It's Dan's birthday. To celebrate the day, he and Roseanne invite their friends to a pub. Unfortunately, the cozy evening threatens to derail as Dan gets into a violent argument with another guest.Original airdate, January 3rd, 1989.
Tropes
- Celebrity Crush: Roseanne's first love, besides Dan, was Paul McCartney.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Dan asks his friend to stop making up lies to Darlene about how he got into a fight just to make him feel better.
- Everybody Has Standards: Roseanne is against physical fighting but when Dan's enemy insults her weight, she gives Dan permission to punch him in the face.
- Harmful to Minors: Darlene quietly witnessing Dan unleash his pent up rage on a drywall with a hammer.
- Invulnerable Knuckles: Averted. After punching out Bobo, Dan has to ice his knuckles at home.
- Nobody Calls Me "Chicken"!: Why Dan puts up a fight with Bobo at the bar. Roseanne makes him stop but Dan insists that he still deserves to punch him. Afraid that he'll look like a wimp in front of his friends, Dan vows to beat up Bobo the next time he sees him.
- Noodle Incident: Roseanne reminded Dan of the promise that he made to her 10 years prior to stop fighting, due to the bad memory that Dan suffered from a broken nose & teeth in his hand after a fight gone wrong.
- One-Hit Kill: Dan knocks Bobo out with one lunch to the face.
- Paper Tiger: Bobo looks intimidating but the minute Dan punches him across the face, he's out like a light.
- Puppy Love: Becky getting ready for a date with Chip and a dinner with his family.
