History Recap / BobsBurgersS4E1ARiverRunsThroughBob

* RedHerring: The episode starts with a strange ranger giving terrible information to the Belchers, and hinting that the camping site has become dangerous, with either bears or squirrels, before he suspiciously drives away while the kids look worried. While squirrels show up in a one-off gag, that is not as relevant to the plot as it seems.

* EveryoneHasStandards: As gung-ho as Bob is about camping, when Tina lists off all the "fun" activities the family can do Bob is quick to tell Linda they don't have to do any of that stuff.

* LookADistraction: Bob tricks Linda into looking away while sick from the trout he ate, first with a pelican and another with Patrick Duffy.

* ChekhovsGun: The beehive next to the Belcher's camping site is used by Tina to drive the survivalists out of their camper and allow Bob and Linda to escape.

* CrazySurvivalist: The Belcher's camp next to a couple of doomsday preppers. Who turn out to be a little... off. Louise is pretty quick to get into their literature.

* RedHerring: The episode starts with a strange ranger giving terrible information to the Belchers, and hinting that the camping site has become dangerous, with either bears or squirrels, before he suspiciously drives away while the kids look worried. While squirrels show up in a one off gag, that is not as relevant to the plot as it seems.

* AdultFear: Bob and Linda are swept downstream and worry about the kids.

* SkinnyDipping: Bob and Linda ''try'' to do this, and it's what leads to them being sent down the river.
* ToiletHumor: Bob spends much of the episode having to run off to puke and/or take a crap thanks to food poisoning from eating under-cooked fish.

* AllForNothing: The Belchers only went on the camping trip for Tina's Thundergirls troop, which becomes moot when Tina effectively cuts all ties with the troop during said trip.

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* AffectionateParody: Bob and Linda's story is a WHolePlotReference to the premise of ''Series/NakedAndAfraid''.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"We have to get to the kids before wolves raise them."'']]

-->'''Doomsday Preppers' Book'''

The Belchers decide to camp when Tina needs to make up for a camping trip her Thundergirls troop took when she ended up getting sick. A nighttime skinny-dipping adventure of Bob and Linda's leaves them swept away by a river, and they need to walk through the woods to find their kids while the kids are trying to find them as well.

* ToiletHumor: Bob spends much of the episode having to run off to puke and/or take a crap thanks to indigestion from eating under-cooked fish.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The survivalists are taken out by advice from their own book. They even lampshade it.

The Belchers decide to camp when Tina needs to make up for a camping trip her Thundergirls’ troupe took when she ended up getting sick. A nighttime skinny-dipping adventure of Bob and Linda's leaves them swept away by a river, and they need to walk through the woods to find their kids while the kids are trying to find them as well.

* ChekhovsGun: The hornet's nest next to the Belcher's camping site is used by Tina to drive the survivalists out of their camper and allow Bob and Linda to escape.

* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Bob repeatedly states he's a natural camper when he really, ''really'' is not. He has no idea what to do in nature and pushes back when Linda turns out to be the natural camper in the family.

* HonorBeforeReason: When the kids stumble onto a Thundergirl camp, the troop leader realizes that they're alone an asks if they want to camp with them for the night. Given Louise ''just'' ranted about how organizations like the Thundergirls are soul-stealing...

The Belchers decide to camp when Linda needs to make up for a lost trip in her thundergirls troupe. A nighttime adventure of Bob and Linda's leaves them swept away by a river, and they need to walk through the woods to find their kids while the kids are trying to find them as well.