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* WrittenByCastmember: Invoked; Marge mentioned that Homer writes the Sunday ''Simpsons'' comic strip.

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* WrittenByCastmember: Invoked; In-universe; Marge mentioned mentions that Homer writes the Sunday ''Simpsons'' comic strip.
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* ComicBooksAreReal: A rare non-Superhero example. Back in episode 21 of Season 2, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E21ThreeMenAndAComicBook Three Men and a Comic Book]]", Richie Rich was mentioned as a comic book character. Here, he's a real actor who becomes TheOtherDarrin (in-universe) for Bart while the real Bart is in rehab.
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** "Simpsons Christmas Boogie" is a jab at "Taking Care Of Christmas", a hastily-written Christmas-themed version of [[Music/TheGuessWho Randy Bachman's]] earlier hit "Taking Care of Business'.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: In the very cheaply-produced "My Funny Family" pilot, Homer's catchphrase is an exaggerated "Mamma-mia!" in place of his signature "D'oh!"


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* CharacterCatchphrase: In the very cheaply-produced "My Funny Family" pilot, Homer's catchphrase is an exaggerated "Mamma-mia!" in place of his signature "D'oh!"

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* AwardCategoryFraud: "Simpsons Christmas Boogie" somehow manages to win the "Best Hardcore Thrash Metal" award, much to the disgust of Music/OzzyOsbourne.

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* AwardCategoryFraud: "Simpsons Christmas Boogie" somehow manages to win the "Best Hardcore Thrash Metal" award, much to the disgust of Music/OzzyOsbourne. %%InUniverse


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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: The entire episode's format is a parody of ''Behind the Music'', and it takes a sledgehammer to the fourth wall in the process.
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* AwardCategoryFraud: "Simpsons Christmas Boogie" somehow manages to win the "Best Hardcore Thrash Metal" award, much to the disgust of Music/OzzyOsbourne.


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* SpecialEditionTitle: Oddly, averted. Despite the documentary pretense seemingly calling for it, and the ShowWithinAShow having its own intro sequence, the episode still plays out the standard intro in full.

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* AsHimself: Music/WillieNelson.

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* AscendedMeme: There's a joke about ''WesternAnimation/HuckleberryHound'' being gay but not able to tell anyone. The ''ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond'' comic, ''ComicBook/ExitStageLeftTheSnagglepussChronicles'' had the blind being closet gay.
* AsHimself: Music/WillieNelson.Music/WillieNelson does his own face.
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* DocumentaryEpisode: This episode is presented as a ''Behind the Music''-style mockumentary.

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* DocumentaryEpisode: This episode is presented as a ''Behind the Music''-style mockumentary.{{mockumentary}}.
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* CelebrityParadox: Lisa says Creator/MerylStreep spit on honor during an Oscars ceremony. Streep had played Jessica Lovejoy in Season 6's "Bart's Girlfriend".

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* CelebrityParadox: Lisa says Creator/MerylStreep spit on honor her during an Oscars ceremony. Streep had played Jessica Lovejoy in Season 6's "Bart's Girlfriend".
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* CelebrityParadox: Lisa says Creator/MerylStreep spit on honor during an Oscars ceremony. Streep had played Jessica Lovejoy in Season 6's "Bart's Girlfriend".
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* AsYouKnow: Parodied in the ''Rent 2: Condo Fever'' scene, where the first line is one character saying to a friend, "As a young female artist, I really love living in this East Village loft."

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