** Frank Grimes attempted to invoke this trope on Homer in "Homer's Enemy" by having him join a nuclear power plant model-creating contest with the intention of having him lose. [[SpringtimeForHitler Homer actually won]]. But for "Grimey" (as Homer refers to him throughout the episode), the trope is played straight ... as only he and viewers are well aware the contest is for children, and that his scheme -- which, mind you, should get him fired -- is an attempt to expose Homer as a fraud. When this fails, Grimes snaps and runs amok through the plant, eventually touching live high-voltage wires that electrocute him on contact.
*** Grimes' failure to get Homer dismissed from the plant was surely not limited to the final scene. One of the incidents leading to his final scheme involves slapping away a flask of radioactive liquid from Homer's hand (which Homer was about to drink). Instead of making Mr. Burns realize that Homer is a danger to himself and the entire state(!) because of his poor work habits, Burns sternly reprimands Grimes, this because when Grimes was trying to grab the flask of liquid, the substance spilled on a wall and caused damage.

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** Frank Grimes attempted to invoke this trope on Homer in "Homer's Enemy" by having him join a nuclear power plant model-creating contest with the intention of having him lose. [[SpringtimeForHitler Homer actually won]]. But for "Grimey" (as Homer refers to him throughout the episode), the trope is played straight ... as only he and the viewers are well aware that the contest is for children, and that his scheme -- which, mind you, should get him fired -- is an attempt to expose Homer as a fraud. When this fails, Grimes snaps and runs amok through the plant, eventually touching live high-voltage wires that electrocute him on contact.
*** Grimes' failure to get Homer dismissed from the plant was surely not limited to the final scene. One of the incidents leading to his final scheme involves slapping away a flask of radioactive liquid from Homer's hand (which Homer was about to drink). Instead of making Mr. Burns realize that Homer is a danger to himself and the entire state(!) because of his poor work habits, it leads to Burns sternly reprimanding ''Grimes'', because when Grimes was trying to grab the flask of liquid, the substance spilled on a wall and caused damage.

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