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IUEO now so the name needs to be called cool in-story, also sinkhole


Following a disastrous date and a head injury at work, Homer begins seeing a suave superspy (voiced by [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle Bryan]] [[Series/BreakingBad Cranston]]) who gives him advice on how to be Marge's dream man. Meanwhile, Bart stuffs Nelson full of Krusty Burger's nutritionally dubious food to weaken him and stop his bullying forever.

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Following a disastrous date and a head injury at work, Homer begins seeing a suave superspy (voiced by [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle Bryan]] [[Series/BreakingBad Cranston]]) Creator/BryanCranston) who gives him advice on how to be Marge's dream man. Meanwhile, Bart stuffs Nelson full of Krusty Burger's nutritionally dubious food to weaken him and stop his bullying forever.



* AwesomeMcCoolname: "Stradivarius Cain?" Not a bad name for a Franchise/JamesBond rip-off.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Lisa decides to step in and help Nelson recover when Bart's scheme to make him fat starts becoming extremely dangerous for his health (nevermind the fact Bart only did it to stop Nelson from stealing kid's lunch money). This is good... kind of. The part that places it directly in this trope is that the exercise program that she signs Nelson to turns him into a super-strong child that can (literally) single-handedly curb-stomp the entire campus, which he does with violent gusto, "haw-haw"-ing all the way.

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* LethalEatery: Krusty Burger is exposed as this in the documentary. Among other things, the "secret sauce" is revealed to be mayonnaise that's been left out in the sun, and the "breakfast sausage" is apparently made from ground-up human flesh.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Lisa decides Lisa's decision to step in and help Nelson recover when Bart's scheme to make him fat starts becoming extremely dangerous for his health (nevermind the fact Bart only did it to stop Nelson from stealing kid's lunch money). This is good... kind of. The part that places it directly in ends up becoming this trope is that when the exercise program that she signs Nelson to turns him into a super-strong child that can (literally) single-handedly curb-stomp the entire campus, which he does with violent gusto, "haw-haw"-ing all the way.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Lisa decides to step in and help Nelson recover when Bart's scheme (nevermind the fact he only did it to stop Nelson from stealing kid's lunch money) to make him fat starts becoming extremely dangerous for his health. This is good... kind of. The part that places it directly in this trope is that the exercise program that she signs Nelson to turns him into a super-strong child that can (literally) single-handedly curb-stomp the entire campus, which he does with violent gusto, "haw-haw"-ing all the way.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Lisa decides to step in and help Nelson recover when Bart's scheme (nevermind the fact he only did it to stop Nelson from stealing kid's lunch money) to make him fat starts becoming extremely dangerous for his health.health (nevermind the fact Bart only did it to stop Nelson from stealing kid's lunch money). This is good... kind of. The part that places it directly in this trope is that the exercise program that she signs Nelson to turns him into a super-strong child that can (literally) single-handedly curb-stomp the entire campus, which he does with violent gusto, "haw-haw"-ing all the way.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Lisa decides to step in and help Nelson recover when Bart's scheme to make him fat starts becoming extremely dangerous for his health. This is good... kind of. The part that places it directly in this trope is that the exercise program that she signs Nelson to turns him into a super-strong child that can (literally) single-handedly curb-stomp the entire campus, which he does with violent gusto, "haw-haw"-ing all the way.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Lisa decides to step in and help Nelson recover when Bart's scheme (nevermind the fact he only did it to stop Nelson from stealing kid's lunch money) to make him fat starts becoming extremely dangerous for his health. This is good... kind of. The part that places it directly in this trope is that the exercise program that she signs Nelson to turns him into a super-strong child that can (literally) single-handedly curb-stomp the entire campus, which he does with violent gusto, "haw-haw"-ing all the way.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Krusty, as usual. Not only does he sells horrifyingly unhealthy food, he personally staples together leftover burgers so they can be sold again and when the documentary man that took the challenge to eat nothing for Krusty food for several days (a la "Film/SuperSizeMe") apparently drops dead from the obesity, Krusty ''[[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies picks him up with a forklift to grind him up for hamburger meat]]''. He only manages to grind the man's arm before he wakes up, though... and then sells him the resulting hamburger. [[IAmAHumanitarian At least he liked the taste]].

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Krusty, as usual. Not only does he sells horrifyingly unhealthy food, he personally staples together leftover burgers so they can be sold again and when the documentary man that took the challenge to eat nothing for Krusty food for several days (a la "Film/SuperSizeMe") apparently drops dead from the obesity, Krusty ''[[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies picks him up with a forklift to grind him up for hamburger breakfast sausage meat]]''. He only manages to grind the man's arm foot before he wakes up, though... and then sells him On the resulting hamburger. [[IAmAHumanitarian At least other hand, Krusty didn't hesitate to get his personal trainer to get Nelson into superhero shape (but not [[Film/XMenFilmSeries Hugh Jackman Wolverine shape]], he liked the taste]].isn't made of money) after seeing what his burgers have wrought.



* TapOnTheHead: Subverted. Homer's concussion leads to several really bad side-effects MadeOfIron or not, including hallucinations (thankfully, the imaginary Cain turns out to be pretty helpful) and blood oozing from his eyeballs. Being a complete idiot is the reason Homer takes the medically-mandated time off (wherein he should be resting extensively) as vacation time to go out "to work" and scheme a way to woo his wife. Even Marge is horrified when Homer eventually tells her.

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* TapOnTheHead: Subverted. Homer's concussion leads to several really bad side-effects MadeOfIron or not, including hallucinations (thankfully, the imaginary Cain turns out to be pretty helpful) and blood oozing from his eyeballs. Being a complete idiot is the reason Homer takes the medically-mandated time off (wherein he should be resting extensively) as vacation time to go out "to work" and scheme a way to woo his wife. Even Marge is horrified when Homer eventually tells her.her.
* TemporaryBulkChange: Nelson, twice. First, he gains a lot of weight thanks to a supply of Krusty's burgers. Then, he loses the weight and gains muscle thanks to Krusty's personal trainer.
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* ImaginaryFriend: Stradivarius Cane is Homer's. [[spoiler:And Officer Lou is Chief Wiggum's.]]

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* ImaginaryFriend: Stradivarius Cane is Homer's. [[spoiler:And And Officer Lou is Chief Wiggum's.]]
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* AllGirlsLikeBadGuys: Lisa can't stop herself from swooning over Nelson's incredibly fit body once he's back to full health, disregarding the brutality he's unleashing onto her own brother and everybody else who can't run away.

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* AllGirlsLikeBadGuys: AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Lisa can't stop herself from swooning over Nelson's incredibly fit body once he's back to full health, disregarding the brutality he's unleashing onto her own brother and everybody else who can't run away.



* BondOneLiner: Homer shouts these at the screen during a Stradivarius Cain movie, much to Marge's annoyance. (Lenny and Carl, however, cheer him on.)

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* BondOneLiner: Homer shouts these at the screen during a Stradivarius Cain movie, much to Marge's annoyance. (Lenny Lenny and Carl, however, cheer him on.)



* BurgerFool: Played for horror with Krusty Burger's incredibly unhealthy food and unsanitary handling of the same (including Krusty trying to grind a man who dares try to decry this into hamburger meat to sell off... and partially succeeding).
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Krusty, as usual. Not only does he sells horrifyingly unhealthy food, he personally staples together leftover burgers so they can be sold again and when the documentary man that took the challenge to eat nothing for Krusty food for several days (a la "Film/SuperSizeMe") apparently drops dead from the obesity, Krusty ''[[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies picks him up with a forklift to grind him up for hamburger meat]]'' (he only manages to grind the man's arm before he wakes up, though... and then sells him the resulting hamburger. [[IAmAHumanitarian At least he liked the taste]]).

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* BurgerFool: Played for horror with Krusty Burger's incredibly unhealthy food and unsanitary handling of the same (including including Krusty trying to grind a man who dares try to decry this into hamburger meat to sell off... and partially succeeding).
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Krusty, as usual. Not only does he sells horrifyingly unhealthy food, he personally staples together leftover burgers so they can be sold again and when the documentary man that took the challenge to eat nothing for Krusty food for several days (a la "Film/SuperSizeMe") apparently drops dead from the obesity, Krusty ''[[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies picks him up with a forklift to grind him up for hamburger meat]]'' (he meat]]''. He only manages to grind the man's arm before he wakes up, though... and then sells him the resulting hamburger. [[IAmAHumanitarian At least he liked the taste]]).taste]].



* TapOnTheHead: Subverted. Homer's concussion leads to several really bad side-effects MadeOfIron or nor, including hallucinations (thankfully, the imaginary Cain turns out to be pretty helpful) and blood oozing from his eyeballs. Being a complete idiot is the reason Homer takes the medically-mandated time off (wherein he should be resting extensively) as vacation time to go out "to work" and scheme a way to woo his wife. Even Marge is horrified when Homer eventually tells her.

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* TapOnTheHead: Subverted. Homer's concussion leads to several really bad side-effects MadeOfIron or nor, not, including hallucinations (thankfully, the imaginary Cain turns out to be pretty helpful) and blood oozing from his eyeballs. Being a complete idiot is the reason Homer takes the medically-mandated time off (wherein he should be resting extensively) as vacation time to go out "to work" and scheme a way to woo his wife. Even Marge is horrified when Homer eventually tells her.

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* AllGirlsLikeBadBoys: Lisa can't stop herself from swooning over Nelson's incredibly fit body once he's back to full health, disregarding the brutality he's unleashing onto her own brother and everybody else who can't run away.

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* AllGirlsLikeBadBoys: AllGirlsLikeBadGuys: Lisa can't stop herself from swooning over Nelson's incredibly fit body once he's back to full health, disregarding the brutality he's unleashing onto her own brother and everybody else who can't run away.


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* BurgerFool: Played for horror with Krusty Burger's incredibly unhealthy food and unsanitary handling of the same (including Krusty trying to grind a man who dares try to decry this into hamburger meat to sell off... and partially succeeding).

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* AllGirlsLikeBadBoys: Lisa can't stop herself from swooning over Nelson's incredibly fit body once he's back to full health, disregarding the brutality he's unleashing onto her own brother and everybody else who can't run away.



* BullyBrutality: Nelson escalates to this once the exercise program makes him incredibly fit, beating up all of the kids at school and intimidating the grown-ups into allowing him to continue.



* TapToTheHead: Subverted. Homer's concussion leads to several really bad side-effects MadeOfIron or nor, including hallucinations (thankfully, the imaginary Cain turns out to be pretty helpful) and blood oozing from his eyeballs. Being a complete idiot is the reason Homer takes the medically-mandated time off (wherein he should be resting extensively) as vacation time to go out "to work" and scheme a way to woo his wife. Even Marge is horrified when Homer eventually tells her.

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* TapToTheHead: TapOnTheHead: Subverted. Homer's concussion leads to several really bad side-effects MadeOfIron or nor, including hallucinations (thankfully, the imaginary Cain turns out to be pretty helpful) and blood oozing from his eyeballs. Being a complete idiot is the reason Homer takes the medically-mandated time off (wherein he should be resting extensively) as vacation time to go out "to work" and scheme a way to woo his wife. Even Marge is horrified when Homer eventually tells her.
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* ShoutOut: The InUniverse documentary that Bart sees is obviously based in Morgan Spurlock's "Film/SuperSizeMe".

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* ShoutOut: The InUniverse documentary that Bart sees is obviously based in Morgan Spurlock's "Film/SuperSizeMe"."Film/SuperSizeMe".
* TapToTheHead: Subverted. Homer's concussion leads to several really bad side-effects MadeOfIron or nor, including hallucinations (thankfully, the imaginary Cain turns out to be pretty helpful) and blood oozing from his eyeballs. Being a complete idiot is the reason Homer takes the medically-mandated time off (wherein he should be resting extensively) as vacation time to go out "to work" and scheme a way to woo his wife. Even Marge is horrified when Homer eventually tells her.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Krusty, as usual. Not only does he sells horrifyingly unhealthy food, he personally staples together leftover burgers so they can be sold again and when the documentary man that took the challenge to eat nothing for Krusty food for several days (a la "Film/SuperSizeMe") apparently drops dead from the obesity, Krusty ''[[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies picks him up with a forklift to grind him up for hamburger food]]'' (he only manages to grind the man's arm before he wakes up, though... and then sells him the resulting hamburger. [[IAmAHumanitarian At least he liked the taste]]).

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Krusty, as usual. Not only does he sells horrifyingly unhealthy food, he personally staples together leftover burgers so they can be sold again and when the documentary man that took the challenge to eat nothing for Krusty food for several days (a la "Film/SuperSizeMe") apparently drops dead from the obesity, Krusty ''[[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies picks him up with a forklift to grind him up for hamburger food]]'' meat]]'' (he only manages to grind the man's arm before he wakes up, though... and then sells him the resulting hamburger. [[IAmAHumanitarian At least he liked the taste]]).



* ShoutOut: The InUniverse documentary that Bart sees is obviously based in Jason Spurrock's "Film/SuperSizeMe".

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* ShoutOut: The InUniverse documentary that Bart sees is obviously based in Jason Spurrock's Morgan Spurlock's "Film/SuperSizeMe".
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: "Stradivarius Cain?" Not a bad name for a Franchise/JamesBond rip-off.



* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Krusty, as usual. Not only does he sells horrifyingly unhealthy food, he personally staples together leftover burgers so they can be sold again and when the documentary man that took the challenge to eat nothing for Krusty food for several days (a la "Film/SuperSizeMe") apparently drops dead from the obesity, Krusty ''[[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies picks him up with a forklift to grind him up for hamburger food]]'' (he only manages to grind the man's arm before he wakes up, though... and then sells him the resulting hamburger. [[IAmAHumanitarian At least he liked the taste]]).



* ImaginaryFriend: Stradivarius Cane is Homer's. [[spoiler:And Officer Lou is Chief Wiggum's.]]

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* ImaginaryFriend: Stradivarius Cane is Homer's. [[spoiler:And Officer Lou is Chief Wiggum's.]]]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Lisa decides to step in and help Nelson recover when Bart's scheme to make him fat starts becoming extremely dangerous for his health. This is good... kind of. The part that places it directly in this trope is that the exercise program that she signs Nelson to turns him into a super-strong child that can (literally) single-handedly curb-stomp the entire campus, which he does with violent gusto, "haw-haw"-ing all the way.
* ShoutOut: The InUniverse documentary that Bart sees is obviously based in Jason Spurrock's "Film/SuperSizeMe".
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lou disappears in mid sentence.
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* BondOneLiner: Homer shouts these at the screen during a Stradivarius Cain movie, much to Marge's annoyance. (Lenny and Carl, however, cheer him on.)



'''Burns:''' Oh right, I have his memories because I ate his brain.

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'''Burns:''' Oh right, I have his memories because I ate his brain.brain.
* ImaginaryFriend: Stradivarius Cane is Homer's. [[spoiler:And Officer Lou is Chief Wiggum's.]]

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lou disappears in mid sentence.

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lou disappears in mid sentence.sentence.
* EatBrainForMemories:
-->'''Burns:''' Oh pish, when I was in Africa I had my skull cracked open by cannibals and I'm still kicking.\\
'''Smithers:''' Sir, that was your partner, you betrayed him ''to'' the cannibals.\\
'''Burns:''' Oh right, I have his memories because I ate his brain.
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Following a disastrous date and a head injury at work, Homer begins seeing a suave superspy (voiced by [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Bryan]] [[BreakingBad Cranston]]) who gives him advice on how to be Marge's dream man. Meanwhile, Bart stuffs Nelson full of Krusty Burger's nutritionally dubious food to weaken him and stop his bullying forever.


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Following a disastrous date and a head injury at work, Homer begins seeing a suave superspy (voiced by [[MalcolmInTheMiddle [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle Bryan]] [[BreakingBad [[Series/BreakingBad Cranston]]) who gives him advice on how to be Marge's dream man. Meanwhile, Bart stuffs Nelson full of Krusty Burger's nutritionally dubious food to weaken him and stop his bullying forever.

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* BigLippedAligatorMoment: Lou disappears in mid sentence.

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Following a disastrous date and a head injury at work, Homer begins seeing a suave superspy (voiced by [[MalcolmInTheMiddle Bryan]] [[BreakingBad Cranston]]) who gives him advice on how to be Marge's dream man. Meanwhile, Bart stuffs Nelson full of Krusty Burger's nutritionally dubious food to weaken him and stop his bullying forever.
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