History Recap / BobsBurgersS2E9Beefsquatch

* BreakoutCharacter: Gene's Beefsquatch just started out as Gene being himself while wearing a mask he got from a classmate. He quickly starts to overshadow Bob on his own cooking segment.

* BreakoutCharacter: Gene as Beefsquatch is an in-universe example.
* CreepyCrossdresser: Nathan [[DisguisedInDrag disguises himself as Tina]] to try to taste Pam's hair.

** Tina, who has both a zombie fetish and a butt grabbing fetish, is pretty creeped out by Nathan's obsession with wanting to know what Pam's hair tastes like.

* MythologyGag: Nathan's existence as a SpearCounterpart to Tina harkens back to the original pilot for the show where Tina was a boy called Daniel. Nathan even has similar glasses and proportions to Daniel.

* HostilityOnTheSet: Chuck and Pam are an InUniverse example.

** The exterminator van in the opening reads "[[Film/HowTheWestWasWon How the Pest was Won]]", while the storefront to the right reads "[[Film/MommieDearest Yes, Wire Hangers!]]"

!!Tropes:

* NippleAndDimed: {{Invoked|Trope}} InUniverse when Linda flashes her boobs on live TV for two minutes straight to get Chuck and Pam's show cancelled.

* PersonAsVerb: Beefsquatch is used through the episode, even in the song "You got beefsquatched".

* SmallNameBigEgo: The kids accuse Bob of this, when he believes that a cooking segment will turn him into a celebrity chef. In Bob's defense, the show ''does'' get a ton of ratings.

* StatusQuoIsGod: Gene gets rid of the Beefsquatch mask by the end of the episode, giving it back to the kid that was its original owner.
* WildCard: Louise, who helps both Bob and Gene with their mutual sabotage and does it all ForTheLulz until she gets sick of it.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: Nathan is one to Pam, obsessed to the point of trying to smell her hair.

* CreepyCrossdresser: Nathan [[DisguisedInDrag disguises himself as Tina]] to try to smell Pam's hair.

* LesserOfTwoEvils: Pam is less of an asshole as Chuck and, while she doesn't help Linda stop Chuck, it's pretty clear she never thought the whole "Beefsquatch" thing was a good idea and didn't push it as hard as Chuck did.

* PersonAsVerb: Beefsquatch is used through the episode, even in the song "You got beefsquatched"

** The kids compare Bob to Creator/RachaelRay

Gene and Bob get a cooking segment on the local daytime talk show, "Get on Up with Chuck and Pam". But as Bob's rivalry with Gene (AKA "Beefsquatch") causes a ratings bonanza, it also threatens their father-son relationship.

Meanwhile, Tina starts dating a strange boy named Nathan, who is interested in using her VIP credentials to get to the show's hostess.

* BreakoutCharacter: Gene as Beefsquatch is an in-universe one.

* InsultBackfire: In one breath, Gene says that Bob is gonna wish he'd never been born, which means ''Gene'' would never be born.

* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Chuck and Pam seem like a charming couple on camera, when they've been divorced for years because their fame drove them apart and they really hate each other's guts.

* SmallNameBigEgo: The kids accuse Bob of this, when he believes that a cooking segment will turn him into a celebrity chef.
* SpearCounterpart: Nathan is basically a male Tina, only creepier; he even disguises himself as her.

!!Tropes

* DefiantStrip: When Linda finally has had enough at "Get On Up" tearing Bob and Gene's relationship apart, Linda tries to stop the broadcast, first by swearing (which fails because [[GoshDarnItToHeck the words she thinks are swears aren't as strong as she thought]]) then by flashing her breasts on air, which ends up getting the show canceled.

* DistaffCounterpart: Nathan is basically a male Tina, only creepier; he even disguises himself as her.

* DefiantStrip: Bob gets a cooking segment on a local TV show, but Gene in a Sasquatch mask keeps interrupting with his antics. The producers think this makes for good television and encourages their rivalry, which gets to the point where Bob and Gene fight on camera. Upset at what the TV show is doing to her family, Linda tries to stop the broadcast, first by swearing (which fails because [[GoshDarnItToHeck the words she thinks are swears aren't as strong as she thought]]) then by flashing her breasts on air, which gets them cancelled.

* RunningBothSides: Louise helps Bob and Gene sabotage each other. Louise stops doing it when [[EveryoneHasStandards even she gets sick of their fighting]].