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* IHaveThisFriend: Bob "knew a kid who had to change schools because of a nickname," said nickname being "Bobby Belchbottoms." Tina seems to buy that this was just a random boy from her dad's past, even though Bob gets angry immediately when she tries to ask further questions about the boy.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Martha knows as much about being a hermit as Gene knows about the origin of sausage (read: nothing).

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* IHaveThisFriend: Bob "knew a kid who had to change schools because of a nickname," said nickname being "Bobby Belchbottoms." Tina seems to buy that this was just a random boy from her dad's past, even though despite the nickname basically giving it away as well as ignoring how Bob gets angry immediately when she tries to ask further questions about the boy.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Despite acting as some sort of camping expert, Martha knows as much about being a hermit as Gene knows about the origin of sausage (read: nothing).

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*BelievingTheirOwnLies: Played with; Martha admits she ''almost'' believed herself when lying about being a Wonder Woman of the Woods.



* NotSoAboveItAll: Even Mr. Frond joins the kids on the bus in singing the "Fluffy Butt" song even though they were doing it to mock Tina.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: Even Mr. Frond joins the kids on the bus in singing the "Fluffy Butt" song even though they were doing it to mock Tina. A throwaway line from Gene indicates that even the ''morning announcements'' (presumably done by Ms. [=LaBonz=]) used it.



* PollyWantsAMicrophone: A crow apparently heard everyone calling Tina "Fluffy Butt" and repeats it when they're at the mountain. Fortunately, she's over the nickname by that point.

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* PollyWantsAMicrophone: A crow apparently heard everyone calling Tina "Fluffy Butt" and repeats it when they're at the mountain.Mount Windygap. Fortunately, she's over the nickname by that point.


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*SoProudOfYou: Teddy tells Bob this when he learns about the party Bob and Linda threw at their apartment.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Jimmy Jr. and Zeke both shoot Tammy an unamused look when Tammy acts appalled at supposedly being called a "labeler", showing that although they joined in on the "Fluffy Butt" craze even they recognize she's being a huge hypocrite.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Jimmy Jr. and Zeke both shoot Tammy an unamused look when Tammy acts appalled at supposedly being called a "labeler", "Labeler", showing that although they joined in on the "Fluffy Butt" craze craze, even they recognize she's being a huge hypocrite.
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* BlatantLies: Everything about Martha, about her being a wonder woman of the woods, her inventing an anger relieving exercise, about "leveling up" and about climbing the mountain by herself is stuff she made up to impress Tina (for instance, the "level up" bit is from a video game).

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* BlatantLies: Everything about Martha, about her being a wonder woman Wonder Woman of the woods, Woods, her inventing an anger relieving exercise, about "leveling up" and about climbing the mountain by herself is stuff she made up to impress Tina (for instance, the "level up" bit is from a video game).
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What's that, giant eagle? You want to become one and forever be known as Teagle!"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What's that, giant eagle? Giant Eagle? You want to become one and forever be known as Teagle!"'']]
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* BlatantLies: Everything about Martha, about her being a wonder woman of the woods, her inventing an anger relieving exercise, about "leveling up" and about climbing the mountain by herself is stuff she made up to impress Tina.

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* BlatantLies: Everything about Martha, about her being a wonder woman of the woods, her inventing an anger relieving exercise, about "leveling up" and about climbing the mountain by herself is stuff she made up to impress Tina.Tina (for instance, the "level up" bit is from a video game).



* FailedASpotCheck: After inviting a large number of people over to their house for an afterparty and making a huge mess of the house, Bob and Linda desperately try to clean up before the kids get back to avoid undermining their already near-nonexistent authority over the kids. They seem to be successful, other than their spray-on tan, until Gene finds a random hung-over middle-aged woman sleeping in his room.

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* FailedASpotCheck: After inviting a large number of people over to their house for an afterparty and making a huge mess of the house, Bob and Linda desperately try to clean up before the kids get back to avoid undermining their already near-nonexistent authority over the kids. They seem to be successful, other than still having their spray-on tan, until Gene finds a random hung-over middle-aged woman sleeping in his room.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Even Mr. Frond joins the kids on the bus in singing the "Fluffy Butt" song even though they were doing it to mock Tina.

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!!Go Trope It on the Mountain:



** Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt" the whole trip (and call her that ''while calling her out''). Tina quickly points out their bullshit.

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** Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt" the whole trip (and call her that ''while calling her out''). Tina quickly points out their bullshit.bullshit, and even Jimmy Jr. and Zeke aren't amused.


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*PetTheDog: It's very brief, but shortly after Tina returns from visiting Martha, Jimmy Jr. actually calls her by her name instead of "Fluffy Butt".


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*SamusIsAGirl: Ranger Carl refers to the Windygap Hermit as a male, but shortly after it's revealed that the hermit is a female named Martha. Carl doesn't realize this until the two meet up to help rescue Tina from Mount Windygap.
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* WildTeenParty: An adult version of this involves Bob & Linda inviting everyone in the dance club to their apartment for an afterparty They even try to cover up their tracks so that their kids wouldn't try to pull the same stunt.

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* WildTeenParty: An adult version of this involves Bob & Linda inviting everyone in the dance club to their apartment for an afterparty afterparty. They even try to cover up their tracks so that their kids wouldn't try to pull the same stunt.
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->''"I didn't come all this way to not have a life changing nature hike!"''

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->''"I didn't come all this way to not have a life changing life-changing nature hike!"''



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Living in the wild on your own for weeks at a time is way more difficult than it sounds. Within just a ''day'' of camping, Martha resorted to stealing from the ranger's cabin, and relies heavily on modern luxuries just to not go insane.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Living in the wild on your own for weeks at a time is way more difficult than it sounds. Within just a ''day'' of camping, Martha resorted resorts to stealing from the ranger's cabin, and relies heavily on modern luxuries just to not go insane.



* WildTeenParty: An adult version of this involves Bob & Linda inviting everyone in the dance club to their house for an afterparty, they even try to cover up their tracks so that their kids wouldn't try to pull the same stunt.

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* WildTeenParty: An adult version of this involves Bob & Linda inviting everyone in the dance club to their house apartment for an afterparty, they afterparty They even try to cover up their tracks so that their kids wouldn't try to pull the same stunt.
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Tina attempts to have a "Nature epiphany" on a school field trip. While Bob and Linda try having fun with the house to themselves.

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Tina attempts to have a "Nature "nature epiphany" on a school field trip. While trip, while Bob and Linda try having fun with the house apartment to themselves.

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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Martha knows as much about being a hermit as Gene knows about the origin of sausage (read: none).

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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Martha knows as much about being a hermit as Gene knows about the origin of sausage (read: none).nothing).



* WildTeenParty: An adult version of this involves Bob & Linda inviting everyone in the dance club to their house for an afterparty, they even try to cover up their tracks so that their kids wouldn't try to pull the same stunt.

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* WildTeenParty: An adult version of this involves Bob & Linda inviting everyone in the dance club to their house for an afterparty, they even try to cover up their tracks so that their kids wouldn't try to pull the same stunt.stunt.
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* {{Portmanteau}}: Tina wants to be called Teagle (Tina + eagle) after she gets her "nature epiphany".

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* {{Portmanteau}}: Tina wants to be called Teagle (Tina + eagle) after she gets her "nature epiphany". Jimmy Jr. doesn't get it at first.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"TEAGLE"'']]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"What's that, giant eagle? You want to become one and forever be known as Teagle!"'']]




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*AdultsAreUseless: The one time the Belcher kids actually ''need'' Mr. Frond (specifically to help find Tina), he completely ignores them. When he finally remembers what they said, he thinks they were pranking him.
*AlcoholInducedIdiocy: Bob and Linda get drunk on Long Island Iced Tea and invite an entire nightclub to party at their place.



* IHaveThisFriend: Bob "knew a kid who had to change schools because of a nickname," said nickname being "Bobby Belchbottoms." Tina seems to buy that this was just a random boy from her dad's past, even though Bob gets angry immediately when she tries to ask further questions about the boy.
* HypocriticalHumor: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt" the whole trip.

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* IHaveThisFriend: Bob "knew a kid who had to change schools because of a nickname," said nickname being "Bobby Belchbottoms." Tina seems to buy that this was just a random boy *GrowsOnTrees: Gene thinks sausage comes from her dad's past, even though Bob gets angry immediately when she tries to ask further questions about the boy.
* HypocriticalHumor: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt" the whole trip.
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* HypocriticalHumor:
**Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt" the whole trip (and call her that ''while calling her out''). Tina quickly points out their bullshit.
**When Bob remarks that he and Linda are too old to party, Linda says "''[[NoYou You're]]'' [[NoYou old]]". Not only is there not even a year separating the two, but there's a [[VagueAge distinct possibility]] that ''Linda'' is the older of the two[[note]]"[[Recap/BobsBurgersS5E18EatSprayLinda Eat, Spray, Linda]]" confirms Linda just turned either 44 or 45, and "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS5E6FatherOfTheBob Father of the Bob]]" listed Bob as 44, with his birthday in "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS7E18TheLaserinth The Laser-inth]]" making him currently 45--if Linda turned 45 in the former episode, that would make her the older of the two because her birthday comes first[[/note]].
* IHaveThisFriend: Bob "knew a kid who had to change schools because of a nickname," said nickname being "Bobby Belchbottoms." Tina seems to buy that this was just a random boy from her dad's past, even though Bob gets angry immediately when she tries to ask further questions about the boy.
*KnowNothingKnowItAll: Martha knows as much about being a hermit as Gene knows about the origin of sausage (read: none).


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*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Living in the wild on your own for weeks at a time is way more difficult than it sounds. Within just a ''day'' of camping, Martha resorted to stealing from the ranger's cabin, and relies heavily on modern luxuries just to not go insane.
*SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The "Fluffy Butt" song from the commercial sounds awfully similar to "Lollipop", a song famously covered by The Chordettes.

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*BrokenPedestal: Gene and Louise are less than amused to find that Martha is a fraud.



*EveryoneHasStandards: Jimmy Jr. and Zeke both shoot Tammy an unamused look when Tammy acts appalled at supposedly being called a "labeler", showing that although they joined in on the "Fluffy Butt" craze even they recognize she's being a huge hypocrite.



* {{Portmanteau}}: Tina wants to be called Tigle (Tina + eagle) after she gets her "nature epiphany".

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* {{Portmanteau}}: Tina wants to be called Tigle Teagle (Tina + eagle) after she gets her "nature epiphany".
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: It's a ShoutOut to the famous GospelMusic song "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Tell_It_on_the_Mountain_(song) Go Tell It on the Mountain]]".
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* FailedASpotCheck: They forgot to check their children's room for any signs of the partygoers. Gene found a middle aged woman in his room busting Bob & Linda of their partying.
* FancyCamping: Martha lives in the woods with a generator, a TV, a microwave (which she stole), a smartphone among other things.

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* FailedASpotCheck: They forgot After inviting a large number of people over to check their children's room house for any signs an afterparty and making a huge mess of the partygoers. house, Bob and Linda desperately try to clean up before the kids get back to avoid undermining their already near-nonexistent authority over the kids. They seem to be successful, other than their spray-on tan, until Gene found finds a middle aged random hung-over middle-aged woman sleeping in his room busting Bob & Linda of their partying.
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* FancyCamping: Martha lives in the woods with a generator, a TV, a microwave (which she stole), stole) and a smartphone among other things.



** Linda and Bob decide to do something fun for the evening. Cut to them asleep on the couch. It happens again the second night, with a SmashCut from Bob midsentence.

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** Linda and Bob decide to do something fun for the evening. Cut to them asleep on the couch. It happens again the second night, with a SmashCut from Bob midsentence.midsentence and both of them already dressed up to party.



* IHaveThisFriend: Bob "knew a kid who had to change schools because of a nickname," said nickname being "Bobby Belchbottoms." Tina seems to buy that this was just a random boy from her dad's past.

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* IHaveThisFriend: Bob "knew a kid who had to change schools because of a nickname," said nickname being "Bobby Belchbottoms." Tina seems to buy that this was just a random boy from her dad's past.past, even though Bob gets angry immediately when she tries to ask further questions about the boy.



* NotNowKiddo: Gene and Louise try to warn Mr. Frond about Tina going to the mountain alone, but he's too busy dealing with the other kids to listen.

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* NotNowKiddo: Gene and Louise try to warn Mr. Frond about Tina going to the mountain alone, but he's too busy dealing with the other kids to listen.and puts their warning at the bottom of the list of things all the kids are complaining about, thinking it's just another prank.



* WildTeenParty: An Adult version of this involves Bob & Linda inviting everyone in the dance club to their house for a party, they even try to cover up their tracks so that their kids wouldn't try to pull the same stunt.

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* WildTeenParty: An Adult adult version of this involves Bob & Linda inviting everyone in the dance club to their house for a party, an afterparty, they even try to cover up their tracks so that their kids wouldn't try to pull the same stunt.
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* IHaveThisFriend: Bob "knew a kid who had to change schools because of a nickname," said nickname being "Bobby Belchbottoms." Tina seems to buy that this was just a random boy from her dad's past.
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->''"I didn't come all this way to not have a life changing nature hike!"''
-->'''--Tina'''

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* BlatantLies: Everything about Martha, about her being a wonder woman of the woods, her inventing an anger relieving exercise, about "leveling up" and about climbing the mountain by herself.

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\n* BlatantLies: Everything about Martha, about her being a wonder woman of the woods, her inventing an anger relieving exercise, about "leveling up" and about climbing the mountain by herself.herself is stuff she made up to impress Tina.



* HypocriticalHumor: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt".

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* HypocriticalHumor: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt".Butt" the whole trip.



* PollyWantsAMicrophone: A crow apparently heard everyone calling Tina "Fluffy Butt" and repeats it when they're at the mountain.

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* PollyWantsAMicrophone: A crow apparently heard everyone calling Tina "Fluffy Butt" and repeats it when they're at the mountain. Fortunately, she's over the nickname by that point.



* WildTeenParty: An Adult version of this involves Bob & Linda inviting everyone in the dance club to their house for a party, they even try to cover up their tracks so that their kids wouldn't throw a party if they are ever away.

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* WildTeenParty: An Adult version of this involves Bob & Linda inviting everyone in the dance club to their house for a party, they even try to cover up their tracks so that their kids wouldn't throw a party if they are ever away.try to pull the same stunt.

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* FancyCamping: Martha lives in the woods with a generator, a TV, a Microwave (which she stole), a Smartphone among other things.
* GilliganCut: Linda and Bob decide to do something fun for the evening. Cut to them asleep on the couch. It happens again the second night, with a SmashCut from Bob midsentence.

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* FancyCamping: Martha lives in the woods with a generator, a TV, a Microwave microwave (which she stole), a Smartphone smartphone among other things.
-->'''Gene:''' You're not a hermit! You're not even a camper! You're a ''glamper''! Yech!
* GilliganCut: GiantFlyer: Tina's ImagineSpot of getting to the top of Mount Windygap has her riding a giant bald eagle.
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Linda and Bob decide to do something fun for the evening. Cut to them asleep on the couch. It happens again the second night, with a SmashCut from Bob midsentence.


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* {{Portmanteau}}: Tina wants to be called Tigle (Tina + eagle) after she gets her "nature epiphany".

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* GilliganCut: Linda and Bob decide to do something fun for the evening. Cut to them asleep on the couch. It happens again the second night, with a SmashCut from Bob midsentence.
** Tina declares that this is the last time anyone will hear "Fluffy Butt". Cut to everyone singing the jingle at the bus.



* HermitGuru: Martha, the "Hermit" who has been giving Tina some questionable life advice

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* HermitGuru: Martha, the "Hermit" who has been giving Tina some questionable life adviceadvice.
* NotNowKiddo: Gene and Louise try to warn Mr. Frond about Tina going to the mountain alone, but he's too busy dealing with the other kids to listen.
* PollyWantsAMicrophone: A crow apparently heard everyone calling Tina "Fluffy Butt" and repeats it when they're at the mountain.
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* BlatantLies: Everything about Martha, about her being a wonder woman of the woods, her inventing an anger relieving excercise, about "leveling up" and about climbing the mountain by herself.

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* BlatantLies: Everything about Martha, about her being a wonder woman of the woods, her inventing an anger relieving excercise, exercise, about "leveling up" and about climbing the mountain by herself.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt". Martha, for claiming to be an outdoorsman which made Tina hang on to her every word even though that she's FancyCamping.

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* HypocriticalHumor: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt". Martha, for claiming to be an outdoorsman which made Tina hang on to her every word even though that she's FancyCamping.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt". Martha, for claiming to be an outdoorsman which made Tina hang on to her every word even though that she's <FancyCamping>.

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* HypocriticalHumor: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt". Martha, for claiming to be an outdoorsman which made Tina hang on to her every word even though that she's <FancyCamping>.FancyCamping.
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* FancyCamping: Martha lives in the woods with a generator, TVs, a Microwave (which she stole), a Smartphone among other things.

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* FancyCamping: Martha lives in the woods with a generator, TVs, a TV, a Microwave (which she stole), a Smartphone among other things.
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* HypocriteHumor: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt". Martha, for claiming to be an outdoorsman which made Tina hang on to her everyword even though that she's fancy camping.

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* HypocriteHumor: HypocriticalHumor: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt". Martha, for claiming to be an outdoorsman which made Tina hang on to her everyword every word even though that she's fancy camping.<FancyCamping>.

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* Hypocrite: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt". Martha, for claiming to be an outdoorsman which made Tina hang on to her everyword even though that she's fancy camping.

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\n* Hypocrite: HypocriteHumor: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt". Martha, for claiming to be an outdoorsman which made Tina hang on to her everyword even though that she's fancy camping.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Tina is dubbed "Fluffy Butt" when she's overheard singing a jingle from a toilet paper commercial.

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* BlatantLies: Everything about Martha, about her being a wonder woman of the woods, her inventing an anger relieving excercise, about "leveling up" and about climbing the mountain by herself.

* EmbarrassingNickname: Tina is dubbed "Fluffy Butt" when she's overheard singing a jingle from a toilet paper commercial.commercial.

* FailedASpotCheck: They forgot to check their children's room for any signs of the partygoers. Gene found a middle aged woman in his room busting Bob & Linda of their partying.

* FancyCamping: Martha lives in the woods with a generator, TVs, a Microwave (which she stole), a Smartphone among other things.

* Hypocrite: Jocelyn & Tammy call out Tina for seemingly calling Tammy names even though they have been calling Tina "Fluffy Butt". Martha, for claiming to be an outdoorsman which made Tina hang on to her everyword even though that she's fancy camping.

* HermitGuru: Martha, the "Hermit" who has been giving Tina some questionable life advice

* WildTeenParty: An Adult version of this involves Bob & Linda inviting everyone in the dance club to their house for a party, they even try to cover up their tracks so that their kids wouldn't throw a party if they are ever away.
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Tina attempts to have a "Nature epiphany" on a school field trip. While Bob and Linda try having fun with the house to themselves.
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* EmbarrassingNickname: Tina is dubbed "Fluffy Butt" when she's overheard singing a jingle from a toilet paper commercial.

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