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* DeathGlare: At the hospital, Gene is told that Lenny hates him for what he did to Courtney, showing Lenny glaring at Gene from another seat with threatening music playing.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Tina and Louise inhale helium from the balloons at Courtney's party. At the hospital, when Bob realizes they snuck out a balloon, he asks for a hit from it.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Tina and Louise inhale helium from the balloons at Courtney's party. At the hospital, when Bob realizes they snuck out a balloon, balloon and looks like he's going to scold them for it, he asks for a hit from it.
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* HeliumSpeech: Tina and Louise start doing this with the balloons at Courtney's birthday party. Tina sneaks one out with her, and Bob [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything asks for a hit of it]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Louise and Tina are both ''horrified'' when they realize Courtney is Gene's crush and run down the school hallway, screaming the entire time, to try and save Gene before Courtney confesses to him. They're too late.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Louise and Tina are both ''horrified'' when they realize Courtney is Gene's crush admirer and run down the school hallway, screaming the entire time, to try and save Gene before Courtney confesses to him. They're too late.
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* IgnoredExpert: After learning how Gene doesn't like Courtney, Bob tells her to be honest immediately because it'll be harder to break the truth to her the longer he waits. While he initially attempts to follow this advice, Gene backtracks when he learns about Doug Wheeler's music gear, and it bites him ''hard''.
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* IgnoredExpert: After learning how that Gene doesn't like Courtney, Bob tells her him to be honest immediately because it'll be harder to break the truth to her the longer he waits. While he initially attempts to follow this advice, Gene backtracks when he learns about Doug Wheeler's music gear, and it bites him ''hard''.
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* TriviallyObvious: Courtney and Gene's dads talk about them at her party.
-->'''Doug:''' They make a cute couple, huh?
-->'''Bob:''' They certainly are standing next to each other.
-->'''Doug:''' They make a cute couple, huh?
-->'''Bob:''' They certainly are standing next to each other.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Bob stops Louise from yelling at Gene for not dumping Courtney... so he can yell at Gene himself.
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: When Gene comes clean to Courtney that he only kept dating her to get closer to her dad.
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: When Gene comes clean to Courtney that he only kept dating her to get closer to her dad.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Bob stops Louise from yelling at Gene for not dumping Courtney...Courtney when he had the chance... so he can yell at Gene himself.
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: When Gene comes clean to Courtney that he only kept dating her to get closer to herdad.dad:
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: When Gene comes clean to Courtney that he only kept dating her to get closer to her
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* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Courtney uses her congenital heart defect as an excuse for everything she does, including kicking the back of Bob's seat in the car.
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* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Courtney uses her congenital heart defect as an excuse for everything every obnoxious thing she does, including kicking the back of Bob's seat in the car.
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* IgnoredExpert: After learning how Gene doesn't like Courtney, Bob tells her to be honest immediately because it'll be harder to break the truth to her the longer he waits. Gene ignores this advice when he learns about Doug Wheeler's music gear, and it bites him ''hard''.
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* IgnoredExpert: After learning how Gene doesn't like Courtney, Bob tells her to be honest immediately because it'll be harder to break the truth to her the longer he waits. While he initially attempts to follow this advice, Gene ignores this advice backtracks when he learns about Doug Wheeler's music gear, and it bites him ''hard''.
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* OralFixationFixation: Courtney has a bizarre habit of sucking on her necklace. It's one of the many things the Belcher kids can't stand about her.
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* OralFixationFixation: OralFixation: Courtney has a bizarre habit of sucking on her necklace. It's one of the many things the Belcher kids can't stand about her.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Bob makes it very clear that he loves Linda no matter how much she weighs.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Bob makes it very clear that he loves Linda no matter how much she weighs.weighs.
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--->'''Bob:''' [[LampshadeHanging What do those things have to do with each other?]]
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*PlagiarismInFiction: Doug steals Gene's song and gets it aired on TV, likely making him a decent sum of money.
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* TheFatEpisode: Inverted. Gretchen shows up several sizes smaller, having gone on a diet consisting of eating the skins of fruits and vegetables. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Like most crash diets though]], [[SnapBack the weight is back next time she appears.]]
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* TheFatEpisode: Inverted. Gretchen shows up several sizes smaller, having gone on a diet consisting of eating the skins of fruits and vegetables. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Like most crash diets though]], [[SnapBack she isn't able to keep the weight is back next time she appears.off.]]
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* FormerlyFat: Gretchen shows up several sizes smaller. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Like most crash diets though]], [[SnapBack the weight is back next time she appears.]]
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* FormerlyFat: TheFatEpisode: Inverted. Gretchen shows up several sizes smaller.smaller, having gone on a diet consisting of eating the skins of fruits and vegetables. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Like most crash diets though]], [[SnapBack the weight is back next time she appears.]]
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*BaitAndSwitch: Bob stops Louise from yelling at Gene for not dumping Courtney... so he can yell at Gene himself.
*CannotSpitItOut: Gene can't bring himself to break up with Courtney. Even after practicing with his sisters, he still can't do it when he learns being Courtney's boyfriend gets him access to Doug's gear.
*ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Courtney's mother appears at the birthday party and in the hospital, and all signs point to her and Doug still being together. Later episodes never even mention her, and the Wheeler household since then appears to solely be Courtney and Doug.
*ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Courtney's mother appears at the birthday party and in the hospital, and all signs point to her and Doug still being together. Later episodes never even mention her, and the Wheeler household since then appears to solely be Courtney and Doug.
*EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Even Tina can't stand Courtney.
*IgnoredExpert: After learning how Gene doesn't like Courtney, Bob tells her to be honest immediately because it'll be harder to break the truth to her the longer he waits. Gene ignores this advice when he learns about Doug Wheeler's music gear, and it bites him ''hard''.
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* OralFixationFixation: Courtney has a bizarre habit of sucking on her necklace.
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* OralFixationFixation: Courtney has a bizarre habit of sucking on her necklace. It's one of the many things the Belcher kids can't stand about her.
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*DisneyDeath: Courtney and Doug act like the former flatlined in the hospital to get back at Gene.
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* OhCrap: Louise and Tina have an epic version of this after deducing who Gene's secret admirer is.
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* OhCrap: Louise and Tina have an epic version of this after deducing who that Courtney is Gene's secret admirer is.admirer.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Tina is so horrified about the idea of Courtney having a crush on Gene that she runs normally and not in her usual [[AirplaneArms arms-by-her-sides]] way.
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* DietEpisode: The b-plot involves Linda starving herself in a crazed attempt to lose a couple pounds.
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* DietEpisode: The b-plot B-plot involves Linda starving herself in a crazed attempt to lose a couple pounds.
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* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Courtney uses her congenital heart defect as an excuse for everything she does. Up to kicking the back of someone's seat.
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* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Courtney uses her congenital heart defect as an excuse for everything she does. Up to does, including kicking the back of someone's seat.Bob's seat in the car.
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*DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: At the hospital, Bob, Louise, and Tina pass around a helium balloon as if it's a blunt.
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*NotSoAboveItAll: Tina and Louise inhale helium from the balloons at Courtney's party. At the hospital, when Bob realizes they snuck out a balloon, he asks for a hit from it.
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*BorrowedCatchphrase: Gene constantly groans throughout the episode in a way that really evokes Tina's trademark groan.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gretchen's FormerlyFat appearance doesn't last past the episode, because crash diets are hard to maintain. Additionally, when Linda tries the diet herself she doesn't immediately lose any notable weight.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gretchen's FormerlyFat appearance doesn't last past the episode, because crash diets are hard to maintain. Additionally, when Linda tries the diet herself she doesn't immediately lose any notable weight.weight, and the diet gradually wears on her mind.
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* FormerlyFat: Gretchen shows up several sizes smaller. [[RealityEnsues Like most crash diets though]], [[SnapBack the weight is back next time she appears.]]
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* FormerlyFat: Gretchen shows up several sizes smaller. [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Like most crash diets though]], [[SnapBack the weight is back next time she appears.]]
*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gretchen's FormerlyFat appearance doesn't last past the episode, because crash diets are hard to maintain. Additionally, when Linda tries the diet herself she doesn't immediately lose any notable weight.
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* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When going through girls that might have a crush on Gene, Tina suggests it was the girl who told them, Rupa, hoping to fool the Belchers that it's not her. Louise states Rupa isn't smart enough to try that, since she once thought elbow macaroni was made from elbows. Tina gives an embarrassed laugh, implying that she thought that too until now.
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* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When going through girls that might have a crush on Gene, Tina suggests it was the girl who told them, Rupa, hoping to fool the Belchers that it's not her. Louise states Rupa isn't smart enough to try that, since she once thought elbow macaroni was made from elbows. Tina gives an embarrassed laugh, implying that she thought that too until now.now.
*YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Bob makes it very clear that he loves Linda no matter how much she weighs.
*YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Bob makes it very clear that he loves Linda no matter how much she weighs.
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* ShoutOut: The title is an allusion to the Czech novel-turned-American film, ''Literature/TheUnbearableLightnessOfBeing''.
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Courtney, the most annoying girl in school, has taken a liking to Gene, who decides to date her in order to use her jingle writer father's gear. Meanwhile, Linda is inspired by envy of Gretchen to go on the "Skin Deep Diet", where she can only eat the peels and skins of fruits and vegetables.
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* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: When Gene comes clean to Courtney that he only kept dating her to get closer to her dad.
-->'''Courtney:''' You were using me?
-->'''Gene:''' I prefer the term "networking."
* DietEpisode: The b-plot involves Linda starving herself in a crazed attempt to lose a couple pounds.
* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Courtney uses her congenital heart defect as an excuse for everything she does. Up to kicking the back of someone's seat.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Louise and Tina are both ''horrified'' when they realize Courtney is Gene's crush and run down the school hallway, screaming the entire time, to try and save Gene before Courtney confesses to him. They're too late.
* FormerlyFat: Gretchen shows up several sizes smaller. [[RealityEnsues Like most crash diets though]], [[SnapBack the weight is back next time she appears.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite her various annoying traits and the fact she basically pressured him to be her boyfriend, Courtney notes Gene basically used her, even hijacking her birthday party to plug his song.
* LoopholeAbuse: Linda tries to justify licking the frosting off a slice of birthday cake as part of her diet by arguing icing is like the skin of a cake.
* OhCrap: Louise and Tina have an epic version of this after deducing who Gene's secret admirer is.
* OralFixationFixation: Courtney has a bizarre habit of sucking on her necklace.
* PapaWolf: After Courtney suffers a minor heart episode caused by Gene, he asks Doug if he can still visit "Gear Heaven". Doug's response?
-->'''Doug:''' Nope, not a chance in Gear Hell, Gene.
* SanitySlippage: Linda really starts to lose it due to hunger, at one point chewing on Tina's hair after smelling her cocoa butter shampoo.
* WeightWoe: Linda spends the episode obsessing about her slight muffin top after seeing how much skinnier Gretchen's become.
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When going through girls that might have a crush on Gene, Tina suggests it was the girl who told them, Rupa, hoping to fool the Belchers that it's not her. Louise states Rupa isn't smart enough to try that, since she once thought elbow macaroni was made from elbows. Tina gives an embarrassed laugh, implying that she thought that too until now.
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* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: When Gene comes clean to Courtney that he only kept dating her to get closer to her dad.
-->'''Courtney:''' You were using me?
-->'''Gene:''' I prefer the term "networking."
* DietEpisode: The b-plot involves Linda starving herself in a crazed attempt to lose a couple pounds.
* DisabilityAsAnExcuseForJerkassery: Courtney uses her congenital heart defect as an excuse for everything she does. Up to kicking the back of someone's seat.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Louise and Tina are both ''horrified'' when they realize Courtney is Gene's crush and run down the school hallway, screaming the entire time, to try and save Gene before Courtney confesses to him. They're too late.
* FormerlyFat: Gretchen shows up several sizes smaller. [[RealityEnsues Like most crash diets though]], [[SnapBack the weight is back next time she appears.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite her various annoying traits and the fact she basically pressured him to be her boyfriend, Courtney notes Gene basically used her, even hijacking her birthday party to plug his song.
* LoopholeAbuse: Linda tries to justify licking the frosting off a slice of birthday cake as part of her diet by arguing icing is like the skin of a cake.
* OhCrap: Louise and Tina have an epic version of this after deducing who Gene's secret admirer is.
* OralFixationFixation: Courtney has a bizarre habit of sucking on her necklace.
* PapaWolf: After Courtney suffers a minor heart episode caused by Gene, he asks Doug if he can still visit "Gear Heaven". Doug's response?
-->'''Doug:''' Nope, not a chance in Gear Hell, Gene.
* SanitySlippage: Linda really starts to lose it due to hunger, at one point chewing on Tina's hair after smelling her cocoa butter shampoo.
* WeightWoe: Linda spends the episode obsessing about her slight muffin top after seeing how much skinnier Gretchen's become.
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When going through girls that might have a crush on Gene, Tina suggests it was the girl who told them, Rupa, hoping to fool the Belchers that it's not her. Louise states Rupa isn't smart enough to try that, since she once thought elbow macaroni was made from elbows. Tina gives an embarrassed laugh, implying that she thought that too until now.
