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-->'''Edith:''' ASS!

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-->'''Edith:''' ASS!ASS!
* WholePlotReference: This episode is a rework of the 1987 film, ''Film/CantBuyMeLove''. It even references the movie in the title.
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** Bob and Linda mention an actual fire occurring during their attempts at doing the advent calendar. Considering a few patties could be seen unattended to on the grill during the "sexy cooking" event, it's easy to infer where the fire came from.

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** Bob and Linda mention an actual fire occurring during their attempts at doing the advent calendar. Considering The fire itself isn't seen, but considering a few patties could be seen unattended to on the grill during the "sexy cooking" event, it's easy to infer where the fire came from.
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* EpicFail: While it's been established that Bob isn't very good at making {{Grand Romantic Gesture}}s, here we see that Linda's attempts at being romantic for Valentine's Day(s) are AwesomeButImpractical.

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* EpicFail: While it's been established that Bob isn't very good at making {{Grand Romantic Gesture}}s, here we see that Linda's attempts at being romantic for Valentine's Day(s) are AwesomeButImpractical. AwesomeButImpractical, leading to them falling just as flat.

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* NoodleIncident: Bob and Linda mention an actual fire occurring during their attempts at doing the advent calendar. Considering a few patties could be seen unattended to on the grill during the "sexy cooking" event, it's easy to infer where the fire came from.

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* NoodleIncident: Bob NoodleIncident:
**Darryl peed down the slide in second grade.
**Bob
and Linda mention an actual fire occurring during their attempts at doing the advent calendar. Considering a few patties could be seen unattended to on the grill during the "sexy cooking" event, it's easy to infer where the fire came from.
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* NeverMyFault: Tina's reasoning for getting a D and needing tutor is for them to teach her what her teacher could not.

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* NeverMyFault: Tina's reasoning for getting a D and needing a tutor is for them to teach her what her teacher could not.

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* EpicFail: While it's been established that Bob isn't very good at making {{Grand Romantic Gesture}}s, here we see that Linda's attempts at being romantic for Valentine's Day(s) are AwesomeButImpractical.



* FreezeFrameBonus: When Darryl is first seen staring at Rosa in the cafeteria, the book he's holding is called ''[[Literature/IRobot You, Robot]].''



* FreezeFrameBonus: When Darryl is first seen staring at Rosa in the cafeteria, the book he's holding is called ''[[Literature/IRobot You, Robot]].''
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* BecomingTheMask: Tina has Darryl pretend to be her boyfriend, only to genuinely develop feelings for him along the way.
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* IncestYayShipping: In-universe; Jocelyn apparently thinks [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] are a couple. This by itself is moreso out of stupidity (as in she genuinely doesn't realize they're brothers), but the fact that she thinks they're a ''cute'' couple definitely pushes it over the line of this trope.

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* IncestYayShipping: In-universe; Jocelyn apparently thinks [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] are a couple. This by itself is moreso out of stupidity (as in [[TheDitz she genuinely doesn't realize they're brothers), brothers]]), but the fact that she thinks they're a ''cute'' couple definitely pushes it over the line of this trope.



* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Jimmy Jr. when Tina reveals the fake-dating scheme while out bowling with her friends. They reunite at the end of the episode.

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* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Jimmy Jr. bails when Tina reveals the fake-dating scheme while out bowling with her friends. They reunite at the end of the episode.



* StrongFamilyResemblance: Tina's hypothetical grandchildren (seen in her ImagineSpot) look just like her, down to the glasses.

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Tina's hypothetical grandchildren (seen in her ImagineSpot) look and even sound just like her, down to the glasses.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: When Darryl is first seen staring at Rosa in the cafeteria, the book he's holding is called ''[[Literature/IRobot You, Robot]].''
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Tina's grandchildren (seen in her ImagineSpot) look just like her, down to the glasses.

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Tina's hypothetical grandchildren (seen in her ImagineSpot) look just like her, down to the glasses.



* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Bob performs a striptease for Linda... and some patrons of Jimmy Pesto's since their curtains were open. Bob realizes the window is open... and continues to striptease to make Linda happy, taking off his final article of clothing in front of a disturbed Edith Cranwinkle.

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* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Bob performs a striptease for Linda... and some patrons of Jimmy Pesto's since their curtains were open. Bob realizes he can't close the window is open...curtains... and continues to striptease to make Linda happy, taking off his final article of clothing in front of a disturbed Edith Cranwinkle.

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**Darryl attempts to exploit it to win Cupid's Couple, noting that both him and Tina being nerds would help play up their adorableness. However, besides the whole "nerd with glasses" angle, neither of them have anything in common.
*BittersweetEnding: Tina fails her math test and is sent to remedial math. However, she manages to salvage Darryl and Rosa's relationship, and she finds that remedial math isn't so bad when she sees Jimmy Jr. there.
*BrutalHonesty: Darryl admits without hesitation that he didn't actually fall for Tina during their fake-dating stint.
*CringeComedy: Bob's striptease is a perfect mix of cringy and hilarious (and oddly endearing).



*FoodAsBribe: Tina bribes Louise and Gene to help hide the fake relationship by offering them the $50 frozen yogurt gift card if they win Cupid's Couple.



*LampshadeHanging: Louise lampshades that despite Darryl's prominence in the series, this is the first time Tina has ever even ''hinted'' at liking him.
*LaserGuidedKarma: A multi-episode one. Way back in "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS5E8MiddayRun Midday Run]]", Edith stripped nude and forced Bob to look so he could paint her. Here, Bob pays her back by performing a striptease for Linda while Edith is eating across the street at Jimmy Pesto's, causing her to witness the entire thing.



*NoodleIncident: Bob and Linda mention an actual fire occurring during their attempts at doing the advent calendar. Considering a few patties could be seen unattended to on the grill during the "sexy cooking" event, it's easy to infer where the fire came from.



* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Bob performs a striptease for Linda... and some patrons of Jimmy Pesto's since their curtains were open.

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*StrongFamilyResemblance: Tina's grandchildren (seen in her ImagineSpot) look just like her, down to the glasses.
*ToiletHumor: Louise and Gene apparently use the bathtub as a secondary toilet, and Louise outright tells Bob and Linda to get out so she can use it. Bob is understandably disturbed.
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Bob performs a striptease for Linda... and some patrons of Jimmy Pesto's since their curtains were open. Bob realizes the window is open... and continues to striptease to make Linda happy, taking off his final article of clothing in front of a disturbed Edith Cranwinkle.
-->'''Edith:''' ASS!
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*IncestYayShipping: In-universe; Jocelyn apparently thinks [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario and Luigi]] are a couple. This by itself is moreso out of stupidity (as in she genuinely doesn't realize they're brothers), but the fact that she thinks they're a ''cute'' couple definitely pushes it over the line of this trope.

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* BirdsOfAFeather: Darryl and Rosa are both super skilled at playing arcade games.
* CutawayGag: Rare for ''Bob's Burgers''. While lamenting her bad test scores, Tina asks what she's going to tell her future grandchildren. Cut to a flash-forward of an elderly Tina telling her grandchildren, "I used to be bad at math."
* FakeRelationship: What Tina and Darryl do as part of an elaborate plan for Darryl to woo Rosa Bautista. Tina [[RomanticFakeRealTurn then develops a real crush on Darryl]] and sabotages his relationship with Rosa.



* GrandRomanticGesture: Darryl takes the stage at the school dance to sing a song he made up about Tina. It's implied that this what makes Tina develop a crush on him for real.



* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Jimmy Jr. when Tina reveals the fake-dating scheme while out bowling with her friends. They reunite at the end of the episode.



* ShoutOut: To ''Film/MagicMike'' as Linda encourages Bob to give her a show.

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To ''Film/MagicMike'' as Linda encourages Bob to give her a show.show.
** Zeke paraphrases Creator/WalterScott's ''Marmion'' with, "What a tangled-ass web we weave" when Tina reveals their plot.
** Jocelyn thinks Darryl and Rosa make a cute couple, "[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros like Mario and Luigi!]]"
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Bob performs a striptease for Linda... and some patrons of Jimmy Pesto's since their curtains were open.
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Tina and Darryl pretend to be a couple so Darryl can woo another girl. But Tina soon finds the fake relationship feels real. Meanwhile, Bob and Linda fumble through a Valentine's day advent calendar.
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* GilliganCut: Tina vows to ace the next math test, even without Darryl's tutoring. Cut to her getting another D.
* InterruptedIntimacy: Linda and Bob's sexy bubble bath is interrupted by Gene and Louise having to use the bathroom.
* LovingAShadow: Darryl points out that the only reason Tina fell for him was because he was playing the part of a loving boyfriend.
* NeverMyFault: Tina's reasoning for getting a D and needing tutor is for them to teach her what her teacher could not.
* OppositesAttract: Defied. Darryl and Tina have next to nothing in common. An irate Darryl points this out when Tina blows their cover.
* ShipperOnDeck: Almost everyone supports Darryl and Tina as "cupid's couple".
* ShoutOut: To ''Film/MagicMike'' as Linda encourages Bob to give her a show.

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