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* ChekhovsSkill: Louise uses the steamroller maneuver from the Series/{{Gladiators}} -like show she and Bob wanted to watch instead of attending soccer practice to catch the ball as a goalie, letting her teammates score their only goal while the opposition is bickering about not being able to score a goal against Louise, letting them finally play a full game by avoiding the "shutdown" rule being enacted.

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* ChekhovsSkill: Louise uses the steamroller maneuver from the Series/{{Gladiators}} -like ''Series/{{Gladiators}}''-like show she and Bob wanted to watch instead of attending soccer practice to catch the ball as a goalie, letting her teammates score their only goal while the opposition is bickering about not being able to score a goal against Louise, letting them finally play a full game by avoiding the "shutdown" rule being enacted.



* DoWrongRight: When two of the Blue Dragons start throwing grass at each other, their coach criticizes them for their technique rather than the fact that they were doing it.



* HiddenDepths: Jodi, despite her huge fear of germs, loves soccer and says playing it “makes me feel alive”. That said, she refuses to be goalie because it entails touching the ball with her hands.

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* HiddenDepths: Jodi, despite her huge fear of germs, loves soccer and says playing it “makes "makes me feel alive”.alive". That said, she refuses to be goalie because it entails touching the ball with her hands.



* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Gene calls ''TSA: The Musical'' the best musical about a government agency ever written.
* PersonAsVerb: A game ending early due to a 10-0 score is called "getting Gold Dragoned" because it's always happened to them.



** The Burger of the Day in Linda's ImagineSpot about turning the restaurant into a piano bar is [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} The Heirloom Where It Happens Burger]].



* SkewedPriorities: Bob and Louise rush into their apartment in the aftermath of a small restaurant fire just so they don't miss "Supreme Extreme Champions".

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* SkewedPriorities: Bob and Louise rush into their apartment in the aftermath of a small restaurant fire just so they don't miss "Supreme ''Supreme Extreme Champions".Champions''.

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* OpposingSportsTeam: The Blue Dragons are typical, ultra competitive and skilled rivals.

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* OpposingSportsTeam: The Blue Dragons are typical, ultra competitive and skilled rivals.rivals, which Louise lampshades when one of them starts trash-talking her.



* TheWildcats: The teams playing are the Gold Dragons and the Blue Dragons. When Bob questions the repetition, the Blue Dragons coach tells Bob that there are even ''more'' teams called the Dragons, just with different colors. She also reveals that there are several Thunders, including the poorly-named Brown Thunders.

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* TheWildcats: The teams playing are the Gold Dragons and the Blue Dragons. When Bob questions the repetition, the Blue Dragons coach tells Bob that there are even ''more'' teams called the Dragons, just with different colors. She also reveals that there are several Thunders, including the poorly-named Brown Thunders.Thunders.
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*GivenNameReveal: Ms. Merkin's first name is revealed to be Matilda.
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* {{Irony}}: The Blue Dragons are absolute tryhards. But the Gold Dragons score a goal even though they got shut-out every other game, meaning that the Blue Dragons are the team that actually did the ''worst'' against the Gold Dragons.

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* {{Irony}}: The Blue Dragons are absolute tryhards.tryhards to the point that a goal within three seconds of the match is considered subpar. But the Gold Dragons score a goal even though they got shut-out every other game, meaning that the Blue Dragons are the team that actually did the ''worst'' against the Gold Dragons.
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* HiddenDepths: Jodie, despite her huge fear of germs, loves soccer and says playing it “makes me feel alive”.

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* HiddenDepths: Jodie, Jodi, despite her huge fear of germs, loves soccer and says playing it “makes me feel alive”.alive”. That said, she refuses to be goalie because it entails touching the ball with her hands.

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* ChekhovsSkill: Louise uses the steamroller manuver from the Series/{{Gladiators}} -like show she and Bob wanted to watch instead of attending soccer practice to catch the ball as a goalie, letting her teammates score their only goal while the opposition is bickering about not being able to score a goal against Louise, letting them finally play a full game by avoiding the "shutdown" rule being enacted.

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* ChekhovsSkill: Louise uses the steamroller manuver maneuver from the Series/{{Gladiators}} -like show she and Bob wanted to watch instead of attending soccer practice to catch the ball as a goalie, letting her teammates score their only goal while the opposition is bickering about not being able to score a goal against Louise, letting them finally play a full game by avoiding the "shutdown" rule being enacted.


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*{{Jerkass}}: Pretty much every member of the Blue Dragons, including the coach.
*LiteralMetaphor: Walter points out that Louise attending the final game of the season is ''literally'' the least the Belchers could do for skipping the rest of it.

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* TheWildcats: The teams playing are the Gold Dragons and the Blue Dragons. The Blue Dragons coach tells Bob that there are several teams called the Dragons, but with different colors, as well as several Thunders, including the Brown Thunders.

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*UnfortunateNames: The Blue Dragons coach outright calls the name of the [[ToiletHumor Brown Thunders]] unfortunate.
* TheWildcats: The teams playing are the Gold Dragons and the Blue Dragons. The When Bob questions the repetition, the Blue Dragons coach tells Bob that there are several even ''more'' teams called the Dragons, but just with different colors, as well as colors. She also reveals that there are several Thunders, including the poorly-named Brown Thunders.
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* TheWildcats: The teams playing are the Gold Dragons and the Blue Dragons. The Blue Dragons coach tells Bob that there are several teams called the Dragons, but with different colors, as well as several Thunders, including the [[UnfortunateNames Brown Thunders]].

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* TheWildcats: The teams playing are the Gold Dragons and the Blue Dragons. The Blue Dragons coach tells Bob that there are several teams called the Dragons, but with different colors, as well as several Thunders, including the [[UnfortunateNames Brown Thunders]].Thunders.

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*ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time Creator/HJonBenjamin [[WesternAnimation/HomeMovies has served as a soccer coach]].



*ChekhovsGun: Midway through the episode, Linda decides to go grill Teddy a burger. She leaves it unattended throughout the rest of the B-plot, causing a minor fire at the end.



**Mara is so bad a player that Bob, who doesn't even ''care'' about the game, can only face palm in response.



* MythologyGag: Several to ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'', namely Bob becoming a soccer coach a la [=McGurk=], and a character that resembles (and is voiced by) Melissa.

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* MythologyGag: Several to ''WesternAnimation/HomeMovies'', namely [[ActorAllusion Bob becoming a soccer coach a la [=McGurk=], John [=McGuirk=]]], a background character that resembles Brendon Small, and a character that resembles (and is voiced by) Melissa.Melissa.
*NotSoAboveItAll: When Louise points out that if the parking lot is full, they'll have to go home, Bob is actually on-board, and is just as annoyed as Louise when Tina points out a spot.
*ObviousRulePatch: The shut-out rule was created specifically for the Gold Dragons so that they didn't have to spend an entire day getting curbstomped.



* SarcasmBlind: In the flashback to when Bob and Linda signed up Louise for soccer, Louise’s answers were very sarcastic. Linda took them at face value, and Bob had to point out to her that Louise didn’t mean what she says, but eventually both tire of trying to figure out if she was being sarcastic or not and simply signed her up.

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* SarcasmBlind: In the flashback to when Bob and Linda signed up Louise for soccer, Louise’s Louise's answers were very sarcastic. Linda took them at face value, and but Bob had is able to point out to her that Louise didn’t didn't mean what she says, but says. However, they eventually both tire of trying to figure out if she was being sarcastic or not and simply signed her up.



* ShoutOut: The ref passes by a kid modeled after [[WesternAnimation/HomeMovies Brendon]] on his way out of the port-a-potty. In addition, Mara, the goalie for the Gold Dragons, bears a resemblance to Melissa and they share the same voice actress.

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**Bob and Louise take "Supreme Extreme Champions" as serious as they've taken every other thing they watch together (read: a lot). Even after a small fire, they rush into the apartment the instant they realize they're missing the marathon.
* ShoutOut: The ShoutOut:
**The title is a reference to ''Film/TheHurtLocker''.
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ref passes by a kid modeled after [[WesternAnimation/HomeMovies Brendon]] on his way out of the port-a-potty. In addition, Mara, the goalie for the Gold Dragons, bears a resemblance to Melissa and they share the same voice actress.


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*ThisIsGonnaSuck: When surveying the field, Bob notes how much more-practiced the Blue Dragons seem and says that the ensuing game is gonna go ''very'' bad.
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** Mara is... not a good goalie. It's telling that the one time the Gold Dragons can prevent a goal is when she's not the goalie.

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** Mara is... not a good goalie. It's telling that the one time the Gold Dragons can prevent a goal is when she's not the goalie. She does a worse job at playing than Louise, who not only hasn't played a single game, but outright stands around doing nothing. Speaking of which...

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