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* Just the simple fact that Teddy, Mort, Rudy, Jimmy Jr., Andy, Ollie, and others agreed to be in Louise's short film and put their absolute all into pretending to be zombies, especially Teddy in the beginning. While also doubling as a funny moment, Bob makes sure to remind Louise to thank them for all of their hard work. And speaking of Bob, despite his clear reluctance, he agreed to rearrange the restaurant's tables for the sole purpose of letting his daughter have fun making her short film.
* Tina is still just as enamored with Jimmy Jr. when he's a zombie and they're in a short film universe where they don't even know each other. While also funny, it still comes across as oddly sweet. It does help that she's already imagined herself in countless Zombie Apocalypse scenarios in her Erotic Friend Fictions.
* Even though it's part of the film, Linda's goodbye to Louise as she and Bob are trying to hold back the zombies manages to be touching and even a bit of a tear-jerker. Especially knowing that later in the film, they get turned into zombies and get shot by Louise's arrows.
* It's a small moment, and technically still part of the film, but Louise offering to get Gene some Chicken Satay at the end is adorable.
* The family's praise of Louise's short film at the end is very sweet to see. It's just another example (of which there are so many) of the Belchers being one of the most loving and supportive families on TV.
* Another small moment, but even though he's imaginary, Gene gave Ken a "Special Thanks" in the film's credits.
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--> '''Linda:''' You're a hopeful romantic. You fall in love as many times as you want, honey. Each one is lucky to have you. Except Jimmy Jr., I'm not sold on him.

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--> '''Linda:''' You're a hopeful romantic. You fall in love as many times as you want, honey. Each one is lucky to have you. Except Jimmy Jr., ; I'm not sold on him.



-->'''Linda''': Uh, so, I’m Linda, your daughter-in-law. Sorry this is the first time we’re meeting. I wish we’d met when you were alive, but I didn’t know Bob back then… But hey, I gotta tell ya — you made a good guy. Bob’s sweet. He’s a great dad. He always remembers to put the toilet seat down in the middle of the night… [[MoodWhiplash except that one time when I fell in, that was bad]].

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-->'''Linda''': Uh, so, I’m Linda, your daughter-in-law. Sorry this is the first time we’re meeting. I wish we’d met when you were alive, but I didn’t know Bob back then… But hey, I gotta tell ya — you made a good guy. Bob’s sweet. He’s a great dad. He always remembers to put the toilet seat down in the middle of the night… [[MoodWhiplash except that one time when I fell in, that in. That was bad]].



-->'''Linda''': Listen, I think I know your mom well enough to know that she would be okay with you not coming till now, because she would want you to be busy living your life with your three beautiful children and your fun, hot wife Linda. And she'd be so proud of you. I mean, look what you've done, with the restaurant, with this family. [[MoodWhiplash Tina, take your hand out of your butt]].

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-->'''Linda''': Listen, I think I know your mom well enough to know that she would be okay with you not coming till now, because she would want you to be busy living your life with your three beautiful children and your fun, hot wife Linda. And she'd be so proud of you. I mean, look what you've done, with done. With the restaurant, with restaurant. With this family. [[MoodWhiplash Tina, take your hand out of your butt]].
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--->'''Louise''': Me, too. Let's do it again sometime. Like, maybe when you're old and senile, I'll close the restaurant and come spring you out from the nursing home.

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--->'''Louise''': Me, too. Let's do it again again, sometime. Like, maybe when you're old and senile, I'll close the restaurant and come spring you out from the nursing home.



--->'''Louise''': Sorry, I didn't want to do it, but Gene and Tina put you in a nursing home. And not one of the nice ones either.

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--->'''Louise''': Sorry, Sorry. I didn't want to do it, but Gene and Tina put you in a nursing home. And not one of the nice ones either.



--->'''Louise''': Oh, no, I was just saying...

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--->'''Louise''': Oh, no, no. I was just saying...



--->'''Bob''': Ha! Admit it, you look up to me.

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--->'''Bob''': Ha! Admit it, it -- you look up to me.



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'''Louise:''' No, I'm gonna wear it forever, forever; back off.
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* After Louise concludes her presentation, Ms. LaBonz, usually a low-key ApatheticTeacher, gives a quietly impressed "Wow."

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* Linda, Teddy, and Tina spend the entire episode helping and taking care of Little King Trashmouth from Animal Control, which Linda accidentally called. When the coast is clear, King’s husband returns, and the two begin to show affection for one another.
* Bob, a big fan of the Soul Breezers, begins to feel depressed when Ian, their manager, tells him how miserable they are because they have to keep playing the same song over and over. Ian asks Bob if he would still consider a lifelong dream enjoyable if he had to do it repeatedly just to stay afloat. However, after seeing the band play the song and enjoy themselves, Ian explains that there are times when happy moments bring you back, causing Bob to happily dance to the song.
* Louise and Gene start selling tickets for (bad) seating at their apartment to see the concert, accepting candies as payment. While their friends aren’t having fun at first, when the band begins to sing, they can’t help but dance, with Rudy even mentioning that his dad loves this song. Louise and Gene decide to throw an after-party and bring snacks, with no extra charge, just for the fun of it.
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* Big Bob came to visit and took the kids on a trip to Wonder Wharf, once again showing how much the kids love spending time with him and how much he enjoys spoiling them. We even see a montage of them having fun in the theme park, with Big Bob taking a break and giving each of them five bucks, saying, “If they come back with the money, they aren’t using it right.”
* While searching for the kids, Big Bob got distracted and won a giant stuffed gorilla to give to them.
* Bob only realized that the kids were trapped in the Clamstradamus booth upon recognizing their speech patterns.
* As the kids and Bob tries to talk to Big Bob in the Clamstradamus booth, Bob attempts to explain to Big Bob how his cynicism about the future could negatively influence the kids and potentially make a bad future come true. In response, Big Bob countered by expressing his faith that the kids could do something to make the future better, which is why he wasn’t worried about the negative possibilities. Bob even states that this is the first time they had a legit good conversation.
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** Upon entering the restaurant, Rudy hesitates. Louise turns to him and gives him a subtle nod, which gives him the confidence to proceed.
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* After being mentioned in an offhand line, the credits song is Rudy singing a sweet little song dedicated to his [[CompanionCube plush flounder, Pancake]]:
-->'''Rudy:''' ''(sung)'' I want to thank you\\
How can I thank you?\\
I guess by thanking you\\
Pancake, I thank you\\
'''Rudy:''' ''(spoken)'' I know you'd squeeze me back if you could, buddy.
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** Rudy's cute banter with Esmeralda in the magic shop as she helps him find a decent trick for the dinner with his parents. It's clear she's fond of him as a regular, and Rudy's obviously comfortable being in the store.
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* Though the episode is mostly a major {{Tear Jerker}}, there are some sweet moments peppered throughout:
** The episode begins with a cute {{Call Back}}: the birds from "The Ring (But Not Scary)" are still living on the Bob's Burgers sign, and their nest [[FreezeFrameBonus still contains Linda's ring]].
** Rudy's dad tells him that regardless of their unconventional family situation, both Rudy's mom and dad still love him. Pity it's drowned out by the car wash they're going through.
** When Rudy's magic trick ends up spilling all over the table, both his parents immediately let him know that they're not upset. Even Vicki, Rudy's dad's girlfriend, doesn't get mad when the spill gets on her clothes.
** After Rudy leaves the restaurant in tears, a woman he passes on the sidewalk sees him crying and asks if he's okay.
** As the Belchers and Rudy sit down for dinner, Gene takes a moment to thank everyone for making his special dinner (a loaded baked potato lasagna) possible. He even thanks Rudy, telling him "Love ya, bro."
** When Rudy finally admits that he ran away from the restaurant his parents are at, Bob and Linda immediately start trying to contact his parents to let him know he's safe.
** In the end, it's Louise who volunteers to escort Rudy back to the restaurant and join him for dinner. As Bob and Linda watch them leave, both parents have a {{So Proud Of You}} moment.
** When Rudy and Louise return to the restaurant, both Rudy's mom and dad run up to hug their son.
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* Louise apologizing to her mother for being stubborn about not doing chores and making Linda cry. Louise admits she was still sore about the incident earlier that day where Ms. [=LaBonz=] threw her candy finger puppet away, and Linda admits she worries about being a good parent, because a parent's actions can easily affect their children positively or negatively. Regardless, Linda says she's happy that Louise is is [[PluckyGirl so spunky]], because that means she won't be pushed around easily, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther and the two share a hug]].
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*** In the same conversation, Al reveals that the main reason he hasn't told Gloria about his balloon-popping fetish is because he knows Gloria hates loud noises. It's a small detail, but it does show that Al is ultimately respectful of his wife's feelings.



* When the Belcher kids learn from Zeke that the nursing home lobby's TV is broken, meaning the residents won't be able to watch the Thanksgiving parade, they decide to put on their own parade to entertain everyone. They even make their own parade float by decorating a bed with medical supplies.
* For the finale of the kids' parade, Gene takes his balloon he made from rubber gloves and gives it to the audience so they can play with it.




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** When Bob goes to apologize to Louise, she replies that unless he's a parade float or a balloon, she's not listening to him. So what does Bob do? He makes his own balloon out of garbage bags so he can join the parade and apologize to Louise in front of the audience.

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** Calvin also gets Felix to apologize to Linda for [[ItMakesSenseInContext locking her in a closet]].
* When Bob and Linda catch the kids in their swimsuits and covered in wet buns, Louise makes sure they know that the mess they made in the basement [[PetTheDog wasn't Jen the babysitter's fault]].
* There's a brief glimpse of the kids playing in their "swimming pool" full of water-soaked buns, and everyone seems to be having a good time. Tina and Jimmy Jr. watch Rudy do a cannonball, Zeke makes a "bun angel" on the floor, and Gene and Louise are playing with the Pesto twins (with Louise on Gene's shoulders and Ollie on Andy's shoulders).
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*** The audience for the film screening, who had no idea the entire thing was set up to reunite the actors until Koji walked out on stage, give a standing ovation once the duo hugs.
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** [[TheComicallySerious Bob]] is at first reluctant to join in, but then his kids ask him to join. Seeing his family having fun, he decides to join after all.

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all. While his first few lines are mumbled and embarrassed, he finishes by belting out high-pitched notes that, unusually for him, actually sound pretty good.
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* Henry, one of Big Bob's regulars, is given a burger he didn't ask for by an excited, nervous young Bob. Rather than get upset, he (and the other customers with him) pleasantly note that Bob seems to be having a great time at work today. When Big Bob confronts his son about making the wrong burger, Henry insists it's fine and seems interested to try it.
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* Just as Hugo is about to shut down the restaurant because his expected date, Cheryl, has seemingly stood him up, she arrives and immediately hits it off with him (turns out she accidentally went to a different store also called "Urge," [[ContrivedCoincidence just as the Belchers suspected earlier]]). This convinces Hugo to let the restaurant stay open, and when Bob and Linda offer the couple a burger, the other customers start asking for burgers too.
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* Bob and Linda made sure to leave a note and a thank-you package for Mort after he drove the family around while their car was being repaired.
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* When Chase reveals that he used Bob and Tina's car accident as an opportunity to commit insurance fraud by burning down his own house, he tries to claim that nobody will suspect they're all in cahoots because restaurants are magnets for disasters, ''[[KickTheDog and uses Tina as an example.]]'' Bob [[PapaWolf immediately responds with an angry "Hey,"]]; heck, the whole reason Bob decided to come clean in the first place was because he couldn't take seeing Tina feeling so guilty about the whole mess.
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* When Bob is following the group, Andy and Ollie - the twin sons of his long-term SitcomArchNemesis - ask for his help blowing their nose, since they can't do it on their own. While he's visibly disgusted, Bob helps without complaint, even allowing Ollie to blow his nose on his volunteer vest. When Ollie spends a little too long blowing his nose on Bob, Bob gently informs him that it's time to stop and that he's going to push Ollie away before doing so, giving Ollie time to process what's happening so he doesn't freak out. While Bob has had moments of going PapaWolf for kids that aren't his own, it's nice to see him use the same gentle hand he'd use on his kids when their peers need it.
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* Critter and Mudflap help the kids turn their old bumper car into a go-kart for free out of gratitude for their son being born in the Belchers' restaurant [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments (and because the parts they're using are "donated")]]. Later, Critter attends the Grand Prix with Bob and Linda to watch Tina and Louise race, even doing emergency pit stop work for Louise.

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* Bob is wholly supportive and encouraging of Louise, even when she*s having a crisis over not knowing how to handle Amelia Earharts story.h+ He gently encourages her to rewrite her ending. In general, the whole family may express a bit of surprise at Louise's newfound ambition, but they all encourage it.

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* Bob is wholly supportive and encouraging of Louise, even when she*s she's having a crisis over not knowing how to handle Amelia Earharts story.h+ He Earhart's story; he gently encourages her to rewrite her ending. In general, the whole family may express a bit of surprise at Louise's newfound ambition, but they all encourage it.it.
* Tina, Gene, Peter Pescadero, and Benj (a fifth grader who loves puppets) all helping Louise perform her presentation.
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* The only thing Mr. Fischoeder cares about more than his golf cart? Bob himself, which the family uses to successfully prank Calvin by making him believe Bob fell out of his treehouse.
-->'''Mr. Fischoeder:''' AH! [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes My dear Bob!]]
* After Tina spent the entire episode worrying that Jimmy Jr. had some ulterior motive to inviting her to frozen yogurt on April Fool's Day, it turns out that Jimmy Jr. didn't even ''realize'' it was April Fool's Day. He genuinely just wanted to get frozen yogurt with Tina.
-->'''Jimmy Jr.:''' Seriously? It's April Fool's Day? [[TheDitz I thought that wasn't until May.]]
-->'''Tina:''' No, it's today. April first.
-->'''Jimmy Jr.:''' Oh. Is that why you're so late, Tina? Were you pranking me?
-->'''Tina:''' [[SureLetsGoWithThat ...Yes?]] April Fools?
-->'''Jimmy Jr.:''' Oh! ''(laughs)'' Man, you got me!

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* Bob was willing to claim the scarves he and Linda made for the kids were from [[ObnoxiousInLaws Gloria]] because he saw how upset Linda was that he took to knitting better than she did. Then, it turns out all three kids love Linda's scarf the best, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments and she immediately takes credit for it]].



* Each of the stories involve Louise's completely platonic friend and roommate Rudy in some respect. However Louise feels about Rudy, be it romantic or just very close friends, her family seems to have picked up on how important he is to her. On her end she doesn't question the fact that she might want to be (totally platonic) partners with Rudy in the future. This is a far cry from Season 1 Louise, whose only friends were lackies who she wanted to manipulate.

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* Each of the stories involve Louise's completely platonic friend and roommate Rudy in some respect. However Louise feels about Rudy, be it romantic or just very close friends, her family seems to have picked up on how important he is to her. On her end she doesn't question the fact that she might want to be (totally platonic) partners with Rudy in the future. This is a far cry from Season 1 Louise, whose only friends were lackies lackeys who she wanted to manipulate.




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* Teddy and Kathleen, whom he met in the episode "The Helen Hunt," are still dating.

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* When Zeke and Tina find out that Jimmy Jr.'s dance teacher is a notorious {{Control Freak}}, they immediately try to come up with a plan to keep Jimmy Jr.'s dreams from being crushed.

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* When Bob is trying to get into the library, he sees a man walking his dog and explains the situation. The man immediately agrees to help Bob climb the fence.
* When the family is back home, Bob is shown reading Louise's poem while Linda [[ItMakesSenseInContext patches up his skinned knees]].


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* When Louise decides to enter a cave to find a cannonball, risking being trapped when the tide comes in, Tina is right there [[BigSisterInstinct to make sure her little sister is safe]].
* Kathleen reassuring Teddy that they don't have to like all the same things just because they're going out, and that Teddy shouldn't try to force himself to like hurling for her sake.
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* The guy on social media growing the cucumbers that Bob and Teddy have been enraptured with shows up at the city council meeting and invites Bob to come and see the cucumbers. Bob's first reaction [[AwTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther is to call Teddy and invite him to come with him.]]

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