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The universe is a cruel, uncaring void. The key to being happy isn't a search for meaning.
— BoJack Horseman • 2014
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
A nihilist speech delivered by the happiest character in the show, and the show leaves it there: Mr. Peanutbutter is the foil to BoJack's despair because he reaches the same bleak conclusion and treats it as good news. Fans quote it both as the sunniest philosophy on television and as a warning that cheerfulness can be a way of not looking.
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In context
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In "Later", the season 1 finale (episode 12, 22 August 2014), billionaire adventurer Sebastian St. Clair offers journalist Diane Nguyen a job following him through crisis zones such as Sudan, Haiti, Thailand, Uganda and Chechnya. At Mr. Peanutbutter's house she explains she wants to do something important, even if it means sleeping on the ground and using a bucket. Her cheerful boyfriend offers a bucket at home, then delivers this bleak speech, whistling happily when he finishes. Diane replies that she will keep her options open. In season 2 she goes to Cordovia.
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- BoJack Horseman Wiki: Later (quotes)Sebastian offer and the Mr. Peanutbutter house sceneReference checked
- BoJack Horseman Wiki: LaterInfoboxReference checked
- BoJack Horseman Wiki: Let's Find OutPlot, Cordovia mentionReference checked
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