History Recap / BrooklynNineNineS8E06TheSetUp

* ThreatBackfire: In a flashback, O'Sullivan tries to blackmail Holt by threatening to leak that he's gay. Holt instantly points out that he came out ''thirty years earlier.'' He likewise tried it on Rosa only for her to point out she came out too.
** What makes the threat against Holt more pointless is there is a rainbow pride flag on his desk.

* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Jake realises [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone how badly he screwed up]] once it's become clear O'Sullivan is genuinely trying to get Jakes charges dropped and he believes he made the right choice at the start of the episode. Claiming that cops need to feel free to make spur the moment decisions in order to do their jobs.

* JerkassHasAPoint: And even several points. The FBI agent is very condescending towards Jake. However, the FBI agent is perfectly qualified to take the case from the NYPD (and Holt immediately confirms this). Based on the analysis of the detonator major flaw, he quickly and perfectly understands that the bomber isn't smart (contrary to Jake who thinks they made a device designed for a very specific target). And he, or his institution, manages to identify and arrest the bomber off-screen in just a few-hours. As well, he is perfectly polite to Holt, who doesn't make a big scene and waste his time trying to work his way into the case, unlike Jake, whose first interaction with the agent is to try and overstep his jurisdiction and then complain when Holt shoots him down, generally coming off as childish.

* InVinoVeritas: Rosa and Amy's plan of investigating Frank is to get him drunk and confess to setting up Jake. He reveals his OedipusComplex and that his plan was [[NotMeThisTime messing with 99's snack supply.]] Ultimately, this is [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] however, as he NeverGetsDrunk and reveals this information of his own accord.

* OedipusComplex: Among Frank's [[InVinoVeritas drunken confessions]] were how he loves his mom, hates his ex-wife, and wishes his mom was his wife.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Jake is convinced the case is just like ''Film/{{Speed}}'' despite all the evidence to the contrary. He winds up being very wrong and gets himself in big trouble.

* CriticalResearchFailure: InUniverse and PlayedForLaughs. O'Sullivan tries to blackmail both Holt and Diaz using their sexualities without doing his adequate homework on them, as Holt came out ''decades ago'' and Diaz also came out comparatively more recently. Perhaps justified by his racism.

* JerkassHasAPoint: And even several points. The FBI agent is very condescending towards Jake. However, the FBI agent is perfectly qualified to take the case from the NYPD (and Holt immediately confirms this). Based on the analysis of the detonator major flaw, he quickly and perfectly understands that the bomber isn't smart (contrary to Jake who thinks they made a device designed for a very specific target). And he, or his institution, manages to identify and arrest the bomber off-screen in just a few-hours. As well, he is perfectly polite to Holt, who doesn't make a big scene and waste his time trying to work his way into the case, unlike Jake.

* JerkassHasAPoint: And even several points. The FBI agent is very condescending towards Jake, with no other reason than being a federal agent talking to a local policeman. However, the FBI agent is perfectly qualified to take the case from the NYPD (and Holt immediately confirms this). Based on the analysis of the detonator major flaw, he quickly and perfectly understands that the bomber isn't smart (contrary to Jake who thinks they made a device designed for a very specific target). And he, or his institution, manages to identify and arrest the bomber off-screen in just a few-hours.