History Recap / BobsBurgersS11E19BridgeOverTroubledRudy

* ThatPoorPlant: Tina has been left to take care of Sylvester Stieblitz's plants, including a bonsai tree that Tina worries might be sick. She carries it along when Louise and Gene take the toy bridge to Rudy's mom's house, and freaks out that in the ride down the steep path behind the house, the bonsai lost a branch. However, Rudy thinks Tina trimmed it and thinks his dad might like it.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The "Blaster Bridge" is a very old toy due to its discontinuation. As a result, all the explosive parts have mostly worn off, leaving the resulting blast ''very'' lackluster (if it ever was anything else to begin with).

** The exterminator van is "[[Music/TwistedSister We're Gnat Gonna Take It]]".

* BlatantLies: Jimmy Pesto claims to Bob that he's gotten better at meditation than him. As the subsequent meditation battle proves, he very much did not.

* DontExplainTheJoke: Mort makes a joke about calling formaldehyde "[[{{Pun}} five-maldehyde]]" because of how jacked up the price is. Linda follows it up by explaining "five is more than four".

* CannotSpitItOut: It's noted in this episode that Louise doesn't say "I'm sorry" if she can help it, usually finding a roundabout way of apologizing without saying the actual words. So when she casually says it to Rudy, it's treated as a big deal.

* PrecisionFStrike: Rudy says "What the hell?" when he realizes that Louise brought the Blaster Bridge. Extremely tame for the show, but notable for [[NiceGuy Rudy]], who pretty much ''never'' swears and has actually .

* PrecisionFStrike: Rudy says "What the hell?" when he realizes that Louise brought the Blaster Bridge. Extremely tame for the show, but notable for [[NiceGuy Rudy]], who pretty much ''never'' swears.

** The exterminator van is for "[[Music/TwistedSister We're Gnat Gonna Take It]]".

* AntiClimax: The explosion of the bridge toy is...lackluster. Though Rudy is impressed.
* AsleepNotMeditating: While Bob gets the hang of meditation, Linda just falls asleep on her feet.

* RageQuit: Jimmy Pesto quits the meditation battle when he starts to fail so badly his points go into the ''negatives''.
* RunningGag: Linda falling asleep whenever she tries to meditate.

** In the opening credits, the store next door is [[{{Music/Prince}} Potty Like it's 1999]] High Flow Toilets, and exterminator van is for [[Music/TwistedSister We're Gnat Gonna Take It]].
** The first Burger of the Day is the [[{{Music/TheClash}} Should I Sautee or Should I Mango]] Burger.

* ThatPoorPlant: Tina has been left to take care of Rudy's dad's plants, including a bonsai tree that Tina worries might be sick. She carries it along when Louise and Gene take the toy bridge to Rudy's mom's house, and freaks out that in the ride down the steep path behind the house, the bonsai lost a branch. However, Rudy thinks Tina trimmed it and thinks his dad might like it.

* WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing: During Bob and Jimmy's meditation battle, Bob just sits there while Jimmy rages at Bob getting points, and Jimmy's complaining just gets Bob even ''more'' points.

* NitroExpress: The Belcher kids try to carry Rudy's Blaster Bridge toy to his mother's house without setting off the explosives. Things go fine until the last street is closed for repairs and they have to take a short cut through the rough trail in the woods behind the house.

* WholePlotReference: The plot of the kids trying to slowly bring an unstable and explosive bridge across town is taken from the film ''Film/TheWagesOfFear''.

The Belcher kids try getting an old, explosive toy over to Rudy's mom's house. Back at the restaurant, Bob tries meditation to destress.

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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is a shoutout to "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel.

** Bob's ImagineSpot while meditating has him riding a fuzzy dragon that looks like Mort, which is based on ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.

* ThatPoorPlant: Tina has been left to take care of Rudy's dad's plants, including a bonsai tree that Tina worries might be sick. She carries it along when Louise and Gene take the toy bridge to Rudy's mom's house, and freaks out that in the ride down the steep path behind the house, the bonsai lost a branch. Rudy, however, thinks Tina trimmed it and thinks his dad might like it.

** The title is one to "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel.

* NitroExpress: The Belcher kids try to carrying Rudy's Blaster Bridge toy to his mother's house without setting off the explosives. Things go fine until the last street is closed for repairs and they have to take a short cut through the rough trail in the woods behind the house.

** Bob's ImagineSpot while meditating has him riding a fuzzy dragon that looks like Mort, which is based on ''Film/TheNeverendingStory''.

* AntiClimax: The explosion of the bridge toy is...lackluster. Though Rudy is impressed.