History Recap / TheSimpsonsS13E8SweetsAndSourMarge

--> '''Guy''': GoodbyeCruelWorld. [He lands in the pile.] [[LampshadeHanging Hello ironic twist!]]

** The same remix of the "[[Film/BeverlyHillsCop Axel F]]" theme used in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail Marge vs the Monorail]] and [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E23TheSpringfieldConnection The Springfield Connection]] plays when Homer attends the sugar smuggling meeting with Apu.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Wow, where to start? Judge Snyder passing a law and banning sugar from the town is this trope taken to its stretching point, since a judge is only supposed to interpret existing laws, preside over trials and pass judgement, NOT make up new ones whenever he feels like it. This is even Lampshaded at the end when Snyder admits he grossly overstepped his authority and the sugar ban in abandoned.

* UnfortunateNames: Garth Motherloving previously went by the surname [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Hitler]].

* HeelFaceTurn: Judge Snyder decides to overturn his previous decision to ban all sugar from Springfield. He started to miss sugar himself.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Judge Snyder repeals the ban on sugar after realizing he didn't actually have the authority to enact it.
** Homer tries to use ReversePsychology on a toucan. It fails, since it is an animal (and therefore unfamiliar with such a concept, plus Homer letting go of the map to feign disinterest allows it to fly away with it).

--> Chief Wiggum: Not even the fire wants them.

* WhoWritesThisCrap: Homer doesn't pay the sugar dealer because he claims it wasn't part of the deal. The guy double checks the contract, finds out it really wasn't, and demands to know which of his subordinates actually wrote it.

* RealityEnsues:

** Homer tries to use ReversePsychology on a toucan. It fails, since it is an animal (and therefore unfamiliar with such a concept).

* NotSoDifferent: In spite of being a vegetarian and arguing in older episodes that vegetarianism can be a beneficial lifestyle, in this episode we see that Lisa doesn't really eat healthier than [[OneOfTheGuys Bart or Homer]] because she also indulges in fudge-filled toaster pies. This can also be seen as TruthInTelevision; as many vegetarians who are starting out on their diets [[https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/health/unhealthy-vegetarianism-food/index.html (like Lisa)]] often have unhealthy diets as they feel cutting out meat cancels out eating starches or sweets. Not to mention someone who adopts a vegetarian diet out of concern for animal welfare or the environment ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E5LisaTheVegetarian like Lisa]]) would not necessarily become more health-conscious in the process. Also, those are the kind of foods that Lisa may feel she can indulge in with her family.

* HardTruthAesop:
** As unhealthy and tooth-rotting as it is, sugar is very important.
** Or, more generally, having the government try to force people into healthy lifestyles doesn't work:
--->'''Marge''': I guess you just can't use the law to nag.

* BitingTheHandHumor: While burning most of the sugary sweets and food products in town, the police throw a pile of Butterfingers into the flames. The fire rejects the Butterfingers, causing Chief Wiggum to comment that the fire "doesn't even want them”. The Simpsons used to advertise Butterfingers (with Bart commenting "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!") and it's a well-known [[PopCultureUrbanLegends urban legend]] that this joke allegedly got Nestlé to get rid of the show as an advertisement venue.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The very concept of corporate ethics is completely alien to Garth Motherloving.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: The fat joke with Cletus's cousin Dia-Betty, who's trying to slim down with an ab roller so she can "fit into Momma's coffin".
-->'''Betty''': *takes a huge bite out of a cake in front of her* That's mah re-ward!

* HardTruthAesop: As unhealthy and tooth-rotting as it is, sugar is very important.

* NotSoDifferent: In spite of being a vegetarian and arguing in older episodes that vegetarianism can be a beneficial lifestyle, in this episode we see that Lisa doesn't really eat healthier than [[OneOfTheGuys Bart or Homer]] because she also indulges in fudge-filled toaster pies. This can also be seen as TruthInTelevision; as many vegetarians who are starting out on their diets [[https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/health/unhealthy-vegetarianism-food/index.html (like Lisa)]] often have unhealthy diets as they feel cutting out meat cancels out eating starches or sweets. Also, those are the kind of foods that Lisa may feel she can indulge in with her family.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Wow, where to start? Judge Snyder passing a law and banning sugar from the town is this trope taken to it's stretching point, since a judge is only supposed to interpret existing laws, preside over trials and pass judgement, NOT make up new ones whenever he feels like it. This is even Lampshaded at the end when Snyder admits he grossly overstepped his authority and the sugar ban in abandoned.

* CaptainErsatz: Count Fudgula, an obvious parody of Count Chocula

'''Count Fudgula''': I'm a monster; Don't look at me.

* NotSoDifferent: In spite of being a vegetarian and arguing in older episodes that vegetarianism can be a beneficial lifestyle, in this episode we see that Lisa doesn't really eat healthier than [[OneOfTheGuys Bart or Homer]] because she also indulges in fudge-filled toaster pies. This can also be seen as TruthInTelevision; as many vegetarians who are starting out on their diets [[https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/health/unhealthy-vegetarianism-food/index.html (like Lisa)]] often have unhealthy diets as they feel cutting out meat cancels out eating starches or sweets. Also those are the kind of foods that Lisa may feel she can indulge in with her family.

* {{Jerkass}}: [[IronicName Garth Motherloving is a total jerk]]
** FridgeBrilliance: "Motherloving" sounds like a {{bowdlerized}} take on "motherfucking," making him as bad as his name implies.

* NotSoDifferent: In spite of being a vegetarian and arguing in older episodes that vegetarianism can be a beneficial lifestyle, in this episode we see that Lisa doesn't really eat healthier than [[OneOfTheGuys Bart or Homer]] because she also indulges in fudge-filled toaster pies.
** TruthInTelevision: As many vegetarians who are starting out on their diets [[https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/21/health/unhealthy-vegetarianism-food/index.html (like Lisa)]] often have unhealthy diets as they feel cutting out meat cancels out eating starches or sweets. Also those are the kind of foods that Lisa may feel she can indulge in with her family.

* SuicideAsComedy: See DrivenToSuicide.

* BitingTheHandHumor: While burning most of the sugary sweets and food products in town, the police throw a pile of Butterfingers into the flames. The fire rejects the Butterfingers, causing Chief Wiggum to comment that the fire "doesn't even want them”. The Simpsons used to advertise Butterfingers (with Bart commenting "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!") and it's a well-known UrbanLegend that this joke allegedly got Nestlé to get rid of the show as an advertisement venue.

Marge starts a protest to rid the town of sugar and sugar-laced foods after Springfield is named America's fattest town. In protest, Homer goes into sugar-smuggling.

-->'''Homer:''' She said 'tavern'! I'm going to Moe's!
-->'''Marge:''' I never agreed to that rule!

* RewatchBonus: Viewers rewatching the episode might notice the "Obey Bad Guy" button in a scene from right after the non-Simpsons aboard the ''Gone Fission'' take a life boat.

* DecoyProtagonist: Apparently the writers didn't realize that they ended up placing Marge as the protagonist for the first half and Homer for the second half of this episode.

* RealityEnsues: Judge Snyder repeals the ban on sugar after realizing he didn't actually have the authority to enact it.

* BitingTheHandHumor: While burning most of the sugary sweets and food products in town, the police throw a pile of Butterfingers into the flames. The fire rejects the Butterfingers, causing Chief Wiggum to comment that the fire "doesn't even want them”. The Simpsons used to advertise Butterfingers, with Bart commenting, "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!"

* JerkAss: [[IronicName Garth Motherloving is a total jerk]]

* NoodleIncident: Apparently, Homer once suggested that he'd only go to Moe's whenever someone said the word 'Beer'. Marge never agreed with the rule.

* NotSoDifferent: In spite of being a vegetarian and arguing in older episodes that vegetarianism can be a beneficial lifestyle, in this episode we see that Lisa doesn't really eat healthier than Bart or Homer because she also indulges in fudge-filled toaster pies.

* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Marge argues that sugar is harmful to your health and make you die younger, but also concludes a lifetime without sugar can also be detrimental.

** The same remix of the "[[Film/BeverlyHillsCop Axel F]]" theme used in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail Marge vs the Monorail]] and [[Recap/TheSimpsonsSE23TheSpringfieldConnection The Springfield Connection]] plays when Homer attends the sugar smuggling meeting with Apu.

* BitingTheHandHumor: While burning most of the sugary sweets and food products in town, the police throw a pile of Butterfingers into the flames. The fire rejects the Butterfingers, causing Chief Wiggum to comment that the fire "doesn't even want them”.