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*LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Rudy keeps making noise, Louise says "I know you're new here". In-universe it's referring to how Rudy hasn't really done anything like this, but out-of-universe it's referencing how this is Rudy's first appearance in the series.

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*BrickJoke: A particularly sweet double dosage. Midway through the episode, Bob reveals that Louise called him "Daddy" for most of her life, and Louise also reveals that she wants to run the restaurant. At the end, the two banter once again about Louise running the restaurant... and the last line of the episode comes when Louise hugs Bob and calls him "Daddy" once more.



* MeaningfulRename: Discussed; when Bob gives Louise control of the restaurant, she'll consider changing the name to Louise's Burgers to reflect the change in ownership.

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* MeaningfulRename: Discussed; when Bob gives asks Louise control of the restaurant, if she'll consider changing the name of the restaurant to Louise's Burgers after he retires, to reflect the change in ownership.ownership. Louise admits she'll think about it.

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* AdultsAreUseless: Mr. Frond didn't bother to reveal to Bob until ''after'' the trip was over that Rudy has asthma, which you'd think he'd mention to the only other adult chaperone supervising the kids.

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* AdultsAreUseless: Mr. Frond didn't bother to reveal to Bob until ''after'' the trip was over that Rudy has asthma, which you'd think he'd mention to the only other adult chaperone supervising the kids. Bob is understandably annoyed that he saved this knowledge for the one time it didn't matter.


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*TheGhost: The most we see of Pocket-Sized Rudy is his forearm when he's pointing up. He can't even be seen in shots where all the students are walking around.


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*IllBoy: Rudy has severe asthma and could die if without an inhaler for too long. In spite of this, he refuses to let his condition bring him down, being a ThrillSeeker who joins Louise when she sneaks off and is able to keep up with both her and Bob until he suffers an asthma attack.


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*MeaningfulRename: Discussed; when Bob gives Louise control of the restaurant, she'll consider changing the name to Louise's Burgers to reflect the change in ownership.


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*SatelliteCharacter: Pocket-Sized Rudy "appears" in only one scene (see TheGhost above), and said appearance is solely to explain Regular-Sized Rudy's nickname.


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*UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The mad rush to find Rudy's inhaler wouldn't have happened if Louise didn't make him ditch his backpack (she didn't know he had asthma at the time), but Mr. Frond ''heavily'' beats her out on this trope, as it ''also'' wouldn't have happened if Frond had warned Bob early on that Rudy had asthma (something he really has no excuse for not doing).
**Rudy himself does this as well, by not speaking up about his asthma or inhaler to either Louise or Bob. He probably should've spoken up about the inhaler when Louise told him to ditch his backpack.
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*MoodWhiplash: Bob and Louise's sweet bonding moment on the observation deck is soon derailed by Rudy having an asthma attack, sending the two into a panic as they realize they need to get Rudy to his inhaler ''fast''.
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* FamilyBusiness: As if Bob's Burgers didn't already count, this episode reveals that Louise plans to run it herself after Bob retires.

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* FamilyBusiness: As if Bob's Burgers didn't already count, this episode reveals that Louise plans to run keep it in the family by running it herself after Bob retires.

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*BlatantLies: When Bob playfully accuses Louise of looking up to him, Louise's attempts at denial aren't very convincing. She eventually drops the lying and finally shows that she does love him.
**Earlier in the episode, Bob comments that she called him Daddy until she was ''eight'', and her denial of ''that'' is also very obviously a lie.
*CallBack: It's been mentioned [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E9SpaghettiWesternAndMeatballs twice]] [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E10MotherDaughterLaserRazor before]] that Louise has a close bond with Bob, and the second half of this episode focuses on that bond at work.



* DaddysGirl: It was previously mentioned that Louise was one in "Mother Daughter Laser Razor", but here it's on full display. Louise apparently called Bob "Daddy" for ''eight years'' (for context, she's ''nine''), and secretly desires to run the restaurant in the future (with it being implied she even views Bob as her ''hero''). The ending only reinforces it.

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* DaddysGirl: It was previously mentioned that Louise was one in "Mother "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E10MotherDaughterLaserRazor Mother Daughter Laser Razor", Razor]]", but here it's on full display. Louise apparently called Bob "Daddy" for ''eight years'' (for context, she's ''nine''), and secretly desires to run the restaurant in the future (with it being implied she even views Bob as her ''hero''). The ending only reinforces it.


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*FamilyBusiness: As if Bob's Burgers didn't already count, this episode reveals that Louise plans to run it herself after Bob retires.


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*RedHerring: Whenever episodes prior to this suggested that one of Bob's kids would run the restaurant as an adult, it was almost always implied to be Tina. This episode reveals that it's ''actually'' going to be ''Louise'', retroactively making all of those previous "hints" misleading.
*SarcasticDevotee: Louise, who spends every day mocking the restaurant, not only cares about it but actually wants to run it as an adult. Additionally, despite mocking Bob just as often, [[DaddysGirl she really does look up to him as a sort of hero]].
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* HatDamage: Bob's chaperone vest gets destroyed when he uses it as a zipline to grab the makeshift ladder and get Louise and Rudy down from the observation deck. He keeps it with him until the end of the trip, at which point he gives its remains to Mr. Frond.

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* HatDamage: Bob's chaperone vest gets destroyed when he uses it as a zipline to grab the makeshift ladder and get Louise and Rudy down from the observation deck. He keeps it with him until the end of the trip, at which point he gives its remains to Mr. Frond.



* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Bob's chaperone vest gets destroyed when he uses it as a zipline to grab the makeshift ladder and get Louise and Rudy down from the observation deck.
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*LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Bob's chaperone vest gets destroyed when he uses it as a zipline to grab the makeshift ladder and get Louise and Rudy down from the observation deck.
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*OhCrap: Bob and Louise each have one when they realize that Rudy isn't out of shape, he's ''asthmatic''.

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**Zeke's cousin has made an entire ''checklist'' of where to find the museum's boob exhibits, which Zeke uses during the tour.



*ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Regular-Sized Rudy views his nickname as a very apt description of himself. When Bob asks why people call him that:
-->'''Rudy:''' Just look at me.



* NotSoDifferent: Bob is just as apathetic towards Mr. Frond as Louise tends to be. He also shares Louise's dislike of field trips, and once ditched a trip as Louise ends up doing here. When Bob joins her, the two find themselves bonding as a result.


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* SharedFamilyQuirks: This episode shows that Bob is quite similar to Louise in more than just their blunt snarkiness. He's just as apathetic towards Mr. Frond as Louise tends to be, and he also shares Louise's dislike of field trips, to the point that he once ditched a trip as Louise ends up doing here. When Bob joins her in the Amazon exhibit, the two find themselves bonding as a result.
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*SurprisePregnancy: A throwaway line from Bob ("Sometimes good things come from boredom") implies that both Gene and Tina were unplanned.
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**The two agree on one thing--the museum director is even more of a dork than them.
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*FourLinesAllWaiting: While most episodes usually split the Belchers into two groups, this episode splits them into ''four'' groups (with Bob and Louise being the only Belchers in the same group), each with a different adventure in the museum (see the summary above).
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*FreakOut: As Mr. Frond finds out the hard way, trying to separate the Pesto twins results in this from both of them. He has to hastily rewrite the buddy list to avert catastrophe.


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**His problem with it really isn't unjustified--he's so short that when he points up, only his forearm be seen even though the camera shows all of Tina's upper half. Given Tina is close to 5 feet tall, this means Pocket-Sized Rudy is more likely than not the size of a ''toddler''.
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*HeightAngst: The most likely reason why Pocket-Sized Rudy doesn't like his nickname.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Rudolph Stieblitz is only mentioned by his real name at the start of the episode, going by Rudy or Regular-Sized Rudy for the rest of the episode. Even ''Mr. Frond'' calls him Regular-Sized Rudy.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Rudolph Stieblitz is only mentioned by his real name at the start of the episode, going by Rudy or Regular-Sized Rudy for the rest of not just the episode.episode, but the series. Even ''Mr. Frond'' calls him Regular-Sized Rudy.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Rudolph Stieblitz is only mentioned by his real name at the start of the episode, going by Rudy or Regular-Sized Rudy for the rest of the episode.

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*OneSteveLimit: There are two known Rudys in Wagstaff, which the students (and even teachers) get around by using nicknames based on the Rudys' sizes (Pocket-Sized and Regular-Sized).
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Rudolph Stieblitz is only mentioned by his real name at the start of the episode, going by Rudy or Regular-Sized Rudy for the rest of the episode. Even ''Mr. Frond'' calls him Regular-Sized Rudy.
**Pocket-Sized Rudy's real name isn't revealed at all, although his given name is probably Rudolph as well (given Louise can't differentiate between the two Rudys when reading the buddy list).
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: Bob is just as apathetic towards Mr. Frond as Louise tends to be. He also shares Louise's dislike of field trips.

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* ItRunsInTheFamily: NotSoDifferent: Bob is just as apathetic towards Mr. Frond as Louise tends to be. He also shares Louise's dislike of field trips.trips, and once ditched a trip as Louise ends up doing here. When Bob joins her, the two find themselves bonding as a result.
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*HypocriticalHumor: Tina's role in the story basically chalks down to her and Henry calling each other a nerd while acting just as nerdy as the other.
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*OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Rudolph Stieblitz is only mentioned by his real name at the start of the episode, going by Rudy or Regular-Sized Rudy for the rest of the episode.
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* ItRunsInTheFamily: Bob is just as apathetic towards Mr. Frond as Louise tends to be.

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* ItRunsInTheFamily: Bob is just as apathetic towards Mr. Frond as Louise tends to be. He also shares Louise's dislike of field trips.
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* FirstAppearance: This is the debut appearance of Regular-Sized Rudy, who becomes a major supporting character in later episodes.
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*FirstAppearance: This is the debut appearance of Regular-Sized Rudy, who becomes a major supporting character in later episodes.

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*ItRunsInTheFamily: Bob is just as apathetic towards Mr. Frond as Louise tends to be.



* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Frond lets out a good scream when he sees that Bob has ruined the chaperone's vest Frond gave him.

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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Mr. Frond lets out a good scream when he sees that Bob has ruined the his chaperone's vest Frond gave him.by using it as a zipline.
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* DaddysGirl: Louise apparently called Bob "Daddy" for ''eight years'' (for context, she's ''nine''), and secretly desires to run the restaurant in the future (with it being implied she even views Bob as her ''hero''). The ending only reinforces it.

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* DaddysGirl: It was previously mentioned that Louise was one in "Mother Daughter Laser Razor", but here it's on full display. Louise apparently called Bob "Daddy" for ''eight years'' (for context, she's ''nine''), and secretly desires to run the restaurant in the future (with it being implied she even views Bob as her ''hero''). The ending only reinforces it.

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* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Tina and her classmate Henry spend the whole episode arguing which of them is the bigger dork.

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*DaddysGirl: Louise apparently called Bob "Daddy" for ''eight years'' (for context, she's ''nine''), and secretly desires to run the restaurant in the future (with it being implied she even views Bob as her ''hero''). The ending only reinforces it.
*DefrostingIceQueen: Louise goes from adamantly denying that she looks up to her father in the rainforest exhibit to happily hugging him (and affectionately calling him "Daddy") on the bus.
* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Tina and her classmate Henry spend the whole episode arguing which of them is the bigger dork. They put it to a vote and end up tying.


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*ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Frond lets out a good scream when he sees that Bob has ruined the chaperone's vest Frond gave him.
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* OpenMouthInsertFoot: While snarking about Bob one day being in a rest home, Louise says she'll spring him for some fun after closing up the restaurant that given day. She immediately tries to backtrack after Bob points out she sees herself as one day taking over the family business and thus looks up to him.

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!Tropes!! Carpe Tropeseum:



-->'''Rudy''': [[BigNo No!]]

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-->'''Rudy''': [[BigNo No!]]No!]]
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Chaperone Bob has to wrangle a wandering Louise and a new pal on a museum school trip. Meanwhile, Zeke takes Gene on a tour of exhibits with boobs on them, Tina gets engaged in a "dork-off" with a nerdy classmate, and Linda's surprise visit is sidetracked by her offering to help some striking museum workers with their chanting.
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* AdultsAreUseless: Mr. Frond didn't bother to reveal to Bob until ''after'' the trip was over that Rudy has asthma, which you'd think he'd mention to the only other adult chaperone supervising the kids.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Henry says the plesiosaur is the "coolest dinosaur". Plesiosaurs are not dinosaurs at all.
* BasementDweller: Mr. Frond spends the whole episode flirting with a rather receptive museum attendant, but she seems to have second thoughts when she learns Frond still lives with his mom.
* CrazyPrepared: Rudy has a pair of cymbals in his backpack, because "you never know when someone will wanna jam." He ends up using them to provide a pseudo-{{rimshot}} after Louise pokes fun at Mr. Frond.
* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Tina and her classmate Henry spend the whole episode arguing which of them is the bigger dork.
* ImprovisedZipline: Bob tries to get down from the platform he, Louise, and Rudy are stuck on by using his safety vest to zipline down. Bob makes it down, but only because he lands in the bushes after his vest breaks halfway down.
* PoorMansPorn: Zeke spends the episode showing Gene all the exhibits at the museum where you can see boobs.
* WouldRatherSuffer: Rudy would prefer suffering through his asthma attack to Bob trying to give him CPR.
-->'''Bob''': Uh, CPR. I know how to give CPR.
-->'''Rudy''': No, thank you.
-->'''Bob''': Uh, wh-why don't I just try it? And if you hate it, I'll stop.
-->'''Rudy''': [[BigNo No!]]

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