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* BlameGame: During the riot, everybody blames each other for starting the riot in the first place.

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* BlameGame: During the riot, everybody blames each other for starting the riot in the first place. They eventually settle on scapegoating Randy.

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* SincerityMode: Randy is legitimately suggesting Bob go get a food truck, but both he and Bob are fired up so he comes across as sarcastic.

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* SincerityMode: Randy is legitimately suggesting Bob go get a food truck, but both he and Bob are fired up so he comes across as sarcastic. It takes significant effort for them to climb down from their intense energy.
-->'''Randy:''' What ''happened'' there?
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* DownerEnding: The Belchers' food truck is destroyed along with all the money they got from it, [[ShaggyDogStory rendering the entire episode pointless]].

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* {{Hipster}}: Basically all food truck customers are this in some aspect, Randy seems to adopt their lifestyle to a certain degree.

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* {{Hipster}}: Basically all food truck customers are this in some aspect, aspect. Randy seems to adopt their lifestyle to a certain degree.



* SarcasmMode: Subverted. Randy is legitimately suggesting Bob go get a food truck, but both he and Bob are fired up so he comes across as sarcastic.



* SincerityMode: Randy is legitimately suggesting Bob go get a food truck, but both he and Bob are fired up so he comes across as sarcastic.



* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Tina is lying about the burger samples, she just goes with whatever the customers ask, like if they're made from grass-fed beef or go well with IPA.

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* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Tina is lying about the burger samples, she just goes with whatever the customers ask, like if they're made from grass-fed beef or go well with IPA.IPA.
*TooDumbToLive: Bob tells Randy not to activate the grill while driving. Randy sits there for a second... and then activates it anyway. Cue a massive explosion that everyone ''barely'' escapes.
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*GivenNameReveal: It was already easily inferred, but this episode confirms that Bob's full name is Robert.

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The restaurant faces a threat when food trucks become popular in the city. Bob decides to create their own food truck to compete against the others.

Tina creates a persona called "Dina", who is far more outgoing and pragmatic than her own self.

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The restaurant faces a threat when food trucks become popular in the city. city, so Bob decides to create their own food truck to compete against the others.

others. Meanwhile, Tina creates a persona called "Dina", who is far more outgoing and pragmatic than her own self.



* BlameGame: During the riot, everybody blame each other for starting the riot in the first place.
* CallBack: Gene refers to the events of "Sacred Cow" when Randy appears.

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* BlameGame: During the riot, everybody blame blames each other for starting the riot in the first place.
*BrickJoke: Early on, Gene remarks on Tabitha Johansson's "Oil Spill" and claims it's not subtle about its true meaning. Later, Bob gets treated to a live performance of "Oil Spill" and is horrified to find that Gene is right.
* CallBack: Gene refers to the events of "Sacred Cow" "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E3SacredCow Sacred Cow]]" when Randy appears.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In-universe, a singer makes a song about oil, but Bob, Randy and Gene realize that it's about her vagina and that it's not very subtle.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In-universe, In-universe; a singer makes a song about oil, but Bob, Randy and Gene realize say that it's about her vagina and that it's not very subtle. When Tabitha performs live, Bob realizes that it really ''isn't'' subtle.



*HypocriticalHumor: Linda yells at someone to use the crosswalk because he's gonna get himself killed... even though she's currently driving down the sidewalk.



* MustNotDieAVirgin: Tina and Randy don't want to die as virgins, this gives Tina an idea, but Bob shuts that out as soon as she states it.

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* MustNotDieAVirgin: Tina and Randy don't want to die as virgins, this gives virgins. Tina gets an idea, idea to fix this, but Bob shuts that out as soon as she states it.doesn't even let her say it before shutting it down.



* StatusQuoIsGod: The Belchers lose their truck after Randy accidentally blows it up, destroying the money they earned in the process.

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* StatusQuoIsGod: The Belchers lose their truck after Randy accidentally blows it up, destroying the money they earned in from the process.food festival. Because they had to spend money to repair the food truck even before all this, they haven't made a profit.
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* SarcasmMode: Subverted, when Bob and Randy fight, neither is being sarcastic they just got fired up, but Randy is legitimately suggesting Bob to get a food truck.

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* SarcasmMode: Subverted, when Bob and Randy fight, neither is being sarcastic they just got fired up, but Subverted. Randy is legitimately suggesting Bob to go get a food truck.truck, but both he and Bob are fired up so he comes across as sarcastic.
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*PapaWolf: When the food truck explodes, Bob can be seen grabbing onto Louise as he jumps out of harm's way.
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* ShaggyDogStory: The entire episode's events are for naught, since the Belchers' food truck is blown up and they lose all the money they got from it.


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* StatusQuoIsGod: The Belchers lose their truck after Randy accidentally blows it up, destroying the money they earned in the process.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Tabitha Johansen the "sexy pianist" is a parody of Music/ToriAmos. Her "Oil Spill" song is based on Amos' "Icicle" which is a song about masturbation.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: You can catch the references on the food truck by pausing or slowing down the video while watching the family walking around the festival.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: You can catch the references on the food truck trucks by pausing or slowing down the video while watching the family walking around the festival.



* {{Hipster}}: Basically all food truck costumers are this in some aspect, Randy seems to adopt their lifestyle to a certain degree.
* HopeSpot:

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* {{Hipster}}: Basically all food truck costumers customers are this in some aspect, Randy seems to adopt their lifestyle to a certain degree.
* HopeSpot: HopeSpot:



* NeverMyFault: During the riot, Linda scold Louise for putting bad reviews on Chowster. Louise said the lying got them money and pointed out that Tina lies to hippie about the burgers. Tina said it was her persona “Dina” who did that. Then Gene and Louise blame Linda road rage saying it isn’t good and she was very reckless. Then they all decided to blame Randy because he’s the one who told Bob to join Chowster and coming to the festival.
* TheQuietGame: Bob proposes this game during the long walk back to civilization. Louise is very proud to be clever enough to win the game - and promptly exclaims as much.

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* NeverMyFault: During the riot, Linda scold scolds Louise for putting bad reviews on Chowster. Louise said says the lying got them money and pointed points out that Tina lies lied to hippie hippies about the burgers. Tina said says it was her persona “Dina” "Dina" who did that. Then Gene and Louise blame Linda Linda's road rage rage, saying it isn’t good and she was very reckless. Then they all decided decide to blame Randy because he’s he's the one who told Bob to join Chowster and coming come to the festival.
festival.
* TheQuietGame: Bob proposes this game during the long walk back to civilization. Louise is very proud to be clever enough to win the game - and promptly exclaims as much.



* ShoutOut:
** Several in the Food Trucks' names:

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* ShoutOut:
ShortDistancePhoneCall: Louise and Gene talk over their walkie-talkies when they're both in the truck.
* ShoutOut:
** Several in the Food Trucks' food trucks' names:
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* NeverMyFault: During the riot, Linda scold Louise for putting bad reviews on Chowster. Louise said the lying for them money and pointed out that Tina lies to hippie about the burgers. Tina said it was her persona “Dina” who did that. Then Gene and Louise blame Linda road rage saying it isn’t good. Then they all decided to blame Randy because he’s the one who told Bob to join Chowster and coming to the festival.

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* NeverMyFault: During the riot, Linda scold Louise for putting bad reviews on Chowster. Louise said the lying for got them money and pointed out that Tina lies to hippie about the burgers. Tina said it was her persona “Dina” who did that. Then Gene and Louise blame Linda road rage saying it isn’t good.good and she was very reckless. Then they all decided to blame Randy because he’s the one who told Bob to join Chowster and coming to the festival.
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* BlameGame: During the riot, everybody blame each other for starting the riot in the first place.


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*NeverMyFault: During the riot, Linda scold Louise for putting bad reviews on Chowster. Louise said the lying for them money and pointed out that Tina lies to hippie about the burgers. Tina said it was her persona “Dina” who did that. Then Gene and Louise blame Linda road rage saying it isn’t good. Then they all decided to blame Randy because he’s the one who told Bob to join Chowster and coming to the festival.
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* TheQuietGame: Bob proposes this game during the long walk back to civilization. Louise is very proud to be clever enough to win the game - and promptly exclaims as much.
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The restaurant faces a threat when food trucks become popular in the city. Bob decides to create their own food truck to compete against the others.

Tina creates a persona called "Dina", who is far more outgoing and pragmatic than her own self.

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* AccidentalMisnaming: One of the customers calls Tina "Dina". Tina then decides to adopt a new persona under the name Dina.
* CallBack: Gene refers to the events of "Sacred Cow" when Randy appears.
* ChekhovsGun:
** The grease storage tank Teddy rigged up on Bob's food truck comes in handy when Bob uses it as a make-shift OilSlick to dodge the rowdy hippies.
** Teddy's warning not to start the grill when the motor is running ends up leading to the demise of the food truck when Randy turns it on.
* DirtyCoward: Randy tries to stand up for Bob, but when that doesn't work he tries to save himself by selling Bob out.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In-universe, a singer makes a song about oil, but Bob, Randy and Gene realize that it's about her vagina and that it's not very subtle.
* DrunkOnMilk: Linda claims to be "high on bennies" by the time they get to the food truck festival, but Bob points out the pills she's been taking are just "non-drowsy antihistamines".
* ExplosionPropulsion: The family is thrown out of the food truck when it explodes.
* FreezeFrameBonus: You can catch the references on the food truck by pausing or slowing down the video while watching the family walking around the festival.
* GuileHero: The kids lie their asses off to guarantee maximum sales. Tina goes around lying about the content of their burgers while Louise and Gene spread awful reviews of all other food trucks. Bob mentions that it's not a lie if they are lying to vegetarians.
* {{Hipster}}: Basically all food truck costumers are this in some aspect, Randy seems to adopt their lifestyle to a certain degree.
* HopeSpot:
** The Belchers get their truck right-side up after it's overturned. Everyone cheers but Bob says, "[[OhCrap No, no]]!" when he notices it's tipping precariously over a hill. Sure enough, the truck rolls down it.
** The Belchers manage to escape the crazed festival attendees, but then Randy accidentally blows up the food truck. The Belchers not only lost the truck and the money, but everyone was forced to walk back home.
* LostFoodGrievance: While the restaurant is closed, Teddy becomes so desperate he tries to break in.
* {{Manchild}}: Randy sometimes acts like a child.
* MustNotDieAVirgin: Tina and Randy don't want to die as virgins, this gives Tina an idea, but Bob shuts that out as soon as she states it.
* SarcasmMode: Subverted, when Bob and Randy fight, neither is being sarcastic they just got fired up, but Randy is legitimately suggesting Bob to get a food truck.
* ShoutOut:
** Several in the Food Trucks' names:
*** [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Scones]]
*** [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Roastbusters]]
*** Total Eclipse of the Tart, referring to Bonnie Tyler's "Music/TotalEclipseOfTheHeart"
*** [[Film/JeepersCreepers Jeepers Crepers]]
** While driving the truck, Linda calls someone "[[Music/JenniferLopez Jennifer Slow-pez]]".
** As well as "[[Film/DrivingMissDaisy Driving Miss Lazy]]".
* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Tina is lying about the burger samples, she just goes with whatever the customers ask, like if they're made from grass-fed beef or go well with IPA.

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