History Recap / TheSimpsonsS24E1MoonshineRiver

* ContinuityCavalcade: In a montage, Bart visits [[GirlOfTheWeek Jenny from "The Good, the Bad and the Drugly," Darcy from "Little Big Girl," Gina from "The Wandering Juvy," and Nikki from "Stealing First Base."]] We also see that he keeps a photo of himself with Jessica Lovejoy from "Bart's Girlfriend."

* ContinuityCavalcade: In a montage, Bart visits Jenny from "The Good, the Bad and the Drugly," Darcy from "Little Big Girl," Gina from "The Wandering Juvy," and Nikki from "Stealing First Base." We also see that he keeps a photo of himself with Jessica Lovejoy from "Bart's Girlfriend."

In this episode written by Tim Long, Bart discovers that Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's daughter, Mary, is the only girl who ever liked him, and the Simpsons head to New York [[RunningGag (again)]] so Bart can be with her after finding out that Mary has been hired as a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' writer.

* AbsenteeActor: Greta Wolfcastle and Shauna Chalmers are the only ones of Bart's girlfriends so far that we don't see in this episode.

* VillainDecay: Sideshow Bob sneaks behind Bart and, before having a chance to kill him, is hit by a train and taken away. Bart doesn't even acknowledge Bob's presence.

* BaitAndSwitch: Homer tries to convince Bart not to go to New York on account to [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E1TheCityOfNewYorkVsHomerSimpson what happened the last time they were there.]] Cue a flashback of Homer and Marge...in a parody of ''Film/TheSweetSmellOfSuccess''.

* ShesAllGrownUp / SoapOperaRapidAgingSyndrome: Mary. It's unclear if it's one or the other.

* ShesAllGrownUp: Mary.

Bart discovers that Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's daughter, Mary, is the only girl who ever liked him, and the Simpsons head to New York [[RunningGag (again)]] so Bart can be with her after finding out that Mary has been hired as a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' writer.

* RagsToRiches: The crab juice vendor hit it real big and now has a huge company building solely on selling said crab juice.

Bart discovers that Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's daughter, Mary, is the only girl who ever liked him, and the Simpsons head to New York [[RunningGag (again)]] so Bart can be with her after finding out that Mary has been hired as a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' writer

Bart discovers that Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's daughter, Mary, is the only girl who ever liked him, and the Simpsons head to New York [[RunningGag (again)]] so Bart can be with her after finding out that Mary has been hired as a ''SaturdayNightLive'' writer

* InterruptedKiss: Happens between Bart and Mary.

* CallBack: To most of Bart's love interests. They even got their original voice actresses.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: Marge tells Homer that New York is better now because his two least favorite buildings have been destroyed, setting up for a very tasteless joke about the September 11th attacks on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center (since the last time Homer was in New York City, he had to wait at the towers because his car was parked there), but Homer really meant Yankee and Shea Stadiums.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: Marge tells Homer that New York is better now because his two least favorite buildings have been destroyed, setting up for a very tasteless joke about the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center (since the last time Homer was in New York City, he had to wait at the towers because his car was parked there), but Homer really meant Yankee and Shea Stadiums.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: Marge tells Homer that New York is better now because his two least favorite buildings have been destroyed, setting up for a very tasteless joke about the World Trade Center towers, but Homer really meant Yankee and Shea Stadiums.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: Marge tells Homer that New York is better now because his two least favorite buildings have been destroyed...old Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: Marge tells Homer that New York is better now because his two least favorite building have been destroyed...old Yankee Stadium and Shea Stadium.

!! Tropes:

Bart discovers that Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's daughter, Mary, is the only girl who ever liked him, and the Simpsons head to New York [[RunningGag (again)]] so Bart can be with her after finding out that Mary has been hired as a ''Saturday Night Live'' writer

* CallBack: To most of Bart's love interest

Bart discovers that Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's daughter, Mary, is the only girl who ever liked him, and the Simpsons head to New York [[RunningGag (again)]] so Bart can be with her.

* VillainDecay: Sideshow Bob sneaks behind Bart and, before having a chance to kill him, is hit by a train and tken away. Bart doesn't even acknowledge Bob's presence.