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{{Infobox television episode
| title        = The Runway Club
| series       = [[Bob's Burgers]]
| image        = 
| caption      = 
| season       = 5
| episode      = 16
| writer       = Steven Davis<br />Kelvin Yu
| director     = Jennifer Coyle
| production   = 5ASA04
| airdate      = March 22, 2015
| guests       = 
*[[Brooke Dillman]] as Trish
*[[David Herman]] as Mr. Frond
*[[Jay Johnston]] as Jimmy Pesto
*[[Sarah Silverman]] as Ms. Schnur
*[[Jenny Slate]] as Tammy
*Bobby Tisdale as Zeke⏎
| prev         = [[Adventures in Chinchilla-sitting]]
| next         = [[Itty Bitty Ditty Committee]]
| season_article = Bob's Burgers (season 5)
| episode_list = List of Bob's Burgers episodes
}}

"'''The Runway Club'''" is the 16th episode of the fifth season of the animated comedy series ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' and the overall 83rd episode, and is written by Steven Davis and Kelvin Yu and directed by Jennifer Coyle. It aired on Fox in the [[United States]] on March 22, 2015.

==Plot==
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Tina, Gene, and Louise arrive at school for a Saturday detention session, along with Jimmy Jr., Zeke, Tammy, and Jocelyn. A flashback revealed the punishments were handed out after Tina and Tammy wore the same sparkly jelly bracelet to school and caused an argument, a fight, and the fire alarm to be pulled. While serving their sentence, Mr. Frond decided to hold a fashion contest (since fashion was responsible for the melee) à la Project Runway called Scared Fabulous, with the winner getting the opportunity to leave detention early. He sets it up into three teams, Tammy and Jocelyn, Zeke and Jimmy Jr, and finally the Belcher children. After losing the first round to Tammy and Jocelyn, the kids compete to win the second round against the boys. However, since Coach Blevins, the judge, knows nothing about fashion, he suggests that the models, Zeke and Gene, wrestle to break the tie, which happens to be something Zeke excels at. During this, Principal Spoors calls Mr. Frond, who left him messages about his Scared Fabulous project. Spoors, bluntly, informs that he not only hates the idea but orders Mr. Frond to not call him on the weekend ever again, forcing him to end the competition and to go back to class where detention will resume as usual. However, the kids challenged Mr. Frond to compete against them himself, which he couldn't turn down. In the end, the students bested him and won their freedom. Once they leave, Principal Spoors arrives, forcing Mr. Frond to set off the fire alarm.

Meanwhile, Bob and Linda were asked to buy magazine subscriptions as part of a fundraiser, but became suspicious that they were being scammed. After making this accusation, the Belchers felt bad (and pressured) and bought 20Tina, Gene, and Louise arrive at school for a Saturday detention session, upset that they were missing out on the Cotton Candy festival which would be over by the time the detention ended. Jimmy Jr., Tammy, Jocelyn, and Zeke were also at detention. A flashback revealed the punishments were handed out after Tina and Tammy wore the same sparkly jelly bracelet to school and caused an argument and a fight where the younger Belcher kids tried to pull them apart, Zeke jumped into the fight for fun, Jocelyn pulled the fire alarm to try and call for help, and Jimmy Jr. sprayed the fire extinguisher over everyone trying to make a "foam party".

While serving their detention, Mr. Frond decided to hold a fashion contest (since fashion was responsible for the melee) à la Project Runway called ''Scared Fabulous''. The students are reluctant to participate until he told them that the winners could leave detention 3 hours early. The three teams were Tammy and Jocelyn, Zeke and Jimmy Jr, and the three Belcher children. Tammy and Tina make a side bet where the winner gets to keep wearing their sparkly jelly bracelet and the loser had to throw their bracelet away. There were three challenges and three judges (Coach Blevins, Secretary Schnur, and Custodian Branca) who were chosen because they were the only ones in the school on Saturday.

The first challenge involved designing an outfit for Ms. Schnur to wear over a three day weekend on the couch using materials from her supply closet (like folders, construction paper, and staples). Tammy and Jocelyn won that challenge and didn't have to compete in the second round. The second challenge involved designing an outfit for Coach Blevins that's good for three different activities using wrestling mats and old jerseys. The coach didn't know much about fashion and after being told he couldn't call it a tie, he had the team's models (Zeke and Gene) wrestle to determine the winner.

During the wrestling match, Principal Spoors called Mr. Frond, to say he hated the idea of ''Scared Fabulous'' which put an end to the contest. Mr. Frond told the kids to go back to class and finish out their detention, clearly disappointed, seeing himself as exceptionally experienced with fashion. The kids protested and Louise challenged Mr. Frond to compete against all of them. If Mr. Frond wins, the kids would all talk up the ''Scared Fabulous'' fashion program to the principal. But if the kids win, they all get to leave early. The final challenge was judged by Mr. Branca who wanted something fit for a presidential speech made out of trash.

Despite arguing and fighting, Tina and Tammy gave up their jelly bracelets (though Tammy needed a bit more "persuading") to help finish their team's outfit, earning them the victory over Mr. Frond. Though initially upset, Mr. Frond noticed the jelly bracelets and took it as a sign they set aside their differences and were rehabilitated thanks to his fashion program. After the kids leave, Principal Spoors made a surprise visit, forcing Mr. Frond to set off the fire alarm as a distraction.

Meanwhile, Bob and Linda were visited by a neighborhood girl named Sally who was offering magazine subscriptions as part of a fundraiser. Bob suspected someone was scamming Sally, and that no magazines would be delivered after receiving the money. They told Sally she was part of a scam fundraiser and she left, flustered, but soon returned with Trish, the angry head of the fundraiser. Trish pressured/threatened them into buying 20 magazines by nearly ripping up their serving counter. Jimmy Pesto stopped by to jeer at Bob but Bob managed to use reverse psychology to trick Jimmy Pesto into ordering and paying for 40 magazines, which had Bob and Linda overall pleased (they may have gotten scammed but Jimmy Pesto got scammed twice as hard).

==Reception==
Alasdair Wilkins of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' gave the episode an A, saying, "Despite my—wholly justifiable, dammit!—ignorance of the finer points of what this episode is having fun with, I’m still comfortable saying “The Runaway Club” is a first-rate episode. Part of it is that its use of ''The Breakfast Club'' is mostly as a bookend for the episode, mimicking the opening of the film, complete with Zeke almost getting run over by Jimmy Pesto. What&#(contracted; show full)* {{IMDb episode|4483572}}
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