Every Which Way But Goose
Jimmy Junior is 13 and far less precocious about romance than Tina, but through their ups and downs, he is figuring things out. He comes through in the clutch for her time and again.
This episode builds up to a beautiful Tinimmy moment that always gets me right in the feels. For me, the ending of this episode is the sweetest thing any boy has done for Tina and shows how important Tina's feelings are to Jimmy Jr.
Jimmy Junior has been nervous all episode about telling Tina that he injured his butt while dancing. He's tried to talk to her a few times because he feels bad seeing her upset, but through a combination of him chickening out and Tina not letting him speak to her in private, important things haven't been said. As a result, she's not talking to him, and he's feeling bummed about it.
So he sucks it up, goes to the dance despite his injury, and plans to dance with her as best he can when even swaying back and forth hurts. In any other episode, a heartfelt confession and one instance of putting himself in physical pain just to show Tina how important her feelings are to him would fix things, but in this episode, Jimmy Jr. goes so much further than that.
As Jimmy is trying to dance with a still unresponsive Tina, Bruce (the goose she befriended in the park) arrives to jealously attack him. The dance goes off the rails as Mr. Frond calls animal control, and Tina is beside herself and willing to climb up the folded bleachers to help the panicking water fowl. Mr. Frond stops her because of the danger.
Despite the fact that he's still in pain and whimpering "ow" the entire climb, Jimmy Jr. climbs up there to stage the dangerous rescue for her. Bruce responds to his attempts by honking, flapping around in fear, and pecking at his hand.
Tina's attempts to help by calming Bruce are unsuccessful, but Jimmy Jr. doesn't give up. Even though Bruce is attacking him viciously and making him bleed, he keeps going. They even give us a close-up of his scratched and bleeding hand as he reaches in again and finally manages to free the irate goose.
Tina is impressed by his efforts, and Jimmy admits that he was motivated by seeing her so upset.
confided to her about an embarrassing injury,
dressed as a zombie and gone to a dance despite every step hurting,
climbed a bleacher in pain to help an animal that has already attacked him,
and kept trying to free it while it continued attacking him...
...all because he hates seeing Tina upset. Tina is moved by this, and she rewards him with an unexpected kiss on the cheek. That payoff moment when he comes limping up to her explaining why he did it and is surprised with a kiss is one I never get tired of watching.