History Recap / TheSimpsonsS11E17BartToTheFuture

* FutureLoser: Bart is a broke moocher that wastes his time on FrivolousLawsuits, has an awful band that can't get a gig, and lives with ''Ralph Wiggum.''

In the second "look-into-the-future" episode, the Simpson family visits an Indian casino after their camping trip to Larval Lake gets canceled due to an insect infestation (that has eaten the comment book and stolen the park ranger's class ring -- followed by the skin, fat, and muscle off his hand), where Bart gets a vision of his future as a [=Devry=] Institute dropout looking to hit the big time as a musician, while Lisa is the first heterosexual female President of the United States, trying to get the country back on track after Donald Trump's disastrous stint as President.

* MagicalNativeAmerican: Double-subverted.

* ShoutOut: When Bart came out of Gabbo's box, Arthur Crandall assumed he wished fot it so much Gabbo ended up becoming [[Literature/{{Pinocchio}} a real boy]].

* {{Padding}}: Invoked when Bart asks the Indian why a vision from his own life included a B story about Homer and Marge searching for gold around the White House, the Indian replied, [[LampshadeHanging "I guess the spirits thought the main vision was a little thin."]]

* HilariousInHindsight: This episode didn’t slouch in predicting a [[Creator/DonaldTrump Trump presidency]] (in fairness, though, Donald Trump has tried to run for president since the late 1990s. It's just that the 2016 presidential race is the first time it actually caught on) -- or the possibility of having a woman for a U.S. President.
** Lenny's line, "Don't blame me. I voted for Chastity Bono," is either this, HarsherInHindsight, or [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece very dated]], considering that Chastity Bono got a sex change operation and goes by Chaz. On the other hand, it brings some FridgeBrilliance to Lisa's line about being the first heterosexual woman to be elected U.S. President, since it implies that Chastity Bono probably ran for president after she came out as a female-to-male transsexual.

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** Lenny's line, "Don't blame me. I voted for Chastity Bono," is either this, HarsherInHindsight, or [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece very dated]], considering that Chastity Bono got a sex change operation and goes by Chaz.

* HilariousInHindsight: This episode didn’t slouch in predicting a [[Creator/DonaldTrump Trump presidency]] (in fairness, though, Donald Trump has tried to run for president since the late 1990s. It's just that the 2016 presidential race is the first time he's come close to making that dream a reality).

* HilariousInHindsight: This episode didn’t slouch in predicting a [[Creator/DonaldTrump Trump presidency]].

** HilariousInHindsight: This episode didn’t slouch in predicting a [[Creator/DonaldTrump Trump presidency]].

In the second "look-into-the-future" episode (one ''Entertainment Weekly'' dubbed "The Worst Episode Ever"[[note]]though there are plenty more where that came from[[/note]]), the Simpson family visits an Indian casino after their camping trip to Larval Lake gets canceled due to an insect infestation (that has eaten the comment book and stolen the park ranger's class ring -- followed by the skin, fat, and muscle off his hand), where Bart gets a vision of his future as a [=Devry=] Institute dropout looking to hit the big time as a musician, while Lisa is the first heterosexual female President of the United States, trying to get the country back on track after Donald Trump's disastrous stint as President.

In the second "look-into-the-future" episode (one ''Entertainment Weekly'' dubbed "The Worst Episode Ever"), the Simpson family visits an Indian casino after their camping trip to Larval Lake gets canceled due to an insect infestation (that has eaten the comment book and stolen the park ranger's class ring -- followed by the skin, fat, and muscle off his hand), where Bart gets a vision of his future as a [=Devry=] Institute dropout looking to hit the big time as a musician, while Lisa is the first heterosexual female President of the United States, trying to get the country back on track after Donald Trump's disastrous stint as President.

* {{CallBack}}: Marge's gambling problem from "$pringfield, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling" and Arthur Crandall and his ventriloquist dummy, Gabbo, who once had their own kids' show on "Krusty Gets Kanceled"
* ShoutOut: When Bart came out of Gabbo's box, Arthur Crandall assumed he wished fot it so much Gabbo ended up becoming [[{{Pinocchio}} a real boy]].
* WillNotTellALie: When Lisa asked Bart what her future was like, he told her she'd have [[MathematiciansAnswer "some government job"]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Lisa becoming President and trying to fix the country after the previous administration ruined it (complete with a huge part of it being an astronomic national debt) is a lot like what BarackObama has been doing since 2008. The only difference is that BarackObama is the first African-American man to be President, while Lisa is the first straight female to be President.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Lisa becoming President and trying to fix the country after the previous administration ruined it is a lot like what BarackObama has been doing since 2008. The only difference is that BarackObama is the first African-American man to be President, while Lisa is the first straight female to be President.

* {{CallBack}}: Marge's gambling problem

* WillNotTellALie: When Lisa asked Bart what her future was like, he told her she'd have [[{{Understatement}} "some government job"]].

In the second "look-into-the-future" episode (one ''Entertainment Weekly'' dubbed "The Worst Episode Ever"), the Simpson family visits an Indian casino after their camping trip to Larval Lake gets canceled due to an insect infestation (that has eaten the comment book and stolen the park ranger's class ring -- followed by the skin, fat, and muscle off his hand), where Bart gets a vision of his future as a washed-up rock star, with Lisa as President of the United States.

In the second "look-into-the-future" episode (one ''Entertainment Weekly'' dubbed "The Worst Episode Ever"), the Simpson family visits an Indian casino after their camping trip to Larval Lake gets canceled due to an insect infestation (that has eaten the comment book and stolen the park ranger's class ring -- followed by the skin off his hand), where Bart gets a vision of his future as a washed-up rock star, with Lisa as President of the United States.

The family visits an Indian casino, where Bart gets a vision of his future as a washed-up rock star, with Lisa as President of the United States.