History Recap / BobsBurgersS5E20HawkAndChick

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Played for laughs regarding subtitles; Dominic is annoyed that Louise thinks it's as simple as adding words to the screen. The Belchers thus have to find another way to make the original Japanese print understandable for English-speaking audiences.
** Louise thinks that Yuki would change her mind about seeing her father if she watched one of her old movies, and the entire film festival hinges on this assumption. However, Yuki herself remarks that she probably wouldn't, and only goes along with the idea for Louise's sake. When Yuki arrives at the theater, she doesn't have an epiphany about how wrong she was--instead, the movie brings back bad memories to the point that she gets up to leave, just as Yuki predicted it would. When someone adamantly claims they won't change their mind about something, sometimes they really won't, especially when the bad blood between Koji and Yuki has been brewing for decades. The ''only'' reason Yuki reconsiders is because she sees how terrified Louise is that she'll go through the same thing with Bob one day.
** Whereas most sitcoms would proceed with the ''Hawk and Chick'' festival without any consideration for the family's usual schedule (i.e. [[OneHourWorkWeek work]] or [[ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow school]]), the Belchers realize (albeit much too late) that they still have to worry about that stuff. By the time the plan finally works, it's past midnight on a school night... and Gene has a big test the next day that's worth half his grade.

->'''Bob:''' Father-daughter samurai team played by an actual father and daughter. It's like they based it on us.
->'''Louise:''' I know. We could sue.
->'''Bob:''' We won't, because we love these movies. But yeah, that's us.

* {{Envy}}: Tina gets the mayor's lines to read. Linda is oddly jealous, and much of her remaining screentime revolves around her trying to pre-empt Tina and read the mayor's lines out before she can.

* BirdsOfAFeather: Bob sympathizes with Yuki's side of the situation because he personally knows how stressful working with one's father can be. Louise, being [[DaddysGirl Louise]], has trouble seeing things the same way.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Louise is used to her parents opposing her crazy plans, and prefaces her proposition of the film festival by openly assuming that's the case here. She's surprised when she learns both Bob and Linda ''love'' the idea.

* WhenTreesAttack: The titular creature in ''Hawk and Chick Versus Tsukumogami'' takes the form of a tree.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Discussed; Louise thinks the 44 year-old Bob is ''eighty'', and that the eighty-something Koji is 90 to 100.

* AndZoidberg: When Louise reveals her plan to reunite Koji and Yuki, she holds a ''family'' conference, with Koji left out despite being right there. Koji lampshades his exclusion.
-->'''Koji:''' Don't worry. Doesn't seem rude.

** [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E9SpaghettiWesternAndMeatballs This is not the first episode to show Bob and Louise bonding over watching TV together]].

* AndZoidberg: When Louise reveals her plan to reunite Koji and Yuki, she holds a ''family'' conference. Koji lampshades his exclusion.

* BadassBoast: When Linda asks why Bob and Louise are taking so long to get back, Tina responds with the following:

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Discussed; Louise thinks the 44 year-old Bob is ''eighty'', and that the eighty-something Koji is 90 to 100.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The Belchers somehow manage to dub an entire film using freshly-made subtitles within ''a few hours'' despite being far from professional. Additionally, Dominic manages to get an original print of the movie in a similar timespan.

** Bob defies it, telling Louise that so long as she wants him in his life he'll be there for her.

* SeriousBusiness: Linda and Tina get fiercely aggressive over the latter's role as the mayor.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: The episode title is a ''triple''-whammy, referring alternately to the titular film series, the titular ParentChildTeam, as well as Bob and Louise (whose own parent-child relationship is a major focus of the episode).

* FromASingleCell: The Seaweed Monster can regenerate even if most of its body has been destroyed, so long as at least a part of it remains intact.

* SlowPacedBeginning: In-universe; the opening of ''Hawk and Chick Versus Seaweed Monster'' starts with a completely unimportant conversation about a lantern. Louise tells Gene that this is a very common occurrence with ''Hawk and Chick'', but that you get into it after a while.

** PlayedForLaughs; when Bob and Louise follow Koji to his hotel room, they realize they don't actually have a plan for when they actually ''meet'' him. By the time they decide to come up with one, Koji rather abruptly introduces himself.

* WhenTreesAttack: The titular creature in ''Hawk and Chick Versus Tsukumogami'' takes the form of a living tree.