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* WouldHurtAChild: After creating a mass blackout, most of the town turns into a mob and converges on Bart and Lisa, intending to "tear them limb from limb" (and presumably [[GuiltByAssciationGag Homer as well]]). Only Lisa pointing out a meteor shower above prevents the mob from hurting the kids.

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* WouldHurtAChild: After creating a mass blackout, most of the town turns into a mob and converges on Bart and Lisa, intending to "tear them limb from limb" (and presumably [[GuiltByAssciationGag [[GuiltByAssociationGag Homer as well]]). Only Lisa pointing out a meteor shower above prevents the mob from hurting the kids.
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* WouldHurtAChild: After creating a mass blackout, most of the town turns into a mob and converges on Bart and Lisa, intending to "tear them limb from limb" (and presumably [[GuiltByAssciation Homer as well]]). Only Lisa pointing out a meteor shower above prevents the mob from hurting the kids.

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* WouldHurtAChild: After creating a mass blackout, most of the town turns into a mob and converges on Bart and Lisa, intending to "tear them limb from limb" (and presumably [[GuiltByAssciation [[GuiltByAssciationGag Homer as well]]). Only Lisa pointing out a meteor shower above prevents the mob from hurting the kids.
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* WouldHurtAChild: After creating a mass blackout, most of the town turns into a mob and converges on Bart and Lisa, intending to "tear them limb from limb". Only Lisa pointing out a meteor shower above prevents the mob from hurting the kids.

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* WouldHurtAChild: After creating a mass blackout, most of the town turns into a mob and converges on Bart and Lisa, intending to "tear them limb from limb".limb" (and presumably [[GuiltByAssciation Homer as well]]). Only Lisa pointing out a meteor shower above prevents the mob from hurting the kids.
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* CelebrityParadox: Creator/EricIdle (Declan Desmond) is best known as a member of Monty Python, which was mentioned in Season 5's "Homer Goes to College".
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Fat Tony has no qualms about ordering his goons to beat up a bird just because it landed on his hood ornament.


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* LoopholeAbuse: At the start of the episode, Principal Skinner reminds the students that the school computers are not to be used to access various websites that disparage him (i.e. skinnersucks.org). However, he forgot to mention skinner-in-a-shredder.com, and Bart gleefully visits the website.
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title refers to Music/JimiHendrix's "Purple Haze" and its line "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky".

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* OhCrap: Bart's first attempt to steal Fat Tony's hood ornament is foiled when Mayor Quimby switches the lights back on to prevent rising crime.

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* OhCrap: Bart's first attempt to steal Fat Tony's hood ornament is foiled when Mayor Quimby switches the lights back on to prevent rising crime.on.


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The reason why Bart's plan failed the first time is because Mayor Quimby turned the lights back on in order to prevent crime.
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* OhCrap: Bart's first attempt to steal Fat Tony's hood ornament is foiled when Mayor Quimby switches the lights back on to prevent rising crime.
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'''Original air date:''' 3/30/2003 ''(produced in 2002)''

'''Production code:''' EABF-11
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scuse_me_while_i_miss_the_sky.jpg]]
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* GiftedlyBad: In the final scene, Milhouse imagines himself batting "3-52 in the Majors". GilliganCut to him struggling to hit a [[stationary baseball on a pedestal]] and then tripping over after he finally hits it.

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* GiftedlyBad: In the final scene, Milhouse imagines himself batting "3-52 in the Majors". GilliganCut to him struggling to hit a [[stationary ''stationary baseball on a pedestal]] pedestal'' and then tripping over after he finally hits it.
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* GiftedlyBad: In the final scene, Milhouse imagines himself batting "3-52 in the Majors". GilliganCut to him struggling to hit a [[stationary baseball on a pedestal]] and then tripping over after he finally hits it.
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* UnwinnableByDesign: Moe's "Drink a Gallon of Gin" challenge. Based on the US gallon (3.785 liters) and the average volume of gin being around 40%, a gallon of gin would have ''over 150 units''. That much alcohol would kill anyone, not to mention how hard drinking that much of ''any'' fluid in one sitting would be.
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-->'''Moe Syzlak''': ''([[EvilLaugh cackling]])'' No one's ever won Moe's "Drink A Gallon of Gin" Challenge, and no one ever will!
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Fat Tony orders someone to beat up a bird because the bird landed on his hood ornament.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Fat Tony orders someone Legs and Louie to beat up a bird because the bird landed on his hood ornament.



* DrinkingGame: Moe's "Drink a Gallon of Gin Challenge".

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* DrinkingGame: Moe's "Drink a Gallon of Gin Challenge". Instead of taking pictures of everyone who's completed it and putting them up on the wall, he instead takes pictures of everyone who's failed it and given themselves alcohol poisoning.
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* FailureMontage: In Declan's documentary, Milhouse says that he wants to be a major league batter. Cue many clips of him failing to hit the baseball. Milhouse finally manages to hit the baseball... and he trips over the tee while running around in excitement.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Declan Desmond is brilliant at this, especially at Lisa's expense.
* DrinkingGame: Moe's "Drink A Gallon Of Gin Challenge"
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Carl briefly recalls his childhood in Iceland. Carl's family is the plot point of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E21TheSagaOfCarl The Saga of Carl]].

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* DeadpanSnarker: Declan Desmond is brilliant at this, especially at Lisa's expense. \n It definitely helps that he's voiced by Creator/EricIdle.
* DrinkingGame: Moe's "Drink A a Gallon Of of Gin Challenge"
Challenge".
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Carl briefly recalls his childhood in Iceland. Carl's family is the plot point of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E21TheSagaOfCarl "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E21TheSagaOfCarl The Saga of Carl]].Carl]]".



* MasterOfNone: A plot point of this episode is that Lisa overextends herself and if she continues down that path, she won't reach her potential or accomplish anything.

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* MasterOfNone: A plot point of this episode is that Lisa overextends herself and if she continues down that path, she won't reach her potential or accomplish anything.



* WouldHurtAChild: After creating a mass blackout, most of the town turns into a mob and converges on Bart and Lisa, intending to "tear them limb from limb." Only Lisa pointing out a meteor shower above prevents the mob from hurting the kids.

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* WouldHurtAChild: After creating a mass blackout, most of the town turns into a mob and converges on Bart and Lisa, intending to "tear them limb from limb." limb". Only Lisa pointing out a meteor shower above prevents the mob from hurting the kids.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Declan Desmond is brilliant at this, especially at Lisa's expense.


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* JerkassHasAPoint: Declan Desmond is an asshole but he's right that Lisa is a MasterOfNone and needs to stop overextending herself.
* MasterOfNone: A plot point of this episode is that Lisa overextends herself and if she continues down that path, she won't reach her potential or accomplish anything.


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* PetTheDog: Despite the SnarkToSnarkCombat between Declan and Lisa and how he mocks her petition to deal with light pollution, he still signs it.
* PragmaticVillainy: Fat Tony refuses to let his enforcers fire blindly into the night, as they might hit a made man.
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* DrinkingGame: Moe's "Drink A Gallon Of Gin Challenge"

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* PaperTiger: Bart loses his title of king of the school when Nelson throw dirt at him, making him cry and say he'll snitch.

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* PaperTiger: Bart loses his title of king of the school when Nelson throw dirt at him, making him cry and say that he'll snitch.snitch.
* WouldHurtAChild: After creating a mass blackout, most of the town turns into a mob and converges on Bart and Lisa, intending to "tear them limb from limb." Only Lisa pointing out a meteor shower above prevents the mob from hurting the kids.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Fat Tony orders someone to shoot a bird because the bird landed on his hood ornament.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Fat Tony orders someone to shoot beat up a bird because the bird landed on his hood ornament.



* MotiveDecay: At first, Bart wants to steal a hood ornament to impress his fellow students. He eventually forgets why he wants the hood ornament but still tries to steal it.

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* MotiveDecay: At first, Bart wants to steal a hood ornament to impress his fellow students. He eventually forgets why he wants the hood ornament but still tries to steal it.it.
* PaperTiger: Bart loses his title of king of the school when Nelson throw dirt at him, making him cry and say he'll snitch.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Carl briefly recalls his childhood in Iceland. Carl's family is the plot point of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E21TheSagaOfCarl The Saga of Carl]].

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Fat Tony orders someone to shoot a bird because the bird landed on his hood ornament.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Carl briefly recalls his childhood in Iceland. Carl's family is the plot point of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E21TheSagaOfCarl The Saga of Carl]].Carl]].
* MotiveDecay: At first, Bart wants to steal a hood ornament to impress his fellow students. He eventually forgets why he wants the hood ornament but still tries to steal it.
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Lisa takes up astronomy and causes the town to go crazy from sleep deprivation when she protests the light pollution in the sky.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Carl briefly recalls his childhood in Iceland. Carl's family is the plot point of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E21TheSagaOfCarl The Saga of Carl]].

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