History Recap / TucaAndBertieS2E08CorpseWeek

* FauxHorrific: Tuca tells Tulip a scary story about a demon who tries to make people listen to his terrible mixtape, which is so awful that it makes the listener's brain melt and drip out of their ears. If you question his song selection, the demon will cry tears of blood.

* YouMeanXmas: Corpse Week is a combination of Dia de Los Muertos, Halloween, and Thanksgiving.

* FauxHorrific: Tuca tells Tulip a scary story about a demon who tries to make people listen to his terrible mixtape, which is so awful that it makes the listener's brain melt and drip out of their ears. If they refuse to listen, the demon will cry tears of blood.

* FauxHorriffic: Tuca tells Tulip a scary story about a demon who tries to make people listen to his terrible mixtape, which is so awful that it makes the listener's brain melt and drip out of their ears. If they refuse to listen, the demon will cry tears of blood.

** Bertie's father had "open breast surgery," a bird analogue to open heart surgery.

* HalloweenEpisode: "Corpse Week" is a bird version of Halloween with some Day of the Dead elements and a side of Thanksgiving; honoring your deceased ancestors by sitting down to an elaborate cake and going door to door asking for candy. Despite this, the episode aired in late July.

* YouMeanXmas: Corpse Week is a combination of Dia de Los Muertos and Halloween.

* HalloweenEpisode: "Corpse Week" is a bird version of Halloween with some Day of the Dead elements, honoring your deceased ancestors and going door to door asking for candy. Despite this, the episode aired in late July.

* FamilyDisunion: Both Tuca and Bertie's reunions with their families go pear-shaped quickly. Tuca fights with her sister Terry for treating her like a child, while Bertie lashes out at her parents for refusing to talk about their mental issues and forcing her to bottle up her feelings. Surprising, Tuca's able to come to peace with Terry and the two end up on good terms. Bertie however...

* FamilyDisunion: Both Tuca and Bertie's reunions with their families go pear-shaped quickly. Tuca fights with her sister Terry for treating her like a child, while Bertie lashes out at her parents for refusing to talk about their mental issues and forcing her to bottle up her feelings.

* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: The Songthrush house is covered with garbage, and Bertie's parents keep trying to divert attention from it. Bertie claims that they ignore obvious issues like this all the time, including her sexual trauma, which they only addressed with a few counselor meetings and then never spoke to her about it again.

* TrashOfTheTitans: Bertie becomes quite disturbed when she returned to her childhood homes and it appears that her mother became a hoarder.

* FamilyDisunion: Both Tuca and Bertie's reunions with their families go pear-shaped quickly. Tuca fights with her sister Terry treating her like a child, while Bertie lashes out at her parents for refusing to talk about their mental issues and forcing her to bottle up her feelings.

* TherapyIsForTheWeak: Bertie's dad believes that Bertie doesn't need therapy because she's "normal." He says the same about him and Bertie's mother, despite them clearly having some repressed mental issues.
* VisualPun: The Songthrushes' house is full of garbage piling up that nobody seems to address except Bertie. This represents how the family lets their mental issues pile up until they become too big and too rotten to ignore.

* FurryReminder: During a heated argument, Tuca and Terry's feathers puff up, which happens to real birds when they feel threatened.

* TalkAboutTheWeather: Bertie's dad tries to divert attention away from the family's mental issues by talking about how mild the weather has been recently.

* FurryReminder: During a heated argument, Tuca and Terry's feathers being puffing up.