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* LaserGuidedKarma: Dale takes great pride in [[IronicBirthday Peggy having horrible birthdays]]. When Peggy arranges for a {{Disco}} -themed [[ThrillerOnTheExpress murder-mystery dinner party on a train ride]], Dale anticipates it becoming yet another lousy Peggy Hill birthday. When [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong it does happen]] (due to [[TheDitz Luanne]] accidentally revealing the murderer before the train even pulls out of the station, the refrigeration going out (and ruining the planned dinner and cake), the train traveling through dry counties (meaning no alcoholic beverages), and [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces Hank and Peggy having sex in the train's restroom]] leading to Khan trying to match up the couple's feet with the footprints on the mirror), Dale initially enjoys it and [[JerkAss tries to fuel Peggy's misery]]. But when everyone gets kicked off the train (Hank distracted everyone from the mystery by scaring the engineer into stopping the train), Dale notices how upset Peggy really is and starts to genuinely feel sorry for her...

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Dale takes great pride in [[IronicBirthday Peggy having horrible birthdays]]. When Peggy arranges for a {{Disco}} -themed [[ThrillerOnTheExpress murder-mystery dinner party on a train ride]], Dale anticipates it becoming yet another lousy Peggy Hill birthday. When [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong it does happen]] (due to [[TheDitz Luanne]] accidentally revealing the murderer before the train even pulls out of the station, the refrigeration going out (and ruining the planned dinner and cake), the train traveling through dry counties (meaning no alcoholic beverages), and [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces Hank and Peggy having sex in the train's restroom]] leading to Khan trying to match up the couple's feet with the footprints on the mirror), Dale initially enjoys it and [[JerkAss tries to fuel Peggy's misery]]. But when everyone gets kicked off the train (Hank distracted everyone from the mystery by scaring the engineer into stopping the train), Dale notices how upset Peggy really is and [[JerkassRealization starts to genuinely feel sorry for her...her]]...
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Dale takes great pride in [[IronicBirthday Peggy having horrible birthdays]]. When Peggy arranges for a {{Disco}} -themed [[ThrillerOnTheExpress murder-mystery dinner party on a train ride]], Dale anticipates it becoming yet another lousy Peggy Hill birthday. When [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong it does happen]] (due to [[TheDitz Luanne]] accidentally revealing the murder victim before the train even pulls out of the station, the refrigeration going out (and ruining the planned dinner and cake), the train traveling through dry counties (meaning no alcoholic beverages), and [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces Hank and Peggy having sex in the train's restroom]] leading to Khan trying to match up the couple's feet with the footprints on the mirror), Dale initially enjoys it and [[JerkAss tries to fuel Peggy's misery]]. But when everyone gets kicked off the train (Hank distracted everyone from the mystery by scaring the engineer into stopping the train), Dale notices how upset Peggy really is and starts to genuinely feel sorry for her...

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Dale takes great pride in [[IronicBirthday Peggy having horrible birthdays]]. When Peggy arranges for a {{Disco}} -themed [[ThrillerOnTheExpress murder-mystery dinner party on a train ride]], Dale anticipates it becoming yet another lousy Peggy Hill birthday. When [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong it does happen]] (due to [[TheDitz Luanne]] accidentally revealing the murder victim murderer before the train even pulls out of the station, the refrigeration going out (and ruining the planned dinner and cake), the train traveling through dry counties (meaning no alcoholic beverages), and [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces Hank and Peggy having sex in the train's restroom]] leading to Khan trying to match up the couple's feet with the footprints on the mirror), Dale initially enjoys it and [[JerkAss tries to fuel Peggy's misery]]. But when everyone gets kicked off the train (Hank distracted everyone from the mystery by scaring the engineer into stopping the train), Dale notices how upset Peggy really is and starts to genuinely feel sorry for her...
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When Hank tells his friends about Peggy's plans for her birthday party, Dale anticipates that it will once again be a disaster. Things [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong do indeed go wrong]], and Dale [[JerkAss enjoys the opportunities to make Peggy feel more miserable]] (such as calling out the culprit of the planned murder-mystery party after [[TheDitz Luanne]] accidentally spills the beans to her aunt, and reminding everyone there's practically no food after a waitress tells Peggy the refrigeration went out and ruined the birthday dinner and cake). But after everyone gets kicked off the train and Peggy is at her most upset, Dale no longer enjoys it and now [[JerkassRealization genuinely feels sorry for her]].

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When Hank tells his friends about Peggy's plans for her birthday party, Dale anticipates that it will once again be a disaster. Things [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong do indeed go wrong]], and Dale [[JerkAss enjoys relishes the opportunities to make Peggy feel more miserable]] (such as calling out the culprit of the planned murder-mystery party after [[TheDitz Luanne]] accidentally spills the beans to her aunt, and reminding everyone there's practically no food after a waitress tells Peggy the refrigeration went out and ruined the birthday dinner and cake). But after everyone gets kicked off the train and Peggy is at her most upset, Dale no longer enjoys it and now [[JerkassRealization genuinely feels sorry for her]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: Dale only comes to Peggy's birthday parties because they always go horribly wrong, but he ''enjoys'' seeing them go to crap to [[ItAmusedMe amuse himself.]] Hank doesn't even try to stop Dale's toxic behavior.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When Hank tells his friends about Peggy's plans for her birthday party, Dale anticipates that it will once again be a disaster. Things [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong do indeed go wrong]], and Dale [[JerkAss enjoys the opportunities to make Peggy feel more miserable]] (such as calling out the culprit of the planned murder-mystery party after [[TheDitz Luanne]] accidentally spills the beans to her aunt, and reminding everyone there's practically no food after a waitress tells Peggy the refrigeration went out and ruined the birthday dinner and cake). But after everyone gets kicked off the train and Peggy is at her most upset, Dale no longer enjoys it and now [[JerkassRealization genuinely feels sorry for her]].



* OutOfCharacterMoment: The ever uptight Hank and Peggy end up having sex in the train bathroom, setting off the mystery plot.

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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: When Peggy is very upset as [[FromBadToWorse things at her intended disco murder-mystery party keep going wrong]], Hank follows her into the restroom to try and cheer her up. This soon leads to them having sex in said restroom.
--> '''Hank''': ''(to Peggy after they return to the dining car)'' Did we just have... ''relations'' in a public place?\\
'''Peg''': ''(feeling content)'' [[OutOfCharacterMoment Unless this is all a very weird dream, yes, we did]].
* OutOfCharacterMoment: The ever uptight Hank and Peggy end up having sex in the train bathroom, setting off the mystery plot. plot.
* RailEnthusiast: Dale is revealed to have some knowledge on how trains work. His explanation on the locomotive having a "dead man's brake" [[ChekhovsGun comes in handy later on]] when Hank needs to create a diversion before Khan finds out he and Peggy had sex in the train's restroom, and so Hank sneaks into the locomotive and scares the engineer into stopping the train.


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* ThrillerOnTheExpress: Peggy's birthday plan involves a Studio 54-themed murder-mystery party on board a train, where actors play out the mystery and the passengers try to solve it. Unfortunately, when Luanne is cast as a last-minute replacement for the murder victim, she [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom accidentally reveals the killer to Peg]], and when [[JerkAss Dale calls out the solution]], the actors all [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leave the train]] the moment before it departs the station. Fortunately, some time into the trip, Hank cheers up Peggy by [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces having sex with her in a restroom on the train]]. After they leave, Khan notices the footprints on the restroom mirror and decides to [[TheSummation play detective and have everyone go into the restroom to see whose feet match the prints]].
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---> "This is Peggy Hill's worst birthday ever. I should feel on top of the world, yet I'm not. I feel strangely hollow inside."

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Peggy celebrates her birthday on a train.

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Peggy celebrates her birthday on a train.murder mystery-themed train ride.



* ChekhovsGun: Lucky's love of TV-Land mysteries comes in handy when he's able to deduce that Hank and Peggy were the ones who had sex in the bathroom, although he keeps it secret so Peggy can enjoy her birthday.

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* ChekhovsGun: Lucky's love of TV-Land Creator/TVLand mysteries comes in handy when he's able to deduce that Hank and Peggy were the ones who had sex in the bathroom, although he keeps it secret so Peggy can enjoy her birthday.



* FromBadToWorse: Peggy's birthday party on the train starts off pretty well. Then Luanne ruins the mystery by asking about her character, and all of the actors leave in a huff. OK, at least they still have the diner to look forward to, right? Then the refrigeration goes out and it spoils the prime rib and Peggy's birthday cake, and they're forced to eat crackers and cheese. And because dry Rumphert County is oddly shaped due to election reasons, the train isn't legally allowed to serve any alcohol, and Luanne tries to pass the time by introducing the Manger Babies.

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* FromBadToWorse: Peggy's birthday party on the train starts off pretty well. Then Luanne ruins the mystery by asking about her character, and all of the actors leave in a huff. OK, at least they still have the diner dinner to look forward to, right? Then the refrigeration goes out and it spoils the prime rib and Peggy's birthday cake, and they're forced to eat crackers and cheese. And because dry Rumphert County is oddly shaped due to election reasons, the train isn't legally allowed to serve any alcohol, and Luanne tries to pass the time by introducing the Manger Babies.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: Dale takes great pride in [[IronicBirthday Peggy having horrible birthdays]]. When Peggy arranges for a {{Disco}} -themed [[ThrillerOnTheExpress murder-mystery dinner party on a train ride]], Dale anticipates it becoming yet another lousy Peggy Hill birthday. When [[BirthdayPartyGoesWrong it does happen]] (due to [[TheDitz Luanne]] accidentally revealing the murder victim before the train even pulls out of the station, the refrigeration going out (and ruining the planned dinner and cake), the train traveling through dry counties (meaning no alcoholic beverages), and [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces Hank and Peggy having sex in the train's restroom]] leading to Khan trying to match up the couple's feet with the footprints on the mirror), Dale initially enjoys it and [[JerkAss tries to fuel Peggy's misery]]. But when everyone gets kicked off the train (Hank distracted everyone from the mystery by scaring the engineer into stopping the train), Dale notices how upset Peggy really is and starts to genuinely feel sorry for her...
---> "This is Peggy Hill's worst birthday ever. I should feel on top of the world, yet I'm not. I feel strangely hollow inside."
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Peggy celebrates her birthday on a train.
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* ABirthdayNotABreak: The crux of the episode is that Peggy's birthdays are notoriously unlucky and always end in disaster. At her last one, the restaurant was robbed, and the crook added insult to injury by blowing out her candles.
* BirthdayEpisode: Peggy celebrates her birthday twice.
* BittersweetEnding: The train party is ruined, but Peggy's friends reassure her they love her in spite of her poor birthdays, and they are able to have a good time at a nearby bar.
* ChekhovsGun: Lucky's love of TV-Land mysteries comes in handy when he's able to deduce that Hank and Peggy were the ones who had sex in the bathroom, although he keeps it secret so Peggy can enjoy her birthday.
* CringeComedy: Luanne introduces the Manger Babies to make up for ruining the mystery is this, as everybody but Dale hates it.
* FromBadToWorse: Peggy's birthday party on the train starts off pretty well. Then Luanne ruins the mystery by asking about her character, and all of the actors leave in a huff. OK, at least they still have the diner to look forward to, right? Then the refrigeration goes out and it spoils the prime rib and Peggy's birthday cake, and they're forced to eat crackers and cheese. And because dry Rumphert County is oddly shaped due to election reasons, the train isn't legally allowed to serve any alcohol, and Luanne tries to pass the time by introducing the Manger Babies.
* GetOut: When the party collapses on the floor, the conductor assumes they're having an orgy and forces them off the train.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: The ever uptight Hank and Peggy end up having sex in the train bathroom, setting off the mystery plot.
* SeriousBusiness: Hank thinks if he and Peggy are caught, that Strickland Propane will get heavily sanctioned or even forcibly shut down, since the train is under the jurisdiction of the Texas Railroad Commission, which also regulates propane. Perhaps it never occurred to Hank that his boss has likely done way worse in much worse places, and still hasn't gotten sanctioned, or that when the conductor thought the entire party was having group sex, including a propane salesman, he simply forced them off the train.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The actors leave the train when Luanne accidentally spoils the mystery.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Much of the chaos of the episode wouldn't have happened had Luanne not spoiled the mystery.
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