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* LocationThemeNaming: The two MTV [=VJs=] at spring break are called Sepulveda and Cienega, named after streets in West Los Angeles, California.

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* AntiHumor: While in Palm Corners, the Simpsons stay at The Royal Fart Inn hotel. The young guests rearrange front sign to read "The Royal Frat Inn", instead. [[DontExplainTheJoke Most other writers would have set up the gag to be the other way around]].
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Simpsons hear the police bulletin about them that says "They're charged with gatorcide and defrauding an Amtrak snack bar.".



* InadvertentEntranceCue: A government inspector was about to give a passing score to Mr. Burns and the Nuclear Power Plant, [[TemptingFate saying "I can't find a single violation or employee acting strangely"]]. That's when Homer shows up, unhinged from his breakdown.



* SpecialGuest: Creator/DiedrichBader as the unnamed Sherriff.

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* SpecialGuest: Creator/DiedrichBader as the unnamed Sherriff.Sheriff.


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* YourTelevisionHatesYou: When Homer starts freaking out, he imagines Vincent Canby and Robert Evans both directly threatening him through the TV.
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** The evil warden with the mirrored sunglasses and a beef with Homer homages ''Film/CoolHandLuke''.
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* AsHimself: Charlie Rose, RobertEvans, Music/KidRock and the late Joe C.

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* AsHimself: Charlie Rose, RobertEvans, Robert Evans, Music/KidRock and the late Joe C.
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* AsHimself: Charlie Rose, Creator/RobertEvans, Music/KidRock and the late Joe C.

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* AsHimself: Charlie Rose, Creator/RobertEvans, RobertEvans, Music/KidRock and the late Joe C.
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* AsHimself: Music/KidRock and the late Joe C.

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* AsHimself: Charlie Rose, Creator/RobertEvans, Music/KidRock and the late Joe C.
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'''Original air date:''' 4/30/2000

'''Production code:''' BABF-16
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* DeusExMachina: The alligator being alive all along, allowing the Simpsons to go.

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* DeusExMachina: The alligator being alive all along, allowing the Simpsons to go. To the Nth degree in the episode as-aired, which cut the scene explaining how the "dead" alligator wound up at the hotel where the Simpsons are waiting tables at a soirée.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Subverted}} with the sheriff in Florida. He appears to be this at first when he hauls a drunk and disorderly Homer back to his hotel, chuckling that "boys will be boys." It turns out that he's paid to be reasonable during Spring Break: the rest of the time he's enough of an off-the-wall hardass to cuff Bart, Lisa and ''Maggie'' along with their parents and haul the whole family in for life imprisonment after their boat hits an alligator.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Subverted}} with the sheriff in Florida. He appears to be this at first when he hauls a drunk and disorderly Homer back to his hotel, chuckling that "boys will be boys." It turns out that he's paid to be reasonable during Spring Break: the rest of the time he's enough of an off-the-wall hardass to cuff Bart, Lisa and ''Maggie'' along with their parents and haul the whole family in for life imprisonment after their boat hits an alligator. alligator--notably [[FailedASpotCheck without checking to see if the creature in question is actually dead]].
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Subverted}} with the sheriff in Florida. He appears to be this at first when he hauls a drunk and disorderly Homer back to his hotel, chuckling that "boys will be boys." It turns out that he's paid to be reasonable during Spring Break: the rest of the time he's enough of an off-the-wall hardass to cuff Bart, Lisa and ''Maggie'' along with their parents and sentence the whole family to life imprisonment after their boat hits an alligator.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Subverted}} with the sheriff in Florida. He appears to be this at first when he hauls a drunk and disorderly Homer back to his hotel, chuckling that "boys will be boys." It turns out that he's paid to be reasonable during Spring Break: the rest of the time he's enough of an off-the-wall hardass to cuff Bart, Lisa and ''Maggie'' along with their parents and sentence haul the whole family to in for life imprisonment after their boat hits an alligator.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Subverted}} with the sheriff in Florida. He appears to be this at first when he hauls a drunk and disorderly Homer back to his hotel, chuckling that "boys will be boys." It turns out that he's paid to be reasonable during Spring Break: the rest of the time he's enough of a hardass to cuff Bart, Lisa and ''Maggie'' along with their parents when Homer's boat hits Captain Jack the alligator.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Subverted}} with the sheriff in Florida. He appears to be this at first when he hauls a drunk and disorderly Homer back to his hotel, chuckling that "boys will be boys." It turns out that he's paid to be reasonable during Spring Break: the rest of the time he's enough of a an off-the-wall hardass to cuff Bart, Lisa and ''Maggie'' along with their parents when Homer's and sentence the whole family to life imprisonment after their boat hits Captain Jack the an alligator.
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* RandomEventsPlot: Most of the episode deals with various obstacles the family encounter while running from the law after seemingly killing a valuable Florida alligator. They're only in Florida in the first place because Homer came down with a bad case of SanitySlippage due to MortalityPhobia after his death was predicted by a magazine quiz.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: {{Subverted}} with the sheriff in Florida. He appears to be this at first when he hauls a drunk and disorderly Homer back to his hotel, chuckling that "boys will be boys." It turns out that he's paid to be reasonable during Spring Break: the rest of the time he's enough of a hardass to cuff Bart, Lisa and ''Maggie'' along with their parents when Homer's boat hits Captain Jack the alligator.
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* BabyDollBaby: Spoofed with Homer as part of his SanitySlippage. His logic is that "[[InsaneTrollLogic a mother can't die, and I'm a mother]]," but he quickly appears to believe the doll is real.
-->'''Homer:''' Well, why isn't my baby gaining weight?!
-->'''Psychologist:''' Because it's made of plastic.
-->'''Homer:''' I see.

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