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* '''VillainousEthicsDecay''': Played for laughs as Bob and Apu reminisce the robbery that got Bob arrested with fondness and Apu praises Bob as one who understood the theatrics of stick-up thieves, unlike the modern generation that just shoot Apu and take whatever they can before running off.
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* ArtShift: As of this episode, the show fully switched over to digital paint[[note]]The difference between the two styles can fully be seen in the scene where the killer is revealed, which includes a {{Flashback}} to the events of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy Homer's Enemy]]" under the old animation[[/note]]. Like the previous two instances (Season 7's "Radioactive Man" and Season 12's "Tennis the Menace"), it wasn't well-received, since at the time of this episode's airing in 2002, digital ink was not very common and traditional cel animation wouldn't become defunct until three years later.[[note]]To say ''nothing'' about the shift to HD a few seasons later[[/note]]
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* ArtShift: As of this episode, the show fully switched over to digital paint[[note]]The paint. The difference between the two styles can fully be seen in the scene where the killer is revealed, which includes a {{Flashback}} to the events of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy Homer's Enemy]]" under the old animation[[/note]]. Like the previous two instances (Season 7's "Radioactive Man" and Season 12's "Tennis the Menace"), it wasn't well-received, since at the time of animation. It would remain this episode's airing in 2002, digital ink was not very common and traditional cel animation wouldn't become defunct way until three years later.[[note]]To say ''nothing'' about the shift to HD a few seasons later[[/note]]later.
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* [[GoKartingWithBowser Hang-Gliding With Sideshow Bob]]
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* PlotHole: How exactly did Bob escape police custody after Chief Wiggum tranquilized him to try and kill Bart near the end? Although knowing it's Chief Wiggum......
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Sideshow Bob [[HonorAmongThieves even agrees]] that [[NoHonorAmongThieves modern methods]] of directly going to [[AttackAttackAttack physically strongarming]] when it comes to robbing convenience stores is pretty low and without merit with Apu.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Sideshow Bob [[HonorAmongThieves even agrees]] with Apu that [[NoHonorAmongThieves modern methods]] of directly going to [[AttackAttackAttack physically strongarming]] when it comes to robbing convenience stores is pretty low and without merit with Apu.merit.
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* BaitAndSwitchGunshot: When Homer's Mardi Gras float begins moving, he's startled by a gunshot going off. The gunshots turn out to be from Fat Tony and his men gunning down Frankie the Squealer.
-->'''Homer:''' Phew. Just Italians.
-->'''Homer:''' Phew. Just Italians.
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* BodyHorror: PlayedForLaughs. When Homer is getting a back-stepping massage, the massagist starts slowing sinking into his back.
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* BodyHorror: PlayedForLaughs. When Homer is getting a back-stepping massage, the massagist starts slowing sinking into his back. She even tries pulling at her leg.
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* BodyHorror: PlayedForLaughs. When Homer is getting a back stepping massage, the massagist is slowing sinking into his back.
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* BodyHorror: PlayedForLaughs. When Homer is getting a back stepping back-stepping massage, the massagist is starts slowing sinking into his back.
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* ProductPlacementName: Bob is housed at "Campbell's Chunky Soup Maximum Security Prison".
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* TropeCoTropeOfTheWeek: Bob is housed at "Campbell's Chunky Soup Maximum Security Prison".
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'''Homer:''' -[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E15MissionaryImpossible PBS]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E22TheySavedLisasBrain Stephan Hawking]], [[NoodleIncident the fat little Dixie Chick]]-\\
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'''Homer:''' -[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E15MissionaryImpossible PBS]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E22TheySavedLisasBrain Stephan Stephen Hawking]], [[NoodleIncident the fat little Dixie Chick]]-\\
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Bart complains that Sideshow Bob "has tried to kill me so much [[OverusedRunningGag it's not funny anymore]]."
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-->'''Bart:''' This man has tried to kill me so much it's not funny anymore!
-->'''Bart:''' This man has tried to kill me so much it's not funny anymore!
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Bart complains that Sideshow Bob "has tried to kill me so much [[SelfDeprecation it's not funny anymore]]."
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Bart complains that Sideshow Bob "has tried to kill me so much [[SelfDeprecation [[OverusedRunningGag it's not funny anymore]]."
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** When Homer and Bob stop over at the Kwik-E-Mart, Apu reminds them to vote for the King of Mardi Gras, foreshadowing the attempt to kill Homer in the third act.
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** When Apu reminds Homer and Bob to vote for the King of Mardi Gras, Homer comments that the previous year's King (Cletus) had to resign because he married a commoner.
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'''Original Air Date:''' December 15, 2002
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'''Original Air Date:''' December 15, 2002
air date:''' 12/15/2002
'''Production code:''' EABF-01
'''Production code:''' EABF-01
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From this episode onwards, the series is animated using digital ink and paint, rather than the cel animation used since the show's inception.
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* BodyHorror: Played for laughs. When Homer is getting a back stepping massage, the massagist is slowing sinking into his back.
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* BodyHorror: Played for laughs.PlayedForLaughs. When Homer is getting a back stepping massage, the massagist is slowing sinking into his back.
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-->'''Bart:''' I don't know how we ever had fun without him.
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* MoodWhiplash: A happy ending with the case wrapped up and Homer and Bart saying goodnight to each other quickly turns scary when Homer leaves and Sideshow Bob reveals he's been lying in wait in Bart's bedroom. Then the mood quickly goes back to funny when Bob, realizing he can't go through with the killing, starts singing a song about it (cue Bart taking a glance at his watch).
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* MoodWhiplash: A happy ending with the case wrapped up and Homer and Bart saying goodnight to each other quickly turns scary when Homer leaves and Sideshow Bob reveals he's been lying in wait in Bart's bedroom. Then the The mood quickly goes back veers to funny again when Bob, realizing he can't go through with the killing, starts singing a song about it (cue Bart taking a glance at his watch).
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* MoodWhiplash: A happy ending with the case wrapped up and Homer and Bart saying goodnight to each other quickly turns scary when Homer leaves and Sideshow Bob reveals he's been lying in wait in Bart's bedroom. Then the mood quickly goes back to funny when Bob, realizing he can't go through with the killing, starts singing a song about it (cue Bart taking a glance at his watch).
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* WhamShot: Near the end, Homer and Bart say a sweet goodnight to each other and Homer walks out, closing the bedroom door to reveal a manically-grinning Sideshow Bob clinging to the other side.
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* WhamShot: Near the end, Homer and Bart say a sweet goodnight to each other and Homer walks out, into the hallway, closing the bedroom door to reveal a manically-grinning Sideshow Bob clinging to the other side.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Bart complains that Sideshow Bob "has tried to kill me so much [[SelfDeprecation it's not funny anymore]]."
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* LivingWithTheVillain: The Simpsons, temporarily, with Sideshow Bob. Bart's [[WhatTheHellHero understandable reservations on this point]] are pretty much erased as soon as he realizes that, as a condition of this arrangement, he and his family get to shock Bob at any time with a remote-operated taser.
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* LivingWithTheVillain: The Simpsons, temporarily, with Sideshow Bob. Bart's [[WhatTheHellHero understandable reservations on this point]] are pretty much erased as soon as he realizes that, as a condition of this arrangement, he and his family get to shock Bob at any time will with a remote-operated taser.
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* ChurchgoingVillain: When Homer invokes his role as "king" of Mardi Gras [[HeroTookMyBike to commandeer Jimbo Jones' stilts]], Jimbo responds, "Jesus is our only king!"
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* ChurchgoingVillain: When Homer invokes his role as "king" of Mardi Gras [[HeroTookMyBike [[HeroStoleMyBike to commandeer Jimbo Jones' stilts]], Jimbo responds, "Jesus is our only king!"
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* ChurchgoingVillain: When Homer invokes his role as "king" of Mardi Gras [[HeroTookMyBike to commandeer Jimbo Jones' stilts]], Jimbo responds, "Jesus is our only king!"
-->'''Homer:''' [[BlasphemousBoast Not anymore!]]
-->'''Homer:''' [[BlasphemousBoast Not anymore!]]
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* LivingWithTheVillain: The Simpsons, temporarily, with Sideshow Bob. Bart's [[WhatTheHellHero understandable reservations on this point]] are pretty much erased as soon as he realizes that, as a condition of this arrangement, he and his family get to shock Bob at any time with a remote-operated taser.
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* [[GoKartinWithBowser Hang-Gliding With Sideshow Bob]]
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* WhamShot: Near the end, Homer and Bart say a sweet goodnight to each other and Homer walks out, closing the bedroom door to reveal a manically-grinning Sideshow Bob clinging to the other side.
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* AntagonistInMourning: Bob realizes he'd become this if he actually dispatched with Bart, since killing him has become his sole goal in life.
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Someone's out to kill Homer, after Homer gets locked into a sauna by a hooded man — and only Sideshow Bob can figure out who that is.
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