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*TheAmazon: Not the ''actual'' Amazon, mind you, but the A-plot of the episode focuses on Bob, Louise, and Regular-Sized Rudy traveling through an unfinished exhibit based on the Amazon.



**In-universe; Henry notes that an exhibit of a stegosaurus isn't even remotely realistic, though we never actually get to hear (or see) ''what's'' wrong with it.



* 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.

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* CrazyPrepared: Rudy CrazyPrepared:
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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.


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--->'''Gene:''' [[LampshadeHanging Your cousin's really into this]].
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*ClassTrip: The episode revolves around one to the museum. Apparently Wagstaff has run this exact trip for ''nine years in a row'', and the A-plot sees Bob and Louise ditch the trip for a fun adventure.
**Bob apparently went on a high school trip to the zoo, and ditched it with a friend to go smoke (well, Bob didn't smoke).


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*EstablishingCharacterMoment: Henry's first line in the episode (and thus the series) is dismissively calling Tina a dork.


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*HatedByAll: As if the kids didn't already hate Mr. Frond, this episode sees both Bob and Linda express their low opinion of him. Linda has outright resorted to alcohol just to tolerate him.


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*MandatoryLine: Teddy and Mort appear in one scene, where Teddy encourages Linda to go to the museum.


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*RhymesOnADime: Pretty much all of Linda's improvised chants rhyme.

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* DaddysGirl: It was previously mentioned that Louise was one in "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E10MotherDaughterLaserRazor 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 "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E10MotherDaughterLaserRazor 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.it more.


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*DrivenToSuicide: Discussed; Louise remarks that Bob will want to pack a cyanide thermos because the museum is ''that'' bad.


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*InstantlyProvenWrong: Henry tries to claim he knows Jimmy Jr., and to this end calls out to him. Jimmy Jr. immediately disproves him by calling him Harvey.


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*PintSizedKid: As if the kids on the show didn't already count (most of Tina's colleagues are barely five feet if even), Pocket-Sized Rudy takes it UpToEleven by being so small he can't be seen on-screen.


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*ProudToBeAGeek: Tina and Henry eventually conclude that they're both dorks in different ways, but that it isn't necessarily a bad thing.


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*WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: One elderly museum worker hates everything plant-related. Naturally, this means he's in charge of the plant-infested Amazon exhibit.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Henry says the plesiosaur is the "coolest dinosaur". Dinosaurs are land-based animals; while plesiosaurs co-existed with them, they are ''not'' dinosaurs themselves.

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Henry says the plesiosaur is the "coolest dinosaur". Dinosaurs are land-based animals; while the sea-based plesiosaurs co-existed with them, they are ''not'' dinosaurs themselves.
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* DoomedNewOutfit: Bob wears a bright yellow safety vest for most of the episode (including the opening scene at the Belcher home), but it tears in half when he uses it as a zipline.

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* DoomedNewOutfit: DoomedNewClothes: Bob wears a bright yellow safety vest for most of the episode (including the opening scene at the Belcher home), but it tears in half when he uses it as a zipline.

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* TheAlcoholic: During the eight years she chaperoned, Linda mentions having brought a wine thermos to survive being stuck with Mr. Frond.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Henry says the plesiosaur is the "coolest dinosaur". Plesiosaurs are not dinosaurs at all.

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* TheAlcoholic: During the eight years she chaperoned, chaperoned the field trip, Linda mentions having brought a wine thermos to survive being stuck with Mr. Frond.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Henry says the plesiosaur is the "coolest dinosaur". Plesiosaurs Dinosaurs are not land-based animals; while plesiosaurs co-existed with them, they are ''not'' dinosaurs at all.themselves.



*DiggingYourselfDeeper: While trying to deny her admiration of Bob, Louise admits that she considers hanging out with Bob a perfect day.
*DoomedNewOutfit: Bob wears a bright yellow safety vest for most of the episode (including the opening scene at the Belcher home), but it tears in half when he uses it as a zipline.



*FollowInMyFootsteps: Technically inverted. Bob doesn't forbid his kids from trying to take over the restaurant, but he clearly doesn't expect it and is resigned to his kids doing other things with their lives. However, this episode reveals that, of all the kids, ''Louise'' wants to inherit the restaurant. Unlike most inversions, however, Bob doesn't react negatively to this--he's beyond elated, in fact.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: Louise is in the room when Bob talks to Linda about being a FormerTeenRebel. She later uses this to appeal to Bob in the Amazon exhibit, convincing him to go on one final adventure.



* 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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*FunnyBackgroundEvent: When Frond tells the kids to stick with the group, Bob can be seen rolling his eyes at the nicknames Frond gives (Missing Marvins and Walk-Away Wendys).
* TheGhost: The TheGhost:
**Bob's high school friend Warren Fitzgerald is mentioned a few times but never seen.
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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.



* 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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* HypocriticalHumor: Tina's 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.other.
**Louise keeps calling Bob a softie. As Bob soon points out, those are bold words coming from an unabashed DaddysGirl.



* WhamLine: Louise casually drops one that reveals how she ''[[DaddysGirl rea]][[SarcasticDevotee lly]]'' views her father and the restaurant[[note]]The important part is highlighted with bold letters[[/note]]. Interestingly, she doesn't even seem to realize she's said it until Bob points it out.

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* WhamLine: Louise casually drops one that reveals how she ''[[DaddysGirl rea]][[SarcasticDevotee lly]]'' views her father and the restaurant[[note]]The important part is highlighted with bold letters[[/note]].restaurant. Interestingly, she doesn't even seem to realize she's said it until Bob points it out.
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*AccidentalMisnaming: Jimmy Jr. calls Henry "Harvey".


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*InSeriesNickname: Louise keeps calling Bob "softie" throughout the episode. Bob eventually turns it around on her.
*InsistentTerminology: Henry's robot story isn't a comic book, it's a ''graphic novel''.


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*MovingTheGoalposts: After Bob takes Louise and Rudy to see the stilt hut like they want, Louise tells Bob to find another thing to visit, claiming the stilt hut was ''her'' idea and that now she wants ''his'' idea.
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*ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Bob reacts to Louise revealing she'd run the restaurant in the future, Louise initially assumes he's reacting to her comment that he'll be stuck in a nursing home.
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*TokenGoodTeammate: Louise half-jokingly implies she's this to her siblings when she comments about Bob being sent to a nursing home in the distant future, claiming she's opposed to the idea but that Gene and Tina would go through with it anyways.
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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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Chaperone After volunteering to chaperone a field trip to the museum, Bob has winds up sneaking off to wrangle a wandering closed-off exhibit with Louise and one of her classmates, resulting in a new pal on a museum school trip. unique father-daughter bonding experience. 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 Linda makes a surprise visit is to the museum only to be sidetracked by her offering to help some striking museum workers helping a group of picketers with their chanting.
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->'''Louise:''' ''C'mon, pick up the pace, softie!''
->'''Bob:''' ''Softie? That's funny coming from the girl who called me Daddy until she was eight!''

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->'''Louise:''' ''C'mon, C'mon, pick up the pace, softie!''
softie!
->'''Bob:''' ''Softie? Softie? That's funny coming from the girl who called me Daddy ''Daddy'' until she was eight!''
''eight''!

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->'''Louise:''' ''C'mon, pick up the pace, softie!''
->'''Bob:''' ''Softie? That's funny coming from the girl who called me Daddy until she was eight!''



* InSeriesNickname: Louise keeps calling Bob variations of "softie" throughout the episode. Bob eventually turns it around on her.
-->'''Louise:''' C'mon, pick up the pace, softie!
-->'''Bob:''' Softie? That's funny coming from [[DaddysGirl the girl who called me]] ''[[DaddysGirl Daddy]]'' [[DaddysGirl until she was]] ''[[DaddysGirl eight]]''!
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*TheCameo: Edith Cranwinkle makes a brief, one-line appearance as Linda and the picketers chant in front of the museum.


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*InSeriesNickname: Louise keeps calling Bob variations of "softie" throughout the episode. Bob eventually turns it around on her.
-->'''Louise:''' C'mon, pick up the pace, softie!
-->'''Bob:''' Softie? That's funny coming from [[DaddysGirl the girl who called me]] ''[[DaddysGirl Daddy]]'' [[DaddysGirl until she was]] ''[[DaddysGirl eight]]''!
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*TheAlcoholic: During the eight years she chaperoned, Linda mentions having brought a wine thermos to survive being stuck with Mr. Frond.
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* FascinatingEyebrow: If one looks carefully, Bob can be seen raising an eyebrow when Louise says she'll close the restaurant and spring Bob from the nursing home years in the future. He says it in the middle of her sentence, as if to erase any ambiguity as to what he's reacting to.

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* FascinatingEyebrow: If one looks carefully, Bob can be seen raising an eyebrow when Louise says she'll close the restaurant and spring Bob from the nursing home years in the future. He says it raises the eyebrow in the middle of her sentence, as if to erase any ambiguity as to what he's reacting to.
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*FormerTeenRebel: This episode reveals that ''Bob'' of all people used to be one. The extent of his actions are unknown, but he once ditched school to go smoke with a friend (well, he hung out with a friend who smoked).
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* Squee: Bob is beyond elated to learn that Louise looks up to him and wants to run the restaurant in the future.

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* Squee: {{Squee}}: Bob is beyond elated to learn that Louise looks up to him and wants to run the restaurant in the future.
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*FascinatingEyebrow: If one looks carefully, Bob can be seen raising an eyebrow when Louise says she'll close the restaurant and spring Bob from the nursing home years in the future. He says it in the middle of her sentence, as if to erase any ambiguity as to what he's reacting to.


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*Squee: Bob is beyond elated to learn that Louise looks up to him and wants to run the restaurant in the future.
-->'''Bob:''' Oh my God, am I your ''hero''?!


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*WhamLine: Louise casually drops one that reveals how she ''[[DaddysGirl rea]][[SarcasticDevotee lly]]'' views her father and the restaurant[[note]]The important part is highlighted with bold letters[[/note]]. Interestingly, she doesn't even seem to realize she's said it until Bob points it out.
-->'''Louise:''' Like, maybe when you're old and senile, '''I'll close the restaurant''' and come spring you from the nursing home.

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* BirdsOfAFeather: 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 sense of adventure, 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.



* 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 sense of adventure, 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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**When Bob hands his ruined vest to Mr. Frond, he attempts to claim the vest was already ruined when he got it.


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*SeenItAll: Bob and Linda have been through so much craziness in their family that they're able to accurately predict exactly what happened to the other during the field trip.


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*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Bob uses his vest as a zipline to reach the ground, but the vest's natural fragility and the friction generated by it rubbing against the rope means it breaks after only a couple seconds, causing Bob to fall. Fortunately, Bob is close enough to the ground that he isn't harmed.

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* ChewOutFakeOut: Bob tells Louise not to insult Mr. Frond... not to Frond's face, anyways. Considering Bob has already established he doesn't like Frond either, this isn't too surprising.

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**Zeke's cousin, who gave him the boob checklist he uses in the museum, made an appearance in [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E21Boyz4Now the previous episode]].
* ChewOutFakeOut: Bob tells Louise not to insult Mr. Frond... not to Frond's face, anyways.his face. Considering Bob has already established he doesn't like Frond either, this isn't too surprising.

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* ChewOutFakeOut: Bob tells Louise not to insult Mr. Frond... not to Frond's face, anyways. Considering Bob has already established he doesn't like Frond either, this isn't too surprising.



* DoWrongRight: Bob is perfectly fine with Louise insulting Mr. Frond, but he tells her to only do it behind Frond's back.
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* 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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* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Tina and her classmate Henry spend the whole episode arguing which of them is the bigger dork. They put it to a vote vote... and end up tying.''tying''.



* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Bob clearly dislikes Mr. Frond, and only helps him chaperone because Linda made him. And when Louise sneaking off gives Bob an opportunity to ditch Frond, he takes it.

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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Bob clearly dislikes Mr. Frond, and only helps him chaperone because Linda made him. And when When Louise sneaking off gives Bob an opportunity to ditch Frond, he takes it.

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*DoWrongRight: Bob is perfectly fine with Louise insulting Mr. Frond, but he tells her to only do it behind Frond's back.



**Earlier in the episode, the Pesto twins can be seen holding hands as they walk to the bus.



* 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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* 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 sense of field trips, adventure, 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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*TeethClenchedTeamwork: Bob clearly dislikes Mr. Frond, and only helps him chaperone because Linda made him. And when Louise sneaking off gives Bob an opportunity to ditch Frond, he takes it.
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*AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: A major plotline of the episode is based on the revelation that Louise, for all her snarking and heckling, has a deep-seated admiration for Bob.


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*TheReveal: Louise idolizes Bob to the point that she wants to run the restaurant as an adult.
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*FireForgedFriends: Louise quite clearly respects Rudy more after they sneak off to the Amazon exhibit.

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* DontSplitUsUp: As Mr. Frond finds out the hard way, trying to separate the Pesto twins results in a meltdown from both of them. He has to hastily rewrite the buddy list to avert catastrophe.



* 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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*HoldingHands: Louise can briefly be seen holding Bob's hand in the Amazon exhibit.
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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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* 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 broken the rules like this, Louise has regularly done, but out-of-universe it's referencing how this is Rudy's first appearance in the series.
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*FailedASpotCheck: Somehow, none of the dozen-plus people on the field trip noticed that Bob, Louise, and Rudy were gone until the end of the trip.

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