Bobby gets a job working snacks at a racetrack concession, run by Jimmy Witchard, a mean, mentally handicapped boss.
Tropes in the Episode:
- All for Nothing: At his first day at work, a customer calls Bobby from all the way at the top of the bleachers. Bobby heads upwards and gets winded pretty quickly (even resorting to climbing on all fours), but eventually makes it to the top. The customer then rejects the soda because he wanted a diet and Bobby only had regular.
- Analogy Backfire: Hank attempts to teach Bobby the value of a dollar and money ethics by giving him a dollar, hoping he can use it to do something profitable. But it goes over his head and he buys food from a taco restaurant.
- Angrish: Hank is too enraged by Jimmy endangering Bobby to even speak, simply yelling "BWAAHH!" before running across the track to give him a Literal Asskicking.
- As Himself: NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt makes an appearance and looks at a pace car, but comments on the rope being soft and pretty, just like Bobby did earlier.
- The Big Race: The episode's subplot with Boomhauer racing for a chance to ride the pace car. He ends up finishing in fourth place, but eventually does get the chance to drive it after a few accidents.
- Cassandra Truth: Hank initially dismisses Bobby as being whiny when he tells him about how bad Jimmy is. Hank discovers the truth when Jimmy tries to make Bobby cross the tracks.
- Character Catchphrase: You know how Hank yells "BWAAHH!" when he's shocked or embarrassed? He also does it when he's feeling primal rage at someone for endangering his son.
- Comedic Sociopathy: Peggy likes taking pictures of accidents of race cars and even a Man on Fire. She even has Bobby take some pictures on his first day at work.
- Comically Missing the Point: Bobby has a couple instances:
- He writes a check for Hank to sign so he can buy a new bike, unaware it's actually money Hank and Peggy make.
- When Hank shows him the pace car Boomhauer has a chance to drive, Bobby just comments on how soft and pretty the rope surrounding it is.
- And right after, when Hank mentions the race with Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon, Bobby was surprised, thinking Gordon was just a cereal box model.
- Covers Always Lie: The promotional artwork
◊ makes it seem like Dale Earnhardt has a bigger part in the episode than he actually does. - Everyone Has Standards: Dale (Gribble)'s not the smartest guy around, but even he's appalled when he learns that Bobby was ordered by Hank to listen to Jimmy Witchard. Dale then proceeds to explain how Jimmy was kicked out of Dale's gun club because he was so stupid.Dale: Witchard? Jimmy Witchard? Hank, you told Bobby to listen to Jimmy Witchard? He was in my gun club. People say he fried his brain one day from staring at the sun. 'Course, he couldn't have been that smart to do that in the first place. Kind of a chicken-and-egg thing...
- Foreshadowing: Tommy, one of the workers at the racetrack, quits because he wasn't able to do so until someone replaces him and before he leaves, tells him "Good luck, Bobby. You're gonna need it." And considering Jimmy's nature, he's right.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: One of the cars in the NASCAR race is sponsored by Film Roman.
- Gambit Roulette: To get to drive the pace car in the final race, Boomhauer has to wait for three crashes before he can do so. Then three crashes happen and he does (the last one happened when Hank almost gets ran over by Jeff Gordon).
- Jerkass: Jimmy naturally, demeaning his employees and nearly getting Bobby killed when he himself wanted a drink. Even Dale's gun club thought he was too much.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Jimmy is the worst boss you can work under, but he is right about Bobby owing him money after he abandoned his drink tray to give a guy a soda, leading to everyone else stealing the drinks.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Hank gives Jimmy a Literal Ass-Kicking after seeing Bobby almost get run over by the passing stock cars, all because Jimmy got thirsty and ordered Bobby to cross the track.
- Literal Ass-Kicking: Hank does this when he finally catches Jimmy. He literally kicks Jimmy's ass multiple times, while Peggy takes photos.
- Malicious Misnaming: Jimmy calls Bobby "Tommy", after the kid he replaced.
- Mean Boss: Jimmy may be "the boss", but he's not a very good one. Having Bobby do crap work, him claiming Bobby owes him money, and making him cross the racetrack to get him a drink, all the while wearing a giant hotdog suit.
- New Job Episode: Bobby works as a snackboy for the racetrack, even being Witchard's go-to guy, involving smashing bags of bottles in dumpsters and wearing a hot-dog suit.
- Oh, Crap!:
- Hank does this when he almost gets ran over by Jeff Gordon.
- Hank also does this when Dale tells him about how stupid Jimmy really is, and how he was apparently kicked out of Dale's gun club for his idiocy.
- And then Jimmy shortly after when he taunts Hank over the fence, only for Hank to knock it down and kick his ass.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Whenever Hank is concerned about something, Dale will mock him. But when Hank mentions that Bobby's working with Jimmy Wichard, Dale gets genuinely concerned for Bobby's safety.
- Papa Wolf: After he discovers Jimmy's true nature, Hank goes after him and gives him a Literal Ass-Kicking.
- Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: Hank usually only says "BWAAHH!" when he's shocked or horrified, but in this episode he yells it when he's angry at Jimmy endangering Bobby.
- Real Men Hate Affection: Zig-zagged with this line after Bobby agrees with Hank's work ethic lessons: "Bobby, if you weren't my son, I'd hug you."
- Spanner in the Works: Hank, Dale and Bill serve as the pit crew for Boomhauer when he competes to drive the pace car. Dale, however, is quite inept, exemplified when he changes tires and ends up bolting his sleeve to the wheel. During the race itself, they have him hold a bucket of sand while Hank and Bill do the real work, but Dale couldn't even manage that when he drops the bucket.
- Spoiled Brat: Hank and the guys don't hold Jeff Gordon in high regard, just thinking of him as a rich kid spoiled by his father. He's even portrayed this way when he almost runs over Hank, causing him to swerve off-road and crying "Daddy!" in a whiny voice, as if he were a five-year old who got his toy taken away by a playground bully.
- Take That!: Jeff Gordon gets roasted throughout the episode: Hank and the guys see him as a Spoiled Brat who relied on his rich father to actually race, Bobby, Peggy, and Luanne are the only main characters who are fans of him, and Gordon whinily cries "Daddy!" when he crashes after nearly ramming Hank. This was a Historical In-Joke given Gordon was unpopular among southern fans at the time.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Dale does a minor version of this to Hank when he learns that Hank made Bobby follow Jimmy's instructions.
- Would Hurt a Child: Jimmy doesn't seem to have any concern for Bobby's safety as he demands he run across a busy race track to bring him a soda. He tells the boy to "dodge the cars" when Bobby asks him if that's really such a good idea. Given how eager Jimmy's previous hire was to quit when Bobby joined on, it's heavily implied that he's done this, or attempted to, before.
- Unstoppable Rage: When Hank gets across the track, Jimmy taunts him because of the protective fencing between them. Hank is so pissed off that he kicks a hole in the fence-a fence meant to guard against high speed vehicle crashes-and chases Jimmy into a back alley to give him a Literal Ass-Kicking.
- Yes-Man: Invoked when Hank encourages Bobby to be one to be more successful at work and to win the boss over. Not necessarily bad advice, unless you're working under someone like Jimmy Witchard.
- You No Take Candle: Jimmy's grasp of English is about as poor as his regard for his employees.
