History Recap / TheSimpsonsS20E14InTheNameOfTheGrandfather

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Homer says: "Let me say, I've always admired the Irish. Knute Rockne, Larry Bird and especially Mr.Potato Head."

* CreatorsCultureCarryover: The whole episode is full of specifically American culture references, since as the Giant’s Causeway being host to a VideoGame/QBert joke and the Blarney Stone having the [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Blarney Rubble]] next to it, most notable is the narrative referring to the Guardai as “police”.

* CreatorCultureCarryover: The whole episode is full of specifically American culture references, since as the Giant’s Causeway being host to a VideoGame/QBert joke and the Blarney Stone having the [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Blarney Rubble]] next to it, most notable is the narrative referring to the Guardai as “police”.

* NotSoAboveItAll: After Homer, Bart, Lisa and Maggie have all made their case for the hot tub.

* OfficerOHara: The Simpsons arrive in Ireland to find the iconic drunk and disorderly Irishman of Abe's fondest memories all but extinct, with most of the population hardworking and sober to the point where the owner of Abe's favorite bar can barely keep it open and happily palms it off on Homer and Abe as soon as they're deep enough in the sauce. At the end, this oddity and the InUniverse prevalence of PoliceAreUseless are explained when a judge tells Abe that Ireland has improved since it sent all its "incompetent half-wits" to America, "where you, for some reason, made them police officers." This, naturally, is an InadvertentEntranceCue for Chief [[StockForeignNames Clancy]] Wiggum.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the opening act the Simpsons get a hot tub and are so blissed out from the relaxation that they (and Ned, after joining them) are essentially stoned, causing them to miss an event at the Retirement Castle that they promised to attend and kicking off the main plot when they attempt to make it up to Abe.
-->'''Marge:''' I feel like we're forgetting something.
-->'''Lisa:''' Hmm. There ''was'' a note on the fridge marked "urgent." Funny word, "urgent." ''Urrrr-gent.'' Urgent.

-->'''Lisa:''' Hmm. There ''was'' a note on the fridge marked "urgent." Funny word, "urgent." ''Ur-gent.'' Urgent.

* HurricaneOfPuns

The Simpsons are going to Ireland — they pretty much have to, as a way to apologize for missing out on visiting Grampa once again.

* ContinuitySnarl: In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E12TheMansionFamily "The Mansion Family"]], Moe conformed to the law against serving beer before 2:00pm on Sundays. Now, he was encouraging Homer and Abe to break that law (though he may have done it, as Ireland probably doesn't have that law).

** Bart makes a derogatory remark about UsefulNotes/{{Belgium}} to which Marge replies: "Bart, if you hate Belgium so much: maybe I should take your {{Tintin}}s away", to which a scared Bart replies he'll be good, clutching a copy of ''[[Recap/TintinTheCrabWithTheGoldenClaws The Crab with the Golden Claws]]''.