History Recap / BobsBurgersS7E17ZeroLarpThirty

* DidntThinkThisThrough: The entire LARP was arguably this from the start. Just expecting several participants to not just "act" like servants but endure being treated like servants and given old clothes and lousy food for an entire weekend was bound go poorly eventually. It would've been way better to have a smaller LARP where everyone was of the same class.

** Despite being so concerned with recreating an authentic early 1900's atmosphere, the manager has no objection to provide one of the upstairs [=LARPers=] with a special gluten-free alternative for dinner. To be fair, it is possible the guest might have celiac disease, in which case feeding him gluten would be a massive liability.

* YeGoodeOldeDays: At the end, Linda lampshades how ''Winthorpe Manor'' puts the early 1900's on a pedestal despite life really being crap if you weren't rich and powerful. Linda herself believed in this trope until the LARP thoroughly disabused her of that notion.

* YeGoodeOldeDays: At the end, Linda lampshades how ''Winthorpe Manor'' puts the early 1900's on a pedestal despite life really being crap if you weren't rich and powerful.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: The servants steal the aristocrats' seven-course dinner and hog most of the flambe for themselves. Considering how the aristocrats (''especially'' Nancy) acted, this is the ''least'' of what they deserved.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Americans never had an ''official'' aristocracy, but wealthy American families having British-style servant systems actually did happen at times, especially by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilded_Age the Gilded Age]]. That said, the treatment of servants isn't entirely accurate, as seen below.

* TookALevelInJerkass: The people who were given the rich people roles quickly become self absorbed assholes who take advantage of Linda and the rest of the participants to be waited on hand and foot.

* OriginalPositionFallacy: Linda assumes that role playing a lady of the 1900s will be luxurious. She is naturally disappointed to find that she has been assigned the role of a lowly chambermaid.

* YeGoodeOldeDays: At the end, Linda lampshades how ''Winthorpe Manor'' puts the early 1900's on a pedestal despite life really being crap.

* CrackOhMyBack: Teddy spends most of the episode on the living room floor after his back goes out.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The entire LARP was arguably this from the start. Just expecting several participants to not just "act" like servants but treated like servants given old clothes and lousy food for an entire weekend was bound go poorly eventually. It would've been way better to have a smaller LARP where everyone was of the same class.

** Despite being so concerned with recreating an authentic early 1900's atmosphere, the manager has no objection to provide one of the upstairs Larpers with a special gluten-free alternative for dinner. To be fair, it is possible the guest might have celiac disease, in which case feeding him gluten would be a massive liability.

* ThrowTheDogABone: While Linda is unambiguously treated horribly, Bob finally gets a break from his usual ButtMonkey status when the rich [=LARPers=] invite him to join them, meaning he doesn't have to go through the same crap Linda does.

** Despite being so concerned with recreating an authentic early 1900's atmosphere, the manager has no objection to provide one of the upstairs Larpers with a special gluten-free alternative for dinner.

* KarmaHoudini: The LARP organisers don't suffer any comeuppance (apart from the repair fees from the parfait incident) for essentially conning half the attendees into paying to act as servants.

* YeGoodeOldeDays: At the end, Linda lampshades how ''Winthorpe Manor'' puts the early 1900's on a pedestal despite life really being crap.

* BadassMustache: One of the upstairs [=LARPers=] considers Bob's mustache to be this.

* GilliganCut: Bob is invited to drink brandy and smoke cigars by the upstairs Larpers. He tells Linda that he likes neither and will not stay long. Cut to...

Bob and Linda head for a Series/DowntonAbbey-eqsue {{LARP}} weekend. Back at home, babysitter Teddy throws out his back.

* BusmansHoliday: Linda's contest won weekend break from cooking and serving in a resteraunt leads to her cooking and serving the upstairs [=LARPers=]. Bob starts out this way, but gets off the hook when the upstairs [=LARP=]ers take a shine to him.

* HenpeckedHusband: Bob is unsure of whether to help with the revolt or go shooting with the rich [=LARPers=] until Linda growls at him.

* YeGoodOldeDays: At the end, Linda lampshades how ''Winthorpe Manor'' puts the early 1900's on a pedestal despite life really being crap.

Bob and Linda head for a Series/DowntonAbbey-eqsue {{Larp}} weekend. Back at home, babysitter Teddy throws out his back.

* BusmansHoliday: Linda's contest won weekend break from cooking and serving in a resteraunt leads to her cooking and serving the upstairs Larpers. Bob starts out this way, but gets off the hook when the upstairs Larpers take a shine to him.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: The entire LARP was arguably this from the start. Just expecting several participants to not just "act" like servants but treated like servants given old clothes and lousy food for an entire weekend was bound go poorly eventually.
* {{Expy}}:
** ''Winthorpe Manor'' is a pretty clear one to ''Series/DowntonAbbey''.

** Additionally, it is an expy of the ''Downton Abbey''-inspired Larp ''Fairweather Manor''.

* HypocriticalHumor:

* ThrowTheDogABone: While Linda is unambiguously treated like crap, Bob finally gets a break from his usual ButtMonkey status when the rich Larpers invite him to join them, meaning he doesn't have to go through the same crap Linda does.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Realistically, television shows that film on the East Coast are pretty much limited to New York and Florida. Considering the Belchers are otherwise implied to live in New Jersey...

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Realistically, television shows that film on the East Coast are pretty much limited to New York and Florida. Other episodes imply the characters don't live there.

** Despite the focus on historical accuracy, the treatment of the servants is unrealistically cruel.
*** A [[https://www.readex.com/blog/ladys-maid-life-service-america lady's maid]], like Linda was supposed to be, wouldn't have been expected to do half the chores Linda was made to do, since she would have been needed to wait on her mistress personally at all hours. Lady's maids generally had lighter work than the other servants, rank, a personal room, and more leisure time (although her being expected to wait on her mistress well into the late hours of night is on point.)[[note]] To be fair, a lot of that relied on the tender mercies of her mistress, and Nancy clearly was taking advantage of Linda. [[/note]] At the very least, her being expected to work in the kitchen is a huge stretch.
*** The idea of servants being fed gruel is also far-fetched, since they would need to be well-fed in order to perform their duties. Realistically, servants would be at least given bread and meat. They also were usually expected to eat leftovers from the main dish, so the idea they would never have the rich foods that were sent upstairs, as Linda complains about, is untrue.

* ShoutOut: The title is a play on ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty''..