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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Once he sees that Bojack is actually hurting Gina, the normally air-headed Mr. Peanutbutter exclaims, without a hint of nonsense in his voice, "All right, that's it!" while leaping to her aid.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Once he sees that Bojack is actually hurting Gina, the normally air-headed Mr. Peanutbutter exclaims, without a hint of nonsense in his voice, "All right, "Okay, that's it!" enough!" while leaping to her aid.
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* YourCheatingHeart: After the end of the previous episode and before this one, Mr. Peanutbutter cheated on Pickles with Diane.
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* EmbarrassingRescue: No one is pleased when ''Mr. Peanutbutter'' of all people has to pull Bojack off Gina and restrain him, least of all Mr. Peanutbutter himself. Gina's too busy trying to breathe to prioritize that.


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* LetsGetDangerous: Mr. Peanutbutter sheds his AttentionDeficitOohShiny nature to save Gina from an addled Bojack. And he succeeds!
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* LaughingMad: In the French dub, on top of making more audible growls, [=BoJack=] starts ''laughing'' while he’s strangling Gina.
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** Additionally, the episode makes use of the things that are affecting Bojack's ability to keep track of reality - he's almost always wearing his ''Philbert'' costume, he's in a relationship with Gina at the same time Philbert is dating Sassy, and his house looks exactly like the set of the show - in order to make it hard for the viewer to tell the difference between ''Philbert'' and real life.
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* WordSaladLyrics: The ''Philbert'' theme is complete nonsense.
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* AddledAddict: [=BoJack=]'s opioid abuse issues come to a head in this episode. While it puts a strain on his and Gina's relationship when she finds out what's going on, the final nail in the coffin is when a drug-induced [=BoJack=] strangles her.

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* AddledAddict: [=BoJack=]'s opioid abuse issues come to a head in this episode. While it puts a strain on his and Gina's relationship when she finds out what's going on, the final nail in the coffin is when a drug-induced [=BoJack=] snaps during the recording of a fight scene and strangles her.



* EnforcedMethodActing: [[invoked]] [=BoJack=], under the influence of drugs, legitimately strangles Gina while on set. Flip's response is to ask for the camera to keep rolling.

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* EnforcedMethodActing: [[invoked]] [=BoJack=], under the influence of drugs, legitimately strangles Gina while on set. Flip's rather callous response is to ask for the camera to keep rolling.
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* CallBack: [=BoJack=] tells Kyle, "You the man now, dawg" before hanging up on him – a call-back to the PunnyName of Princess Carolyn's former assistant, Judah Mannowdog.
* CannotTellFictionFromReality: [=BoJack=] rapidly loses the ability to distinguish between ''Philbert'' and his actual life, thanks to his rampant drug abuse.

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* CallBack: [=BoJack=] tells Kyle, "You the man now, dawg" before hanging up on him –- a call-back to the PunnyName of Princess Carolyn's former assistant, Judah Mannowdog.
* CannotTellFictionFromReality: [=BoJack=] goes beyond "merely" being LostInCharacter, as he rapidly loses the ability to distinguish between ''Philbert'' and his actual life, thanks to his rampant drug abuse.



* PrecisionFStrike: Gina delivers the traditional once-per-season f-bomb after a [[AddledAddict drug-addled BoJack]] strangles her.

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* PrecisionFStrike: Gina delivers the traditional once-per-season f-bomb after a [[AddledAddict drug-addled BoJack]] loses control and actually strangles her.her during a fight scene.
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* AddledAddict: [=BoJack=]'s opioid abuse issues come to a head in this episode. While it puts a strain on his and Gina's relationship when she finds out what's going on, the final nail in the coffin was when a drug-induced [=BoJack=] strangled her.

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* AddledAddict: [=BoJack=]'s opioid abuse issues come to a head in this episode. While it puts a strain on his and Gina's relationship when she finds out what's going on, the final nail in the coffin was is when a drug-induced [=BoJack=] strangled strangles her.
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* CerebusRetcon: In "[=BoJack=] the Feminist", [=BoJack=]'s statement that people "shouldn't choke women" is PlayedForLaughs as a ridiculously low bar for being decent with women. In this episode he ends up choking Gina while he's under the effect of drugs.

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* CerebusRetcon: CerebusCallBack: In "[=BoJack=] the Feminist", [=BoJack=]'s statement that people "shouldn't choke women" is PlayedForLaughs as a ridiculously low bar for being decent with women. In this episode he ends up choking Gina while he's under the effect of drugs.
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* ShownTheirWork: During the strangling scene, notice the small twitches and one-eye blinks from Gina.

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* ShownTheirWork: During The facial contortions Gina makes as she's being strangled (eye twitching, one eye blinking spastically, eyeballs rolling back into the strangling scene, notice the small twitches and one-eye blinks from Gina.head) are all actual signs of asphyxiation.
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* LostInCharacter: [=BoJack=], with Philbert.

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* ShoutOut: The musical number is one to ''Film/AllThatJazz'', though with a brief nod to ''Film/{{Cabaret}}''. A bird in the first post-credits shot is wearing a ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''-style blue and yellow jumpsuit.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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The musical number is one to ''Film/AllThatJazz'', though with a brief nod to ''Film/{{Cabaret}}''. ''Film/{{Cabaret}}''.
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A bird in the first post-credits shot is wearing a ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''-style blue and yellow jumpsuit.jumpsuit.
** While attempting a Scottish accent, [=BoJack=] ends a phone call saying, "[[Film/FindingForrester You're the man now, dawg]]."
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Some lines of Gina's song can be applied to the show itself, like "why not sell your sadness as a brand" and the notion that he doesn't want things to be fine because "boring". As much as they deconstruct it, the show does kinda run on Bojack being miserable and screwing up.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Gina weaponizes this season's only "fuck" this way after [=BoJack=] legitimately tries to strangle her.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Gina weaponizes this season's only "fuck" this way after [=BoJack=] legitimately tries to strangle her.her under the influence of opioids.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Once he sees that Bojack is actually hurting Gina, the normally air-headed Mr. Peanutbutter exclaims, without a hint of nonsense in his voice, "All right, that's it!" while leaping to her aid.
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* CallBack: [=BoJack=] tells Kyle, "You the man now, dawg" before hanging up on him – a call-back to the PunnyName of Princess Carolyn's former assistant, Judah Mannowdog.


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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In-universe. [=BoJack=] affects a Scottish accent while calling Charlotte's husband Kyle in the guise of a cable representative. As [=BoJack=] gets to the topic of Penny and her "sexual maturity," he loses his fake accent completely, before reverting to it as he hurriedly hangs up on Kyle.
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* ApatheticCitizens: As the production crew start to notice that Bojack is strangling Gina for real, Flip tells his cameraman to continue filming while other members take videos on their phones. Only Mr Peanutbutter, Princess Carolyn and a couple of crew members figure to step in and stop Bojack.
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* SilentCredits: Absolutely no music plays during the credits of this episode.

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* SilentCredits: Absolutely no music plays lyrics play during the credits of this episode.
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* ShownTheirWork: During the strangling scene, notice the small twitches and one eye blinks from Gina.

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* ShownTheirWork: During the strangling scene, notice the small twitches and one eye one-eye blinks from Gina.

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* SilentCredits

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* SilentCreditsShownTheirWork: During the strangling scene, notice the small twitches and one eye blinks from Gina.
* SilentCredits: Absolutely no music plays during the credits of this episode.
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* ShoutOut: The musical number is one to ''Film/AllThatJazz'', though with a brief nod to ''Film/{{Cabaret}}''.

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* ShoutOut: The musical number is one to ''Film/AllThatJazz'', though with a brief nod to ''Film/{{Cabaret}}''. A bird in the first post-credits shot is wearing a ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}''-style blue and yellow jumpsuit.
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* SanitySlippage: Throughout the episode, [=BoJack=]'s painkiller addiction makes him lose more and more control of his sanity, to the point that he thinks everyone is conspiring against him and he's no longer able to tell the difference between his role on ''Philbert'' and real life.

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* SanitySlippage: Throughout the episode, [=BoJack=]'s painkiller addiction makes him lose more and more control of his sanity, grip on reality, to the point that he thinks everyone is conspiring against him and he's no longer able to tell the difference between his role on ''Philbert'' and real life.



* WhatTheHellHero: Gina weaponizes this season's only "fuck" this way.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Gina weaponizes this season's only "fuck" this way.way after [=BoJack=] legitimately tries to strangle her.
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* SexWithTheEx: Diane and Mr. Peanutbutter sleep together in what is revealed to be the second time since the previous episode, though Diane tells a disappointed Mr. Peanutbutter that she regrets both times and has no intention of getting back together with him.



* YourCheatingHeart: Mr. Peanutbutter cheats on Pickles with Diane.

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* YourCheatingHeart: After the end of the previous episode and before this one, Mr. Peanutbutter cheats cheated on Pickles with Diane.
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* DownerEnding: First, Gina breaks up with a drug-addled BoJack after finding all his stash and later BoJack legitimately strangles her on set.

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* DownerEnding: First, Gina breaks up with a drug-addled BoJack [=BoJack=] after finding all his stash and later BoJack he, unable to distinguish reality from fiction, legitimately strangles her on set.
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* DownerEnding: First, Gina breaks up with a drug-addled BoJack after finding all his stash and later BoJack legitimately strangles her on set.
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** The background then changes to Hollywoo, with various itens approaching, including [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E06OurAStoryIsADStory the giant "D"]] and [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E11EscapeFromLA BoJack's boat]].

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** The background then changes to Hollywoo, with various itens items approaching, including [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS1E06OurAStoryIsADStory the giant "D"]] and [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS2E11EscapeFromLA BoJack's boat]].
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** Bojack also notices to be in a fake version of [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS4E02TheOldSugarmanPlace His mother's summer home]], which soon goes down.

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** Bojack also notices to be in a fake version of [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS4E02TheOldSugarmanPlace His his mother's summer home]], which soon goes down.
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** The background then suddenly changes for the planetarium where [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS03E11ThatsTooMuchMan Sarah Lynn died]]. Even mirrors that exact scene.

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** The background then suddenly changes for the planetarium where [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS03E11ThatsTooMuchMan [[Recap/BojackHorsemanS3E11ThatsTooMuchMan Sarah Lynn died]]. Even mirrors that exact scene.

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