This episodes basis is around Mr. Peanutbutter’s new gameshow. Of course, the first contestant is none other than BoJack Horseman himself. As the show continues, BoJack starts to notice that the questions are skewed in Daniel Radcliff’s favor. BoJack starts to get aggravated as Mr. Peanutbutter is insulting him after each question. Suddenly Princess Carolyn gives him the hint to watch his ears. BoJack starts answering questions right but the producers are angered as the other contestant was supposed to win and donate to charity and so BoJack decides to make a point a purposely not let the contestant win. At the end of the show Mr. Peanutbutter and BoJack begin to fight, but they come to a comically quick conclusion after the commercial break to make the producers happy.
This episode failed the Bechdel Test because there was absolutely no dialogue from female to female. There were females who had script but none of their words were directed at another female nor specifically referencing any females. I’m actually kind of surprised at how many episodes have failed the Bechdel test.
I think according to this analyzing it is ironic that all of the main characters of the episode were male, not making nearly as many references to the female characters. The female character who was shown the most was at most only shown during a third of the episode. As other episodes of BoJack horseman have had much more female recognition this one fails vastly.
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