History Recap / TheSimpsonsS15E19SimpleSimpson

* TakeThat: More potshots at the Fox network.
-->'''Announcer:''' Welcome back to ''Promiscuous Idiots Island'' on Creator/{{Fox}}, the home of promiscuous idiots.
** Less than a minute later:
-->'''Bart:''' What do those women expect? When you sign a contract with Fox, you know you're gonna be betrayed and humiliated.

* SuperheroEpisode: Spoofing multiple superhero tropes, a memetic scene from Creator/SamRaimi's ''[[Film/SpiderManTrilogy Spider-Man]]'' and placing Burns as a [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Lex Luthor]] stand-in on the third act.

* PapaWolf: Homer (as Pie-Man) makes the Rich Texan pay for [[WouldHurtAChild humiliating Lisa]] by throwing a pie in his face.

* NoodleIncident: Homer did assault someone before and is warned by Chief Wiggum that he'll go to jail if he tries it again.

* EveryoneHasStandards: While they ultimately do nothing and let it play out until Homer stops him, no one who watches Rich Texan's bullying of Lisa are thrilled about it happening and look on in concern. Appropriately, they laugh at him upon Homer pieing him in the face.

* EveryoneHasStandards: While they ultimately do nothing and let it play out until Homer stops him, no one who watches Rich Texan's bullying of Lisa are thrilled about it happening and look on in concern.

* EveryoneHasStandards: While they ultimately do nothing and let it play out until Homer as Pie-Man stops him, no one who watches Rich Texan's bullying of Lisa are thrilled about it happening and look on in concern.

* PaperThinDisguise: Homer as Pie-Man, especially in his initial disguise, which consists of little more than a pie tin covering his face, an apron and a cape. While most of Springfield is fooled, it's {{Subverted}} with Homer's family, who all eventually reveal that they know he's Pie-Man [[{{Justified}} and have just been playing along]].

* CallBack: [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E8LisaOnIce Once again, someone is misled into thinking an island is a peninsula.]]

* GoodAngelBadAngel: As Homer enters his work station, Burns comes in and says Homer is late, bald, and stupid and docks Homer that day's pay. Homer wants to throw a pie in Burns' face then sees a photo of Lisa on his work console and remembers his promise to her. Next to the picture of Lisa is a picture of Bart aiming his slingshot at whoever took the picture, making Homer reconsider his promise.

* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In this case, it's gone ''showering'', clothes stolen. While the power plant employees are showering, Mr. Burns has sold their clothes again. Needless to say, it earns him a pie in the face.

* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: In this case, it's gone ''showering'', clothes stolen. While the power plant employees are showering, Mr. Burns has sold their clothes again. As such, it earns him a pie in the face from Pie-Man.