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* AnAesop: Louise ends her report, and the episode, by explaining that it doesn't matter if our heroes actually succeed at what they do, it only matters that they inspire you in some way to make your ''own'' narrative.
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* MiserableMassage: The "miserable" part being discussed by the masseur-in-training noting that Linda's back sure has a lot of work to do. He even tells Bob that he'll need an hour to get through it.

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* MiserableMassage: The "miserable" part being discussed by the masseur-in-training noting that Linda's back sure has a lot of work to do. He even tells Bob that he'll need an hour to get through it. Sure enough, undoing it all causes Linda to ''drool''.
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* MiserableMassage: The "miserable" part being discussed by the masseur-in-training noting that Linda's back sure has a lot of work to do. He even tells Bob that he'll need an hour to get through it.
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* SpinningNewspaper: Used at the end of Louise's report.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Wayne's obnoxiousness has been ramped up significantly since his last appearance. At first he was simply overbearing about the class chinchilla, but here he feels the need to voice his dismissive opinions regardless if Louise asked for them and repeatedly tries to talk over her. It's to the point that Louise has a nightmare where Wayne's head gets bigger and his voice gets louder each time Louise looks at him.

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* SpinningNewspaper: Used at the end of Louise's report.
report in shadow puppet form.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Wayne's obnoxiousness has been ramped up significantly since his last appearance. At first he was simply overbearing about the class chinchilla, but here he feels the need to voice his dismissive opinions regardless if Louise asked for them and repeatedly tries to talk over her. It's to the point that Louise has a nightmare where Wayne's head mouth, and by extension, the rest of his head, gets bigger and his voice gets louder each time Louise looks at him.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The Belchers are all silent at dinner because they don't really know how to respond to Louise actually reading a book at the table.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The Belchers are all silent at dinner because they don't really know how to respond to Louise actually reading a book at the table. Later, when Louise says that she needs to get an A on the presentation, Linda asks, "Who is this kid?"

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* TheKenBurnsEffect: Wayne discusses using it on the documentary he's making for his report on Neil Armstrong.



* ShoutOut: The Burger of the Day is The [[Music/FrankSinatra Plum Fry with Me]] Burger.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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The first Burger of the Day is The [[Music/FrankSinatra Plum Fry with Me]] Burger.
** The second Burger of the Day is The [[Music/ThreeDogNight Mama Told Me Gnocchi Come]]
Burger.


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* SpinningNewspaper: Used at the end of Louise's report.
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* EurekaMoment: Louise is trying to figure out how to do her presentation when Gene drops a napkin on her face. Seeing the shadow of her hand through the napkin gives her the idea to use shadow puppets.


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* ShoutOut: The Burger of the Day is The [[Music/FrankSinatra Plum Fry with Me]] Burger.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In-universe; Tina is concerned that Louise is adding too much speculation about what happened to Amelia Earhart to the end of her presentation, specifically the part where Amelia escapes a Japanese POW camp and becomes a superspy.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In-universe; Tina is concerned that Louise is adding too much speculation about what happened to Amelia Earhart UsefulNotes/AmeliaEarhart to the end of her presentation, specifically the part where Amelia escapes a Japanese POW camp and becomes a superspy.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: When Linda is giving Louise a pep talk, she says she feels bad for Amelia’s mother since she lost her daughter and they NeverFoundTheBody.

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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: When Linda is giving Louise a pep talk, she says she feels bad for Amelia’s mother since she lost her daughter and they NeverFoundTheBody.NeverFoundTheBody [[note]]Amelia’s mother [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54994209/amelia-jane-earhart died in 1962]], 25 years after Amelia’s disappearance[[/note]].

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In-universe; Tina is concerned that Louise is adding too much speculation to the end of her presentation, specifically the part where Amelia Earhart escapes a POW camp and becomes a superspy.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In-universe; Tina is concerned that Louise is adding too much speculation about what happened to Amelia Earhart to the end of her presentation, specifically the part where Amelia Earhart escapes a Japanese POW camp and becomes a superspy.



* BrokenPedestal: Discussed; when Louise finds out what happened to Amelia Earhart, she goes to Ms. [=LaBonz=] asking if she can change topics because she found out her hero might not be all that heroic. [=LaBonz=], assuming Louise is going through this trope, remarks that she's also been there. She defies this at the end of her report, as she realizes that a hero doesn't have to be perfect, and their faults can inspire you to do better.

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* BrokenPedestal: Discussed; when Louise finds out what happened to Amelia Earhart, she goes to Ms. [=LaBonz=] asking if she can change topics because she found out her hero might not be all that heroic. [=LaBonz=], assuming Louise is going through this trope, remarks that she's also been there. She there but says it’s too late to change topics. Louise, after a pep talk from Linda, defies this at the end of her report, as she realizes that a hero doesn't have to be perfect, and their faults can inspire you to do better.better.
--> '''Linda:''' Heroes don’t have to be perfect, you know? They just have to make you think bigger about yourself somehow.


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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: When Linda is giving Louise a pep talk, she says she feels bad for Amelia’s mother since she lost her daughter and they NeverFoundTheBody.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Wayne's obnoxiousness has been ramped up significantly since his last appearance. At first he was simply overbearing about the class chinchilla, but here he feels the need to voice his dismissive opinions regardless if Louise asked for them and repeatedly tries to talk over her. It's to the point that Louise has a nightmare where Wayne's head gets bigger and his voice gets louder each time Louise looks at him.

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* AnAesop: Louise ends her report, and the episode, by explaining that it doesn't matter if our heroes actually succeed at what they do, it only matters that they inspire you in some way to make your ''own'' narrative.



* BrokenPedestal: Discussed; when Louise finds out what happened to Amelia Earhart, she goes to Ms. [=LaBonz=] asking if she can change topics because she found out her hero might not be all that heroic. [=LaBonz=], assuming Louise is going through this trope, remarks that she's also been there.

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* BrokenPedestal: Discussed; when Louise finds out what happened to Amelia Earhart, she goes to Ms. [=LaBonz=] asking if she can change topics because she found out her hero might not be all that heroic. [=LaBonz=], assuming Louise is going through this trope, remarks that she's also been there. She defies this at the end of her report, as she realizes that a hero doesn't have to be perfect, and their faults can inspire you to do better.


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* ShowingUpChauvinists: It's implied part of why Louise is so determined to prove Wayne wrong is because of his insistence on various male "heroes" being better than Amelia Earhart. Louise later vents to Linda that she gets frustrated by the narratives of "girls can do anything boys can do" because it comes across implying the exact opposite.

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* ContinuityNod: It was noted back in Season 12 that revenge and spite can motivate Louise to put in effort on school projects. That comes back into play in this episode, where Louise is so put off by Wayne's dismissive comments about Amelia Earhart and his general obnoxious attitude that she decides to show him up by giving a better presentation and getting a better grade.

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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** Louise mentions she has a natural gift with marionettes, calling back to her talent in [[Recap/BobsBurgersS9E18IfYouLoveItSoMuchWhyDontYouMarionette "If You Love It So Much, Why Don't You Marionette?"]]
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It was noted back in Season 12 that revenge and spite can motivate Louise to put in effort on school projects. That comes back into play in this episode, where Louise is so put off by Wayne's dismissive comments about Amelia Earhart and his general obnoxious attitude that she decides to show him up by giving a better presentation and getting a better grade.
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* AuthorFilibuster: In-universe; Louise adds a segment to her presentation solely devoted to calling out Wayne for his obnoxiousness (and throwing shade at Neil Armstrong, the person Wayne did his report on) without outright name-dropping him.

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* AuthorFilibuster: In-universe; Louise adds a segment to her presentation solely devoted to calling out Wayne for his obnoxiousness (and throwing shade at Neil Armstrong, the person astronauts, since Wayne did his report on) on Neil Armstrong) without outright name-dropping him.

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* BrokenPedestal: Discussed; when Louise finds out what happened to Amelia Earhart, she goes to Ms. [=LaBonz=] asking if she can switch because she found out her hero might not be all that heroic. [=LaBonz=], assuming Louise is going through this trope, remarks that she's also been there.
* ContinuityNod: It was noted back in Season 12 that revenge and spite can motivate Louise to put in effort regarding school projects. That comes back into play in this episode, where Louise is so put off by Wayne's dismissive comments about Amelia Earhart (and his general obnoxious attitude) that she decides to put in a ton of effort in the upcoming presentation to get a better grade than him.

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*ArtisticLicenseHistory: In-universe; Tina is concerned that Louise is adding too much speculation to the end of her presentation, specifically the part where Amelia Earhart escapes a POW camp and becomes a superspy.
*AuthorFilibuster: In-universe; Louise adds a segment to her presentation solely devoted to calling out Wayne for his obnoxiousness (and throwing shade at Neil Armstrong, the person Wayne did his report on) without outright name-dropping him.
* BrokenPedestal: Discussed; when Louise finds out what happened to Amelia Earhart, she goes to Ms. [=LaBonz=] asking if she can switch change topics because she found out her hero might not be all that heroic. [=LaBonz=], assuming Louise is going through this trope, remarks that she's also been there.
* ContinuityNod: It was noted back in Season 12 that revenge and spite can motivate Louise to put in effort regarding on school projects. That comes back into play in this episode, where Louise is so put off by Wayne's dismissive comments about Amelia Earhart (and and his general obnoxious attitude) attitude that she decides to put in show him up by giving a ton of effort in the upcoming better presentation to get and getting a better grade than him.grade.
*ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Bob tries to cover the masseur making a ton of noise by blaming it on Gene, the masseur believes Bob is ''pretending'' to have a son named Gene; he's impressed by Bob's cover-up but questions how he's going to pass off Gene's existence to Linda.


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*ToughActToFollow: In-universe; Wayne seems less than excited to be presenting after Louise's visually-impressive, empowering presentation.
*TheUnreveal: We don't learn how Wayne's presentation went or if Louise got a better grade than him--though if Wayne's uneasiness after Louise's presentation is any indication, it's not in his favor.
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Louise takes a class assignment--and a few unhelpful comments by Wayne--very personally. Meanwhile, Bob hires a masseur-in-training to give Linda a massage for Mother's Day.
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*BrokenPedestal: Discussed; when Louise finds out what happened to Amelia Earhart, she goes to Ms. [=LaBonz=] asking if she can switch because she found out her hero might not be all that heroic. [=LaBonz=], assuming Louise is going through this trope, remarks that she's also been there.
*ContinuityNod: It was noted back in Season 12 that revenge and spite can motivate Louise to put in effort regarding school projects. That comes back into play in this episode, where Louise is so put off by Wayne's dismissive comments about Amelia Earhart (and his general obnoxious attitude) that she decides to put in a ton of effort in the upcoming presentation to get a better grade than him.
*HowWeGotHere: The episode starts at the beginning of Louise's presentation before flashing back a week to show the events that led up to it.
*OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The Belchers are all silent at dinner because they don't really know how to respond to Louise actually reading a book at the table.
*PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The episode title is a reference to ''Film/{{Amelie}}''.
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