History Recap / TPFLouderAndProuderS1E9RagingBully

* GreyAndGrayMorality: As this episode shows, [=LaCienega=] and [=LaBrea=] each have equally good reasons to root for either well as reasons not to. [=LaCienega=] is mean and narcissistic to others, especially [=LaBrea=], but even she’s not barbaric to attempt to injure or kill someone. [=LaBrea=] is ruthless and willing to get rid of her cousin, but it’s for very understandable reasons such as [=LaCienega=] being mean to her. In both cases, they’ve had to grow up within the dysfunctional environment borne from their moms’ sides of the family, which has impacted their behaviors.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: An offscreen variation. Somehow, Snackland got shut down and is now falling into disrepair.
* KillAndReplace: Jealous of both [=LaCienega=] getting a quince and her relationship with Melrose, [=LaBrea=] tried to get rid of [=LaCienega=] in a desperate bid to take her life. The rest of the kids lampshade how crazy this is.

* PimpedOutDress: [=LaCienega=] and [=LaBrea=] both wear big poofy dresses.

* RememberTheNewGuy: [=LaBrea=] and Melrose are treated as such.
* SmolderingShoes: Subverted. When [=LaCienega=] fails to appear upon being announced, her smoking high heels gave the impression that she’s been vaporized when she’s merely been launched into the derelict Snackland.

It is the quinceañera of [=LaCienega=].

* BirthdayEpisode: It is the quinceañera of [=LaCienega=].

* ChekhovsGun: Penny was able to recognize [=LaCienega=] in the drone footage by her large feet, which was first explored in “Love Thy Neighbor”.

* HairReboot: After cutting it to free herself from the Tower of Doom, [=LaCienega=]'s hair (which had been styled into a curled updo) briefly looks choppy and disheveled but after shaking it it goes back to the way it’s usually styled.

* HairReboot: After cutting it to free herself from the Tower of Doom, [=LaCienega=]'s hair briefly looks choppy and disheveled but after shaking it it goes back to the way it’s usually styled.

* FormerlyFat: Subverted. [=LaBrea=] is shown in flashbacks to be on the chubby side, but in the present day she is skinny...until it's revealed that she wore four girdles to hide her figure.

* HairReboot: [=LaCienega=]'s hair goes back to the way it’s usually styled immediately after it gets cut.

It's [=LaCienega=]'s quince, and she's being even more of a diva than she usually is. Unfortunately for her friends, her cousin [=LaBrea=] pays a visit, stirring up even worse drama.

It's [=LaCienega=]'s quince, and she's being a bit of a diva. Unfortunately for her friends, her cousin [=LaBrea=] pays a visit, stirring up even worse drama.

* AbusiveMom: Melrose towards [=LaBrea=]. She put far too much pressure on her and denied her the chance to have a quinceañera, and wouldn't let her attend [=LaCienega=]'s until she was skinnier than her ([=LaBrea=] wears four girdles during the episode to compensate). It's implied by Melrose that her and Sunset's mom was also abusive, and their rivalry started by her pinning them against each other.

* AmusementParkOfDoom: Snackland was already a dangerous place in its debut, but it returns here now having been permanently closed for good and even more dangerous than before with its abandoned rides falling apart. (It is implied that Freddy Frito got her way after all).

* AbusiveMom: Melrose towards [=LaBrea=]. She put far too much pressure on her and denied her the chance to have a quinceañera, and wouldn't let her attend [=LaCienega=]'s until she was skinnier than her ([=LaBrea=] wears four girdles during the episode to compensate). It's implied that Melrose and Sunset's mom was also abusive.

* ADogNamedDog: The frog that [=LaBrea=] gives to [=LaCienega=] is named Sapo, which is Spanish for frog.

* AbusiveParents: Melrose towards [=LaBrea=]. She put far too much pressure on her and denied her the chance to have a quinceañera, and wouldn't let her attend [=LaCienega=]'s until she was skinnier than her ([=LaBrea=] wears four girdles during the episode to compensate). It's implied that Melrose and Sunset's mom was also abusive.

* AmusementParkOfDoom: Snackland was already a dangerous place in its debut, but it returns here now having been permanently closed for good and even more dangerous than before with its abandoned rides falling apart.

** Sometimes, when you have enemies, you might have had something to do with them turning out the way that they did.
** When you have wronged someone, the best thing you can do is be humble and admit that you were wrong, so you don't make the same mistake twice.

* SmolderingShoes: Subverted. When [=LaCienega=] fails to appear when announced, her smoking high heels gave the impression that she’s been vaporized when she’s merely been launched into the derelict Snackland.

* KillAndReplace: Jealous of both [=LaCi=] getting a quince and her relationship with her mom, [=LaBrea=] tried to get rid of [=LaCienega=] in a desperate bid to take her life. The rest of the kids lampshade how crazy this is.

It's [=LaCienega=]'s quince, and she's being a bit of a diva. Unfortunately for her friends, her cousin [=LaBrea=] pays a visit, stirring up drama even worse.

* AbusiveParents: Melrose towards [=LaBrea=]. She put far too much pressure on her and denied her the chance to have a quinceañera, and wouldn’t let her attend [=LaCienega=]'s until she was skinnier than her ([=LaBrea=] wears four girdles during the episode to compensate). It's implied that Melrose and Sunset's mom was also abusive.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [=LaBrea=] tied [=LaCienega=] to a fire cracker and sent her shooting off into the tower of doom at Snackland. When she realizes what she has done, she is honestly horrified and promises to make amends.

* PunnyName: Continuing the theme naming with the Boulevardez family, Melrose Avanúñez and [=LaBrea=] Avanúñez are named after other streets in Los Angeles - Melrose Avenue and La Brea Avenue.

* ParachutePetticoat: [=LaCienega=] ends up at the top of the defunct Drop of Doom in SnackLand, but is saved by her poofy dress fanning out and slowing her fall.

* HairReboot: [=LaCienega=]'s hair goes back to the way it was immediately after it gets cut.

* AbusiveParents: Melrose towards [=LaBrea=]. She put far too much pressure on her and denied her the chance to have a quinceañera, and wouldn’t let her attend LaCieniga's until she was skinnier than her ([=LaBrea=] wears four girdles during the episode to compensate). It's implied that Melrose and Sunset's mom was also abusive.

* RememberTheNewGuy: [=LaBrea=] and Melrose are treated as such.

* AbusiveParents: Melrose towards [=LaBrea=]. She put far too much pressure on her and denied her the chance to have a quinceañera. It's implied that Melrose and Sunset's mom was also abusive.

* PimpedOutDress: [=LaCienega=] and [=LaBrea=] both wear big goofy dresses.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: LaBrea is revealed as this in the final twist of the episode.
* RememberTheNewGuy: LaBrea and Melrose are treated as so.