History Recap / BojackHorsemanS4E06StupidPieceOfShit

* AnAesop: Everyone deals with self-doubt, and if you can't outgrow it, you just have to work through it.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Among the garbage Felicity Huffman deals with as Bojack's neighbor: "lit cigarettes, beer bottles, scripts where the lead actor is female, and regurgitated cotton candy."

* BerserkButton: Bojack doesn't respond well to hearing Hollyhock call Beatrice a good mom.

* DamnedByFaintPraise: To Mr. Peanutbutter, Felicity Huffman is a "beloved actress of film and television", while Bojack has "also appeared in film and television".

* JudgmentOfSolomon: In an attempt to compromise between Felicity Huffman and Bojack, Mr. Peanutbutter suggests cutting the doll in half. Both reject this.

* PetTheDog: In a rare instance of genuine empathy, Mr. Peanutbutter reassures Bojack that he deserves to be loved, whether he believes it or not.
* PersonAsVerb: Bojack confides in Mr. Peanutbutter that he worries he'll "Bojack things" with Hollyhock. To Mr. Peanutbutter, that means be the LifeOfTheParty; to Bojack himself, that means he'll screw it up and make Hollyhock hate him.

* TitleDrop: The very first line of the episode is Bojack's inner monologue telling himself this.
* WhamLine: All episode long, we see Bojack's mental voice constantly berating and degrading him about how useless he is, and how he's right to hate himself. At the end of the episode, Hollyhock is asking about why Bojack just goes and disappears. Bojack tries to console her, but then Hollyhock has this to say.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: We are shown a greater insight into [=BoJack=]'s mind than in any other episode, with his train of thought on almost continually and frequent ArtShift cuts to what he's visualizing inside his mind.

A look at [=BoJack's=] InnerMonologue as he deals with having both Hollyhock and Beatrice living with him. In the meantime, Princess Caroline is forced to team up with her former partner-turned-rival Rutabaga Rabbitowitz to set up a sham marriage between Todd and Courtney Portnoy.

* ArsonMurderAndJauwalking: Among the garbage Felicity Huffman deals with as Bojack's neighbor: "lit cigarettes, beer bottles, scripts where the lead actor is female, and regurgitated cotton candy."

-->'''[=BoJack=]''': ''Woah, is it night suddenly? Suddenly sundown. Suddenly Sooze-town! What was that show? [[Series/SuddenlySusan "Suddenly Sooze-town"? Brooke Shields?]] Something? Show was on for 5 years and now nobody - [[MoodWhiplash Oh my god is that life?]] You're there, you do your thing and then people forget! "[[Film/{{Chinatown}} Forget it Jake, it's Sooze-Town]]" Is that me? Am I the Suddenly Sooze-Town of people??''

* FamilyVsCareer: In the evening, Rutabaga turns off 'work mode' and goes home to his wife and kids despite Princess Carolyn's protests. He comments that she would be a bad mother because of her focus on work, which clearly hurts her feelings until Judah comforts her.

->''"Oh my god, is that life? You're there, you do your thing, and then people forget."''
-->-- '''[=BoJack=]'''

A look at [=BoJack's=] InnerMonologue as he deals with having both Hollyhock and Beatrice living with him. In the meantime, Princess Caroline is forced to team up with her former partner-turned-rival Rutabaga Rabbinowitz to set up a sham marriage between Todd and Courtney Portnoy.

* ArtShift: [=BoJack=]'s InnerMonologue is depicted through crude, child-like drawings (courtesy of animation studio Rauch Bros. Animation).

-->'''[=BoJack=]''': ''Woah, is it night suddenly? Suddenly sundown. Suddenly Sooze-town! What was that show? [[Series/SuddenlySusan "Suddenly Sooze-town"? Brooke Shields?]] Something? Show was on for 5 years and now nobody - [[MoodWhiplash Oh my god is that life?]] You're there, you do your thing and then people forget!"[[Film/{{Chinatown}} Forget it Jake, it's Sooze-Town]]" Is that me? Am I the Suddenly Sooze-Town of people??''
* ImageSpot: [=BoJack=] has numerous throughout the episode.

-->'''[=BoJack=]''': ''Woah, is it night suddenly? Suddenly sundown. Suddenly Sooze-town! What was that show? [[Series/SuddenlySusan "Suddenly Sooze-town"? Brooke Shields?]] Something? Show was on for 5 years and now nobody - [[MoodWhiplash Oh my god is that life?]] You're there, you do your thing and then people forget! "[[Film/{{Chinatown}} Forget it Jake, it's Sooze-Town]]" Is that me? Am I the Suddenly Sooze-Town of people??''

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Beatrice calls [=BoJack=]/"Henrietta" a "waste of her husband's jism", which [=BoJack=] interprets as proof that Beatrice knows who he is (interpreting to remark to mean "my son"), but makes more sense come episode 11, [[spoiler: when it's revealed that Henrietta was Beatrice's maid who Butterscotch had an affair with.]]