History Recap / BobsBurgersS9E22YesWithoutMyZeke

* ItsBeenDone: Randy thinks having TheGrimReaper as a character in his movie is a brilliant and original idea, but Bob and Linda bring up ''Film/TheSeventhSeal'' and ''Film/MeetJoeBlack'' (though Linda misremembers the title as "Meet Creator/JackBlack").

* UndisclosedFunds: We don't see how much Randy offered Bob to shoot the movie, but it's enough to quiet any doubts Bob has about losing business.

* OhNoNotAgain: The kids consider getting Pocket-Sized Rudy to slip through the window, but his family is on vacation at Colonial Williamsburg, ''again''. Louise is incredulous.

** The exterminator's truck in the intro is from [[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution Ants Ants Revolution]].

* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Louise lampshades, Jimmy Jr. saw both a ladder and broom in the closet, and decided the ''broom'' would be the best way to reach the toilet paper on the ceiling.

* RhymesOnADime: Bob points out that Randy’s lines rhyme, which Randy doesn’t acknowledge.

* TheDragAlong: Because Tina wants Jimmy Jr. all to herself, she actually ''wants'' Zeke to be sent to reform school. Thus, she only reluctantly accompanies her siblings to Wagstaff and constantly tries to get everyone to call it quits. She eventually comes around at the end, helping the kids escape with an idea only she could've known about.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Tina wants Zeke to be sent to reform school, but she doesn't stoop so low as to outright sabotage the plan to avert that.

!!Tropes:

** Bob points out that Randy playing both Steve and Death means he can't have a shot with both of them in it.

** Linda makes reference to the [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} the Soup Nazi]].

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Even I am offended by that."'']]

* OhNoNotAgain: The kids consider getting Pocket-Sized Rudy to slip through the window, but his family is on vacation at Colonial Williamsburg, ''again''.

* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: In-Universe. Randy claims to be his movie's cinematographer, writer, director, producer, and star... and makeup artist and on-set tutor.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: InUniverse, Randy rewrites his movie to be more melancholic. Bob is unamused, because it leads to Randy's character Steve describing the setting (and by proxy, Bob's restaurant) as an awful and dreary personal Hell.

* ThrowingTheDistraction: When the kids are escaping Mr. Frond, they have Arnold throw a stapler to make Frond think they're going the wrong way.

* {{Jerkass}}: Randy spends much of the filming backhandedly insulting Bob's Burgers. What puts him over the edge is that Bob not only notices, he actually feels genuinely hurt.

* TheReveal: In-universe, Randy plans to have the final scene of the movie show that his character Steve has been talking about his life to Death, and begging for a second chance.

** The episode title references ''Film/NotWithoutMyDaughter''.

* UndisclosedFunds: We don't see how much Randy offered Bob to shoot the movie, but it's enough to quiet any doubts Bob has about losing business.

** Zeke has a roll of toilet paper for emergency poops, perhaps a nod to his stint as the Mad Pooper in [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E12BroadcastWagstaffSchoolNews Broadcast Wagstaff News]].
** Tina knows about the trays for computer cables in the ceiling because she may or may not have been in the ceiling trying to see into the boys’ locker room. She ''absolutely'' went in the ceiling and saw into the boys’ locker room way back in [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E2CrawlSpace Crawl Space]].

* HeistEpisode: Louise leads the other kids on a mission to clean up Zeke's vandalism before it's discovered.

** Zeke has a roll of toilet paper for emergency poops, perhaps a nod to his stint as the Mad Pooper in [[Recap/BobsBurgerS3E12BroadcastWagstaffSchoolNews Broadcast Wagstaff News]].
** Tina knows about the trays for computer cables in the ceiling because she may or may not have been in the ceiling trying to see into the boys’ locker room. She ''absolutely'' went in the ceiling and saw into the boys’ locker room way back in [[Recap/BobsBurgerS1E2CrawlSpace Crawl Space]].

* TheCaper: Louise leads the other kids on a mission to clean up Zeke's vandalism before it's discovered.

* GeniusBruiser: Arnold, the small kid who offers to help Louise with her scheme, is not only smart enough to have skipped a grade, but knows karate (he's only an orange belt, but [[PintSizedPowerhouse he's strong enough to throw a stapler quite a distance for a kid his size]]).

* TrueArtIsAngsty: InUniverse, Randy rewrites his movie to be more melancholic.

* GeniusBruiser: Arnold, the small kid who offers to help Louise with her scheme, is not only smart enough to have skipped a grade, but knows karate (he's only an orange belt, but he's strong enough to throw a stapler quite a distance for a kid his size).

* IHaveThisFriend: Tina knows about the trays for computer cables in the ceiling because a friend of hers told her about it.

* TakeOurWordForIt: We never see what Zeke wrote on the ceiling in wadded-up toilet paper, but it's described as being every swear word strung together into one.

* ToiletPaperPrank: Zeke threw wadded toilet paper at the ceiling so that it spelled out all the known curse words in a row. He used a roll [[CrazyPrepared he always keeps handy in case of pranks or emergency poops]].

* GeniusBruiser: Arnold, the small kid who offers to help Louise with her scheme, is not only smart enough to have skipped a grade, but knows karate ( he's only an orange belt, but he's strong enough to throw a stapler quite a distance for a kid his size).

* TakeOurWordForIt: We never see what Zeke wrote on the ceiling in toilet paper, but it's described as being every swear word strung together into one.
* ThrowingTheDistraction: When the kids are escaping Mr. Frond, they have Arnold throw a stapler to make him think they're going the wrong way.
* TrueArtIsAngsty: InUniverse, Randy rewrites his movie to be more melancholic.