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*NotMeThisTime: Jessica assumes Louise is hiding her wet clothes because it's part of her scheme to drive her crazy like she did to the other guests. Louise admits she ''wants'' to be messing with Jessica, but isn't.

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-->'''Gene:''' Um, I don't even want to do this. It's my job.

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-->'''Gene:''' Um, I don't even want to do this. [[PunchClockVillain It's my job.]]



* BrickJoke: When the girls are tie-dying shirts, Gene says he's going to make "the psychedelic crop top of my dreams" before Linda tells him she didn't buy enough shirts for him to make one. During the end credits Slumber Party Fashion Show, Gene's wearing a tie-dyed crop top.

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*TheBore: Louise believes this about Jessica. She is ''very'' wrong.
-->'''Louise:''' If she were a spice, she'd be flour. If she were a book, she'd be ''two'' books.
* BrickJoke: When the girls are tie-dying tie-dyeing shirts, Gene says he's going to make "the psychedelic crop top of my dreams" before Linda tells him she didn't buy enough shirts for him to make one. During the end credits Slumber Party Fashion Show, Gene's wearing a tie-dyed crop top.



* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Downplayed, but Louise's attempt to freak out Harley with the tale of "George", Gene's monstrous twin who lives in the basement, ends up leaving her open to an unexpected owning:

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* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Downplayed, but InnocentlyInsensitive: Harley genuinely believes Louise's attempt to freak out Harley with the tale of "George", Gene's monstrous twin who lives in the basement, ends up leaving basement. This leads her open to ask what she believes is an unexpected owning:innocent question but is in reality an unintended diss against Louise:



* OnlySaneMan: [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E7BedAndBreakfast Once again]], Bob proves he knows more about Louise than Linda does. He immediately recognizes that Louise is ''not'' going to like the slumber party, and tries to warn Linda not to go through with it. Even when he later encourages Louise to stay, it's clear he's only going along with it because he knows it's too much effort to try and convince Linda to shut it down.

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* OnlySaneMan: [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E7BedAndBreakfast Once again]], Bob proves he knows more about Louise than Linda does. He immediately recognizes that Louise is ''not'' going to like the slumber party, and tries to warn Linda not to go through with it. it (additionally, when the kids arrive, it's clear Linda gave him no warning about it). Even when he later encourages Louise to stay, it's clear he's only going along with it because he knows it's too much effort to try and convince Linda to shut it down.down.
-->'''Linda:''' If Louise would just do the things she hates, I know she'd love it!\\
'''Bob:''' That sounds like nonsense.



* ShoutOut: Gene calls Bob and Linda's bed pillows Fat Man and Little Boy, which were nicknames for the atomic bombs used in the UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki.

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* ShoutOut: Gene ShoutOut:
**Harley mentions that the [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe movie]] ''Twincinnati'' was filmed with one actress playing both twins--a possible reference to both versions of ''[[Film/TheParentTrap1961 The Parent]] [[Film/TheParentTrap1998 Trap]]'', which did the same thing.
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calls Bob and Linda's bed pillows Fat Man and Little Boy, which were nicknames for the atomic bombs used in the UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki.


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*WouldRatherSuffer: Louise calls tie-dyeing a worse form of dying than actual dying, which she would rather do than have the slumber party.
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* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Downplayed, but Louise's attempt to freak out Harley with the tale of "George", Gene's monstrous twin who lives in the basement, ends up leaving her open to an unexpected owning:
-->'''Louise:''' And whatever you do, please do not laugh. ''[Harley gasps in fear]'' Because ''I'' laughed once, and he ''bit off a piece of my butt!''\\
'''Harley:''' What?!\\
'''Louise:''' That's why I'm sitting like this, because I don't have two buttcheeks to sit on--\\
'''Harley:''' Is that why you dance weird in dance class?\\
'''Louise:''' ... Shut up, Harley.

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-->'''Gene:''' Um, I don't even want to do this. It's my job.



* BrickJoke: When the girls are tie-dying shirts, Gene says he's going to make "the psychedelic crop top of my dreams" before Linda tells him she didn't buy enough shirts for him to make on. During the end credits Slumber Party Fashion Show, Gene's wearing a tie-dyed crop top.

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* BrickJoke: When the girls are tie-dying shirts, Gene says he's going to make "the psychedelic crop top of my dreams" before Linda tells him she didn't buy enough shirts for him to make on.one. During the end credits Slumber Party Fashion Show, Gene's wearing a tie-dyed crop top.



* MadwomanInTheAttic: Louise scares off Harley and Abby by claiming that Gene has a feral, hunchbacked twin brother who communicates by farting and lives in the basement.
* MotorMouth: Harley just likes to yammer on without listening to others, or even caring if anyone is listening to her. It's why Louise dubs her "Harley Ever-Shuts-Her-Mouth".

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*JerkassHasAPoint: As rude as she is about it, Louise has every right to be annoyed that Linda forced her into having a slumber party she didn't want.
* MadwomanInTheAttic: Louise scares off Harley and Abby by claiming that Gene has a feral, hunchbacked twin brother who communicates by farting and lives in the basement.
* MotorMouth: Harley just likes to yammer on without listening to others, or even caring if anyone is listening to her. It's why Louise dubs her "Harley Ever-Shuts-Her-Mouth".Ever-Shuts-Her-Mouth", and even ''Gene'' complains about it at one point.



* ShoutOut: Gene calls Bob and Linda's bed pillows "Fat Man and the Little Boy," which were nicknames for the atomic bombs used in the UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki.

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* ShoutOut: Gene calls Bob and Linda's bed pillows "Fat Fat Man and the Little Boy," Boy, which were nicknames for the atomic bombs used in the UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki.


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*TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Linda considered throwing rocks at cars a normal part of growing up. Bob is concerned.
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* AntiClimax: Louise sends Jodi packing by exploiting her germaphobia, and sends Harley packing by spinning a wild tale about Gene's (fake) EvilTwin. How does she send Abby packing? Simply say she won't let her braid her hair.

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* AntiClimax: Louise sends Jodi packing by exploiting her germaphobia, and sends Harley packing by spinning a wild tale about Gene's (fake) EvilTwin.EvilTwin [[ImAHumanitarian who has a taste for human flesh]]. How does she send Abby packing? Simply say she won't let her braid her hair.



* AwkwardFirstSleepover: Louise is forced into having her first sleepover by her doting mother Linda, who proceeds to invite only girls Louise can't stand.

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* AwkwardFirstSleepover: Louise is forced into having her first sleepover by her doting mother Linda, who proceeds to invite Linda. Not only does Louise not want a sleepover in the first place, Linda makes things even worse by exclusively inviting girls Louise can't stand.

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*AntiClimax: Louise sends Jodi packing by exploiting her germaphobia, and sends Harley packing by spinning a wild tale about Gene's (fake) EvilTwin. How does she send Abby packing? Simply say she won't let her braid her hair.



*BigNo: When Linda makes plans for mother-daughter bonding attempts at the end of the episode, Louise reacts with one of these.



* ContinuityNod: Little King Trashmouth was first mentioned back in "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E17TwoForTina Two for Tina]]" by Linda.

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* ContinuityNod: Little ContinuityNod:
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King Trashmouth was first mentioned back in "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E17TwoForTina Two for Tina]]" by Linda.Linda.
**[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E8ArtCrawl Ken the albino]] is mentioned again, although Bob doesn't remember him (and points out to Gene that he's not real when his memory is jogged).



* OnlySaneMan: [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E7BedAndBreakfast Once again]], Bob proves he knows more about Louise than Linda does. He immediately recognizes that Louise is ''not'' going to like the slumber party, and tries to warn Linda not to go through with it. Even when he later encourages Louise to stay, it's clear he's only going along with it because he knows Linda isn't backing down.

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* OnlySaneMan: [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E7BedAndBreakfast Once again]], Bob proves he knows more about Louise than Linda does. He immediately recognizes that Louise is ''not'' going to like the slumber party, and tries to warn Linda not to go through with it. Even when he later encourages Louise to stay, it's clear he's only going along with it because he knows it's too much effort to try and convince Linda isn't backing to shut it down.



* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Bob implies that he would be fine taking Jessica home even without a reason, but Louise insists that she has to take care of Jessica herself.

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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: Bob implies that he would be fine taking Jessica home even without a reason, reason (after all, he's taking the other girls home), and Tina points out that this is the easiest way to end the slumber party early, [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou but Louise insists that she has to take care of Jessica herself.herself]].
*TerrifiedOfGerms: Jodi in spades, which is how Louise manages to send her home.

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*ApologeticAttacker: Gene is told to play the role of the "annoying brother" by Linda, which he accomplishes by pulling Jodi's hair. Gene apologizes the entire time.



*EvilTwin: Louise claims Gene has one named George, who lives in the basement and is feral to the point of attacking people.



* MyBelovedSmother: Linda once again tries to force Louise into doing something she thinks will be good for her. She's sort of proven right at the end when Louise does make friends with Jessica.

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* MyBelovedSmother: Linda once again tries to force Louise into doing something she thinks will be good for her. She's While she's sort of proven right at the end when Louise does make friends with Jessica.befriends Jessica, the fact remains that she still hosted the slumber party against Louise's will and solely invited girls Louise didn't want over.


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*NotSoAboveItAll: Bob gets his hair braided by Abby and keeps it for the rest of the episode.
*OnlySaneMan: [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E7BedAndBreakfast Once again]], Bob proves he knows more about Louise than Linda does. He immediately recognizes that Louise is ''not'' going to like the slumber party, and tries to warn Linda not to go through with it. Even when he later encourages Louise to stay, it's clear he's only going along with it because he knows Linda isn't backing down.
**Bob is also the only one to recognize that Linda shouldn't have brought Little King Trashmouth into the apartment.
*SelfDeprecation: Gene claims that Louise's family smells.


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*StatingTheSimpleSolution: Bob implies that he would be fine taking Jessica home even without a reason, but Louise insists that she has to take care of Jessica herself.
*TooMuchInformation: Linda decides it's a good idea to talk about Ginger's cousin's psoriasis while the rest of the family is eating.
*WrongGenreSavvy: Jessica initially assumes Louise is hiding the proof of her bedwetting because she's messing with her like she did to the other girls. Louise remarks that she ''wishes'' she was, but genuinely has no idea what she's talking about.
**Linda assumes that because Louise ended up liking the slumber party at the end, she'll like all of Linda's bonding ideas and immediately makes plans to go clothes shopping. Louise's BigNo indicates she's very mistaken.

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* MotorMouth: Harley just likes to yammer on without listening to others, or even caring if anyone is listening to her. It's why Louise dubs her "Harley Ever-Shuts-Her-Mouth".



* MotorMouth: Harley just likes to yammer on without listening to others, or even caring if anyone is listening to her. It's why Louise dubs her "Harley Ever-Shuts-Her-Mouth".
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* ShoutOut: Gene calls Bob and Linda's bed pillows "Fat Man and the Little Boy," which were nicknames for the atomic bombs used in the UsefulNotes/AtomicBombingsOfHiroshimaAndNagasaki.
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* BrickJoke: When the girls are tie-dying shirts, Gene says he's going to make "the psychedelic crop top of my dreams" before Linda tells him she didn't buy enough shirts for him to make on. During the end credits Slumber Party Fashion Show, Gene's wearing a tie-dyed crop top.

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* ContinuityNod: Little King Trashmouth was first mentioned back in [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E17TwoForTina Two For Tina]] by Linda.

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* ContinuityNod: Little King Trashmouth was first mentioned back in [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E17TwoForTina "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E17TwoForTina Two For Tina]] for Tina]]" by Linda.
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* ContinuityNod: Little King Trashmouth was first mentioned back in [[Recap/BobsBurgerS3E17TwoForTina Two For Tina]] by Linda.

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* ContinuityNod: Little King Trashmouth was first mentioned back in [[Recap/BobsBurgerS3E17TwoForTina [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E17TwoForTina Two For Tina]] by Linda.
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A completely reluctant Louise is shanghaied into having a sleepover, while Linda deals with a raccoon coup in the back alley.
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* AwkwardFirstSleepover: Louise is forced into having her first sleepover by her doting mother Linda, who proceeds to invite only girls Louise can't stand.
* ContinuityNod: Little King Trashmouth was first mentioned back in [[Recap/BobsBurgerS3E17TwoForTina Two For Tina]] by Linda.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Louise agrees to keep it a secret that Jessica wets the bed, partly [[WorthyOpponent out of respect]] and partly because teasing bed-wetters is too mean-spirited and too "Nineties" even for her.
* HiddenDepths: Louise thinks Jessica is the most bland and boring of the girls Linda invited to the sleepover, but Jessica turns out to be quite cunning and ruthless in her efforts to keep her bed-wetting a secret.
* MadwomanInTheAttic: Louise scares off Harley and Abby by claiming that Gene has a feral, hunchbacked twin brother who communicates by farting and lives in the basement.
* MyBelovedSmother: Linda once again tries to force Louise into doing something she thinks will be good for her. She's sort of proven right at the end when Louise does make friends with Jessica.
* MotorMouth: Harley just likes to yammer on without listening to others, or even caring if anyone is listening to her. It's why Louise dubs her "Harley Ever-Shuts-Her-Mouth".
* NoodleIncident: During Jessica and Louise's pillow fight, Tina claims it's the third time she's been used as a human shield.
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