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* {{Foreshadowing}}: At least three major instances for the rest of the show.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: At least three major instances for the rest of the show.


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** Beatrice claiming ''Horsin' Around'' "wasn't Ibsen", which feels like a very tame insult compared to her usual fare. [[spoiler:In Season 4, her behavior during her less inhibited demented state heavily implies she always [[GuiltyPleasures secretly liked]] ''Horsin' Around'' and was proud of [=BoJack=] being on it, but could never admit it.]]
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* BadBadActing: The first day of shooting on ''Secretariat'' goes rather badly thanks to Bojack's only acting experience being in a cheesy sitcom and his positive thinking making him unable to call upon his real-life sadness.

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* BadBadActing: The first day of shooting on ''Secretariat'' goes rather badly thanks to Bojack's [=BoJack=]'s only acting experience being in a cheesy sitcom and his positive thinking making him unable to call upon his real-life sadness.
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* ForWantOfANail: Dianne failing to warn people about the huge cable in the middle of the room leads to the destruction of the set and the facial disfigurement of one of the crew members.

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* ForWantOfANail: Dianne Diane failing to warn people about the huge cable in the middle of the room leads to the destruction of the set and the facial disfigurement of one of the crew members.
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* CallBack: When Bea attends a taping of ''Horsin' Around'', the first thing she says about to her son is "It's not Ibsen." These are the very same words that [=BoJack=] used to describe the show during his Charlie Rose interview.
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* CrosswordPuzzle: After Bea gives [=BoJack=] a BackhandedApology, she asks [=BoJack=] who directed ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'' "5 letters, second letter U". [=BoJack=] says, "Lubich?", to which Bea gives a LittleNo. (It was actually "[[Crator/GeorgeCukor Cukor]]".)

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* CrosswordPuzzle: After Bea gives [=BoJack=] a BackhandedApology, she asks [=BoJack=] who directed ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'' "5 letters, second letter U". [=BoJack=] says, "Lubich?", to which Bea gives a LittleNo. (It was actually "[[Crator/GeorgeCukor "[[Creator/GeorgeCukor Cukor]]".)
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* CrosswordPuzzle: After Bea gives [=BoJack=] a BackhandedApology, she asks [=BoJack=] who directed ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'' "5 letters, second letter U". [=BoJack=] says, "Lubich?", to which Bea gives a LittleNo. (It was actually "Cukor".)

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* CrosswordPuzzle: After Bea gives [=BoJack=] a BackhandedApology, she asks [=BoJack=] who directed ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'' "5 letters, second letter U". [=BoJack=] says, "Lubich?", to which Bea gives a LittleNo. (It was actually "Cukor"."[[Crator/GeorgeCukor Cukor]]".)
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* CrosswordPuzzle: After Bea gives [=BoJack=] a BackhandedApology, she asks [=BoJack=] who directed ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'' "5 letters, second letter U". [=BoJack=] says, "Lubich?", to which Bea gives a BluntNo. (It was actually "Cukor".)

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* CrosswordPuzzle: After Bea gives [=BoJack=] a BackhandedApology, she asks [=BoJack=] who directed ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'' "5 letters, second letter U". [=BoJack=] says, "Lubich?", to which Bea gives a BluntNo.LittleNo. (It was actually "Cukor".)

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* BadBadActing: The first day of shooting on ''Secretariet'' goes rather badly thanks to Bojack's only acting experience being in a cheesy sitcom and his positive thinking making him unable to call upon his real-life sadness.

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* BadBadActing: The first day of shooting on ''Secretariet'' ''Secretariat'' goes rather badly thanks to Bojack's only acting experience being in a cheesy sitcom and his positive thinking making him unable to call upon his real-life sadness.sadness.
* CrosswordPuzzle: After Bea gives [=BoJack=] a BackhandedApology, she asks [=BoJack=] who directed ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'' "5 letters, second letter U". [=BoJack=] says, "Lubich?", to which Bea gives a BluntNo. (It was actually "Cukor".)
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** In a flashback, Beatrice angrily tells [=BoJack=] she hopes he dies before she does so he doesn't know the pain of losing a mother. [[spoiler:In Season 4 we learn her mother was [[EmptyShell lobotomized]] and [[DeathOfPersonality the trauma of losing her own mother]] made Beatrice the cold hard woman she is today]], and [[spoiler:in Season 5 Beatrice dies and [=BoJack=] doesn't feel anything because of what horrible mother she was to him.]]

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** In a flashback, Beatrice angrily tells [=BoJack=] she hopes he dies before she does so he doesn't know the pain of losing a mother. [[spoiler:In Season 4 we learn her mother was [[EmptyShell lobotomized]] and [[DeathOfPersonality the trauma of losing her own mother]] made Beatrice the cold hard woman she is today]], and [[spoiler:in Season 5 Beatrice dies and [=BoJack=] doesn't feel anything because of what a horrible mother she was to him.]]
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* MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: [=BoJack's=] self-help audiobook consists entirely of vaguely-positive gibberish.
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* BackhandedApology: Beatrice calls [=BoJack=] to apologize for being such a horrible parent, but [[NeverMyFault since she can't bring herself to admit any blame]], she turns around and makes it a subtle ReasonYouSuckSpeech.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: At least three major instances for the rest of the show.
** In a flashback, Beatrice angrily tells [=BoJack=] she hopes he dies before she does so he doesn't know the pain of losing a mother. [[spoiler:In Season 4 we learn her mother was [[EmptyShell lobotomized]] and [[DeathOfPersonality the trauma of losing her own mother]] made Beatrice the cold hard woman she is today]], and [[spoiler:in Season 5 Beatrice dies and [=BoJack=] doesn't feel anything because of what horrible mother she was to him.]]
** Beatrice makes a point of saying "Good bye, [=BoJack=]" after calling him. [[spoiler:This will be the last time Beatrice ever speaks to him with a clear mind, since she'll be hit with dementia soon after the call.]]
** Princess Carolyn tells an OrphanedPunchline on the phone, "And it turns out, her boyfriend was the strangler the whole time!" [[spoiler:Three and a half seasons later, this will be the in-universe Season Finale to the ShowWithinAShow [=BoJack=] will star in and PC will produce, that will end with [=BoJack=] strangling his own girlfriend.]]
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* OnceForYesTwiceForNo: A variant by Princess Carolyn's friend: Once for adjective and twice for a more intense form of the adjective.

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* OnceForYesTwiceForNo: A variant by Princess Carolyn's friend: coworker Rutabega: Once for adjective and twice for a more intense form of the adjective.

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* BadBadActing: The first day of shooting on ''Secretariet'' goes rather badly thanks to Bojack's only acting experience being in a cheesy sitcom and his positive thinking making him unable to call upon his real-life sadness.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [=BoJack's=] mother, Beatrice, gives her son one in "Brand New Couch".

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [=BoJack's=] mother, Beatrice, gives Less a "calling out" and more a "painful reminder that you're a loser" speech, courtesy of Beatrice after she reads her son one in "Brand New Couch".son's book.
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* NeverMyFault: Beatrice apologizes to [=BoJack=] for being a bad parent... sort of. As seen below she doesn't directly acknowledge any fault of her own and more or less blames how the both of them are on their respective upbringings. [[Foreshadowing What she means by that will come up next season.]]

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* NeverMyFault: Beatrice apologizes to [=BoJack=] for being a bad parent... sort of. As seen below she doesn't directly acknowledge any fault of her own and more or less blames how the both of them are on their respective upbringings. [[Foreshadowing [[{{Foreshadowing}} What she means by that will come up next season.]]
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* NeverMyFault: Beatrice apologizes to [=BoJack=] for being a bad parent... sort of. As seen below she doesn't directly acknowledge any fault of her own and more or less says they were all born that way.

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* NeverMyFault: Beatrice apologizes to [=BoJack=] for being a bad parent... sort of. As seen below she doesn't directly acknowledge any fault of her own and more or less says they were all born blames how the both of them are on their respective upbringings. [[Foreshadowing What she means by that way.will come up next season.]]
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* NeverMyFault: Beatrice apologizes to [=BoJack=] for being a bad parent... sort of. As seen below she doesn't directly acknowledge any fault of her own and more or less says they were all born that way.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: BoJack's mother, Beatrice, gives her son one in "Brand New Couch".

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: BoJack's [=BoJack's=] mother, Beatrice, gives her son one in "Brand New Couch".



-->'''Beatrice''': "It's not just you, you know. Your father and I, we, well... you come by it honestly, the ugliness inside you. You were born broken, that's your birthright. And now you can fill your life with projects: your books and your movies and your little girlfriends but... that won't make you whole. You're BoJack Horseman. There's no cure for that."

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-->'''Beatrice''': "It's not just you, you know. Your father and I, we, well... you come by it honestly, the ugliness inside you. You were born broken, that's your birthright. And now you can fill your life with projects: your books and your movies and your little girlfriends but... that won't make you whole. You're BoJack [=BoJack=] Horseman. There's no cure for that."
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: BoJack's mother, Beatrice, gives her son one in "Brand New Couch".
-->'''Beatrice''': "I just wanted to tell you that I know. I know you want to be happy, but you won't be... and I'm sorry."
-->'''[=BoJack=]''': "...what?"
-->'''Beatrice''': "It's not just you, you know. Your father and I, we, well... you come by it honestly, the ugliness inside you. You were born broken, that's your birthright. And now you can fill your life with projects: your books and your movies and your little girlfriends but... that won't make you whole. You're BoJack Horseman. There's no cure for that."
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* FlippingHelpless: Happens to Lenny Turtletaub when the studio burns down.


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* HarmfulToMinors: Little [=BoJack=] has to inch closer to the TV so that he doesn't have to hear his parents fight. It doesn't work.


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* INeedAFreakingDrink: [=BoJack=] does this while having lunch with his mother to drown away the abuse she's handing him.
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* ForWantOfANail: Dianne failing to warn people about the huge cable in the middle of the room leads to the destruction of the set and the facial disfigurement of one of the crew members.


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* RuleOfThree: [=BoJack's=] costar lists stuff via slashes. [=BoJack=] tries to respond similarly.
--> "Hey, man. That's fantastic/great/I-ran-out-of-things.
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* HeelRealization: [=BoJack's=] mother has this upon reading his book, apologizing for raising him as a broken child.
* OnceForYesTwiceForNo: A variant by Princess Carolyn's friend: Once for adjective and twice for a more intense form of the adjective.
* WorldOfSymbolism: Mercilessly parodied by the audio book [=BoJack=] listens to.

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* ArcWords: [=BoJack=] has trouble delivering the line "What are you doing here?". This line will come up several times outside of the context of this shoot throughout the season.

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* ArcWords: [=BoJack=] has trouble delivering the line "What are you doing here?". This line will come up several times outside of the context of this shoot throughout the season.season.
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Things are finally going right for [=BoJack=] and he's got a new positive outlook on life. Unfortunately for him, this positive attitude isn't translating well to the character of Secretariat.

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* ArcWords: [=BoJack=] has trouble delivering the line "What are you doing here?". This line will come up several times outside of the context of this shoot throughout the season.

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