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Tuca attends her brother-in-law's leaf raking tournament with her eye out for a rebound hookup. Bertie and Speckle try to babysit Terry's daughter Tulip.


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  • Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: The hot dog salesbird is shaped like a hot dog.
  • Babysitting Episode: The B-plot has Bertie and Speckle try to watch Tulip while Terry fills in for her husband.
  • Censor Box: The elders' orgy is blocked with a large "CENSORED" bar, irising-out whenever one of them needs to speak.
  • The Chosen One. The Elders are impressed with Tuca's incredible sexual prowess and insist she's the one who can break their curse by having sex with the rakers. While she doesn't do it, she does encourage them to break the curse by having sex themselves.
  • "Fawlty Towers" Plot: Speckle and Bertie start lying to a couple of parents that Tulip is their kid, but spiral into a bunch of unnecessary lies about their careers, names, and accomplishments. They get so into it that they argue over Tulip as if they're actually her parents.
  • Gentle Touch vs. Firm Hand: Speckle wants to keep a tight eye on Tulip while Bertie wants to indulge her in anything she wants. When they follow Bertie's path, Tulip gets out of control and ends up on a sugar high.
  • A Good, Old-Fashioned Paint Watching: Terry compares leaf raking to being as boring as paint watching. Thomas clarifies that apparently that is a sport, but not as grand as leaf raking.
  • Groin Attack: Thomas accidentally hits himself in the groin with his rake, knocking him out of the tournament.
  • I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham: Terry scoffs at Thomas's interest in leaf raking, but when he injures himself and she has to sub for him, she ends up being phenomenal at the sport, even if she still insists it's dumb.
  • Is That Cute Kid Yours?: Speckle and Bertie babysit Tulip, but are mistaken for her parents. They go along with it so they can have friends.
  • The Loins Sleep Tonight: Tuca has to have successful sex with the entire leaf raking team or else she'll be cursed to live in the stadium. Problem is, she's not over her ex-boyfriend, which causes her to cry and not finish with any of the guys. She improves after the elders have their orgy.
  • Not Wanting Kids Is Weird: Subverted. Bertie sees how good Speckle is with kids and worries that she's holding him back by not wanting to have kids. However, Speckle assures him that he doesn't want to have kids either, and his claim about how being a father was fulfilling was just part of their ruse.
  • Old People are Nonsexual: The Elders of the Stadium once tried to have sex with the entire team but failed, cursing them to live in the stadium. They've since given up on having sex with anybody as their time seems to have passed. However, Tuca revitalizes them and they end up breaking the curse by having sex with the younger rakers, and one of them even has sex with Tuca.
  • Sound-Effect Bleep: When Tuca describes her sexual "stats," random cartoon sounds censor the details.
  • Training Montage: Parodied with a montage in which Tuca learns various sexual techniques from the Elders of the Stadium, complete with inspirational music.
  • What Have We Ear?: Bertie pulls a quarter from behind Tulip's ear, which scares Tulip as she worries her head is full of quarters.


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