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* FrightInducedBunkmate: After having a nightmare about the fetal pig, Tina is so scared that she gets into bed with Louise.
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* RoughOveralls: Tina has one of these fantasies regarding Jimmy Jr. due to going on a hay ride at a farm, evoking the rural connotations (and her fantasies).
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* OpeningShoutOut: Instead of the normal opening, the episode begins with an in-universe shot of the restaurant from an identical angle with the store next drop visible and the exterminator van driving past the restaurant without stopping.


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* RiversOfBlood: A variation: when Tina dreams about the pig ghost the following day at school, various organs first fall out of his incision one by one, followed by a flood of organs and guts, which is then repeated in the end credits.

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* AfraidOfBlood: Blood appears to make Louise squeamish, as she seems to have trouble pricking Tina’s finger for the ritual to banish the pig ghost.
* AlmostKiss: Tina is about to kiss Jimmy Jr. on the hayride but she ends up falling asleep. She does end up kissing him at the end though.



* BanishingRitual: The ritual to get rid of the seishin dobutsu requires the person being haunted to ensure the whole animal is intact, put a drop of their blood inside it, and then bind it with strong twine and bury it in the woods. Unfortunately for Tina, it doesn’t work.



* ComicalNapDrool: Tina immediately starts drooling when she falls asleep on the couch at the end of the night.
-->'''Bob:''' Oof. A lot of drool. Like, immediately.



** Mr. Ambrose’s experiences with the supernatural are referenced [[Recap/BobsBurgersS7E3TeenAWitch again]].



-->'''Louise:''' Yup, you’re on a snooze cruise.



* FaceDoodling: Discussed. When Tina falls asleep on the hayride, Tammy suggests that they write “Dingle booby poopy butt” on her forehead but no one has a pen.



* FreudianSlip: Tina has one while fantasizing about Jimmy Jr. wearing overalls with no shirt on underneath.
-->'''Jimmy Jr.:''' Tina, what is it?
-->'''Tina:''' Oh, nipple - I mean, nothing.
* GuiltInducedNightmare: After Tina makes fun of the pig she has to dissect in order to impress the other 8th graders, she keeps having nightmares due to the guilt she feels over it. The fetal pig ghost even explains this to her when Tina asks him why he’s haunting her.
-->'''Fetal Pig:''' You think ''I’m'' doing this to you? No, no, no. ''You’re'' doing this to you.



* ITasteDelicious: Dream Gene turns himself into applesauce, and then tastes himself.

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* ITasteDelicious: Dream Gene Dream!Gene turns himself into applesauce, and then tastes himself.


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* MatchCut: A scene of Tina screaming after being pulled into a coffin with the ghost pig cuts right into a scene of Bob screaming with Linda on top of him trying to get the glob of earwax out of his ear.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Talk about puke-chop, am I right?"]]

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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/BobsBurgersS7E1Fluoise Melted Kuchi Kopi]] can be seen in Louise's room.

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Melted Kuchi Kopi]] can be seen in Louise's room.room.
** Gene walks into Tina and Louise's conversation with a [[Recap/BobsBurgersS4E20GeneItOn late night cheese platter]].

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*BlatantLies: Tammy tries to blame Tina for farting during the hayride. Nobody is convinced.



* NoodleIncident: Mr. Ambrose claims that he spend most of his twenties being haunted by a pig-demon.

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* NoodleIncident: Mr. Ambrose claims that he spend spent most of his twenties being haunted by a pig-demon.



* TooMuchInformation: While Linda, Mort and Teddy are busy looking at Bob's remaining ball of earwax stuck in his other ear with Mort's otoscope that he keeps around in case there are "things" stuck in the corpses he deals with and Linda is getting carried away at wanting to remove it right now, a patron is eating a burger offscreen, finally making his presense known when he sarcastically repeats that yes, they should be doing and discussing all of the above in private.

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* TooMuchInformation: While Linda, Mort and Teddy are busy looking at Bob's remaining ball of earwax stuck in his other ear with Mort's otoscope that he keeps around in case there are "things" stuck in the corpses he deals with and Linda is getting carried away at wanting to remove it right now, a patron is eating a burger offscreen, finally making his presense presence known when he sarcastically repeats that yes, they should be doing and discussing all of the above in private.
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* AsleepInClass: Tina nods off during her anatomy exam, leading to another encounter with the pig ghost.

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* AsleepInClass: Tina nods off during her anatomy exam, exam due to sleep deprivation, leading to another encounter with the pig ghost.

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*FetishRetardant: In-universe; Bob notes that ear cleaning is not the sexy couples' bonding activity that Linda thinks it is.



** Louise and Gene's costumes are based on ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'' and Music/FionaApple, respectively

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** Louise and Gene's costumes are based on ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'' and Music/FionaApple, respectivelyrespectively.

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*CaptainObvious: Oh, Jocelyn...
-->'''Jocelyn:''' I heard skeletons are inside our bodies every day.



* ContinuityNod: The melted Kuchi Kopi night light from "Flu-ise" can be seen in Louise's room.

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* ContinuityNod: The melted [[Recap/BobsBurgersS7E1Fluoise Melted Kuchi Kopi night light from "Flu-ise" Kopi]] can be seen in Louise's room.



*DumbBlonde: Jocelyn thinks the dead fetal pig is just sleeping.



* EarCleaning: Played for laughs, as Bob is a little weirded out that Linda tries to make cleaning out his ears into a sexy couple's bonding thing. He even asks if he needs a safe word.
* ExtremeOmnivore: After Bob finally manages to dislodge the remaining ball of earwax by sneezing, it lands on Gene's pile of Halloween candy, and his first reaction is thinking it's a new type of candy he hasn't seen before and wanting to taste it, even though all the other candy in the pile is still in their wrappers and when Bob panics and tells Gene to stop, he backs away while still holding onto the ball of earwax.

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* EarCleaning: Played for laughs, as Bob is a little weirded out that Linda tries to make cleaning out his ears into a sexy couple's bonding thing. He even asks if he needs a safe word.
word... and Linda acknowledges that he might.
* ExtremeOmnivore: After Bob finally manages to dislodge the remaining ball of earwax by sneezing, it lands on Gene's pile of Halloween candy, and his first reaction is thinking it's a new type of candy he hasn't seen before and wanting to taste it, even though all the other candy in the pile is still in their wrappers and when wrappers. When Bob panics and tells Gene to stop, he backs away while still holding onto the ball of earwax.



* MultiArmedAndDangerous: During Tina's final nightmare, Dream Louise gives herself nine extra arms, as well as arms for legs.

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* MultiArmedAndDangerous: During Tina's final nightmare, Dream Louise gives herself nine extra arms, as well as arms for legs.legs, solely because it's a dream and nobody can stop her.



* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: The ghost pig eventually admits he's just a figment of Tina's imagination, brought on by feeling guilty about bowing to peer pressure and making fun of a dead pig.

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* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: The ghost pig eventually admits he's just a figment of Tina's imagination, brought on by Tina feeling guilty about bowing to peer pressure and making fun of a dead pig.pig.
*ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Bob (jokingly) says he's moving out after Linda makes it clear she's not letting the earwax matter drop.
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** Giving in to peer pressure is this for Tina.

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** Giving in to peer pressure is this for Tina.Tina, to the point that she has nightmares over something many wouldn't give a second thought.
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* {{Yokai}}: The pig ghost is said to be a fictional yokai[[note]]Possibly InUniverse as well, considering Lousie got it from a manga and not a credible source.[[/note]] knowns as a ''seishin dobutsu''.[[note]] "Animal spirit"[[/note]]

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* {{Yokai}}: The pig ghost is said to be a fictional yokai[[note]]Possibly yokai[[note]]possibly fictional InUniverse as well, considering Lousie Louise got it from a manga and not a credible source.[[/note]] knowns source[[/note]] known as a ''seishin dobutsu''.[[note]] "Animal spirit"[[/note]]dobutsu''[[note]] "animal spirit"[[/note]].
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* EarCleaning: Played for laughs, as Bob is a little weirded out that Linda tries to make cleaning out his ears into a sexy couple's bonding thing.

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* EarCleaning: Played for laughs, as Bob is a little weirded out that Linda tries to make cleaning out his ears into a sexy couple's bonding thing. He even asks if he needs a safe word.
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*ShipperOnDeck: Zeke shouts out a "Hell yeah!" upon seeing Tina and Jimmy Jr. kiss at the end.

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* DreamRealityCheck: To prove to Tina that she isn't dreaming, Louise slaps her. In Tina's final nightmare, Louise's slaps don't even wake her up, proving that she's just dreaming her siblings being with her.



* ITasteDelicious: Dream Gene turns himself into applesauce, and then tastes himself.



* ITasteDelicious: Dream Gene turns himself into applesauce, and then tastes himself.



* PinchMe: To prove to Tina that she isn't dreaming, Louise slaps her. In Tina's final nightmare, Louise's slaps don't even wake her up, proving that she's just dreaming her siblings being with her.
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* ExtremeOmnivore: After Bob finally manages to dislodge the remaining ball of earwax by sneezing, it lands on Gene's pile of Halloween candy, and his first reaction is thinking it's a new type of candy he hasn't seen before and wanting to taste it, even though all the other candy in the pile is still in their wrappers and when Bob panics and tells Gene to stop, he backs away while still holding onto the ball of earwax.
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* ContinuityNod: The melted Kuchi Kopi night light from "Flu-ise" can be seen in Louise's room.
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** Louise and Gene's costumes are based on ''Film/TheBourneIdentity'' and Music/FionaApple, respectively
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* TooMuchInformation: While Linda, Mort and Teddy are busy looking at Bob's remaining ball of earwax stuck in his other ear with Mort's otoscope that he keeps around in case there are "things" stuck in the corpses he deals with and Linda is getting carried away at wanting to remove it right now, a patron is eating a burger offscreen, finally making his presense known when he sarcastically repeats that yes, they should be doing and discussing all of the above in private.
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** The plot of Tina being haunted in her dreams by a ghost who makes bad puns is a nod to ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', especially the scene where the pig haunts Tina in the bathroom and says "I'm your toilet now, Tina!" The hayride tractor driver also wears a fedora and green-and-red striped sweater like Freddy Krueger's IconicOutfit.

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** The plot of Tina being haunted in her dreams by a ghost who makes bad puns is a nod to ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'', especially the scene where the pig haunts Tina in the bathroom and says "I'm your toilet now, Tina!" The hayride tractor driver also wears a fedora and green-and-red striped sweater like Freddy Krueger's IconicOutfit.
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** Giving in to peer pressure is this for Tina.
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** The plot of Tina being haunted in her dreams by a ghost who makes bad puns is a nod to ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', especially the scene where the pig haunts Tina in the bathroom and says "I'm your toilet now, Tina!"

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** The plot of Tina being haunted in her dreams by a ghost who makes bad puns is a nod to ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', especially the scene where the pig haunts Tina in the bathroom and says "I'm your toilet now, Tina!"Tina!" The hayride tractor driver also wears a fedora and green-and-red striped sweater like Freddy Krueger's IconicOutfit.
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Turns out I was wrong about it being gibberish.


* {{Yokai}}: The pig ghost is said to be a fictional yokai[[note]]Possibly InUniverse as well, considering Lousie got it from a manga and not a credible source.[[/note]] knowns as a ''seishin dobutsu''.[[note]][[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Which is gibberish.]][[/note]]

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* {{Yokai}}: The pig ghost is said to be a fictional yokai[[note]]Possibly InUniverse as well, considering Lousie got it from a manga and not a credible source.[[/note]] knowns as a ''seishin dobutsu''.[[note]][[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Which is gibberish.]][[/note]][[note]] "Animal spirit"[[/note]]
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* VisualPun: As usual, the kids put on pun-based costumes for trick-or-treating; Louise dresses as [[Literature/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]] wearing a Baby Bjorn ("The Bjorn Identity"), while Gene goes as [[Music/FionaApple Fiona Applesauce]].

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* VisualPun: As usual, the kids put on pun-based costumes for trick-or-treating; Louise dresses as [[Literature/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]] wearing a Baby Bjorn ("The Bjorn Identity"), while Gene goes as [[Music/FionaApple Fiona Applesauce]].Applesauce]].
* {{Yokai}}: The pig ghost is said to be a fictional yokai[[note]]Possibly InUniverse as well, considering Lousie got it from a manga and not a credible source.[[/note]] knowns as a ''seishin dobutsu''.[[note]][[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Which is gibberish.]][[/note]]
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* VisualPun: As usual, the kids put on pun-based costumes for trick-or-treating; Louise dresses as a Scandinavian version of [[Literature/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]] ("The Bjorn Identity"), while Gene goes as [[Music/FionaApple Fiona Applesauce]].

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* VisualPun: As usual, the kids put on pun-based costumes for trick-or-treating; Louise dresses as a Scandinavian version of [[Literature/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]] wearing a Baby Bjorn ("The Bjorn Identity"), while Gene goes as [[Music/FionaApple Fiona Applesauce]].
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* DumpsterDive: In order to perform a banishment ritual against the pig ghost, Tina has to go into the school dumpster to retrieve the pig and its organs.


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* ITasteDelicious: Dream Gene turns himself into applesauce, and then tastes himself.


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* OutfitDecoy: Tina plans to trap the fetal pig by disguising a pop-up skeleton as her so that the pig gets trapped inside the skeleton's coffin when he tries to haunt her. It works, except that the pig then drags the real Tina in with him.
* PinchMe: To prove to Tina that she isn't dreaming, Louise slaps her. In Tina's final nightmare, Louise's slaps don't even wake her up, proving that she's just dreaming her siblings being with her.
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* ICantHearYou: Bob's earwax problem gets so bad it starts to affect his hearing.
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* EarCleaning: Played for laughs, as Bob is a little weirded out that Linda tries to make cleaning out his ears into a sexy couple's bonding thing.



** The plot of Tina being haunted in her dreams by a ghost who makes bad puns is a nod to ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', especially the scene where the pig haunts Tina in the bathroom and says "I'm your toilet now, Tina!"

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** The plot of Tina being haunted in her dreams by a ghost who makes bad puns is a nod to ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', especially the scene where the pig haunts Tina in the bathroom and says "I'm your toilet now, Tina!"Tina!"
* VisualPun: As usual, the kids put on pun-based costumes for trick-or-treating; Louise dresses as a Scandinavian version of [[Literature/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne]] ("The Bjorn Identity"), while Gene goes as [[Music/FionaApple Fiona Applesauce]].

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Tina's fears of being haunted by a fetal pig threaten to ruin her plans for a romantic night with Jimmy Jr. at a haunted hayride. Meanwhile, Linda becomes obsessed with helping Bob with his earwax problems.

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Tina's fears of being haunted by a fetal pig threaten to ruin her plans for a romantic night with Jimmy Jr. at a haunted hayride. Meanwhile, Linda becomes obsessed with gets a little too into helping Bob with his earwax problems.



* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: The ghost pig eventually admits he's just a figment of Tina's imagination, brought on by feeling guilty about bowing to peer pressure and making fun of a dead pig.

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* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: The ghost pig eventually admits he's just a figment of Tina's imagination, brought on by feeling guilty about bowing to peer pressure and making fun of a dead pig.pig.
* SeriousBusiness: Linda becomes almost obsessed with cleaning out a bit of wax stuck in Bob's ear.
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** The episode's title is a nod to ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', and the episode ends with a parody of the movie's theme song.
** The plot of Tina being haunted in her dreams by a ghost who makes bad puns is a nod to ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', especially the scene where the pig haunts Tina in the bathroom and says "I'm your toilet now, Tina!"
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Tina's fears of being haunted by a fetal pig threaten to ruin her plans for a romantic night with Jimmy Jr. at a haunted hayride. Meanwhile, Linda becomes obsessed with helping Bob with his earwax problems.
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* AsleepInClass: Tina nods off during her anatomy exam, leading to another encounter with the pig ghost.
* CatapultNightmare: Tina wakes up screaming in class after her second encounter with the pig.
* TheInsomniac: Tina starts to lose sleep from her constant nightmares.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: During Tina's final nightmare, Dream Louise gives herself nine extra arms, as well as arms for legs.
* NightmareSequence: Tina has [[RecurringDreams a series of nightmares]] about being haunted by the ghost of a pig.
* NoodleIncident: Mr. Ambrose claims that he spend most of his twenties being haunted by a pig-demon.
* PeerPressureMakesYouEvil: The ghost pig eventually admits he's just a figment of Tina's imagination, brought on by feeling guilty about bowing to peer pressure and making fun of a dead pig.

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