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* ChekhovsGun: Homer's bowling ball

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* ChekhovsGun: Homer's bowling ballball.
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-->'''Marge:''' Must find way... to blame myself.

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-->'''Marge:''' Must find way... to blame myself.

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* CreditsGag: The credits feature [[RememberTheNewGuy Chip Davis]] edited into the following moments in the past:[[note]]This was not seen on the original broadcast because of the Marcia Wallace tribute immediately beforehand, but resurfaced on network repeats[[/note]]

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* CreditsGag: The credits feature [[RememberTheNewGuy Chip Davis]] edited into [[ContinuityCavalcade the following moments in the past:[[note]]This past]]:[[note]]This was not seen on the original broadcast because of the Marcia Wallace tribute immediately beforehand, but resurfaced on network repeats[[/note]]


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* ItsAllMyFault: Marge becomes downright ''determined'' to attribute Bart's misbehavior to her habit of listening to KISS when she was pregnant.
-->'''Marge:''' Must find way... to blame myself.
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* CreditsGag: The credits feature [[RememberTheNewGuy Chip Davis]] in the following moments in the past:

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* CreditsGag: The credits feature [[RememberTheNewGuy Chip Davis]] in edited into the following moments in the past:past:[[note]]This was not seen on the original broadcast because of the Marcia Wallace tribute immediately beforehand, but resurfaced on network repeats[[/note]]
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The town come out for a the funeral of one Chip Davis, a beloved man who everyone seemed to know. When Rev. Lovejoy brings up the subject of regrets in one's life. A few of Springfielden start mulling theirs over. Marge, after being chastised by Patty and Selma, thinks Bart is the way he is because of listening to KISS albums during her pregnancy. Homer regrets to selling his Apple stock for a bowling ball. Kent Brockman regrets not joining a fellow co-worker to moving to cable news, instead staying in Springfield to run the local broadcast. And Mr. Burns regrets not marrying a woman he loved due to his greedy nature. The episode follows separate stores which intersect at the end.

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The town come out for a the funeral of one Chip Davis, a beloved man who everyone seemed to know. When Rev. Lovejoy brings up the subject of regrets in one's life. A few of Springfielden start mulling theirs over. Marge, after being chastised by Patty and Selma, thinks Bart is the way he is because of listening to KISS albums during her pregnancy. Homer regrets to selling his Apple stock for a bowling ball. Kent Brockman regrets not joining a fellow co-worker to moving to cable news, instead staying in Springfield to run the local broadcast. And Mr. Burns regrets not marrying a woman he loved due to his greedy nature. The episode follows separate stores which intersect at the end.



* RememberTheNewGuy: Chip Davis is treated as this, there's even an montage at the end where he supposedly was around in many episodes.

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* RememberTheNewGuy: Parodied. Chip Davis is treated as this, there's even an montage at the end where he supposedly was around in many episodes.
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** With the ambulence in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E8BartTheDaredevil Bart the Daredevil]]".

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** With the ambulence ambulance in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E8BartTheDaredevil Bart the Daredevil]]".
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* CreditsGag: The credits feature [[RememberTheNewGuy Chip Davis]] in the following moments in the past:
** With the ambulence in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E8BartTheDaredevil Bart the Daredevil]]".
** Performing with the Be-Sharps in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]".
** Performing with Music/TheWho in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E2ATaleOfTwoSpringfields A Tale of Two Springfields]]".
** Working with Cooder and Spud in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E12BartCarny Bart Carny]]".
** Hiding in the bushes from Adam and Eve in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E18SimpsonsBibleStories Simpsons Bible Stories]]".
** Attacking the dolphins in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E1TreehouseOfHorrorXI Treehouse of Horror XI]]".
** Standing by Bart and Joe Namath, wearing a whistle and holding a clipboard in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E6BartStar Bart Star]]".
** As a half-gorilla in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E1TreehouseOfHorrorXIII Treehouse of Horror XIII]]".
** Sitting next to Ned during ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''[='=]s "Bountiful Penis" scene.
** Appearing in the Plow King commercial in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E9MrPlow Mr. Plow]]".
** Performing with the Party Posse in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E14NewKidsOnTheBlecch New Kids On the Blecch]]".
** Accompanying Homer and the astronauts in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E15DeepSpaceHomer Deep Space Homer]]".
** Helping Homer drag Bart out of the gay steel mill in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E15HomersPhobia Homer's Phobia]]".
** With Lisa at the discovery of the angel skeleton in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E8LisaTheSkeptic Lisa the Skeptic]]".
** Part of the failed human pyramid in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E8SweetsAndSourMarge Sweets and Sour Marge]]".
** Having his head stuck on the bridge alongside Homer in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E24LostOurLisa Lost Our Lisa]]".
** As a kid in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E5TheBlunderYears The Blunder Years]]".
** Operating a cannon in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E24Homerpalooza Homerpalooza]]".
** Delivering Maggie in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E13AndMaggieMakesThree And Maggie Makes Three]]".
** Standing next to Lucius Sweet during the main event in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E3TheHomerTheyFall The Homer They Fall]]".
** Posing with Pie Man and Cupcake Kid in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E19SimpleSimpson Simple Simpson]]".
** Laughing with Kang and Kodos in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E7TreehouseOfHorrorII Treehouse of Horror II]]".
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* ChekovsGun: Homer's bowling ball

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: Homer's bowling ball
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Eventually Kent spots Bart while coming back into town and does a news report. The whole town comes out to try to aid Bart in getting down. Marge once more frets over her decision during her pregnancy but Chief Wiggum assures her that wasn't the case as his wife listened to Mozart and Beethoven while pregnant with Ralph and he turned out...special. Fink comes up with a way to launch a cannonball into the basket to lower it down, but the town melted all of them down to make a statue. In comes Homer with the bowling ball which is used to lower Bart enough to rescue him. As the town celebrates, the episode closes on Kent telling his former co-worker he has no regrets.

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Eventually Kent spots Bart while coming back into town and does a news report. The whole town comes out to try to aid Bart in getting down. Marge once more frets over her decision during her pregnancy but Chief Wiggum assures her that wasn't the case as his wife listened to Mozart and Beethoven while pregnant with Ralph and he turned out...special. Fink Frink comes up with a way to launch a cannonball into the basket to lower it down, but the town melted all of them down to make a statue. In comes Homer with the bowling ball which is used to lower Bart enough to rescue him. As the town celebrates, the episode closes on Kent telling his former co-worker he has no regrets.
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* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Homer sold his Apple stocks in 2001 because he thought technology wouldn't catch on.



* RememberTheNewGuy: Chip Davis is treated as this, there's even an montage at the end where he supposedly was around in many episodes.

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* RememberTheNewGuy: Chip Davis is treated as this, there's even an montage at the end where he supposedly was around in many episodes.episodes.
* RunningGag: Homer being constantly reminded of the fact it was a bad idea to sell his Apple stock in 2001.
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* Kent decides to go into cable news but ultimately can't bring himself to report with them, finding he actually likes controlling the news on his station rather then having to act on what a network tells him to.
* Mr. Burns tracks down his lost love and it seems they'll reconcile. But as he prepare to have sex with her, finds she died waiting for him. Smithers suggest honoring her by helping the less fortunate like she wanted.

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* Kent decides to go into cable news but ultimately can't bring himself to report with them, finding he actually likes controlling the news on his station rather then than having to act on what a network tells him to.
* Mr. Burns tracks down his lost love and it seems they'll reconcile. But as he prepare prepares to have sex with her, he finds that she died waiting for him. Smithers suggest honoring her by helping the less fortunate like she wanted.
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The town come out for a the funeral of one Chip Davis, a beloved man who everyone seemed to know. When Rev. Lovejoy brings up the subject of regrets in one's life. A few of Springfielden start mulling it over them over. Marge, after being chatised by Patty and Selma, thinks Bart is the way he is because of listeing to KISS albums during her pregnancy. Homer regrets to selling his Apple stock for a bowling ball. Kent Brockman regrets now joining a fellow co-worker to on cable news, instead staying in Springfield to run the local broadcast and Mr. Burns regerts not marrying a woman he loved due to his greedy nature. The episode follows seperate stores which intersect at the end.

* Bart tries a dangerous stunt on lifting himself into the sky on a laundry basket. Only to find he can't get down

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The town come out for a the funeral of one Chip Davis, a beloved man who everyone seemed to know. When Rev. Lovejoy brings up the subject of regrets in one's life. A few of Springfielden start mulling it over them theirs over. Marge, after being chatised chastised by Patty and Selma, thinks Bart is the way he is because of listeing listening to KISS albums during her pregnancy. Homer regrets to selling his Apple stock for a bowling ball. Kent Brockman regrets now not joining a fellow co-worker to on moving to cable news, instead staying in Springfield to run the local broadcast and broadcast. And Mr. Burns regerts regrets not marrying a woman he loved due to his greedy nature. The episode follows seperate separate stores which intersect at the end.

* Bart tries a dangerous stunt on lifting himself into the sky on a laundry basket. basket via balloons. Only to find he can't get downdown.



* Mr. Burns tracks down his lost love and it seems they'll reconcile. But as he prepare to have sex with her, finds she died waiting for him. Smithers suggest honoring her by helping the less forunate like she wanted.

Eventually Kent spots Bart while coming back into town and does a news report. The whole town comes out to try to aid Bart in getting down. Marge once more frets over her decision during her pregnancy but Wiggum assures her that wasn't the case as his wife listened to Mozart and Beethoven while pregnant with Ralph and he turned out..special. Fink comes up with a way to launch a cannonball into the basket to lower it down, but the twon melted all of them down to make a statue. In comes Homer with the bowling ball which is used to lower Bart enough to rescue him. As the town celebrates, the episode closes on Kent telling his former co-worker he has no regrets.

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* Mr. Burns tracks down his lost love and it seems they'll reconcile. But as he prepare to have sex with her, finds she died waiting for him. Smithers suggest honoring her by helping the less forunate fortunate like she wanted.

Eventually Kent spots Bart while coming back into town and does a news report. The whole town comes out to try to aid Bart in getting down. Marge once more frets over her decision during her pregnancy but Chief Wiggum assures her that wasn't the case as his wife listened to Mozart and Beethoven while pregnant with Ralph and he turned out..out...special. Fink comes up with a way to launch a cannonball into the basket to lower it down, but the twon town melted all of them down to make a statue. In comes Homer with the bowling ball which is used to lower Bart enough to rescue him. As the town celebrates, the episode closes on Kent telling his former co-worker he has no regrets.
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The town come out for a the funeral of one Chip Davis, a beloved man who everyone seemed to know. When Rev. Lovejoy brings up the subject of regrets in one's life. A few of Springfielden start mulling it over them over. Marge, after being chatised by Patty and Selma, thinks Bart is the way he is because of listeing to KISS albums during her pregnancy. Homer regrets to selling his Apple stock for a bowling ball. Kent Brockman regrets now joining a fellow co-worker to on cable news, instead staying in Springfield to run the local broadcast and Mr. Burns regerts not marrying a woman he loved due to his greedy nature. The episode follows seperate stores which intersect at the end.

* Bart tries a dangerous stunt on lifting himself into the sky on a laundry basket. Only to find he can't get down
* Kent decides to go into cable news but ultimately can't bring himself to report with them, finding he actually likes controlling the news on his station rather then having to act on what a network tells him to.
* Mr. Burns tracks down his lost love and it seems they'll reconcile. But as he prepare to have sex with her, finds she died waiting for him. Smithers suggest honoring her by helping the less forunate like she wanted.

Eventually Kent spots Bart while coming back into town and does a news report. The whole town comes out to try to aid Bart in getting down. Marge once more frets over her decision during her pregnancy but Wiggum assures her that wasn't the case as his wife listened to Mozart and Beethoven while pregnant with Ralph and he turned out..special. Fink comes up with a way to launch a cannonball into the basket to lower it down, but the twon melted all of them down to make a statue. In comes Homer with the bowling ball which is used to lower Bart enough to rescue him. As the town celebrates, the episode closes on Kent telling his former co-worker he has no regrets.

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!! The episode has the following tropes

* ChekovsGun: Homer's bowling ball
* HopeSpot: Burns finds his lost love, but she dies before they can have sex. If that wasn't bad enough, when he tries CPR, she turns to dust in an instant.
* ProductPlacement: Averted, there's many jokes about Apple, but a caption comes up near the end claiming they'll stop since they're not even getting paid for it.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Chip Davis is treated as this, there's even an montage at the end where he supposedly was around in many episodes.

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