History Recap / TheSimpsonsS23E6TheBookJob

* AnAesop:
** HardWorkHardlyWorks [[AvertedTrope doesn't really apply that much]] in RealLife. While it's initially done through underhanded means, Homer and Bart's group-penned novel is able to succeed through grueling work together, while Lisa doesn't take her own efforts as an author seriously enough and so never pens anything.
** Additionally, creativity is best as a team effort. Homer and Bart's team is ultimately able to pen a novel far more successfully than Lisa is because they have each other to work off of and get inspiration from.
** Just because you're primarily driven by profit doesn't mean you can't still take pride in your work and produce something genuinely good.
** Assuming that ViewersAreMorons will only prevent work that is both high-quality and marketable from seeing print. The publishers edit ''Underbridge Academy'' into a generic ''Twilight'' clone because they're convinced it won't sell, but it actually does, showing that marketers should give audiences a little more credit.
** InUniverse the lesson of the Book, that Homer and the others were writing is BeYourself.

* BecomingTheMask: Team Homer initially made ''The Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy'' to make an easy million dollars, but as time went on, they grew more and more invested in the story they've crafted and become outraged when their publisher heavily alters it to be about vampires. It was also this same trait which motivated Lisa to help the team in tricking the publisher into publishing the original version.

* BecomingTheMask: Team Homer initially made ''The Troll Twins of Underbridge Academy'' to make an easy million dollars, but as time went on, they grew more and more invested in the story they've crafted and become outraged when their publisher heavily alters it to be about vampires.

* ItsPersonal: The writer team initially cared about making a book for profit. However, they care very deeply about the changes made to their book and decides to fight back against the publishers. Bart initially chastises the team for caring about the book by pointing out that they will lose the money if they do this. However, Skinner points out that the epic war featured in the book's backstory that Bart wrote in has been turned into a dance competition, Bart is outraged and tags along by furiously tearing up the check.

* ItsPersonal: The writer team initially cared about making a book for profit. However, they care very deeply about the changes made to their book. Bart chastises the team for caring about the book, but he becomes personally invested when he’s told that the epic war in the backstory was turned into a dance competition.

* KansasCityShuffle: Homer and Bart did something in Kansas City that was regrettable. [[NoodleIncident We don't find out what it is]].

* DoingItForTheArt:[[invoked]] InUniverse. Lisa, but she is unable to write anything. The other group, [[MoneyDearBoy driven by greed]], is much more productive, so much so that they end up liking their finished work more than the money and effectively defect to Lisa's side.
** One reason Patty joins the project is that she loves the fantasy genre so much she can't help but want to be part of it. (The other is that she's flattered they want her knowledge.) Her agreement is said in [[Literature/HarryPotter Parseltongue]].

* MythologyGag: According to the publishers, the original version of ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight] ]'' supposedly had a golem instead of a vampire as the supernatural LoveInterest. Said golem looks like the one from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]].

* MythologyGag: According to the publishers, the original version of ''Literature/{{TheTwilightSaga}}'' supposedly had a golem instead of a vampire as the supernatural LoveInterest. Said golem looks like the one from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]].

* ExecutiveMeddling: InUniverse. Homer and Bart originally created a fantasy novel that's best described as [[CaptainErsatz Harry Potter with trolls]], but when it actually gets published, the company plans to turn it into yet another [[Literature/{{Twilight}} vampire romance series for preteen girls]].

* [[invoked]] FollowTheLeader: InUniverse, ''Underbridge Academy'' is heavily inspired by the ''Angelica Button'' series (read: ''Harry Potter''), but it gains enough genuine creativity and talent behind it to elevate the material. Furthermore, the publishers wanted to rewrite it into a poorly-done ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' knockoff, angering the team and motivating them into action to save their story.

* MythologyGag: According to the publishers, the original version of ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' supposedly had a golem instead of a vampire as the supernatural LoveInterest. Said golem looks like the one from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]].

* PteroSoarer: The ''Pteranodon'' at the dinosaur show, whilst lacking pycnofibres[[note]]fur-like covering found on all pterosaurs[[/note]], [[ShownTheirWork has a pteroid bone]][[note]]A small wrist bone unique to pterosaurs that attaches their wing membrane to their shoulder, [[https://www.lyellcollection.org/cms/10.1144/SP455.4/asset/c303755c-ef82-4951-803f-ac6068d8aafb/assets/graphic/sp455-1689f01.jpeg like this.]][[/note]].

* TakeThatUs: It's unclear which type of author (as presented in the show) the ''Simpsons'' writers identify with, but [[WritersSuck both types are decidedly flawed]].

Guest stars Creator/NeilGaiman AsHimself, axing as one of Homer and Bart's writing partners.

* CluelessAesop: Parodied. The dinosaur-themed show the family watches at the beginning of the episode has a forced GreenAesop after the meteorite hits. Lisa thinks the message is sweet, but Bart says the lesson is skewed because if the world is going to be destroyed by an unrelated cause you might as well party while it lasts. Homer, Maggie ''and'' Marge [[JerkassHasAPoint all end up agreeing that Bart has a point]].

* EnemyMine: Despite mortal levels of enmity between them, Homer asks his sister-in-law Patty to join TheCaper. She agrees (when Bart asks too) and ends up [[GoKartingWithBowser having a great time]] with Homer and the rest of the group.

* TakeThatUs: It's unclear which type of author (as presented in the show) the ''Simpsons'' writers identify with, but both types are decidedly flawed.