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* {{Troll}}: While eating the stolen chocolate raining from the roof, Rudy says he doesn't even care that he's allergic. Louis, horrified, pushes him out of it. Rudy then begins gagging and drops to the floor acting as though he's having a spasm... Only to laugh and reveal he's joking, that it only causes him to get a rash on his back.
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** Also, Rudy's dad's date assuring him, after learning of Rudy's existence, that she's perfectly okay with kids.

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** Also, Rudy's dad's date assuring him, after learning while Sylvester[[note]]Rudy's father[[/note]] is on a date, his prospective girlfriend learns of Rudy's existence, and unconvincingly assures him that she's perfectly okay with kids.



* SnapBack: Despite Rudy's father hitting it off with his date, later episodes indicate that he's single, with no hint of what happened to his date.

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* SnapBack: Despite Rudy's father Sylvester hitting it off with his date, later episodes indicate that he's single, with no hint of what happened to his date.



* ThrowTheDogABone: Rudy's father's date goes badly when his would-be girlfriend learns that he has a son, something he never told her. But at the end of the episode she kisses him, showing things have gone well enough for him.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Rudy's father's Sylvester's date goes badly when his would-be girlfriend learns that he has a son, something he never told her. But at the end of the episode she kisses him, showing things have gone well enough for him.
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* Heist Episode: Stuck in a train hosting a wine tasting, the kids and Regular-Sized Rudy plan to steal chocolate from the kitchen. The heist actually goes off without a hitch by the halfway mark--but the kids end up falling out of the train, resulting in the second half of the episode being the kids trying to get back into the train before Ethan discovers they're gone (as well as the bag of chocolate in the Juice Caboose).

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* Heist Episode: HeistEpisode: Stuck in a train hosting a wine tasting, the kids and Regular-Sized Rudy plan to steal chocolate from the kitchen. The heist actually goes off without a hitch by the halfway mark--but the kids end up falling out of the train, resulting in the second half of the episode being the kids trying to get back into the train before Ethan discovers they're gone (as well as the bag of chocolate in the Juice Caboose).
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* Heist Episode: Stuck in a train hosting a wine tasting, the kids and Regular-Sized Rudy plan to steal chocolate from the kitchen. The heist actually goes off without a hitch by the halfway mark--but the kids end up falling out of the train, resulting in the second half of the episode being the kids trying to get back into the train before Ethan ndiscovers they're gone (as well as the bag of chocolate in the Juice Caboose).

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* Heist Episode: Stuck in a train hosting a wine tasting, the kids and Regular-Sized Rudy plan to steal chocolate from the kitchen. The heist actually goes off without a hitch by the halfway mark--but the kids end up falling out of the train, resulting in the second half of the episode being the kids trying to get back into the train before Ethan ndiscovers discovers they're gone (as well as the bag of chocolate in the Juice Caboose).
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* HeistEpisode: Stuck in a train hosting a wine tasting, the kids and Regular-Sized Rudy plan to steal chocolate from the kitchen. The heist actually goes off without a hitch by the halfway mark--but the kids end up falling out of the train, resulting in the second half of the episode being the kids trying to get back into the train before Ethan notices they're gone (as well as the bag of chocolate in the Juice Caboose).

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* HeistEpisode: Heist Episode: Stuck in a train hosting a wine tasting, the kids and Regular-Sized Rudy plan to steal chocolate from the kitchen. The heist actually goes off without a hitch by the halfway mark--but the kids end up falling out of the train, resulting in the second half of the episode being the kids trying to get back into the train before Ethan notices ndiscovers they're gone (as well as the bag of chocolate in the Juice Caboose).
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* InstantWristwatch: Averted. As the plan requires precise timing, Rudy wears a watch for the duration of the episode. The fact that he has one in this episode but not others is also easily explained (he's stuck inside the Juice Caboose alone for four hours on weekends, thus he'll want a way to tell the time besides Ethan's hourly visits).

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* InstantWristwatch: Averted. As the plan requires precise timing, Rudy wears can be seen wearing a watch for the duration entirety of the episode. The fact that he has one in this episode but not others is also easily explained (he's stuck inside the Juice Caboose alone for four hours on weekends, thus he'll want a way to tell the time besides Ethan's hourly visits).

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* TrainProblem: Tina tries to ask Ethan one of these to distract him.

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* TrainProblem: Tina tries to ask Ethan one of these these. By the time Ethan decides to distract him.just ignore the question, Tina has already served her purpose--distracting Ethan long enough for Louise to sneak into his food cart.
*UnusuallyUninterestingSight: While Bob and Linda do question why the kids are covered in chocolate, neither of them even seem to notice Gene suddenly being stripped down to his underwear.
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-->'''Gene:''' (''when his overalls get snagged'') [[LampshadeHanging What's going on with my outfit]]?!

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-->'''Gene:''' (''when his overalls get snagged'') [[LampshadeHanging What's going on with my outfit]]?!outfit?!]]
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* SharedFamilyQuirks: Louise talks to the chocolate bars and makes them respond in a similar manner to how Bob makes inanimate objects talk.
-->"Don't worry, I'm gonna get you outta here! 'Yay!' And then I'm gonna eat you! 'No!' Shh!"

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* SharedFamilyQuirks: [[Recap/BobsBurgersS1E9SpaghettiWesternAndMeatballs Once]] [[Recap/BobsBurgersS2E1TheBelchies again]], Louise talks to shows she's truly Bob's daughter when [[CompanionCube she holds a conversation with the chocolate bars and makes them respond in a similar manner to how bars]] just as Bob makes tends to do for other inanimate objects talk.
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-->'''Louise:''' Don't
worry, I'm gonna get you outta here! 'Yay!' "Yay!" And then I'm gonna eat you! 'No!' Shh!""No!" Shh!
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** Bob and Linda once went to see ''Film/Sideways'', and afterwards went to a bar where Linda dared Bob to drink from the spit bucket--which he ''did''.

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** Bob and Linda once went to see ''Film/Sideways'', ''Film/{{Sideways}}'', and afterwards went to a bar where Linda dared Bob to drink from the spit bucket--which he ''did''.
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* BottleEpisode: Aside from a brief scene at the start, the entire episode takes place on the train and its surrounding areas.

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*BottleEpisode: Aside from a brief scene at the start, the entire episode takes place on the train and its surrounding areas.



** Bob once drank from the spit bucket of a bar because Linda dared him to.

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** Bob and Linda once went to see ''Film/Sideways'', and afterwards went to a bar where Linda dared Bob to drink from the spit bucket--which he ''did''.
*NotSoAboveItAll:
Bob once drank from the a spit bucket of a bar solely because Linda dared him to.to. Can't say their date nights are boring at the least.

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* DoomedNewClothes: Gene wears a new outfit consisting of a bandana and overalls specifically for this episode. He loses both during the kids' return to the Juice Caboose, leaving him in his underwear by the end of the episode.
-->'''Gene:''' (''when his overalls get snagged'') [[LampshadeHanging What's going on with my outfit]]?!



* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Gene loses his bandana and then his overalls during the kids' return to the Juice Caboose, leaving him in his underwear by the end of the episode.
-->'''Gene:''' (''when his overalls get snagged'') [[LampshadeHanging What's going on with my outfit]]?!

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* ClothingDamage: Gene loses his bandana and then his overalls during the return to the Juice Caboose, leaving him in his underwear by the end of the episode.
-->'''Gene:''' (''when his overalls get snagged'') [[LampshadeHanging What's going on with my outfit]]?!


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* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Gene loses his bandana and then his overalls during the kids' return to the Juice Caboose, leaving him in his underwear by the end of the episode.
-->'''Gene:''' (''when his overalls get snagged'') [[LampshadeHanging What's going on with my outfit]]?!
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* TheLeader: Louise takes on the role during the actual heist, but Rudy is the one to plan the entire thing, because he's been on the train enough to

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* TheLeader: Louise takes on the role during the actual heist, but Rudy is the one to plan the entire thing, because he's been on the train enough to know the route that it goes through.

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*ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Discussed. Nobody actually turns on each other, but Louise remarks that she ''would'' in order to save the chocolate, and is genuinely confused when Rudy claims he wouldn't do the same.
*ClothingDamage: Gene loses his bandana and then his overalls during the return to the Juice Caboose, leaving him in his underwear by the end of the episode.
-->'''Gene:''' (''when his overalls get snagged'') [[LampshadeHanging What's going on with my outfit]]?!



*ExactWords: Bob notes that Rick is correct when he claims the final wine is a blend. It's a blend of ''spit''.
*FailedASpotCheck: Ethan fails to notice that Louise has gone missing after she sneaks underneath his cart. He also fails to notice that Tina has removed her glasses after chocolate landed on it.



* HeistEpisode: Stuck in a train hosting a wine tasting, the kids and Regular-Sized Rudy plan to steal chocolate from the kitchen.
* IDrankWhat: Bob wins the wine tasting contest with Rick by identifying the last glass as coming from one of the spit buckets.
* InstantWristwatch: Averted. As the plan requires precise timing, Rudy wears a watch for the duration of the episode.

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*GoingCommando: Gene offhandedly reveals that he's not wearing underwear at the beginning, and sarcastically remarks that Bob is going to tell him to put some on. Bob being [[StraightMan Bob]], he does that immediately.
* HeistEpisode: Stuck in a train hosting a wine tasting, the kids and Regular-Sized Rudy plan to steal chocolate from the kitchen. \n The heist actually goes off without a hitch by the halfway mark--but the kids end up falling out of the train, resulting in the second half of the episode being the kids trying to get back into the train before Ethan notices they're gone (as well as the bag of chocolate in the Juice Caboose).
* IDrankWhat: Bob wins the wine tasting contest with Rick by identifying the last glass as coming from one of the spit buckets.
buckets. Bob figures it out in just one sip (he once drank from the spit bucket on a dare), and spitefully lets Rick drink most of his glass before triumphantly revealing the truth.
* InstantWristwatch: Averted. As the plan requires precise timing, Rudy wears a watch for the duration of the episode. The fact that he has one in this episode but not others is also easily explained (he's stuck inside the Juice Caboose alone for four hours on weekends, thus he'll want a way to tell the time besides Ethan's hourly visits).
*{{Jerkass}}: Rick the wine enthusiast is as snobby as he looks. Ethan the train employee is only marginally better when dealing with the kids.
*TheLeader: Louise takes on the role during the actual heist, but Rudy is the one to plan the entire thing, because he's been on the train enough to



* MyFriendsAndZoidberg:

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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg:MyFriendsAndZoidberg: When three of the four kids in the Juice Caboose are siblings, poor Rudy is naturally going to be the odd one out.



-->'''Rudy:''' And Rudy...is there!
* NoodleIncident: Rudy mentions one time that the train ran out of rosé "and things got weird."

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-->'''Rudy:''' And Rudy... is there!
* NoodleIncident: Rudy NoodleIncident:
**Rudy
mentions one time that the train ran out of rosé "and things got weird."weird".
**Bob once drank from the spit bucket of a bar because Linda dared him to.
*OhCrap:
**Gene can handle two hours in the Juice Caboose. Unfortunately for him, Rudy quickly informs him that they're spending ''four'' hours there. Gene promptly freaks out.
**Louise has a massive one when she realizes Rudy is allergic to chocolate.
**Ethan realizes what the kids did when he sees them depart the train covered in chocolate. The train departs again before he can confront them on it.



** The German chocolatier looks like [[WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown Burgermeister Meisterburger]].

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** The German chocolatier looks and sounds like [[WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown Burgermeister Meisterburger]].



*SnapBack: Despite Rudy's father hitting it off with his date, later episodes indicate that he's single, with no hint of what happened to his date.



* TooMuchInformation: When Ethan asks why the kids are out of breath, Rudy replies that his trachea constricts due to the histamines that his body produces. Ethan tells him to just stop talking.

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*ThrowTheDogABone: Rudy's father's date goes badly when his would-be girlfriend learns that he has a son, something he never told her. But at the end of the episode she kisses him, showing things have gone well enough for him.
* TooMuchInformation: When Ethan asks why the kids are out of breath, Rudy replies that his trachea constricts due to the histamines that his body produces.produces (an overcomplicated way of saying he has asthma). Ethan tells him to just stop talking.

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* RealityEnsues: While looking for a way to get out of the Juice Caboose, Louise gets the idea to use the overhead hatch. Instead of being an easy route outside, the sun has made the metal roof so hot that it can't be touched, so the kids have to find another way.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: While looking for a way to get out of the Juice Caboose, Louise gets the idea to use the overhead hatch. Instead of being an easy route outside, the sun has made the metal roof so hot that it can't be touched, so the kids have to find another way.
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* MathematiciansAnswer: Ethan asks Rudy why he’s short of breath, wanting an explanation for what the kids were doing to get so worked up. Rudy starts explaining how asthma affects his body.

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* MathematiciansAnswer: Ethan asks Rudy why he’s short of breath, wanting an explanation for what the kids were doing to get so worked up. Rudy starts explaining how asthma affects his body.body, until Ethan tells him to stop talking.
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* SureLetsGoWithIt: Linda is confused as to why the staff is saying it's her birthday, but rolls with it when they give her a cake.

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* SureLetsGoWithIt: SureLetsGoWithThat: Linda is confused as to why the staff is saying it's her birthday, but rolls with it when they give her a cake.
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* SureLetsGoWithIt: Linda is confused as to why the staff is saying it's her birthday, but rolls with it when they give her a cake.
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** The gold and maroon livery on the wine train resembles the livery of the real life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napa_Valley_Wine_Train Napa Valley Wine Train]].
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** The German chocolatier looks like [[WesternAnimation/SantaClausIsCominToTown Burgermeister Meisterburger]].
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* RealityEnsues: While looking for a way to get out of the Juice Caboose, Louise gets the idea to use the overhead hatch. Instead of being an easy route outside, the sun has made the metal roof so hot that it can't be touched, so the kids have to find another way.
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* TooMuchInformation: When Ethan asks why the kids are out of breath, Rudy replies that his trachea constricts due to the histamines that his body produces. Ethan tells him to just stop talking.
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* GoLookAtTheDistraction: Tina tells Ethan to "look at her face and hands" while she's talking.
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* MathematiciansAnswer: Ethan asks Rudy why he’s short of breath, wanting an explanation for what the kids were doing to get so worked up. Rudy starts explaining how asthma affects his body.
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* ChairReveal: Rudy reveals himself by turning the beanbag around, struggling to do so.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The woman sitting behind Bob turns to glare at their table during Rick's "jambo" toast.
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The Belchers spend the afternoon on a wine train, but the kids are confined to the caboose with Regular-Sized Rudy. While Bob and Linda drink with a snobbish wine enthusiast, the kids decide to pull a heist of the train's chocolate.
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* BigNo: Rudy, when Ethan rips open the beanbag.
* BlatantLies: When Ethan notices something off about the kids.
-->'''Ethan:''' Why are your shoes muddy?
-->'''Louise:''' Because, because I am poor. Oh I'm so poor.
-->'''Ethan:''' And why are you in your underwear?
-->'''Gene:''' Because I am rich!
** Also, Rudy's dad's date assuring him, after learning of Rudy's existence, that she's perfectly okay with kids.
* CompanionCube: Rudy is more than a little attached to the beanbag in the Juice Caboose.
* DullSurprise: Rudy, when the chocolatier discovers the burglary.
-->"I am very shocked by that."
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Louise is stunned that Rudy isn't considering double-crossing her for the chocolate.
* GoLookAtTheDistraction: Tina tells Ethan to "look at her face and hands" while she's talking.
* HeistEpisode: Stuck in a train hosting a wine tasting, the kids and Regular-Sized Rudy plan to steal chocolate from the kitchen.
* IDrankWhat: Bob wins the wine tasting contest with Rick by identifying the last glass as coming from one of the spit buckets.
* InstantWristwatch: Averted. As the plan requires precise timing, Rudy wears a watch for the duration of the episode.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg:
-->'''Gene:''' The Belcher kids ride again! For the first time!
-->'''Rudy:''' And Rudy...is there!
* NoodleIncident: Rudy mentions one time that the train ran out of rosé "and things got weird."
* SharedFamilyQuirks: Louise talks to the chocolate bars and makes them respond in a similar manner to how Bob makes inanimate objects talk.
-->"Don't worry, I'm gonna get you outta here! 'Yay!' And then I'm gonna eat you! 'No!' Shh!"
* ShoutOut:
** The exterminator van on the opening reads "[[Series/MurderSheWrote Murder She Roach]]".
** When Gene comes wearing overalls but no shirt, Bob asks why he looks like he's in Music/DexysMidnightRunners.
* SommelierSpeak: Rick the wine snob Bob and Linda meet speaks this way.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The plan is nearly derailed by the chocolatier coming to use the bathroom in the juice caboose.
* StealthInsult: Rick calls Linda a "sweet, simple person." She catches on to this.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Linda's birthday is definitely today and not June 3rd, as Tina says.
* ThatsWhatIWouldDo: Louise says this when Rudy says he would never double-cross her for the chocolate.
* TrainJob: The kids' scheme of the episode. Bonus points for the chocolate resembling gold bars.
* TrainProblem: Tina tries to ask Ethan one of these to distract him.

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