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** When Bob needs a boost to climb the cemetery fence, Gene goes "WhoYaGonnaCall? [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Ghost boosters!]]"

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** When Bob needs a boost to climb the cemetery fence, Gene goes "WhoYaGonnaCall? "WhoYouGonnaCall? [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Ghost boosters!]]"
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The guy who voices Bob famously did not in fact voice Bojack and I am stupid


* ActorAllusion: When Bob and the kids first arrive at the cemetery they get a map from the main office. Bob is quick to complain about its legibility, saying that it might be a [[WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman "Xerox of a Xerox"]].
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* ActorAllusion: When Bob and the kids first arrive at the cemetery they get a map from the main office. Bob is quick to complain about its legibility, saying that it might be a [[WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman "Xerox of a Xerox"]].
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* ClingyCostume: Much like "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS11E2WormsOfInRearMent Worms of In-Rear-Memt]]", Tina spends the episode wearing an old pair of snow pants that are too small for her.

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* ClingyCostume: Much like "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS11E2WormsOfInRearMent Worms of In-Rear-Memt]]", Tina spends the episode wearing an old pair of snow pants that are too small for her.her and keep giving her a wedgie until she finally tears them while snow tubing down the hill in the cemetery.



* NoSenseOfDirection: Between Bob not having visited his mother's grave in over 20 years and the map provided being indecipherable, the Belchers keep going in circles in the cemetery.

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* NoSenseOfDirection: Between Bob not having visited his mother's grave in over 20 years and the map provided being indecipherable, the Belchers keep going in circles in the cemetery. It also doesn't help that she doesn't have an actual tombstone and her grave is only marked with a plaque on the ground and all of them are covered in snow.
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* TechnologicallyBlindElders: ''Finally'' averted; Bob and Linda are shown to have upgraded to modern cell phones.

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* TechnologicallyBlindElders: ''Finally'' averted; Bob and Linda are shown to have upgraded to modern cell phones.phones because, as mentioned, their old phones were thrown in the ocean.
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* AteItAll: Linda tells Teddy to help himself to anything in the fridge, but Teddy had hung up when she adds that he can't eat the meatloaf because they're having it for dinner. Naturally, Teddy eats the meatloaf and had already eaten most of it cold when he gets a text warning him not to. He tries to make up for it by cooking another one.

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* AteItAll: Linda tells Teddy to help himself to anything in the fridge, but Teddy had hung up when she adds that he can't eat the meatloaf because they're having it for dinner. Naturally, Teddy eats the meatloaf and had has already eaten most of it cold when he gets a notices Linda's follow-up text warning him not to. He tries to make up for it by cooking another one.
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* {{Foil}}: In contrast to how Gloria is loathed by Bob and generally disliked by the kids, Lily is only ever referred to in a positive way by Bob and the kids were genuinely looking forward to visiting her grave since they never got the chance to meet her. And for all the way Bob hates his mother-in-law for the way she treats Linda, when Linda finds the grave she tells Lily that Bob is a good man who was obviously raised right.

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* {{Foil}}: In contrast to how Gloria is loathed by Bob and generally disliked by the kids, Lily is only ever referred to in a positive way by Bob and the kids were genuinely looking forward to visiting her grave since they never got the chance to meet her. And for all the way ways Bob hates his mother-in-law for the way she treats Linda, when Linda finds the grave she tells Lily that Bob is a good man who was obviously raised right.right and she should be proud of him.
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* {{Foil}}: In contrast to how Gloria is loathed by Bob and generally disliked by the kids, Lily is only ever referred to in a positive way by Bob and the kids were genuinely looking forward to visiting her grave since they never got the chance to meet her. And for all the way Bob hates his mother-in-law for the way she treats Linda, when Linda finds the grave she tells Lily that Bob is a good man who was obviously raised right.
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** The exterminator van is "[[Music/BeastieBoys Fleastie Boys]]".

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** The exterminator van Exterminator Van is "[[Music/BeastieBoys Fleastie Boys]]".
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the closing credits, Louise can at one point be seen moving vegetables from her own plate onto Tina's plate while Tina is looking at Bob.
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* SilenceIsGolden: The credits show the Belchers and Teddy sharing dinner and conversation together while "Lily Belle" plays over the scene.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: At the start of the episode, the kids make a portmanteau of "snow" and "tubing" to call the activity they're going to do "snubing." When they find a hill at the cemetery, Louise suggests they slide down it on their bellies, which makes it "body tubing," or "bubing" (pronounced like "boob-ing"). When Tina later complains about "bubing" hurting her ''actual'' boobs, Louise says, "You could just go down on your side. A little side 'bub'."

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* ThatCameOutWrong: At the start of the episode, the kids make a portmanteau of "snow" and "tubing" to call the activity they're going to do "snubing." When they find a hill at the cemetery, Louise suggests they slide down it on their bellies, which makes it "body tubing," or "bubing" (pronounced like "boob-ing"). When Tina later complains about "bubing" hurting her ''actual'' boobs, Louise says, "You could just go down on your side. [[{{Sideboob}} A little side 'bub'."]]"
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* ThatCameOutWrong: At the start of the episode, the kids make a portmanteau of "snow" and "tubing" to call the activity they're going to do "snubing." When they find a hill at the cemetery, Louise suggests they slid down it on their bellies, which makes it "body tubing," or "bubing" (pronounced like "boob-ing"). When Tina later complains about "bubing" hurting her ''actual'' boobs, Louise says, "You could just go down on your side. A little side 'bub'."

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* ThatCameOutWrong: At the start of the episode, the kids make a portmanteau of "snow" and "tubing" to call the activity they're going to do "snubing." When they find a hill at the cemetery, Louise suggests they slid slide down it on their bellies, which makes it "body tubing," or "bubing" (pronounced like "boob-ing"). When Tina later complains about "bubing" hurting her ''actual'' boobs, Louise says, "You could just go down on your side. A little side 'bub'."
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* ClingyCostume: Much like "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS11E2WormsOfInRearMent Worms of In-Rear-Memt]]", Tina spends the episode wearing an old pair of snow pants that are too small for her.
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* BittersweetEnding: Bob and the kids spend so long looking for Lily's grave that the kids don't get to go tubing, but they find a steep, clean hill in the cemetery that they're able to have fun sliding down. The camera also cuts to Bob watching them with a smile on his face while they do so.
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** When Tina says her boobs are cold, Gene says his are "comfortably numb," then adds, "I think that's what [[Music/TheWall that song]] was about!"


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* ThatCameOutWrong: At the start of the episode, the kids make a portmanteau of "snow" and "tubing" to call the activity they're going to do "snubing." When they find a hill at the cemetery, Louise suggests they slid down it on their bellies, which makes it "body tubing," or "bubing" (pronounced like "boob-ing"). When Tina later complains about "bubing" hurting her ''actual'' boobs, Louise says, "You could just go down on your side. A little side 'bub'."
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* ShaggyDogStory: After all the effort Teddy went through to replace the Belchers' meatloaf, he winds up dropping it on the floor when the Belchers' return startles him.

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* ShaggyDogStory: After all the effort Teddy went through to replace the Belchers' meatloaf, he winds up dropping it on the floor when the Belchers' return startles him. Though if the montage over the end credits is any indication, the Belchers and Teddy still eat it.

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Putting this under Continuity Nod. Not sure if Grover's role in the movie is still a spoiler, but hiding it as if it were.


*ContinuityNod: Bob and Linda have modern cell phones instead of their usual flip phones. It was probably a necessary replacement, since they lost their original flip phones in ''WesternAnimation/TheBobsBurgersMovie'' after they fell into the ocean.



* TechnologicallyBlindElders: ''Finally'' averted; Bob and Linda are shown to have upgraded to modern cell phones. As their old phones were thrown away in the [[WesternAnimation/TheBobsBurgersMovie incident with Grover Fiscoeder]]

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* TechnologicallyBlindElders: ''Finally'' averted; Bob and Linda are shown to have upgraded to modern cell phones. As their old phones were thrown away in the [[WesternAnimation/TheBobsBurgersMovie incident with Grover Fiscoeder]]
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* AteItAll: Linda tells Teddy to help himself to anything in the fridge, but Teddy had hung up when she adds that he can't eat the meat loaf because they're having it for dinner. Naturally, Teddy eats the meat loaf and had already eaten most of it cold when he gets a text warning him not to. He tries to make up for it by cooking another one.

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* AteItAll: Linda tells Teddy to help himself to anything in the fridge, but Teddy had hung up when she adds that he can't eat the meat loaf meatloaf because they're having it for dinner. Naturally, Teddy eats the meat loaf meatloaf and had already eaten most of it cold when he gets a text warning him not to. He tries to make up for it by cooking another one.



* TechnologicallyBlindElders: ''Finally'' averted; Bob and Linda are shown to have upgraded to modern cell phones.

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* TechnologicallyBlindElders: ''Finally'' averted; Bob and Linda are shown to have upgraded to modern cell phones. As their old phones were thrown away in the [[WesternAnimation/TheBobsBurgersMovie incident with Grover Fiscoeder]]
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** Gene's card for grandma depicts her as Creator/UmaThurman on ''Film/PulpFiction''.


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* SkywardScream: Upset that they can't go snow tubing because Linda is lost in the cemetery, Louise shouts "Parents!" at the sky.
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* AteItAll: Linda tells Teddy to help himself to anything in the fridge, but Teddy had hung up when she adds that he can't eat the meat loaf because they're having it for dinner. Naturally, Teddy eats the meat loaf and had already eaten most of it cold when he gets a text warning him not to. He tries to make up for it by cooking another one.


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* CellPhonesAreUseless: Because there is bad reception in the cemetery, Bob can't call Linda to tell her they'll be late, forcing her to go look for them.


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** When Bob needs a boost to climb the cemetery fence, Gene goes "WhoYaGonnaCall? [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 Ghost boosters!]]"
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Bob takes Linda and the kids to visit his mother's grave, but finding the headstone is harder than he expected. Meanwhile, Teddy makes a grave mistake while doing repairs in the Belcher's house.
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!!Trope Mama From the Grave:
*CallBack: Teddy mentions the time [[Recap/BobsBurgersS10E17JustTheTrip he pretended to be Bob while alone in the restaurant]]. He also mentions that he was (quite understandably) banned from doing that again.
*GivenNameReveal: Bob's mother's name is confirmed to be Lily Belcher.
*NoSenseOfDirection: Between Bob not having visited his mother's grave in over 20 years and the map provided being indecipherable, the Belchers keep going in circles in the cemetery.
*PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The episode title is a reference to ''Film/ThrowMommaFromTheTrain''.
*ShaggyDogStory: After all the effort Teddy went through to replace the Belchers' meatloaf, he winds up dropping it on the floor when the Belchers' return startles him.
*ShoutOut:
**The Store Next Door is "[[Music/ManfredMann Doula Ditty Ditty Dum Ditty Doula]]".
**The exterminator van is "[[Music/BeastieBoys Fleastie Boys]]".
**[[ImaginaryFriend Ken]] has an Music/OingoBoingo cover band named Heebie-Jeebies.
*TechnologicallyBlindElders: ''Finally'' averted; Bob and Linda are shown to have upgraded to modern cell phones.
*WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Linda is terrified of cemeteries, to the point she initially stays in the car when the others go to visit Bob's mother.
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