History Recap / TheSimpsonsS10E13HomerToTheMax

* ReTool: An InUniverse example with ShowWithinAShow ''Police Cops'' changing the character Homer Simpson from a Sonny Crocket-style super-cool cop to a Chris Farley-style fat EpicFail levels of bumbling idiot, which being so close to Homer's InUniverse RealLife persona, causes him a whole lot of grief.

%%* NamedLikeMyName: TropeNamer.%%ZCE

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Homer has his name changed to "Max Power" because it was the only one he spelled correctly. His other options were "Hercules Rockefeller", "Rembrandt Q. Einstein", and "Handsome B. Wonderful".

* {{Irony}}: Homer was all for saying that the character sharing his name on TV based on him.....right up until they actually ''do'' make him act like him.
** Mr. Burns actually remembers Max's name in this episode

* NamedLikeMyName: TropeNamer.
* NonIdleRich: The ''Police Cops'' version of Homer Simpson before being [[{{Retcon}} turned]] into a BumblingSidekick.

* UnfortunateNames: Homer has Marge's name changed to "Chestie Laroo" he says if shes not completely satisfied she can be [[AllMenArePerverts "Busty Saint Clare" or "Hootie McBoob"]]

* IAmNotSpock: Once the character is changed into a clown, people start treating Homer like he's the character.

* IResembleThatRemark: Homer's attempts to prove that he's nothing like (the new) Homer on Police Cops, only causes him to act ''more'' like hiom

* EpicFail: Homer's single-handed demolition of an entire forest (including the smashing of a patrol car and killing an eagle) when he tries to prevent the cops from macing him as a protestor against the forest's destruction. InUniverse, the ''Police Cops'' version of Homer mistakes a "guns-for-toys" exchange program for the reverse, and so he ends up giving away guns to criminals.

** At the environmental party, Homer refuses to talk to ''SNL'' producer and co-creator LorneMichaels, who was actually voiced by former ''SNL'' cast member Creator/HarryShearer.[[note]]who has gone on record in stating that he didn't like his time on ''SNL'' during the fifth season [and later, the tenth, under Dick Ebersol] and begged NBC to make him showrunner for season six so he can mold ''SNL'' into what he wanted it to be. When Shearer learned that NBC hired Jean Doumanian [a decision they would later regret], he left the show along with the remnants of the "Not Ready for Primetime" cast.[[/note]]

** The celebrities are alldedicated enviromentalists. This terrifies Homer, who ''onl' wanted the self entitled benefits of celebrity.

* {{Irony}}: Homer was all for saying that the character sharing his name on TV based on him.....right up until they actually ''do' make him act like him.

-->'''Trent Steele:''' You like Thai?
-->'''Homer/Max:''' Thai good, you like shirt?

* EpicFail: Homer's single-handed demolition of an entire forest (including the destruction of a patrol car and killing an eagle) when he tries to prevent the cops from macing him as a protestor against the forest's destruction. InUniverse, the ''Police Cops'' version of Homer mistakes a "guns-for-toys" exchange program for the reverse, and so he ends up giving away guns to criminals.

* DisasterDominoes: Homer cutting down his tree manages to knock down all the other trees in the forest and destroy a police car. To top it of his chain hits an eagle when he tosses it skyward.

** Marge mentions an unspecified time when a man named Anthony Michael Hall (who may or may not have been the former teen actor from the Brat Pack movies of the 1980s and a brief, yet notable stint as a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast member[[note]]At 17 years old, Anthony Michael Hall was the youngest white male cast member ever hired and the youngest overall[[/note]]) stole Homer's car stereo.

* DisasterDominoes: Homer cutting down his tree manages to knock down all the other trees in the Forrest and destroy a police car. To top it of his chain hits an eagle.

* AwesomeEgo: Ed Begley Jr rides a go-kart powered by his own sense of self-satisfaction.

* NoodleIncident: Marge mentions an unspecified time when a man named Anthony Michael Hall (who may or may not have been the former teen actor from the Brat Pack movies of the 1980s and a brief, yet notable stint as a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' cast member[[note]]At 17 years old, Anthony Michael Hall was the youngest white male cast member ever hired and the youngest overall[[/note]]) stole Homer's car stereo.

* SelfDeprecation: Lisa suggests that mid-season is just a dumping ground for shows that weren't good enough for the fall line-up. Guess [[Series/TheSimpsons what show]] premiered in December of 1989, well after the fall premieres.

* DisasterDominoes: Homer cutting down his tree manege's to knock down all the other trees in the Forrest and destroy a police car. To top it of his chain hits an eagle.