Line #37 Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E8LetsFindOut


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2	[[caption-width-right:370:[[CueTheRain Well]], [[CerebusRollercoaster that]] [[MoodWhiplash escalated quickly]].]]
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4	->'''Written by''': Alison Flierl & Scott Chernoff
5	->'''Directed by''': Matt Mariska
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7	''Air date:'' July 17, 2015.
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9	As the first celebrity guest on Mr. Peanutbutter's new game show, [=BoJack=] thinks it'll be a cakewalk.
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11	He is mistaken.
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13	!!"Let's Find Out" contains examples of:
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15	* AccidentalMisnaming: Creator/DanielRadcliffe constantly mispronounces [=BoJack=]'s name, calling him "Creator/ChadwickBoseman" or "Jock-jack Door-slam". This bites him in the ass later. Though it can also be MaliciousMisnaming since he remembers everyone ''but'' [=BoJack=].
16	* AdamWesting: Creator/DanielRadcliffe guest stars as a rather self-aggrandizing, big name star who's accustomed to the pamper of Hollywoo and has borderline YaoiFangirl tendencies.
17	** The latter may also count as an ActorAllusion to [[{{Theatre/Equus}} one of Radcliffe's more controversial roles]] [[BestialityIsDepraved involving stallions]].
18	* AnticipatoryBreathSpray: Done by Mr. Peanutbutter just before kissing [=BoJack=].
19	* AllOrNothing: The final round, along with DoubleTheDollars.
20	* TheAnnouncer: Mr. Peanutbutter, cracking up the [[LargeHam ham]] up to eleven.
21	* ArcWords: Game shows don't allow the special contestants (i.e: celebrities) to keep the money for themselves, since they make plenty already. It is all for charity, and Mr. Peanutbutter has to hammer it to [=BoJack=] that it is exactly that. ''For charity''.
22	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "Why don't you like me?" - Mr. Peanutbutter, to [=BoJack=]. Which leads to...
23	* ArmorPiercingResponse: "I'm jealous... I... want to feel good about myself, the way you do. And I don't know how. I don't know if I can."
24	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Wanda is introduced to an iPad (containing a second screen app showing live tweets about the game show) while getting caught up with 30 years worth of technology. She gets lost in this marvel throughout the episode, but still [occasionally] pays attention to the game show.
25	--> '''Wanda''': Oh, cool! I love stupid bullshit like this.
26	* AudienceParticipation: InUniverse. This is one of the requirements of the game, with the audience chanting the name of the game's sections and knowing exactly what's going to happen, [[FridgeLogic despite this being the first episode]]. [=BoJack=] starts wondering how's is that....
27	* AudienceSurrogate: When not being a jerk, [=BoJack=] can raise some good points about the logic of the game, especially since it often includes [[MoonLogicPuzzle Moon Logic Puzzles]], rigged competition and biased audience, making him some sort of an InUniverse MetaGuy.
28	* BewareTheNiceOnes: Her personality notwithstanding, being a person who woke up from a 30-year-old coma, Wanda is still a network TV executive. This side of her bares its fangs (or, in her case, talons) when she responds to Mr. Peanutbutter's hesitation to patch things up with [=BoJack=], shortly after their all-too-real confrontation centering the dog's wife and [=BoJack=]'s ghostwriter, Diane.
29	-->'''Wanda''': You want to host a game show where everyone feels bad at the end? You can get in your little car, drive to Santa Monica and pitch it to AMC. But these people want resolution, okay? So you get your little butt back on that stage and you '''resolve'''.
30	* BigDamnKiss: A variant occurs between [=BoJack=] and Mr Peanutbutter.
31	* ButtMonkey: Deconstructed. The climax of this episode is a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at [=BoJack=] from Mr. Peanutbutter, bluntly telling him that [=BoJack=] has been mistreating him for years despite efforts to be friendly.
32	* CelebrityEdition: ''Hollywoo Stars and Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things?? Let's Find Out!'' is always this (including the celebs winning money for charity), but this episode ups the ante with the introduction of a "big celebrity" to duel against [=BoJack=]: Daniel Radcliffe.
33	* ClueEvidenceAndASmokingGun: Mr. Peanutbutter explains how he found out that [=BoJack=] had kissed Diane--there were roadside cameras along the highway viewing the deed, he had some friends on the highway patrol who might have watched, and, being his wife, Diane felt the need to '''tell him upfront''' instead of hiding it.
34	* CueTheRain: Happens midway through the episode. [[LiteralMetaphor Literally]], not only as a staged decision of the people at control, but also as a meta sign that things are going to get serious between Mr. Peanutbutter and [=BoJack=].
35	* DesignatedMonkey: InUniverse, this is how [=BoJack=]'s treated through the episode, with most of the difficult tasks being given to him while big star Radcliffe is left with the easy ones. {{Invoked}} and {{Justified}} since it's clear that Radcliffe's the audience favorite and the game has been rigged to allow him an easy victory.
36	* DidYouThinkICantFeel: Mr. Peanutbutter tells [=BoJack=] that he's perfectly aware of all the shade [=BoJack=] has been throwing at him, saying that he treats him "like a big joke."
37	* TheDogBitesBack: Almost literally. Mr. Peanutbutter finally confronts [=BoJack=] about what a dick he's been to him, all these years.
38	** That said, the insult that prompted said [[TheDogBitesBack Dog Bites Back]] moment actually comes from [=BoJack=] finally retaliating after Mr. Peanutbutter acted like a unrestrained {{Jerkass}} to him, and blithely ignoring [=BoJack=] trying to tell him he's really being a dick all episode.
39	** [[LaserGuidedKarma While part of him had it coming for what he had done to Mr. Peanutbutter]], [=BoJack=] endures quite a lot of [[HumiliationConga humiliation]] in this episode. Then the game turned on his favor and, well, see below.
40	* DownerEnding: Out of pure spite that Daniel Radcliffe didn't remember his name, [=BoJack=] deliberately answers the million-dollar question wrong. The giant bag of money—which was supposed to be for '''charity'''—is set on fire. Cue credits. It's [[PlayedForLaughs played for]] [[BlackComedy dark]] [[PlayedForLaughs laughs]], though.
41	* DramaticDrop: Wanda drops her tablet when [=BoJack=] throws the game.
42	* DynamicEntry: Mr. Peanutbutter enters the stage by coming out of a enormous prop of his head while the sound of a howl is heard in the background, much to the audience's delight.
43	* EasilyForgiven: Mr. Peanutbutter learns before the episode that [=BoJack=] kissed Diane. In a subverted sense, he is on the fence about forgiving him so soon, but Wanda enforces this on him because the general audience for lighthearted shows is used to quick resolutions.
44	* EntitledToHaveYou: Platonic version. Mr. Peanutbutter may want [=BoJack=]'s friendship, but [=BoJack=] has made it painfully clear for ''years'' that he doesn't want to be Mr. Peanutbutter's friend, yet Mr. Peanutbutter utilizes the biased crowd to pressure [=BoJack=] into accepting his friendship against his will anyway.
45	* EveryoneHasStandards: Daniel Radcliffe spends the entire episode being a smug, narcissistic celebrity who never remembers Bojack's name and is perfectly fine with letting the latter be constantly humiliated during the contest. While he's clearly annoyed when Bojack later pretends not to remember his name as payback, even he is genuinely horrified that Bojack would sacrifice money for ''charity'' in order to do so.
46	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The game show's title is all you need to know about its premise.
47	* {{Facepalm}}: Princess Carolyn does one when [=BoJack=] intentionally gets the last question wrong.
48	* FailureGambit: [=BoJack=] deliberately answers wrong the last question about ''Literature/HarryPotter'' to piss off Daniel Radcliffe and make him lose the money he had gained. Too bad it was for charity.
49	* GameShowAppearance: Naturally.
50	* GameShowHost: Mr. Peanutbutter is a letter-perfect example.
51	* GreenEyedMonster: As it turns out, [=Bojack's=] this towards Mr. Peanutbutter, since the Labrador was BornWinner while he's a sad sack BornUnlucky.
52	* GreyAndGreyMorality: No one comes off looking well this episode. Mr. Peanutbutter grabs the JerkassBall ''hard'' with his "playful ribbing" as a game show host, Creator/DanielRadcliffe is a condescending "too important to remember you" celebrity to [=BoJack=], and [=BoJack=] crosses the line insulting Mr. Peanutbutter about Diane going to Cordovia and burning a million dollars intended for charity just to spite Creator/DanielRadcliffe for forgetting his name. Meanwhile, Todd competes for a pen he doesn't even want to spite Mia the apprentice who's been working hard for such recognition for her chosen career for years (going so far as to trick her into giving him the pen by feigning sadness only to engage in UnsportsmanlikeGloating), although Mia started it by being a complete bitch to him first. Even Wanda couldn't give a hoot about how much humiliation and abuse [=BoJack=] faces on national television so long as he gets her good ratings.
53	* {{Homage}}: The episodes opening WalkAndTalk and the subplot going on backstage pay homage to Creator/AaronSorkin's shows that aren't ''Series/TheWestWing'', namely {{Series/Sports Night}} and {{Series/The Newsroom}}. Mia also kicks off her final speech to Todd with "not for nothing, but ...," a bit of SignatureStyle that Sorkin uses frequently.
54	* InsaneTrollLogic: The show runs on J.D. Salinger and Mr. Peanutbutter's demented whims.
55	* {{Jerkass}}:
56	** Mia [=McKibbin=], Creator/JDSalinger's [[TheApprentice apprentice]] and sidekick behind the controls is dismissive, rude and condescending towards [[ButtMonkey Todd]] through the episode. This is [[JustifiedTrope justified]] due to Mia being TheAce at what she does and seeing Todd as an annoying pest.
57	** Todd becomes one at the end by scamming Mia into giving her Salinger's pen by faking sadness. Then, to hammer it home, he messes around in the makeup department and flips off J.D. when he calls him out on it.
58	** Princess Carolyn, while not as bad, easily berates [=BoJack=] for his performance in the game show so far, while [=BoJack=] is clearly trying his best.
59	** This is probably the worst you've seen of Mr. Peanutbutter since "Our A-Story Is A D-Story", with the dog embracing all the tropes you can think of about sadistic hosts and deliberately setting the game in favor of Creator/DanielRadcliffe.
60	** [[SpeakOfTheDevil Speaking of]] Creator/DanielRadcliffe, his AdamWesting here makes him a rather unsympathetic douche who not only has the stack and the game on his side, but also disrespects [=BoJack=], not even bothering to remember his name despite having met before!!
61	** [=BoJack=], for the most part, avoids it in this episode, aside from some moments here and there, like insulting Mr. Peanutbutter over Diane leaving for Cordovia because she was tired of their marriage or briefly engaging on some UnsportsmanlikeGloating when he finally reaches Radcliffe in term of points. Making up for it, he provides the biggest dick move of all: get even with Daniel by failing the question on ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and losing, causing the money destined for charity to be burned, per the game's rules.
62	* JerkassBall: Mr. Peanutbutter, who plays up his role as the ruthless GameShowHost just a little too much for [=BoJack=]'s liking.
63	* KarmaHoudini: Mr. Peanutbutter never has to answer for [[JerkassBall relentlessly trolling or humiliating BoJack all episode]], question ''why'' [[EntitledToHaveYou he keeps trying to force his friendship on an unwilling BoJack]] or address why [=BoJack=] might not like him (his BitchInSheepsClothing moments or repeatedly ripping off his show and ideas); [=BoJack=] alone is made out to be the bad guy and forced to apologize.
64	* KissingDiscretionShot: The (out-of-universe) audience's vision of [=BoJack=]'s and Mr. Peanutbutter's kiss is obscured by J.D. Salinger's head. Hilariously subverted a little later when he moves and a brief glimpse of them making out is seen.
65	* LaserGuidedKarma: While [=BoJack=] deliberately misremembering who starred in the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' movies and letting millions of dollars intended for charity is beyond petty, considering what a relentless {{Jerkass}} Creator/DanielRadcliffe has been to him all episode and how much {{Troll}}ing he's endured, it can hard not to blame him, or feel darkly satisfying.
66	* LosingHorns: Naturally, this being a game show episode.
67	* LoveTriangle: The [=BoJack=]/Diane/Mr. Peanutbutter triangle comes back with a vengeance.
68	** Mr. Peanutbutter reveals that he's known this whole time that [=BoJack=] tried to kiss Diane. This is part of why he's been treating [=BoJack=] so poorly--it's coming out of his anger at the general lack of respect that [=BoJack=] has always dished his way.
69	** This episode also introduces the possibility that Mr. Peanutbutter may have feelings for [=BoJack=]--at least, judging by the sheer amount of feeling that he puts into the kiss.
70	* MaliciousMisnaming: Creator/DanielRadcliffe remembers everyone ''but'' [=BoJack=] all episode, including minor set workers he saw once several years ago, but acting too important to remember someone as lowly as ''[=BoJack=]''. (Then again, given what a narcissistic {{jerkass}} [=BoJack=] is to most people he meets, it might be hard to blame Creator/DanielRadcliffe in this case...)
71	* MetaFiction: While ''WesternAnimation/BojackHorseman'' is no stranger to this trope, this episode is full of it, due to this being an episode poking fun at the harebrained concepts of a game show, with Mr. Peanutbutter as the LargeHamAnnouncer and [=BoJack=] as the hapless contestant and AudienceSurrogate who [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the sheer insanity of the show's tests. It also works as one for itself, since there are common references and meta jokes about the making and behind-the-scenes of a show with Creator/JDSalinger and crew playing the demented creators and writers controlling the audience to their whim.
72	* NeverMyFault: Yes, [=BoJack=] is a jerk to Mr. Peanutbutter at the best of times and his dig during the show crosses the line, but Mr. Peanutbutter himself never has to address ''why'' [=BoJack=] might not like him (like ripping off his show, stealing credit for the Hollywoo Heist, or grabbing the JerkassBall hard this episode), or consider that maybe [=BoJack=] [[EntitledToHaveYou doesn't owe Mr. Peanutbutter his friendship just because Mr. Peanutbutter wants it]]. [=BoJack=] is a jerk, therefore he owes Mr. Peanutbutter his apology and his friendship.
73	* TheOner: The entire ColdOpening is this.
74	* ProductPlacement: In-universe, since it's a game show.
75	* TheReveal: Mr. Peanutbutter reveals to [=BoJack=] that he knows about the horse kissing his wife back in "The Telescope". While this was the last straw, it turns out Mr. Peanutbutter as been upset with [=BoJack=] turning down his friendship for a good long while.
76	* TheRival: Understanding [=BoJack=]'s TakeThat to Daniel Radcliffe when answering the final question is dependent on the viewer knowing about the fake rivalry in real life between the latter and Creator/ElijahWood.
77	* SealedWithAKiss: This is what helps [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter even the score, so that they can move past [=BoJack=]'s betrayal and be friends again.
78	* ShipperOnDeck:
79	** Daniel Radcliffe gives off this impression; he's overjoyed when Mr. Peanutbutter and [=BoJack=] actually take him up on his suggestion that they kiss to even the score.
80	** The ''whole audience'' is excited about seeing them kiss; there's even one member who hollers out "KISS HIM!" Hell, even J. D. Salinger gets a little emotional.
81	* SoundProofBooth: [=BoJack=] steps into a soundproof booth to write his essay question.
82	* SpottingTheThread: While [=BoJack=] is on a losing streak, Princess Carolyn steps into the SoundProofBooth and lets him in on a little secret: when Mr. Peanutbutter's excited, his ears flop up. This is how [=BoJack=] gains control of the game.
83	* StudioAudience: A pretty biased one — they love Mr. Peanutbutter and loathe [=BoJack=].
84	* TheOner: The cold open.
85	* {{Troll}}: The whole show is trolling [=BoJack=], really. But Mr. Peanutbutter and J.D. Salinger are the main culprits.
86	* UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer: The show ''loves'' these. Inverted with Daniel Radcliffe's questions, which are ridiculously easy.
87	* WhamLine: "Creator/ElijahWood."

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