"And Ghost Boy is supposed to be you?"
"No, Jordan, I'm not gonna turn you in. I'm going to turn myself in...to something else."
—Tina
To escape the stigma of being a bore, Tina starts dating Jordan, a student at her school who is secretly the mystery graffiti artist "Ghost Boy", and also starts helping him tag. Meanwhile, Bob fights to get rid of the port-a-potties parked in front of the restaurant, worried they'll take away from his business on the day of the "Land Ship" parade.
The Land Tropes:
- All for Nothing: Played with. Despite their best attempts, Bob and Linda can't get rid of the port-a-potties before the parade. Fortunately, rather than ruin their business, it actually made them very successful as people who waited in line to use them would become customers.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Tina starts going out with Jordan when she learns he's the mysterious "Ghost Boy".
- Awkward Kiss: Jordan has no idea how kissing is supposed to work, and instead just awkwardly shoves his whole mouth onto Tina's face.
- Brutal Honesty:
- Tina asks her siblings if they think people think of her as bland. Louise remarks that people don't think of her period.
- Even someone as lovesick as Tina admits that Jordan is an awful kisser.
- Tina flat-out tells Tammy she has no respect for her.
- Cassandra Truth: While he's saying it solely to deprive Jimmy of new customers, Bob is right when he tells the porta-potty lifters that Jimmy Pesto's food is awful.
- Conscience Makes You Go Back: After Jordan and Tina tag the sail of the Land Ship parade float, Tina (who already was uncomfortable with it) sneaks back with her siblings to paint over the tag with white paint, thus saving the parade.
- Cringe Comedy: Jordan "kissing" Tina.
- Dawson Casting: Parodied in-universe where Patience Headbottom, the 13 year old girl who came up with the idea of the "Land Ship," is portrayed by a grown man.
- Depth Deception: The "Land Ship" incident refers to a moment in the town's history during the War of 1812. On discovering a fleet of British soldiers was coming, the townsfolk brought their sole ship onto land. When the British arrived that night, it looks like the shore was further than it was and their ships ran aground, making them easy pickings for the American militia-men.
- Didn't See That Coming: Louise quickly figures out that Tina has been sneaking out at night to hang out with Jordan, but the reason why (Jordan is "Ghost Boy" and Tina is his accomplice) completely throws her for a loop.Louise: Wow, I was way off. I thought it was the bland leading the bland.
- The Ditz: Jordan is not that bright. Tina catches him because he tagged a book he borrowed and wrote his name in, and had it been anyone but Tina who borrowed the book after him, his days of graffiti would've been over. He then proclaims that he's shaped like the letter "J" and thinks Tina's a genius when she points out that what he meant to say was it's the first letter of his name. He also has no idea how kissing works, and is so bad at it that even inexperience is no excuse.
- "Eureka!" Moment: Jimmy Pesto mocks Bob for having to deal with porta-potties in front of his restaurant, pointing out on the day of the parade that Bob doesn't usually have a line in front of his restaurant. This gives Bob the idea to sell refreshments to the people waiting in line to use the porta-potties, which makes him a ton of money during the parade.
- Everyone Has Standards: Tina is all for helping Jordan with his late-night graffiti art, but has second thoughts about tagging the sail on the float for the Land Ship parade and later goes to undo it.
- Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory: In-universe; Tina assumes Jordan uses a ghost as his tag because it represents how he feels invisible because he has no friends. Jordan says it's just because he feels like drawing it.
- Faceplanting into Food: Tina is so exhausted from her nightly graffiti excursions with Jordan that she keeps falling asleep at random times. After she falls asleep in her cereal, a suspicious Louise points out that's the fourth time she's fallen asleep in her food that week. Bob ends up holding her head up to keep her from doing it again (he initially meant to check Tina's temperature to see if her drowsiness is a result of illness, but Tina fell asleep as he was doing so).
- First Kiss: Tina ends up being Jordan's. It is super obvious.
- From Bad to Worse: When Bob tries to complain to a city representative about the four porta-potties blocking his restaurant, the representative realizes there should be a fifth porta-potty and has it added as well.
- Good Is Boring: Tina is accused of being a "goody two-boobs" who blindly obeys authority by her classmates. This is why she decides to help out Jordan when she discovers he's "Ghost Boy".
- Karma Houdini:
- Jordan doesn't get punished for vandalizing random spots, and he ends up hooking up with a random girl who learned about his identity right after Tina gave him a speech that it'll take some time for him to get another girl who doesn't care about kissing or the law.
- Tina herself also remains unpunished for helping Jordan with his graffiti.
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: In-universe; Jordan tells Tina not to spoil the story when she points out how Bonnie and Clyde died at the end, even though the story is decades old (and Based on a True Story, so even if it was newly released the ending would've been obvious, anyway). Later, we find out that Gene was also unaware of this plot point.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Jimmy Pesto taunting Bob about the porta-potties allows Bob to find a way to exploit the situation to his benefit.
- Only One Finds It Fun: Tina is the only student in a packed auditorium that finds the story of the Land Ship fun.
- Pajama-Clad Hero: As it’s the middle of the night when Gene and Louise confront Tina about sneaking out, both of them are in their PJs, and remain in them when they decide to help Tina sneak back to the Land Ship float and cover up the Ghost Boy on the sail with white paint.
- Sarcasm Mode: When Jordan remarks that his kiss with Tina was his first, Tina remarks that it wasn't obvious at all.
- This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: Tina sends a text that reads "See you soon, bitch" for the sole purpose of spicing up her texts.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Bob can't get rid of the porta-potties, but this benefits him more than anything by allowing him to sell food to people in line. The last scene of the episode shows him getting to rub it in Jimmy Pesto's face.
- "Walk on the Wild Side" Episode: Tina's second outing like this, in fact.
