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* JerkassHasAPoint: Upon discovering a blind spot in their backyard where Ned can't see them through the cameras, Homer and Bart exploit it by turning it into a hotspot where people pay them for access to it so they can do the things Ned nagged them for over the cameras. When Ned finds out and goes to put an end to it, Homer isn't wrong in calling defends his actions by pointing out Ned's actions and tells him that Ned should give people their invasion of everyone's privacy as well as let them have the freedom of choice but Homer remains a jerk for allowing people to fulfil forced their destructive and reckless behaviour.unwholesome behavior into one small spot, causing them to act out more than if Ned left them alone.
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* WretchedHive: After discovering that the surveillance network has a blind spot located on the Simpsons' backyard, Homer and Bart invite everybody to do whatever they can't do because of Ned's incessant nagging right there. It quickly becomes a miniature den of debauchery, and Homer's WhatTheHellHeroSpeech [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell Hero Speech]] at Ned (once he finds out about the blind spot, courtesy of Marge) is that this is the result of his actions, saying that in no uncertain terms that no matter how hard he tries, he can't make evil go away. He just makes it more determined to find a place where it can go on undisturbed.
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* MythologyGag: This episode is basically a less terrifying version of the Dictator Flanders timeline in "Time and Punishment" from ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E6TreehouseOfHorrorV Treehouse of Horror V]]'', with Flanders watching over Springfield into a fundamentalist dystopian society.
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* CallBack: Prince Charles tells Queen Elizabeth II that "My cat's breath smells like cat food". This line was also said by Ralph Wiggum in "Lisa's Rival". Prince Charles says the line right after the Queen comments that Ralph reminds her of him.
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** Prince Charles tells Queen Elizabeth II that "My cat's breath smells like cat food". This line was also said by Ralph Wiggum in "Lisa's Rival". Prince Charles says the line right after the Queen comments that Ralph reminds her ofhim.him.
** The music heard when Homer and Flanders are destroying all of the security cameras was last heard in Treehouse of Horror ''[[LongBusTrip II]]'' (when Homer and Bart are spending quality time together in the latter's nightmare).
** Prince Charles tells Queen Elizabeth II that "My cat's breath smells like cat food". This line was also said by Ralph Wiggum in "Lisa's Rival". Prince Charles says the line right after the Queen comments that Ralph reminds her of
** The music heard when Homer and Flanders are destroying all of the security cameras was last heard in Treehouse of Horror ''[[LongBusTrip II]]'' (when Homer and Bart are spending quality time together in the latter's nightmare).
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* TakeThat: After TheReveal is discovered, the Queen says that she will miss [[TheDitz Ralph Wiggum]], comparing him to her son. Cue Prince Charles coming in with his own cat and spouting Ralph's one-liner.
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* AdHominem: Lisa is humiliated in the debate at the beginning (and thus starts her sub-plot) when the defense the other speaker at the debate uses (and ends up working) is constantly pointing out that she's blonde, so that means that she's a DumbBlonde, so anything she says must be automatically wrong because she's a dumb blonde.
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* WretchedHive: After discovering that the surveillance network has a blind spot located on the Simpsons' backyard, Homer and Bart invite everybody to do whatever they can't do because of Ned's incessant nagging right there. It quickly becomes a miniature den of debauchery, and Homer's WhatTheHellHeroSpeech at Ned (once he finds out about the blind spot, courtesy of Marge) is that this is the result of his actions.actions, saying that in no uncertain terms that no matter how hard he tries, he can't make evil go away. He just makes it more determined to find a place where it can go on undisturbed.
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* TheFundamentalist: Ned, as usual. He takes over the surveillance station and spends 24/7 watching through the cameras and literally nagging anything and anybody he deems wrong into submission. Being who he is, "anything he deems wrong" is an absurdly long list.
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* WretchedHive: After discovering that the surveillance network has a blind spot located on the Simpsons' backyard, Homer and Bart invite everybody to do whatever they can't do because of Ned's incessant nagging right there. It quickly becomes a miniature den of debauchery, and Homer's WhatTheHellHeroSpeech at Ned (once he finds out about the blind spot, courtesy of Marge) is that this is the result of his actions.
* WretchedHive: After discovering that the surveillance network has a blind spot located on the Simpsons' backyard, Homer and Bart invite everybody to do whatever they can't do because of Ned's incessant nagging right there. It quickly becomes a miniature den of debauchery, and Homer's WhatTheHellHeroSpeech at Ned (once he finds out about the blind spot, courtesy of Marge) is that this is the result of his actions.
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* DrunkWithPower: The closed-circuit television system is meant to keep track of actual crimes and emergencies. Ned instead uses it to literally nag the whole town into a submissive fascist milquetoast dystopia.
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* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: Ned Flanders.Flanders literally nags Springfield into submission in this episode. Even referenced by Ned when he has his MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment, saying that he didn't wanted to be a "Big Brother", but rather a "little sister".
* DrunkWithPower: The closed-circuit television system is meant to keep track of actual crimes and emergencies. Ned instead uses it to literally nag the whole town into a submissive fascist milquetoast dystopia.
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** Flanders becomes a one-man milquetoast Thought Police. ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' gets a more direct reference once Ned actually understands what he's done, by saying that he didn't wanted to be anybody's "Big Brother".
** The Gay Bar is full with Sesame Street like
** Flanders becomes a one-man milquetoast Thought Police. ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour'' gets a more direct reference once Ned actually understands what he's done, by saying that he didn't wanted to be anybody's "Big Brother".
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** When Lisa calls out the judges for agreeing with her deliberately weak argument simply because she dyed her hair brunette rather than the content of her words, the male judges try to deny it, while the female judge all but admits to it.
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* JerkassBall: Most of Springfield forgets for this episode that Lisa is a genius and treat her like a dumb blonde.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Marge soon leaves her job because she felt uncomfortable with getting involved with peoples privacy.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ned would have never found out about the blind spot in the Simpsons backyard and the shenanigans Homer and Bart were leading the rest of the town in there if Marge hadn't tattled on them to Ned.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Homer isn't wrong in calling out Ned's actions and tells him that Ned should give people their privacy as well as let them have the freedom of choice but Homer remains a jerk for allowing people to fulfil their destructive and reckless behaviour.
* KnightTemplar: Ned tried to force Springfield into a paradise by oppressing them via surveillance cameras and then directly speaking to them by microphone in order to ruin their activities. When Homer finally tells Ned that the town is sick of Ned's actions and demands that Ned should allow them to keep their privacy as well as allow them to have the freedom of choice. Ned tells him that he was trying to mould Springfield into a paradise by tattling on them.
* KnightTemplar: Ned tried to force Springfield into a paradise by oppressing them via surveillance cameras and then directly speaking to them by microphone in order to ruin their activities. When Homer finally tells Ned that the town is sick of Ned's actions and demands that Ned should allow them to keep their privacy as well as allow them to have the freedom of choice. Ned tells him that he was trying to mould Springfield into a paradise by tattling on them.
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* DumbBlonde: Lisa's subplot involves people thinking that she's this. She tries proving to people that she's not this and that generalizing people based on certain traits is a bad thing.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ned feels like this when Homer tells him that he inadvertently drove people to the Simpsons' backyard to do all the things Ned chastised them for doing.
* DumbBlonde: Lisa's subplot involves people thinking that she's this. She tries proving to people that she's not this and that generalizing people based on certain traits is a bad thing.
* GeniusDitz: Bart maybe a rebellious student, but he did find a blind spot... the Simpsons’
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* CallBack: Prince Charles tells Queen Elizabeth II that "My cat's breath smells like cat food". This line was also said by Ralph Wiggum in "Lisa's Rival".
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* CallBack: Prince Charles tells Queen Elizabeth II that "My cat's breath smells like cat food". This line was also said by Ralph Wiggum in "Lisa's Rival". Prince Charles says the line right after the Queen comments that Ralph reminds her of him.
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* GeniusDitz: Bart maybe a rebellious student, but he did find a blind spot... [[spoiler: the Simpsons’ backyard]]
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The entire episode -- at least the main story -- is a hidden-camera reality show that airs on British TV and is considered the Queen's and Prince Charles' favorite show]].show.
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* AdultsAreUseless: With the exceptions of Ned and Marge, pretty much not a lot of don’t listen to Lisa because she’s a blonde. Despite near everyone in Springfield knowing that Lisa is a genius.
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* PlayingGod: Homer claims that Ned trying to control the whole towns actions came off as him trying to be God. This horrifies Ned.
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!!Tropes of this episode: (YMMV/TheSimpsonsS21E20ToSurveilWithLove YMMV Here)
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!!Tropes of this episode: (YMMV/TheSimpsonsS21E20ToSurveilWithLove ([[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS21E20ToSurveilWithLove YMMV Here)Here]])
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* WhatAnIdiot: Homer leaving his bag unattended, which allowed Smithers to sneak a plutonium rod and leaving the bag at the train station?
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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: It was actually The entire episode -- at least the main story -- is a hidden camera hidden-camera reality show for that airs on British TV and is considered the Brits]]
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: As part of FOX's "FOX Rocks" gimmick at the time, the opening for this episode was redone as an animated music video for the {{Ke$ha}} song "[=TiK ToK=].
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: As part of FOX's "FOX Rocks" gimmick at the time, the opening for this episode was redone as an animated music video for the {{Ke$ha}} Ke$ha song "[=TiK ToK=].
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After a radiation scare, scare due to Homer's usual brand of idiocy, Springfield is placed under CCTV closed-circuit TV surveillance but has a group of civilian control, which includes Flanders. At the same time, Lisa is forced to dye her hair in order to prove that she was brown after being discriminated against blondes.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Where did the Van Houten, Helen Lovejoy, Julius Hibbert, and Elizabeth Hoover after Ned Flanders and Marge Simpson took over with cameras?
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Where did the Van Houten, Helen Lovejoy, Julius Hibbert, and Elizabeth Hoover after Ned Flanders and Marge Simpson told at the camera?
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After a radiation scare, Springfield is placed under CCTV but has a group of civilian control, which includes Flanders. At the same time, Lisa is forced to dye her hair in order to prove that she was being discriminated against blondes.
!!Tropes of this episode:
* AdultsAreUseless: With the exceptions of Ned and Marge, pretty much not a lot of don’t listen to Lisa because she’s a blonde.
* {{Expy}}: That bomb squad specialist is clearly based on ClintEastwood
* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: Ned Flanders
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Abe pretty doesn’t help Lisa
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nelson is like this to Lisa
* GeniusDitz: Bart maybe a rebellious student, but he did find a blind [[spoiler: the Simpsons’ backyard]]
* PoliceAreUseless: At least we found out who can do better than Wiggum
--->'''Lou''': Uh, Chief, I Think we got a misuse of police equipment on ZZ-99.
--->(Wiggum looks, before switching the cameras back to normal after looking at Edna sunbathing topless.)
--->'''Chief Wiggum''': Killjoy
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: It was actually a hidden camera show for the Brits]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: That bomb squad specialist decides to broke up the plutonium rather than do the countdown
* ShoutOut: The Gay Bar is full with Sesame Street like people
* WhatAnIdiot: Homer leaving his bag unattended, which allowed Smithers to sneak a plutonium rod and leaving the bag at the train station?
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Where did the Van Houten, Helen Lovejoy, Julius Hibbert, and Elizabeth Hoover after Ned Flanders and Marge Simpson told at the camera?
!!Tropes of this episode:
* AdultsAreUseless: With the exceptions of Ned and Marge, pretty much not a lot of don’t listen to Lisa because she’s a blonde.
* {{Expy}}: That bomb squad specialist is clearly based on ClintEastwood
* BigBrotherIsWatchingYou: Ned Flanders
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Abe pretty doesn’t help Lisa
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nelson is like this to Lisa
* GeniusDitz: Bart maybe a rebellious student, but he did find a blind [[spoiler: the Simpsons’ backyard]]
* PoliceAreUseless: At least we found out who can do better than Wiggum
--->'''Lou''': Uh, Chief, I Think we got a misuse of police equipment on ZZ-99.
--->(Wiggum looks, before switching the cameras back to normal after looking at Edna sunbathing topless.)
--->'''Chief Wiggum''': Killjoy
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: It was actually a hidden camera show for the Brits]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: That bomb squad specialist decides to broke up the plutonium rather than do the countdown
* ShoutOut: The Gay Bar is full with Sesame Street like people
* WhatAnIdiot: Homer leaving his bag unattended, which allowed Smithers to sneak a plutonium rod and leaving the bag at the train station?
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Where did the Van Houten, Helen Lovejoy, Julius Hibbert, and Elizabeth Hoover after Ned Flanders and Marge Simpson told at the camera?
