History Recap / BojackHorsemanS5E01TheLightBulbScene

* TheAlcoholic: While [=BoJack=]'s problems with alcohol were well documented before, this episode shows that he labels a bottle of vodka with days of the week to limit the amount he drinks on a daily basis, presumably in an attempt reduce his drinking.

* ContinuityNod: Apparently, the set designer for ''Philbert'' modelled Philbert's apartment on [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E05LiveFastDianeNguyen David Boreanaz's house]].

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Maybe not rape, but definitely sexual misconduct. It's glaringly obvious that Flip making Bojack film a scene in which he screws in a lightbulb while standing naked on a ladder is a total power move, and that he's meant to be experiencing the usual shame and humiliation that female actresses are forced to put up with by getting {{type cast|ing}} as [[MaleGaze eye candy]]. However, the whole thing is presented as mildly embarrassing rather than emasculating. When Flip tries to talk Gina into doing the scene, it's presented as slimy and inexcusably perverted. And it never comes up again.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: After spending the episode being bothered by how much he sees himself in his character, Bojack on the advice of Princess Carolyn resolves to be this.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: After spending the episode being bothered by how much he see's himself in his character, Bojack on the advice of Princess Carolyn resolves to be this.

** [=BoJack=]'s complaints to Flip about ''Philbert'' being confusing, overwritten, and poorly-lit, could just as easily apply to ''Series/MrRobot'', which stars Flip's VA Rami Malek.

* MediumAwareness: When [=BoJack=] says that [=WhatTimeIsItRightNow=].com's function is pointless when there's already a clock on the upper right hand corner of people's computer screens, he points in that exact direction. Considering that this show airs on Netflix, and many people would be watching it on their computers...[[note]]Assuming it's an Apple device of course, since Windows puts it in the lower right[[/note]]

* ItsAllAboutMe: [=BoJack=] as per usual, to the extent the director of Philbert has to point out he is not just adding scenes or making major changes to what is clearly his passion project just to teach [=BoJack=] lessons.

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Maybe not rape, but definitely sexual misconduct. It's glaringly obvious that Flip making Bojack film a scene in which he screws in a lightbulb while standing naked on a ladder is a total power move, and that he's meant to be experiencing the usual shame and humiliation that female actresses are forced to put up with by getting {{type cast|ing}} as [[MaleGaze eye candy]]. However, the whole thing is presented as mildly embarrassing rather than emasculating. When Flip tries to talk Gina into doing the scene, it's presented as slimy and inexcusably perverted. And it never comes up again.

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Maybe not rape, but definitely sexual misconduct. It's glaringly obvious that Flip making Bojack film a scene in which he screws in a lightbulb while standing naked on a ladder is a total power move, and that he's meant to be experiencing the usual shame an humiliation that female actresses are forced to put up with by getting {{type cast|ing}} as [[MaleGaze eye candy]]. However, the whole thing is presented as mildly embarrassing rather than emasculating. When Flip tries to talk Gina into doing the scene, it's presented as slimy and inexcusably perverted. And it never comes up again.

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Maybe not rape, but definitely sexual misconduct. It's glaringly obvious that Flip making Bojack film a scene in which he screws in a lightbulb while standing naked on a ladder is a total power move, and that he's meant to be experiencing the usual shame an humiliation that female actresses are forced to put up with by getting {{type cast|ing}} as [[MsFanservice eye candy]]. However, Bojack is never seen feeling traumatized by it or angry about it or even directly intuiting anything about MaleGaze or feminism from it, making the whole thing come off as mildly embarrassing rather than emasculating. Had, say, Gina been forced to do this scene, it'd be treated as tragic, which he lampshades.

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Maybe not rape, but definitely sexual misconduct. It's glaringly obvious that Flip making Bojack film a scene in which he screws in a lightbulb while standing naked on a ladder is a total power move, and that he's meant to be experiencing the usual shame an humiliation that female actresses are forced to put up with by getting {{type cast|ing}} as [[MsFanservice eye candy]]. However, Bojack is never seen feeling traumatized by it or angry about it or even directly intuiting anything about MaleGaze or feminism from it, making the whole thing come off as mildly embarrassing rather than emasculating. Had, say, Gina been forced to do this scene, it'd be treated as tragic.

-->'''Flip:''' I tell you buddy, this is going to be a sensational season of television.

* TakeThat: Todd was director of a ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie but was fired for creative differences, clearly referencing Chris Miller and Phil Lord's publicly being replaced with Ron Howard on ''{{Film/Solo}}'', and Colin Trevorrow being fired from ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''.

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Maybe not rape, but definitely sexual misconduct. It's glaringly obvious that Flip making Bojack film a scene in which he screws in a lightbulb while standing naked on a ladder is a total power move, and that he's meant to be experiencing the usual shame an humiliation that female actresses are forced to put up with by getting {{type cast|ing}} as [[MsFanservice eye candy]]. However, Bojack is never seen feeling traumatized by it or angry about it or even directly intuiting anything about MaleGaze or feminism from it, making the whole thing come off as mildly embarrassing rather than emasculating. Had, say, Gina been forced to do this scene, it'd be treated as tragic. As of this writing, there's no indication that this is actually going somewhere.

* TakeThat: Todd was director of a ''Franchise/StarWars'' movie but was fired for creative differences, clearly referencing Chris Miller and Phil Lord's publicly being replaced with Ron Howard on ''{{Film/Solo}}'', and Colin Trevorrow being fired from ''Film/StarWars9''.

** [=BoJack=]'s complaints to Flip about ''Phlbert'' being confusing, overwritten, and poorly-lit, could just as easily apply to ''Series/MrRobot'', which stars Flip's VA Rami Malek.

* DoubleStandardRapeMaleOnMale: Maybe not rape, but definitely sexual misconduct. It's glaringly obvious that the only reason Flip makes Bojack film a scene in which he screws in a lightbulb while standing naked on a ladder is a total power move, and that he's meant to be experiencing the usual shame an humiliation that female actresses are forced to put up with by getting {{type cast|ing}} as [[MsFanservice eye candy]]. However, Bojack is never seen feeling traumatized by it or angry about it or even directly intuiting anything about MaleGaze or feminism from it, making the whole thing come off as mildly embarrassing rather than emasculating. Had, say, Gina been forced to do this scene, it'd be treated as tragic. As of this writing, there's no indication that this is actually going somewhere.

* DoubleStandardAbuseMaleOnMale: It's glaringly obvious that the only reason Flip makes Bojack film a scene in which he screws in a lightbulb while standing naked on a ladder is a total power move, and that he's meant to be experiencing the usual shame an humiliation that female actresses are forced to put up with by getting {{type cast|ing}} as [[MsFanservice eye candy]]. However, Bojack is never seen feeling traumatized by it or angry about it or even directly intuiting anything about MaleGaze or feminism from it, making the whole thing come off as mildly embarrassing rather than emasculating. Had, say, Gina been forced to do this scene, it'd be treated as tragic. As of this writing, there's no indication that this is actually going somewhere.