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* ObligatoryJoke: As soon as you see the male seahorse, you know he's going to give birth, because what other reason would they include a male seahorse for?
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: [=BoJack=]'s exact words at the end when he learns [[spoiler:his helmet had a speaker on it the whole time]].

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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: [=BoJack=]'s exact words at the end when he learns [[spoiler:his his helmet had a speaker on it the whole time]].time.
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* BittersweetEnding: Bojack gets the baby seahorse back to his father and humbly turns down any compensation he's offered, and despite not showing up to the festival screening, ''Secretariat'' is a hit, but he fails to reconcile with Kelsey when the ink on the letter he shows her smudges beyond legibility. And he finds out how to speak with his air helmet ''immediately'' after!
* BizarroEpisode: Mostly due to the lack of dialogue in a show that otherwise relies heavily in verbal comedy.

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* BittersweetEnding: Bojack [=BoJack=] gets the baby seahorse back to his father and humbly turns down any compensation he's offered, and despite not showing up to the festival screening, ''Secretariat'' is a hit, but he fails to reconcile with Kelsey when the ink on the letter he shows her smudges beyond legibility. And he finds out how to speak with his air helmet ''immediately'' after!
* BizarroEpisode: Mostly due to the lack of dialogue in a show that otherwise relies heavily in on verbal comedy.



* FishOutOfWater: ''And how'', not just in the sense that this episode literally focuses on a horse underwater. There are several details meant to evoke the feeling of suddenly finding yourself in an unfamiliar country. Bojack is trying to find his way in a place where he ''doesn't understand the language'' (granted, when written, it seems to be pretty much the same as English with a few letters switched out, but spoken it's incomprehensible, but maybe that's because they're speaking underwater), they have their own currency that Bojack isn't carrying, and a simple thumbs up seems to be their equivalent of flipping the bird, much to Bojack's confusion. Also, they drive on the side opposite to the standard in the U.S., much like in Japan or the U.K. All of this makes the underwater city feel way more real, being portrayed as ''actually foreign''.

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* FishOutOfWater: ''And how'', not just in the sense that this episode literally focuses on a horse underwater. There are several details meant to evoke the feeling of suddenly finding yourself in an unfamiliar country. Bojack [=BoJack=] is trying to find his way in a place where he ''doesn't understand the language'' (granted, when written, it seems to be pretty much the same as English with a few letters switched out, but spoken it's incomprehensible, but maybe that's because they're speaking underwater), they have their own currency that Bojack [=BoJack=] isn't carrying, and a simple thumbs up seems to be their equivalent of flipping the bird, much to Bojack's [=BoJack=]'s confusion. Also, they drive on the side opposite to the standard in the U.S., much like in Japan or the U.K. All of this makes the underwater city feel way more real, being portrayed as ''actually foreign''.



* ThePollyanna: Being an innocent child, the baby seahorse is energetic, cheery, and guileless. This stands in sharp contrast to the jaded and world-weary Bojack, which gives them an interesting dynamic. The seahorse acts and looks similar to how Bojack was as a kid, before his heart was hardened by abuse and loneliness. Perhaps because of that underlying similarity, they form a bond during their brief experiences together.

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* ThePollyanna: Being an innocent child, the baby seahorse is energetic, cheery, and guileless. This stands in sharp contrast to the jaded and world-weary Bojack, [=BoJack=], which gives them an interesting dynamic. The seahorse acts and looks similar to how Bojack [=BoJack=] was as a kid, before his heart was hardened by abuse and loneliness. Perhaps because of that underlying similarity, they form a bond during their brief experiences together.



* WaterIsAir: Zig-Zagged mostly for the sake of jokes. Land-dwellers need special helmets to breathe in the underwater city. However, we see walruses and other such sea animals that actually ''need'' air doing totally fine without them. In the spirit of this trope, citizens walk and drive along the sea floor instead of swimming or floating (they also walk normally without any extra effort), yet, Bojack realizes soon enough that he actually ''can'' swim, something he takes advantage of to escape safely through a window several stories above the floor. Made even more hilarious by the fact that his pursuers, ''actual fish'', make no effort to swim after him, instead standing there shaking their fists. Printed media and pens seem to be a thing down there as well, but the ''moment'' Bojack tries to communicate with Kelsey through a heartfelt, hand-written letter, the ink ''washes away''.[[note]]Though this might be because he wrote on the back of a bottle label, and other paper and pens might be specifically suited for writing underwater in a way the label wasn't.[[/note]]

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* WaterIsAir: Zig-Zagged mostly for the sake of jokes. Land-dwellers need special helmets to breathe in the underwater city. However, we see walruses and other such sea animals that actually ''need'' air doing totally fine without them. In the spirit of this trope, citizens walk and drive along the sea floor instead of swimming or floating (they also walk normally without any extra effort), yet, Bojack [=BoJack=] realizes soon enough that he actually ''can'' swim, something he takes advantage of to escape safely through a window several stories above the floor. Made even more hilarious by the fact that his pursuers, ''actual fish'', make no effort to swim after him, instead standing there shaking their fists. Printed media and pens seem to be a thing down there as well, but the ''moment'' Bojack [=BoJack=] tries to communicate with Kelsey through a heartfelt, hand-written letter, the ink ''washes away''.[[note]]Though this might be because he wrote on the back of a bottle label, and other paper and pens might be specifically suited for writing underwater in a way the label wasn't.[[/note]]



* WeirdCurrency: The underwater dwellers use multicolored shells as currency. Bojack is rebuffed when he tries to pay for seahorse milk and a nudie mag with greenbacks.

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* WeirdCurrency: The underwater dwellers use multicolored shells as currency. Bojack [=BoJack=] is rebuffed when he tries to pay for seahorse milk and a nudie mag with greenbacks.

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* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: Happens when [=BoJack=] and the seahorse baby fall down a cliff after being chased, and end up in deep water.



* FailedASpotCheck: The Shark shopkeeper, after [=BoJack=] hides ''in front of'' Mr. Peanutbutter's cardboard cutout.

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* FailedASpotCheck: The Shark shopkeeper, after [=BoJack=] hides ''in front of'' Mr. Peanutbutter's cardboard cutout. [[JustifiedTrope Granted, sharks have poor eyesight]]
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* EasilyForgiven: Back in "Yes And", Abe D'Catfish was heavily offended when he invited [=BoJack=] to his house for dinner, only to hear him insult his work on the "Secretariat" movie and his wife's cooking, to the point that he spited [=BoJack=] by forcing him to go through the whole movie filming all over again, and the end of the episode had him enraged that he didn't even show up to complete it. Here, he seems to have forgiven [=BoJack=] for all he has done to him. At a movie conference that's promoting "Secretariat", he spots [=BoJack=] nearby and invites him over to introduce him to the reporters. Also, at the screening, he again comes by to buy a drink for [=BoJack=}, and even shows him how to drink it underwater.
** Averted with Kelsey. When she finally notices [=BoJack=] approaching her, she seems distrustful towards him, and even at the end of the episode when he's trying to show her his apology (which doesn't end up working), she looks annoyed by him and tells her taxi cab that was stopped to continue going.

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* EasilyForgiven: Back in "Yes And", Abe D'Catfish was heavily offended when he invited [=BoJack=] to his house for dinner, only to hear him insult his work on the "Secretariat" movie and his wife's cooking, to the point that he spited [=BoJack=] by forcing him to go through the whole movie filming all over again, and the end of the episode had him enraged that he didn't even show up to complete it. Here, he seems to have forgiven [=BoJack=] for all he has done to him. At a movie conference that's promoting "Secretariat", he spots [=BoJack=] nearby and invites him over to introduce him to the reporters. Also, at the screening, he again comes by to buy a drink for [=BoJack=}, [=BoJack=], and even shows him how to drink it underwater.
** Averted with Kelsey. When she finally notices [=BoJack=] approaching her, she seems distrustful towards him, and even at the end of the episode when he's trying to show her his apology (which doesn't end up working), she looks annoyed by him and tells her taxi cab that was stopped to continue going.going, leaving [=BoJack=] alone.
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* AssShove: When [=BoJack=] gets a vodka enema at the bar, which is how he ends up drinking underwater. He has trouble understanding how to use it at first, until Abe (who bought it for him) shows him how.


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* EasilyForgiven: Back in "Yes And", Abe D'Catfish was heavily offended when he invited [=BoJack=] to his house for dinner, only to hear him insult his work on the "Secretariat" movie and his wife's cooking, to the point that he spited [=BoJack=] by forcing him to go through the whole movie filming all over again, and the end of the episode had him enraged that he didn't even show up to complete it. Here, he seems to have forgiven [=BoJack=] for all he has done to him. At a movie conference that's promoting "Secretariat", he spots [=BoJack=] nearby and invites him over to introduce him to the reporters. Also, at the screening, he again comes by to buy a drink for [=BoJack=}, and even shows him how to drink it underwater.
** Averted with Kelsey. When she finally notices [=BoJack=] approaching her, she seems distrustful towards him, and even at the end of the episode when he's trying to show her his apology (which doesn't end up working), she looks annoyed by him and tells her taxi cab that was stopped to continue going.
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* WaterIsAir: Zig-Zagged ''mercilessly'', mostly for the sake of jokes. Land-dwellers need special helmets to breathe in the underwater city. However, we see walruses and other such sea animals that actually ''need'' air doing totally fine without them. In the spirit of this trope, citizens walk and drive along the sea floor instead of swimming or floating (they also walk normally without any extra effort), yet, Bojack realizes soon enough that he actually ''can'' swim, something he takes advantage of to escape safely through a window several stories above the floor. Made even more hilarious by the fact that his pursuers, ''actual fish'', make no effort to swim after him, instead standing there shaking their fists. Printed media and pens seem to be a thing down there as well, but the ''moment'' Bojack tries to communicate with Kelsey through a heartfelt, hand-written letter, the ink ''washes away''.[[note]]Though this might be because he wrote on the back of a bottle label, and other paper and pens might be specifically suited for writing underwater in a way the label wasn't.[[/note]] This trope seems to be averted and played straight as the story demands, ''and it's perfect''.

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* WaterIsAir: Zig-Zagged ''mercilessly'', mostly for the sake of jokes. Land-dwellers need special helmets to breathe in the underwater city. However, we see walruses and other such sea animals that actually ''need'' air doing totally fine without them. In the spirit of this trope, citizens walk and drive along the sea floor instead of swimming or floating (they also walk normally without any extra effort), yet, Bojack realizes soon enough that he actually ''can'' swim, something he takes advantage of to escape safely through a window several stories above the floor. Made even more hilarious by the fact that his pursuers, ''actual fish'', make no effort to swim after him, instead standing there shaking their fists. Printed media and pens seem to be a thing down there as well, but the ''moment'' Bojack tries to communicate with Kelsey through a heartfelt, hand-written letter, the ink ''washes away''.[[note]]Though this might be because he wrote on the back of a bottle label, and other paper and pens might be specifically suited for writing underwater in a way the label wasn't.[[/note]] This trope seems to be averted and played straight as the story demands, ''and it's perfect''.[[/note]]

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [=BoJack=] tries to write a letter to Kelsey. While they're all underwater. Guess what happens to the ink.



* FishOutOfWater: ''And how'', not just in the sense that this episode literally focuses on a horse underwater. There are several details meant to evoke the feeling of suddenly finding yourself in an unfamiliar country. Bojack is trying to find his way in a place where he ''doesn't understand the language'' (granted, when written, it seems to be pretty much the same as English with a few letters switched out, but spoken it's incomprehensible, but maybe that's because they're [[RealityEnsues speaking underwater]]), they have their own currency that Bojack isn't carrying, and a simple thumbs up seems to be their equivalent of flipping the bird, much to Bojack's confusion. Also, they drive on the side opposite to the standard in the U.S., much like in Japan or the U.K. All of this makes the underwater city feel way more real, being portrayed as ''actually foreign''.

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* FishOutOfWater: ''And how'', not just in the sense that this episode literally focuses on a horse underwater. There are several details meant to evoke the feeling of suddenly finding yourself in an unfamiliar country. Bojack is trying to find his way in a place where he ''doesn't understand the language'' (granted, when written, it seems to be pretty much the same as English with a few letters switched out, but spoken it's incomprehensible, but maybe that's because they're [[RealityEnsues speaking underwater]]), underwater), they have their own currency that Bojack isn't carrying, and a simple thumbs up seems to be their equivalent of flipping the bird, much to Bojack's confusion. Also, they drive on the side opposite to the standard in the U.S., much like in Japan or the U.K. All of this makes the underwater city feel way more real, being portrayed as ''actually foreign''.



* RealityEnsues: [=BoJack=] tries to write a letter to Kelsey. While they're all underwater. Guess what happens to the ink.



* WaterIsAir: Zig-Zagged ''mercilessly'', mostly for the sake of jokes. Land-dwellers need special helmets to breathe in the underwater city. However, we see walruses and other such sea animals that actually ''need'' air doing totally fine without them. In the spirit of this trope, citizens walk and drive along the sea floor instead of swimming or floating (they also walk normally without any extra effort), yet, Bojack realizes soon enough that he actually ''can'' swim, something he takes advantage of to escape safely through a window several stories above the floor. Made even more hilarious by the fact that his pursuers, ''actual fish'', make no effort to swim after him, instead standing there shaking their fists. Printed media and pens seem to be a thing down there as well, but the ''moment'' Bojack tries to communicate with Kelsey through a heartfelt, hand-written letter, the ink ''[[RealityEnsues washes away]]''.[[note]]Though this might be because he wrote on the back of a bottle label, and other paper and pens might be specifically suited for writing underwater in a way the label wasn't.[[/note]] This trope seems to be averted and played straight as the story demands, ''and it's perfect''.

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* WaterIsAir: Zig-Zagged ''mercilessly'', mostly for the sake of jokes. Land-dwellers need special helmets to breathe in the underwater city. However, we see walruses and other such sea animals that actually ''need'' air doing totally fine without them. In the spirit of this trope, citizens walk and drive along the sea floor instead of swimming or floating (they also walk normally without any extra effort), yet, Bojack realizes soon enough that he actually ''can'' swim, something he takes advantage of to escape safely through a window several stories above the floor. Made even more hilarious by the fact that his pursuers, ''actual fish'', make no effort to swim after him, instead standing there shaking their fists. Printed media and pens seem to be a thing down there as well, but the ''moment'' Bojack tries to communicate with Kelsey through a heartfelt, hand-written letter, the ink ''[[RealityEnsues washes away]]''.''washes away''.[[note]]Though this might be because he wrote on the back of a bottle label, and other paper and pens might be specifically suited for writing underwater in a way the label wasn't.[[/note]] This trope seems to be averted and played straight as the story demands, ''and it's perfect''.
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* HiddenDepths: When Ana says he can't go to Cannes to promote ''Secretariat''.
-->'''Ana''': Apparently, the French people do not care for you ever since you said that thing about them in the press.\\
'''[=BoJack=]''': Hey, I stand behind my critique of [[Creator/JeanPaulSartre Sartre]]. His philosophical arguments helped tyrannical regimes justify overt cruelty. [[NotHelpingYourCase Also the French smell, and I hate them]].
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [=BoJack=] might be a jerk, but cut off from communication and knowing no one else in the outskirts of Pacific Ocean City, he still tries his hardest to get the baby seahorse back to his dad.
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** [=BoJack=] apparently didn't like how horses were portrayed in ''Literature/TheHorseWhisperer''.

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** [=BoJack=] apparently didn't like how horses were portrayed in ''Literature/TheHorseWhisperer''.''Film/TheHorseWhisperer''.

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* ShoutOut: [=BoJack=] getting PersonaNonGrata from France for criticizing Sartre's philosophy is a reference to what happened to Creator/LarsVonTrier after he made his infamous "I'm a Nazi" comment at a press screening for ''Film/{{Melancholia}}'' at the Cannes Film Festival. [[note]] Lars is unbanned as of his newest film, ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'' [[/note]]

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[=BoJack=] getting PersonaNonGrata from France for criticizing Sartre's philosophy is a reference to what happened to Creator/LarsVonTrier after he made his infamous "I'm a Nazi" comment at a press screening for ''Film/{{Melancholia}}'' at the Cannes Film Festival. [[note]] Lars is unbanned as of his newest film, ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'' [[/note]][[/note]]
** [=BoJack=] apparently didn't like how horses were portrayed in ''Literature/TheHorseWhisperer''.
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* WaterIsAir: Zig-Zagged ''mercilessly'', mostly for the sake of jokes. Land-dwellers need special helmets to breathe in the underwater city. However, we see walruses and other such sea animals that actually ''need'' air doing totally fine without them. In the spirit of this trope, citizens walk and drive along the sea floor instead of swimming or floating (they also walk normally without any extra effort), yet, Bojack realizes soon enough that he actually ''can'' swim, something he takes advantage of to escape safely through a window several stories above the floor. Made even more hilarious by the fact that his pursuers, ''actual fish'', make no effort to swim after him, instead standing there shaking their fists. Printed media and pens seem to be a thing down there as well, but the ''moment'' Bojack tries to communicate with Kelsey through a heartfelt, hand-written letter, the ink ''[[RealityEnsues washes away]]''. This trope seems to be averted and played straight as the story demands, ''and it's perfect''.

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* WaterIsAir: Zig-Zagged ''mercilessly'', mostly for the sake of jokes. Land-dwellers need special helmets to breathe in the underwater city. However, we see walruses and other such sea animals that actually ''need'' air doing totally fine without them. In the spirit of this trope, citizens walk and drive along the sea floor instead of swimming or floating (they also walk normally without any extra effort), yet, Bojack realizes soon enough that he actually ''can'' swim, something he takes advantage of to escape safely through a window several stories above the floor. Made even more hilarious by the fact that his pursuers, ''actual fish'', make no effort to swim after him, instead standing there shaking their fists. Printed media and pens seem to be a thing down there as well, but the ''moment'' Bojack tries to communicate with Kelsey through a heartfelt, hand-written letter, the ink ''[[RealityEnsues washes away]]''. [[note]]Though this might be because he wrote on the back of a bottle label, and other paper and pens might be specifically suited for writing underwater in a way the label wasn't.[[/note]] This trope seems to be averted and played straight as the story demands, ''and it's perfect''.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: [=BoJack=]'s exact words at the end when he learns [[spoiler:his helmet had a speaker on it the whole time]].

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* CheerfulChild: The baby seahorse.



* ThePollyanna: Being an innocent child, the baby seahorse is cheery and guileless. This stands in sharp contrast to the jaded and world-weary Bojack, which gives them an interesting dynamic. The seahorse acts and looks similar to how Bojack was as a kid, before his heart was hardened by abuse and loneliness. Kid Bojack and the seahorse even have similar designs.

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* ThePollyanna: Being an innocent child, the baby seahorse is cheery energetic, cheery, and guileless. This stands in sharp contrast to the jaded and world-weary Bojack, which gives them an interesting dynamic. The seahorse acts and looks similar to how Bojack was as a kid, before his heart was hardened by abuse and loneliness. Kid Bojack and the seahorse even have similar designs.Perhaps because of that underlying similarity, they form a bond during their brief experiences together.

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* NoDialogueEpisode: There is no English dialogue underwater; underwater folk have their own glubbing language, and [=BoJack=]'s voice is silenced by his helmet.

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* NoDialogueEpisode: There is no English dialogue underwater; underwater folk have their own glubbing gurgling language, and [=BoJack=]'s voice is silenced by his helmet.helmet.
* ThePollyanna: Being an innocent child, the baby seahorse is cheery and guileless. This stands in sharp contrast to the jaded and world-weary Bojack, which gives them an interesting dynamic. The seahorse acts and looks similar to how Bojack was as a kid, before his heart was hardened by abuse and loneliness. Kid Bojack and the seahorse even have similar designs.
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* BizarroEpisode

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* BizarroEpisodeBizarroEpisode: Mostly due to the lack of dialogue in a show that otherwise relies heavily in verbal comedy.
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* ShoutOut: [=BoJack=] getting PersonaNonGrata from France for criticizing Sartre's philosophy is a reference to what happened to Creator/LarsVonTrier after he made his infamous "I'm a Nazi" comment at a press screening for ''Film/{{Melancholia}}'' at the Cannes Film Festival.

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* ShoutOut: [=BoJack=] getting PersonaNonGrata from France for criticizing Sartre's philosophy is a reference to what happened to Creator/LarsVonTrier after he made his infamous "I'm a Nazi" comment at a press screening for ''Film/{{Melancholia}}'' at the Cannes Film Festival. [[note]] Lars is unbanned as of his newest film, ''Film/TheHouseThatJackBuilt'' [[/note]]

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