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->''"I was going to high-five a seagull!"''
-->'''--Louise'''
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* BittersweetEnding: Louise didn't get Fischoeder to close Wonder Wharf for her and the other kids like she planned, but she did convince him to pay his employees to clean the beach (although Mickey doesn't seem to be very good at it); and as Tina points out, in her selfish way, she did do some good. Also, the kids did get the foot long taco dogs that Louise originally asked for.

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* BittersweetEnding: Louise didn't get Fischoeder to close Wonder Wharf for her and the other kids like she planned, but she did convince him to pay his employees to clean the beach (although Mickey doesn't seem to be very good at it); and as Tina points out, in her selfish way, she did do some good. Also, the kids did get the free foot long taco dogs that Louise originally asked for.
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** On the other hand, people keep volunteering to clean up the beach for Mr. Fischoeder, so there isn't much reason for him to pay people instead. While he was perfectly willing to give the kids some compensation for their work, and still does even after he no longer needs to, Louise's demand to close off the Wharf to everyone but them for a whole day was completely disproportionate. We also don't know if he would've given them a free day while keeping the rest of the park open, rather than cheat, so it could have been a case of Louise overplaying her hand.

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** On the other hand, people keep volunteering to clean up the beach for Mr. Fischoeder, so there isn't much reason for him to pay people instead. While he was perfectly willing to give the kids some compensation for their work, and still does even after he no longer needs to, Louise's demand to close off the Wharf to everyone but them for a whole day was completely disproportionate.disproportionate and, as Mr. Fischoeder said, would hurt his business. We also don't know if he would've given them a free day while keeping the rest of the park open, rather than cheat, so it could have been a case of Louise overplaying her hand.
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* YoureJustJealous: Bob just doesn't want to talk about mustaches all the time, but Teddy thinks he's getting jealous about Teddy's new mustache.

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* YoureJustJealous: Bob just doesn't want to talk about mustaches all the time, but Teddy thinks he's getting jealous envious about Teddy's new mustache.
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** The exterminator van is "[[Film/BetterOffDead Spider Off Dead]]".

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** The exterminator van Exterminator Van is "[[Film/BetterOffDead Spider Off Dead]]".

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* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: The reason Teddy hadn't been at Bob's in two weeks and grew a moustache just like Bob? He didn't like a previous Burger of the Day and thought he insulted Bob by saying so. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Bob doesn't even remember it happening]].

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Teddy aggravates Bob by obsessively trying to bond with him over his new mustache.
* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: The reason Teddy hadn't been at Bob's in two weeks and grew a moustache mustache just like Bob? He didn't like a previous Burger of the Day and thought he insulted Bob by saying so. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Bob doesn't even remember it happening]].



* StatusQuoIsGod: Teddy eventually comes to believe his mustache is a curse, deciding that when he goes home he'll shave it.

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* StatusQuoIsGod: Teddy eventually comes to believe his mustache is a curse, deciding that when curse because it's caused further friction between him and Bob and decides to shave it. He attempts to do this at the restaurant in front of another customer, but Bob and Linda talk him into waiting until he goes home he'll shave it.home.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Inverted. Teddy believes he's committed a heinous betrayal of Bob's trust by disliking a Burger of the Day two weeks ago, down to remembering ''which'' Burger of the Day it was. Bob, meanwhile, is pretty sure he wasn't even listening when Teddy initially told him, and still has no idea what he's talking about.

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Inverted.{{Inverted|Trope}}. Teddy believes he's committed a heinous betrayal of Bob's trust by disliking a Burger of the Day two weeks ago, down to remembering ''which'' Burger of the Day it was. Bob, meanwhile, is pretty sure he wasn't even listening when Teddy initially told him, and still has no idea what he's talking about.

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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Getting a moustache goes to Teddy's head. He spends the entire subplot grooming it and talking about it. He even bought an expensive moustache grooming kit.

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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Getting a moustache goes to Teddy's head. He spends the entire subplot grooming it and talking about it. He even bought buys an expensive moustache grooming kit.



* YoureJustJealous: Bob just doesn't want to talk about mustaches all the time, but Teddy thinks he's getting jealous about Teddy's new mustache.

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* YoureJustJealous: Bob just doesn't want to talk about mustaches all the time, but Teddy thinks he's getting jealous about Teddy's new mustache.mustache.
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** Louise stipulates that if the volunteers clean the beach, Mr. Fischoeder has to give them a free day at Wonder Wharf with no lines and free snacks, calling it "the full [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]]". When Tina points out that they won't get ownership of Wonder Wharf at the end of the day, Louise changes it to a "three-quarters Wonka".

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** Louise stipulates that if the volunteers clean the beach, Mr. Fischoeder has to give them a free day at Wonder Wharf with no lines and free snacks, calling it "the full [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]]". When Tina points out that they won't get ownership of Wonder Wharf at the end of the day, Louise changes it to a "three-quarters Wonka".
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* ImagineSpot: Louise's overly rosy vision of a beach cleanup day being a beach party.

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* BlackmailBackfire: Louise's last resort against Fischoeder is to shoot a picture of a hermit crab wearing a Wonder Wharf dipping sauce cup and threaten to post it on social media, making him look bad. Fischoeder even compliments her on "some fine blackmailing", but he counters with paying his employees to pick up the garbage, and thus negating their previous deal.

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* BlackmailBackfire: Louise's last resort against Fischoeder is to shoot a picture of a hermit crab wearing a Wonder Wharf dipping sauce cup and threaten to post it on social media, making him look bad. Fischoeder even compliments her on "some fine blackmailing", but he counters with paying his employees to pick up the garbage, which both preserves his reputation and thus negating completely negates their previous deal.deal.
*ButForMeItWasTuesday: Inverted. Teddy believes he's committed a heinous betrayal of Bob's trust by disliking a Burger of the Day two weeks ago, down to remembering ''which'' Burger of the Day it was. Bob, meanwhile, is pretty sure he wasn't even listening when Teddy initially told him, and still has no idea what he's talking about.



* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: The reason Teddy hadn't been at Bob's in two weeks and grew a moustache just like Bob? He didn't feel like having the Burger of the Day and thought he insulted Bob by saying so. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Bob doesn't even remember it happening]].

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* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: The reason Teddy hadn't been at Bob's in two weeks and grew a moustache just like Bob? He didn't feel like having the a previous Burger of the Day and thought he insulted Bob by saying so. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Bob doesn't even remember it happening]].

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** On the other hand, people keep volunteering to clean up the beach for Mr. Fischoeder, so there isn't much reason for him to pay people instead. While he was perfectly willing to give the kids some compensation for their work, and still does even after he no longer needs to, Lousie's demand to close off the Wharf to everyone but them for a whole day was completely disproportionate. We also don't know if he would've given them a free day while keeping the rest of the park open, rather than cheat, so it could have been a case of Louise overplaying her hand.

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** On the other hand, people keep volunteering to clean up the beach for Mr. Fischoeder, so there isn't much reason for him to pay people instead. While he was perfectly willing to give the kids some compensation for their work, and still does even after he no longer needs to, Lousie's Louise's demand to close off the Wharf to everyone but them for a whole day was completely disproportionate. We also don't know if he would've given them a free day while keeping the rest of the park open, rather than cheat, so it could have been a case of Louise overplaying her hand.hand.
* GotVolunteered: Mr. Frond outright calls his new idea the "Wagstaff Mandatory Volunteer Day". He got it watching prison inmates collecting trash on the road and thought "Why not the same thing, but with school children?"
* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: The reason Teddy hadn't been at Bob's in two weeks and grew a moustache just like Bob? He didn't feel like having the Burger of the Day and thought he insulted Bob by saying so. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Bob doesn't even remember it happening]].


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* OnlyOneFindsItFun: Tina is the only one enthused about cleaning up the beach. Louise was at first, thinking they weren't going to clean that much, but then she saw how dirty the beach was. Tammy and Jocelyn, meanwhile, are more interested in taking selfies to prove how "environmental" they are than actually picking up trash.
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** On the other hand, people keep volunteering to clean up the beach for Mr. Fischoeder, so there isn't much reason for him to pay people instead. While he was perfectly willing to give the kids some compensation for their work, Lousie's demand to close off the Wharf to everyone but them for a whole day was completely disproportionate. We also don't know if he would've given them a free day while keeping the rest of the park open, rather than cheat, so it could have been a case of Louise overplaying her hand.

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** On the other hand, people keep volunteering to clean up the beach for Mr. Fischoeder, so there isn't much reason for him to pay people instead. While he was perfectly willing to give the kids some compensation for their work, and still does even after he no longer needs to, Lousie's demand to close off the Wharf to everyone but them for a whole day was completely disproportionate. We also don't know if he would've given them a free day while keeping the rest of the park open, rather than cheat, so it could have been a case of Louise overplaying her hand.
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* GreyAndGrayMorality:
** Wonder Wharf is contributing a lot of trash to the beach, which Mr. Fischoeder is ignoring until someone offers to clean it up for free. Louise and the rest of the kids aren't wrong in wanting some compensation for a day's work that wasn't strictly volunteering, since they presumably couldn't opt out of "Volunteer" Day.
** On the other hand, people keep volunteering to clean up the beach for Mr. Fischoeder, so there isn't much reason for him to pay people instead. While he was perfectly willing to give the kids some compensation for their work, Lousie's demand to close off the Wharf to everyone but them for a whole day was completely disproportionate. We also don't know if he would've given them a free day while keeping the rest of the park open, rather than cheat, so it could have been a case of Louise overplaying her hand.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Getting a moustache goes to Teddy's head. He spends the whole time grooming it and talking about it. He even bought an expensive moustache grooming kit.

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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Getting a moustache goes to Teddy's head. He spends the whole time entire subplot grooming it and talking about it. He even bought an expensive moustache grooming kit.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Louise thinks that she can blackmail Mr. Fischoeder into giving a free day at Wonder Wharf. She didn't anticipate that he'd just allocate labor of his own to clean the beach to preserve his reputation.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Louise thinks that she can blackmail Mr. Fischoeder into giving the volunteers a free day at Wonder Wharf. She didn't anticipate that he'd just allocate labor of his own to clean the beach to beach, which would not only preserve his reputation.reputation but also render their bet moot (because the students aren't the ones cleaning the beach).



** While not seen, Teddy mentions a previous Burger of the Day known as the "It Takes Gouda Make a Thing Go Rye", a reference to "It Takes Two", a song by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock.

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** While not seen, Teddy mentions a previous Burger of the Day known as the "It Takes Gouda Make a Thing Go Rye", Rye Burger", a reference to "It Takes Two", a song by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock.

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** The store next door is "Sips of the Father Sippy Cups for Men."

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** The store next door Store Next Door is "Sips of the Father Father: Sippy Cups for Men."Men". Just like the previous episode, this could be a reference to any one of a multitude of media named ''Sins of the Father'', namely four songs, four movies, and ''many'' books.



** The Burger of the Day is the "[[Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates Your Cress is on My List Burger]]".



** The Burger of the Day is the "[[Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates Your Cress is on My List Burger]]".

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Giving these tropes their proper name.


* {{Blackmail}}: Louise's last resort against Fischoeder is to shoot a picture of a hermit crab wearing a Wonder Wharf dipping sauce cup and threaten to post it on social media, making him look bad. Fischoeder even compliments her on "some fine blackmailing", but he counters with paying his employees to pick up the garbage, and thus negating their previous deal.

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* {{Blackmail}}: BlackmailBackfire: Louise's last resort against Fischoeder is to shoot a picture of a hermit crab wearing a Wonder Wharf dipping sauce cup and threaten to post it on social media, making him look bad. Fischoeder even compliments her on "some fine blackmailing", but he counters with paying his employees to pick up the garbage, and thus negating their previous deal.



* GreenEyedMonster: Bob just doesn't want to talk about mustaches all the time, but Teddy thinks he's getting jealous about Teddy's new mustache.



** The store next door is "[[Film/SinsOfTheFather Sips of the Father]] Sippy Cups for Men."

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** The store next door is "[[Film/SinsOfTheFather Sips "Sips of the Father]] Father Sippy Cups for Men."



* TrashOfTheTitans: Louise thought cleaning up garbage at the beach would be a literal day at the beach, until she sees how dirty the beach is. She realizes all of it comes from Wonder Wharf, and Mr. Fischoeder won't do anything about it because volunteers keep cleaning the beach for him.

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* TrashOfTheTitans: Louise thought cleaning up garbage at the beach would be a literal day at the beach, until she sees how dirty the beach is. She realizes all of it comes from Wonder Wharf, and Mr. Fischoeder won't do anything about it because volunteers keep cleaning the beach for him.him.
* YoureJustJealous: Bob just doesn't want to talk about mustaches all the time, but Teddy thinks he's getting jealous about Teddy's new mustache.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Getting a moustache goes to Teddy's head. He spends the whole time grooming it and talking about it. He even bought an expensive moustache grooming kit.
* BittersweetEnding: Louise didn't get Fischoeder to close Wonder Wharf for her and the other kids like she planned, but she did convince him to pay his employees to clean the beach (although Mickey doesn't seem to be very good at it); and as Tina points out, in her selfish way, she did do some good. Also, the kids did get the foot long taco dogs that Louise originally asked for.
* {{Blackmail}}: Louise's last resort against Fischoeder is to shoot a picture of a hermit crab wearing a Wonder Wharf dipping sauce cup and threaten to post it on social media, making him look bad. Fischoeder even compliments her on "some fine blackmailing", but he counters with paying his employees to pick up the garbage, and thus negating their previous deal.



* FoodAndAnimalAttraction: Gene is followed around by a seagull; he speculates it's because he's always dropping food at Wonder Wharf and all the gulls have taken notice.



* NobodyHereButUsBirds: The signal for Mickey to spread garbage all over the beach is Felix shrieking like a peacock, because it's the only animal sound he can make.



** The store next door is "[[Film/SinsOfTheFather Sips of the Father]] Sippy Cups for Men."



* ThisIsMyChair: During the two weeks Teddy was gone, Mort took Teddy's usual seat in the restaurant. He takes advantage of Teddy being turned around to change seats before Teddy notices.

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* ThisIsMyChair: During the two weeks Teddy was gone, Mort took Teddy's usual seat in the restaurant. He takes advantage of Teddy being turned around to change seats before Teddy notices.notices.
* TrashOfTheTitans: Louise thought cleaning up garbage at the beach would be a literal day at the beach, until she sees how dirty the beach is. She realizes all of it comes from Wonder Wharf, and Mr. Fischoeder won't do anything about it because volunteers keep cleaning the beach for him.

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*DidntThinkThisThrough: Louise thinks that she can blackmail Mr. Fischoeder into giving a free day at Wonder Wharf. She didn't anticipate that he'd just allocate labor of his own to clean the beach to preserve his reputation.
*GreenEyedMonster: Bob just doesn't want to talk about mustaches all the time, but Teddy thinks he's getting jealous about Teddy's new mustache.



** Louise stipulates that if the volunteers clean the beach, Mr. Fischoeder has to give them a free day at Wonder Wharf with no lines and free snacks, calling it "the full [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]]".

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** Louise stipulates that if the volunteers clean the beach, Mr. Fischoeder has to give them a free day at Wonder Wharf with no lines and free snacks, calling it "the full [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]]". When Tina points out that they won't get ownership of Wonder Wharf at the end of the day, Louise changes it to a "three-quarters Wonka".
**The Burger of the Day is the "[[Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates Your Cress is on My List Burger]]".
**While not seen, Teddy mentions a previous Burger of the Day known as the "It Takes Gouda Make a Thing Go Rye", a reference to "It Takes Two", a song by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock.


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*StatusQuoIsGod: Teddy eventually comes to believe his mustache is a curse, deciding that when he goes home he'll shave it.
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When the Belcher kids participate in a beach clean-up for Wagstaff Volunteer Day, Louise gets drawn into a battle of wits with Mr. Fischoeder; Teddy surprises Bob and Linda with a new look.
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*LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Teddy apparently hasn't been in the restaurant for two weeks, referencing how there was a two-week gap between this episode's air date and the [[Recap/BobsBurgersS12E5SeventweenAgain last episode's]] air date. Or, alternatively, it's referencing how Teddy wasn't in the last episode.
*SeriesContinuityError: Teddy's mustache is brown, even though "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E6TheDeepening The Deepening]]" and "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS6E1SlidingBobs Sliding Bobs]]" established that Teddy's natural hair color is blond. That said, blond-haired people ''have'' had their hair turn darker with age.
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**The exterminator van is "[[Film/BetterOffDead Spider Off Dead]]".
**Louise stipulates that if the volunteers clean the beach, Mr. Fischoeder has to give them a free day at Wonder Wharf with no lines and free snacks, calling it "the full [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]]".
*SinsOfOurFathers: Not seen but alluded to through the Store Next Door, "Sips of the Father".
*ThisIsMyChair: During the two weeks Teddy was gone, Mort took Teddy's usual seat in the restaurant. He takes advantage of Teddy being turned around to change seats before Teddy notices.

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