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  • Critical Dissonance: Critics gave the episode a fairly decent review, although even they felt let-down by the ending. Many fans, however, have gone as far as to say that this episode is one of the few they genuinely hate.
  • Fanon Discontinuity: Many fans pretend that this episode doesn't exist, due to its unsatisfying outcome. The Pestos cheat against the Belchers and the studio lets them get away with it. Not helping is that Loren Bouchard himself has expressed distaste for the ending.
  • Fan-Preferred Cut Content: Quite a few people, including Loren Bouchard himself, would rather the episode had gone with the scrapped ending where the Pestos suffered some karma for cheating, petty as that karma may have been.
  • The Scrappy: Chuck Charles was already a Hate Sink back in "Beefsquatch", but he's even more of a dick here, and the fact that he goes unpunished throughout the episode (coupled with his insults often being petty rather than funny) has caused some fans to hate him for a much different reason than intended.
  • The Woobie: Bob goes through a lot of undeserved hell and ultimately loses through no fault of his own. Not even his own family backs him up; the only possible victory Bob could have had (Jimmy Pesto's ill-won minivan getting a puncture that he can't fix) is immediately soured when the other Belchers immediately side with Jimmy and force Bob to fix it. You just want to give the poor guy a hug when all is said and done.

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