History Recap / TheSimpsonsS13E12TheLastestGunInTheWest

* BackingIntoDanger: Lampshaded. Bart, running from a attacking pit bull, climbs over a fence and backs away from it; when a safe distance away, he relaxes, saying, "Ah, safe at last. Now, I'll just turn around, and confirm that safety," only to find a menagerie of menacing creatures ready to attack.

* SpecialGuest: Dennis Weaver as Buck; Creator/FrankWelker would also make his final appearance on the show (until "Simpsorama" where he reprises his role as Nibbler from ''Futurama'’) as the angry dog, ostrich and Buck's horse.

'''Original air date''': February 24, 2002

* SpecialGuest: Dennis Weaver as Buck; Creator/FrankWelker would also make his final appearance on the show[[note]]prior to "Simpsorama" where he reprises his role as Nibbler from ''Futurama''[[/note]] as the angry dog, ostrich and Buck's horse.

* SpecialGuest: Dennis Weaver as Buck; Creator/FrankWelker would also make his final appearance on the show as the angry dog, ostrich and Buck's horse.

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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: From Bart being chased by an incredibly vicious and relentless dog all over Springfield to Bart meeting a has-been Western actor and briefly reviving the 1950s Western craze amongst the Springfield youth. It's even lampshaded with the fact that, once the actor decides to go back to obscurity after saving the day and tells Bart to never go look for him again, the dog starts to chase after him again as the final joke.

* SpecialGuest: Dennis Weaver as Buck; Creator/FrankWelker would also make his final appearance on the show as the angry dog, emu and Buck's horse.

* ShoutOut: The hippies that Bucks shoots in his seventies show include ComicBook/TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers.

* PerformanceAnxiety: Buck gets it when Krusty tells him that millions of viewers will be watching his show, including the TV Guide Cheers and Jeers columnist. ("And he's already given out all his Cheers.") This leads Buck to start drinking again.

** When Krusty is approached about doing a Western-themed show, Krusty initially rejects them, saying he wants his show to have a timeless quality. A staff member then tells him, "Here's your hanging Chad sketch, Krusty." Krusty is delighted: "Oh, good, you worked in Judge Ito."
** Homer put's down his flask long enough to shame Buck for being TheAlcoholic.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Buck gets it when Krusty tells him that millions of viewers will be watching his show, including the TV Guide Cheers and Jeers columnist ("And he's already given out all his Cheers."). This leads Buck to start drinking again.

* CrooksAreBetterArmed: The climax involves a group of thieves (led by Snake) getting in a shootout with the police while trying to rob a bank, with [[PoliceAreUseless the police]] being only Wiggum and ThoseTwoGuys armed with revolvers and the robbers (six of them) being equipped with body armor and [[ShoutOut the]] [[Film/{{Aliens}} M41A Pulse Rifle]]. [[RockBeatsLaser They are beat by an alcoholic cowboy packing a lasso]].

* ReTool: Buck tells how he was a cop show star in the '70s, and all he did was "shoot hippies". He mentioned that they wrote him out of the show and it became ''Series/{{Room222}}''.

* HypocriticalHumor: When Krusty is approached about doing a Western-themed show, Krusty initially rejects them, saying he wants his show to have a timeless quality. A staff member then tells him, "Here's your hanging Chad sketch, Krusty." Krusty is delighted: "Oh, good, you worked in Judge Ito."

* ShortRunners: Zig-zagged; Buck's show from the '50s only ran a year, but they did 360 episodes, "all of them great."

* ShoutOut: The hippies that Bucks shoots in his seventies show include [[ComicBook/TheFabulousFurryFreakBrothers.]]

* ReTool: Buck tells how he was a cop show star in the '70s, and all he did was "shoot hippies". He mentioned that they wrote him out of the show and it became ''Series/Room222''.