Line #17 Recap/BojackHorsemanS4E06StupidPieceOfShit


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stupidpiece.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"Oh my god, is that life? You're there, you do your thing, and then people forget."'']]
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4	->''"I do know this: everybody deserves to be loved."''
5	-->-- '''Mr. Peanutbutter'''
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7	A look at [=BoJack's=] InnerMonologue as he deals with having both Hollyhock and Beatrice living with him. In the meantime, Princess Carolyn is forced to team up with her former partner-turned-rival Rutabaga Rabbitowitz to set up a sham marriage between Todd and Courtney Portnoy.
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9	!!Tropes:
10	* AnalogyBackfire: Todd compares marriage to a Tootsie pop, and a MarriageOfConvenience to a Tootsie pop without the Tootsie roll. When Rutabaga comments that a lollipop is still pretty good by itself, Todd lampshades that it's not a good analogy.
11	* 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."
12	* ArtShift: [=BoJack=]'s InnerMonologue is depicted through crude, child-like drawings (courtesy of [[https://nofilmschool.com/2017/09/bojack-horseman-director-anne-walker-ferrell-interview Anne Walker Farrell]], drawing her inspiration from 60's UPA cartoons).
13	* BigNo: Beatrice screams one when [=BoJack=] throws the doll over the balcony.
14	* BlatantLies: Hollyhock relates to [=BoJack=] that sometimes she has a voice in her head that tells her she's terrible. She asks him if that's just a teenage angst thing that will go away when she grows up and [=BoJack=] hesitantly assures her it will, even though we've spent the entire episode listening in on ''his'' inner voice.
15	* BerserkButton: [=BoJack=] doesn't respond well to hearing Hollyhock call Beatrice a good mom.
16	* CompanionCube: Beatrice keeps mumbling about a baby so Hollyhock gets her a baby horse doll to placate her and she treats it like it's alive. Even [=BoJack=] starts referring to "Doll" as if that is its name instead of what it is.
17	* DamnedByFaintPraise: To Mr. Peanutbutter, Felicity Huffman is a "beloved actress of film and television", while [=BoJack=] has "also appeared in film and television".
18	* TheDogBitesBack: Still angry at his mother for a lifetime of abuse and now even angrier that she's too demented to remember him or for everyone to see how cruel she could be, [=BoJack=] finally reaches his RageBreakingPoint and throws Beatrice's [[CompanionCube doll]] over the edge of his deck, convincing her that [[YouBastard he killed it]].
19	* FamilyVersusCareer: 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.
20	* FormulaBreakingEpisode: 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.
21	* FurryReminder: Wanting to get Doll back, [=BoJack=] enlists Mr. Peanutbutter's aid to have him track Doll by scent.
22	* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Really put on highlight here as it seems [=BoJack=]'s mind is incapable of thinking about anything without eventually turning it into an attack on himself.
23	-->'''[=BoJack=]''': ''Woah, is it night suddenly? Suddenly sundown. Suddenly Sooze-town! What was that show? [[Series/SuddenlySusan "Suddenly Sooze-town"?]] Creator/BrookeShields? 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??''
24	* ImagineSpot: [=BoJack=] has numerous throughout the episode.
25	* JudgmentOfSolomon: In an attempt to compromise between Felicity Huffman and [=BoJack=], Mr. Peanutbutter suggests cutting the doll in half. Both reject this.
26	* MyGreatestFailure: The inner monologue makes clear that he's worried he'll do something to Hollyhock that will become this. Given that means it would top what happened with Herb and Penny, and unseat Sarah Lynn's death to become the title-holder, he probably has good reason to be worried.
27	* OpeningShoutOut: When [=BoJack=] tells himself that he's going to destroy Hollyhock, he imagines her falling backwards into his pool as he does in the opening.
28	* PetTheDog: In a rare instance of genuine empathy, Mr. Peanutbutter reassures [=BoJack=] that he deserves to be loved, whether he believes it or not.
29	* 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.
30	* PublicityStuntRelationship: After her starlet client Courtney starts being seen as a priss, Princess Carolyn gets the idea to have her date and eventually marry PC's bum friend Todd. The idea is that Courtney will be seen as down-to-earth for being willing to date a loser nobody. However, not only does Todd become a model thanks to this newfound exposure, he also decides not to go through with the relationship.
31	* ShoutOut: ''Series/SuddenlySusan'' (the title of which [=BoJack=] can't remember) features in the monologue.
32	* SidetrackedByTheAnalogy: As seen above, [=BoJack=] acknowledges that it's suddenly night time, which trails off into remembering an old sitcom, which then trails off into more self-hatred.
33	* StealthHiBye: Judah somehow suddenly appears in the shot, scaring both Princess Carolyn and Rutabaga.
34	* SweetTooth: After his inner monologue tells him to get out of bed and get some breakfast, [=BoJack=] starts eating from a package of Oreos.
35	-->"These are cookies. This is not breakfast."
36	* TitleDrop: The very first line of the episode is [=BoJack=]'s inner monologue telling himself this.
37	* 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.
38	-->'''Hollyhock''': Sometimes I have this tiny voice in the back of my head that goes, like, "Hey, everyone hates you! And they're not wrong to feel that way!"\
39	'''Bojack''': I know what you mean.\
40	'''Hollyhock''': That voice, [[UsefulNotes/{{Depression}} the one that tells you you're worthless and stupid and ugly?]]\
41	'''Bojack''': Yeah?\
42	'''Hollyhock''': It goes away, right? It's just, like, [[EmoTeen a dumb teenage-girl thing]], but then it goes away?\
43	'''Bojack:''' [[LiestoChildren ...yeah.]]
44	* WhatTheHellHero: [=BoJack=] takes Doll from Beatrice and throws it out the window, traumatizing her, to which all Hollyhock can say is a disappointed "Why did you do that?".

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