History Recap / TheSimpsonsS2E16BartsDogGetsAnF

** A neighbor calls up Homer about his dog having escaped into their yard, and Homer is rudely insistent that it isn't his, even calling the neighbor an idiot. Then, he looks out the window and sees that it ''is'' SLH in that neighbor's yard, and he reacts with a particularly frustrated "D'OH!"

** Bart shows some apprehension upon realizing Homer is threatening to get rid of SLH

* RageBreakingPoint: Homer considers Santa's Little Helper eating his giant macadamia nut cookie this and decides to get rid of him.

** Homer's reaction when he sees that Santa's Little Helper had escaped. What makes it worse besides being annoyed that SLH got out and he now has to retrieve him, he called the neighbor on the phone an idiot and claimed it wasn't SLH in her pool when it was.
** Bart's reaction when he realizes what Homer is about to say.
-->'''Homer:''' We never had a problem with a family member we can give away before.\\

'''Homer:''' I'm saying... [[SoundEffectsBleep Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah]]!

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Santa's Little Helper's antics early in the episode infuriate Homer, to the point where he threatens to get rid of him. Marge, still sore about the loss of her coveted heirloom quilt to the dog, sides with Homer, much to the kids' shock and Homer's delight. She's usually one to advocate for her family members when they do wrong, but SLH crossed a line.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally in situations like this, when Lisa fails to do so, Marge is often the VoiceOfReason when it comes to Homer's demands be it comically ridiculous or heart wrenching decisions. However when he decides Santa's Little Helper has to go, Marge is on his side, much to the kids' shock and Homer's delight. She was very upset about the quilt, and she [[JerkassHasAPoint validates some aspects of Homer's argument]], chiefly Bart is failing to train SLH despite sending him to a costly obedience school.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally in situations like this, when Lisa fails to do so, Marge is often the VoiceOfReason when it comes to Homer's demands be it comically ridiculous or heart wrenching decisions. However when he decides Santa's Little Helper has to go, Marge is on his side, much to the kids' shock and Homer's delight. She was very upset about the quilt, and does engage in some JerkassHasAPoint aspects in that Bart is failing to train him despite sending him to a costly obedience school.

-->'''Bart''': They better be for a hundred and twenty-five big ones. [[note]]Equivalent to approximately $236 in 2020 dollars[[/note]]

* SuddenlyShouting: "PULL ON HIS BLOODY CHAIN, BOY!!"

'''Homer:''' I'm saying... Blah blah blah blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah!

* TheMeanBrit: Emily Winthrop is pretty damn rude, let's just put it that way.

* YankTheDogsChain: Literally, as part of the obedience school. Bart himself does it to SLH but [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he regrets it immediately afterwards]].
-->'''Bart:''' I'm sorry. You can't help being dumb.

* SelectiveEnforcement: Homer shows little concern for the dog destroying one of Marge's quilts that went back six generations, but freaks out after his cookie was eaten (despite a cookie being of much less importance than a priceless than an heirloom spanning centuries of family history).

* HypocriticalHumor: Homer tries to calm Marge down about SLH eating the Bouvier family quilt by saying that you can't get too attached to things. But when he sees that Santa's Little Helper has also eaten his giant macadamia nut cookie, ''he'' goes [[IncrediblyLamePun nuts]].

Episode - 7F14\\
First Aired - 3/7/1991

Santa's Little Helper is forced to go to obedience school after ruining Marge's heirloom quilt, Homer's new Assassin sneakers, and Homer's giant macadamia nut cookie, and, if he doesn't pass, he'll be given away.

* ContinuityNod: While Santa's Little Helper is chewing the remote, he changes the channel showing a news report on the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E13SomeEnchantedEvening Babysitter Bandit]] and the Duff commercial from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E3HomersOdyssey Homer's Odyssey]]".

* RealityEnsues: While Homer's and Bart's adopting Santa's Little Helper might have been a heartwarming ending to "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", here the whole family ends up finding out the hard way that it can be ''extremely'' difficult for a racing dog that hasn't been housebroken to adapt to domestic life. For all the insults that are made against Santa's Little Helper's intelligence, it's to both their credit that Bart was able to domesticate him ''at all'' -- with some former racing dogs in real-life, that ends up being simply not possible.

-->A disheveled priest interrupts two lovers (male boss and female employee) in an office.\\