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* SoapboxSadie: Once again, the ultra-environmentalist Lisa. She calls Barnacle Bay out on overfishing, leading to a fight with the mayor until he uses [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E22FraudcastNews Mr. Burns' report of Milhouse]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch against her]]. It takes until the end of the episode for the island to listen to her, but they decide to cut down their trees instead for porno magazines.

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* SoapboxSadie: Once again, the ultra-environmentalist Lisa. She calls Barnacle Bay out on overfishing, leading to a fight with the mayor until he uses [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E22FraudcastNews Mr. Burns' report of Milhouse]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch against her]].her. It takes until the end of the episode for the island to listen to her, but they decide to cut down their trees instead for porno magazines.

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It's not really related to stupidity.


* TooDumbToLive: Homer would rather be at the bottom of the sea to hallucinate than be rescued because he's selfish and hates reality.



* WorkOffTheDebt: Homer is forced to join a fishing crew to pay for the damages caused by his fireworks.

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* WorkOffTheDebt: Homer is forced to join a fishing crew to pay for the damages caused by his fireworks.fireworks.
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* AsYouKnow: Marge’s comment about going to a movie screening at a park—while ''at'' the park—is quickly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Comic Book Guy.
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* BaitAndSwitchSentiment: After Bart's found to have stowed away in the fishing boat, resulting in his being caught in the storm with Homer.
-->'''Bart:''' Dad, I couldn't stay with Mom and Lisa while you were out here.
-->'''Homer:''' Aww, son.
-->'''Bart:''' [[IncrediblyLameFun They were going to go to the folk art museum, then they were going to paint crab shells]]. Not crush them, ''paint them!''
-->'''Homer:''' [[SkewedPriorities You did the right thing, boy]].

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The final act has the fishing ship with Homer and Bart sinking in a parody of ''Film/ThePerfectStorm'' where all members of the crew died, and cuts to their funeral... before revealing that all sailors in ''The Simpsons'' survived.



* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to next to Barnacle Bay.
** {{Bowdlerization}}: In the Brazilian dub, the disparaging reference to Brazil was re-edited to make it seem like Bart and Lisa were wholeheartedly agreeing that Barnacle Bay was the worst place they've ever been.

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* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to next to Barnacle Bay.
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Bay. [[{{Bowdlerization}} In the Brazilian dub, the disparaging reference to Brazil was re-edited re-edited]] to make it seem like Bart and Lisa were wholeheartedly agreeing that Barnacle Bay was the worst place they've ever been.
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* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: After the fishing boat they're on goes down, Homer, Bart and the crew make it back to the mainland just in time to crash their memorial service.
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'''Original air date:''' 1/7/2007 ''(produced in 2006)''

'''Production code:''' JABF-03

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The final act has the fishing ship with Homer and Bart sinking in a parody of ''Film/ThePerfectStorm'' where all members of the crew died, and cuts to their funeral... Before revealing that all sailors in ''The Simpsons'' survived.
* ShoutOut: The climax of the episode, with the fishing boat getting sunk during a massive storm, is basically a recreation of the ending of ''Film/ThePerfectStorm''.

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The final act has the fishing ship with Homer and Bart sinking in a parody of ''Film/ThePerfectStorm'' where all members of the crew died, and cuts to their funeral... Before before revealing that all sailors in ''The Simpsons'' survived.
* ShoutOut: The climax of the episode, with the fishing boat getting sunk during a massive storm, is basically a recreation of the ending of ''Film/ThePerfectStorm''.''The Perfect Storm''.



* WholePlotReference: The third act parodies ''The Perfect Storm''.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt/PlotArmor: The final act has the fishing ship with Homer and Bart sinking in a parody of ''Film/ThePerfectStorm'' where all members of the crew died, and cuts to their funeral... Before revealing that all sailors in ''The Simpsons'' survived.

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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt/PlotArmor: LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: The final act has the fishing ship with Homer and Bart sinking in a parody of ''Film/ThePerfectStorm'' where all members of the crew died, and cuts to their funeral... Before revealing that all sailors in ''The Simpsons'' survived.
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt/PlotArmor: The final act has the fishing ship with Homer and Bart sinking in a parody of ''Film/ThePerfectStorm'' where all members of the crew died, and cuts to their funeral... Before revealing that all sailors in ''The Simpsons'' survived.


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* {{Spexico}}: Portuguese Fausto is a parody of Alfred Pierre from ''The Perfect Storm'', who was actually from Jamaica.


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* WholePlotReference: The third act parodies ''The Perfect Storm''.
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* BittersweetEnding: The fish are now under conservation, and Barnacle Bay is in business again. But all the trees are cut down to be used for pornography. [[StrawVegetarian Lisa]] considers this a DownerEnding, however.

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* BittersweetEnding: The fish are now under conservation, and Barnacle Bay is in business again. But all the trees are cut down to be used for pornography. [[StrawVegetarian Lisa]] Lisa]], unsurprisingly, considers this a DownerEnding, however.
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* LastSecondWordSwap: During the storm scene:
--> ''"Shiiiiiiii.....pwreeeeeck!"''
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* ShoutOut: The climax of the episode, with the fishing boat getting sunk during a massive storm, is basically a recreation of the ending of ''Film/ThePerfectStorm''.
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* TemptingFate: The Captain of The Rotten Pelican doesn't mind about the storm and says his knee would warn him if things were really bad. Cue the warning.
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* TreesIntoToothpicks: The episode ends with Barnacle Bay going into the logging business, with the logs being used for porno magazines. Lisa is horrified.

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* TreesIntoToothpicks: The episode ends with Barnacle Bay going into the logging business, with the logs being used for porno magazines. Lisa is horrified.horrified.
* WorkOffTheDebt: Homer is forced to join a fishing crew to pay for the damages caused by his fireworks.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: When Homer says he knows three people who can make Marge like Barnacle Bay again, it seems he's talking about Bart, Lisa and himself but he's talking about three locals he hires to restore the merry-go-round.
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* BittersweetEnding: The fish are now under conservation, and Barnacle Bay is in business again. But all the trees are cut down to be used for pornography. Lisa considers this a DownerEnding, however.

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* BittersweetEnding: The fish are now under conservation, and Barnacle Bay is in business again. But all the trees are cut down to be used for pornography. Lisa [[StrawVegetarian Lisa]] considers this a DownerEnding, however.


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* IRejectYourReality: Homer finds himself hallucinating several mermaids while trapped at the bottom of the sea, tangled in seaweed. When finally rescued by the Marine, [[{{Jerkass}} he]] [[UngratefulBastard berates them for saving him]], jumps back into the sea, and ''retangles himself'' to continue to hallucinate the mermaids.
* SoapboxSadie: Once again, the ultra-environmentalist Lisa. She calls Barnacle Bay out on overfishing, leading to a fight with the mayor until he uses [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E22FraudcastNews Mr. Burns' report of Milhouse]] [[KickTheSonOfABitch against her]]. It takes until the end of the episode for the island to listen to her, but they decide to cut down their trees instead for porno magazines.


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* TooDumbToLive: Homer would rather be at the bottom of the sea to hallucinate than be rescued because he's selfish and hates reality.
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* AdviceBackfire: At the end of he episode, Lisa tells the people of Barnacle Bay to stop overfishing. They agree...and decide to go into logging. Lisa considers this even worse.

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* ContinuityNod: To the trip to [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E15BlameItOnLisa Brazil]].

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* ContinuityNod: BittersweetEnding: The fish are now under conservation, and Barnacle Bay is in business again. But all the trees are cut down to be used for pornography. Lisa considers this a DownerEnding, however.
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To the trip to [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E15BlameItOnLisa Brazil]].Brazil]].
** Even Barnacle Bay is aware of Milhouse's crush on Lisa [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E22FraudcastNews because of Mr. Burns]].



** {{Bowdlerization}}: In the Brazilian dub, the disparaging reference to Brazil was re-edited to make it seem like Bart and Lisa were wholeheartedly agreeing that Barnacle Bay was the worst place they've ever been.

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** {{Bowdlerization}}: In the Brazilian dub, the disparaging reference to Brazil was re-edited to make it seem like Bart and Lisa were wholeheartedly agreeing that Barnacle Bay was the worst place they've ever been.been.
* TreesIntoToothpicks: The episode ends with Barnacle Bay going into the logging business, with the logs being used for porno magazines. Lisa is horrified.

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* AcceptableTargets: Italian Pete was supposedly created during a time when it was acceptable to portray Italians in a stereotypically negative manner.
* BaitAndSwitch: Kearny mocks the movie by saying "This movie isn't silent, I can hear it ''sucking''". It turns out the sucking was from the candy they were eating.



* DrivenToSuicide: Officer Joe.



* HeroAntagonist: Officer Joe.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''Farmyard Follies''
* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to. Predictably, the scene got cut in the Brazilian dub. (Technically not cut but redubbed as to have Bart not mentioning Brazil and Lisa sustaining her opinion of Barnacle Bay being the worst place they've ever been in)
* TooDumbToLive: All it took to drive Officer Joe to suicide was posting a phony wanted sign of him.
* VillainProtagonist: Italian Pete.

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* HeroAntagonist: Officer Joe.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''Farmyard Follies''
* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to. Predictably, the scene got cut in to next to Barnacle Bay.
**{{Bowdlerization}}: In
the Brazilian dub. (Technically not cut but redubbed as dub, the disparaging reference to have Bart not mentioning Brazil was re-edited to make it seem like Bart and Lisa sustaining her opinion of were wholeheartedly agreeing that Barnacle Bay being was the worst place they've ever been in)
* TooDumbToLive: All it took to drive Officer Joe to suicide was posting a phony wanted sign of him.
* VillainProtagonist: Italian Pete.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Kearny mocks the movie by saying "This movie isn't silent, I can hear it ''sucking''". It turns out the sucking was from the candy they were eating.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the scenes in Marge's home movies was of her watching a net full of Yum-Yum Fish get loaded onto the dock.


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* ShowWithinAShow: ''Farmyard Follies''
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* AcceptableTargets: Italian Pete was supposedly created during a time when it was acceptable to portray Italians in a stereotipically negative manner.

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* AcceptableTargets: Italian Pete was supposedly created during a time when it was acceptable to portray Italians in a stereotipically stereotypically negative manner.

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* AcceptableTargets: Italian Pete was supposedly created during a time when it was acceptable to portray Italians in a stereotipically negative manner.



* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to. Predictably, the scene got cut in the Brazilian dub. (Technically not cut but redubbed as to have Bart not mentioning Brazil and Lisa sustaining her opinion of Barnacle Bay being the worst place they've ever been in)

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* DrivenToSuicide: Officer Joe.
* HeroAntagonist: Officer Joe.
* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to. Predictably, the scene got cut in the Brazilian dub. (Technically not cut but redubbed as to have Bart not mentioning Brazil and Lisa sustaining her opinion of Barnacle Bay being the worst place they've ever been in)in)
* TooDumbToLive: All it took to drive Officer Joe to suicide was posting a phony wanted sign of him.
* VillainProtagonist: Italian Pete.
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* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to. Predictably, the scene got cut in the Brazilian dub.

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* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to. Predictably, the scene got cut in the Brazilian dub. (Technically not cut but redubbed as to have Bart not mentioning Brazil and Lisa sustaining her opinion of Barnacle Bay being the worst place they've ever been in)
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* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to.

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* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to. Predictably, the scene got cut in the Brazilian dub.
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* ContinuityNod: To the trip to Brazil.

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* ContinuityNod: To the trip to Brazil.[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E15BlameItOnLisa Brazil]].
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Marge revisits her summer vacation spot from childhood — only to learn that it's gone to pot from overfishing.

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* ContinuityNod: To the trip to Brazil.
* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to.

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