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* DidntThinkThisThrough: The owner of the mini-golf course really believes people will come to play at his course by putting a half-off deal...on Thanksgiving, when everyone is busy preparing for their feasts.
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* ThanksgivingEpisode: The annual one of the season... Well, mostly in-name only, as the episode doesn't exactly revolve around it for taking place in an empty mini-golf course without Thanksgiving stuff.
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* GiftGivingGaffe: When distracting the minigolf course owner so that he doesn't notice the broken yeti, Tina asks him why he has a statue depicting a pair of anthropomorphic lizards in holiday clothes holding each other next to the minigolf course's kiosk. Turns out he somehow got the idea that it would be a great wedding anniversary present and his wife got mad and refused to let him keep it in the house.

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* GiftGivingGaffe: When distracting the minigolf course owner so that he doesn't notice the broken yeti, Tina asks him why he has a statue depicting a pair of anthropomorphic lizards in holiday clothes holding each other next to the minigolf course's kiosk. Turns out he somehow got the idea that it would be a great wedding anniversary present and the statue is supposed to be him and his wife wife, but she got mad and refused to let him keep it in the house.

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* GiftGivingGaffe: When distracting the minigolf course owner so that he doesn't notice the broken yeti, Tina asks him why he has a statue depicting a pair of anthropomorphic lizards in holiday clothes holding each other next to the minigolf course's kiosk. Turns out he somehow got the idea that it would be a great wedding anniversary present and his wife got mad and refused to let him keep it in the house.



* {{MacGyvering}}: Tina, Gene, and Louise fix the Yeti's broken gear shaft with mini pencils. Lots and lots and ''lots'' of mini pencils.

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* {{MacGyvering}}: Tina, Gene, and Louise fix the Yeti's broken gear shaft with mini pencils. Lots and lots and ''lots'' of mini pencils. It barely holds up afterwards, but when another family happens to visit the course the same day, it falls off the second their golf ball touches it.
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* TranquilFury: Although they don't raise their voices during the drive home, Bob and Linda are clearly fuming at their kids costing them a whole lot of money, going as far to mess with them by openly considering to ditch them somewhere.
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** The exterminator van is "[[Literature/LordOfTheFlies Bored of the Flies]]".

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** The exterminator van Exterminator Van is "[[Literature/LordOfTheFlies Bored of the Flies]]".
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Gene wants to put up a sign on the yeti saying, "Out of order, but not because two great kids broke it."
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* PushoverParents: Averted with Bob and Linda, who usually are this trope, in this episode. Because the kids’ antics resulted in them breaking a yeti animatronic and their parents have to pay for the repairs, the kids end up grounded as a result.
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** On the kids' end: The kids get grounded for breaking the yeti so Tina can't attend the bonfire, but she and Louise make up after a falling out early in the episode.
** On the adults' end: Linda doesn't get a second hole-in-one and Bob has to pay for repairing the yeti, but Linda accepts the first hole-in-one she got and Bob's plans for Thanksgiving dinner otherwise go well for a change.

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** On the kids' end: The kids get grounded for breaking the yeti animatronic so Tina can't attend the bonfire, but she and Louise make up after a falling out early in the episode.
** On the adults' end: Linda doesn't get a second hole-in-one and Bob has to pay for repairing the yeti, yeti animatronic’s repairs, but Linda accepts the first hole-in-one she got and Bob's plans for Thanksgiving dinner otherwise go well for a change.
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** [[Recap/BobsBurgersS12E4DrivingBigDummy Big Dummy]] makes an appearance as one of the obstacles at Planet Mystery World.
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** On the kids' end: Tina gets grounded and can't attend the bonfire, but she and Louise make up after a falling out early in the episode.

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** On the kids' end: Tina gets The kids get grounded and for breaking the yeti so Tina can't attend the bonfire, but she and Louise make up after a falling out early in the episode.
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* BigSisterInstinct: When she finds out Gene and Louise broke the Yeti, Tina abandons her attempts to ask her parents for permission to go to a party to help Gene and Louise fix it so they don't get in trouble.


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* {{MacGyvering}}: Tina, Gene, and Louise fix the Yeti's broken gear shaft with mini pencils. Lots and lots and ''lots'' of mini pencils.

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The kids' ban is outright stated, and Gene and Louise don't actually appear to escape punishment.


** On the kids' end: Tina gets grounded for TakingTheHeat and can't attend the bonfire, but she and Louise make up after a falling out early in the episode.

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** On the kids' end: Tina gets grounded for TakingTheHeat and can't attend the bonfire, but she and Louise make up after a falling out early in the episode.



* PersonaNonGrata: It's implied that the Belchers are banned from Mystery Planet mini golf after the kids break the yeti.

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* PersonaNonGrata: It's implied that the Belchers The kids are banned from Planet Mystery Planet mini golf World after the kids they break the yeti.



* SoreLoser: Rather than see how much she lost to Bob by, Linda scribbled out the scorecard.
* TakingTheHeat: When Bob and Linda decide to punish the kids for breaking the yeti animatronic, Tina (who had nothing to do with breaking the yeti) shoulders the blame, getting banned from going to the bonfire but sparing Gene and Louise (the two who ''actually'' broke the yeti).
* YouAreGrounded: Bob and Linda actually ground the kids since they're now being forced to pay the course owner for repairs. Tina decides to take the blame, though, so that Gene and Louise don't get punished.

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* SoreLoser: Rather than see how much she lost to acknowledge the fact that Bob by, probably curbstomped her, Linda scribbled threw out the scorecard.
* TakingTheHeat: When Bob and Linda decide to punish the kids for breaking the yeti animatronic, Tina (who had nothing to do with breaking the yeti) shoulders the blame, getting banned from going to the bonfire but sparing Gene and Louise (the two who ''actually'' broke the yeti).
* YouAreGrounded: Bob and Linda actually ground the kids since they're now being forced to pay the course owner for repairs. Tina decides to take the blame, though, so that Gene and Louise don't get punished.

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* PersonaNonGrata: It's implied that the Belchers are banned from Mystery Planet mini golf after the kids break the yeti.
* RunForTheBorder: After he and Louise break the animatronic yeti, Gene suggests fleeing to Mexico with the yeti's legs.



* The Store Next Door is "[[Music/{{Cher}} If I Could Turn Back Crimes]]".
* The exterminator van is "[[Literature/LordOfTheFlies Bored of the Flies]]".

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* ** The Store Next Door is "[[Music/{{Cher}} If I Could Turn Back Crimes]]".
* ** The exterminator van is "[[Literature/LordOfTheFlies Bored of the Flies]]".
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-->'''Bob:'' Don't beat yourself up, Lin. We are beating you so badly already.

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-->'''Bob:'' -->'''Bob:''' Don't beat yourself up, Lin. We are beating you so badly already.

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* CallBack: Tina spends the entire episode hyped up about a bonfire beach party the eighth graders are attending. [[Recap/BobsBurgersS7E8ExMachTina It isn't the first time.]]

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*AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Bob proves to be ''much'' better at mini-golf than Linda, routinely getting scores like 2 or 3 while Linda consistently gets upwards of 7 and 8.
-->'''Bob:'' Don't beat yourself up, Lin. We are beating you so badly already.
*BittersweetEnding:
**On the kids' end: Tina gets grounded for TakingTheHeat and can't attend the bonfire, but she and Louise make up after a falling out early in the episode.
**On the adults' end: Linda doesn't get a second hole-in-one and Bob has to pay for repairing the yeti, but Linda accepts the first hole-in-one she got and Bob's plans for Thanksgiving dinner otherwise go well for a change.
* CallBack: Tina spends the entire episode hyped up about a bonfire beach party the eighth graders are attending.party. [[Recap/BobsBurgersS7E8ExMachTina It isn't the first time.]]



* MiniGolfEpisode: The Belchers spend their Thanksgiving morning playing it. Louise and Gene spend all their time at the first hole trying to activate a yeti animatronic, Tina goes off with her parents after a falling out with Louise, and Linda keeps trying to get a hole-in-one despite being very bad at the game.
* NeverMyFault: After breaking the yeti animatronic, Louise questions whose idea it was to even go to the mini-golf course. Naturally, it was hers.
* ThePerfectionist: After getting a taste of power from getting a hole-in-one, Linda is so devoted to getting another that she keeps restarting a hole when she doesn't get one.

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* MiniGolfEpisode: The Belchers spend their Thanksgiving morning playing it. Louise and Gene spend all their time at the first hole trying to activate a yeti animatronic, Tina goes off with her parents after a falling out with Louise, and Linda keeps trying to get a hole-in-one despite being very bad at the game.
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* NeverMyFault: After NeverMyFault:
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breaking the yeti animatronic, Louise questions whose idea it was to even go to the mini-golf course. Naturally, it was hers.
**Linda makes any excuse possible for not getting a hole-in-one besides the fact that she's bad at the game.
*OhCrap: The kids have one when realizing they're no longer the only customers at the mini-golf course, meaning the broken yeti is about to be discovered.
* ThePerfectionist: After getting a taste of power from getting a hole-in-one, Linda is so devoted to getting another that she keeps restarting a hole when she doesn't get one. If not for Bob moving things along she'd still be back at the earlier stages of the course.


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*SoreLoser: Rather than see how much she lost to Bob by, Linda scribbled out the scorecard.
*TakingTheHeat: When Bob and Linda decide to punish the kids for breaking the yeti animatronic, Tina (who had nothing to do with breaking the yeti) shoulders the blame, getting banned from going to the bonfire but sparing Gene and Louise (the two who ''actually'' broke the yeti).
*YouAreGrounded: Bob and Linda actually ground the kids since they're now being forced to pay the course owner for repairs. Tina decides to take the blame, though, so that Gene and Louise don't get punished.
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The Belchers go to a mini golf course on Thanksgiving morning.
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*CallBack: Tina spends the entire episode hyped up about a bonfire beach party the eighth graders are attending. [[Recap/BobsBurgersS7E8ExMachTina It isn't the first time.]]
*DoubleEntendre: Planet Mystery World's slogan is "your balls won't know what hit them".
*HypocriticalHumor: Linda tells the kids not to hit each other with their clubs. When she walks away to the next hole, she carelessly swings her club behind her, nearly hitting poor Bob.
*MiniGolfEpisode: The Belchers spend their Thanksgiving morning playing it. Louise and Gene spend all their time at the first hole trying to activate a yeti animatronic, Tina goes off with her parents after a falling out with Louise, and Linda keeps trying to get a hole-in-one despite being very bad at the game.
*NeverMyFault: After breaking the yeti animatronic, Louise questions whose idea it was to even go to the mini-golf course. Naturally, it was hers.
*ThePerfectionist: After getting a taste of power from getting a hole-in-one, Linda is so devoted to getting another that she keeps restarting a hole when she doesn't get one.
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*The Store Next Door is "[[Music/{{Cher}} If I Could Turn Back Crimes]]".
*The exterminator van is "[[Literature/LordOfTheFlies Bored of the Flies]]".
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