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-->'''Marge''': Are those snakes real?
-->'''Lisa''': Some of them are. Some of them are just robots filled with venom.

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-->'''Marge''': Are those snakes real?
-->'''Lisa''': Are those real cobras?
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Some of them are. Some of them are just robots filled with venom.



* RealityEnsues: An overdose of fertility pills results in Manjula giving birth to octuplets.

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* RealityEnsues: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: An overdose of fertility pills results in Manjula giving birth to octuplets.
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* OffModel: The Octuplets [[https://frinkiac.com/img/S11E07/466160.jpg have no faces]] the first time we see them.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman / AmbiguousRobots: Allen Wrench claims that he was found in a meteor and needs tungsten to live.
* AdamWesting / FormerChildStar: Butch Patrick, who still dresses like [[Series/TheMunsters Eddie Munster]] as an adult.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman / AmbiguousRobots: AmbiguouslyHuman: Allen Wrench claims that he was found in a meteor and needs tungsten to live.
* AdamWesting / FormerChildStar: AdamWesting: Butch Patrick, who still dresses like [[Series/TheMunsters Eddie Munster]] as an adult.

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* DistinctionWithoutADifference: When the rest of the family are watching Homer on the stage with the snakes:
-->'''Marge''': Are those snakes real?
-->'''Lisa''': Some of them are. Some of them are just robots filled with venom.



-->'''Apu''': The zoo?



* TemptingFate: Mr. Kidkill reveals where the octuplets will be working:
--> '''Apu''': The zoo?\\
'''Kidkill''': What? Everybody loves my zoo. You don't love my zoo? I ''dare'' you to look at a kangaroo and not laugh. I dare you.\\
''(the animals have long frowns on their faces)''\\
'''Kidkill''': Well, they're usually funnier.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Allen Wrench claims that he was found in a meteor and needs tungsten to live.

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* AmbiguouslyHuman: AmbiguouslyHuman / AmbiguousRobots: Allen Wrench claims that he was found in a meteor and needs tungsten to live.
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* SnakeVersusMongoose: Subverted. When the cobras start attacking Homer during his performance at the zoo, a mongoose is released to combat them, but decides to attack ''Homer'' instead.
--> '''Homer:''' Stupid mongoose! Get the snakes! The ''snakes''!
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Apu and Manjula become the parents of octuplets thanks to Manjula ingesting fertility pills (some of which were given to her by Dr. Hibbert and The Simpsons), and when the initial media frenzy blows over, their only hope for financial aid is allowing the kids to become a zoo attraction.

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Apu and Manjula become the parents of octuplets thanks to Manjula ingesting fertility pills (some of which were given to her by Dr. Hibbert and The the Simpsons), and when the initial media frenzy blows over, their only hope for financial aid is allowing the kids to become a zoo attraction.
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* SpecialGuest: Creator/GarryMarshall as Larry Kidkill and Butch Patrick AsHimself.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Manjula's giving birth to octuplets as the result of her taking an excess amount of fertility drugs was partly inspired by the case of Mandy Allwood, a British woman who became pregnant with octuplets after using some experimental fertility drugs (albeit unlike the episode, none of Allwood's octuplets survived until birth).
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* MenagerieOfMisery: Apu and Manjula seek financial aid for their TooManyBabies by becoming a zoo attraction. In that zoo, the kangaroos are miserable and the koalas are fed meat instead of eucalyptus leaves.
-->'''Mr. Kidkill:''' What? Everybody loves my zoo. You don't love my zoo? I ''dare'' ya to look at a kangaroo and not laugh. I dare ya.
-->''[he walks past kangaroos looking out of their cage, slumped and miserable]''
-->'''Mr. Kidkill:''' Well... they're usually funnier...

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* PetTheDog: Homer is a very good friend to Apu in this episode as he helps him conceive and get his children back from Mr Kidkill.At the very end He is willing to put himslef at the mercy of cobras just so Apu can have his kids back and does so without complaint.

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\n* PetTheDog: Homer is a very good friend to Apu in this episode episode, as he helps him conceive and get his children back from Mr Kidkill.Kidkill. At the very end He end, he is willing to put himslef himself at the mercy of cobras just so Apu can have his kids back and does so without complaint.
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* TwoRightsMakeAWrong: While trying to get pregnant, Manjula started using fertility drugs. However Apu also added fertility drugs to her diet, which would have caused quintuplets. Until, it's discovered Homer, Marge, and Bart ''also'' added fertility drugs.

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* TwoRightsMakeAWrong: While trying to get pregnant, Manjula started using fertility drugs. However However, Apu also added fertility drugs to her diet, which would have caused quintuplets. Until, it's discovered Homer, Marge, and Bart ''also'' added fertility drugs.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Well the fertility pills '''did''' work, didn't they?

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* GoneHorriblyRight: Well the The fertility pills '''did''' Manjula took ''did'' work, didn't they?she just took too many and ended up giving birth to octuplets, when she and Apu only wanted one child.
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-->'''Lisa''': Everyone at school picks on the Pöpli kids, even ''I'' do. (under her breath) I just hate them so much.

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-->'''Lisa''': Everyone at school picks on the Pöpli kids, even ''I'' do. (under ''(under her breath) breath)'' I just hate them so much.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Lisa, who often struggles to be accepted by her peers and generally dislikes bullies, has no qualms about hating and picking on the Pöpli kids.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Allen Wrench claims that he was found in a meteor and needs tungsten to live.
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* PetTheDog: Homer is a very good friend to Apu in this episode as he helps him conceive and get his children back from Mr Kidkill.At the very end He is willing to put himslef at the mercy of cobras just so Apu can have his kids back and does so without complaint.
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* EvenNerdsHaveStandards: Lisa regarding the Pöpli.
-->'''Lisa''': Everyone at school picks on the Pöpli kids, even ''I'' do. (under her breath) I just hate them so much.

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* CallBack: Just like in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E7TheTwoMrsNahasapeemapetilons The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons]]", Apu tells someone twice to shut up, and [[RuleOfThree on the third time]], he exclaims, "I can't believe you don't shut up!"



* JawDrop: Apu has a hilarious WildTake when he sees he have seven other children.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Not only Apu and Manjula's octuplets but also the nine babies born to a Shelbyvillian couple.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Larry Kidkill.

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* JawDrop: [[https://frinkiac.com/img/S11E07/468360.jpg Apu has a hilarious WildTake take]] when he sees he have seven other children.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Not only Apu and Manjula's octuplets but also the nine babies born to a Shelbyvillian couple.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Larry Kidkill.
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* CreditsGag: Homer continues screaming in pain from being attacked by cobras well into the credits, [[BreakingTheFourthWall begging for the next show to come on]].
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* AllForNothing: When their first attempt at pregnancy fails, Manjula moans that they had all that sex for nothing. Apu is a bit put off.
-->'''Apu:''' Well, that is a pretty grim assessment.


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* JawDrop: Apu has a hilarious WildTake when he sees he have seven other children.


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* TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup: Due to Manjula taking fertility drugs, along with Apu, Homer, Marge, and Bart secretly giving her more, results in her having octuplets.
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** It is never explained exactly ''why'' Lisa and the rest of the school hate the Popli kids.

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* InkSuitActor: Larry Kidkill is an obvious one for his voice actor, Creator/GarryMarshall.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Simpsons try to help Apu and Manjula conceive a child by giving her fertility pills. They end up giving her ''too many'', and she gives birth to octuplets, which causes things for her and her husband to start spiraling downward in both this episode and future episodes.
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* NoodleIncident: See ADayInTheLimelight (though the "Sideshow Marge" one ''would've'' been explained in a DeletedScene from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E13DayOfTheJackanapes Day of the Jackanapes]]" that would've featured a {{Flashback}} to the incident in question).

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* NoodleIncident: See ADayInTheLimelight (though [[note]]though the "Sideshow Marge" one ''would've'' been explained in a DeletedScene from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E13DayOfTheJackanapes Day of the Jackanapes]]" that would've featured a {{Flashback}} to the incident in question).question[[/note]].
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* NoodleIncident: See ADayInTheLimelight.

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* NoodleIncident: See ADayInTheLimelight.ADayInTheLimelight (though the "Sideshow Marge" one ''would've'' been explained in a DeletedScene from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E13DayOfTheJackanapes Day of the Jackanapes]]" that would've featured a {{Flashback}} to the incident in question).



* TwoRightsMakeAWrong: While trying to get pregnant, Manjula started using fertility drugs. However Apu also added fertility drugs to her diet, which would have caused quintuplets. Until, it's discovered the Simpson family ''also'' added fertility drugs.

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* TwoRightsMakeAWrong: While trying to get pregnant, Manjula started using fertility drugs. However Apu also added fertility drugs to her diet, which would have caused quintuplets. Until, it's discovered the Simpson family Homer, Marge, and Bart ''also'' added fertility drugs.
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* MenAreBadAtSex: When Apu and Manjula's first attempt to conceived failed, Manjula moaned that they had all that sex for nothing.
-->'''Apu''': Well, that is a pretty grim assessment.
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* MenAreBadAtSex: When Apu and Manjula's first attempt to conceived failed, Manjula moaned that they had all that sex for nothing.
-->'''Apu''': Well, that is a pretty grim assessment.

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