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* AwkwardPoetryReading: Louise is hiding at her Aunt Gayle's to avoid getting a cavity filled. In order to draw Louise out, the rest of the family encourages Gayle's most annoying tendencies, such as asking that Gayle read her poetry aloud. While it doesn't get Louise to leave, it's clear that the poetry reading is excruciating to sit through.
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* AwkwardPoetryReading: Louise is hiding at her Aunt Gayle's to avoid getting a cavity filled. In order to draw Louise out, the rest of the family encourages Gayle's most annoying tendencies, such as asking that Gayle read her poetry {{poetry}} aloud. While it doesn't get Louise to leave, it's clear that the poetry reading is excruciating to sit through.
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* AwkwardPoetryReading: Louise is hiding at her Aunt Gayle's to avoid getting a cavity filled. In order to draw Louise out, the rest of the family encourages Gayle's most annoying tendencies, such as asking that Gayle read her poetry aloud. While it doesn't get Louise to leave, it's clear that the poetry reading is excruciating to sit through.
-->'''Gayle:''' Little cat, you're just like me / You go outside and squat to pee. [[SuddenlyShouting SQUAT!]] SQUAAAT! SQUAAAT! SQUAAAAAT!
-->'''Gayle:''' Little cat, you're just like me / You go outside and squat to pee. [[SuddenlyShouting SQUAT!]] SQUAAAT! SQUAAAT! SQUAAAAAT!
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* TheBet: Linda bets Louise that if she can last a whole weekend with Gayle without going crazy, she won't have to go to the dentist. Despite the family's best efforts to sabotage her stay, Louise actually makes it, but her cavity hurts too much to ignore and she still has to get it filled.
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* TheRunaway: Louise runs away rather than have her tooth filled. After failing to get a hotel room, she shacks up with Aunt Gayle. Linda then has Gene and Tina "runaway" to Gayle's as well as part of her plan to get Louise back to the dentist.
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* CrazyPrepared: Louise packed a bag out in a park under a pond in case she ever ran away. Two years ago, when she was seven.
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* CrazyPrepared: Louise packed a bag out in a park under a pond in case she ever ran away. Two years ago, when she was seven. Zigzagged, however, in that the bag is about as well-stocked as a seven year-old could manage, including items such as a candy phone.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Yap explains that Louise told him to wait ten minutes before telling Bob that she ran away, but he only waited eight because he's a grown man and she's a little girl. When Bob understandably gets upset that he waited ''eight minutes'' to tell Bob his daughter ran away, Yap just asks Bob not to tell Louise he didn't wait the full ten.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Yap explains that Louise told him to wait ten minutes before telling Bob that she ran away, but he only waited eight because as a grown adult he's a grown man and she's not about to take orders from a little girl. When Bob understandably gets upset that he waited ''eight minutes'' to tell Bob his daughter ran away, Yap just asks Bob not to tell Louise he didn't wait the full ten.
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* CoolAunt: Gayle, surprisingly, acts like this at the end of the episode. Unlike Bob and Linda, Gayle is able to get to the core root of Louise's reluctance to get her cavity filled -- that she's afraid to get it done -- and she's the one who comes up with the make-believe spy scenario to get Louise through the procedure.
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* CoolAunt: Gayle, surprisingly, normally a ''hard'' aversion of the trope, acts like this at the end of the episode. Unlike Bob and Linda, Gayle is able to get to the core root of Louise's reluctance to get her cavity filled -- that she's afraid to get it done -- and she's the one who comes up with the make-believe spy scenario to get Louise through the procedure.
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*HypocriticalHumor: When Bob yells out for Louise after she runs away, Gene chastises him for scaring everyone nearby. Gene proceeds to yell so loudly it scares not just the people around him, but an entire flock of birds.
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* AdultFear: If not for the fact that she goes to a very familiar place where the Belchers locate her ''very'' quickly, Louise running away would (and still does) ''reek'' of this.
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*ComicallyMissingThePoint: Yap explains that Louise told him to wait ten minutes before telling Bob that she ran away, but he only waited eight because he's a grown man and she's a little girl. When Bob understandably gets upset that he waited ''eight minutes'' to tell Bob his daughter ran away, Yap just asks Bob not to tell Louise he didn't wait the full ten.
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*FiveSecondForeshadowing: Louise is the least enthusiastic about going to the dentist, and Linda audibly observes that she's not brushing very well in the beginning. This makes the ensuing cavity much less surprising.
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*FictionalBoardGame: Gayle Force Winds, created by Gayle for her relatives to play. It's overly complex, takes all day to complete (the kids don't finish it, but a throwaway line indicates that Bob and Linda have), and Gayle can hit the ResetButton whenever she feels like it.
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* OhCrap: Bob and Linda react accordingly when they realize Louise lost the bet.
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* OhCrap: Bob and Linda react accordingly when they realize Louise lost won the bet.
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* CrazyCatLady: Gayle still has Mr. Business (who she stole) and is trying to convince the pound to let her adopt a ''fourth'' cat.
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* CrazyCatLady: Gayle still has Mr. Business (who (whom she stole) and is trying to convince the pound to let her adopt a ''fourth'' cat.
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* CallBack: ''[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E19FamilyFracas Pam's Court]]'' can be seen on a television set in Gayle's apartment.
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** ''[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E19FamilyFracas Pam's Court]]'' can be seen on a television set in Gayle's apartment.
** ''[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E19FamilyFracas Pam's Court]]'' can be seen on a television set in Gayle's apartment.
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* BrutalHonesty: Louise tells Gayle to her face that her life is bad. Gayle ''agrees'' and uses it to convince Louise to get the cavity.
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* BrutalHonesty: Louise tells Gayle to her face that her life is bad. Gayle ''agrees'' and uses it to convince Louise to get the cavity.her cavity filled.
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*EveryoneHasStandards: Linda loves her sister, but even she knows that having Gayle babysit is a last resort. When she remarks that Gayle actually did a good job, Bob calls her bluff and tells her to make Gayle a full-time nanny, which Linda quickly goes back on.
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** [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E8ArtCrawl Tina]] ''[[[[Recap/BobsBurgersS2E6DrYap still]]'' [[Recap/BobsBurgersS4E4MyBigFatGreekBob has a crush on Dr. Yap]]. Similarly, Dr. Yap can be seen complimenting Gayle's looks, implying he still has a thing for her.
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** [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E8ArtCrawl Tina]] ''[[[[Recap/BobsBurgersS2E6DrYap ''[[Recap/BobsBurgersS2E6DrYap still]]'' [[Recap/BobsBurgersS4E4MyBigFatGreekBob has a crush on Dr. Yap]]. Similarly, Dr. Yap can be seen complimenting Gayle's looks, implying he still has a thing for her.
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*AdultFear: If not for the fact that she goes to a very familiar place where the Belchers locate her ''very'' quickly, Louise running away would (and still does) ''reek'' of this.
*BrickJoke: Gene gets a "ball-in-the-hole" game from Dr. Yap's office. He finally finishes the game at Gayle's apartment, and quickly gets bored of it and sets it aside.
*BrutalHonesty: Louise tells Gayle to her face that her life is bad. Gayle ''agrees'' and uses it to convince Louise to get the cavity.
*BunnyEarsLawyer: Previous episodes show that outside the dentist's office, Dr. Yap is certifiably insane. This episode shows that for his ''many'' flaws, he's still actually a competent dentist.
*BrickJoke: Gene gets a "ball-in-the-hole" game from Dr. Yap's office. He finally finishes the game at Gayle's apartment, and quickly gets bored of it and sets it aside.
*BrutalHonesty: Louise tells Gayle to her face that her life is bad. Gayle ''agrees'' and uses it to convince Louise to get the cavity.
*BunnyEarsLawyer: Previous episodes show that outside the dentist's office, Dr. Yap is certifiably insane. This episode shows that for his ''many'' flaws, he's still actually a competent dentist.
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**[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E8ArtCrawl Tina]] ''[[[[Recap/BobsBurgersS2E6DrYap still]]'' [[Recap/BobsBurgersS4E4MyBigFatGreekBob has a crush on Dr. Yap]]. Similarly, Dr. Yap can be seen complimenting Gayle's looks, implying he still has a thing for her.
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*CrazyCatLady: Gayle still has Mr. Business (who she stole) and is trying to convince the pound to let her adopt a ''fourth'' cat.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Teddy points out to Bob and Linda, Louise could decide to run away again in case she loses the bet rather than stay at Gayle's.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Teddy points out to Bob and Linda, Louise could decide to run away again in case she loses the bet rather than stay at Gayle's.Gayle's, necessitating Bob and Linda to hold a stakeout in front of the sole escape route at Gayle's apartment.
*{{GMPC}}: Gayle Force Winds revolves around a character named Princess Gayle. The kids' player tokens don't resemble anything that would represent Princess Gayle, making the most likely explanation that she is one of these.
*HerCodeNameWasMarySue: The aforementioned Princess Gayle is quite clearly an idealized version of Gayle.
*HerCodeNameWasMarySue: The aforementioned Princess Gayle is quite clearly an idealized version of Gayle.
*JerkassHasAPoint: Louise remarks in shock that Dr. Yap's dental license hasn't been ripped up yet. Considering Dr. Yap has so far been shown to be completely insane, it's honestly ''very'' surprising.
*NoYou: When Dr. Yap asks if Louise is afraid of the dentist, Louise retorts that ''he's'' afraid.
*OhCrap: Bob and Linda react accordingly when they realize Louise lost the bet.
*OhCrap: Bob and Linda react accordingly when they realize Louise lost the bet.
*SelfDeprecation: Dr. Yap at one point calls himself sad and lonely.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Louise's schemes might be able to fool other kids, namely her siblings, but the hotel desk clerk clearly isn't fooled by her fake I.D. that states she's a Vietnam veteran.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Louise's SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
**Louise's schemes might be able to fool other kids, namely her siblings, but the hotel desk clerk clearly isn't fooled by her fake I.D. that states she's a Vietnamveteran.veteran.
**Louise wins the bet... but at the end of the day, she's still got a massive cavity that needs to be taken care of.
*SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Dr. Yap goes along with the game of make-believe, but at the end he claims that the game "didn't inconvenience anyone at all".
*TookALevelInKindness: Dr. Yap is nearly unrecognizable from his last two appearances.
**Louise's schemes might be able to fool other kids, namely her siblings, but the hotel desk clerk clearly isn't fooled by her fake I.D. that states she's a Vietnam
**Louise wins the bet... but at the end of the day, she's still got a massive cavity that needs to be taken care of.
*SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Dr. Yap goes along with the game of make-believe, but at the end he claims that the game "didn't inconvenience anyone at all".
*TookALevelInKindness: Dr. Yap is nearly unrecognizable from his last two appearances.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gayle of all people gets this moment as shes able to understand Louise at the moment better than her parents, and while her parents aren't able to do anything to convince her to go to the dentist beyond saying "you have to" Gayle is able to help soothe the girls fears and come up with a scenario where she could get it done peacefully.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gayle of all people gets this moment as shes she's able to understand Louise at the moment better than her parents, and while her parents aren't able to do anything to convince her to go to the dentist beyond saying "you have to" Gayle is able to help soothe the girls fears girl's fear and come up with a scenario where she could get it done peacefully.
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*INeverSaidItWasPoison: Louise realizes her parents were keeping tabs on her when Bob mentions expecting the kids to not make it as far as they did in Gayle Force Winds, which they shouldn't have known the kids were playing[[note]]While the board is still there to see, Bob's line indicates he knew in advance that they were playing[[/note]]. By then, however, her cavity is too painful for her to really dwell on this realization.
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: This episode cements that it's definitely Linda's side of the family where Louise inherited her more crazy attributes.
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: This episode cements that it's definitely Linda's side of the family where Louise inherited her more crazy attributes. Bob even lampshades it.
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*MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Even though it works, Bob and Linda immediately regret tricking Louise into eating ice cream when they hear first-hand just how much pain she's in, and are driven to tears over hurting their daughter.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gayle of all people gets this moment as shes able to understand Louis at the moment better than her parents, and while her parents aren't able to do anything to convince her to go to the dentist beyond saying "you have to" Gayle is able to help soothe the girls fears and come up with a scenario where she could get it done peacefully.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gayle of all people gets this moment as shes able to understand Louis Louise at the moment better than her parents, and while her parents aren't able to do anything to convince her to go to the dentist beyond saying "you have to" Gayle is able to help soothe the girls fears and come up with a scenario where she could get it done peacefully.
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* TheToothHurts: The crux of the episode is Louise's cavity.
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* TheToothHurts: The crux of the episode is Louise's cavity.cavity.
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* MinorWithFakeID: Louise tries to use a fake I.D. stating she's 43 to take a hotel room. It doesn't work.
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* CoolAunt: Gayle, surprisingly, acts like this at the end of the episode. Unlike Bob and Linda, Gayle is able to get to the core root of Louise's reluctance to get her cavity filled -- that she's afraid to get it done -- and she's the one who comes up with the make-believe spy scenario to get Louise through the procedure.
--> '''Bob:''' I hate to say it, but I think Gayle out-parented us.
--> '''Bob:''' I hate to say it, but I think Gayle out-parented us.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: During the episode, it's revealed that Gayle invented a make-believe scenario where she's the last living person on the planet and is sleeping in an apocalyptic shelter in order to make it easier to sleep alone at night. At the end, Gayle comes up with a similar idea to help Louise get through her filling to lessen her fear about it.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Gayle of all people gets this moment as shes able to understand Louis at the moment better than her parents, and while her parents aren't able to do anything to convince her to go to the dentist beyond saying "you have to" Gayle is able to help soothe the girls fears and come up with a scenario where she could get it done peacefully.
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* TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn: Desperate to get Louise to accept that she needs to get her cavity filled, Bob and Linda reluctantly resort to tricking her into eating ice cream, which naturally causes the pain to flare up badly. With a little further help from Gayle, it works.
* PyrrhicVictory: Louise manages to survive an entire weekend at Gayle's place, but that doesn't change the fact that she still has a painful cavity and it needs to be fixed.
* PyrrhicVictory: Louise manages to survive an entire weekend at Gayle's place, but that doesn't change the fact that she still has a painful cavity and it needs to be fixed.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Louise manages to survive an entire weekend at Gayle's place, but that doesn't change the fact that she still has a painful cavity and it needs to be fixed.
* TheToothHurts: The crux of the episode is Louise's cavity.
* TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn: Desperate to get Louise to accept that she needs to get her cavity filled, Bob and Linda reluctantly resort to tricking her into eating ice cream, which naturally causes the pain to flare up badly. With a little further help from Gayle, it works.
* TheToothHurts: The crux of the episode is Louise's cavity.
* TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn: Desperate to get Louise to accept that she needs to get her cavity filled, Bob and Linda reluctantly resort to tricking her into eating ice cream, which naturally causes the pain to flare up badly. With a little further help from Gayle, it works.
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* PyrrhicVictory: Louise manages to survive an entire weekend at Gayle's place, but that doesn't change ShoutOut: Part of Gayle Force Winds involves making it past the fact that she still has a painful cavity and it needs to be fixed.
[[Series/TheCosbyShow Cliffs of Huxtable]].
* TheToothHurts: The crux of the episode is Louise'scavity.
* TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn: Desperate to get Louise to accept that she needs to get her cavity filled, Bob and Linda reluctantly resort to tricking her into eating ice cream, which naturally causes the pain to flare up badly. With a little further help from Gayle, it works.cavity.
* TheToothHurts: The crux of the episode is Louise's
* TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn: Desperate to get Louise to accept that she needs to get her cavity filled, Bob and Linda reluctantly resort to tricking her into eating ice cream, which naturally causes the pain to flare up badly. With a little further help from Gayle, it works.
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* CallBack: ''[[Recap/BobsBurgerS3E19FamilyFracas Pam's Court]]'' can be seen on a television set in Gayle's apartment.
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* CallBack: ''[[Recap/BobsBurgerS3E19FamilyFracas ''[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E19FamilyFracas Pam's Court]]'' can be seen on a television set in Gayle's apartment.
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Louise runs away to Gayle's house to avoid getting a cavity filled.
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* CallBack: ''[[Recap/BobsBurgerS3E19FamilyFracas Pam's Court]]'' can be seen on a television set in Gayle's apartment.
* {{Calvinball}}: Gayle Force Winds, a ''ridiculously'' complicated and time consuming board game invented by Gayle.
* CrazyPrepared: Louise packed a bag out in a park under a pond in case she ever ran away. Two years ago, when she was seven.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Teddy points out to Bob and Linda, Louise could decide to run away again in case she loses the bet rather than stay at Gayle's.
* GilliganCut: Bob insists that Louise has to come home, because "it's not like she's planned [running away from home]." Cut to Louise retrieving a bag that she had hidden in the event that she had to run away from home.
* HeroAntagonist: In a sense. Louise sees her parents as the villains for trying to make her get a filling, but Bob and Linda both understand if Louise doesn't get her tooth fixed it's going to keep causing her pain.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: This episode cements that it's definitely Linda's side of the family where Louise inherited her more crazy attributes.
* TheMole: Tina works for Bob and Linda in order to make Louise's stay at Gayle's more excruciating.
* RealityEnsues: Louise's schemes might be able to fool other kids, namely her siblings, but the hotel desk clerk clearly isn't fooled by her fake I.D. that states she's a Vietnam veteran.
* PyrrhicVictory: Louise manages to survive an entire weekend at Gayle's place, but that doesn't change the fact that she still has a painful cavity and it needs to be fixed.
* TheToothHurts: The crux of the episode is Louise's cavity.
* TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn: Desperate to get Louise to accept that she needs to get her cavity filled, Bob and Linda reluctantly resort to tricking her into eating ice cream, which naturally causes the pain to flare up badly. With a little further help from Gayle, it works.
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* CallBack: ''[[Recap/BobsBurgerS3E19FamilyFracas Pam's Court]]'' can be seen on a television set in Gayle's apartment.
* {{Calvinball}}: Gayle Force Winds, a ''ridiculously'' complicated and time consuming board game invented by Gayle.
* CrazyPrepared: Louise packed a bag out in a park under a pond in case she ever ran away. Two years ago, when she was seven.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Teddy points out to Bob and Linda, Louise could decide to run away again in case she loses the bet rather than stay at Gayle's.
* GilliganCut: Bob insists that Louise has to come home, because "it's not like she's planned [running away from home]." Cut to Louise retrieving a bag that she had hidden in the event that she had to run away from home.
* HeroAntagonist: In a sense. Louise sees her parents as the villains for trying to make her get a filling, but Bob and Linda both understand if Louise doesn't get her tooth fixed it's going to keep causing her pain.
* ItRunsInTheFamily: This episode cements that it's definitely Linda's side of the family where Louise inherited her more crazy attributes.
* TheMole: Tina works for Bob and Linda in order to make Louise's stay at Gayle's more excruciating.
* RealityEnsues: Louise's schemes might be able to fool other kids, namely her siblings, but the hotel desk clerk clearly isn't fooled by her fake I.D. that states she's a Vietnam veteran.
* PyrrhicVictory: Louise manages to survive an entire weekend at Gayle's place, but that doesn't change the fact that she still has a painful cavity and it needs to be fixed.
* TheToothHurts: The crux of the episode is Louise's cavity.
* TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn: Desperate to get Louise to accept that she needs to get her cavity filled, Bob and Linda reluctantly resort to tricking her into eating ice cream, which naturally causes the pain to flare up badly. With a little further help from Gayle, it works.
