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-->'''Burns:''' Without my power plant, I have nothing to live for. Take me, a barren old thistle, and spare this sweet young flower.
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* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Mrs. Krabappel believes this about Bart upon meeting him.
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* MundaneObjectAmazement: Bart tries to run out on the cave expedition upon realizing it's a "nature walk." Lisa successfully keeps him busy with a quarter in a plastic bottle.
-->'''Marge:''' He'll sleep tonight!
-->'''Marge:''' He'll sleep tonight!
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Krabappel tells Moe that she can't leave Springfield with him because children like Bart Simpson need her, "sweet, misunderstood boys that just need somebody to recognize the basic goodness that's trapped inside them and is desperately trying to get out," while behind them Bart gleefully helps Nelson rob the classroom and spray-paints some parting graffiti for good measure.
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** Krabappel was going to leave town without taking the teaching job at Springfield Elementary, but stayed behind after a conversation with Bart which convinced her that he needed her.
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** Krabappel Edna was going to leave town with Moe without taking the teaching job at Springfield Elementary, but stayed behind after a conversation with Bart which convinced her that he needed her.
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* PetTheDog: Burns protecting Lisa.
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* PetTheDog: PetTheDog:
** Burns protectingLisa.Lisa.
** Krabappel was going to leave town without taking the teaching job at Springfield Elementary, but stayed behind after a conversation with Bart which convinced her that he needed her.
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** Krabappel was going to leave town without taking the teaching job at Springfield Elementary, but stayed behind after a conversation with Bart which convinced her that he needed her.
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'''Original air date:''' 3/12/2006 ''(produced in 2005)''
'''Production code:''' HABF-06
'''Production code:''' HABF-06
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* TheUnSmile: Mr. Burns bets his fortune to the Rich Texan over who can get a photo with a kid smiling. He loses because he is so creepy when smiling that all the town's children (and Otto) cry when standing next to him.
-->'''Milhouse:''' It's the boogeyman's grandfather!
-->'''Milhouse:''' It's the boogeyman's grandfather!
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-->'''Rich:''' Lady, I oughta fill you fill o'... [''suddenly perks up''] ...gratitude! That gold was turnin' us into monsters!
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* BringMyBrownPants: When Homer first got stuck in the cavern.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Mr. Burns begins reading Moe's letter and hears about his treasure:
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Mr. Burns begins reading Moe's letter and hears learns about his treasure:
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-->[''zooms out to the main story'']]
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-->[''zooms out to the main story'']]story'']
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* {{Angrish}}: When Mrs. Krabappel insists on staying at Springfield Elementary, Moe's furious rant quickly degenerates into gibberish as he hurls her bags out of his car.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: After Bart finishes explaining why he didn't study for his geography test:
-->'''Principal Skinner:''' That has to be the biggest load of cr-- [''looks out of the window in shock''] --''Krabappel making out with Moe?!''
* BaitAndSwitch: After Marge drops the gold down a ravine, Rich Texan approaches her, gun raised, looking furious...
-->'''Rich:''' Lady, I oughta fill you fill o'... [''suddenly perks up''] ...gratitude! That gold was turnin' us into monsters!
* BlatantLies: When Moe arrives at the cave armed with a baseball bat, to find Rich Texan and Mr Burns armed with guns, he reacts thusly:
-->'''Moe:''' You guys have ''guns?!'' I mean, uhh... so do I! [''retreats back into the shadows and mimes cocking a shotgun''] Eh? Eh?
* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: After Bart finishes explaining why he didn't study for his geography test:
-->'''Principal Skinner:''' That has to be the biggest load of cr-- [''looks out of the window in shock''] --''Krabappel making out with Moe?!''
* BaitAndSwitch: After Marge drops the gold down a ravine, Rich Texan approaches her, gun raised, looking furious...
-->'''Rich:''' Lady, I oughta fill you fill o'... [''suddenly perks up''] ...gratitude! That gold was turnin' us into monsters!
* BlatantLies: When Moe arrives at the cave armed with a baseball bat, to find Rich Texan and Mr Burns armed with guns, he reacts thusly:
-->'''Moe:''' You guys have ''guns?!'' I mean, uhh... so do I! [''retreats back into the shadows and mimes cocking a shotgun''] Eh? Eh?
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-->'''Homer:''' I'm stuck and I have to pee! (''{{beat}}'') Now, I'm just stuck.
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-->'''Homer:''' I'm stuck and stuck! And I have to pee! (''{{beat}}'') Now, Okay, now I'm just stuck.stuck.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Mr. Burns begins reading Moe's letter and hears about his treasure:
-->'''Mr. Burns:''' Treasure?
-->[''zooms out to Lisa's story'']
-->'''Lisa:''' Treasure?
-->[''zooms out to the main story'']]
-->'''Homer:''' Moe has a cappuccino machine?
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Mr. Burns begins reading Moe's letter and hears about his treasure:
-->'''Mr. Burns:''' Treasure?
-->[''zooms out to Lisa's story'']
-->'''Lisa:''' Treasure?
-->[''zooms out to the main story'']]
-->'''Homer:''' Moe has a cappuccino machine?
* ForWantOfANail: Had Bart not lied to Mrs. Krabappel about having detention all summer, she would have left Springfield with Moe, the gold would have gone with them, and the entire show would have been very different. Instead, she chooses to stay, Moe angrily breaks up with her, and the gold passes from him to Burns to Rich Texan, all culminating in the four-way MexicanStandoff at the episode's climax.
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* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Lisa encounters a goat in the forest, hoping it'll be friendly to a fellow herbivore, until it chases her into Mr. Burns' mansion. [[DoubleSubversion It turns out it was trying to bring back her necklace which she'd lost in the woods]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Burns, of all people, when he willingly stands between Lisa and the goat. Probably the most human thing he did in the entire show.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Burns, of all people, when he willingly stands between Lisa and the goat. Probably the most human thing he did in the entire show.
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* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Lisa encounters a goat in the forest, hoping it'll be friendly to a fellow herbivore, until it chases her into Mr. Burns' mansion. [[DoubleSubversion It turns out it was trying to bring back her necklace necklace, which she'd lost in the woods]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Burns, of all people, when he willingly stands between Lisa and the goat.Probably It's possibly the most human thing he did he's ever done in the entire show.show.
* MexicanStandoff: A four-way one at the end of the episode, between Rich Texan, Mr. Burns, Moe, and Snake, over the stash of pre-Columbian gold. Marge ultimately defuses it by hurling the gold down a chasm so none of them can have it.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Burns, of all people, when he willingly stands between Lisa and the goat.
* MexicanStandoff: A four-way one at the end of the episode, between Rich Texan, Mr. Burns, Moe, and Snake, over the stash of pre-Columbian gold. Marge ultimately defuses it by hurling the gold down a chasm so none of them can have it.
* NestedStories: At its greatest extent, we have Krabappel's story, inside Moe's story, inside Mr. Burns' story, inside Lisa's story, inside Bart's story. Lampshaded by Homer when Lisa first segues into Burns' tale:
-->"Now we're telling Mr. Burns's story?!"
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Moe brings a baseball bat to a gunfight (or at least, a Mexican standoff), though he tries to pretend otherwise.
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Marge, infuriated by the greed of those who are after the gold, dangles it over a chasm, and when they refuse to listen to reason, she drops it. The story ends with Burns climbing down the ravine in an attempt to retrieve the gold and subvert the trope, but we don't see whether he succeeds.
-->"Now we're telling Mr. Burns's story?!"
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Moe brings a baseball bat to a gunfight (or at least, a Mexican standoff), though he tries to pretend otherwise.
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: Marge, infuriated by the greed of those who are after the gold, dangles it over a chasm, and when they refuse to listen to reason, she drops it. The story ends with Burns climbing down the ravine in an attempt to retrieve the gold and subvert the trope, but we don't see whether he succeeds.
* RealAfterAll: At the end, the story is revealed to be Bart's explanation to Skinner as to why he was unable to study for his geography test. Skinner dismisses it as a lame excuse, only to look out of the window and see Krabappel and Moe rekindling their romance from the story.
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* StartOfDarkness: After Moe steals his Mayan coins, Snake decides he'll "take my revenge on society -- by which, I mean convenience stores."
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** Why Bart needs an operation is never explained. Homer tells him "That's a story for another day"; fifteen years later and counting, that day has yet to come.
** As the Simpsons leave the cave, Mr. Burns is climbing down the ravine in search of the gold. We never find out if he successfully retrieved it or not.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Courtesy of Bart explaining to Skinner why he couldn't study for his geography test.
** Why Bart needs an operation is never explained. Homer tells him "That's a story for another day"; fifteen years later and counting, that day has yet to come.
** As the Simpsons leave the cave, Mr. Burns is climbing down the ravine in search of the gold. We never find out if he successfully retrieved it or not.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Courtesy of Bart explaining to Skinner why he couldn't study for his geography test.
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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: A NestedStories-meets-TheRashomon style story.
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* TwistEnding: It turns out the entire episode is Bart's explanation to Principal Skinner why he didn't have time to study for his geography test.
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* TwistEnding: It turns out the entire episode is [[WholeEpisodeFlashback Bart's explanation to Principal Skinner why he didn't have time to study for his geography test.test]].
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* RuleOfThree: Moe throws out Barney three times, and each time Barney appears back inside.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: Barney somehow keeps getting in Moe's bar, no matter how many times he is thrown out.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Burns, of all people, when he willingly stands between Lisa and the goat. Probably the most human thing he did in the entire show.
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* SoLongSuckers: When the goat chases Lisa and Mr. Burns up the staircase of Burns' mansion, Burns rides a stair lift past Lisa while uttering this phrase, [[SubvertedTrope only for the stair lift to break down]], leaving him to meekly say, "I mean, 'Don't leave an old man to die.'" [[DoubleSubversion He then exclaims these words again when the stair lift starts working again.]]
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* ShoutOut: The Excluders Club member who referees the scavenger hunt is Commander [=McBragg=] from ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkle''.
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* MythologyGag: In Lisa's story, Smithers wasn't there to help them because he was getting a spray-on tan. According to Mr. Burns, "He comes back orange and stains the furniture.". This may be a nod to how [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness in his first on-screen appearance]] in "Homer's Odyssey", [[https://frinkiac.com/img/S01E03/394487.jpg Smithers had orange skin instead of yellow]], with WordOfGod humorously explaining it away as "an extreme tan".
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Moe brought a baseball bat to the face off over the stolen gold. He didn't expect everyone else to bring guns. It's especially hilarious given that Moe is shown to own a gun in other episodes.
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* AesopAmnesia: Burns, of course, forgets about feeling proud of making children happy.
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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: When Rich Texan announces his intention to win Mr Burns' nuclear plant, Burns responds "Dream on, bitch!"
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* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Lisa encounters a goat in the forest, hoping it'll be friendly to a fellow herbivore, until it chases her into Mr. Burns' mansion. [[DoubleSubversion It turns out it was trying to bring back her necklace which she'd lost in the woods]].
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* StartOfDarkness: After Moe steals his Mayan coins, Snake declares "take my revenge on society -- by which, I mean convenience stores."
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* AdventureArchaeologist: Snake used to be one before turning to a criminal life.
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* StartOfDarkness: After Moe steals his Mayan coins, Snake declares "take my revenge on society -- by which, I mean convenience stores."
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* AnotherStoryForAnotherTime: During Homer's confession of the real reason he brought the family to the cavern, he claims he needed money for Bart's operation. At this point, Bart interrupts to ask about the operation, and Homer responds, "That's a story for another day."
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* TwistEnding: It turns out the entire episode is Bart's explanation to Principal Skinner why he didn't have time to study for his geography test.
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* GoThroughMe: Mr. Burns pulls this in order to protect Lisa from a goat.
* PetTheDog: Burns protecting Lisa.
* PetTheDog: Burns protecting Lisa.
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* BringMyBrownPants: When Homer first got stuck in the cavern.
-->'''Homer:''' I'm stuck and I have to pee! (''{{beat}}'') Now, I'm just stuck.
-->'''Homer:''' I'm stuck and I have to pee! (''{{beat}}'') Now, I'm just stuck.
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* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Mr. Burns working at Moe's. Burns actually considered it as a way to get ''up'' to ''zero''.
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* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Mr. Burns working at Moe's. Burns actually considered it as a way to get ''up'' to ''zero''.''zero''.
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* FallenOnHardTimesJob: Mr. Burns working at Moe's. Burns actually considered it as a way to get ''up'' to ''zero''.
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A string of nested stories tell the tale of why The Simpsons are spending the day at a cavern.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Burns and the Rich Texan waged their whole estates.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame: Burns and the Rich Texan waged their whole estates.
