History Recap / BojackHorsemanS4E05ThoughtsAndPrayers

* Foreshadowing: Beatrice's reaction to meeting Hollyhock is to say "Oh. It's you. I can't believe you came back. You look just like him." This foreshadows that Hollyhock is Butterscotch's daughter, and while Beatrice is confused, she is somehow able to realize who Hollyhock is.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In a continuation of the epic saga between Mr. Peanutbutter and the banner people, the banner says "P.B. FOR GOVERNOR: IS GOVERNOR SPELLED WITH AN E OR AN O?"

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: LA severely restricts purchasing and carrying handguns, and Diane almost certainly wouldn't get a permit. The show implies there is no gun control at all in the state, especially towards the end where people are openly carrying military hardware.
** Even with RuleOfFunny in mind, a state government banning guns outright [[NoWomansLand just to keep women from having them]] is blatantly unconstitutional.

--->'''Princess Carolyn''': Men! What if we played up the "Ms." in Ms. Taken? In a world of increasing terror, our movie tells women they don't have to be afraid anymore.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: It takes [=BoJack=] a while to realize that his mother ''isn't'' pretending to not recognize him out of spite.

* BleakAbyssRetirementHome: Hollyhock wonders if Bojack feels any guilt at all leaving his mother to die in an expensive but lonely retirement home. As she was abusive, it clearly doesn't bother him that much.

* WhatTheHellHero: [=BoJack=] calls Princess Carolyn and delivers a heartfelt apology to her for not keeping contact for months, and when she responds with gratitude, [=BoJack=] abruptly cuts her off to ask the name of the carehome that he sent his mother into, souring the mood between the two right afterwards. Hollyhock, who sits besides him in the car, stares at him disapprovingly.

-->"P.B. FOR GOVERNOR ''(below)''IS GOVERNOR SPELLED WITH AN E OR O?"

-->"P.B. FOR GOVERNOR
--> IS GOVERNOR SPELLED WITH AN E OR AN O?"

IS GOVERNOR SPELLED WITH AN E OR AN O?"

* SkewedPriorities: Princess Carolyn and the movie executives remain focused on making their female-centric film, while cutting scenes that are too relevant to the mass shootings reported throughout the episode. PC, especially, didn't act like these shootings are a threat since all the instigators so far, were men. When the next shooter is reported to be a ''woman'', it completely threatens the movie's overall production.

* DidntSeeThatComing: When controversy arises over women owning guns, Diane comes out with a statement blaming society for making women feel threatened and that if they want to resolve the issue they should make the world a better place for women, or just ban all guns. So ownership of guns is made completely illegal in California.

** Even with RuleOfFunny in mind, a state government banning guns outright [[NoLadysLand just to keep women from having them]] is blatantly unconstitutional.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The first appearance of A Creator/BillyBush Type, who is extremely similar to A Ryan Seacrest Type.

* ZanyScheme: Although Beatrice doesn't recognize [=BoJack=] as himself, she does recognize the Horse from ''Horsin' Around'' as [=BoJack=], so he decides to perform a live episode for her to help her connect the dots, before planning to savagely tear her down with a big "Fuck You". [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee The plan backfires]], confusing Beatrice and causing her to attack other patients of the nursing home. Instead of initially distancing from his mother, he is now stuck with her for most of the season after she is kicked out due to the nursing home's policy.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: You have a woman learning to use guns and arguing to carry one around. This starts a controversy where no one wants a . This is basically what happened

* SkewedPriorities: Princess Carolyn and the movie executives remain focused on making the female-centric film, while cutting scenes that are too relevant to the mass shootings reported throughout the episode. PC, especially, didn't seem like these shootings are a threat since all the instigators so far, were men. When the next shooter is reported to be a ''woman'', as it completely threatens the movie's overall production.

* SkewedPriorities: PB and the movie executives remain focused on making the female-centric film, while cutting scenes that are too relevant to the mass shootings reported throughout the episode. PB, especially, didn't seem like these shootings are a threat since all the instigators so far, were men. When the next shooter is reported to be a ''woman'', as it completely threatens the movie's overall production.

* InterchangableAsianCultures: A valet greets the Vietnamese Diane with "''Konnichiwa'', Princess Mulan". Diane is just about to explain that he used a Japanese greeting and referred to her as a Chinese mythical character before Courtney pulls a gun on him.

* CompressedVice: Despite explicitly stating her opinions on gun when offered one, Diane has never shared her opinions on guns prior in the series.
* DidntSeeThatComing: When controversy arises over women owning guns, Diane comes out with a statement blaming society for making women feel threatened and that if they want to resolve the issue they should make the world a better place for women, or just ban all guns. [[WrongGenreSavvy So ownership of guns is made completely illegal in California]].

* [[HollywoodLaw Hollywoo Law]]: LA severely restricts purchasing and carrying handguns, and Diane almost certainly wouldn't get a permit. The show implies there is no gun control at all in the state, especially towards the end where people are openly carrying military hardware.
* HypocriticalHumor: All the executives saying "thoughts and prayers" whenever talking about the shootings with so little sincerity it's clear that they don't actually care about the lives as much as they care about the bad PR.

* ZanyScheme: Although Beatrice doesn't recognize [=BoJack=] as himself, she does recognize the Horse from Horsin' Around as [=BoJack=], so he decides to perform a live episode for her to help her connect the dots, before planning to savagely tear her down with a big "Fuck You". [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee The plan backfires]], confusing Beatrice and causing her to attack other patients of the nursing home. Instead of initially distancing from his mother, he is now stuck with her for most of the season after she is kicked out due to the nursing home's policy.

* HollywoodLaw: LA severely restricts purchasing and carrying handguns, and Diane almost certainly wouldn't get a permit. The show implies there is no gun control at all in the state, especially towards the end where people are openly carrying military hardware.