When Peggy, Dale and Minh decide to play the stock market, they find a surprising golden goose in Bill, whose reckless spending and average tastes prove to be a money maker. But the experiment soon hits a snag when Bill finds out. Back at the house, Hank and Bobby struggle to operate a fancy new TV.
- Achievements in Ignorance: Apparently Bill is an amazing person to watch to know what to invest into in the stock market. However, once Bill is made aware of this, he begins to second guess everything he might be interested in, resulting in him losing money on the stock market.
- Broke Episode: By the end of the episode, Bill is flat broke after putting all his money on a sure thing to impress the others. Unlike most examples, it ends with him still being broke, even declaring bankruptcy.
- Centipede's Dilemma: When being used as an oblivious test monkey, Bill's a money-making machine. When he finds out and is actively trying to impress them, the results falter and fail. Dale name-drops the Observer Effect to explain.Dale: See now you're watching you.
- Coincidental Broadcast: The three tune in to an episode of The Dow Genius just in time for a blubbering Bill to call in, explaining how he's blown all his money. The Dow Genius see this as an opportunity to rag on Bill.
- Expy: The Dow Genius, a clear reference to Jim Cramer of Mad Money fame.
- Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: Despite the money they're raking in, Hank believes Bill should be the one who has the most share, because it's because of him they have all that money in the first place.
- This Loser Is You: Discussed by Dale, who flat-out says that Bill is the "average American". For reference, Bill is a depressed, overweight divorced middle aged man. Note the show is made by Americans.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: After Bill announced to his neighbors and friends that he filed for bankruptcy so he's in the clear and doesn't need the money, everyone even Buck Strickland and the worker who arrived to pick up the big HD TV want to hear more about how Bill did it in case they want to go bankrupt. After the episode of Bill wanting attention from others, he gets the opportunity for people to listen to him as he explained the procedure he went through.
- What You Are in the Dark: Despite making bank off him not knowing, upon Hank finding out Peggy and the others are using Bill to make money, Hank is adamant that Bill be included in on it, as he should be entitled to some of that money since he's the one who's really earning it.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: As pointed out by Hank, Peggy, Dale and Minh were already aware of Bill's notoriously poor self-esteem issues and still drop him like a bad habit the moment they consider him "broken". Indeed, Bill is so distraught he immediately takes out a second mortgage and tries to gamble on stocks himself, nearly losing his house and life savings in the process.
