Line #12 Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E01StartSpreadingTheNews


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2	* DidntThinkThisThrough: [=BoJack=] reveals what happened between him and Penny to the reporter. If not for Ana's interference, the story would have made public and make his life and Penny's family's life even worse.
3	* DisproportionateRetribution: Person (Todd) smuggled in an airplane suitcase? Fine. Assault rifle smuggled in an airplane suitcase? Fine. ''Shampoo bottle'' in an airplane suitcase? [[TakeThat Not on the TSA's watch!]]
4	* DrunkenMontage: Somehow, Todd becomes lost in the hallway of the hotel, and, in a parody of ''Film/TheLostWeekend'', he walks towards the camera while common hotel signs flash past him.
5	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The painting in [=BoJack=]'s hotel room showing shirtless horses running in a field.
6	* [[ForgotAboutHisPowers Forgot About Her Powers]]: A pigeon tries to commit suicide by jumping off a ledge, only to remember she could fly.
7	* FurryReminder: When on the phone with Mister Peanutbutter to try to convince him to get a job, Princess Carolyn encourages him to get money like one would encourage a happy dog to get a toy.
8	* InsultedAwake: While doing interviews at the beginning of the episode as part of the movie, [=BoJack=] is dozing off in his chair, until his interviewee mentions that this movie would be his next hit since that "sucky show from the 90s." This causes him to snap awake and go right into defending ''Horsin' Around''.
9	* TheLoinsSleepTonight: [=BoJack=] finds himself unable to perform in bed with the manatee reporter, mainly because a comment she made in passing reminded him of his disastrous encounter with Penny two episodes prior.
10	* KnowWhenToFoldThem: J.D. Salinger wants to cancel ''Hollywoo Stars and Celebrities...'' at the height of its popularity. Depending on how people remember their favorite shows, many shows have a habit of ending/canceling too soon despite incredible fanfare, in order to avoid JumpingTheShark, or run for so long that they suffer that fate.
11	* WaxingLyrical: Right before sleeping with [=BoJack=], the manatee asks him if "he's more man than horse, or if he's more horse than man", just like in the song that plays in the credits.
12	* NoSenseOfDirection: Todd manages to get lost in the same hotel hallway all episode long.
13	* OnceMoreWithClarity: Sort of. [=BoJack=] becomes impotent when his fling reminds him of his incident with Penny, and his moral conundrum over whether or not he even wanted to go through with it and says he probably would have against his better judgment. However, we still don't know which of them made the first move.
14	* PutOnTheBus: Wanda Pierce had left for Detroit sometime after breaking up with [=BoJack=] last season, now in charge of a new TV network.
15	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After hearing [=BoJack=]'s story about him and Penny, the manatee reporter leaves the next morning, this being potentially juicy details for her news scoop. [=BoJack=] rushes to his handler, Ana Spanakopita, for help. However, having eavesdropped next to his room, she promises she will get the situation handled. Later, she returns and says that "it's handled" as promised. How exactly it was "handled" is left unsaid, and we never see the manatee again. [[ChekhovsGun We then hear the recording made of [=BoJack=]'s confession]] [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS5E04BojackTheFeminist to the manatee reporter from Ana who plays the tape for Diane in Season 5]].
16	* YankTheDogsChain: After succeeding Wanda, Pinky wants to make use of the popularity of the ''Hollywoo Stars and Celebrities: What Do They Know? Do They Know Things?? Let's Find Out!'' game show. To his dismay, J.D. Salinger requests the show end after its first season, satisfied with the results.

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