Line #42 Recap/BobsBurgersS9E8RollerIHardlyKnewHer


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Lift! LIFT!"'']]
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4	->''"Dad, you get so weird about roller dancing."''
5	-->'''--Courtney'''
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7	Gene's friend [[Recap/BobsBurgersS8E13CheerUpSleepyGene Alex]] is stolen by Courtney Wheeler to be her rollerdancing partner. Back at the restaurant, Bob, Linda and Teddy deal with a stalker sitting in her car.
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9	!!Troper? I Hardly Knew Her!:
10	* BaitAndSwitch: Teddy tells a story of how he thinks the woman's husband died. The ImagineSpot begins with the man walking towards [[PianoDrop a piano being hoisted up a building]]... only to then get mauled by a tiger out of nowhere.
11	* BizarreHumanBiology: Alex, according to his doctor, has "mostly calf muscles" in his arms.
12	* BlatantLies: When Linda asks the kids about school, Louise claims they graduated and no longer have to attend school. Linda, being [[CloudCuckooLander Linda]], seems to buy it.
13	* BookDumb: While spectating Robo-Wizard Quest, Tina struggles with ''basic addition''.
14	* TheBusCameBack:
15	** [[Recap/BobsBurgersS8E13CheerUpSleepyGene Alex Papasian]] returns, having officially become friends with Gene.
16	** After being absent from Season 8, Courtney Wheeler returns. Her father Doug, who was absent for both Seasons 7 ''and'' 8, also returns.
17	* CallBack: Alex calls Bob "Mr. Burger". When Bob tries to correct him, [[Recap/BobsBurgersS3E15OTTheOutsideToilet Teddy claims he answers to both]]. Bob disagrees.
18	* CallingTheOldManOut: Courtney calls Doug out on his selfishness, exclaiming she wants to skate with Gene ''and'' Alex and that she didn't even want to skate in the first place.
19	* {{Calvinball}}: Robo-Wizard Quest, the game Gene and Alex made up. It involves hopping on numbered circles without exceeding the number rolled, or else the wizard (a mop with a wizard hat) will curse you, causing you to melt.
20	-->'''Louise:''' Circles and math. [[SarcasmMode It's the perfect game.]]
21	* CurseCutShort: Mrs. Papasian gets out, "YOU SON OF A --" before unleashing her inner MamaBear on Doug.
22	* EpicFail: Alex is bad at ''clapping'': to demonstrate it to Gene, he pulls his arms all the way to his sides, slaps them together and somehow produces no sound whatsoever. Gene agrees and thinks it's weird.
23	* EveryoneHasStandards: When the girls overhear Doug convincing Gene to trigger Alex’s sesame seed allergy, Louise is just as shocked as Tina is that Gene was willing to sabotage his friend like that.
24	--> '''Louise:''' I can't believe you're gonna give Alex diarrhea. I mean, it's hilarious, but I thought you liked him.
25	* FeudEpisode: For Gene and Alex.
26	* FriendlyTickleTorture: Bob briefly tickles Linda's feet after she asks him to rub them.
27	* FriendVersusLover: Gene is upset that Alex is spending all his time with Courtney, especially when he learns he really does "like-like" her (although Alex admits he has crushes on ''every'' girl in his grade, not just Courtney).
28	* {{Hikikomori}}: The true reason Brenda is standing outside the restaurant is because she's trying to break out of her agoraphobia.
29	* IncrediblyLameFun: Gene and Alex absolutely love the overly-complex, hopscotch-esque game of Robo-Wizard Quest, while Louise and even Tina think it's boring as hell. When Bob and Linda spectate a game in the ending, Bob seems to agree with his daughters, while Linda wants to try a round.
30	-->'''Bob:''' So, uh, is this game ''fun''?
31	-->'''Louise:''' Once you get to know all the ins and outs, and the players and the rules, it is not.
32	* InnocentlyInsensitive: Bob does not seem to appreciate Brenda's comment about the restaurant's lack of business.
33	* MamaBear: Alex's mom loses her ''shit'' when she learns Doug tried to make Gene give Alex an allergic reaction, and she starts chasing Doug around the roller rink.
34	* PlotAllergy: Alex's sesame allergy is mentioned early and becomes relevant later when Doug wants to trigger it to sabotage his performance.
35	* PottyFailure: Invoked by Doug, who wanted Gene to sneak some sesame in Alex's drink to make him get diarrhea in the middle of the routine.
36	* RuleOfThree: The number of times Alex almost drinks the hummus-laced soda. The first two times, he pauses to give Gene heartfelt speeches about their friendship. The third time, he just coughs.
37	* RunningGag: Teddy keeps thinking and has partially convinced Linda that the agoraphobic woman sitting in her car outside the restaurant is a ghost, along with her car, which becomes their go-to-explanation for any of her weird behaviour in the episode.
38	* SecretHandshake: Gene and Alex have one, but it's just the two of them grabbing hands and whispering, "''Secret.''"
39	* SeriousBusiness: Doug and rollerdancing... and he's the only who really takes it seriously. Courtney is clearly only performing because her father wants her to.
40	* ShaggyDogStory: Subverted. It seems like, for all her effort, Brenda has been scared off by Linda and Teddy... before she peeks her head in and tells Bob she'll be back tomorrow, revealing the aversion therapy has at least somewhat worked.
41	* ShoutOut:
42	** The Exterminator Van is "[[Literature/SenseAndSensibility Sense & Sensi-kill-a-flea]]".
43	** The first Burger of the Day is the "[[Music/FrankieGoesToHollywood Frankie Goes to Hollandaise Burger]]".
44	** The second Burger of the Day is the "[[Music/PaulSimon Fifty Glaze to Eat Your Burger]]".
45	* StageMom: Doug is ''super'' gung ho about Courtney roller-dancing, and tries to guilt trip Gene into helping him give Alex diarrhea so Courtney can get a better partner and her performance will go perfectly.
46	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gene, Alex, and Courtney make up and perform together. They do surprisingly decent (well, decent for people as unathletic as Gene and Alex)... only to immediately get disqualified because they're breaking the rules of the competition.
47	* TakesAThirdOption: Rather than either Alex or Gene performing with Courtney, they decide to perform together as friends. While this gets them disqualified (since they were in a couple's competition), they're glad to be friends again.
48	* ThatCameOutWrong: Alex tells Gene he’s Courtney’s new roller dancing partner, then gets in the car with Doug Wheeler, who drives him away. In his anger, Gene wails, “THAT MAN TOOK MY FRIEND,” causing a passerby to think Alex is being kidnapped.
49	* ThereShouldBeALaw: Parodied with the Store Next Door, a maritime legal service called "There Yacht-A Be A Law."
50	* TookALevelInJerkass: Doug Wheeler goes from an overzealous, well-intentioned father to a guy willing to give a sixth grader an allergic reaction to fulfill his own desires.
51	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: When Gene gives Alex the soda laced with hummus, he ultimately can’t bring himself to give his friend diarrhea so he knocks the soda out of his hand and confesses. Note that nobody, not even his sisters (who both disapproved of this) or Doug (who pressured Gene to do it in the first place) was watching this. Gene could've let it happen, and Alex wouldn't even know Gene did anything. But instead he stopped it by his own free will.

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