History Recap / BobsBurgersS4E18Ambergris

* NeverMyFault: Linda refuses to acknowledge that Bob's getting progressively angrier because no one's actually repairing the bathroom and thinks he's just being a wet blanket.
-->'''Linda''': I am getting so sick of your attitude.
-->'''Bob''': ''[[LampshadeHanging Oh right, it's MY fault!]]''

* StunnedSilence: After Tina destroys the ambergris, all Mickey, the Nose and Louise can do is stare with a downcast expression at the scene of its destruction, clearly reeling from the loss of such a valuable item that had only been so close only seconds ago.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Louise goes to sell the ambergris alone, The Nose is seen working at a fried dough stand, hinting at the ambergris's ultimate fate. For added foreshadowing points, from the fryer he pulls out a piece of fried dough that looks almost identical to the ambergris.

* WrongGenreSavvy: When the kids refer to the ambergris heist as OneLastJob, Mickey concludes that he'll either end up dead or arrested at the end of it. This being a low-stakes comedy show, he concludes wrong.

* GenreSavvy: When the kids refer to the ambergris heist as OneLastJob, Mickey concludes that he'll either end up dead or arrested at the end of it. [[WrongGenreSavvy This being a low-stakes comedy show, he concludes wrong.]]

* SanitySlippage: Louise goes full blown nuts as greed over the ambergris drives her batty.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Louise goes to make the deal with The Nose alone. The Nose clarifies this and because she's a little girl and all alone, he only gives her $12 instead of the full $30,000.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Everyone working at Wonder Wharf is a criminal. When Louise questions if that includes Sally, the snow cone lady. Mickey assures her that it does, as the camera pans over to show her enthusiastically stabbing a block of ice with a pick.
* GenreSavvy: Mickey is reluctant to take OneLastJob (as the kids call the ambergris heist) because he's aware that "last jobs" usually end with the person either being killed or arrested.

* GenreSavvy: Mickey is reluctant to take "one last job" because he's aware that "last jobs" usually end with the person either being killed or arrested.

* ShownTheirWork: Everything this episode reveals about ambergris--from ambergris and eggs being Charles II's favorite meal to ambergris being illegal to sell in the United States because whales are endangered--is quite accurate.

* WackyCravings: Gene becomes obsessed with eating the ambergris after hearing that Charles II used to eat it with eggs.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Louise goes to make the deal with the Nose alone. The Nose clarifies this and because she's a little girl and all alone, he only gives her $12 instead of the full $30,000.

!!Tropes:

-->'''Bob''': ''Oh right, it's MY fault!''

* ShaggyDogStory: Both subplots. Tina tosses the ambergris into a deep fryer preventing anyone from making money off of it, and Felix goes through the whole bathroom renovation only to reveal the actual plumbing ''still'' isn't fixed.

!!Tropes

* DancePartyEnding: The DJ that Felix hired tries to invoke one, playing a dance-themed remix of the main theme in the end credits. Linda (and only Linda) dances along in the background.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Louise goes to sell the ambergris alone, The Nose is seen working at a fried dough stand, hinting at the ambergris's ultimate fate.
* GenreSavvy: Mickey is reluctant to take "one last job" because he's aware these kinds of moments usually end with the person either being killed or arrested.

** Bob throughout the subplot with Felix Fischoder, and he grows increasingly pissed off at what Linda and Felix are doing to the bathroom when he repeatedly asks and then ''begs'' to just call a freaking plumber.

* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: Much like last episode, this episode would just be run-of-the-mill if not for one small addition--namely, it sets up Felix Fischoeder for his ''much'' larger role in the Season 4 finale.

** Tina attempts to dump the ambergris in the water. As Gene points out when trying to stop her, ambergris can float. Louise, Mickey, and The Nose can be seen taking off their shoes to go swimming, hinting that they knew this.

* DancePartyEnding: The DJ that Felix hired tries to invoke one, playing a techno remix of the main theme in the end credits. Linda (and only Linda) dances along in the background.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Louise goes to sell the ambergris alone, we get a brief shot of The Nose fried dough emerging from the fryer, hinting at the ambergris's ultimate fate.

* TheNoseKnows: Mickey's aptly nicknamed criminal friend, The Nose.

** Tina in the main plot pulls a BaitAndSwitch on Louise for the ambergris after seeing what the obsession is doing to Louise. Tina finally has to destroy the ambergris when she gets cornered by a manic Louise, Mickey, and "The Nose."

* SanitySlippage: Louise goes full blown nuts as greed over the ambergris drives her batty.