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* LimitedWardrobe: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "Ta-Ra-Ra Bouvier". When Ling complains about not being able to afford a new outfit for Jack Fairfax’s party, her mother Selma says "Well, frankly, I don't think you ''need'' a new outfit for the party. I've worn the same blue dress for most of my life, and it's worked out fine."
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** "A Trip Down Memory Lane" reveals that Artie Ziff was shot and killed while in Shelbyville shortly before Anastasia was born. Unlike the previous example, this death doesn’t have any weight to it and is very much an example of DroppedABridgeOnHim. This was almost certainly [[TakeThatScrappy done out of spite]], as [=FlamingMercury5=] has made [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/y7ecic/comment/isvkbom/?context=3 her disdain for Ziff]] quite clear on social media.
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** "A Trip Down Memory Lane" reveals that Artie Ziff was shot and killed while in Shelbyville shortly before Anastasia was born. Unlike the previous example, this death doesn’t have any weight to it and is very much an example of DroppedABridgeOnHim. This was almost certainly [[TakeThatScrappy done out of spite]], as [=FlamingMercury5=] has made [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/y7ecic/comment/isvkbom/?context=3 com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/1acypwa/i_would_punt_milhouse/kk23ien/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3 her disdain for Ziff]] quite clear on social media.
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* InsistentTerminology: [[spoiler: During the story of Anastasia's adoption in "A Trip Down Memory Lane", Waylon raises concerns that Monty might face consequences for kidnapping a baby from their murdered parents, and Monty insists that what he's doing isn't ''kidnapping'', it's "surprise adoption".]]
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* InsistentTerminology: [[spoiler: During the story of Anastasia's adoption in "A Trip Down Memory Lane", Waylon raises concerns that Monty might face consequences for [[KillTheParentRaiseTheChild kidnapping a baby from their murdered parents, parents]], and Monty insists that what he's doing isn't ''kidnapping'', it's "surprise adoption".]]
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* LiteralMetaphor: [[spoiler: Monty Burns [[AgeGapRomance married a man much younger than he was]], and his adoptive daughter was [[BabyBeMine stolen from her birth parents]]. He's a ''literal'' cradle-robber.]]
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*** While visiting Japan, Hikaru and Webcomic Kid try to convince their parents to buy the newest ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games, which are “not even out in America yet”. (Based on the fanfic’s TurnOfTheMillennium setting and Hikaru’s video game console resembling a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, the games in question are most likely ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' or ''VideoGame/PokemonHeartGoldAndSoulSilver''.) Their parents refuse, but as a compromise, Kumiko tells them that there are plenty of stores selling Pokémon toys… and points to a ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' toy.
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* KillTheParentRaiseTheChild: In "A Trip Down Memory Lane", [[spoiler:it’s revealed that, instead of adopting a child through legal means, [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Mr. Burns]] ordered a hitman to kill a couple from [[SmallTownRivalry Shelbyville]] and steal their baby for him to raise as his own. This is how he acquired his adoptive daughter Anastasia. He’s kept this fact a secret from everyone except for his husband Waylon.]]
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** While its appearance is never described in the text, [[AllThereInTheManual FlamingMercury5's artwork]] depicts Hikaru's gaming console as a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS look-alike. Because the DS was a gaming console that [=FlamingMercury5=] owned and constantly played when ''she'' was in elementary school, this is likely a case of WriteWhatYouKnow.
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->'''Waylon:''' Sir, we've been married for eight years. You don't have to call me by my bachelor name.
->'''Mr. Burns:''' My apologies, Waylon. Old habits die hard.
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* ArtifactTitle: The Simpson family barely shows up in this fic. Maggie is a recurring secondary character, and gets [[ADayInTheLimelight a spotlight episode]] in "The Rumble on the Jungle Gym", but the other Simpsons are relegated to only occasional appearances. So the use of "The Simpsons" in the title only serves to connect it back to the franchise.
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* ArtifactTitle: The Simpson family barely shows up in this fic. Maggie is a recurring secondary character, and gets [[ADayInTheLimelight a spotlight episode]] in "The Rumble on the Jungle Gym", but the other Simpsons are relegated to only occasional appearances. So the use of "The Simpsons" in the title only serves to connect it back to the franchise.TV series.
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* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: At one point in "My Beloved Grandsmother", Agnes bemoans how her husband Sheldon [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E22 didn’t deserve to die in a parade float accident]], and that Mr. Burns (who was also on the float) should have died instead. [[ImStandingRightHere In front of Mr. Burns’ daughter.]]
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** “Carol of the Burns”:
*** The title is a reference to the famous Christmas carol “Carol of the Bells”, (the song that spawned the ChaosOfTheBells trope).
*** When the Burns family makes a GingerbreadHouse for the holidays, Mr. Burns makes a little “witch” out of candy and toothpicks and places her by the door, saying “[[Literature/HanselAndGretel You can’t have a gingerbread house without a cannibalistic witch who’s using it to lure in children for her to eat]].”
*** When Anastasia is singing Christmas carols, Larry asks if she could sing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Got_Run_Over_by_a_Reindeer “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer”]].
*** Speaking of that scene, Waylon asks if he can sing a Christmas carol after her… and he sings [[Music/EarthaKitt “Santa Baby”]].
*** Simon gives Anastasia a copy of ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility'' as a Christmas gift.
*** When the Krustofsky family goes bowling, Krusty walks on his tiptoes before rolling the ball down the lane, just like [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]]. When he ends up getting a gutter ball, he says "Damn. I thought that would work like it does on TV."
*** Waylon reads an adaptation of ''Literature/TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing'' to Anastasia as a bedtime story.
*** The title is a reference to the famous Christmas carol “Carol of the Bells”, (the song that spawned the ChaosOfTheBells trope).
*** When the Burns family makes a GingerbreadHouse for the holidays, Mr. Burns makes a little “witch” out of candy and toothpicks and places her by the door, saying “[[Literature/HanselAndGretel You can’t have a gingerbread house without a cannibalistic witch who’s using it to lure in children for her to eat]].”
*** When Anastasia is singing Christmas carols, Larry asks if she could sing [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandma_Got_Run_Over_by_a_Reindeer “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer”]].
*** Speaking of that scene, Waylon asks if he can sing a Christmas carol after her… and he sings [[Music/EarthaKitt “Santa Baby”]].
*** Simon gives Anastasia a copy of ''Literature/SenseAndSensibility'' as a Christmas gift.
*** When the Krustofsky family goes bowling, Krusty walks on his tiptoes before rolling the ball down the lane, just like [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred Flintstone]]. When he ends up getting a gutter ball, he says "Damn. I thought that would work like it does on TV."
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** “Carol of the Burns” includes a potshot at most examples of the {{Phonymon}} trope (a PetPeeveTrope of [=FlamingMercury5=]’s, [[https://twitter.com/FlamingMercury5/status/1639007567316656128 as seen on her Twitter account]]). Simon watches a cartoon where Itchy and Scratchy play hockey, [[OutsideJoke but because Simon is a hockey player and knows so much about the sport, he just gets angry about the inaccuracies. He then remarks “This must be how Hikaru and his sister feel whenever a TV show does a parody of ''Franchise/{{Pokémon}}''.”
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** “Carol of the Burns” includes a potshot at most examples of the {{Phonymon}} trope (a PetPeeveTrope of [=FlamingMercury5=]’s, [[https://twitter.com/FlamingMercury5/status/1639007567316656128 as seen on her Twitter account]]). Simon watches a cartoon where Itchy and Scratchy play hockey, [[OutsideJoke but because Simon is a hockey player and knows so much about the sport, he just gets angry about the inaccuracies. inaccuracies]]. He then remarks “This must be how Hikaru and his sister feel whenever a TV show does a parody of ''Franchise/{{Pokémon}}''.''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.”
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Discussed in “Carol of the Burns”. Simon watches an ''Itchy and AdaptationalJobChange: In the video game ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartSimpsonsEscapeFromCampDeadly'', CanonForeigner Ironfist Burns is the nephew of C. Montgomery Burns and the head counselor at the titular Camp Deadly. Because the ending of the game involves Camp Deadly closing down for good, [=FlamingMercury5=] had to come up with a new job for him for his appearance in “Carol of the Burns”. So, going off of his DrillSergeantNasty vibes in the source material, she made him a drill sergeant for the U.S. Army. Scratchy'' cartoon called “Cat Trick”, where Itchy and Scratchy are opposing hockey players. Itchy kills Scratchy by using his ice skates to slice him into a bunch of pieces. Simon remarks that the cartoon is extremely inaccurate because ice skates on their own are not nearly sharp enough to cut through bone.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Discussed in “Carol of the Burns”. Simon watches an ''Itchy and AdaptationalJobChange: In the video game ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartSimpsonsEscapeFromCampDeadly'', CanonForeigner Ironfist Burns is the nephew of C. Montgomery Burns and the head counselor at the titular Camp Deadly. Because the ending of the game involves Camp Deadly closing down for good, [=FlamingMercury5=] had to come up with a new job for him for his appearance in “Carol of the Burns”. So, going off of his DrillSergeantNasty vibes in the source material, she made him a drill sergeant for the U.S. Army. Scratchy'' cartoon called “Cat Trick”, where Itchy and Scratchy are opposing hockey players. Itchy kills Scratchy by using his ice skates to slice him into a bunch of pieces. Simon remarks that the cartoon is extremely inaccurate because ice skates on their own are not nearly sharp enough to cut through bone.
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* AdoptionDiss: Several members of the Burns family, embittered over being passed over in Mr. Burns’ inheritance in favor of [[HappilyAdopted Anastasia]], mock and insult her for being adopted. Particular things they lay into her for are looking nothing like the rest of the Burns family and her birth family being unknown lower- or middle-class people rather than an OldMoney family.
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* ClashingCousins: Anastasia’s cousins (Edwin, Marie, and [[VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartSimpsonsEscapeFromCampDeadly Ironfist]]) absolutely hate her, especially once they learned that she’d receive the lion’s share of Mr. Burns’ fortune when he died while [[SpitefulWill they wouldn’t get a cent from him]]. In “Carol of the Burns”, when they come over to spend Christmas with her, they continuously [[AdoptionDiss insult her for not being biologically related to them]] and for being [[JustAKid too young and inexperienced]], making her feel insecure about herself. The episode also indicates that they hate ''each other'' as well.
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* CommonalityConnection: In “Carol of the Burns”, Anastasia and [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E4BurnsBabyBurns Larry]] bond over the fact that they’re both considered “[[NoTrueScotsman not really members of the Burns family]]” by the family’s more snobbish members (due to Larry being [[BastardAngst illegitimate]] and [[PennyAmongDiamonds raised in a lower-class environment]], and Anastasia being [[AdoptionDiss adopted]] and [[RagsToRiches born into a lower-class environment]]).
* CompetitionFreak: A CompressedVice of Liv’s, as shown in “Carol of the Burns”. During Hanukkah, since it’s too cold to play most sports outside but not snowy enough to have snowball fights, Liv redirects her competitive energy towards playing dreidel with her cousins once-removed. She gets [[SeriousBusiness so intense about it]] and so addicted to the rush of the game that she intimidates Jake and Noah, exhausts her aunt Miriam’s supply of chocolate coins, and resorts to [[GamblingRuinsLives using her own allowance money to play]].
* CompetitionFreak: A CompressedVice of Liv’s, as shown in “Carol of the Burns”. During Hanukkah, since it’s too cold to play most sports outside but not snowy enough to have snowball fights, Liv redirects her competitive energy towards playing dreidel with her cousins once-removed. She gets [[SeriousBusiness so intense about it]] and so addicted to the rush of the game that she intimidates Jake and Noah, exhausts her aunt Miriam’s supply of chocolate coins, and resorts to [[GamblingRuinsLives using her own allowance money to play]].
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* CrappyHolidays: Downplayed. In “Carol of the Burns”, Anastasia enjoys Christmas greatly, until Mr. Burns’ [[BigScrewedUpFamily extended family]] comes over to spend the holidays with her. Because they’re so mean to her, they make her Christmas unpleasant, until Mr. Burns has enough of them and drives them out of Burns Manor. With them out of the way, the Burns family is able to have a merry Christmas.
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* DamnedByFaintPraise: In “Carol of the Burns”, after [[ExitPursuedByABear driving most of the relatives he invited over out of the house by releasing the hounds on them]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E4BurnsBabyBurns Larry Burns]] is the only one of his guests left, and Mr. Burns lets him stay because he’s “less bothersome” than the others.
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* DinnerAndAShow: In “Carol of the Burns”, the Burns family has an argument during afternoon tea over who “should have” received the largest share of Mr. Burns’ inheritance. Mr. Burns steps in to quell the argument just as it’s coming to a boil… [[OutOfTheFryingPan only to suggest they talk about politics instead.]]
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* DreamingOfAWhiteChristmas: Zig-zagged in “Carol of the Burns”. When the students are going home for winter break, it’s snowing lightly. Then, for much of winter break, it doesn’t snow… until a few days before Christmas, when it snows heavily.
* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: In “Carol of the Burns”, Mr. Burns shows his family members a photo of a five-year-old Anastasia screaming as a bird lands on her head, solely because he finds that picture funny. Anastasia, however, finds the picture embarrassing.
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* ExitPursuedByABear: Anastasia’s {{Jerkass}} relatives in “Carol of the Burns” are chased away by [[RightHandAttackDog the hounds]] at the end of the episode.
* FailuresOnIce: When the Burns family (including [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E4BurnsBabyBurns Larry Burns]], who’s staying with them for the holidays) goes ice skating in “Carol of the Burns”, Larry is described as “struggling to keep himself balanced on the ice”.
* FailuresOnIce: When the Burns family (including [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E4BurnsBabyBurns Larry Burns]], who’s staying with them for the holidays) goes ice skating in “Carol of the Burns”, Larry is described as “struggling to keep himself balanced on the ice”.
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* HappyHolidaysDress: Anastasia wears one in “Carol of the Burns”. It’s described as a green Victorian-style dress, and she wears it either with a red poinsettia flower in her hair (indoors) or with a red bonnet and a red fur-lined cloak (outdoors).
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* IronicEchoCut: In “Carol of the Burns”, at one point Liv says “This day is just getting better and better!”. It then cuts to Anastasia complaining that “This day is just getting worse and worse.”
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* LadiesAndGerms: In “Carol of the Burns”, when having dinner with his family, Mr. Burns addresses them as “ladies, gentlemen, and hounds wandering around the table looking for fallen scraps”.
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* MeaningfulEcho: In “Carol of the Burns”, Liv’s cousins once-removed, Jake and Noah, see her wearing Heelys indoors (which her mom specifically told her not to do) and point it out, to which Liv responds “SHHHHH! She doesn’t have to know.” Later on, when Liv tells Krusty that her CompetitionFreak side came out while playing dreidel because it was too cold for her to play sports and not snowy enough for a snowball fight, Krusty suggests he teach her how to play pool, but Liv reminds him that her mom had [[GoToYourRoom sent her to her room and told her not to come out until she said so]]. Krusty then says “Shhhh. She doesn’t have to know.”
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* MistakenForServant: Happens twice in the episode “Carol of the Burns”. First, Edwin Burns arrives at his uncle Montgomery’s manor for the first time in nine years, and as he’s never met Anastasia before, he walks past her and says “My, that’s an awfully small domestic servant you have.” Later on, Mr. Burns’ younger brother Zeph arrives, and his wife Florence (who is a bit of a ScatterbrainedSenior) asks Waylon “Are you the butler?”
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* MyNewGiftIsLame: In “Carol of the Burns”, Liv only gets boring gifts on the first few days of Hanukkah, like a [[HomemadeSweaterFromHell knit sweater that’s too big for her]], a toothbrush, and a dictionary.
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* OddFriendship: Anastasia and her half-brother [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E4BurnsBabyBurns Larry]]. Despite their obvious differences in [[PracticallyDifferentGenerations age]], [[InterclassFriendship social class]], and [[SlobsVersusSnobs mannerisms]], the two of them seem to get along well in “Carol of the Burns”.
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** Surprisingly, ''Mr. Burns'' shows this quality in “Carol of the Burns”. After learning that they’ve been treating his daughter Anastasia like she’s not a “real” member of the family (due to her status as an adopted child), he [[RightHandAttackDog releases the hounds]] on them, [[ExitPursuedByABear driving them all out of his manor and back to their cars to leave.]]
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* PrettyInMink: In cold-weather situations, Anastasia often wears fur coats and other fur garments to indicate her wealth and [[TheFashionista sense of style]]. [[FurAndLoathing Of course, since she’s Mr. Burns’ daughter, she’s not above wearing fur clothes made from rare or endangered animals]]. Her panda-fur coat, introduced in “Carol of the Burns”, is a standout example.
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E7TisTheFifteenthSeason “Tis the Fifteenth Season”]], there’s no indication that Kathy from personnel is related to Mr. Burns; all we know is that they [[IdenticalStranger look incredibly similar]]. However, “Carol of the Burns” portrays her as Mr. Burns’ cousin.
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* SerenadeYourLover: At one point during “Carol of the Burns”, the Burns family gathers around the piano to sing Christmas carols. When it’s Waylon’s turn to sing, he turns towards [[HappilyMarried his beloved husband Monty]] and sings [[Music/EarthaKitt “Santa Baby”]].
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* TroubledFetalPosition: Liv curls up into one when her mom [[GoToYourRoom sends her to her room]] for bad behavior in “Carol of the Burns”.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: In the episode “Carol of the Burns”, after an onslaught of [[AdoptionDiss Adoption Disses]] from various members of the Burns family, Anastasia begins to feel insecure about her status as Mr. Burns’ heiress. She states that they’ve made her feel like she’s not really a member of the Burns family. [[PetTheDog In a rare moment of empathy for him]], Mr. Burns recognizes her distress and reminds her that she’s just as much of a member of the Burns family as anyone else. He mentions that adopting unrelated children as heirs [[UsefulNotes/{{Trajan}} dates all the way back to Ancient Rome]], that he adopted her because none of his relatives would be suitable successors and [[ClashingCousins would tear each other apart over his inheritance]], and that family isn’t about who you share genes with; [[NurtureOverNature it’s about who raised you and shaped you into the person you are today]]. This causes Anastasia to feel a lot better about herself and her place in the Burns family.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Discussed in “Carol of the Burns”. Simon watches an ''Itchy and AdaptationalJobChange: In the video game ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsBartSimpsonsEscapeFromCampDeadly'', CanonForeigner Ironfist Burns is the nephew of C. Montgomery Burns and the head counselor at the titular Camp Deadly. Because the ending of the game involves Camp Deadly closing down for good, [=FlamingMercury5=] had to come up with a new job for him for his appearance in “Carol of the Burns”. So, going off of his DrillSergeantNasty vibes in the source material, she made him a drill sergeant for the U.S. Army. Scratchy'' cartoon called “Cat Trick”, where Itchy and Scratchy are opposing hockey players. Itchy kills Scratchy by using his ice skates to slice him into a bunch of pieces. Simon remarks that the cartoon is extremely inaccurate because ice skates on their own are not nearly sharp enough to cut through bone.
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* AdaptationalExplanation: In the ''Simpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E11FlamingMoe "Flaming Moe"]], it's never explained why Calliope Juniper broke up with Seymour Skinner (in-universe, anyways; the [[WatsonianVsDoylist out-of-universe explanation]] is simply that StatusQuoIsGod). However, "A Trip Down Memory Lane" explains that she broke up with Skinner because he had a TeenyWeenie.
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* AdaptationalExplanation: In the ''Simpsons'' episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E11FlamingMoe "Flaming Moe"]], it's never explained why Calliope Juniper broke up with Seymour Skinner (in-universe, anyways; the [[WatsonianVsDoylist [[WatsonianVersusDoylist out-of-universe explanation]] is simply that StatusQuoIsGod). However, "A Trip Down Memory Lane" explains that she broke up with Skinner because he had a TeenyWeenie.
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* HiddenFirstActParallel: In "Getting Carded", Anastasia fails to qualify for the school Geography Bee because [[IstanbulNotConstantinople she referred to Thailand as "Siam"]]. During the actual Geography Bee, Simon, due to using Anastasia's outdated world atlas to study, gets ejected for similar reasons- referring to UsefulNotes/Zambia and UsefulNotes/Zimbabwe as "Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia".
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* HiddenFirstActParallel: In "Getting Carded", Anastasia fails to qualify for the school Geography Bee because [[IstanbulNotConstantinople she referred to Thailand as "Siam"]]. During the actual Geography Bee, Simon, due to using Anastasia's outdated world atlas to study, gets ejected for similar reasons- referring to UsefulNotes/Zambia UsefulNotes/{{Zambia}} and UsefulNotes/Zimbabwe UsefulNotes/{{Zimbabwe}} as "Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia".
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In "Getting Carded", a lot of the people that get ''Harutamon'' cards based on them don't end up being insulted for unauthorized use of their image; rather, they find them clever and cool. Of note is Seymour Skinner, who is initially insulted when he finds out Hikaru and Webcomic Kid are selling cards depicting Springfield residents as monsters, but when he sees the card based on himself ("See-More Spinneret"), he thinks it makes him look "stern and fearsome" and finds the PunnyName amusing.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In "Getting Carded", a lot of the people that get ''Harutamon'' cards based on them don't end up being insulted for unauthorized use of their image; rather, they find them clever and cool. Of note is Seymour Skinner, who is initially insulted when he finds out Hikaru and Webcomic Kid are selling cards depicting Springfield residents as monsters, but when he sees the card based on himself ("See-More Spinneret"), Skinneret"), he thinks it makes him look "stern and fearsome" and finds the PunnyName amusing.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In "Getting Carded", a lot of the people that get ''Harutamon'' cards based on them don't end up being insulted for unauthorized use of their image; rather, they find them clever and cool. Of note is Seymour Skinner, who is initially insulted when he finds out Hikaru and Webcomic Kid are selling cards depicting Springfield residents as monsters, but when he sees the card based on himself ("See-More Spinneret"), he thinks it makes him look "stern and fearsome" and finds the PunnyName amusing.
* ArtisticLicenseEducation: A minor example, but one that the author herself points out. The B-plot in "Getting Carded" has Simon Skinner-Chalmers compete in the school's [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Geographic_Bee Geography Bee]]. While the Geography Bee was a real competition often held in American elementary schools in TheNineties, the TurnOfTheMillennium, and TheNewTens (which [=FlamingMercury5=] claims to have [[WriteWhatYouKnow won first place in]] when she was a child), it was open to students from 4th grade to 8th grade. Simon, a 2nd-grader, would be too young to qualify.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Hikaru and Webcomic Kid in "Getting Carded". The two of them team up to make a successful line of trading cards, with Hikaru coming up with the names and ideas and Webcomic Kid drawing the pictures.
* ComeBackToBedHoney: In "Getting Carded", Mayor Quimby becomes so angry over the ''Harutamon'' card depicting him that he almost storms out of the room while having a "sexy night" with Miss Springfield. She convinces him to stay with her so he can "blow off some steam", and he agrees, but warns her that "it'll be rough".
* TheDreadedPretendTeaParty: When Simon comes over to Anastasia's house to study in "Getting Carded", Anastasia forces him to sit through one of these before they can get any studying done.
* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Comic Book Guy ends up spending most of the money he and his children earned from the ''Harutamon'' cards on the services of Elsie Hutz, a lawyer who charges her clients very high prices.
* FrivolousLawsuit: In "Getting Carded", Mayor Quimby, Chief Wiggum, and Helen Lovejoy sue Hikaru and Webcomic Kid because they find the ''Harutamon'' cards based on them to be too offensive.
* FrivolousLawsuit: In "Getting Carded", Mayor Quimby, Chief Wiggum, and Helen Lovejoy sue Hikaru and Webcomic Kid because they find the ''Harutamon'' cards based on them to be too offensive.
* HelloAttorney: Elsie Hutz, the lawyer the Albertsons get help from in "Getting Carded", is described as a beautiful and fashionably-dressed woman with [[BuxomBeautyStandard big boobs]]. In fact, the first thing she asks her clients is "Do you think I look pretty?". However, it's also revealed that her vanity is the reason why [[{{Greed}} she charges such high prices for her clients]], as she spends most of it on fancy clothes, makeup, and [[PlasticBitch plastic surgery]].
* HiddenFirstActParallel: In "Getting Carded", Anastasia fails to qualify for the school Geography Bee because [[IstanbulNotConstantinople she referred to Thailand as "Siam"]]. During the actual Geography Bee, Simon, due to using Anastasia's outdated world atlas to study, gets ejected for similar reasons- referring to UsefulNotes/Zambia and UsefulNotes/Zimbabwe as "Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia".
* HiddenFirstActParallel: In "Getting Carded", Anastasia fails to qualify for the school Geography Bee because [[IstanbulNotConstantinople she referred to Thailand as "Siam"]]. During the actual Geography Bee, Simon, due to using Anastasia's outdated world atlas to study, gets ejected for similar reasons- referring to UsefulNotes/Zambia and UsefulNotes/Zimbabwe as "Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia".
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: "Getting Carded" shows that Anastasia still refers to Thailand as "Siam", and because Simon uses an old atlas owned by her father Mr. Burns to study for the Geography Bee, Simon ends up obliviously referring to Zambia and Zimbabwe as "Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia".
* LadyInRed: When Anastasia shows up for her "date" (actually just a study session) with Simon in "Getting Carded", she's wearing a red dress. Simon even admits that the color red looks good on her.
* LiteralMinded: A variant in "Getting Carded". Due to a misunderstanding of what the phrase "it's a date" means, Anastasia assumes that Simon's taking her on a date. So she shows up to Simon's house dressed in a formal outfit and wearing perfume, even though Simon just invited her to his house to study.
* LittleNo: The last line in "Getting Carded" is this. After Apu and some of his octuplets manage to cheer up Webcomic Kid with anecdotes about how much the ''Harutamon'' cards she and Hikaru made affected people, Hikaru then asks, because their cards have touched Apu and many others, if he can get a Squishee for free. Apu replies with "''No.''"
* LittleNo: The last line in "Getting Carded" is this. After Apu and some of his octuplets manage to cheer up Webcomic Kid with anecdotes about how much the ''Harutamon'' cards she and Hikaru made affected people, Hikaru then asks, because their cards have touched Apu and many others, if he can get a Squishee for free. Apu replies with "''No.''"
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* MythicalMotifs: Ling Bouvier is associated with dragons; not only because she's from [[LandOfDragons China]], but because she wears a scale-patterned top, has a single pearl on her choker (many Eastern dragons have a round jewel on their neck), and is constantly breathing smoke (i.e. [[SmokingIsNotCool vaping]]). In "Getting Carded", Hikaru and Webcomic Kid even make a trading card depicting her as a Chinese dragon.
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* MythicalMotifs: MythicalMotifs:
** Ling Bouvier is associated with dragons; not only because she's from [[LandOfDragons China]], but because she wears a scale-patterned top, has a single pearl on her choker (many Eastern dragons have a round jewel on their neck), and is constantly breathing smoke (i.e. [[SmokingIsNotCool vaping]]). In "Getting Carded", Hikaru and Webcomic Kid even make a trading card depicting her as a Chinesedragon.dragon.
** In "Getting Carded", we see Mr. Burns has a painting of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the Greek god Hades]] in his study, and Anastasia mentions it's because Hades reminds Mr. Burns of himself; he's [[TheAlmightyDollar the god of wealth]], is an authority figure, is guarded by [[{{Hellhound}} vicious dogs]], is very HappilyMarried to his [[AgeGapRomance much younger spouse]], and is [[EverybodyHatesHades commonly viewed as terrifying]].
** Ling Bouvier is associated with dragons; not only because she's from [[LandOfDragons China]], but because she wears a scale-patterned top, has a single pearl on her choker (many Eastern dragons have a round jewel on their neck), and is constantly breathing smoke (i.e. [[SmokingIsNotCool vaping]]). In "Getting Carded", Hikaru and Webcomic Kid even make a trading card depicting her as a Chinese
** In "Getting Carded", we see Mr. Burns has a painting of [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the Greek god Hades]] in his study, and Anastasia mentions it's because Hades reminds Mr. Burns of himself; he's [[TheAlmightyDollar the god of wealth]], is an authority figure, is guarded by [[{{Hellhound}} vicious dogs]], is very HappilyMarried to his [[AgeGapRomance much younger spouse]], and is [[EverybodyHatesHades commonly viewed as terrifying]].
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* PlasticBitch: In "Getting Carded", [[HelloAttorney Elsie Hutz]] mentions that she charges high prices for her clients so she can spend the extra money on plastic surgery.
-->''Do you even know how much this boob job cost?''
-->''Do you even know how much this boob job cost?''
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** "Getting Carded":
*** The [[CouchGag to-do list gag]] for this episode is "Convince Liv that Creator/JRRTolkien's real name is "Jolkien Rolkien Rolkien Tolkien".
*** The main plot of the episode is kicked off by Hikaru watching ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''.
*** Webcomic Kid is described as having a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''-themed bedroom.
*** When Hikaru goes to ask his sister if she can make art for his set of trading cards, she says "Go away! I'm reading ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge''."
*** Elsie Hutz's law firm is called "Legally Brunette", a reference to the movie ''Film/LegallyBlonde''.
*** Webcomic Kid compares Elsie Hutz's outfit- which is primarily teal and black with red accents- to something [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Terezi Pyrope]] would wear.
*** The [[CouchGag to-do list gag]] for this episode is "Convince Liv that Creator/JRRTolkien's real name is "Jolkien Rolkien Rolkien Tolkien".
*** The main plot of the episode is kicked off by Hikaru watching ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''.
*** Webcomic Kid is described as having a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''-themed bedroom.
*** When Hikaru goes to ask his sister if she can make art for his set of trading cards, she says "Go away! I'm reading ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge''."
*** Elsie Hutz's law firm is called "Legally Brunette", a reference to the movie ''Film/LegallyBlonde''.
*** Webcomic Kid compares Elsie Hutz's outfit- which is primarily teal and black with red accents- to something [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Terezi Pyrope]] would wear.
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* SolomonDivorce: Apparently, Otto had two kids with his ex-wife Ashley, [[ThemeTwinNaming Axl and Rose]], but when they divorced, each of them got custody of one kid.
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* SuperiorSuccessor: Elsie Hutz is Lionel Hutz's niece, and [[FollowingInRelativesFootsteps is an attorney just like he was.]] She's also established as being ''much'' better at her job than her incompetent AmoralAttorney of an uncle. However, while she's not nearly as slimy as Lionel is, she ''is'' [[OnlyInItForTheMoney very greedy]], and charges very high prices for her services [[VanityIsFeminine so she can spend it on beauty products and plastic surgery]].
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* ThemeTwinNaming: "Getting Carded" reveals that Axl has a twin sister named Rose (whom [[RunningGag ASHLEY]] [[DivorceAssetsConflict took in the divorce]]). Their names are obviously a reference to Axl Rose, the lead singer of Music/GunsNRoses.
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** Anastasia, like her father Mr. Burns, is associated with birds, especially [[VileVulture vultures]]. She's commonly seen wearing FluffyFashionFeathers, owns two pet parrots, is a very good singer (birds being commonly associated with singing), writes her diary entries with a black feather pen, dresses up like a swan in "A Trip Down Memory Lane", and is generally portrayed as agile and prone to leaps and aerial moves.
** Simon is associated with [[PantheraAwesome pumas]], the mascot of Springfield Elementary, as well as felines more broadly. Not only is he a [[KindheartedCatLover cat owner]], his personality is very similar to how pumas are often portrayed: solitary, [[CatsAreSuperior haughty]], stoic, secretive, and skilled at catching and taking down their prey (in Simon’s case, [[YellowSashOfPower anyone who’s breaking the school rules]]). In addition, in “Worst. Camping Trip. Ever.”, he’s shown to be really good at climbing mountains, and Reverend Lovejoy straight-up compares him to a puma. Also, much like a cat, he [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead loves being petted]].
** Simon is associated with [[PantheraAwesome pumas]], the mascot of Springfield Elementary, as well as felines more broadly. Not only is he a [[KindheartedCatLover cat owner]], his personality is very similar to how pumas are often portrayed: solitary, [[CatsAreSuperior haughty]], stoic, secretive, and skilled at catching and taking down their prey (in Simon’s case, [[YellowSashOfPower anyone who’s breaking the school rules]]). In addition, in “Worst. Camping Trip. Ever.”, he’s shown to be really good at climbing mountains, and Reverend Lovejoy straight-up compares him to a puma. Also, much like a cat, he [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead loves being petted]].
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** Anastasia, like her father Mr. Burns, is associated with birds, especially [[VileVulture vultures]]. She's commonly seen wearing FluffyFashionFeathers, owns two pet parrots, is a very good singer (birds being commonly associated with singing), writes her diary entries with a black feather pen, dresses up like a swan in "A Trip Down Memory Lane", and is generally portrayed as agile and prone to leaps and aerial moves.
moves. The [[CouchGag desk gag]] in "Getting Carded", which depicts Team L.A.S.H. as animals in a zoo, depicts her as a vulture.
** Simon is associated with [[PantheraAwesome pumas]], the mascot of Springfield Elementary, as well as felines more broadly. Not only is he a [[KindheartedCatLover cat owner]], his personality is very similar to how pumas are often portrayed: solitary, [[CatsAreSuperior haughty]], stoic, secretive, and skilled at catching and taking down their prey (in Simon’s case, [[YellowSashOfPower anyone who’s breaking the school rules]]). In addition, in “Worst. Camping Trip. Ever.”, he’s shown to be really good at climbing mountains, and Reverend Lovejoy straight-up compares him to a puma; and in "Getting Carded"'s [[CouchGag desk gag]], he's depicted as a puma. Also, much like a cat, he [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead loves being petted]].
** Simon is associated with [[PantheraAwesome pumas]], the mascot of Springfield Elementary, as well as felines more broadly. Not only is he a [[KindheartedCatLover cat owner]], his personality is very similar to how pumas are often portrayed: solitary, [[CatsAreSuperior haughty]], stoic, secretive, and skilled at catching and taking down their prey (in Simon’s case, [[YellowSashOfPower anyone who’s breaking the school rules]]). In addition, in “Worst. Camping Trip. Ever.”, he’s shown to be really good at climbing mountains, and Reverend Lovejoy straight-up compares him to a puma; and in "Getting Carded"'s [[CouchGag desk gag]], he's depicted as a puma. Also, much like a cat, he [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead loves being petted]].
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* MythicalMotifs: Ling Bouvier is associated with dragons; not only because she's from [[LandOfDragons China]], but because she wears a scale-patterned top, has a single pearl on her choker (many Eastern dragons have a round jewel on their neck), and is constantly breathing smoke (i.e. [[SmokingIsNotCool vaping]]).
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* MythicalMotifs: Ling Bouvier is associated with dragons; not only because she's from [[LandOfDragons China]], but because she wears a scale-patterned top, has a single pearl on her choker (many Eastern dragons have a round jewel on their neck), and is constantly breathing smoke (i.e. [[SmokingIsNotCool vaping]]). In "Getting Carded", Hikaru and Webcomic Kid even make a trading card depicting her as a Chinese dragon.
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*** The [[CouchGag desk gag]] has the four of them do the famous "Dance of the Little Swans" from ''Theatre/SwanLake''.
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* MasqueradeBall: Anastasia holds one for her eighth birthday in "A Trip Down Memory Lane". In addition to the classic elaborate European-style outfits you'd expect from such an event (like Anastasia's [[SwansASwimming swan costume]] and Krusty's CourtJester-inspired getup), some guests wear BoringButPractical formal wear (like Simon, who wears a [[SharpDressedMan suit and tie]] with a DominoMask), Kumiko and Hikaru wear kimonos and Japanese-style mask, and Comic Book Guy just wears a ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} cosplay.
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* MasqueradeBall: Anastasia holds one for her eighth birthday in "A Trip Down Memory Lane". In addition to the classic elaborate European-style outfits you'd expect from such an event (like Anastasia's [[SwansASwimming swan costume]] and Krusty's CourtJester-inspired getup), some guests wear BoringButPractical formal wear (like Simon, who wears a [[SharpDressedMan suit and tie]] with a DominoMask), Kumiko and Hikaru wear kimonos and Japanese-style mask, masks, and Comic Book Guy just wears a ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} cosplay.
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Team Lash is set in the 2000s, so it’s not so much "two decades behind" as it is "historically accurate".
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** While its appearance is never described in the text, [[AllThereInTheManual FlamingMercury5's artwork]] depicts Hikaru's gaming console as a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS look-alike. Because the DS was a gaming console that [=FlamingMercury5=] owned and constantly played when ''she'' was in elementary school, this is likely a case of WriteWhatYouKnow with a dash of TwoDecadesBehind.
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** While its appearance is never described in the text, [[AllThereInTheManual FlamingMercury5's artwork]] depicts Hikaru's gaming console as a UsefulNotes/NintendoDS look-alike. Because the DS was a gaming console that [=FlamingMercury5=] owned and constantly played when ''she'' was in elementary school, this is likely a case of WriteWhatYouKnow with a dash of TwoDecadesBehind.WriteWhatYouKnow.
