"Me gusta cheese and bread, and I think me gusta you, Rodrigo."
"Do you have the hots for a boy in your language tape?"
—Louise
A stuck-in-a-funk Tina falls for a Spanish boy... or rather, the voice of a Spanish boy... on a language tape from the 80's. Meanwhile, Gene and Louise set out to dunk Mr. Frond at the school fair, and Linda drags Bob into her attempts to make the water booth cool.
Tropes:
- Asshole Victim: You won't be mourning when Mr. Frond and his phone get dunked.
- Big Damn Heroes: When it becomes clear Tina's throw is on the mark, Mr. Branca is able to save Frond's laptop from going in the water.
- On the opposite end, Tina swoops in to dunk Mr. Frond when Gene and Louise can't land their shots.
- Blatant Lies: When Louise and Gene realize Tina has the hots for Rodrigo, Tina hastily claims that everything she said while "flirting" with Rodrigo was gonna be on the Spanish test.
- Book Dumb: The A-plot starts because of Tina's poor grades in Spanish.
- Chekhov's Gun: In the language tape, Rodrigo teaches the listener (Tina) how to aim a Frisbee. Tina later uses this to hit the dunk tank target.
- Crazy-Prepared: Louise and Gene made sure to record over the entire tape, because they anticipated Tina fast-forwarding through their initial speech.
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: In-universe; when Gene and Louise record over the language tape, Louise has Rodrigo randomly eaten by a crocodile.
- Epic Fail: Gene and Louise spend all the money they have on tickets to dunk Frond. Not only do they miss on every throw, they don't come close to hitting the target despite explicitly spending the past week practicing. Subverted somewhat at the end when Tina saves the day.
- Imagine Spot: A lot of Tina's scenes show her picturing her foreign exchange with Rodrigo and his family.
- In-Universe Catharsis: Louise mentions feeling a lot of satisfaction after Frond finally gets dunked.
- Jerkass Ball: Mr. Frond spends the whole plot rudely mocking kids because they can't dunk him in the dunk tank—which makes Tina dunking him in the end all the more satisfying.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Mr. Grant indicates he only recently got his Spanish accreditation, perhaps a reference to how both of his previous appearances had nothing to do with Spanish.
- Loving a Shadow: It doesn't get more shadowy than a voice on a 30+ year old language tape.
- Out of Focus: The language tape actually has four speakers, all part of one family (Mr. Balthazar, Mrs. Balthazar, Maria Balthazar, and Rodrigo Balthazar), but only Rodrigo gets any significant focus. Justified; Tina specifically fast-forwards through any segment where someone besides Rodrigo speaks.
- Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title: This is the second episode of the show titled after Y tu mamá también (after "Y Tu Ga-Ga Tambien").
- Shout-Out: The Exterminator Van is The Young and the Pestless.
- Smoking Is Cool: Invoked by Linda while writing "cool" things on the water cups. Jimmy Jr. asks why his has a cigarette drawn on it. Bob is shocked by this and Linda awkwardly takes it away and gets a different one.
- Speaking Like Totally Teen: In an attempt to make the water booth seem cool, Linda writes what she thinks are cool words on the cups, like "rad" and "skateboard". She also tries to get Bob to wear a baseball cap backwards.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: Louise's speech to Tina on the tape emphasizes that Gene wanted her to say that he really wants her to be there because, even if they succeed, it won't be the same without her. Anyway, that's just what Gene wanted Louise to tell her.
- Tempting Fate: Mr. Frond is so confident no one will be able to dunk him that he starts doing things like checking his e-mails or doing his taxes. When the Belchers are up, he asks Mr. Branca for his laptop, with Branca outright warning him how bad an idea it is. Inevitably, Tina manages to hit the target, and Branca at least manages to snatch the laptop before Frond drops into the tank, despairing about his phone.
