It’s Thanksgiving and Bob has to bring Gayle to the apartment during a snowstorm.
- Attention Whore: Gayle, to the degree she regularly fakes injuries to get attention for incredibly selfish and petty reasons. She does it so much Linda is barely fazed by her behavior at this point.
- Cargo Ship: As Bob talks lovingly to the foods he's cooking for Thanksgiving, Louise suggests this is the case for him with the whole holiday. Bob doesn't deny it.Louise: Would you say, Dad and Thanksgiving, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G?
Bob: I would kiss Thanksgiving, Louise. Its kiss would be salty and delicious. - Cassandra Truth: Gayle thought that Mr. Frond was breaking up with her because he said he was spending Thanksgiving with his aunt in Florida, and "Who spends Thanksgiving with their aunt?" until Tina points out that she's their aunt currently spending Thanksgiving with them.
- Cat Up a Tree: When Bob finally finds Mr. Business, he has to get him down from a tree.
- Damned by Faint Praise: Bob does this when trying to cheer Gayle up over (her percieving) Mr. Frond leaving her.Bob: Listen Gayle, you're...you.Gayle: (hopeful) I am?
- Epic Fail: Bob calls Linda and realizes she'll have to finish preparing Thanksgiving dinner because he has to drag Gayle to the apartment. Bob and Linda both know she's not prepared for this and Bob almost starts crying during the phone call, but they have no choice. Unfortunately, Linda and Tina overthink finishing the turkey while Louise and Gene prepare side dishes that are completely inedible to anyone but them, effectively destroying the entire meal. Linda's attempt to move the turkey is especially disastrous. Instead of simply taking the pan out and turning it around, Linda tries to hoist the turkey up by its drumsticks and rips them off. She then tries to sew them back on. It's no wonder Bob insists on preparing Thanksgiving dinner by himself.
- Jerkass Realization: Gayle feels guilty about Bob getting hurt trying to rescue Mr. Business from a tree, all because she had to feign a sprained ankle. She tries to make it up by dragging Bob the rest of the way back to the restaurant.
- Lack of Empathy: As a result of Gayle's Toxic Sister Influence on Linda, Linda is barely bothered by the fact Gayle's completely derailed everyone's Thanksgiving and treated Bob like a slave just so she could get attention.
- The Millstone: This episode features Gayle at what might be her absolute worse, highlighting how much she can drag down her sister-in-law's family. She starts off by faking a leg injury to the point she not only pretends to have slipped in her bathroom when Bob arrives, she makes him drag her around in an inflatable pool alongside her cat in a snowstorm. While Bob's forced to do this, Linda and the kids have to finish preparing Thanksgiving dinner and pretty much destroy the entire meal. At the very end Gayle eventually tries to atone for her behavior by dragging Bob back herself, acknowledging what a burden she was for attention.
- No Sympathy: Linda barely cares at how distressed Bob is after everything Gayle put him through because she was faking, and gets more upset when Bob admits he hates Gayle.
- Playing Sick: After pulling her in an inflatable kiddie pool for miles, Bob is furious when he discovers Gayle's ankle wasn't even really hurt, and she did it for sympathy. Even worse, when Bob tells Linda on the phone, Linda barely reacts because Gayle does this all the time.
- Shout-Out: After falling in the snow and finding himself injured, Bob tells Gayle to cut him open and sleep in his body.
- Sneeze of Doom: Just as it looks like Bob is going to get Gayle's cat down safely, Bob's allergies act up, causing Mr. Business to freak out and leading Bob to fall out of the tree.
- Tempting Fate: Bob is relieved that the car isn't snowed in. Cue a snowplow coming by and burying the car.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Linda, who didn't bother to mention to Bob it was likely Gayle was faking her injury to get attention despite later admitting how Gayle does it all the time. It would've made more sense for Linda to get Gayle since she's grown accustomed to this behavior and so Bob would've been able to stay home and prepare the dinner, sparing everyone a world of frustration. (Though Bob did insist on being the one to get her instead of Linda, citing her past issues with driving in heavy snow.)
