History Recap / BobsBurgersS5E18EatSprayLinda

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Whatever feelings the audience is supposed to have when Linda destroys Deirdre's chalk art, sympathy isn't one of them.

* NeverMyFault: As Deirdre actively tramples over the street full of chalk art, she has the gall to blame Linda for it (even though Linda only destroyed Deirdre's, it was initially an accident, and she actively avoided everyone else's). Linda lampshades it.

* TemptingFate: When the bus driver allows Linda on despite not having any money, she says that something is finally going right. Then the bus gets on the highway in the other direction.

* TheKindnessOfStrangers: Deconstructed. A friendly bus driver agrees to drive Linda to the Warf as she promises to pay him after getting home and fetching some cash. Unfortunately, the bus driver thinks she means a different Warf and takes a route in completely the opposite direction Linda wanted to go. Turns out, if you ask something of a stranger, even if they agree the chances are they won't know or understand what you're talking about.

* EveryoneHasStandards: The baker may have banned Linda and other customers (including a baby) for petty reasons, but he was arguably pretty justified in banning another customer for excessive racism.

** Deirdre, the woman who blatantly stole Linda's spot in line when the other register opened and told her she only had "A few things," and then spent all her time talking with the cashier and running off to get better cups until Linda's ready to snap from how agonizing it is listening to this woman talk. She later refuses to let Linda cut through the street art festival and mocks Linda because of the way Linda spoke to her at the store.

* EveryoneHasStandards: The chocolate shop owner may have banned Linda and other customers (including a baby) for petty reasons, but he was arguably pretty justified in banning another customer for excessive racism.

* VagueAge: Linda cuts herself off before listing her full age, making this either her 44th or 45th birthday. It's never confirmed which she is, which also means it's unknown whether she's older or younger than Bob (Bob himself is 44 at the time of this episode).

!!Tropes:

* ChekhovsGun: Linda passes by the chalk festival on her initial drive to the store.

!!Tropes

The Belcher's hunt for lost birthday girl Linda, while she goes through the wringer trying to get back herself.

* EveryoneHasStandards: The chocolate shop owner may have banned Linda and other customers (including a baby) for petty reasons, but he did ban another customer for being racist.

* HumiliationConga: Poor Linda. She has to take a detour because of a street art festival, she gets held up at the grocery store, she locks her keys and purse in the car, she rips her pants and spends the rest of the day wearing a diaper made from an old grocery bag, she tries to hitch a ride on a bus that's going the wrong way, she cuts across a field only to break her glasses and get sprayed by not one but ''two'' skunks, she has to ride back to town in a horse trailer, she gets chased through the chalk festival by the same lady who held her up, and she has to break into her own home when she gets back before Bob and the kids.

* BerserkButton: Bob gets ''livid'' when the baker insults Linda's giant hands. The kids all

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Whatever the audience is supposed to feel when Linda destroys Deirdre's chalk art, sympathy isn't one of them.

* ChekhovsGunman: Deidre, the lady who held Linda up at the grocery store by buying juice and drinking cups for the street art festival, turns out to be one of Linda's final obstacles getting home.

* FelonyMisdemeanor: Deidre goes absolutely ''berserk'' when Linda scuffs her chalk art.

* {{Jerkass}}: Deidre, the woman who blatantly stole Linda's spot in line when the other register opened and told her she only had "A few things," and then spent all her time talking with the cashier and running off to get better cups until Linda's ready to snap from how agonizing it is listening to this woman talk. She later refuses to let Linda cut through the street art festival and mocks Linda because of the way Linda spoke to her at the store.

* SmellySkunk: Linda gets sprayed by a skunk while lost in a field, ''twice''.

* PollyWantsAMicrophone: One of the pet store parrots has picked up Linda's signature "All right!".

* AcquaintedWithEmergencyServices: Linda and Tina would sometimes use the restroom at a fancy hotel. They've been doing it for years and even got acquainted with the hotel security guard there, and even the pianist who plays in the lobby. The guard even knows about Linda's family and birthday and they listened to her idea to put new potpourri in the restrooms.