History Recap / BobsBurgerS5E4DawnOfThePeck

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A new Thanksgiving run, organized by the Fischoeders, turns into a disaster as hundreds of crazed birds are let loose in Wonder Wharf, trapping Linda, Teddy, and the kids.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: After she beats the turkeys and rises to the top of the pecking order, Bob toasts to Linda being "Queen of the Peckers"[[note]]American slang for "penis"[[/note]].
* AdamAndEvePlot: After the turkeys break out, Teddy tells Linda that they don't need to repopulate the Earth yet, but they might need to soon.
* BerserkButton: Bob was absolutely livid when Linda and the kids said they wanted to do the Thanksgiving run instead of having a traditional dinner like he enjoys preparing. He even started crying.
* BigDamnHeroes: Rudy takes Linda's last water bottle and throws it to shut down the tea cup ride.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Combined with RuleOfThree
-->'''Gene''': Okay, don't start a brothel while we're gone. Just kidding, you can!
-->'''Tina''': And no making a fort out of the couch cushions. Just kidding, you can.
-->'''Louise''': But don't turn that fort into a brothel. Just kidding, you can.
-->'''Bob''': Oh, my God, just -
-->'''Louise''': I mean, it's illegal, but -
-->'''Bob''': I know. Just leave.
* ChekhovsGag: When deciding what rides to go on, Gene wants to go on the Tickle Boat until Tina tells him it's been shut down because [[NoodleIncident someone died on it]]. When trying to escape from the wharf, Teddy comes in with the Tickle Boat to rescue everyone.
* ChekhovsGun: Linda bought a belt of mini water bottles to wear during the run. When they're trapped trying to save the kids from the Scramble Pan ride and they need to shut it off, Linda uses her mini water bottles to shut it off by throwing it at the off button. (Technically, it was actually Rudy who did it since Linda kept missing.)
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Teddy initially describes Cyclops as "a crazy one-eyed cyclops turkey."
* TheDitz: Felix doesn't know why turkeys are so rare around Thanksgiving.
* TheEndOrIsIt: The Belchers and friends survive the day. Meanwhile, the Fischoeders are having their Thanksgiving dinner at their home until the birds break in through their window.
* EyepatchOfPower: While he doesn't actually wear an eye-patch, the biggest and toughest bird is a one-eyed turkey Teddy takes to calling "Cyclops".
* FeatheredFiend: Thanks to Felix mixing turkeys, chickens, geese, and ducks together, messing up their pecking order, the birds go on rampage and attack everyone. The most notable bird among them is a turkey with one eye they call "Cyclop".
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Linda has thrown nine of her ten water bottles at the button and prepares to throw her last bottle. As Louise begs Linda to let someone else take the shot, Regular Sized Rudy spins in and out of the shot several seconds before his BigDamnHeroes moment.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Mickey starts freaking out that there is no way to escape the birds in which Louise gives him a slap.
* IsThisThingStillOn: The Fischoeders admit that there are people still trapped in the wharf while live on the news.
* ItsAllMyFault: Linda believes the birds are attacking in punishment for skipping Thanksgiving.
* KarmicProtection: Bob's frequently forced to go along with whatever ridiculous nonsense Linda and the kids get invested in regardless of how he feels (while often having to learn a lesson about why ''he'' shouldn't make ''them'' participate in what he wants despite the family not really learning the same lesson). For once, he manages to put his foot down and completely abstains from their Thanksgiving plans since his are so often derailed. As a result, he avoids the majority of the chaos caused by the birds running loose while Linda and the kids are left to fend for themselves. He gets a nice day to himself, Linda and the kids fear for their lives.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The Fischoeders do not escape the birds in the end, as one of them attacks their Thanksgiving dinner.
* NoodleIncident: Apparently someone died on the Tickle Boat, but we don't find out how.
* PutOffTheirFood: Thanks to the entire experience everyone went through, when Bob served turkey to everyone for Thanksgiving dinner, everyone did not feel like eating and Linda decides to make spaghetti instead.
* SacrificialLion: Lampshaded. Rudy says he wants to stay for the end, but Louise says he probably won't survive.
* SoundtrackDissonance: Donna Summer's "Dim All the Lights" plays over footage of the crazed birds attacking people.
* UseYourHead: To assert herself at the top of the pecking order, Linda headbutts everyone and then the "Cyclops" turkey, which works as the other birds are too afraid to approach Linda.
* VillainOpeningScene: The episode opens with the delivery of the birds being dropped off at Wonder Wharf and one of the employees gets his finger nipped by one of the birds when trying to feed it. This lets us know that the birds in the episode will be a problem once they are freed.
* WholePlotReference: The episode is half-''Film/TheBirds'' and half-''Film/JurassicPark''.

* ChekhovsGun:
** Linda bought a belt of mini water bottles to wear during the run. When they're trapping to save the kids from the Scramble Pan ride and they need to shut it off, Linda uses who mini water bottles to shut it off. (Technically, it was actually Rudy who did it since Linda kept missing.)
** When deciding what rides to go on, Gene wants to go on the Tickle Boat until Tina told him it's been shut down because [[NoodleIncident someone died on it]]. When trying to escape from the wharf, Teddy comes in with the Tickle Boat to rescue everyone.

%%* ChekhovsGun: Linda's belt of mini water bottles.

* VillainOpeningScene: The episode opens with the delivery of the birds being dropped off at Wonder Wharf and one of the employees gets his finger nipped by one of the birds when trying to feed it.

* ChekovsGun: Linda's belt of mini water bottles

* TheDitz: Felix doesn't know why turkeys are so rare around Thanksgiving.

* LaserGuidedKarma: The Fischoeders do not escape the birds in the end.
* NoodleIncident: How the Tickle Boat managed to kill someone.

* ItsAllMyFault: Linda believes the birds are punishment for skipping Thanksgiving.