History Recap / FuturamaS8E8ZappGetsCancelled

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Dr. Kind seems to be an earnest medic trying to help the Cancelled captains redeem themselves, but he soon turns out not only to be a massive jerk, but to have tied up the real doctor and hijacked the treatment for his own gain.

* TheBully: Dr. Kind, while admittedly [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity overly cartoonish]], is a pretty realistic depiction of a workplace one. He scares the cancelled captains shitless at several points [[KickTheDog just to embarrass them]], changes his size repeatedly by [[BizarreAlienBiology contorting]] just to make himself feel big, smacks the captains around at several points, calls anyone who disagrees with him "cowards" and is all around [[PsychopathicManchild very childish]], treating anyone he can like a toy to toss around and claim "Mine!" on. Even other workplace bullies in the series, like Zapp (who's shown to be disgusted with him [[EveryoneHasStandards beyond a personal level]]) and Hermes (who's more [[ObstructiveBureaucrat unethical]] than flat out evil or even domineering, and would mostly just [[JerkassToOne treat Zoidberg badly out of personal repulsion]]) don't have a constant thirst for tearing people down.
* ChekhovsGunman: The robot checking people into the class was not just an aid but was actually the teacher for the class. Kind was another person sent to the class for sensitivity training but hijacked it from her.

** Despite representing Zapp, even Matcluck can see that he’s guilty after hearing Kif’s testimony.

* FieldPromotion: Glab strips Leela of her rank as captain of the Nimbus and gives it back to Zapp once Zapp's cancellation is over as she would not fire on Dr. Kind due to the innocent Tactillians that were surrounding him. However Zapp does not do so either as the sensitivity training he had just gone through actually had an impact and he would rather find a less violent solution. So Glab then pulls Zapp's rank and gives it to Dr. Kind himself, who actually [[TooDumbToLive follows through on the order to shoot]].

* GrassIsGreener: After her gradual depression over working at Planet Express for years, Leela was excited to prove her worth by taking over Zapp's job and being the captain of the Nimbus for DOOP. She comes to realize the job entails a number of morally sketchy decisions with a lot of responsibility, something she is unable to do. When she returns to Planet Express where she is appreciated, her smile is noticeably more genuine.

* PlanetLooters: The Doop is only making contact with the balloon people to steal the air being generated by the frozen core of their planet.

* JumpedAtTheCall: Leela was about choose Professor Farnsworth as her second companion after Fry, only for Bender to butt in and offer to take the position instead, clearly to preserve his place as ThirdWheel to Fry and Leela.

* JumpedAtTheCall: Leela was about choose Professor Farnsworth as her second companion after Fry, only for Bender to butt in and offer to take the position instead.

* FeatherFingers: Lampshaded by the Hyper-Chicken attempting to give Zapp an IndignantSlap only to softly brush his face with his wing feathers.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Even if it worked out in the end, Leela disrespecting the balloon people’s customs and refusing orders from the Grand Councilwoman gets her dishonourably discharged.

* StockYuck: A scent-related example. The durian is prominently featured in this episode in regards to its infamous stench, to the point Dr. Kind uses it as an air-polluting bioweapon, Farnsworth passes out after taking one whiff with the Smell-O-Scope, and even the garbage-eating Zoidberg is disgusted by the smell (its taste, on the other hand, is a completely different story).

* CoveredInGunge: Leela gets her face splattered with durian while trying to catch it from falling into the air hole. This leaves her with a foul smell from the fruit, which causes Fry to kneel down gagging when he gives her a hug and Airee to hastily sign the peace treaty without the groping part of their custom.

* CoveredInGunge: Leela gets her face splattered with durian while trying to catch it from falling into the air hole. This leaves her with a foul smell from the fruit, which causes Fry to gag when he gives her a hug and Airee to just sign the peace treaty without the groping part of their custom.

* StockYuck: A scent-related example. The durian is prominently featured in this episode in regards to its infamous stench, to the point Dr. Kind uses it as an air-polluting bioweapon and even the garbage-eating Zoidberg is disgusted by the smell (its taste, on the other hand, is a completely different story).

* TemptingFate: Farnsworth decides it's "a beautiful night for smell-gazing" with the Smell-O-Scope -- right when Dr. Kind splits the durian in half and releases its pungent odor.
* TooDumbToLive: Dr. Kind completes his sensitivity training, at which point Glab immediately promotes him to the captain of the Nimbus because neither Leela nor Zapp wanted to fire on him, then orders him to fire on ''himself'' and he does so without haste as a demonstration of his more ruthless mentality. He's vaporized into ash.
* ToothbrushFloorScrubbing: Dr. Kind forces Zapp and Flashbot to clean the floors with toothbrushes. Then he orders Flashbot to brush his teeth, but when the robot informs him that he doesn't have teeth, he orders him to brush his own teeth instead and then ''eats'' the toothbrush with a second mouth inside his mouth.

* FeatherFingers: Lampshaded when the Hyper-Chicken gives Zapp an IndignantSlap only to softly brush his face with his wing feathers.

* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Dr. Kind has a reactionary view on sensitivity training, calling people that subscribe to it snowflakes. He also talks down to Leela as captain by saying that [[StayInTheKitchen women belong in the kitchen]].