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-->'''Steve:''' What the hell is in that sauce?
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ItalianAmericanCaricature: Francine decides to buy jarred pasta sauce for her spaghetti. The sauce is so good, that the family gradually develops Italian-American mannerisms like Francine sticking to the kitchen and making a big pot of sauce, Stan and Klaus listening to old Italian records with the living room redecorated with Roman Catholic icons, and Hayley and Jeff turning into a bickering couple. Steve in particular has a flashback to life as an Italian-American immigrant youth who ultimately saw his best friend Snot get blown up in a [[ExternalCombustion car bombing]].

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* ItalianAmericanCaricature: Francine decides to buy jarred pasta sauce for her spaghetti. The sauce is so good, that the family gradually develops Italian-American mannerisms like Francine sticking to the kitchen and making a big pot of sauce, Stan and Klaus listening to old Italian records with the living room redecorated with Roman Catholic icons, and Hayley and Jeff turning into a bickering couple. Steve in particular has a flashback to life as an Italian-American immigrant youth who ultimately saw his best friend Snot get blown up in a [[ExternalCombustion car bombing]].
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ItalianAmericanCaricature: Francine decides to buy jarred pasta sauce for her spaghetti. The sauce is so good, that the family gradually develops Italian-American mannerisms like Francine sticking to the kitchen and making a big pot of sauce, Stan and Klaus listening to old Italian records with the living room redecorated with Roman Catholic icons, and Hayley and Jeff turning into a bickering couple. Steve in particular has a flashback to life as an Italian-American immigrant youth who ultimately saw his best friend Snot get blown up in a [[ExternalCombustion car bombing]].
-->'''Steve:''' What the ''hell'' was in that sauce?

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* NegativeContinuity: Despite them becoming Italian in this episode after trying the tomato sauce, the Smiths are back to their American mannerisms by the next episode [[SnapBack without any explanation]].



* SlapSlapKiss: Hayley does this with Jeff after trying the tomato sauce.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Despite them becoming Italian in this episode after trying the tomato sauce, the Smiths are back to their American mannerisms by the next episode [[SnapBack without any explanation]].

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* SlapSlapKiss: Hayley does this with Jeff after trying the tomato sauce.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Despite them becoming Italian in this episode after trying the tomato sauce, the Smiths are back to their American mannerisms by the next episode [[SnapBack without any explanation]].
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* SlapSlapKiss: Hayley does this with Jeff after trying the tomato sauce.

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* SlapSlapKiss: Hayley does this with Jeff after trying the tomato sauce.sauce.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Despite them becoming Italian in this episode after trying the tomato sauce, the Smiths are back to their American mannerisms by the next episode [[SnapBack without any explanation]].
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* RiddleForTheAges: It's never explained what was in the sauce that was making the Smiths act like they were Italian immigrants.
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-->'''Steve:''' Wow! A common brown-breasted brown bird.
-->'''Roger:''' You think that's cool? Check your six. ''Two'' common brown-breasted brown birds.

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-->'''Steve:''' Wow! A common brown-breasted brown bird.brownbird.
-->'''Roger:''' You think that's cool? Check your six. ''Two'' common brown-breasted brown birds.brownbirds.

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-->'''Steve:''' A crow. And a blue jay! [[DisasterDominoes And a Russian spy satellite falling through the atmosphere! It struck a blimp!! THE BLIMP IS OUT OF CONTROL!!!]] ''[[DisasterDominoes THE BLIMP IS CAREENING TOWARDS THE POWER PLANT!!!]]''

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-->'''Steve:''' Wow! A common brown-breasted brown bird.
-->'''Roger:''' You think that's cool? Check your six. ''Two'' common brown-breasted brown birds.
-->'''Steve:''' And coming in slow from the east, eight more [=CBBBs=]! And a
crow. And a blue jay! [[DisasterDominoes And a Russian spy satellite falling through the atmosphere! It struck a blimp!! THE BLIMP IS OUT OF CONTROL!!!]] ''[[DisasterDominoes THE BLIMP IS CAREENING TOWARDS THE POWER PLANT!!!]]''

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* BystanderSyndrome: In the opening, Steve narrates observing a catastrophe in progress, but Roger reminds him that they're here to look at birds.
-->'''Steve:''' A crow. And a blue jay! [[DisasterDominoes And a Russian spy satellite falling through the atmosphere! It struck a blimp!! THE BLIMP IS OUT OF CONTROL!!!]] ''[[DisasterDominoes THE BLIMP IS CAREENING TOWARDS THE POWER PLANT!!!]]''
-->'''Roger:''' ''(impatiently taps his notebook)'' Birds, Steve.
-->'''Steve:''' A pigeon!
-->''(A massive explosion occurs off-camera while Steve and Roger remain oblivious)''



* SlapSlapKiss: Hayley does this with Jeff after trying the tomato sauce.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In the opening, Steve narrates observing a catastrophe in progress, but Roger reminds him that they're here to look at birds.
-->'''Steve:''' A crow. And a blue jay! And a Russian spy satellite falling through the atmosphere! It struck a blimp!! THE BLIMP IS OUT OF CONTROL!!! ''THE BLIMP IS CAREENING TOWARDS THE POWER PLANT!!!''
-->'''Roger:''' ''(impatiently taps his notebook)'' Birds, Steve.
-->'''Steve:''' A pigeon!
-->''(A massive explosion occurs off-camera while Steve and Roger remain oblivious)''

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* SlapSlapKiss: Hayley does this with Jeff after trying the tomato sauce. \n* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In the opening, Steve narrates observing a catastrophe in progress, but Roger reminds him that they're here to look at birds.\n-->'''Steve:''' A crow. And a blue jay! And a Russian spy satellite falling through the atmosphere! It struck a blimp!! THE BLIMP IS OUT OF CONTROL!!! ''THE BLIMP IS CAREENING TOWARDS THE POWER PLANT!!!''\n-->'''Roger:''' ''(impatiently taps his notebook)'' Birds, Steve. \n-->'''Steve:''' A pigeon!\n-->''(A massive explosion occurs off-camera while Steve and Roger remain oblivious)''

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* HypocriticalHumor: When Steve succumbs to the egg madness, Roger tries to talk him out of going for the century eagle's egg, only to see how close Steve is to the egg and proceeds to help him.


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* PetTheDog: Steve and Roger end up dropping the century eagle's egg, but the bird rescues it and allows the two to get a beautiful view of it in flight.
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* RambunctiousItalian: The Smiths becomes stereotypical Italians after eating the sauce, talking with their hands and getting angrier.
* SlapSlapKiss: Hayley does this with Jeff after trying the tomato sauce.
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Steve and Roger uncover a secret society dedicated to harvesting unhatched bird eggs. Meanwhile, the rest of the family become Italian after having zesty tomato sauce.
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* AnImmigrantsTale: When Steve is about to be killed by the Order, he has flashbacks to the Smiths coming to America as Italian immigrants and ultimately seeing Snot get blown up by a car bomb.
-->'''Steve:''' What the hell is in that sauce?
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In the opening, Steve narrates observing a catastrophe in progress, but Roger reminds him that they're here to look at birds.
-->'''Steve:''' A crow. And a blue jay! And a Russian spy satellite falling through the atmosphere! It struck a blimp!! THE BLIMP IS OUT OF CONTROL!!! ''THE BLIMP IS CAREENING TOWARDS THE POWER PLANT!!!''
-->'''Roger:''' ''(impatiently taps his notebook)'' Birds, Steve.
-->'''Steve:''' A pigeon!
-->''(A massive explosion occurs off-camera while Steve and Roger remain oblivious)''

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