ask him to help free Linda and her camera.
* ShoutOut:
** The opening store next door is [[Film/Scarface1983 Say Hello to My Little French]] Language School, and the exterminator van is for [[Music/FrankSinatra The Pest is Yet to Come]].
** When Linda is recalling how they were chased off someone's property in a previous failed attempt at shooting a Christmas card, Gene says "Why have a fountain if you don't expect people to do a ''Series/{{Friends}}'' in it?"
** Louise mentions ''Film/JeremiahJohnson'' when they fear they'll get lost in the woods. Bob questions how she knows that movie, which she's too young to see.
* ThisIsGoingToSuck: The entire family complains when Linda declares that they're going to take the picture at Three Mile Lookout Point, which is so called because it's a three-mile hike to get there.
