History Recap / TheSimpsonsS2E11OneFishTwoFishBlowfishBlueFish

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: All the Japanese in this episode is legitimate. It probably helps that all the people speaking it are Japanese.

* AesopAmnesia: When Homer is ecstatic that he's alive, he vows to live life to its fullest. The next scene is Homer watching TV and eating pork rinds.

* DefyingTheCensors: The censors did not like Bart and Lisa singing the theme from ''{{Shaft}}'', so the producers had to show a clip from the Academy Awards when that song was nominated and performed on television.

* CrossingTheBurntBridge: While believing he had less than 24 hours to live, Homer jumped at the opportunity to tell Mr. Burns off. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse We never get to see the consequences when it turns out that Homer isn't going to die]] (see WhatCouldHaveBeen on the YMMV page).

* HilariousInHindsight: Bart's prank call mentions Seymour Butts. There is a porn director called Seymore Butts.
* SevenStagesOfGrief: Homer gets through all seven in about fifteen seconds.

* HilariousInHindsight: Bart's prank call mentions Seymour Butts. There is a porn star called Seymore Butts.

* CrossingTheBurntBridge: While believing he had less than 24 hours to live, Homer jumped at the opportunity to tell Mr. Burns off. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse We never get to see the consequences when it turns out that Homer isn't going to die]] (see WhatCouldHaveBeen below).

* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: All the Japanese in this episode is legitimate. It probably helps that all the people speaking it are Japanese.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the episode was supposed to end with Homer now left to suffer Flanders' barbecue and facing all the people he insulted and/or took advantage of when he thought he was going to die. The writers couldn't come up with a funny way to approach the scene in time, so they ended it with Homer watching TV and eating pork rinds.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the episode was supposed to end with Homer having a barbecue and facing all the people he insulted and/or took advantage of when he thought he was going to die. The writers couldn't come up with a funny way to approach the scene, so they ended it with Homer watching TV and eating pork rinds.

* CrossingTheBurntBridge: While believing he had less than 24 hours to live, Homer jumped at the opportunity to tell Mr. Burns off. [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse We never get to see the consequences when it turns out that Homer isn't going to die]] (see WhatCouldHaveBeen below)

* DisneyDeath: Homer appears to die at the end of the episode, but Marge discovers that he's only fell asleep.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The censors did not like Bart and Lisa singing the theme from ''{{Shaft}}'', so the producers had to show a clip from the Academy Awards when that song was nominated and performed on television.

* SurprisinglyGoodJapanese: All the Japanese in this episode is legitimate. It probably helps that all the people speaking it are Japanese.

* CrossingTheBurntBridge: While believing he had less than 24 hours to live, Homer jumped at the opportunity to tell Mr. Burns off. We never get to see the consequences.

* SpecialGuest: Joey Miyashima as Toshiro; Sab Shimono as the sushi bar chef; Creator/GeorgeTakei as Akira; Diane Tanaka as the bar hostess
* UnexplainedRecovery: It's vaguely implied that Homer might not have eaten any poison by the time he was stopped, but otherwise his remaining alive goes unexplained.
** Of course it's only assumed the cooks fed him poison as the head cook thinks the one who served Homer didn't cut it right. Hibbert just tells what the effects of the poison are not, not if Homer actually had any poison in him. In fact Homer may have saved his own life when he yelled for his food, scaring the cook and startling him into accidently cutting the correct area of the blowfish.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally, the episode was to end with Homer having a barbecue and facing all the people he insulted and/or took advantage of when he thought he was going to die. The writers couldn't come up with a funny way to approach the scene, so they ended it with Homer watching TV and eating pork rinds.

* GilliganCut: When Homer survived the fugu, he said how he'd change his life. Cut to him watching TV.

** Of course it's only assumed the cooks fed him poison as the head cook thinks the one who served Homer didn't cut it right. Hibbert just tells what the effects of the poison are not, not if Homer actually had any poison in him. In fact Homer may have saved his own life when he yelled for his food, scaring the cook and startling him into accidently cutting the correct area of the blowfish.

* UnexplainedRecovery: It's vaguely implied that Homer might not have eaten any poison by the time he was stopped, but otherwise his remaining alive goes unexplained.

* GilliganCut: When Homer survived the fugu, he said how he'd change his life. Cut to him watching TV.