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Recap / Big Mouth S 01 E 08 The Head Push

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A sexual assault takes place when a party is thrown at the Birch’s.


Episode Tropes:

  • All Girls Want Bad Boys: Subverted. At first, Leah is seduced by Daniel, but when he shows how messed up he is when trying to force her into giving him a blowjob, all that affection flies out the window.
  • Berserk Button: Tallulah loses her romantic interest in Nick when he questions her about her supposed reputation of giving oral sex, which really makes her mad.
  • Call-Back: The Seinfeld skits within the episode were likely inspired by Coach Steve mentioning the series in the previous episode.
  • Early-Installment Weirdness: This is the first of two episodes where Connie is portrayed to also be Missy's Hormone Monstress, before Mona is introduced.
  • Innocently Insensitive: When Nick expresses sympathy for Prince's ghost that he died (since the actual Prince died less than two years before the episode was released), the other ghosts are annoyed since they are all dead.
  • Jerkass: Daniel the aspiring young actor proves to be one as he tries to force girls into sucking on his privates by pressing against their head. When they refuse, he retaliates by making up slanderous stories about them.
  • Karma Houdini Warranty: Daniel manages to escape punishment for his seriously perverted ways before the events of the episode took place. It isn’t until the end where he finally gets his comeuppance.
  • Lady Drunk: Jessi becomes one after consuming the Cotton Candy Brandy that Jay brought to Leah’s party. Connie also gets a mention.
  • Malicious Slander: Tallulah is a victim of this due to Daniel spreading cruel rumors, resulting in her being given the nickname, 'The Blowjob Machine'.
  • Never My Fault: Daniel falls into this category when he tries to assuage the very true accusations made against him in the most desperate way possible, though to his credit, he maintains a calm attitude.
  • No Fourth Wall: After Nick does the Title Drop, he grabs the camera, and talks to the viewer supposedly watching the show while exercising on the elliptical.
    Nick: Hey, you. Hey, you on the elliptical watching this. I see you. Don't you say a fuckin' word. [laughs]
  • Overly Long Gag: Jay’s repeated self-proclaimed title of ‘Party Wolf’ gets really excruciating as the episode goes on.
  • Rhetorical Question Blunder: When Jay incredulously asks how a boy is suppose to receive a blowjob, Maurice decides to answer in the most lewd way possible.
  • Running Gag:
    • Judd talking from the walls.
    • A drunk Nick talking to the pictures in his house. It mixes with the first gag when Nick assumes he's talking to a picture of Judd, before it is revealed that it really is Judd in the walls again, and proves it by moving his eyes to look at Nick.
  • Shout-Out:
    • Obviously the Seinfeld sketches Nick, Andrew, Jessi, and Jay do during the third part of the episode.
    • Leah has a poster of the Broadway play Hamilton in her room.
    • Special mentions to The Crucible and 12 Angry Men being portrayed with well-known celebrities like Tom Cruise and John Travolta.
  • Title Drop: Nick lampshades this after accidentally telling Jessi that he and Andrew saw her mom with another woman.
    Nick: Me and my big mouth. [belch] Big Mouth. That's the show. That's the show.

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