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* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: An intentional example occurs between Bart and the British Phoebe when she tells him he's good at "taking the piss," a relatively unremarkable phrase in British English (it simply refers to mocking or ridiculing someone and doesn't evoke the usual meaning of the word "piss" as readily as it does for American English speakers). Bart is delighted that "that's okay to say" and starts chanting the phrase.

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* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: An intentional InUniverse example occurs between Bart and the British Phoebe when she tells him he's good at "taking the piss," a relatively unremarkable phrase in British English (it simply refers to mocking or ridiculing someone and doesn't evoke the usual meaning of the word "piss" as readily as it does for American English speakers). Bart is delighted that "that's okay to say" and starts chanting the phrase.
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-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Look, this game is, [[ProductionLeadTime or at least was]], bigger than Jesus, okay?

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-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Look, this game is, [[ProductionLeadTime [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall or at least was]], bigger than Jesus, okay?
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In this 2017 episode, Comic Book Guy says that the InUniverse equivalent of 2016 smash hit ''Pokémon Go'' is BiggerThanJesus—"[[AnimationLeadTime or at least was]]."

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In this 2017 episode, Comic Book Guy says that the InUniverse equivalent of 2016 smash hit ''Pokémon Go'' is BiggerThanJesus—"[[AnimationLeadTime BiggerThanJesus—"[[ProductionLeadTime or at least was]]."
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-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Look, this game is, [[AnimationLeadTime or at least was]], bigger than Jesus, okay?

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-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Look, this game is, [[AnimationLeadTime [[ProductionLeadTime or at least was]], bigger than Jesus, okay?
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* KickMePrank: In the opening scene set in a restaurant, an uncharacteristically polite Bart sticks a "TIP ME" sign on a passing waiter.
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* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Bart starts a hustle as a call-in grandson for old ladies, turning on the charm to [[TastesLikeDiabetes diabetic]] levels.

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* DeliberatelyCuteChild: Bart starts a hustle as a call-in grandson for old ladies, turning on the charm to [[TastesLikeDiabetes diabetic]] [[SickeninglySweet sickening]] levels.
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* AnAesop: Bart's takeaway (as narrated to Abe) is that "playing with women's hearts is a dangerous game and it's wrong to take advantage of the elderly."
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In this 2017 episode, Comic Book Guy says that the InUniverse equivalent of 2016 smash hit ''Pokémon Go'' is BiggerThanJesus—"[[AnimationLeadTime or at least was]]."
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* BiggerThanJesus:

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* BiggerThanJesus: With a LampshadeHanging about the fact that this kind of BlasphemousBoast doesn't register like it used to in an increasingly less-religious American society.



-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Reverend Lovejoy]]:''' [[ValuesDissonance Hmm, that's a pretty low bar these days]].

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-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Reverend Lovejoy]]:''' [[ValuesDissonance -->'''Reverend Lovejoy:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Hmm, that's a pretty low bar these days]].
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-->'''Reverend Lovejoy:''' Hmm, that's a pretty low bar these days.

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-->'''Reverend Lovejoy:''' -->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Reverend Lovejoy]]:''' [[ValuesDissonance Hmm, that's a pretty low bar these days.days]].
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* BiggerThanJesus:
-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Look, this game is, [[AnimationLeadTime or at least was]], bigger than Jesus, okay?
-->'''Reverend Lovejoy:''' Hmm, that's a pretty low bar these days.
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* BannedInChina: This episode is banned is Russia for a scene where Homer and Comic Book Guy wander into church while playing Peekimon Get.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Bart becomes a substitute "grandson" for elderly women and enjoys the coddling until he meets Phoebe, who has no desire to fuss over him and is merely using him as a convenience to get past her nursing home's security, since she's not allowed to leave without a visitor. This being the case, she and Bart form a more straightforward bond that transcends their generational divide.

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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Bart becomes a substitute "grandson" for elderly women and enjoys the coddling (and cash) until he meets Phoebe, who has no desire to fuss over him and is merely using him as a convenience to get past her nursing home's security, since she's not allowed to leave without a visitor. This being the case, she and Bart form a more straightforward bond that transcends their generational divide.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Bart becomes a substitute "grandson" for elderly women and enjoys the coddling until he meets Phoebe, who has no desire to fuss over him and is merely using him as a convenience to get past her nursing home's security, since she's not allowed to leave without a visitor. This being the case, she and Bart form a more straightforward bond that transcends their generational divide.
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* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: An intentional occurs example between Bart and the British Phoebe when she tells him he's good at "taking the piss," a relatively unremarkable phrase in British English (it simply refers to mocking or ridiculing someone and doesn't evoke the usual meaning of the word "piss" as readily as it does for American English speakers). Bart is delighted that "that's okay to say" and starts chanting the phrase.

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* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: An intentional occurs example occurs between Bart and the British Phoebe when she tells him he's good at "taking the piss," a relatively unremarkable phrase in British English (it simply refers to mocking or ridiculing someone and doesn't evoke the usual meaning of the word "piss" as readily as it does for American English speakers). Bart is delighted that "that's okay to say" and starts chanting the phrase.
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* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: An intentional occurs example between Bart and the British Phoebe when she tells him he's good at "taking the piss," a relatively unremarkable phrase in British English (it simply refers to mocking or ridiculing someone and doesn't evoke the usual meaning of the word "piss" as readily as it does for American English speakers). Bart is delighted that "that's okay to say" and starts chanting the phrase.

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