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* DeusExMachina: The blizzard that buys Bart one more day of studying could be explained away by perfectly normal means, but Lisa points out to Bart that it's the miracle he was praying to God for the previous night, and probably owes Him for it.
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* DeusExMachina: The blizzard that buys Bart one more day of studying could be explained away by perfectly normal means, but Lisa points out to Bart that it's the miracle he was praying to God for the previous night, night and probably owes Him for it.
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** Despite not being Krabappel's favorite student, even she couldn't bear to see Bart cry over his F.
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** Despite While Bart is not being Krabappel's her favorite student, student by any means, even she Krabappel couldn't bear to see Bart him cry over his F.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: With the context that the audience has of how hard Bart has worked, Mrs. Krabappel has what seems to be an incredibly cruel response when he gets his second F ("Another year together. Oh, it's gonna be hell"). Her reaction when he starts crying over his grade and tells her that he really tried make it clear it never occurred to her that the grade mattered to him or that he made the effort, and [[PetTheDog she gives him credit in the end for the knowledge that he attained and the use he made of it]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: With the context that the audience has of how hard Bart has worked, Mrs. Krabappel has what seems to be an incredibly cruel response when he gets his second F ("Another year together. Oh, it's gonna be hell"). Her reaction when he starts crying over his grade and tells her that he really tried make it clear it never occurred to her that the grade mattered to him or that he made the effort, and effort; [[PetTheDog she gives him credit in the end for the knowledge that he attained and the use he made of it]].
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* EvolvingCredits: The opening sequence was re-animated and rescored starting with this episode. This animation would be used all the way up until the show went UsefulNotes/HighDefinition in Season 20, though the music would be redone again the next season.
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* EvolvingCredits: The opening sequence was re-animated and rescored starting with this episode. This animation would be used all the way up until the show went UsefulNotes/HighDefinition Platform/HighDefinition in Season 20, though the music would be redone again the next season.
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* KillerGorilla: It's Big Gorilla Week on the Million Dollar Movies channel. One film is ''Gorilla the Conquerer'', whom Homer describes as "the grand-daddy of them all!" One film shown later on involves a giant gorilla in tap shoes.
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* KillerGorilla: It's Big Gorilla Week on the Million Dollar Movies channel. One film is ''Gorilla the Conquerer'', Conqueror'', whom Homer describes as "the grand-daddy of them all!" One film shown later on involves a giant gorilla in tap shoes.shoes.
* KingKongCopy: ''Gorilla the Conqueror'' is intended as this, [[ShoutOut since both this and]] ''Film/KingKong1933'' revolve around a KillerGorilla.
* KingKongCopy: ''Gorilla the Conqueror'' is intended as this, [[ShoutOut since both this and]] ''Film/KingKong1933'' revolve around a KillerGorilla.
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** Gorilla the Conquerer is a pretty obvious one to Franchise/KingKong.
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** Gorilla the Conquerer Conqueror is a pretty obvious one to Franchise/KingKong.
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** Despite everything in KickTheDog, when Bart breaks down crying that he still failed despite trying so hard, Mrs. Krabappel realizes he's genuinely upset and tries her best to comfort him. When he quotes George Washington's surrender at Fort Necessity, she's so impressed that she increases his grade to a D-, allowing him to pass. It's notably the first time in the series where she showed any kind of empathy toward the boy.
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** Despite everything in KickTheDog, when Bart breaks down crying that he still failed despite trying so hard, Mrs. Krabappel realizes he's genuinely upset and tries her best to comfort him. When he quotes George Washington's surrender at Fort Necessity, she's so impressed that she increases his grade to a D-, allowing him to pass. It's notably the first time in the series where she showed any kind of empathy toward the boy.boy, [[CharacterizationClickMoment and what solidifies her as a]] JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
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* RecycledSoundtrack: The music used for Bart's breakdown is the same one used for Bart PlayingCatchWithTheOldMan in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E2BartTheGenius Bart the Genius]]".
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* RecycledSoundtrack: RecycledSoundtrack:
** When Bart promises to pass the fourth grade, we hear the same music used for his RousingSpeech in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E1SimpsonsRoastingOnAnOpenFire Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]".
** The music used for Bart's breakdown is the same one used for Bart PlayingCatchWithTheOldMan in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E2BartTheGenius Bart the Genius]]".
** When Bart promises to pass the fourth grade, we hear the same music used for his RousingSpeech in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E1SimpsonsRoastingOnAnOpenFire Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]".
** The music used for Bart's breakdown is the same one used for Bart PlayingCatchWithTheOldMan in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E2BartTheGenius Bart the Genius]]".
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* AdultsAreUseless: While everyone criticizes Bart's low test scores and laziness, none of the adults actually step in and try to help him study or stay focused.
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* AdultsAreUseless: While everyone criticizes Bart's low test scores and laziness, none of the adults actually step in and try to help him study or stay focused. Even when several adults watch Bart struggle with concentrating on his studies in the basement, they do nothing to step in.
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I removed the Idiot Ball example. This was about how Lisa didn’t offer to help Bart study or tutor him. While Lisa had been established as smarter than Bart by this stage in the show, she wasn’t established as smart enough to tutor him in fourth grade subjects she hasn’t studied herself (even seasons she’d have trouble with third grade subjects when she is temporarily moved to the third grade) so there’s no reason to think she could tutor him. While maybe she could help Bart study, her not doing so it not a case of her being “wilfully obtuse” and nor would it be necessary for the plot to happen (Lisa could have helped Bart and he could still have failed). The characters not choosing a particular course of action, even if some audience members may think they should, isn’t really an Idiot Ball example unless a reasonable thinking person would never not do that action (and an 8-year-old, even a fairly smart one, may quite reasonably not attempt to tutor her 10-year-old brother).
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* IdiotBall: You would think Bart would ask Lisa to help him study or tutor him. Even though she is aware of his situation and offers some guidance, neither of them ever consider it.
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Bart celebrates and begins to dress up to go outside and play and join in all the revelry of this snow day. Lisa sees him and reveals that she heard him praying the previous evening for "one more day", and that he (Bart) had now better hold up his end of the bargain. Bart agrees with her and decides to change his plans. So while everyone else is enjoying the snow day, Bart tries his hardest to focus on the expected material for the test, and not always succeeding. The next day, Bart takes the test. Anxious about the outcome, he has Mrs. Krabappel grade it right away. She does and lo and behold, he gets a 59, 1 point below the passing threshhold.
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Bart celebrates and begins to dress up to go outside and play and join in all the revelry of this snow day. Lisa sees him and him, reveals that she heard him praying the previous evening for "one more day", and says that he (Bart) had now better hold up his end of the bargain. Bart agrees with her and decides to change his plans. So while everyone else is enjoying the snow day, Bart tries his hardest to focus on the expected material for the test, and not though he doesn't always succeeding.succeed. The next day, Bart takes the test. Anxious about the outcome, he outcome, he has Mrs. Krabappel grade it right away. She does and lo and behold, he gets a 59, 1 point below the passing threshhold.
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Bart, who is asked to be at the conference, objects to Dr. Pryor's recommendation and vows to do whatever he can to do better, being given another chance to take the exam. To accomplish this goal, Bart asks his sworn nemesis, the nerdy Martin Prince, to tutor him. Martin agrees to help out under the condition that Bart promises to help make him cool. After a while, Martin decides to back out on his end of the bargain when he does become cool for the first time and discovering that being a slacker and prankster is more entertaining than studying. Left with no other alternative, Bart tearfully and earnestly prays to God to give him one more day to study.
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Bart, who is asked to be at the conference, objects to Dr. Pryor's recommendation and vows to do whatever he can to do better, being given another chance to take the exam. To accomplish this goal, Bart asks his sworn nemesis, the nerdy Martin Prince, to tutor him. Martin agrees to help out under the condition that Bart promises to help make him cool. After a while, Martin decides to back out on his end of the bargain when he does become when, after becoming cool for the first time and discovering time, he discovers that being a slacker and a prankster is more entertaining than studying. Left with no other alternative, Bart tearfully and earnestly prays to God to give him one more day to study.
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** When Bart actually does try and study, he can't concentrate as he's never studied hard (if at all) in his life. It doesn't help that the blizzard he prayed for is being enjoyed by the entire town.
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: As the page quote says, Bart angrily states that he ''knows'' he's "dumb as a post" and, despite seeming like a lazy slacker, isn't at all happy about it. Later, Edna has a similar moment when she sees Bart begin to cry after flunking, remarking that she figured he'd be used to failure at this point. Bart explains that this time, the difference is he actually tried...and still couldn't pass.
* DownerEnding: In-Universe, with ''Gorilla The Conqueror.'' The film ends with Gorilla being put in a cage and set adrift at sea. Homer [[SympathyForTheDevil breaks down crying]], finding the ending unfair.
* DownerEnding: In-Universe, with ''Gorilla The Conqueror.'' The film ends with Gorilla being put in a cage and set adrift at sea. Homer [[SympathyForTheDevil breaks down crying]], finding the ending unfair.
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* DidYouThinkICantFeel: As the page quote says, Bart angrily states that he ''knows'' he's "dumb as a post" and, despite seeming like a lazy slacker, isn't at all happy about it. Later, Edna has a similar moment when she sees Bart begin to cry after flunking, remarking that she figured he'd be used to failure at this point. Bart explains that this time, the difference is he actually tried... and still couldn't pass.
* DownerEnding:In-Universe, In-universe with ''Gorilla The Conqueror.'' the Conqueror''. The film ends with Gorilla being put in a cage and set adrift at sea. Homer [[SympathyForTheDevil breaks down crying]], finding the ending unfair.
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Bart immediately breaks down in tears, telling Mrs. Krabappel that he honestly tried to study and he still failed. In the process, he compares his failure to George Washington's surrender of Fort Necessity to the French (in 1754). Mrs. Krabappel is stunned and pleased that Bart was able to successfully recall a relatively obscure historic event and its impact on Washington's future. She is so pleased by this development that she gives him an extra point on his test, meaning that he (barely) passed. Bart is extremely grateful, so much so that he kisses Mrs. Krabappel on the cheek and happily runs through Springfield to proudly state that he passed (he only stops to spit in disgust when he realized that he kissed Mrs. Krabappel). Homer congratulates Bart for showing improvement and tapes the test to the refrigerator; Bart proudly states that part of the D-minus "belongs to God."
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Bart immediately breaks down in tears, telling Mrs. Krabappel that he honestly tried to study and he still failed. In the process, he compares his failure to George Washington's surrender of Fort Necessity to the French (in 1754). Mrs. Krabappel is stunned and pleased that Bart was able to successfully recall a relatively obscure historic event and its impact on Washington's future. She is so pleased by this development that she gives him an extra point on his test, meaning that he (barely) passed. Bart is extremely grateful, so much so that he kisses Mrs. Krabappel on the cheek and happily runs through Springfield to proudly state that he passed (he only stops to spit in disgust when he realized that he kissed Mrs. Krabappel). Homer congratulates Bart for showing improvement and tapes the test to the refrigerator; Bart proudly states that part of the D-minus "belongs to God."God".
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Bart celebrates and begins to dress up to go outside and play and join in all the revelry of this snow day. Lisa sees him and reveals that she heard him praying the previous evening for "one more day," and that he (Bart) had now better hold up his end of the bargain. Bart agrees with her and decides to change his plans. So while everyone else is enjoying the snow day, Bart tries his hardest to focus on the expected material for the test, and not always succeeding. The next day, Bart takes the test. Anxious about the outcome, he has Mrs. Krabappel grade it right away. She does and lo and behold, he gets a 59, 1 point below the passing threshhold.
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Bart celebrates and begins to dress up to go outside and play and join in all the revelry of this snow day. Lisa sees him and reveals that she heard him praying the previous evening for "one more day," day", and that he (Bart) had now better hold up his end of the bargain. Bart agrees with her and decides to change his plans. So while everyone else is enjoying the snow day, Bart tries his hardest to focus on the expected material for the test, and not always succeeding. The next day, Bart takes the test. Anxious about the outcome, he has Mrs. Krabappel grade it right away. She does and lo and behold, he gets a 59, 1 point below the passing threshhold.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Bart crying over his F. Then again, he didn't exactly do anything particularly nasty, heinous, or mischievous to anybody in this episode, so it seems more like a case of BreakTheCutie.
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* AnswerToPrayers: Bart prays for a miracle to help him get a passing grade on a test, or he'll be held back. The next day is a snow day, giving Bart more study time. When Bart is about to go play in the snow, Lisa stops him, pointing out that this is the miracle he'd asked for, and that he shouldn't waste it, to which Bart agrees. After he passes the test by the skin of his teeth and his parents are putting his test on the refrigerator, he says, "You know, part of this D- belongs to God."
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Bart immediately breaks down in tears, telling Mrs. Krabappel that he honestly tried to study and he still failed. In the process, he blurts out that his failure is similar to George Washington's surrender of Fort Necessity to the French (in 1754). Mrs. Krabappel is stunned and pleased that Bart was able to successfully recall a relatively obscure historic event and its impact on Washington's future. She is so pleased by this development that she gives him an extra point on his test, meaning that he (barely) passed. Bart is extremely grateful, so much so that he kisses Mrs. Krabappel on the cheek and happily runs through Springfield to proudly state that he passed (he only stops to spit in disgust when he realized that he kissed Mrs. Krabappel). Homer congratulates Bart for showing improvement and tapes the test to the refrigerator; Bart proudly states that part of the D-minus "belongs to God."
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Bart immediately breaks down in tears, telling Mrs. Krabappel that he honestly tried to study and he still failed. In the process, he blurts out that compares his failure is similar to George Washington's surrender of Fort Necessity to the French (in 1754). Mrs. Krabappel is stunned and pleased that Bart was able to successfully recall a relatively obscure historic event and its impact on Washington's future. She is so pleased by this development that she gives him an extra point on his test, meaning that he (barely) passed. Bart is extremely grateful, so much so that he kisses Mrs. Krabappel on the cheek and happily runs through Springfield to proudly state that he passed (he only stops to spit in disgust when he realized that he kissed Mrs. Krabappel). Homer congratulates Bart for showing improvement and tapes the test to the refrigerator; Bart proudly states that part of the D-minus "belongs to God."
