History Recap / BojackHorsemanS3E01StartSpreadingTheNews

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The painting in Bojack's hotel room showing shirtless horses running in a field.

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Bojack finds himself unable to perform in bed with the manatee reporter, mainly because a comment she made in passing reminded him of his disastrous encounter with Penny two episodes prior.

* WaxingLyrical: Right before sleeping with Bojack, the manatee asks him if "he's more man than horse, or if he's more horse than man", just like in the song that plays in the credits.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Sort of. [=BoJack=] becomes impotent when his fling reminds him of his incident with Penny, and his moral conundrum over whether or not he even wanted to go through with it and says he probably would have against his better judgement. However, we still don't know which of them made the first move.
* PutOnTheBus: Wanda Peirce had left for Detroit sometime after breaking up with [=BoJack=] last season, now in charge of a new TV network.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After hearing Bojack's story about him and Penny, the manatee reporter leaves the next morning, this being potentially juicy details for her news scoop. Bojack rushes to his handler, Ana Spanakopita, for help. However, having eavesdropped next to his room, she promises she will get the situation handled. Later, she returns and says that "it's handled" as promised. How exactly it was "handled" is left unsaid, and we never see the manatee again. [[ChekhovsGun We then hear the recording made of Bojack's confession]] [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS5E04BojackTheFeminist to the manatee reporter from Ana who plays the tape for Diane in Season 5]].

* KnowWhenToFoldThem: J.D. Salinger wants to cancel ''Hollywoo Stars and Celebrities...'' at the height of its popularity. Depending on how people remember their favorite shows, many shows have a habit of ending too soon despite incredible fanfare, in order to avoid JumpingTheShark, or run for so long that it suffers that fate.
* WaxingLyrical: Right before sleeping with Bojack, the manatee asks him if "he's more man than horse, or if he's more horse than man", just like in the song that plays in the credits.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** J.D. Salinger wants to cancel ''Hollywoo Stars and Celebrities...'' at the height of its popularity. Depending on how people remember their favorite shows, many shows have a habit of ending too soon despite incredible fanfare, in order to avoid JumpingTheShark, or run for so long that it suffers that fate.
* WaxingLyrical: Right before sleeping with Bojack, the manatee asks him if "he's more man than horse, or if he's more horse than man", just like in the song that plays in the credits.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: [=BoJack=] reveals what happened between him and Penny to the reporter. If not for Ana's interference, the story would have made public and make his life and Penny's family's life even worse.

* RealityEnsues:

** J.D. Salinger wants to cancel ''Hollywoo Stars and Celebrities...'' at the height of its popularity. Depending on how people remember their favorite shows, many have a habit of ending too soon despite incredible fanfare or running so long to the point of JumpingTheShark.

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: [=BoJack=] reveals what happen between him and Penny to the reporter. If not for Ana's interference, the story would have made public and make his life and Penny's family's life even worse.

* YankTheDogsChain: Pinky wants to make use of the popularity of the ''Hollywoo Stars and Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things?? Let's Find Out!'' game show. To his dismay, J.D. Salinger requests the show end after its first season, satisfied with the results.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After hearing Bojack's story about him and Penny, the manatee reporter leaves the next morning, this being potentially juicy details for her news scoop. Bojack rushes to his handler, Ana Spanakopita, for help. However, having eavesdrop next to his room, she promises she will get the situation handled. Later, she returns and says that "it's handled" as promised. How exactly it was "handled" is left unsaid, and we never see the manatee again. [[ChekhovsGun We then hear the recording made of Bojack's confession]] [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS5E04BojackTheFeminist to the manatee reporter from Ana who plays the tape for Diane in Season 5]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After hearing Bojack story about him and Penny, the manatee reporter leaves the next morning, this being potentially juicy details for her news scoop. Bojack rushes to his handler, Ana Spanakopita, for help. However, having eavesdrop next to his room, she promises she will get the situation handled. Later, she returns and says that "it's handled" as promised. How exactly it was "handled" is left unsaid, and we never see the manatee again. [[ChekhovsGun We then hear the recording made of Bojack's confession]] [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS5E04BojackTheFeminist to the manatee reporter from Ana who plays the tape for Diane in Season 5]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After hearing Bojack story about him and Penny, the manatee reporter leaves the next morning, this being potentially juicy details for her news scoop. Bojack rushes to his handler, Ana Spanakopita, for help. However, having eavesdrop next to his room, she promises she will get the situation handled. Later, she returns and says that "it's handled" as promised. How exactly it was "handled" is left unsaid, and we never see the manatee again.

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Bojack finds himself unable to perform in bed with the manatee reporter, mainly because a comment she made in passing reminded him of his disastrous encounter with Penny two episodes prior.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The painting in Bojack's hotel room showing [[spoiler:shirtless horses running in a field]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: Person (Todd) smuggled in an airplane suitcase? Fine. Assault rifle smuggled in an airplane suitcase? Fine. Shampoo bottle in an airplane suitcase? [[TakeThat Not on the TSA's watch!]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Todd being (accidentally) smuggled in a suitcase, fine. Someone smuggling an assault rifle, fine. But someone with a small bottle of shampoo is considered bad news to the TSA.

* WhatHappenedtothemouse: After hearing Bojack story about him and Penny, the manatee reporter leaves the next morning, this being potentially juicy details for her news scoop. Bojack rushes to his handler, Ana Spanakopita, for help. However, having eavesdrop next to his room, she promises she will get the situation handled. Later, she returns and says that "it's handled" as promised. How exactly it was "handled" is left unsaid, and we never see the manatee again.

* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Bojack finds himself unable to perform in bed with the manatee reporter, mainly because a comment she made in passing reminded him of his disastrous encounter with Penny two episodes prior.

* {{Foreshadowing]]: The painting in Bojack's hotel room showing [[spoiler:shirtless horsemen running in a field]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: Todd being smuggled in a suitcase, fine. Someone smuggling an assault rifle, fine. But someone with a small bottle of shampoo is considered bad news to the TSA.

* NoSenseOfDirection: Todd manages to get lost in the same hotel hallway all episode long.