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* ComplexityAddiction: Based on everything Mr. Fischoeder says about Shelby, he probably only needed Linda for his plan. Adding the kids while isolating Bob entirely only causes more problems than necessary.
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* ComplexityAddiction: Based on everything Mr. Fischoeder says about Shelby, he probably only needed Linda was the only necessary part for his plan. Adding the kids while isolating Bob entirely only causes more problems than necessary.planning and more problems. Worth noting is that (shoddy acting aside) Linda is the ''last'' Belcher to blow her cover, meaning Mr. Fischoeder's plan probably would've gone better if she was the only one involved.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Shelby assumes the kids are talking about Mr. Fischoeder instead of Bob when they beg her not to shoot their father, completely unaware that the kids are indeed talking about Bob and are revealing themselves as his kids to try and save him.
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Shelby assumes the kids are talking about Mr. Fischoeder instead of Bob when they beg her not to shoot their father, completely unaware that the kids are indeed talking about Bob and are revealing themselves as his kids to try and save him. Even when the kids are completely, unambiguously referring to Bob, all this does is make her question it for a second before continuing the hunt.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if the Belchers got their promised five months of free rent from Mr. Fischoeder.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out if the Belchers got their promised five months of free rent from Mr. Fischoeder.Fischoeder.
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IUEO now so the name needs to be called cool in-story
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: One of the names Gene offers to use is "Vesuvio Fischoeder."
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*KarmaHoudini: Shelby gets away scot-free despite attempting to gun down Bob.
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* BadBadActing: Linda and Tina's attempts at acting like they love Mr. Fischoder aren't as convincing as Gene and Louise's.
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* BadBadActing: Linda and Tina's attempts at acting like they love Mr. Fischoder aren't as convincing as Gene and Louise's. The facade also slips a couple times even before Bob snaps (when Linda tells the kids to hug their father, they all go to hug Bob).
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*ComplexityAddiction: Based on everything Mr. Fischoeder says about Shelby, he probably only needed Linda for his plan. Adding the kids while isolating Bob entirely only causes more problems than necessary.
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*GunNut: Shelby is more than a little nutty, as the Belchers (and especially Bob) very nearly experience the hard way.
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*HasAType: If you're not married and rich, Shelby Schnabel doesn't want you.
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*DisproportionateRetribution: When Bob runs off with Lance, Shelby's first reaction is to try and ''gun him down''.
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*FirstNameBasis: Shelby is the first person to consistently call Mr. Fischoeder by his first name of Calvin (and until Felix Fischoeder's debut a season later, she's the ''only'' one).
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Even after it becomes obvious that Bob is the kids' actual father, Shelby seems a bit unsure of if he's Linda's wife or extramarital lover, to the point that Mr. Fischoeder tries to pass it off as the latter until Linda clarifies it for her.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Even after it becomes obvious that Bob is the kids' actual father, Shelby seems a bit unsure of if he's Linda's wife actual husband or extramarital lover, to the point that Mr. Fischoeder tries to pass it off as the latter until Linda clarifies it for her.
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-->'''Louise:''' Good thing a bullet hit Lance, or else we'd be eating dad.\\
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-->'''Louise:''' Good thing a bullet hit Lance, or else we'd be eating dad.Dad.\\
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'''Tina:''' I bet dad would have made a great dinner.\\
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'''Tina:''' I bet dad Dad would have made a great dinner.\\
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Mr. Fischoeder was called Calvin at one point in "Torpedo".
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* GivenNameReveal: After going exclusively by his surname for two seasons, Mr. Fischoeder's first name is revealed to be Calvin.
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*GivenNameReveal: After going exclusively by his surname for two seasons, Mr. Fischoeder's first name is revealed to be Calvin.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out of the Belchers got their promised five months of free rent from Mr. Fischoeder.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out of if the Belchers got their promised five months of free rent from Mr. Fischoeder.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: All three kids immediately blow their covers as Mr. Fischoeder's kids when they realize Bob is now in danger, though Shelby doesn't catch on. Even Louise is horrified.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther:
** All three kids immediately blow their covers as Mr. Fischoeder's kids when they realize Bob is now in danger, though Shelby doesn't catch on. Even Louise is horrified.
** All three kids immediately blow their covers as Mr. Fischoeder's kids when they realize Bob is now in danger, though Shelby doesn't catch on. Even Louise is horrified.
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* TheUnreveal: The kids speculate on what sort of weird things are in Fischoeder's mansion. Louise thinks there are actual skeletons in the closets, Gene thinks there is a dungeon of Dungeness crabs, and Tina thinks the water in the toilets evaporates and forms a rainbow. Fischoeder replies that two of them are correct, and Tina later says she was right about the toilets. We never find out if it was Gene or Louise who was right.
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* TheUnreveal: The kids speculate on what sort of weird things are in Fischoeder's mansion. Louise thinks there are actual skeletons in the closets, Gene thinks there is a dungeon of Dungeness crabs, and Tina thinks the water in the toilets evaporates and forms a rainbow. Fischoeder replies that two of them are correct, and Tina later says she was right about the toilets. We never find out if it was Gene or Louise who was right.right.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out of the Belchers got their promised five months of free rent from Mr. Fischoeder.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out of the Belchers got their promised five months of free rent from Mr. Fischoeder.
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* ToServeMan: Discussed during the ending, when the kids ponder on what would happen if Bob got shot instead of the turkey:
-->'''Louise:''' Good thing a bullet hit Lance, or else we'd be eating dad.\\
'''Gene:''' He'd taste old and bitter.\\
'''Tina:''' I bet dad would have made a great dinner.\\
'''Bob:''' [[SincerityMode Thanks, Tina]].\\
'''Tina:''' Yeah, you're so plump.\\
'''Bob:''' Oh.
-->'''Louise:''' Good thing a bullet hit Lance, or else we'd be eating dad.\\
'''Gene:''' He'd taste old and bitter.\\
'''Tina:''' I bet dad would have made a great dinner.\\
'''Bob:''' [[SincerityMode Thanks, Tina]].\\
'''Tina:''' Yeah, you're so plump.\\
'''Bob:''' Oh.
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* SanitySlippage: Bob's loneliness drives him to [[DrowningMySorrows drown his sorrows]] with absinthe, which in turn causes him to suffer vivid hallucinations and befriend the thanksgiving turkey.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Even after it becomes obvious that Bob is the kids' actual father, Shelby seems a bit unsure of if he's Linda's wife or extramarital lover until Linda clarifies it for her.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Even after it becomes obvious that Bob is the kids' actual father, Shelby seems a bit unsure of if he's Linda's wife or extramarital lover lover, to the point that Mr. Fischoeder tries to pass it off as the latter until Linda clarifies it for her.
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*NoYou: When Linda calls Bob drunk, Bob instead retorts that Linda is drunk. As it turns out, Bob's ''right''--she's had a lot of wine to drink.
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**Bob's special tradition with Louise is called "Turkey Series/CSIMiami".
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* LongList: The kids list off all major holidays by order of importance to show Bob how little they care about Thanksgiving: Louise's birthday, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Hanukkah, Snow Day, Amateur Night, Veterans Day, Tooth Fairy Eve, St. Patrick's Day, May Day, Groundhog Day, season premiere of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Opposite Day, [[{{Calacas}} Day of the Dead]], ''[[Film/DawnOfTheDead1978 Dawn of the Dead]]'', Carnivale, Creator/AngelaLansbury's birthday, Bath Night, Black Friday, and finally Thanksgiving.
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* LongList: The kids list off all major holidays by order of importance to show Bob how little they care about Thanksgiving: Louise's birthday, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Hanukkah, Snow Day, Amateur Night, Veterans Day, Tooth Fairy Eve, St. Patrick's Day, May Day, Groundhog Day, season premiere of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Opposite Day, [[{{Calacas}} Day of the Dead]], ''[[Film/DawnOfTheDead1978 Dawn of the Dead]]'', Carnivale, Carnival, Creator/AngelaLansbury's birthday, Bath Night, Black Friday, and finally Thanksgiving.
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*AssuranceBackfire: When the kids beg Shelby not to shoot their father, she insists she won't. Unfortunately, she's still under the assumption that Mr. Fischoeder (who she never intended to shoot) is their father, while the kids are begging her not to shoot ''Bob'' (who she fully plans to shoot).
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: All three kids immediately blow their covers as Mr. Fischoeder's kids when they realize Bob is now in danger, though Shelby doesn't catch on. Even Louise ishorrified horrified.
**Additionally, whenShelby starts shooting Bob is shown to be depressed after Bob. being neglected the entire episode, all of the Belchers seem to feel genuine guilt and give Bob a heartfelt hug. Yes, even Louise.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: All three kids immediately blow their covers as Mr. Fischoeder's kids when they realize Bob is now in danger, though Shelby doesn't catch on. Even Louise is
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*DroppingTheBombshell: Repeatedly, in fact. Bob's outburst at dinner somehow wasn't enough to make Shelby realize the truth, but the kids constantly addressing Bob as their father as Shelby tries to shoot him is a dead giveaway as to Bob's true relation to the Belchers.
*DroppingTheBombshell: Repeatedly, in fact. Bob's outburst at dinner somehow wasn't enough to make Shelby realize the truth, but the kids constantly addressing Bob as their father as Shelby tries to shoot him is a dead giveaway as to Bob's true relation to the Belchers.
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* OperationJealousy: Mr. Fischoder hires Bob's family to be his to attract the attention of his old crush Shelby, who has a thing for seducing married men.
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* SerialHomewrecker: Shelby will ''only'' date married men, which is why Mr. Fischoeder needs Linda and the kids to pretend to be his family. Linda flat out calls Shelby a homewrecker and Bob thinks she's nuts.
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-->'''Shelby''': I respect myself too much ''not'' to be the other woman.
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* LateToThePunchline: Bob recites his Thanksgiving toast from the previous year, with the pun "if you want to open the door to this family, use the tur-key," and Louise replies that she just got the joke.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Even Louise is horrified when Shelby starts shooting after Bob.
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->'''Tina:''' She's a magnate magnet.\\
'''Linda:''' More like a home-wrecker.\\
'''Mr. Fischoeder:''' That's why I need to give her a home to wreck.
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->'''Tina:''' She's a magnate magnet.\\
'''Linda:''' More like a home-wrecker.\\
'''Mr. Fischoeder:''' That's why I need to give her a home to wreck.
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Mr. Fischoeder hires the Belchers to be his pretend family, so he can woo an old flame.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: One of the names Gene offers to use is "Vesuvio Fischoeder."
* BadBadActing: Linda and Tina's attempts at acting like they love Mr. Fischoder aren't as convincing as Gene and Louise's.
* CompanionCube: As he gets increasingly shitfaced on absinthe, Bob names the turkey "Lance" and becomes his pal.
* TheGunslinger: Shelby is an expert sharpshooter. Lucky for Bob, she has trouble hitting a moving target.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Mr. Fischoeder claims schlong is German for snake. It actually comes from schlang, the Yiddish word for snake. The German word for snake is ''Schlange''.
* LiteralMinded: Bob asks everyone to raise their glasses. Tina raises her ''eyeglasses''.
* LongList: The kids list off all major holidays by order of importance to show Bob how little they care about Thanksgiving: Louise's birthday, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Hanukkah, Snow Day, Amateur Night, Veterans Day, Tooth Fairy Eve, St. Patrick's Day, May Day, Groundhog Day, season premiere of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Opposite Day, [[{{Calacas}} Day of the Dead]], ''[[Film/DawnOfTheDead1978 Dawn of the Dead]]'', Carnivale, Creator/AngelaLansbury's birthday, Bath Night, Black Friday, and finally Thanksgiving.
* OperationJealousy: Mr. Fischoder hires Bob's family to be his to attract the attention of his old crush Shelby, who has a thing for seducing married men.
* PocketProtector: Linda is horrified when she thinks Shelby shot Bob, but fortunately Lance the turkey "took the bullet" for Bob.
* ShoutOut:
** Bob's hallucination with his family, Lance the turkey, and the tree made out of Thanksgiving food spoofs ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro''.
** At the end of the episode, Louise uses her prize tickets from Fischoeder to win the family portrait he had commissioned of the "Fischoeder family." She says it will age while she'll stay nine forever, like ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray''.
* TheUnreveal: The kids speculate on what sort of weird things are in Fischoeder's mansion. Louise thinks there are actual skeletons in the closets, Gene thinks there is a dungeon of Dungeness crabs, and Tina thinks the water in the toilets evaporates and forms a rainbow. Fischoeder replies that two of them are correct, and Tina later says she was right about the toilets. We never find out if it was Gene or Louise who was right.
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* AwesomeMcCoolName: One of the names Gene offers to use is "Vesuvio Fischoeder."
* BadBadActing: Linda and Tina's attempts at acting like they love Mr. Fischoder aren't as convincing as Gene and Louise's.
* CompanionCube: As he gets increasingly shitfaced on absinthe, Bob names the turkey "Lance" and becomes his pal.
* TheGunslinger: Shelby is an expert sharpshooter. Lucky for Bob, she has trouble hitting a moving target.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Mr. Fischoeder claims schlong is German for snake. It actually comes from schlang, the Yiddish word for snake. The German word for snake is ''Schlange''.
* LiteralMinded: Bob asks everyone to raise their glasses. Tina raises her ''eyeglasses''.
* LongList: The kids list off all major holidays by order of importance to show Bob how little they care about Thanksgiving: Louise's birthday, Christmas, Halloween, Easter, Hanukkah, Snow Day, Amateur Night, Veterans Day, Tooth Fairy Eve, St. Patrick's Day, May Day, Groundhog Day, season premiere of ''Series/GameOfThrones'', Opposite Day, [[{{Calacas}} Day of the Dead]], ''[[Film/DawnOfTheDead1978 Dawn of the Dead]]'', Carnivale, Creator/AngelaLansbury's birthday, Bath Night, Black Friday, and finally Thanksgiving.
* OperationJealousy: Mr. Fischoder hires Bob's family to be his to attract the attention of his old crush Shelby, who has a thing for seducing married men.
* PocketProtector: Linda is horrified when she thinks Shelby shot Bob, but fortunately Lance the turkey "took the bullet" for Bob.
* ShoutOut:
** Bob's hallucination with his family, Lance the turkey, and the tree made out of Thanksgiving food spoofs ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro''.
** At the end of the episode, Louise uses her prize tickets from Fischoeder to win the family portrait he had commissioned of the "Fischoeder family." She says it will age while she'll stay nine forever, like ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray''.
* TheUnreveal: The kids speculate on what sort of weird things are in Fischoeder's mansion. Louise thinks there are actual skeletons in the closets, Gene thinks there is a dungeon of Dungeness crabs, and Tina thinks the water in the toilets evaporates and forms a rainbow. Fischoeder replies that two of them are correct, and Tina later says she was right about the toilets. We never find out if it was Gene or Louise who was right.
