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* WhatAnIdiot: In-universe; Mr. Fischoeder wonders aloud why Surgery Sam would swallow an entire ''car''.

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* WhatAnIdiot: TooDumbToLive: In-universe; Mr. Fischoeder wonders aloud why Surgery Sam would swallow an entire ''car''.
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* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Even if Bob is a hemophiliac, the amount of blood and the pressure he sprays it from a wound that size is ridiculously exaggerated, considering the cut didn't even start bleeding right away originally.

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* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Even if Bob is a hemophiliac, the amount of blood and the pressure he at which it sprays it from a wound that size such an extremely small cut is ridiculously exaggerated, considering the cut didn't even start bleeding right away originally.

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*{{Expy}}: Completing the BlandNameProduct, Surgery Sam from the titular game is a clear one to Cavity Sam from ''Operation''.



*IllegalGamblingDen: The Meat Grinder, hosted in the basement of Bob's Burgers. Mr. Fischoeder refers to it as an underground casino that's actually underground.



-->'''Linda:''' He can't clot to save his life.

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-->'''Linda:''' He can't clot to save his life. He bleeds forever. It's gross.
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* WorthyOpponent: Mr. Fischoeder seems genuinely impressed that Bob threw scissors with his stitched-up hand, having assumed he was too much of a wussy to do it.

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* WorthyOpponent: Mr. Fischoeder seems genuinely impressed that Bob threw scissors with his stitched-up hand, having assumed he was too much of a wussy wuss to do it.
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* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Tina expresses worry that in the big "double-or-nothing" Rock Paper Scissors game, Fischoder might know that they're bluffing, and might even know that they know that he knows. Gene shuts her up before she overthinks it any further.

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* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Tina expresses worry that in the big "double-or-nothing" Rock Paper Scissors game, Fischoder Fischoeder might know that they're bluffing, and might even know that they know that he knows. Gene shuts her up before she overthinks it any further. It later turns out that Fischoeder was at least aware of the possibility, but assumed Bob was too cowardly to actually follow through on it.



* WorstAid: The doctor intern says it's his first day without a supervising doctor and it shows: he has no idea whatsoever how to stitch wounds and starts watching a video online to figure it out, he lies about there being no nurses available because he's too embarassed to admit he doesn't know how to, the end result looks ridiculously haphazard and when Bob puts the slightest amount of pressure on it, it snaps, forcing him to turn back and get the wound re-stitched before he even gets back home.

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* WorstAid: The doctor intern says it's that Bob is his first day patient without having a supervising doctor and it shows: he has no idea whatsoever how to stitch wounds and starts watching a video online to figure it out, he lies about there being no nurses available because he's too embarassed embarrassed to admit he doesn't know how to, the end result looks ridiculously haphazard and when Bob puts it snaps from even the slightest amount of pressure on it, it snaps, pressure, forcing him Bob to turn back and get the wound re-stitched before he even gets back home.

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*SkewedPriorities: Linda considers the worst part of Bob's probable hemophilia its grossness, not the fact that Bob could bleed out.
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* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Even if Bob is a hemophiliac, the amount of blood and the pressure he sprays it from a wound that size is ridiculously exaggerated, considering the cut didn't even start bleeding right away originally.


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* WorstAid: The doctor intern says it's his first day without a supervising doctor and it shows: he has no idea whatsoever how to stitch wounds and starts watching a video online to figure it out, he lies about there being no nurses available because he's too embarassed to admit he doesn't know how to, the end result looks ridiculously haphazard and when Bob puts the slightest amount of pressure on it, it snaps, forcing him to turn back and get the wound re-stitched before he even gets back home.
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* BlandNameProduct: Two of the board games used in the Meat Grinder--''Torpedo'' and ''Surgery Sam''--are clear rip-offs of real board games (''Battleship'' and ''Surgery Sam'' respectively).

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* BlandNameProduct: Two of the board games used in the Meat Grinder--''Torpedo'' and ''Surgery Sam''--are clear rip-offs of real board games (''Battleship'' and ''Surgery Sam'' ''Operation'' respectively).

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* AfraidOfBlood: Bob nearly faints at the sight of his own blood. Justified since it's heavily implied he's a hemophiliac--if he sees ''any'' blood it's ''not'' a good sign.

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* AfraidOfBlood: Bob nearly faints at the sight of his own blood. Justified since it's heavily implied all but stated he's a hemophiliac--if he sees ''any'' blood it's ''not'' a good sign.



*BlandNameProduct: Two of the board games used in the Meat Grinder--''Torpedo'' and ''Surgery Sam''--are clear rip-offs of real board games (''Battleship'' and ''Surgery Sam'' respectively).



*CallBack:
**After Louise's RunningGag of changing the Burger of the Day was scrapped in the [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E2CrawlSpace second episode]] because thinking of the base Burger of the Day was hard enough, it temporarily comes back for this episode as she helms the restaurant in Bob's absence, renaming the "Top Bun Burger" to the "Top Butt Burger".
**The kids name their basement casino the "Meat Grinder". In [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E1HumanFlesh the pilot episode]], Louise tells Hugo that the basement is where her parents grind the meat.



*FiveSecondForeshadowing: During the period of build-up to Bob cutting his hand, the camera keeps focusing on him cutting a tomato with his knife as he's distracted by his family's antics in the dining area.



*ShoutOut: The Burger of the Day is the "[[Film/TopGun Top Bun Burger]]". Louise later changes it to the "Top Butt Burger".



*WhatAnIdiot: In-universe; Mr. Fischoeder wonders aloud why Surgery Sam would swallow an entire ''car''.



* WoundThatWillNotHeal: It's heavily implied that Bob is a hemophiliac, making even the most minor wound a bleeding mess that requires stitches.

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* WoundThatWillNotHeal: It's As Linda implies and is heavily implied supported throughout the episode, it seems that Bob is a hemophiliac, making even the most minor wound a bleeding mess that requires stitches.stitches.
-->'''Linda:''' He can't clot to save his life.
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*GirlGroup: Gene starts one named the Cutie Patooties. He originally just acts as their manager, but when the others walk out on him he's forced to take the stage himself.
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** He once lost $30,000 on a horse. According to him, the horse just ran away with the money.

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** He once lost $30,000 on a horse. According to him, the Not because he bet on horse just racing, though--he ''literally'' put $30,000 on a horse that promptly ran away with the money.away.
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*WorthyOpponent: Mr. Fischoeder seems genuinely impressed that Bob threw scissors with his stitched-up hand, having assumed he was too much of a wussy to do it.
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*{{Irony}}: The one member of the Cutie Patooties that Gene completely dismisses (to the point of naming her Girl #3 and making her the designated backup singer) is the only one with any actual musical talent.
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* BatmanGambit: Louise's plan to defeat Mr. Fischoeder in rock-paper-scissors relies on Mr. Fischoeder assuming Bob can't spread his stitched-up fingers to play scissors, which logically means he'll play paper because he thinks he can't lose by doing so. Tina worries that Mr. Fischoeder has accounted for this, but Louise's prediction turns out to be entirely accurate.

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* BatmanGambit: Louise's plan to defeat Mr. Fischoeder in rock-paper-scissors relies on Mr. Fischoeder assuming Bob can't spread his stitched-up fingers to play scissors, which logically means he'll Mr. Fischoeder himself will play paper because he thinks he can't lose by doing so. Tina worries that Mr. Fischoeder has accounted for this, but Louise's prediction turns out to be entirely accurate.

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*BatmanGambit: Louise's plan to defeat Mr. Fischoeder in rock-paper-scissors relies on Mr. Fischoeder assuming Bob can't spread his stitched-up fingers to play scissors, which logically means he'll play paper because he thinks he can't lose by doing so. Tina worries that Mr. Fischoeder has accounted for this, but Louise's prediction turns out to be entirely accurate.



** Bob is later faced with another--painfully open his stitches and start bleeding again, or owe Mr. Fischoeder thousands of dollars.

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** Bob is later faced with another--painfully one--use scissors in rock-paper-scissors at the cost of painfully ripping open his stitches and start bleeding again, stitches, or owe Mr. Fischoeder thousands of dollars. He chooses the former.
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* InsistentTerminology: Everyone but Bob seems to call the area between the fingers the "Fingercrotch".
* TheIntern: When Bob goes in to get stitches, he gets stuck with a rookie doctor who clearly has no idea what he's doing.

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* InsistentTerminology: Everyone but Bob seems to call the area between the fingers the "Fingercrotch".
"Fingercrotch"[[note]]For the record, they're actually called interdigital folds[[/note]].
* TheIntern: When Bob goes in to get stitches, he gets stuck with a rookie doctor who clearly has no idea what he's doing. Bob quite understandably asks for another doctor.
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*WholesomeCrossdresser: Gene puts on one of the Cutie Patootie outfits after the three original Cutie Patooties walk out on him. He's still wearing it when Bob and Linda get home.

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* NeverMyFault: Surprisingly averted; Louise quickly owns up to Fischoeder about being the casino's ringleader.

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* NeverMyFault: Surprisingly averted; Louise quickly owns up to Mr. Fischoeder about being the casino's ringleader.



* SadisticChoice: "You can keep your money. Or you can keep your nurple. But you can't keep both."

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* SadisticChoice: "You SadisticChoice:
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can keep your money. Or you can keep your nurple. But you can't keep both.""
**Bob is later faced with another--painfully open his stitches and start bleeding again, or owe Mr. Fischoeder thousands of dollars.
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*FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Bob's wound opens in the car, the driver behind him can be seen with an understandably horrified look on his face.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Upon finding that the kids are running an unlicensed, underaged casino, Mr. Fischoeder tells the kids that they are in big trouble...because he's a gambling man.

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*AfraidOfBlood: Bob nearly faints at the sight of his own blood. Justified since it's heavily implied he's a hemophiliac--if he sees ''any'' blood it's ''not'' a good sign.
* BaitAndSwitch: Upon finding that the kids are running an unlicensed, underaged casino, Mr. Fischoeder tells the kids that they are in big trouble... because he's a gambling man. man.



* HighPressureBlood: When Bob pokes at his stitches, it sprays like a fountain, much to the horror of himself, Linda, and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent the guy driving behind them.]]

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*ExtremeDoormat: Tina ''tries'' to insist she's still in charge as Louise opens the casino. Emphasis on ''tries''.
* HighPressureBlood: When Bob pokes at his stitches, it sprays like a fountain, much to the horror of himself, Linda, and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent the guy driving behind them.]]them]].



* INeedToGoIronMyDog: The kids' disastrous attempt to run the restaurant ends up scaring off their sole customer, a lady sailor who excuses herself with "I... think I left the meter running." When Louise points out she just got off the boat, the customer replies it's a "boat meter".

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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: The kids' disastrous attempt to run the restaurant ends up scaring off their sole customer, a lady sailor who excuses herself with "I... think I left the meter running." When Louise Gene points out she just got off the boat, the customer replies it's a "boat meter".



* NoodleIncident: Mr. Fischoeder was apparently married for a week.

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*NeverMyFault: Surprisingly averted; Louise quickly owns up to Fischoeder about being the casino's ringleader.
* NoodleIncident: Both courtesy of Mr. Fischoeder Fischoeder.
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was apparently married for a week.week. It taught him a lesson about learning to walk away.
**He once lost $30,000 on a horse. According to him, the horse just ran away with the money.
*SadisticChoice: "You can keep your money. Or you can keep your nurple. But you can't keep both."


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*WoundThatWillNotHeal: It's heavily implied that Bob is a hemophiliac, making even the most minor wound a bleeding mess that requires stitches.
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*NoodleIncident: Mr. Fischoeder was apparently married for a week.

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* SuddenMusicalEnding: TheStinger features Linda singing a show-tune (a parody of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes") about the events of the episode over the credits.

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* SuddenMusicalEnding: TheStinger features Linda singing a show-tune (a parody of Cole Porter's Music/ColePorter's "Anything Goes") about the events of the episode over the credits.credits.
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The kids turn the basement into an underground betting parlor while Bob is trying to get a minor cut stitched up.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Upon finding that the kids are running an unlicensed, underaged casino, Mr. Fischoeder tells the kids that they are in big trouble...because he's a gambling man.
* {{Bouncer}}: Zeke is hired to guard the door at the casino and deal with cheating customers.
* HighPressureBlood: When Bob pokes at his stitches, it sprays like a fountain, much to the horror of himself, Linda, and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent the guy driving behind them.]]
* {{Hustler}}: Mr. Fischoder loses a few hundred at the Surgery Sam game, then proceeds to break the bank playing Rock Paper Scissors.
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Tina expresses worry that in the big "double-or-nothing" Rock Paper Scissors game, Fischoder might know that they're bluffing, and might even know that they know that he knows. Gene shuts her up before she overthinks it any further.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: The kids' disastrous attempt to run the restaurant ends up scaring off their sole customer, a lady sailor who excuses herself with "I... think I left the meter running." When Louise points out she just got off the boat, the customer replies it's a "boat meter".
* InsistentTerminology: Everyone but Bob seems to call the area between the fingers the "Fingercrotch".
* TheIntern: When Bob goes in to get stitches, he gets stuck with a rookie doctor who clearly has no idea what he's doing.
* SuddenMusicalEnding: TheStinger features Linda singing a show-tune (a parody of Cole Porter's "Anything Goes") about the events of the episode over the credits.

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