BoJack and Mister Peanutbutter fight for Diane's attention, which culminates in BoJack stealing the "D" from the Hollywood sign. Meanwhile, Todd is in prison for the previous episode's debacle. BoJack asks Mister Peanutbutter to help him hide the "D" and Todd is courted by two gangs, the Aryan Nation and the Latin Kings.
"Our A-Story Is A D-Story" contains examples of:
- Appeal to Inherent Nature: Invoked. When BoJack is trying to keep Diane out of his house because he stole the "D" of the Hollywood sign and she's not buying his Blatant Lies, he simply uses the excuse of not wanting her there.BoJack: See you later.
Diane: But we had an appointment.
BoJack: What's that? An actor flaking on an obligation? Welcome to Hollywood. - Bloody Hilarious: During Todd's lockup in prison, one fella tries to calm him down, telling him to stay with him and everything will be fine just in time to be brutally stabbed to death. Multiple times. With quite amazing skills. Todd is left a bit traumatized by the whole thing.
- Chekhov's Gun: The helicopter Mister Peanutbutter mentions during his one-up contest ends up carrying away the Hollywood 'D'.
- Clue, Evidence, and a Smoking Gun:BoJack: How'd you figure out it was me?
Mr. Peanutbutter: Oh, how did I figure it out? Well, I just followed the clues, used deduction, puzzle-solving, little bit of forensics, and also, what did I do? Oh, I listened to the voicemail you left me, saying you were stealing the 'D' because of Diane, so I could, and I quote, "suck your D!"
BoJack: [to himself] Stop! Leaving! Voicemails! - Defcon 5: Tom Jumbo-Grumbo gets this wrong while reporting on the stolen 'D', saying that "all of Tinseltown is in defcon five" when he should have said "defcon one".
- Funny Background Event: As Todd talks with the leader of the Latin Kings during a cavity search, two similarly-positioned prisoners in the background are joyfully thumb wrestling.
- Grand Romantic Gesture: Mister Peanutbutter (falsely) claims that he stole the 'D' to show his love for Diane.
- It Makes Sense in Context: Virtually everything that happens in this episode.
- Literal Metaphor: BoJack calls Mr. Peanutbutter a literal son of a bitch, as he's an actual dog seen as a Jerkass, after taking credit for the "D" theft as a Grand Romantic Gesture for Diane.
- Love Triangle: One erupts in the episode as BoJack has apparently fallen for Diane too. Mr. Peanutbutter, who up until now has shown nothing but a blissful, oblivious personality, not even minding Diane's ex-boyfriend Wayne making a pass at her, gets really bothered by BoJack and Diane's sudden chumminess with each other and aggressively responds to all of BoJack's 'challenges'.
- Monumental Theft: Of the 'D' from the Hollywood sign.
- Mundane Made Awesome: Beyoncé tripping on $1 bills is enough to cause a national emergency and is enough of a distraction to give Mister Peanutbutter enough time to fly away with the 'D'
- Nothing Is the Same Anymore: The 'D' is destroyed at the end of this episode, permanently changing Hollywood's name to "Hollywoo" from here on out.
- Take That!: While investigating the theft of the 'D', the police consider Dane Cook to be one of their prime suspects, because he's already known to be a thief.note
- Tempting Fate: The pilot of the helicopter carrying the 'D' calls his assignment a "cushy job"... right before getting shot down by one of Mister Peanutbutter's celebratory fireworks.
- Too Dumb to Live: The helicopter pilot returning the "D" to the Hollywood sign decided to fly during and through a fireworks display.
- Two-Timer Date: Todd is being courted by both the Aryan Nation and the Latin Kings. Trying to play out this trope starts a prison riot.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: In an effort to distract citizens from the helicopter bringing the 'D' back to the Hollywood sign, BoJack begins throwing a wad of dollar bills into the street. Of course, because they're only $1 bills, nobody cares. Beyoncé tripping on said bills, however...
- On Todd's first day of prison, the Nice Guy standing in front of him in line at the cafeteria gets brutally stabbed, and, barring Todd himself, nobody reacts to the stabbing with anything more than apathy. Even the cafeteria staff.
- We Need a Distraction: ...to distract the public from the helicopter carrying the giant 'D'.
