"Magic water, I love you."
"They wanna find out if they saw god or if it was something radioactive."
—Linda
The Belcher kids try saving a plankton blob condemned for bleaching by the Glencrest Yacht Club. Meanwhile, Jimmy Pesto is on vacation; feeling lost, his right-hand man Trev tries changing for the better with Bob and Linda's help.
- Bioluminescence Is Cool: The Belcher kids discover that the plankton blob glows at night. Gene bonds with the blob over this, feeling that it's a misunderstood artistic genius like himself.
- Blatant Lies: The yacht club president claims that the bleaching process is very eco-friendly.
- Buffy Speak: The yacht club's explanation to the kids about why they're bleaching the blob is the very vague, very unconvincing "it has lots of bad stuff in it".
- The Bus Came Back: Sasha Whiteman and Duncan were last seen in Season 7’s "Ain't Miss Debatin'".
- Call-Back: The Glencrest Yacht Club was previously visited in "Burgerboss", as was Louise telling the doorman she's going to "breeze past you now".
- Chekhov's Gun: There are two of them, actually. Gene's "new sound" and the oyster bar owner talking about how plankton can respond to sound combine in the climax, as the kids move the blob into open water by banging their oars on their kayaks.
- A Day in the Limelight: The B-plot sees Trev get the spotlight. While not his first appearance without Jimmy Pesto (that would be "Itty Bitty Ditty Committee"), it's his first major appearance period.
- Distracted by the Sexy: Tina's crush on Duncan is taken to next level due to the fact that he spends the entire episode wearing loafers without socks, causing her to do things like pinching them in the dark which creeps him out and making him rub ankles together with her instead of a handshake, which he thinks is a local custom that he wants to respect.
- Enemy Mine: The Belchers ask Sasha for help with saving the blob, enticing him with the chance to stick it to a rival yacht club.
- Everyone Has Standards: This is one of the few times where everyone in the Belcher Family, including Linda who's usually Gene's biggest fan and does so as gently as she can, tell Gene that his "newest sound" is grating.
- Failure Is the Only Option: Either the plankton blob gets exterminated by bleach, or it gets eaten by fish. The latter happens by accident, which is caused by the children moving it further into the sea.
- Handshake Refusal: Trev reveals that he doesn't hate Bob when he high-fives Jimmy on his cracks at him, he just wants Jimmy's approval. With Linda's help, Trev learns to reject Jimmy's high-fives, though he covers it up by claiming his hand is sick.
- I Just Want to Have Friends: As it turns out, Trev doesn't actually enjoy helping Jimmy harass Bob, he just wants Jimmy to like him.
- The Name Is Bond, James Bond: Gene says that he wishes to speak to "Mr. Crest, Mr. Glenn Crest." The doorman replies that "Glencrest" is the name of the club rather than an individual.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Trev successfully denies one of Jimmy's high fives when he insults Bob, but he makes up for it by telling Jimmy about the cracks Linda and Teddy made against Bob when they were training Trev to deny Jimmy's high fives, none of which he probably would've found out about on his own, such as Bob's birthmark that looks like "a second peehole".
- No, You:Trev: I'm not a meanie weenie.Linda: Well, you act like one when you're with Jimmy.Trev: You act like one when you're with Jimmy.
- "Not So Different" Remark: Gene compares himself to the plankton blob, believing both are misunderstood artists.
- Questioning Title?
- Rhetorical Question Blunder:Sasha: Duncan, why do we even live on an island if just anyone can come here?Duncan: For the views?Sasha: Shush!
- Screw This, I'm Out of Here!: Mort is about to enter the restaurant in the background when Gene is busy with his "new sound", bashing both sides of a broom against the footrests of the bar stools, and his reaction is just turn around and walk away.
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: The kids save the blob, scaring it out into open water... where it's instantly devoured by a school of fish.
- Shout-Out:
- The Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title is a reference to What About Bob?.
- The Exterminator Van is "Squish Me Baby One More Time".
- Jimmy Pesto is on vacation visiting every location mentioned in the song “Kokomo”.
- Bob’s five Burgers of the Day include "The Chevre Little Thing She Does is Magic Burger" and "The Gorgon-Baby-Gone Burger".
- Stock "Yuck!": Tina doesn't like oysters, and gets nauseous watching Gene eat them.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: The "Shaggy Dog" Story (seen above). Plankton are the prey of a lot of sea creatures, so naturally they don't survive too long in the open sea.
