History Recap / BobsBurgersS11E6

* SpiritualSequel: To the show's first episode, "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E1HumanFlesh Human Flesh]]".
** In both episodes, Bob gives an opening speech to the kids that can be summed up as "I love you, but you are usually bad at your jobs, so please don't be this time."
** Both episodes are about the restaurant being in danger of shutting down because of something the kids have done and thanks to Hugo.
*** Louise told everyone at school her parents serve burgers made from human flesh they get from Mort's funeral home because she thought she didn't have anything interesting to say. The kids honestly don't do much to make things better and their half-assing only makes the restaurant look worse. Here, the kids seemingly started the fire by accident when they tried to make Linda's mermaid statue look better and are genuinely regretful for what they believe they've done.
*** Hugo spitefully allows the human flesh rumor to persist when he can easily prove it's not true. Here he accidentally starts the fire at the restaurant and has to be forced into atoning for his mistake, while still backpedaling the blame onto Bob.
** Ron softly guilt trips Hugo into doing the right thing in "Human Flesh". Here, he drags Hugo back to the restaurant, reveals to everyone it was his fault the fire started, and forces Hugo to pay off the rest of the damage.

** The exterminator van is "[[Film/SleepingWithTheEnemy Sleeping with the Ant-emy]]".

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After perhaps the DarkestHour the restaurant has endured in the series, the kids realize they're not at fault for the fire (and thus don't have to live with the guilt), Hugo gets his well-deserved comeuppance for being the fire's ''actual'' culprit, Bob gets a working thermocouple in time for the influx of customers that accompanies Ocean Fest, and it's even briefly hinted that Linda's sculpture might not horribly lose after all.

!!Tropes:

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The kids each confess to the fire without anyone finding a single shred of evidence that implicates them. It's framed as the kids feeling so guilty that they confess without being prompted, but the lack of evidence is also the first major hint that they didn't start the fire at all.

** The store next door is [[Series/MySoCalledLife My So-Called Knife]] Butterknife Store, and the exterminator van belongs to [[Film/SleepingWithTheEnemy Sleeping with the Ant-emy]] Pest Control.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Ron continues to prove he's got more morals than Hugo by dragging Hugo back to the restaurant, revealing it was Hugo's fault the fire started, forces him to apologize and adds Hugo will be paying off whatever Bob's insurance won't cover.

* LongTitle: Eleven words, causing it to tie for the second-longest episode title in the show's history--it's only behind only the full title of "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS4E22WorldWharfIITheWharfening World Wharf II: The Wharfening (Or How Bob Saves/Destroys the Town--Part II]]" (at fourteen words).

* AndThatWouldBeWrong: Linda scolds the kids for trying to break into Pam's restaurant and steal the thermocouple, "even if it is fun", and mumbles about how fun it would be.

* TemptingFate: Mere hours before the fire, Linda talks about how the day will going well.

* FailedASpotCheck: One of the greasy rags got lost behind something, and Bob wasn't able to find it before it combusted during the night.

* LongTitle: Eleven words, possibly the longest episode title in the show’s history.

** Hugo has to be forced into apologizing loud enough for Bob to hear, but just before he leaves he tries to make it sound like this was Bob's fault for keeping the rags. Bob immediately calls Hugo on his bullshit.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Most of the Belchers aren't quite themselves after the fire.

** Gene calls the steel drum street band [[Film/SteelMagnolias Steel Song-nolias]] before he, Tina, and Louise leave to find the thermocouple. He also prays to [[Film/ForrestGump Bubba Gump]] when they try breaking into A Shrimp-le Plan.

* HateSink: If you didn't already want to give Jimmy Pesto a punch in the gut, you ''definitely'' will when he outright ''mocks'' Bob over the fire in his restaurant.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The fact that Louise, perhaps the ''queen'' of NeverMyFault, eventually admits she was at fault for the fire shows just how bad the kids believe they've messed up.

* ParentsAsPeople: Bob doesn't really think his kids are horrible, but after learning that they might have destroyed his restaurant he's beyond pissed, and is a split-second from snapping at them from the moment he learns they probably caused the fire until the moment he learns they ''didn't''. He knows that he shouldn't treat them so abrasively, but at the same time it's hard to blame him for being so on-edge.

* ContinuityCavalcade: When Gene opens his drawer several items featured in previous episodes appear including; the Sasquatch mask (introduced in "Beefsquatch"), his Wagstaff Whalers cheerleader uniform from "Gene It On" and his Africa necklace from his Queen Latifah Halloween costume from "Full Bars."

* ParentsAsPeople: Bob doesn't really think his kids are horrible, but after learning that they might have destroyed his restaurant he's beyond pissed, and is a split-second from snapping at them up from the moment he learns they probably caused the fire until the moment he learns they ''didn't''. He knows that he shouldn't treat them so abrasively, but at the same time it's hard to blame him for being so on-edge.

** To Bob's speech at the start of the pilot episode, "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E1HumanFlesh Human Flesh]]". When he calls his kids "horrible" in this episode, they really take it to heart and work to try to save the restaurant. Bob also clearly says it out of stress in this episode apologizes for saying it at the end.

** Despite their actions also possibly contributing to the fire (and Tina even admitting as such), the kids are content to file ''all'' of the blame for the fire onto Hugo when he confesses at the end. Considering what a {{Jerkass}} he is, as well as the fact that the kids already atoned for their perceived involvement, [[HateSink nobody has any sympathy for him]].

* AccidentalNightmareFuel: In-universe, Linda's mermaid statue was butt ugly and everyone but Linda could see it. When she tries to salvage it after it gets burned, her "improvements" only make it terrifying.

** Despite their actions also possibly contributing to the fire (and Tina even admitting as such), the kids are content to file ''all'' of the blame for the fire onto Hugo when he confesses at the end. Considering what a {{Jerkass}} he is, [[HateSink nobody has any sympathy for him]].

** Louise, of course. During her version of the “It’s All My Fault” song, she sings, “It’s all Gene’s fault” before admitting there’s a slight possibility the sparklers she put on the statue may have also caused the fire. Although later she admits all of them, including her, are horrible kids for what happened.
*** Louise's case is actually a subtle subversion. If she ''really'' wanted to invoke the trope, she could have easily just kept quiet--Gene had already confessed and there was pretty much nothing linking her to the fire. The fact that she said anything at all shows that she genuinely feels guilty, which her actions later in the episode prove.

** To Bob's speech at the start of the pilot episode, "Human Flesh." When he calls his kids "horrible" in this episode, they really take it to heart and work to try to save the restaurant. Bob also clearly says it out of stress in this episode apologizes for saying it at the end.

** The PopCultyrePunEpisodeTitle is a reference to the 1972 children's book ''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day''.

** The title is a reference to the 1972 children's book ''Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day''.

* SpiritualSequel: To the show's first episode, "Human Flesh."

** Ron softly guilt trips Hugo into doing the right thing in "Human Flesh." Here, he drags Hugo back to the restaurant, reveals to everyone it was his fault the fire started, and forces Hugo to pay off the rest of the damage.

* TheUnsmile: Linda tries to improve her mermaid by adding teeth to make her smile. [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily The results are anything but pleasant.]]

* BrutalHonesty: Unlike the other Belchers, Tina doesn’t hesitate to voice how ugly Linda’s mermaid statue is.