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* GoodParents: When Homer sees for himself how controlling Harper and her father are towards Lisa, he stands up for Lisa and ends his friendship with Harper’s father.

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* GoodParents: When Homer sees for himself how controlling Harper and her father are towards Lisa, he stands up for Lisa and ends his friendship with Harper’s father.father.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Upon finding out that Homer spent the money he was crowdfunded on a chair, the Springfieldians burst into his house and destroy it. If they had simply called Homer out and demanded their money be refunded, or even took the chair away and sold it to get their money back, they would have been in a much better position. Instead, they irrevocably destroyed something that their money had already been spent on.

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* GoodParents: When Homer sees for himself how controlling Harper and her father are towards Lisa, he stands up for Lisa and ends his friendship with Harper’s father.
* TookALevelInJerkass: The people of Springfield do this by destroying Homer's CoolChair. Then again they do have a right to be mad after finding out he spent they money on a chair.

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* GoodParents: When Homer sees for himself how controlling Harper and her father are towards Lisa, he stands up for Lisa and ends his friendship with Harper’s father.
* TookALevelInJerkass: The people of Springfield do this by destroying Homer's CoolChair. Then again they do have a right to be mad after finding out he spent they money on a chair.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: The people of Springfield do this by destroying Homer's CoolChair.

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* TookALevelInJerkass: The people of Springfield do this by destroying Homer's CoolChair. Then again they do have a right to be mad after finding out he spent they money on a chair.
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* RealityEnsues: Once the people Homer mooched money from find out he used it to buy a CoolChair, they are understandably angry.
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* GoodParents: When Homer sees for himself how controlling Harper and her father are towards Lisa, he stands up for Lisa and ends his friendship with Harper’s father.
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** Lisa starting a Magic Club at school is a nod to [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E18TheGreatSimpsina "The Great Simpsina"]] where she became a magician's apprentice.
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* TookALevelInJerkAss: The people of Springfield do this by destroying Homer's CoolChair.

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* TookALevelInJerkAss: TookALevelInJerkass: The people of Springfield do this by destroying Homer's CoolChair.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The title "Friend with Benefit" is a reference to the expression "friends with benefits".
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At school, Lisa becomes friends with a super rich kid named Harper Jambowski (voiced by KristenBell, Series/VeronicaMars herself). This in turn leads Homer to become best pals with her father. Unlike the relationship with the fathers, Lisa's relationship with Harper turns south when she notices Harper never lets Lisa have a say in the matter.

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At school, Lisa becomes friends with a super rich kid named Harper Jambowski (voiced by KristenBell, Creator/KristenBell, Series/VeronicaMars herself). This in turn leads Homer to become best pals with her father. Unlike the relationship with the fathers, Lisa's relationship with Harper turns south when she notices Harper never lets Lisa have a say in the matter.
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* DirtyCoward: Lisa actually comes across like this she’s old enough to stand up for herself as all harper did was treat her with CondescendingCompassion yet instead of just telling her she didn’t want to hang out anymore Homer had to be the one to cut ties with her father
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* RealityEnsues: Once the people Homer mooched money from find out he used it to buy a CoolChair, they are understandably angry.

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* RealityEnsues: Once the people Homer mooched money from find out he used it to buy a CoolChair, they are understandably angry.angry.
* TookALevelInJerkAss: The people of Springfield do this by destroying Homer's CoolChair.
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* DirtyCoward: Lisa actually comes across like this she’s old enough to stand up for herself as all harper did was treat her with CondescendingCompassion yet instead of just telling her she didn’t want to hang out anymore Homer had to be the one to cut ties with her father
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At school, Lisa becomes friends with a super rich kid named Harper Jambowski (voiced by KristenBell, aka Anna from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''). This in turn leads Homer to become best pals with her father. Unlike the relationship with the fathers, Lisa's relationship with Harper turns south when she notices Harper never lets Lisa have a say in the matter.

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At school, Lisa becomes friends with a super rich kid named Harper Jambowski (voiced by KristenBell, aka Anna from ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'').Series/VeronicaMars herself). This in turn leads Homer to become best pals with her father. Unlike the relationship with the fathers, Lisa's relationship with Harper turns south when she notices Harper never lets Lisa have a say in the matter.
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At school, Lisa becomes friends with a super rich kid named Harper Jambowski (voiced by KristenBell, aka Anna from ''{{Frozen}}''). This in turn leads Homer to become best pals with her father. Unlike the relationship with the fathers, Lisa's relationship with Harper turns south when she notices Harper never lets Lisa have a say in the matter.

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At school, Lisa becomes friends with a super rich kid named Harper Jambowski (voiced by KristenBell, aka Anna from ''{{Frozen}}'').''Disney/{{Frozen}}''). This in turn leads Homer to become best pals with her father. Unlike the relationship with the fathers, Lisa's relationship with Harper turns south when she notices Harper never lets Lisa have a say in the matter.
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At school, Lisa becomes friends with a super rich kid named Harper Jambowski. This in turn leads Homer to become best pals with her father. Unlike the relationship with the fathers, Lisa's relationship with Harper turns south when she notices Harper never lets Lisa have a say in the matter.

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At school, Lisa becomes friends with a super rich kid named Harper Jambowski.Jambowski (voiced by KristenBell, aka Anna from ''{{Frozen}}''). This in turn leads Homer to become best pals with her father. Unlike the relationship with the fathers, Lisa's relationship with Harper turns south when she notices Harper never lets Lisa have a say in the matter.
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* ComicallySmallBribe: Principal Skinner cancels a school week for a ten-dollar bribe.
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* CoolChair: Homer wants one that can make him stand up with the push of a button. Unfortunately, it costs 1,100 [=USD=].



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The title "Friend with Benefit" is a reference to the expression "friends with benefits".

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The title "Friend with Benefit" is a reference to the expression "friends with benefits".benefits".
* RealityEnsues: Once the people Homer mooched money from find out he used it to buy a CoolChair, they are understandably angry.
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I hope it's not necessary to explain what that expression means.


* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Inverted. Homer and Mike become good friends, but their daughters hate each other.

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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Inverted. Homer and Mike become good friends, but their daughters hate each other.other.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The title "Friend with Benefit" is a reference to the expression "friends with benefits".

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** At the concert, the electric sign behind the boy band uses the really clear subliminal message, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E14NewKidsOnTheBlecch "Join the Navy"]]. It then replaces it with [[GotMeDoingIt "Oops"]].

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** At the concert, the electric sign behind the boy band uses the really clear subliminal message, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E14NewKidsOnTheBlecch [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E14NewKidsOnTheBlecch "Join the Navy"]]. It then replaces it with [[GotMeDoingIt "Oops"]]."Oops"]].
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Inverted. Homer and Mike become good friends, but their daughters hate each other.
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At school, Lisa becomes friends with a super rich kid named Harper Jambowski. This in turn leads Homer to become best pals with her father. Unlike the relationship with the fathers, Lisa's relationship with Harper turns south when she notices Harper never lets Lisa have a say in the matter.

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* TheBully: While Harper may have the best intentions in mind, she completely shuts out Lisa when doing stuff together.
* ContinuityNod:
** At the concert, the electric sign behind the boy band uses the really clear subliminal message, [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E14NewKidsOnTheBlecch "Join the Navy"]]. It then replaces it with [[GotMeDoingIt "Oops"]].

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