History Recap / TheSimpsonsS15E7TisTheFifteenthSeason

* ForWantOfANail: Essentially most of the plot happens because Mr Burns gave Homer a Joe [=DiMaggio=] baseball card.

When Carl gives Homer a DVD player and the first season of ''Series/MagnumPI'', Homer forgets that he is Lenny’s “Secret Santa”, so he hastily gives him Certs. Also, Mr. Burns gives everyone a caferteria voucher as a Christmas bonus, except Homer, who gets a Joe [=DiMaggio=] baseball card (which, him being Burns, believes is worthless - Burns is so outdated he thinks [=DiMaggio=] is a rookie and Homer's surprise was about the fact they "started" to allow ethnics in the big leagues)). Homer trades it in to Comic Book Guy, who gives him everything in his register. With this small fortune, the Simpsons go Christmas shopping and Homer promises to spend his money on a huge Christmas tree, but instead squanders it on a personalized talking astrolabe. When his family finds out, they call him out on his selfish act, with Marge saying that he doesn't care about anybody but himself. What’s worse is that Homer can’t return the astrolabe as the astrolabe itself reminded him after Homer was called out for his selfishness.

Originally aired on December 14, 2003.

* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Lisa tells Homer about how she feels that Christmas would be better without all the materialism and commercialism. She is later shown among the mob wanting to kill Homer for taking their stuff. Although it's just as likely she's upset that Homer took her advice to mean he should rob everyone in town.
** Homer imagines a Buddha that preaches for liberation of material desires, yet is driving a sports car and has apparently been in jail.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Marge commented the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' version of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' looked good.

-->'''Homer''': See you in spring, toes

** Homer imagines a Buddha that preaches for lieration of material desires, yet is driving a sports car and has apparently been in jail.

* ToTheTuneOf: "You're a smart one, Homer J." to "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch".

* DrivenToSuicide: Moe, as per every Christmas, threatens to jump off the city hall building (not that anyone cares). He opts to back out, only to slip, land in the gutter, and unable to get up.

!!'Tis the Fifteenth Season" contains examples of:

!!"'Tis the Fifteenth Season" contains examples of:

* RealityEnsues: Breaking and entering into houses to steal stuff (in this particular case, Christmas presents) equals a pissed-off lynch mob armed with TorchesAndPitchforks, ''not'' people deciding to learn the True Meaning Of Christmas. Homer got ''very'' close to buying it as a result.

They’ll thank you in the morning,\\ For stealing Flanders' junk,\\

You'll make everybody happy when they're rid of Flanders' junk,\\

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Homer starts to feel empty even after having done multiple good deeds, so Lisa tells him that Buddhism teaches that having nothing material brings enlightenment. Homer decides it would be a good deed to ''steal all of the presents in town''.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Lisa tells Homer about how she feels that Christmas would be better without all the materialism and commercialism. She is later shown among the mob wanting to kill Homer for taking their stuff. Although it's just as likely she's upset that Homer took her advice to mean he should rob everyone in town.

* InelegantBlubbering: After Homer decides to be nicer, he lets Marge have the last pork chop at dinner. Marge, who apparently has waited years for Homer to offer that, starts crying tears of joy and eats the chop with her bare hands. While she's doing this Marge gushes over how good Homer's thoughtfulness tastes. Homer, and the kids, are understandably creeped out by Marge's blubbering.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Home starts to feel empty even after having done multiple good deeds, so Lisa tells him that Buddhism teaches that having nothing material brings enlightenment. Homer decides it would be a good deed to ''steal all of the presents in town''.

* CallBack: Ned brings [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E6DeadPuttingSociety mini club sandwiches]] to the homeless shelter.

* ContinuityNod: Lisa reminds Homer that she's a Buddhist after converting in "She of Little Faith".

-->'''Lenny:''' Now it only hurts a little.

* TheAntiGrinch: Homer decides to change his ways and become the nicest person in town. When he gets told there's too much commercialism in Christmas and that everyone is better off without presents, Homer decides to to the "ultimate good deed" by stealing Christmas. Needless to say, this doesn't work.

I'd call you a double bacon genius-burger,\\

* HeelRealization: Homer watching a Christmas special on TV makes him decide to be a better person.

* DrivenToSuicide: Moe, as per every Christmas, attempts and fails to commit suicide at the end.

When Carl gives Homer a DVD player and the first season of ''Series/MagnumPI'', Homer forgets that he is Lenny’s “Secret Santa”, so he hastily gives him Certs. Also, Mr. Burns gives everyone a caferteria voucher as a Christmas bonus, except Homer, who gets a Joe [=DiMaggio=] baseball card (which, him being Burns, believes is worthless - Burns is so outdated he thinks [=DiMaggio=] is a rookie and Homer's surprise was about the fact they "started" to allow ethnics in the big leagues)). Homer trades it in to Comic Book Guy, who gives him everything in his register. With this small fortune, the Simpsons go Christmas shopping and Homer promoses to spend his money on a huge Christmas tree, but instead squanders it on a personalized talking astrolabe. When his family finds out, they call him out on his selfish act, with Marge saying that he doesn't care about anybody but himself. What’s worse is that Homer can’t return the astrolabe as the astrolabe itself reminded him after Homer was called out for his selfishness.

* HowTheCharacterStoleChristmas

* ToTheTuneOf: "You're a smart one, Homer J."

* {{Hypocrite}}: Lisa tells Homer about how she feels that Christmas would be better without all the materialism and commercialism. She is later shown among the mob wanting to kill Homer for taking their stuff.

* ArtShift: The Simpsons watch an {{expy}} of the California Raisins, with the special animated via claymation.

* LoopholeAbuse: The place where the Simpsons go Christmas shopping has the following slogan: "Our prices discriminate because we can't"