Tuca & Bertie / Awesome

General

Tuca's unwavering dedication to sober living, not once giving into her alcoholism despite constantly being in situations where she would be expected to. Anyone who knows anything about how difficult it is to overcome addiction knows that that is a serious accomplishment.

Season 1

The Promotion

Tuca jumping on the board room table and screaming in Dirk's face when he keeps talking over Bertie, calling it "the alarm that sounds when no women have spoken for three minutes." Before that, she stops Dirk from stealing any more of Bertie's notes... by eating them.

Plumage

Tuca standing up for herself when her aunt insults Tuca's deceased mother, with whom she was very close. She rips up Talulah's check in front of her, deciding that, if turning down financial stability means keeping her dignity, then so be it.

The Open House

Speckle ordering the jaguar to halt and even lightly scolding due solely that he didn't want it to hurt Bertie or him.

The Jelly Lakes

Bertie overcoming her childhood trauma and finally accomplishing her lifelong dream of swimming all the way from the shore of Jelly Lake to Peanut Butter Island, all while Coach Meredith, her wife Pat and Tuca all cheer for her from a motor boat.
- Tuca giving the best response a best friend could give after Bertie confesses her trauma to her.
  "You're so brave to tell me this."

SweetBeak

Tuca effortlessly ruining Pastry Pete's business for good by taking a video of him threatening Bertie, which the two of them share to as many women as possible online until he becomes public enemy #1.
And then, just to get the last laugh, they get a giant hawk to shit on him. Is it petty? Sure, but who hasn't wanted to do that to their enemies?

Planteau

Bertie scaring a mugger away. To make this doubly impressive, the mugger was taller than both her and Tuca and was holding SIX guns. And yet Bartie was able to force him to back off.

The Flood

Bertie using all of the techniques she learned in therapy to help Tuca deal with her pent-up issues as they try to survive the flood together.
The flood washing away The Moss, allowing all of Tuca and Bertie's neighbors to move back in.

The Pain Garden

After being jostled around by several self-centered bee doctors who push unhelpful treatments for her hormonal pain and all claim to be "queen" of their medical center, Tuca takes control over her own health by declaring herself the queen and insisting they take her to a proper hospital, which they do.
Bertie runs into Kara at the hospital and bluntly tells her to "get bent" for the way she abused Tuca.

The One Where Bertie Gets Eaten By a Snake

Painful as it is for her (and the audience), Tuca continues to set her boundaries rigid and breaks up with Figgy when it becomes clear he won't change his self-destructive, alcoholic ways, a clear sign of growth given how much of Kara's manipulation she tolerated before getting dumped.

Fledging Day

Tuca runs into Figgy at the doctor's office, learning he has "root rot" from his alcoholism. While he asks Tuca for tips on staying sober during his illness, he insists he's going to get right back to drinking after he heals. Tuca doesn't stand for Figgy's resigned attitude, calling him out as selfish for not taking care of himself and storming out. This actually works, as Figgy texts her apologizing and promising to work on himself. Even then, Tuca doesn't rush into a relationship with him right away, staying friends for the time being.