History Recap / TheSimpsonsS11E6HelloGutterHelloFadder

--->'''Moleman:''' There is no escape from the Fortress of the Moles!\\

* [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: Ron Howard, Penn & Teller.

** To entertain his daughter, Homer dresses as a [[Series/TheTeletubbies Teletubby]] named "Homie-Womey", which then morphs into a TakeThat towards the Rev. Jerry Falwell with him then declaring that he's [[RatedMForManly "all man" to clear up some things.]][[note]]Falwell had denounced the show and in particular the purple Teletubby, Tinky-Winky, who also carried a purse and, [[InsaneTrollLogic by extension, was declared gay and detrimental to parents and children.]][[/note]]

* ShoutOut: To entertain his daughter, Homer dresses as a [[Series/TheTeletubbies Teletubby]] named "Homie-Womey", which then morphs into a TakeThat towards the Rev. Jerry Falwell with him then declaring that he's [[RatedMForManly "all man" to clear up some things.]][[note]]Falwell had denounced the show and in particular the purple Teletubby, Tinky-Winky, who also carried a purse and, [[InsaneTrollLogic by extension, was declared gay and detrimental to parents and children.]][[/note]]

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Springfield's state was about to be revealed via the Krusty the Klown Show's mailing address. [[https://frinkiac.com/gif/S11E06/394360/394560/ Too bad breaking news had to interrupt.]]

* UnlimitedMusclePower: How Maggie, a baby, is able to rescue her notoriously heavy father.

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: At the bowling alley, Milhouse is being tortured by Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney by [[AmusingInjuries having his head stuck repeatedly in the bowl shine.]] He cries out to them that they're polishing bone, only for them to ignore him and keep doing it. In reality, if they had reached his bone, Milhouse would already be dead.

* CouchGag: A cement truck pours out concrete statues of the Simpson family. The top half of Homer’s statue quickly breaks off and falls to the floor.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Upon realizing Mr. Burns is behind him and saw him arriving late for work, Homer declares he doesn't get in trouble if he doesn't see Mr. Burns. Smithers believes the reasoning but Mr. Burns renders it moot by spinning Homer's chair.
* JerkassRealization: Homer realises that his relationship with Maggie has become strained over the course of them spending time together and comments that he didn't realise things had become so bad between them. After Maggie saves his life he promises that the two will spend a lot more time together from then on with the final shot of the episode being of the two bowling together.

* MidSuicideRegret: Homer jumps off a building (well, gets pushed off by the next would-be jumper in line behind him as he's giving too long of a FinalSpeech) and realizes during the fall that he doesn't want to die. Otto is bungee-jumping off the same building and handily saves his life in such a ContrivedCoincidence that Homer concludes God spared him for a reason .

* ParentalSubstitute: When Homer asks Bart if he's in need of "fatherly attention" he takes a pass, stating that he's used to seeking [[ParentalSubstitute father figures]] elsewhere, the latest apparently being ''[[BullyTurnedBuddy Nelson]] [[AdoptivePeerParent Muntz]].''

* AdoptivePeerParent: When Homer asks Bart if he's in need of "fatherly attention" he takes a pass, stating that he's used to seeking [[ParentalSubstitute father figures]] elsewhere, the latest apparently being ''[[BullyTurnedBuddy Nelson Muntz]].''
-->'''Nelson:''' ''(sitting in an armchair wearing a robe and smoking a pipe)'' If you tie a string around your finger real tight, you can make it turn purple!

* AdoptivePeerParent: When Homer attempts to bond with Bart he takes a pass, stating that he's used to seeking [[ParentalSubstitute father figures]] elsewhere, the latest apparently being ''[[BullyTurnedBuddy Nelson Muntz]].''

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: In contrast to their usual violent behavior in WesternAnimation/TheItchyAndScratchyShow, Itchy and Scratchy share a space in ''Springfield Squares'' without any apparent animosity between them. In fact, seeing Homer and Ron Howard fighting makes Scratchy cry, while Itchy tells them to stop it.

* BowlingForRatings: This episode begins with Lenny and Carl inviting Homer to go bowling with them. Homer bowls a 300 game, and briefly becomes a celebrity, letting the fame go to his head. At the end of this episode, Homer treats Maggie to a game of bowling, where Maggie would have won a 300 game if she hadn't stepped over the line.

* MadeOfExplodium: After Homer bowls his final strike and gets his perfect game he causes an explosion that not only destroys his own bowling pins but also the other pins around the bowlarama and one of the bowling monitors.

* SilentSnarker: Maggie is in fine form in this episode, giving herself a {{facepalm}} when Homer misconstrues her pointing at a butterfly on the windscreen of the car as wanting to go to the beach, and rolling her eyes when Homer sinks right after she rescued him forcing Maggie to save him again.

'''Carl''': Lenny...\\

* RealityEnsues: While caught in a riptide, Homer decides to sink to the bottom of the sea so he can run to the shore. He tires out after only a few steps and has to return to the surface.

* ShoutOut: To entertain his daughter, Homer dresses as a [[Series/TheTeletubbies Teletubby]] named "Homie-Womey", which then morphs into a TakeThat towards the Rev. Jerry Falwell with him then declaring that he's [[RatedMForManly "all man" to clear up some things.]][[note]]Falwell had denounced the show and in particular the purple Teletubby, Tinky-Winky, who also carried a purse and, [[InsaneTrollLogic by extension, was declared gay and detrimental to parents and children.]][[/note]]

* SuicideDare: When Homer deliberates a little too long in a line to jump off a skyscraper, the guy behind him says "Less chat, more splat, pal" and pushes him off. Subverted both in that Homer wasn't hurt by the fall, and because the guy was planning to do the same thing himself immediately afterwards, so he wasn't being a hypocrite.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Ron Howard does indeed have four children, but by the time of this episodes' emission, the younger (Red Cross), already was thirteen years old. They are portrayed as being young kids. Also, in this episode he has two girls and two boys; he only has one son.