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Recap / Big Mouth S 04 E 2 The Hugest Period Ever

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While Jessi deals with menstrual mayhem, Nick tries to avoid showering with the guys, and Missy gets a makeover from her cousins in Atlanta.


Tropes in this episode

  • Call-Back: Nick's tombstone in his panic fantasy says "Nicorice Bork", what Maury thought his name was in "What Is It About Boobs?"
    • The Alone Zone from "Drug Buddies" also appears in Nick's fantasy.
  • Distaff Counterpart: Missy meets the female version of Rick, Celeste, who acts exactly like Rick, and even says his Catchphrase ("Whatta ya gonna do?"). However, she is a bit easier to understand than Rick, despite the fact that her character also uses subtitles.
  • Dying Dream: The episode opens with a dream of Jessi drowning in a wave of period blood.
  • Embarrassing Nickname:
    • Andrew starts one for Nick at camp; "Soup" (from the description of his smell from not taking a shower).
    • Missy's cousins start calling her tiddies. She attempts to avert this, but fails.
  • Expository Hairstyle Change: Missy gets a new look and braids after she starts embracing more of her Black identity.
  • Got Me Doing It: After the rest of the campers call Nick "Soup", Connie says, "That's not his name! It's 'Soup'! I mean, 'Nick'. Shit, they got me, Soup."
  • No Periods, Period: Averted, since the A-story is about Jessi's period at summer camp and her dealing with it.
  • N-Word Privileges: Brought up by Lena and Quinta to Missy, where they say Missy can say it. However, Missy note  says it's not ok for her to say that word.
  • Running Gag: Rick popping in at random moments to say his Catchphrase whenever someone says, "What am I gonna do?".
    Rick: Yeah, what are you gonna do?
    Connie: Rick, get the fuck out!
  • Security Blanket: Missy's are her overalls, which she's letting go of now.
    • When they see Missy talking to her overalls, Quinta says that's "some white girl shit". This causes Lena to retort that Quinta herself was no different with her blanket.
      Quinta: You know damn well his name was Bonkey, and I will never forget him. [starts crying]
  • Shout-Out: Connie says, "If you die in your dream, you die in real life."
  • Shower Shy: Nick becomes this in fear of the other boys making fun of his small dick. It backfires when after a couple of days of not showering (and various gross things happening to him), he starts to smell and they make fun of that instead.
  • Surfer Dude: All the Mark tampons talk like this.
  • Take That!: Towards the TSA's racial profiling. Missy's mother gets through security fine and even packs her exact-o knife in her carry-on, while Missy's dad, who is Black, is given a hard time.
  • Title Drop: By Jessi in the cold open.
  • Your Head Asplode: This happens to Missy after Lena tells her that Missy's parents haven't let her be black.

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