History Recap / TheSimpsonsS21E19TheSquirtAndTheWhale

* BeCarefulForWhatYouWishFor: When it's Bart's turn to move the turbine, he makes a deal with God to provide him with the wind needed to blow the turbine in exchange for the prayers he craves. This results in a catastrophic storm passing through Springfield that destroys the turbine and beaches the blue whale.

* SourSupporter: Lisa rallies her school friends and classmates to help save Bluella but they do the bare minimum with helping.
* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: In spite of Bluella's death and Lisa's sorrow over not being able to save her, the episode ends on a happy note with the reveal of Bluella having children and a (widowed) mate to protect them from predators. The last scene has Homer prophesizing what will happy to the whale family while Marge suggests to her kids that they make drawings based on what he described.

* BigNo: After Rome-O is killed by a ship, Juli-X cries out "Tic-Tac- ''Nooo!''.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: While tring to save Bluella, Marge warns Homer that saving beached whales has a very little success rate and worries that Lisa will face great devestation for being unable to save her. And tragically, she's proven right.

* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: In spite of Bluella's death and Lisa's sorrow in not being able to save her, the episode ends on a happy note with the reveal of Bluella having children and a (widowed) mate to protect them from predators. The last scene has Homer prophesizes what will happy to the whale family while Marge suggests that they make drawings based on what he described.

* ThreateningShark: Deconstructed. Sharks are the main threat at the climax of the episode, threatening to eat baby whales (and Homer), but they're only doing this because they're predators. The eco-activists even stop Homer from harpooning the sharks, pointing out sharks are threatened due to being hunted to make shark-fin soup (which is, unfortunately, TruthInTelevision).

* FreezeFrameBonus: Mr. Burns can be seen protesting the eco-friendly energy convention,w its a placard reading “Unfair to Earth Polluters”.

* InterspeciesRomance: Discussed--When Lisa worries about whether or not Bluella's family will be okay without her, Homer assures her that they'll be fine and suggests that Bluella's widowed mate will find and marry a giant octopus and [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction have a baby whale-o-pus]]. Marge suggests they all draw pictures of that scenario when they get home, and at the end credits we get to see a montage of said pictures, which are [[TastesLikeDiabetes adorable]].

* HopeSpot: Lisa's AllJustADream where everyone manages to save the whale. [[WhamShot When she finds out this wasn't the case , she instead finds Bluella dead and she silently sobs at her demise]].

* HopeSpot: Lisa's AllJustADream where everyone manages to save the whale. [[WhamShot When she finds out it wasn't, she instead finds the whale dead and she silently sobs at its demise]].

* NaiveAnimalLover: After failing to save a beached whale, Lisa tries to save its pod of offspring from a group of sharks. But then she learns AnAesop that sharks need to live too, and in order to live they eat other animals - such as baby whales.

* FromBadToWorse: Homer accidentally falls overboard into shark-infested waters, and the sharks take notice of him due to his fat. The eco-activists toss him a pail for chasing away the sharks, but it hits his head causing him to bleed...and attracting even more sharks.

* HopeSpot: Lisa's AllJustADream where everyone manages to save the whale. [[WhamEpisode When she finds out it wasn't, she instead finds the whale dead and she silently sobs at its demise]].

* ThreateningShark: Deconstructed. Sharks are the main threat at the climax of the episode, threatening to eat baby whales and then Homer (due to his fat), but they're only doing this because they're predators. The eco-activists even stop Homer from harpooning the sharks, pointing out sharks are threatened due to being hunted to make shark-fin soup (which is, unfortunately, TruthInTelevision).

* ShoutOut: The Itchy and Scratchy episode the Simpsons were watching was a parody of ''Series/{{House}}''.

* ShoutOut: The Itchy and Scratchy episode the Simpsons were watching was a parody of ''Series/{{House}}''.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: The story was based on an event from Creator/MattGroening's childhood. A dead whale washed up on shore in Groening's home town and its carcass had to be blown up with dynamite, the same way the whale in the episode was.

Lisa attempts to save a beached whale.

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The story was based on an event from Creator/MattGroening's childhood. A [[spoiler:dead]] whale washed up on shore in Groening's home town and [[spoiler:its carcass had to be dynamited for disposal]], the same way the whale in the episode was.

* OfCorsetsFunny: Comic Book Guy buys a corset he claims makes him look like Creator/WillamShatner from ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. Little by little the corset gives way, making him look like Shatner from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'', ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', and once it breaks entirely, ''Series/BostonLegal''.

* OfCorsetFunny: Comic Book Guy buys a corset he claims makes him look like Creator/WillamShatner from ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. Little by little the corset gives way, making him look like Shatner from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'', ''Film/StarTrekVTheFinalFrontier'', ''Film/StarTrekGenerations'', and once it breaks entirely, ''Series/BostonLegal''.

* ShoutOut: The Itchy and Scratchy episode the Simpsons were watching was a parody of ''Series/{{House}}''.