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*BookDumb: While spectating Robo-Wizard Quest, Tina struggles with ''basic addition''.
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* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing... and he's the only who really takes it seriously. Courtney is clearly only peforming because her father wants her to.
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* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing... and he's the only who really takes it seriously. Courtney is clearly only peforming performing because her father wants her to.
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*BizarreHumanBiology: Alex, according to his doctor, has "mostly calf muscles" in his arms.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gene, Alex, and Courtney make up and perform together. They do surprisingly well... only to immediately get disqualified because they're breaking the rules of the competition.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gene, Alex, and Courtney make up and perform together. They do surprisingly well...decent (well, decent for people as unathletic as Gene and Alex)... only to immediately get disqualified because they're breaking the rules of the competition.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When Gene gives Alex the soda laced with hummus, he ultimately can’t bring himself to give his friend diarrhea so he knocks the soda out of his hand and confesses. Note that nobody, not even his sisters (who both disapproved of this) or Doug (who pressured Gene to do it in the first place) was watching this. Gene stopped it by his own free will.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When Gene gives Alex the soda laced with hummus, he ultimately can’t bring himself to give his friend diarrhea so he knocks the soda out of his hand and confesses. Note that nobody, not even his sisters (who both disapproved of this) or Doug (who pressured Gene to do it in the first place) was watching this. Gene could've let it happen, and Alex wouldn't even know Gene did anything. But instead he stopped it by his own free will.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Doug Wheeler goes from an overzealous, well-intentioned father to a guy willing to give an eighth grader an allergic reaction to fulfill his own desires.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Doug Wheeler goes from an overzealous, well-intentioned father to a guy willing to give an eighth a sixth grader an allergic reaction to fulfill his own desires.
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* CallBack: Teddy claims Bob answers to Bob Belcher [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E15OTTheOutsideToilet or Bob Burgers]]. Bob disagrees.
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* CallBack: Teddy claims Alex calls Bob answers to "Mr. Burger". When Bob Belcher tries to correct him, [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E15OTTheOutsideToilet or Bob Burgers]].Teddy claims he answers to both]]. Bob disagrees.
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* FriendVersusLover: Gene is upset that Alex is spending all his time with Courtney, especially when he learns he really does "like-like" her.
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* FriendVersusLover: Gene is upset that Alex is spending all his time with Courtney, especially when he learns he really does "like-like" her.her (although Alex admits he has crushes on ''every'' girl in his grade, not just Courtney).
*{{Hikikomori}}: The true reason Brenda is standing outside the restaurant is because she's trying to break out of her agoraphobia.
*{{Hikikomori}}: The true reason Brenda is standing outside the restaurant is because she's trying to break out of her agoraphobia.
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** The pest control van in the opening credits is [[Literature/SenseAndSensibility Sense & Sensi-kill-a-flea]].
** The first burger of the Day is [[Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood “The Frankie Goes to Hollandaise Burger.”]]
** The second burger of the Day is [[Music/PaulSimon “The Fifty Glaze to Eat Your Burger.”]]
** The first burger of the Day is [[Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood “The Frankie Goes to Hollandaise Burger.”]]
** The second burger of the Day is [[Music/PaulSimon “The Fifty Glaze to Eat Your Burger.”]]
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** The pest control exterminator van in the opening credits is [[Literature/SenseAndSensibility "[[Literature/SenseAndSensibility Sense & Sensi-kill-a-flea]].
Sensi-kill-a-flea]]".
** The firstburger Burger of the Day is [[Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood “The the "[[Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood Frankie Goes to Hollandaise Burger.”]]
Burger]]".
** The secondburger Burger of the Day is [[Music/PaulSimon “The the "[[Music/PaulSimon Fifty Glaze to Eat Your Burger.”]]Burger]]".
** The first
** The second
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*TookALevelInJerkass: Doug Wheeler goes from an overzealous, well-intentioned father to a guy willing to give an eighth grader an allergic reaction to fulfill his own desires.
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* TheBusCameBack: Alex from the previous season returns, having officially become friends with Gene.
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*BlatantLies: When Linda asks the kids about school, Louise claims they graduated and no longer have to attend school. Linda, being [[CloudCuckooLander Linda]], seems to buy it.
*TheBusCameBack: TheBusCameBack:
**[[Recap/BobsBurgersS8E13CheerUpSleepyGene Alexfrom the previous season Papasian]] returns, having officially become friends with Gene.Gene.
**After being absent from Season 8, Courtney Wheeler returns. Her father Doug, who was absent for both Seasons 7 ''and'' 8, also returns.
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**[[Recap/BobsBurgersS8E13CheerUpSleepyGene Alex
**After being absent from Season 8, Courtney Wheeler returns. Her father Doug, who was absent for both Seasons 7 ''and'' 8, also returns.
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* MamaBear: Alex's mom loses her shit when she learns Doug tried to make Gene give Alex an allergic reaction, and she starts chasing Doug around the roller rink.
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*InnocentlyInsensitive: Bob does not seem to appreciate Brenda's comment about the restaurant's lack of business.
* MamaBear: Alex's mom loses hershit ''shit'' when she learns Doug tried to make Gene give Alex an allergic reaction, and she starts chasing Doug around the roller rink.
* MamaBear: Alex's mom loses her
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* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing...and he's the only who really takes it seriously.
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* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing... and he's the only who really takes it seriously.seriously. Courtney is clearly only peforming because her father wants her to.
*ShaggyDogStory: Subverted. It seems like, for all her effort, Brenda has been scared off by Linda and Teddy... before she peeks her head in and tells Bob she'll be back tomorrow, revealing the aversion therapy has at least somewhat worked.
*ShaggyDogStory: Subverted. It seems like, for all her effort, Brenda has been scared off by Linda and Teddy... before she peeks her head in and tells Bob she'll be back tomorrow, revealing the aversion therapy has at least somewhat worked.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Brenda, the woman sitting in the car across from the restaurant, [[TheReveal turns out to be agoraphobic]]; she's deathly afraid of being in public spaces, and her attempts to get in the restaurant are a form of aversion therapy and the reason she picked Bob's restaurant is because [[PerpetualPoverty he gets hardly any traffic]].
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Brenda, the woman sitting in the car across from the restaurant, [[TheReveal turns out to be agoraphobic]]; she's deathly afraid of being in public spaces, and her attempts to get in the restaurant are a form of aversion therapy and the therapy. The reason she picked Bob's restaurant is because [[PerpetualPoverty he gets hardly any traffic]].
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* EpicFail: Alex is bad at ''clapping'': to demonstrate it to Gene, he pulls his arms all the way to his sides, slaps them together and somehow produces no sound whatsoever, who agrees and thinks it's weird.
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* EpicFail: Alex is bad at ''clapping'': to demonstrate it to Gene, he pulls his arms all the way to his sides, slaps them together and somehow produces no sound whatsoever, who whatsoever. Gene agrees and thinks it's weird.
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* IncrediblyLameFun: Louise and Tina view Robo-Wizard Quest as this. When Bob and Linda spectate a game in the ending, Bob seems to agree with his daughters, while Linda wants to try a round.
-->'''Bob:''' So, uh, is this game fun?
-->'''Bob:''' So, uh, is this game fun?
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* IncrediblyLameFun: Louise Gene and Tina view Alex absolutely love the overly-complex, hopscotch-esque game of Robo-Wizard Quest Quest, while Louise and even Tina think it's boring as this.hell. When Bob and Linda spectate a game in the ending, Bob seems to agree with his daughters, while Linda wants to try a round.
-->'''Bob:''' So, uh, is this gamefun?''fun''?
-->'''Bob:''' So, uh, is this game
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*IncrediblyLameFun: Louise and Tina view Robo-Wizard Quest as this. When Bob and Linda spectate a game in the ending, Bob seems to agree with his daughters, while Linda wants to try a round.
-->'''Bob:''' So, uh, is this game fun?
-->'''Louise:''' Once you get to know all the ins and outs, and the players and the rules, it is not.
-->'''Bob:''' So, uh, is this game fun?
-->'''Louise:''' Once you get to know all the ins and outs, and the players and the rules, it is not.
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*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gene, Alex, and Courtney make up and perform together. They do surprisingly well... only to immediately get disqualified because they're breaking the rules of the competition.
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* RunninGag: Teddy keeps thinking and has partially convinced Linda that the agoraphobic woman sitting in her car outside the restaurant is a ghost, along with her car, which becomes their go-to-explanation for any of her weird behaviour in the episode.
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* RunninGag: RunningGag: Teddy keeps thinking and has partially convinced Linda that the agoraphobic woman sitting in her car outside the restaurant is a ghost, along with her car, which becomes their go-to-explanation for any of her weird behaviour in the episode.
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* {{Calvinball}}: Robo-Wizard Quest, the game Gene and Alex made up. It involves hopping on numbered circles without exceeding the number rolled, or else the wizard (a mop with a wizard hat) will curse you.
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* {{Calvinball}}: Robo-Wizard Quest, the game Gene and Alex made up. It involves hopping on numbered circles without exceeding the number rolled, or else the wizard (a mop with a wizard hat) will curse you.you, causing you to melt.
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* FeudEpisode: For Gene and Alex
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* FeudEpisode: For Gene and AlexAlex.
* RunninGag: Teddy keeps thinking and has partially convinced Linda that the agoraphobic woman sitting in her car outside the restaurant is a ghost, along with her car, which becomes their go-to-explanation for any of her weird behaviour in the episode.
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* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing...and he's the only who really takes it serious.
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* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing...and he's the only who really takes it serious.seriously.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Brenda, the woman sitting in the car across from the restaurant, [[TheReveal turns out to be agoraphobic]]; she's deathly afraid of being in public spaces, and her attempts to get in the restaurant are a form of aversion therapy.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Brenda, the woman sitting in the car across from the restaurant, [[TheReveal turns out to be agoraphobic]]; she's deathly afraid of being in public spaces, and her attempts to get in the restaurant are a form of aversion therapy.therapy and the reason she picked Bob's restaurant is because [[PerpetualPoverty he gets hardly any traffic]].
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* SecretHandshake: Gene and Alex have one, but it's just the two of them grabbing hands and whispering, "''Secret.''"
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* EpicFail: Alex is bad at ''clapping'': to demonstrate it to Gene, he pulls his arms all the way to his sides, slaps them together and somehow produces no sound whatsoever, who agrees and thinks it's weird.
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* StageMom: Doug is ''super'' gung ho about Courtney roller-dancing, and tries to guilt trip Gene into helping him give Alex diarrhea so Courtney's performance will go perfectly.
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* StageMom: Doug is ''super'' gung ho about Courtney roller-dancing, and tries to guilt trip Gene into helping him give Alex diarrhea so Courtney's Courtney can get a better partner and her performance will go perfectly.
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* CurseCutShort: Mrs. Papasian gets out, "YOU SON OF A --" before unleashing her inner MamaBear on Doug.
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* CallBack: Teddy claims Bob answers to Bob Belcher [[Recap/BobsBurgerS3E15OTTheOutsideToilet or Bob Burgers]]. Bob disagrees.
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* CallBack: Teddy claims Bob answers to Bob Belcher [[Recap/BobsBurgerS3E15OTTheOutsideToilet [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E15OTTheOutsideToilet or Bob Burgers]]. Bob disagrees.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: Alex tells Gene he’s Courtney’s new roller dancing partner, then gets in the car with Doug Wheeler, who drives him away. In his anger, Gene wails, “THAT MAN TOOK MY FRIEND,” causing a passerby to think Alex is being kidnapped.
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* RuleOfThree: The number of times Alex almost drinks the hummus-laced soda. The first two times, he pauses to give Gene heartfelt speeches about their friendship. The third time, he just coughs.
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->''"Dad, you get so weird about roller dancing."''
-->'''--Courtney'''
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Lift! LIFT!"'']]
->''"Dad, you get so weird about roller dancing."''
-->'''--Courtney'''
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* TheReveal: The woman who's been parking her car outside the restaurant is agoraphobic, and was trying to follow her therapist's advice to venture into the world. She was trying to work up the courage to go inside the restaurant because it seemed quiet enough for her.
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* TakesAThirdOption: Rather than either Alex or Gene performing with Courtney, they decide to perform together as friends. This, however, disqualified them, as they were performing in a couples competition.
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* TakesAThirdOption: Rather than either Alex or Gene performing with Courtney, they decide to perform together as friends. This, however, While this gets them disqualified them, as (since they were performing in a couples competition.couple's competition), they're glad to be friends again.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Brenda, the woman sitting in the car across from the restaurant, turns out to be agoraphobic; she's deathly afraid of being in public spaces, and her attempts to get in the restaurant are a form of aversion therapy.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Brenda, the woman sitting in the car across from the restaurant, [[TheReveal turns out to be agoraphobic; agoraphobic]]; she's deathly afraid of being in public spaces, and her attempts to get in the restaurant are a form of aversion therapy.
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* MamaBear: Alex's mom loses her shit when she learns Doug tried to make Gene poison Alex, and starts chasing after Doug around the roller rink.
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* FriendVersusLover: Gene is upset that Alex is spending all his time with Courtney, especially when he learns he really does "like-like" her.
* MamaBear: Alex's mom loses her shit when she learns Doug tried to make Genepoison Alex, give Alex an allergic reaction, and she starts chasing after Doug around the roller rink.
* MamaBear: Alex's mom loses her shit when she learns Doug tried to make Gene
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* StageMom: Doug is ''super'' gung ho about Courtney skating, and tries to guilt trip Gene into helping him give Alex diarrhea so Courtney's performance will go perfectly.
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* StageMom: Doug is ''super'' gung ho about Courtney skating, roller-dancing, and tries to guilt trip Gene into helping him give Alex diarrhea so Courtney's performance will go perfectly.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When Gene gives Alex the soda laced with sesame seed, he untimately can’t bring himself to give his friend diarrhea so he knocks the soda out of his hand and confesses. Note that nobody, not even his sisters (who both disapproved of this) or Doug (who pressured Gene to do it in the first place) was watching this. Gene stopped it by his own free will.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When Gene gives Alex the soda laced with sesame seed, hummus, he untimately ultimately can’t bring himself to give his friend diarrhea so he knocks the soda out of his hand and confesses. Note that nobody, not even his sisters (who both disapproved of this) or Doug (who pressured Gene to do it in the first place) was watching this. Gene stopped it by his own free will.will.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Brenda, the woman sitting in the car across from the restaurant, turns out to be agoraphobic; she's deathly afraid of being in public spaces, and her attempts to get in the restaurant are a form of aversion therapy.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Brenda, the woman sitting in the car across from the restaurant, turns out to be agoraphobic; she's deathly afraid of being in public spaces, and her attempts to get in the restaurant are a form of aversion therapy.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Teddy tells a story of how he thinks the woman's husband died. The ImagineSpot begins with the man walking towards [[PianoDrop a piano being hoisted up a building]]... only to then get mauled by a tiger out of nowhere.
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* FriendlyTickleTorture: Bob briefly tickles Linda's feet after she asks him to rub them.
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* FriendlyTickleTorture: Bob briefly tickles Linda's feet after she asks him to rub them.
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* FriendlyTickleTorture: Bob briefly tickles Linda's feet after she asks him to rub them.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: When the girls overhear Doug convincing Gene to poison Alex, Louise is just as shocked as Tina is.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: When the girls overhear Doug convincing Gene to poison Alex, trigger Alex’s sesame seed allergy, Louise is just as shocked as Tina is.is that Gene was willing to sabotage his friend like that.
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* TakesAThirdOption: Rather than either Alex or Gene performing with Courtney, they decide to perform together as friends. This, however, disqualified them, as they were performing in a couples competition.
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* TakesAThirdOption: Rather than either Alex or Gene performing with Courtney, they decide to perform together as friends. This, however, disqualified them, as they were performing in a couples competition.competition.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When Gene gives Alex the soda laced with sesame seed, he untimately can’t bring himself to give his friend diarrhea so he knocks the soda out of his hand and confesses. Note that nobody, not even his sisters (who both disapproved of this) or Doug (who pressured Gene to do it in the first place) was watching this. Gene stopped it by his own free will.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When Gene gives Alex the soda laced with sesame seed, he untimately can’t bring himself to give his friend diarrhea so he knocks the soda out of his hand and confesses. Note that nobody, not even his sisters (who both disapproved of this) or Doug (who pressured Gene to do it in the first place) was watching this. Gene stopped it by his own free will.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: When the girls overhear Doug making Gene poison Alex, Louise is just as shocked as Tina is.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: When the girls overhear Doug making convincing Gene to poison Alex, Louise is just as shocked as Tina is.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: When the girls overhear Doug making Gene poison Alex, Louise is just as shocked as Tina is.
--> '''Louise:''' I can't believe you're gonna give Alex diarrhea. I mean, it's hilarious, but I thought you liked him.
--> '''Louise:''' I can't believe you're gonna give Alex diarrhea. I mean, it's hilarious, but I thought you liked him.
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* {{Calvinball}}: Robo-Wizard Quest, the game Gene and Alex made up. It involves hopping on numbered circles without exceeding the number rolled, or else the wizard (a mop with a wizard hat) will curse you.
-->'''Louise:''' Circles and math. [[SarcasmMode It's the perfect game.]]
-->'''Louise:''' Circles and math. [[SarcasmMode It's the perfect game.]]
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* PlotAllergy: Alex's sesame allergy is mentioned early and becomes relevant later when Doug wants to trigger it to sabotage his performance.
* PottyFailure: Invoked by Doug, who wanted Gene to sneak some sesame in Alex's drink to make him get diarrhea in the middle of the routine.
* PottyFailure: Invoked by Doug, who wanted Gene to sneak some sesame in Alex's drink to make him get diarrhea in the middle of the routine.
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* StageMom: Doug is ''super'' gung ho about Courtney skating, and tries to guilt trip Gene into helping him give Alex diarrhea so Courtney's performance will go perfectly.
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* StageMom: Doug is ''super'' gung ho about Courtney skating, and tries to guilt trip Gene into helping him give Alex diarrhea so Courtney's performance will go perfectly.perfectly.
* TakesAThirdOption: Rather than either Alex or Gene performing with Courtney, they decide to perform together as friends. This, however, disqualified them, as they were performing in a couples competition.
* TakesAThirdOption: Rather than either Alex or Gene performing with Courtney, they decide to perform together as friends. This, however, disqualified them, as they were performing in a couples competition.
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* CallBack: Teddy claims Bob answers to Bob Belcher [[Recap/BobsBurgerS3E15OTTheOutsideToilet or Bob Burgers]]. Bob disagrees.
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* ShoutOut:
** The pest control van in the opening credits is [[Literature/SenseAndSensibility Sense & Sensi-kill-a-flea]].
** The first burger of the Day is [[Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood “The Frankie Goes to Hollandaise Burger.”]]
** The second burger of the Day is [[Music/PaulSimon “The Fifty Glaze to Eat Your Burger.”]]
** The pest control van in the opening credits is [[Literature/SenseAndSensibility Sense & Sensi-kill-a-flea]].
** The first burger of the Day is [[Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood “The Frankie Goes to Hollandaise Burger.”]]
** The second burger of the Day is [[Music/PaulSimon “The Fifty Glaze to Eat Your Burger.”]]
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* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing...and he's the only who really takes it serious.
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* TheBusCameBack: Alex from the previous season returns, having officially become friends with Gene.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Courtney calls Doug out on his selfishness, exclaiming she wants to skate with Gene ''and'' Alex and that she didn't even want to skate in the first place.
* MamaBear: Alex's mom loses her shit when she learns Doug tried to make Gene poison Alex, and starts chasing after Doug around the roller rink.
* TheReveal: The woman who's been parking her car outside the restaurant is agoraphobic, and was trying to follow her therapist's advice to venture into the world. She was trying to work up the courage to go inside the restaurant because it seemed quiet enough for her.
* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing...and he's the only who really takes itserious.serious.
* StageMom: Doug is ''super'' gung ho about Courtney skating, and tries to guilt trip Gene into helping him give Alex diarrhea so Courtney's performance will go perfectly.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Courtney calls Doug out on his selfishness, exclaiming she wants to skate with Gene ''and'' Alex and that she didn't even want to skate in the first place.
* MamaBear: Alex's mom loses her shit when she learns Doug tried to make Gene poison Alex, and starts chasing after Doug around the roller rink.
* TheReveal: The woman who's been parking her car outside the restaurant is agoraphobic, and was trying to follow her therapist's advice to venture into the world. She was trying to work up the courage to go inside the restaurant because it seemed quiet enough for her.
* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing...and he's the only who really takes it
* StageMom: Doug is ''super'' gung ho about Courtney skating, and tries to guilt trip Gene into helping him give Alex diarrhea so Courtney's performance will go perfectly.
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Gene's friend [[Recap/BobsBurgersS8E13CheerUpSleepyGene Alex]] is stolen by Courtney Wheeler to be her rollerdancing partner. Back at the restaurant, Bob, Linda and Teddy deal with a stalker sitting in her car.
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* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing...and he's the only who really takes it serious.
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* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing...and he's the only who really takes it serious.
