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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The theme of the episode more or less pushes the moral that just because you may be a "changed person" doesn't mean it will instantly wash away the consequences of your previous actions. It's something that [=BoJack=] is forced to reckon with, that his journey to self improvement still got paved with a lot of chaos in his wake.
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-> Pickles: When I'm with [Mister Peanutbutter] we [[FinishingEachOthersSentences finish each others sentences]] meanwhile you are always...
-> Joey: Interrupting just to say the exact thing you were going to.
-> Pickles: Yes! It's so a....
-> Joey: Annoying?
-> Pickles: [[SincerityMode Thank you, that's the word.]]

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-> Pickles: -->'''Pickles''': When I'm with [Mister Peanutbutter] we [[FinishingEachOthersSentences finish each others sentences]] meanwhile you are always...
-> Joey: -->'''Joey''': Interrupting just to say the exact thing you were going to.
-> Pickles: -->'''Pickles''': Yes! It's so a....
-> Joey: -->'''Joey''': Annoying?
-> Pickles: -->'''Pickles''': [[SincerityMode Thank you, that's the word.]]
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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Princess Carolyn has Todd cover Ruthie's ears with his hat while Bojack lists off every bad thing he's ever done.

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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Princess Carolyn has Todd cover Ruthie's ears with his hat while Bojack [=BoJack=] lists off every bad thing he's ever done.



** Bojack, Princess Carolyn, and Diane find out Paige and Max are trying to find out about Sarah Lynn's death when Diane gets a phone call from Paige asking her about the last time he saw Bojack and Sarah Lynn together.

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** Bojack, [=BoJack=], Princess Carolyn, and Diane find out Paige and Max are trying to find out about Sarah Lynn's death when Diane gets a phone call from Paige asking her about the last time he saw Bojack [=BoJack=] and Sarah Lynn together.



* IronicEcho: Mr. Peanutbutter describes his decision to do all three of his, Pickles and Joey's theme idea's for their restaurant as "The perfect compromise, one were everyone gets what they want and no one has to compromise" later when convincing Pickles to postpone their wedding and go on take a job with Joey he says the same thing, less sincerely.

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* IronicEcho: Mr. Peanutbutter describes his decision to do all three of his, Pickles and Joey's theme idea's ideas for their restaurant as "The perfect compromise, one were everyone gets what they want and no one has to compromise" later when convincing Pickles to postpone their wedding and go on take a job with Joey he says the same thing, less sincerely.



* RunningGag: Elifino somehow has an old fashioned candlestick telephone for Paige to again make her overdramatic calls that wrap her and other in the cord. Unlike at the ''Hollywoo Reporter'', the restaurant patrons roll pretty well with it.

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* RunningGag: Elifino somehow has an old fashioned candlestick telephone for Paige to again make her overdramatic calls that wrap her and other others in the cord. Unlike at the ''Hollywoo Reporter'', the restaurant patrons roll pretty well with it.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The theme of the episode more or less pushes the moral that just because you may be a "changed person" doesn't mean it will instantly wash away the consequences of your previous actions. It's something that Bojack is forced to reckon with, that his journey to self improvement still got paved with a lot of chaos in his wake.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The theme of the episode more or less pushes the moral that just because you may be a "changed person" doesn't mean it will instantly wash away the consequences of your previous actions. It's something that Bojack [=BoJack=] is forced to reckon with, that his journey to self improvement still got paved with a lot of chaos in his wake.



** Diane stays for a bit longer, but has to leave after Princess Carolyn and Bojack can't be honest and try to spin the situation.

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** Diane stays for a bit longer, but has to leave after Princess Carolyn and Bojack [=BoJack=] can't be honest and try to spin the situation.
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* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Pickles describes Joey Pogo as the opposite of Mister Peanutbutter claiming that he's "Arrogant, annoyingly cheerful and fake nice" whereas Mister Peanutbutters "Confident, refreshingly optimistic and wryly sweet with an ironic self-aware edge that reads to some as inauthentic but I recognize as archly sincere."
** Later it happens again with this exchange:
-> Pickles: When I'm with [Mister Peanutbutter] we [[FinishingEachOthersSentences finish each others sentences]] meanwhile you are always...
-> Joey: Interrupting just to say the exact thing you were going to.
-> Pickles: Yes! It's so a....
-> Joey: Annoying?
-> Pickles: [[SincerityMode Thank you, that's the word.]]


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* IronicEcho: Mr. Peanutbutter describes his decision to do all three of his, Pickles and Joey's theme idea's for their restaurant as "The perfect compromise, one were everyone gets what they want and no one has to compromise" later when convincing Pickles to postpone their wedding and go on take a job with Joey he says the same thing, less sincerely.

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* RealityEnsues: The theme of the episode more or less pushes the moral that just because you may be a "changed person" doesn't mean it will instantly wash away the consequences of your previous actions. It's something that Bojack is forced to reckon with, that his journey to self improvement still got paved with a lot of chaos in his wake.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The theme of the episode more or less pushes the moral that just because you may be a "changed person" doesn't mean it will instantly wash away the consequences of your previous actions. It's something that Bojack is forced to reckon with, that his journey to self improvement still got paved with a lot of chaos in his wake.
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* RealityEnsues: The theme of the episode more or less pushes the moral that just because you may be a "changed person" doesn't mean it will instantly wash away the consequences of your previous actions. It's something that Bojack is forced to reckon with, that his journey to self improvement still got paved with a lot of chaos in his wake.

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[=BoJack=] and his drama students are celebrating the end of the semester but the mood turns sour when he learns an expose' on his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death will be published soon. There's seemingly nothing he can do to blunt the impending ruining of his career, unless he comes clean first.....

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->''"Just let me have this night."''
-->-- '''[=BoJack=]'''

[=BoJack=] and his drama students are celebrating the end of the semester but the mood turns sour when he learns an expose' expose on his involvement in Sarah Lynn's death will be published soon. There's seemingly nothing he can do to blunt the impending ruining of his career, unless he comes clean first.....
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent[=/=]NoodleIncident: Some of the things on the whiteboards include "Keyed Creator/KenanThompson's Kia"/"Fobbed Elon Muskrat's Tesla", "Habitual bad tipper", "Lied about dating Creator/NataliePortman", "Lied about 'getting' Music/{{Radiohead}}", and, as always, the obligatory "Sneezed on Creator/MarisaTomei". Also, at some point, [=BoJack=] told Mr. Peanutbutter about the "Cry-anne" video.



* NoodleIncident: Some of the things on the whiteboards include "Keyed Creator/KenanThompson's Kia"/"Fobbed Elon Muskrat's Tesla", "Habitual bad tipper", "Lied about dating Creator/NataliePortman", "Lied about 'getting' Music/{{Radiohead}}", and, as always, the obligatory "Sneezed on Creator/MarisaTomei". Also, at some point, [=BoJack=] told Mr. Peanutbutter about the "Cry-anne" video.



* TitleDrop: By Princess Carolyn.

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* TitleDrop: By Princess Carolyn. When [=BoJack=] asks her why she's still sticking with him, she replies that she's been by his side for 25 years, and she doesn't want an unhappy ending for someone she's invested so much in (hence "sunk cost, and all that").
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* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Princess Carolyn has Todd cover Ruthie's ears with his hat while Bojack lists off every bad thing he's ever done.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Mr. Peanutbutter answering the reporters questions and spilling the beans about the Sarah Lynn incident is what soon led to BoJack’s new perfect life crumbling in the next few episodes.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Mr. Peanutbutter answering the reporters questions and spilling the beans about the Sarah Lynn incident is what soon led to BoJack’s [=BoJack's=] new perfect life crumbling in the next few episodes.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Todd is willing to stand by [=BoJack=] after reading his list of transgressions, knowing he's a changed person. It's the moment he reverts back to his old assholish behavior and starts ranting that Paige Sinclair is trying to take him down that Todd draws the line.

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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
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Todd is willing to stand by [=BoJack=] after reading his list of transgressions, knowing he's a changed person. It's the moment he reverts back to his old assholish behavior and starts ranting that Paige Sinclair is trying to take him down that Todd draws the line.line.
** Diane stays for a bit longer, but has to leave after Princess Carolyn and Bojack can't be honest and try to spin the situation.

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** Todd and Princess Carolyn finally learn about [=BoJack=] and Penny nearly having sex in "Escape from L.A.". They honestly take it pretty well but admit that what [=BoJack=] did was "pretty shady".
** The real drama bomb was Princess Carolyn and Diane finally understanding what happened with Sarah Lynn.

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** Todd and Princess Carolyn finally learn about [=BoJack=] and Penny nearly having sex in "Escape from L.A.". They honestly take it pretty well but admit that what [=BoJack=] did was "pretty shady".
"super sketchy".
** Bojack, Princess Carolyn, and Diane find out Paige and Max are trying to find out about Sarah Lynn's death when Diane gets a phone call from Paige asking her about the last time he saw Bojack and Sarah Lynn together.
** The real drama bomb was Princess Carolyn and Diane finally understanding what happened with to Sarah Lynn.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Mr. Peanutbutter answering the reporters questions and spilling the beans about the Sarah Lynn incident is what soon led to BoJack’s new perfect life crumbling in the next few episodes.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent[=/=]NoodleIncident: Some of the things on the whiteboards include "Keyed Creator/KenanThompson's Kia"/"Fobbed Elon Muskrat's Tesla", "Habitual bad tipper", "Lied about dating Creator/NataliePortman", "Lied about 'getting' Music/{{Radiohead}}", and, as always, the obligatory "Sneezed on Creator/MarisaTomei".

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent[=/=]NoodleIncident: Some of the things on the whiteboards include "Keyed Creator/KenanThompson's Kia"/"Fobbed Elon Muskrat's Tesla", "Habitual bad tipper", "Lied about dating Creator/NataliePortman", "Lied about 'getting' Music/{{Radiohead}}", and, as always, the obligatory "Sneezed on Creator/MarisaTomei". Also, at some point, [=BoJack=] told Mr. Peanutbutter about the "Cry-anne" video.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Let's be honest, many of the transgressions on the whiteboards do not exactly qualify as being scandal-inducing, such as taking Diane's scarf and using the giant Todd head to take the carpool lane.

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