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** [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter both look like their in their 30s but they're actually in their 50s.
** Diane looks like she's in her late 20s but she's in her mid-to-late 30s.
** Lenny Turtletaub, being a turtle, is old enough to remember the première of "The Great Train Robbery", which was released in ''1903'', making him well over 100 years
** [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter both look like their in their 30s but they're actually in their 50s.
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* MilhollandRelationshipMoment: A mild version, Princess Carolyn had foolishly forged Bojack's signature for her first producing gig "Philbert" to get the ball rolling, even though her relationship with Bojack was strained and their schedules were really off-center at the time. Bojack had gone through his own humbling experiences at the time and when Princess Carolyn had gotten incredibly desperate and finally managed to ask him, he agreed before she could even explain what the project was, saying that she does so much for him he can do this for her.
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* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: In the world the series is set in, PettingZooPeople coexist with humans and [[InterspeciesRomance and can even be in relationships and have children together]]. Some real life celebrities also have {{Fictional Counterpart}}s who are animals, such as [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Quentin Tarantulino]] and Creator/EthanHawke [[VisualPun (who's literally a hawk)]]. (On the other hand, Cameron Crow is a raven, Creator/MatthewFox is a wolf, and Scott Wolf is a fox, so [[NonIndicativeName non indicative]] and [[IronicName ironic names]] also apply in the logic of this verse.)
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* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: In the world the series is set in, PettingZooPeople {{Funny Animal}}s coexist with humans and [[InterspeciesRomance and can even be in relationships and have children together]]. Some real life celebrities also have {{Fictional Counterpart}}s who are animals, such as [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Quentin Tarantulino]] and Creator/EthanHawke [[VisualPun (who's literally a hawk)]]. (On the other hand, Cameron Crow is a raven, Creator/MatthewFox is a wolf, and Scott Wolf is a fox, so [[NonIndicativeName non indicative]] and [[IronicName ironic names]] also apply in the logic of this verse.)
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** Bojack and Diane seem to be complete opposites, but early in the first season established that Diane had a fairly miserable home life with a slacker family that harasses her for being more ambitious. While Diane appears to be more confident and has her life together, she has similar insecurities and self-destructive tendencies as Bojack. They share a few quirks as well, such as leaving a long voicemail and ending it with "This is Bojack... Horseman, obviously" "This is Diane... Nguyen, obviously."
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** Usually the second totragic effect; see PrecisionFStrike.last episode each season is a surreal MushroomSamba, typically the result of drugs though the fourth season was [[spoiler: a look into the fractured memories of Bojack's senile mother]].
** There is a TimeSkip of varying degrees, sometimes just doing a surprise "two months later" while a fourth season episode shows what Bojack was up to for ''eight'' months.
** The show generally doesn't shy from harsh language, but uses a PrecisionFStrike for one particularly brutal moment each season.
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* LongLostRelative: In the fourth season Hollyhock shows up believing Bojack is her father, and much of the season is trying to track down her biological mother, since Bojack [[ReallyGetsAround slept with A LOT of women]]. [[spoiler: As it turns out, she is actually the daughter of Bojack's father Crackerjack and the family maid Henrietta, making them half-siblings]].
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* MoralityPet: Played with, in that for Bojack several characters blend the line between this and LivingEmotionalCrutch, and that ends up making him do horrible things to them in a form of self-sabotage. Hollyhock ends up being the first person he is desperate to protect in every way, and that in turn forces him to confront his bad habits.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the most general sense Bojack and "Horsin' Around" reflect Creator/BobSaget and ''Series/FullHouse'', primarily in the dad in a sitcom trying to distance himself from the TastesLikeDiabetes {{Typecasting}} he got, being previously known as a comedian who uses VulgarHumor. From that, Sarah Lynn is a combination of the [[Creator/MaryKateAndAshleyOlsen Olsen twins]] with the likes of Music/BrittanySpears or Creator/LindsayLohan.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the most general sense Bojack and "Horsin' Around" reflect Creator/BobSaget and ''Series/FullHouse'', primarily in the dad in a sitcom trying to distance himself from the TastesLikeDiabetes {{Typecasting}} he got, being previously known as a comedian who uses VulgarHumor. In the broader sense of the show, it's averted in that it's tricky to do [[HorribleHollywood a show set in Hollywoo]] without mentioning ''any'' real-life celebrities, and often resort to soundalike names or also anthropomorphizing celebrities into animals. In a meta-example, any celebrity not voiced by themselves (and [[AdamWesting some]] who ''are'', such as [[spoiler:Margo Martindale and Zach Braff]]) will meet a bad end in some way. Season 3 starts up a tradition of giving goofy pronunciations to regular celebrity names, such as "Jurj Clooners". However, the next season lampshades the inconsistency of this practice, as a character who mentions George Clooney is questioned if they really meant Jurj Clooners.
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** In the broader sense of the show, it's averted in that it's tricky to do [[HorribleHollywood a show set in Hollywoo]] without mentioning ''any'' real-life celebrities, and often resort to soundalike names or also anthropomorphizing celebrities intoanimals.animals with animal-centric names. In a meta-example, any celebrity not voiced by themselves (and [[AdamWesting some]] who ''are'', such as [[spoiler:Margo Martindale and Zach Braff]]) will meet a bad end in some way. Season 3 starts up a tradition of giving goofy pronunciations to regular celebrity names, such as "Jurj Clooners". However, the next season lampshades the inconsistency of this practice, as a character who mentions George Clooney is questioned if they really meant Jurj Clooners.
** In the broader sense of the show, it's averted in that it's tricky to do [[HorribleHollywood a show set in Hollywoo]] without mentioning ''any'' real-life celebrities, and often resort to soundalike names or also anthropomorphizing celebrities into
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the most general sense Bojack and "Horsin' Around" reflect Creator/BobSaget and ''Series/FullHouse'', primarily in the dad in a sitcom trying to distance himself from the TasteLikeDiabetes TastesLikeDiabetes {{Typecasting}} he got, being previously known as a comedian with ShockHumor.who uses VulgarHumor. In the broader sense of the show, it's averted in that it's tricky to do [[HorribleHollywood a show set in Hollywoo]] without mentioning ''any'' real-life celebrities, and often resort to soundalike names or also anthropomorphizing celebrities into animals. In a meta-example, any celebrity not voiced by themselves (and [[AdamWesting some]] who ''are'', such as [[spoiler:Margo Martindale and Zach Braff]]) will meet a bad end in some way. Season 3 starts up a tradition of giving goofy pronunciations to regular celebrity names, such as "Jurj Clooners". However, the next season lampshades the inconsistency of this practice, as a character who mentions George Clooney is questioned if they really meant Jurj Clooners.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Averted. It's tricky to do a show set in Hollywoo without mentioning ''any'' real-life celebrities. In a meta-example, any celebrity not voiced by themselves (and [[AdamWesting some]] who ''are'', such as [[spoiler:Margo Martindale and Zach Braff]]) will meet a bad end in some way. Season 3 starts up a tradition of giving goofy pronunciations to regular celebrity names, such as "Jurj Clooners". However, the next season lampshades the inconsistency of this practice, as a character who mentions George Clooney is questioned if they really meant Jurj Clooners.
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** In the same episode, there's a flashback to a six-year-old Sarah Lynn who tells [=BoJack=] she wants to be an architect when she grows up, just to immediately be shut down by her [[StageMom mother]]. Over twenty years later, [[spoiler: her final words are: "I wanna be an architect."]]
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** Bojack appeared to be a empathetic, nice guy in his early days of ''Horsin Around''. The effects of his later life and the impact of HorribleHollywood mixed with his past of his AbusiveParent s, he has gotten worse with age. Even though Bojack TookALevelOfJerkass he tries hard to be a good person and change for the better.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: Subverted. Promotional art for Season 5 showed Bojack being shot in the heart by a lizard lady, implying Bojack really got shot in real life and the lizard lady was going to be a major threat to the upcoming season. In fact, it was all part of his show and the lizard lady was merely a unnamed actress who only appeared for a few seconds in one of the episodes.
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** In Season 5, [[spoiler: Flip becomes this after [=BoJack=] suffered an injury while performing a stunt, blaming himself for the whole debacle]].
* NeverSayDie: In Season 5, we learn that Mr. Peanutbutter has never lost a loved one. His mom went to a farm in the country so she could have room to run around. Gina and [=BoJack=] accidentally trigger an emotional crisis when they point this out.
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Why would she want to run if she's old?\\
'''Mr. Peanutbutter''': You know, [[FridgeLogic I never really questioned the logic]]. My brother set the whole thing up, I-I haven't been able to visit but everyone in my family goes to that farm eventually.
* NeverTrustATrailer: Subverted. Promotional art for Season 5 showed Bojack being shot in the heart by a lizard lady, implying Bojack really got shot in real life and the lizard lady was going to be a major threat to the upcoming season. In fact, it was all part of his show and the lizard lady was merely a unnamed actress who only appeared for a few secondsin one of the episodes.season premiere.
* NeverSayDie: In Season 5, we learn that Mr. Peanutbutter has never lost a loved one. His mom went to a farm in the country so she could have room to run around. Gina and [=BoJack=] accidentally trigger an emotional crisis when they point this out.
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'''Mr. Peanutbutter''': You know, [[FridgeLogic I never really questioned the logic]]. My brother set the whole thing up, I-I haven't been able to visit but everyone in my family goes to that farm eventually.
* NeverTrustATrailer: Subverted. Promotional art for Season 5 showed Bojack being shot in the heart by a lizard lady, implying Bojack really got shot in real life and the lizard lady was going to be a major threat to the upcoming season. In fact, it was all part of his show and the lizard lady was merely a unnamed actress who only appeared for a few seconds
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** Bojack appeared to be a empathetic, nice guy in his early days of ''Horsin Around''. The effects of his later life and the impact of HorribleHollywood mixed with his past of his AbusiveParent s, he has gotten worse with age. Even though Bojack TookALevelOfJerkass he tries hard to be a good person and change for the better.
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* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Invoked with [=BoJack=] during the ''Horsin' Around'' days. He's a lot more sympathetic in the present day but while the show was being filmed he acted only out of self-interest and was a horrible role model for the three child actors in the show.
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*** [[spoiler: After Diane divorces him, he quickly latches onto Pickles, a cute twentysomething pug with whom he has little in common due to their [[AgeGapRomance age gap]]. Early on, she has some misgivings that they might be moving too fast, but by the end of season five, just as he is about to confess [[YourCheatingHeart that he slept with Diane]], she assures him that she will love him no matter what and he responds by impulsively proposing to her]]
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Diane accidentally tweets out "I'm having an abortion" on the Sextina Aquafina Twitter account that she runs. While she and Carolyn anticipate a massive blowback only for Sextina to be praised for her bravery by others and become the public face of the Pro-Choice movement, which Carolyn is all-too eager to exploit while Diane, [[spoiler:who's the one actually having the abortion]] isn't.
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** Season five includes two instances. When beginning work on Philbert in the first episode of season five, Flip comments that this is going to be a sensational season of television. Later, at the Philbert premiere party, Diane [[spoiler: is issuing a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to [=BoJack=] and asks how he could possibly be the victim and main character of the Sarah Lynn story]]
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** For season 1-3, Elefante was the go-to elegant restaurant, moreso after [=BoJack=] buys it in a whim in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E06OurAStoryIsADStory "Our A-Story is a D Story"]]. During season 3, Elefante slowly breaks down, symbolic of [=BoJack=]'s collapse, until it's a shell of what it used to be. When BJ goes on the lam at the end of season 3 and returns one year later, Elefante's fate is left unanswered.
** Bellican's, the bar where BJ and co. usually mingle. PB and Diane even host their wedding there in "Horse Majeur".
** In season 4, "Sandro's Place" takes Elefante's place as the usual restaurant, with everyone but [=BoJack=] going there frequently.
** For season 1-3, Elefante was the go-to elegant restaurant, moreso after [=BoJack=] buys it in a whim in [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E06OurAStoryIsADStory "Our A-Story is a D Story"]]. During season 3, Elefante slowly breaks down, symbolic of [=BoJack=]'s collapse, until it's a shell of what it used to be. When BJ goes on the lam at the end of season 3 and returns one year later, Elefante's fate is left unanswered.
** Bellican's, the bar where BJ and co. usually mingle. PB and Diane even host their wedding there in "Horse Majeur".
** In season 4, "Sandro's Place" takes Elefante's place as the usual restaurant, with everyone but [=BoJack=] going there frequently.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Diane's abusive, neglectful father's last wishes were for his body to be chummed and poured over Derek Jeter. [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, as the barrel is rolling through the streets of Boston, Derek Jeter is helping an old woman across the street. The barrel runs over ''her'' and barely misses him. And then he steals her purse]].
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: During MushroomSamba [=BoJack=] notices that all of his "outlines have vanished" when the black line art disappears from his animation.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Diane accidentally tweets out "I'm having an abortion" on the Sextina Aquafina Twitter account that she runs. While she and Carolyn anticipate a massive blowback only for Sextina to be praised for her bravery by others and become the public face of the Pro-Choice movement, which Carolyn is all-too eager to exploit while Diane, [[spoiler:who's the one actually having the abortion]] isn't.
* LetsMeetTheMeat: The Gentle Farms ad in "Chickens".
* LineOfSightName: In "Yes And" when Diane is pretending to still be in Cordovia while on the phone with Mr. Peanutbutter. While pretending to be a child refugee, she glances at the coffee maker in [=BoJack's=] kitchen and uses "Coffee Maker" as the name. Mr. Peanutbutter falls for it and assumes it's a foreign name pronounced "Kofie Mercure."
** In "It's You", Diane challenges Bojack to name a single one of his "friends" at his Oscar nomination party.
-->'''Bojack''': Tes...ley?
-->'''Diane''': You're just looking at the Tesla!
** Season 4 has [=BoJack=] make up a name [[spoiler: so that Hollyhock won't leave yet]], eventually coming up with "Carla Mercedes Benzbrown".
* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: In the world the series is set in, PettingZooPeople coexist with humans and [[InterspeciesRomance and can even be in relationships and have children together]]. Some real life celebrities also have {{Fictional Counterpart}}s who are animals, such as [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Quentin Tarantulino]] and Creator/EthanHawke [[VisualPun (who's literally a hawk)]]. (On the other hand, Cameron Crow is a raven, Creator/MatthewFox is a wolf, and Scott Wolf is a fox, so [[NonIndicativeName non indicative]] and [[IronicName ironic names]] also apply in the logic of this verse.)
* LipstickLesbian: Taneisha, the other half of the lesbian soon-to-be-wed couple in "Love And/Or Marriage".
* LivingEmotionalCrutch:
** [=BoJack=] has a tendency to latch on to anyone who's even remotely nice to him this way. At first it's Princess Carolyn, but after they break up it's Diane, whom he thinks he's in love with only because she's hired to listen to him talk about himself. [[spoiler: Charlotte]]'s family briefly become this to him in "Escape From [=LA=]," but after that gets RuinedForever, he realizes that Todd is very much this, seeing as he's always stuck by him in spite of how toxic he is.
** Diane later becomes this to Mr. Peanutbutter when he reveals how terrified he is of death and losing her.
* LiteralMetaphor: In "Yes And", [[spoiler:Abe, the director hired after Kelsey Jannings is fired for objecting to ExecutiveMeddling remarks that one take's enough because "[[ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars hey, we're not making Casablanca]]". Later in the episode, [=BoJack=] calls the film a piece of shit and Abe takes offence.]]
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': [[spoiler:I mean, you're the one who said we're not making ''{{Film/Casablanca}}''.]]\\
'''Abe''': [[spoiler:Right, because ''Casablanca'' is a movie about a club owner named Rick. This movie's about Secretariat, a racehorse.]]\\
'''[=BoJack=]''': [[spoiler:Wait, you literally meant we're not making the actual movie ''Casablanca''?]]\\
'''Abe''': [[spoiler:That movie already exists. Why would we make ''Casablanca''? This is a different movie.]]\\
'''[=BoJack=]''': I think there was a misunderstanding.
* LongTitle: A RunningGag is characters saying long names for things with no abbreviations, such as [[spoiler:J.D. Salinger's]] new game show: ''[[spoiler: [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt J.D. Salinger Presents]]]]: Hollywoo Stars & Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things? Let's Find Out!''.
-->'''[[BunnyEarsLawyer Wanda]]''': I can see it on the marquee already!\\
'''Princess Carolyn''': Boy, [[DeadpanSnarker that must be a long marquee.]]\\
'''Wanda''': It's long.
** Taken UpToEleven in "After The Party", where both Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter constantly give the full title to a feminist symposium they'd attended to celebrate Diane's birthday.
* LoveCannotOvercome: [[spoiler:As much as they've tried over the first 3 seasons and even with a few {{Hope Spot}}s in season 4, Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter have in his words "become roommates" rather than wife and husband. Despite their attempts in the season 4 finale and love for each other, they finally explode toward each other and their situation at the end indicates they know [[AmicableExes what about to come]].]]
* LoveMartyr: Though she has a comprehensive understanding of his multitude of flaws, Princess Carolyn can't stop herself from looking out for [=BoJack=], even when she's no longer his girlfriend or agent.
* LoveTriangle: Between [=BoJack=], Diane, and Mr. Peanutbutter, especially in Season 1. Downplayed in Season 2, [[spoiler:at least until "Let's Find Out."]] To get into specifics, see below.
* LyricalDissonance: After [=BoJack=] learns [[spoiler:that Charlotte has a family]] in "Escape from L.A.", an '80s-style opening plays with tauntingly cheerful music.
-->[[spoiler:''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8KOp1-XBMc Kyle and the kids]]! Kyle's a dad, and Charlotte's married to him!'']]\\
[[spoiler:''And they've got some kids! There's Penny, she's going to high school.'']]\\
[[spoiler:''She's got a brother. Her brother's name is Trip! They're the perfect family!'']]\\
[[spoiler:''Kyle and the kids! He loves his wife and there's nothing you can do.'']]\\
[[spoiler:''Kyle and the kids! Nothing's gonna be alright, be alright, oh no.'']]
* MadLibsCatchPhrase: The eponymous Horse's catchphrase was "I've heard of (X), but this is ridiculous!"
* MailmanVsDog: Mr. Peanutbutter has a problem with chasing the mail truck with his car. In "Horse Majeure" he gets pulled over for doing this and later loses his license. Even just mentioning the post office makes him growl.
-->'''Diane''': Were you chasing the mailman again?
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter''': Yes, why? Did you see him out there too!? [[UnstoppableMailman Nothing stops them]]! [[BadassCreed Not rain, not sleet, not dead of night]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not gates!]]
* {{Malaproper}}: A shared one between three different characters regarding the "Fool me once..." line.
* MatureAnimalStory: Don't let the FunnyAnimal cast fool you; it is NOT a kids' show.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The jogger seen throughout the second season [[spoiler: approaches [=BoJack=] after making it up the hill to give him some advice laden with metaphor.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: In "Prickly Muffin," Todd attempts to organize a house meeting, to which [=BoJack=], in an effort to shut him up, replies that his "proposal has been submitted and is currently pending approval. Proposal denied." Cut to [=BoJack=]'s fever dream in "Downer Ending" where, after his daughter asks if they'd have been friends if they were the same age, he makes the same remark, with her "proposal approved," in an effort to make her laugh.
* MindScrew: "Downer Ending", due to the MushroomSamba noted below taking up about half of the episode.
** The penultimate episode of season 4 is a downplayed example, but subtly creepy, as most of the episode is told in flashback, but filtered through [[spoiler:Beatrice Horseman's dementia]].
* AMistakeIsBorn: [=BoJack=] was conceived when his upper-class mother had an ill-advised fling with a literal workhorse. She has never let [=BoJack=] forget this.
* MisterSeahorse: The literal version pops up in Season 3, when [=BoJack=] has to act as the DeliveryGuy to a pregnant seahorse who handed him a book called "What To Expect When You're A Male Seahorse Expecting... [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer which is a thing]]".
* MoneyToThrowAway: [=BoJack=] throws cash off a rooftop to distract people from Mr. Peanutbutter disposing of the D from the Hollywood sign. Everyone loses interest when they see it's only $1 bills, but Beyonce slips on them, making for a perfect distraction.
* MoodWhiplash: While energetically doing regional promos for HSACWDTKDTKTLFO Mr. Peanutbutter reaches Waco, Texas: "Hey, Waco, Texas! [Somber] Terrible tragedy. [Energetic] What does Ethan Hawke know? We'll find out tonight. [Somber again] So sorry."[[note]] He could be referencing either the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege Waco Seige of 1993]] or the more topical [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Waco_shootout Waco Shootout of 2015]] that happened two months before Season 2's release. It's a very versatile dark joke.[[/note]]
* MST3KMantra: InUniverse. At the abortion clinic, Diane chats with a young woman about to terminate her pregnancy about Sextina Aquafina's highly-commercialized and low-brow pro-choice campaign when she "hijacks" Diane's announcement about her own abortion. Diane asks the young woman if she finds it tasteless that Sextina isn't treating the subject delicately and that it might give women the wrong impression about how serious it it. The woman reassures Diane that Sextina helped her have a sense of humor about an otherwise terrifying procedure and is genuinely confused as to why Diane is taking it so seriously.
* MushroomSamba: [=BoJack=], Todd and Sarah Lynn all take an excessive amount of drugs to help them focus on writing [=BoJack=]'s autobiography in "Downer Ending." The results range from [[DerangedAnimation absurd]] to {{nightmar|eFuel}}ish to [[TearJerker heart-wrenchingly somber]].
* MythologyGag: In universe, Sara Lynn's character was nicknamed "Prickly-Muffin" by [=BoJack=]'s character in ''Horsin' Around''. Years later when she becomes a pop singer, she has a hit single titled "Prickly-Muffin". This phrase was used as a cutesy nickname on ''Horsin' Around,'' while Sara Lynn's song uses it to refer to her private parts.
* {{Nepotism}}: Charlie the intern, then agent, got his job because his father's the President of Vigor. [[spoiler: By season 3 his father has passed away, making him the new President of Vigor... and for some reason he wears a Napoleon outfit because of this]]
-->'''Charlie''': ''[After getting a gold star for [[BrickJoke catching a hot bagel]]]'' Thanks, dad! [[VerbalBackspace I mean]]-- Mr. Dad.
* NervousWreck: Charlie the intern. Usually because everything he touches sticks to his hands. After season 2, he's now an agent.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Invoked with [=BoJack=] during the ''Horsin' Around'' days. He's a lot more sympathetic in the present day but while the show was being filmed he acted only out of self-interest and was a horrible role model for the three child actors in the show.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Averted. It's tricky to do a show set in Hollywoo without mentioning ''any'' real-life celebrities. In a meta-example, any celebrity not voiced by themselves (and [[AdamWesting some]] who ''are'', such as [[spoiler:Margo Martindale and Zach Braff]]) will meet a bad end in some way. Season 3 starts up a tradition of giving goofy pronunciations to regular celebrity names, such as "Jurj Clooners". However, the next season lampshades the inconsistency of this practice, as a character who mentions George Clooney is questioned if they really meant Jurj Clooners.
* NonIndicativeName:
** Princess Carolyn's archnemesis Vanessa Gekko is not an actual gecko, despite the existence of all the anthropomorphic animals seeming to make this a given. Bonus points for Princess Carolyn's bait-and-switch description right before we actually get to see Vanessa in person.
** The same episode features Cameron [[JustForPun Crow]]... who's actually a Raven.
** "Hank After Dark" features [[Series/PartyOfFive Scott Wolf]] (a fox) and Creator/MatthewFox (a wolf).
* NoodleIncident: [=BoJack=] answering a call from Princess Carolyn:
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' I told you I don't know where it is, don't put things in my butt if you want them back!
** [[spoiler: [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "And.... hold for Princess Carolyn."]]]]
** [=BoJack=]'s sneeze on Marisa Tomei is this for most of Season 1 until we finally see it during a drug-induced flashback in "Downer Ending".
** While it's implied that he sexually harassed them, we never find out exactly what Hank Hippopopalous actually did to those eight secretaries.
* NotSoDifferent: [=BoJack=] and Sarah Lynn. Both are washed-up, self-absorbed D-list celebrities who bury their deep-seeded parental issues and resentment towards Hollywoo under heaping mounds of substance abuse as a way to run from their problems. Lampshaded by [=BoJack=]:
-->'''Diane''': [Sarah Lynn] is the one with substance abuse problems and daddy issues.
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Hey, we BOTH have substance abuse problems and daddy issues!
** [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter, with the main example being 'Our A-Story Is A 'D' Story'. While most of the time, Mr. Peanuttbutter is perfectly pleasant, he competes in all sorts of petty challenges with [=BoJack=] to impress Diane [[spoiler:and even passes off [=BoJack=]'s stunt to impress her (Stealing the D from the Hollywood sign) as his own.]]
** [=BoJack=] and Princess Carolyn are both lonely and desperate for a significant other, the major difference being that, while Carolyn is too busy with her career to let it drag her down, [=BoJack=] spends most of his time out of work and wallowing in self pity.
* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: The cast is listed by name, but not associated with the character(s) they play. Some of the cast are celebrities (e.g. Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins) with distinct enough voices.
* OddFriendship: [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter since the former hates the oblivious latter, but he lets him hang around because he is just ''that'' desperate for love and companionship.
* OhWait: "My life is full of exciting adventures. I should write a book. Oh, wait. I did."
* OlderThanTheyLook: Lenny Turtletaub, being a turtle, is old enough to remember the première of "The Great Train Robbery", which was released in ''1903'', making him well over 100 years old.
* OnAgainOffAgainGirlfriend: [=BoJack=] and Princess Carolyn are portrayed as this before focus shifts more to [=BoJack=] and Diane's relationship.
* OnceASeason: Used to tragic effect; see PrecisionFStrike.
* OnlyALighter: [=BoJack's=] gun-shaped lighter, shown in one episode. Another episode reveals he has a lighter-shaped gun, as well.
* OnlySaneMan: [=BoJack=]'s the only one that recognizes that Vincent Adultman is actually a TotempoleTrench.
* OscarBait: In-universe, some of the nominees for Oscar in Season 3 appear to parody it by title alone, which include "City of AIDS" and "The Nazi Who Played Yahtzee".
* OverlyLongGag: [=BoJack=] after discovering that Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter are dating.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' You two are dating?
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' Yeah!
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' ''(to Diane)'' You're dating him?
-->'''Diane:''' Yes.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' This is your boyfriend.
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' That is correct.
-->'''Diane:''' Uh huh.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' You (Diane) are going out with you (Mr. Peanutbutter).
-->'''Diane:''' Uh huh.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' But in a sexual way, not just as friends.
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' That's right.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' You have seen her naked.
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' Many times, yes.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' You are attracted to this (Mr. Peanutbutter).
-->'''Diane:''' Yes.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' This penis has been inside this vagina.
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' Yep!
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' But in a sexual way?
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' Oh yes!
-->{{Beat}}
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' Huh.
** Followed immediately by another of [=BoJack=] [[VomitIndiscretionShot puking cotton candy]] over his balcony for a good minute.
** In "Downer Ending," there's a lengthy gag about how Dr. Hu (Ken Jeong) sounds like ''Series/DoctorWho''.
** There's also a minor one in the first episode, where Princess Carolyn berates [=BoJack=] for not respecting her enough to have a baby with her. Cut to a scene where [=BoJack=] attempts to flee for thirty solid seconds after Carolyn mentions a cute baby.
** In the ''Horsin' Around'' Christmas Special:
-->'''Ethan:''' Cue the water works in thirty, twenty-nine, twenty-eight, twenty-seven, twenty-six...
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' *groans and hits fast-forward*
-->'''Ethan:''' ...four, three, two, aaaaaand...
* OvershadowedByControversy: In-universe when [[spoiler:Herb is publicly outed in an incredibly embarrassing way, upsetting many MoralGuardians]], but averted in that [=BoJack=] [[spoiler:doesn't come to defend him]] for the sake of keeping the show going.
** While on the book tour for the paperback edition of "One Trick Pony," Diane's passing comment about Uncle Hanky's deviant sexual past with his female assistants draws all attention to her and her feminist activism.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Diane's abusive, neglectful father's last wishes were for his body to be chummed and poured over Derek Jeter. [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, as the barrel is rolling through the streets of Boston, Derek Jeter is helping an old woman across the street. The barrel runs over ''her'' and barely misses him. And then he steals her purse]].
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: During MushroomSamba [=BoJack=] notices that all of his "outlines have vanished" when the black line art disappears from his animation.
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Diane accidentally tweets out "I'm having an abortion" on the Sextina Aquafina Twitter account that she runs. While she and Carolyn anticipate a massive blowback only for Sextina to be praised for her bravery by others and become the public face of the Pro-Choice movement, which Carolyn is all-too eager to exploit while Diane, [[spoiler:who's the one actually having the abortion]] isn't.
* LetsMeetTheMeat: The Gentle Farms ad in "Chickens".
* LineOfSightName: In "Yes And" when Diane is pretending to still be in Cordovia while on the phone with Mr. Peanutbutter. While pretending to be a child refugee, she glances at the coffee maker in [=BoJack's=] kitchen and uses "Coffee Maker" as the name. Mr. Peanutbutter falls for it and assumes it's a foreign name pronounced "Kofie Mercure."
** In "It's You", Diane challenges Bojack to name a single one of his "friends" at his Oscar nomination party.
-->'''Bojack''': Tes...ley?
-->'''Diane''': You're just looking at the Tesla!
** Season 4 has [=BoJack=] make up a name [[spoiler: so that Hollyhock won't leave yet]], eventually coming up with "Carla Mercedes Benzbrown".
* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: In the world the series is set in, PettingZooPeople coexist with humans and [[InterspeciesRomance and can even be in relationships and have children together]]. Some real life celebrities also have {{Fictional Counterpart}}s who are animals, such as [[Creator/QuentinTarantino Quentin Tarantulino]] and Creator/EthanHawke [[VisualPun (who's literally a hawk)]]. (On the other hand, Cameron Crow is a raven, Creator/MatthewFox is a wolf, and Scott Wolf is a fox, so [[NonIndicativeName non indicative]] and [[IronicName ironic names]] also apply in the logic of this verse.)
* LipstickLesbian: Taneisha, the other half of the lesbian soon-to-be-wed couple in "Love And/Or Marriage".
* LivingEmotionalCrutch:
** [=BoJack=] has a tendency to latch on to anyone who's even remotely nice to him this way. At first it's Princess Carolyn, but after they break up it's Diane, whom he thinks he's in love with only because she's hired to listen to him talk about himself. [[spoiler: Charlotte]]'s family briefly become this to him in "Escape From [=LA=]," but after that gets RuinedForever, he realizes that Todd is very much this, seeing as he's always stuck by him in spite of how toxic he is.
** Diane later becomes this to Mr. Peanutbutter when he reveals how terrified he is of death and losing her.
* LiteralMetaphor: In "Yes And", [[spoiler:Abe, the director hired after Kelsey Jannings is fired for objecting to ExecutiveMeddling remarks that one take's enough because "[[ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars hey, we're not making Casablanca]]". Later in the episode, [=BoJack=] calls the film a piece of shit and Abe takes offence.]]
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': [[spoiler:I mean, you're the one who said we're not making ''{{Film/Casablanca}}''.]]\\
'''Abe''': [[spoiler:Right, because ''Casablanca'' is a movie about a club owner named Rick. This movie's about Secretariat, a racehorse.]]\\
'''[=BoJack=]''': [[spoiler:Wait, you literally meant we're not making the actual movie ''Casablanca''?]]\\
'''Abe''': [[spoiler:That movie already exists. Why would we make ''Casablanca''? This is a different movie.]]\\
'''[=BoJack=]''': I think there was a misunderstanding.
* LongTitle: A RunningGag is characters saying long names for things with no abbreviations, such as [[spoiler:J.D. Salinger's]] new game show: ''[[spoiler: [[InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt J.D. Salinger Presents]]]]: Hollywoo Stars & Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things? Let's Find Out!''.
-->'''[[BunnyEarsLawyer Wanda]]''': I can see it on the marquee already!\\
'''Princess Carolyn''': Boy, [[DeadpanSnarker that must be a long marquee.]]\\
'''Wanda''': It's long.
** Taken UpToEleven in "After The Party", where both Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter constantly give the full title to a feminist symposium they'd attended to celebrate Diane's birthday.
* LoveCannotOvercome: [[spoiler:As much as they've tried over the first 3 seasons and even with a few {{Hope Spot}}s in season 4, Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter have in his words "become roommates" rather than wife and husband. Despite their attempts in the season 4 finale and love for each other, they finally explode toward each other and their situation at the end indicates they know [[AmicableExes what about to come]].]]
* LoveMartyr: Though she has a comprehensive understanding of his multitude of flaws, Princess Carolyn can't stop herself from looking out for [=BoJack=], even when she's no longer his girlfriend or agent.
* LoveTriangle: Between [=BoJack=], Diane, and Mr. Peanutbutter, especially in Season 1. Downplayed in Season 2, [[spoiler:at least until "Let's Find Out."]] To get into specifics, see below.
* LyricalDissonance: After [=BoJack=] learns [[spoiler:that Charlotte has a family]] in "Escape from L.A.", an '80s-style opening plays with tauntingly cheerful music.
-->[[spoiler:''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8KOp1-XBMc Kyle and the kids]]! Kyle's a dad, and Charlotte's married to him!'']]\\
[[spoiler:''And they've got some kids! There's Penny, she's going to high school.'']]\\
[[spoiler:''She's got a brother. Her brother's name is Trip! They're the perfect family!'']]\\
[[spoiler:''Kyle and the kids! He loves his wife and there's nothing you can do.'']]\\
[[spoiler:''Kyle and the kids! Nothing's gonna be alright, be alright, oh no.'']]
* MadLibsCatchPhrase: The eponymous Horse's catchphrase was "I've heard of (X), but this is ridiculous!"
* MailmanVsDog: Mr. Peanutbutter has a problem with chasing the mail truck with his car. In "Horse Majeure" he gets pulled over for doing this and later loses his license. Even just mentioning the post office makes him growl.
-->'''Diane''': Were you chasing the mailman again?
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter''': Yes, why? Did you see him out there too!? [[UnstoppableMailman Nothing stops them]]! [[BadassCreed Not rain, not sleet, not dead of night]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking not gates!]]
* {{Malaproper}}: A shared one between three different characters regarding the "Fool me once..." line.
* MatureAnimalStory: Don't let the FunnyAnimal cast fool you; it is NOT a kids' show.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The jogger seen throughout the second season [[spoiler: approaches [=BoJack=] after making it up the hill to give him some advice laden with metaphor.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: In "Prickly Muffin," Todd attempts to organize a house meeting, to which [=BoJack=], in an effort to shut him up, replies that his "proposal has been submitted and is currently pending approval. Proposal denied." Cut to [=BoJack=]'s fever dream in "Downer Ending" where, after his daughter asks if they'd have been friends if they were the same age, he makes the same remark, with her "proposal approved," in an effort to make her laugh.
* MindScrew: "Downer Ending", due to the MushroomSamba noted below taking up about half of the episode.
** The penultimate episode of season 4 is a downplayed example, but subtly creepy, as most of the episode is told in flashback, but filtered through [[spoiler:Beatrice Horseman's dementia]].
* AMistakeIsBorn: [=BoJack=] was conceived when his upper-class mother had an ill-advised fling with a literal workhorse. She has never let [=BoJack=] forget this.
* MisterSeahorse: The literal version pops up in Season 3, when [=BoJack=] has to act as the DeliveryGuy to a pregnant seahorse who handed him a book called "What To Expect When You're A Male Seahorse Expecting... [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer which is a thing]]".
* MoneyToThrowAway: [=BoJack=] throws cash off a rooftop to distract people from Mr. Peanutbutter disposing of the D from the Hollywood sign. Everyone loses interest when they see it's only $1 bills, but Beyonce slips on them, making for a perfect distraction.
* MoodWhiplash: While energetically doing regional promos for HSACWDTKDTKTLFO Mr. Peanutbutter reaches Waco, Texas: "Hey, Waco, Texas! [Somber] Terrible tragedy. [Energetic] What does Ethan Hawke know? We'll find out tonight. [Somber again] So sorry."[[note]] He could be referencing either the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege Waco Seige of 1993]] or the more topical [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Waco_shootout Waco Shootout of 2015]] that happened two months before Season 2's release. It's a very versatile dark joke.[[/note]]
* MST3KMantra: InUniverse. At the abortion clinic, Diane chats with a young woman about to terminate her pregnancy about Sextina Aquafina's highly-commercialized and low-brow pro-choice campaign when she "hijacks" Diane's announcement about her own abortion. Diane asks the young woman if she finds it tasteless that Sextina isn't treating the subject delicately and that it might give women the wrong impression about how serious it it. The woman reassures Diane that Sextina helped her have a sense of humor about an otherwise terrifying procedure and is genuinely confused as to why Diane is taking it so seriously.
* MushroomSamba: [=BoJack=], Todd and Sarah Lynn all take an excessive amount of drugs to help them focus on writing [=BoJack=]'s autobiography in "Downer Ending." The results range from [[DerangedAnimation absurd]] to {{nightmar|eFuel}}ish to [[TearJerker heart-wrenchingly somber]].
* MythologyGag: In universe, Sara Lynn's character was nicknamed "Prickly-Muffin" by [=BoJack=]'s character in ''Horsin' Around''. Years later when she becomes a pop singer, she has a hit single titled "Prickly-Muffin". This phrase was used as a cutesy nickname on ''Horsin' Around,'' while Sara Lynn's song uses it to refer to her private parts.
* {{Nepotism}}: Charlie the intern, then agent, got his job because his father's the President of Vigor. [[spoiler: By season 3 his father has passed away, making him the new President of Vigor... and for some reason he wears a Napoleon outfit because of this]]
-->'''Charlie''': ''[After getting a gold star for [[BrickJoke catching a hot bagel]]]'' Thanks, dad! [[VerbalBackspace I mean]]-- Mr. Dad.
* NervousWreck: Charlie the intern. Usually because everything he touches sticks to his hands. After season 2, he's now an agent.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: Invoked with [=BoJack=] during the ''Horsin' Around'' days. He's a lot more sympathetic in the present day but while the show was being filmed he acted only out of self-interest and was a horrible role model for the three child actors in the show.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Averted. It's tricky to do a show set in Hollywoo without mentioning ''any'' real-life celebrities. In a meta-example, any celebrity not voiced by themselves (and [[AdamWesting some]] who ''are'', such as [[spoiler:Margo Martindale and Zach Braff]]) will meet a bad end in some way. Season 3 starts up a tradition of giving goofy pronunciations to regular celebrity names, such as "Jurj Clooners". However, the next season lampshades the inconsistency of this practice, as a character who mentions George Clooney is questioned if they really meant Jurj Clooners.
* NonIndicativeName:
** Princess Carolyn's archnemesis Vanessa Gekko is not an actual gecko, despite the existence of all the anthropomorphic animals seeming to make this a given. Bonus points for Princess Carolyn's bait-and-switch description right before we actually get to see Vanessa in person.
** The same episode features Cameron [[JustForPun Crow]]... who's actually a Raven.
** "Hank After Dark" features [[Series/PartyOfFive Scott Wolf]] (a fox) and Creator/MatthewFox (a wolf).
* NoodleIncident: [=BoJack=] answering a call from Princess Carolyn:
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' I told you I don't know where it is, don't put things in my butt if you want them back!
** [[spoiler: [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "And.... hold for Princess Carolyn."]]]]
** [=BoJack=]'s sneeze on Marisa Tomei is this for most of Season 1 until we finally see it during a drug-induced flashback in "Downer Ending".
** While it's implied that he sexually harassed them, we never find out exactly what Hank Hippopopalous actually did to those eight secretaries.
* NotSoDifferent: [=BoJack=] and Sarah Lynn. Both are washed-up, self-absorbed D-list celebrities who bury their deep-seeded parental issues and resentment towards Hollywoo under heaping mounds of substance abuse as a way to run from their problems. Lampshaded by [=BoJack=]:
-->'''Diane''': [Sarah Lynn] is the one with substance abuse problems and daddy issues.
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': Hey, we BOTH have substance abuse problems and daddy issues!
** [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter, with the main example being 'Our A-Story Is A 'D' Story'. While most of the time, Mr. Peanuttbutter is perfectly pleasant, he competes in all sorts of petty challenges with [=BoJack=] to impress Diane [[spoiler:and even passes off [=BoJack=]'s stunt to impress her (Stealing the D from the Hollywood sign) as his own.]]
** [=BoJack=] and Princess Carolyn are both lonely and desperate for a significant other, the major difference being that, while Carolyn is too busy with her career to let it drag her down, [=BoJack=] spends most of his time out of work and wallowing in self pity.
* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: The cast is listed by name, but not associated with the character(s) they play. Some of the cast are celebrities (e.g. Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins) with distinct enough voices.
* OddFriendship: [=BoJack=] and Mr. Peanutbutter since the former hates the oblivious latter, but he lets him hang around because he is just ''that'' desperate for love and companionship.
* OhWait: "My life is full of exciting adventures. I should write a book. Oh, wait. I did."
* OlderThanTheyLook: Lenny Turtletaub, being a turtle, is old enough to remember the première of "The Great Train Robbery", which was released in ''1903'', making him well over 100 years old.
* OnAgainOffAgainGirlfriend: [=BoJack=] and Princess Carolyn are portrayed as this before focus shifts more to [=BoJack=] and Diane's relationship.
* OnceASeason: Used to tragic effect; see PrecisionFStrike.
* OnlyALighter: [=BoJack's=] gun-shaped lighter, shown in one episode. Another episode reveals he has a lighter-shaped gun, as well.
* OnlySaneMan: [=BoJack=]'s the only one that recognizes that Vincent Adultman is actually a TotempoleTrench.
* OscarBait: In-universe, some of the nominees for Oscar in Season 3 appear to parody it by title alone, which include "City of AIDS" and "The Nazi Who Played Yahtzee".
* OverlyLongGag: [=BoJack=] after discovering that Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter are dating.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' You two are dating?
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' Yeah!
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' ''(to Diane)'' You're dating him?
-->'''Diane:''' Yes.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' This is your boyfriend.
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' That is correct.
-->'''Diane:''' Uh huh.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' You (Diane) are going out with you (Mr. Peanutbutter).
-->'''Diane:''' Uh huh.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' But in a sexual way, not just as friends.
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' That's right.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' You have seen her naked.
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' Many times, yes.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' You are attracted to this (Mr. Peanutbutter).
-->'''Diane:''' Yes.
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' This penis has been inside this vagina.
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' Yep!
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' But in a sexual way?
-->'''Mr. Peanutbutter:''' Oh yes!
-->{{Beat}}
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' Huh.
** Followed immediately by another of [=BoJack=] [[VomitIndiscretionShot puking cotton candy]] over his balcony for a good minute.
** In "Downer Ending," there's a lengthy gag about how Dr. Hu (Ken Jeong) sounds like ''Series/DoctorWho''.
** There's also a minor one in the first episode, where Princess Carolyn berates [=BoJack=] for not respecting her enough to have a baby with her. Cut to a scene where [=BoJack=] attempts to flee for thirty solid seconds after Carolyn mentions a cute baby.
** In the ''Horsin' Around'' Christmas Special:
-->'''Ethan:''' Cue the water works in thirty, twenty-nine, twenty-eight, twenty-seven, twenty-six...
-->'''[=BoJack=]:''' *groans and hits fast-forward*
-->'''Ethan:''' ...four, three, two, aaaaaand...
* OvershadowedByControversy: In-universe when [[spoiler:Herb is publicly outed in an incredibly embarrassing way, upsetting many MoralGuardians]], but averted in that [=BoJack=] [[spoiler:doesn't come to defend him]] for the sake of keeping the show going.
** While on the book tour for the paperback edition of "One Trick Pony," Diane's passing comment about Uncle Hanky's deviant sexual past with his female assistants draws all attention to her and her feminist activism.
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