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* ShoutOut: The "closed" sign at the comic book shop in Ogdeville is written in ''[[ComicBook/BlackPanther Wakandan]]''.

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The "closed" sign at the comic book shop in Ogdeville is written in ''[[ComicBook/BlackPanther Wakandan]]''.Wakandan]]''.
** One of the pieces of merchandise Comic Book Guy shows Homer is of [[WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}} Bean, Elfo, and Lucy.]]
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* QuoteMine: Marge gets a bunch of statements on Homer and attempts to edit them into a mitigation video. We see most of them in their unedited versions before she cuts them up (Skinner's "Homer Simpson has two children enrolled in our school--[[TriviallyObvious]] that's all I'm comfortable saying" becomes "Too cool, comfortable"), but it's not hard to tell what [[ObnoxiousInLaws Patty]] was originally getting at:

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* QuoteMine: Marge gets a bunch of statements on Homer and attempts to edit them into a mitigation video. We see most of them in their unedited versions before she cuts them up (Skinner's "Homer Simpson has two children enrolled in our school--[[TriviallyObvious]] school--[[TriviallyObvious that's all I'm comfortable saying" saying]]" becomes "Too cool, comfortable"), but it's not hard to tell what [[ObnoxiousInLaws Patty]] was originally getting at:
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* QuoteMine: Marge gets a bunch of statements on Homer and attempts to edit them into a mitigation video. We see most of them in their unedited versions before she cuts them up (Skinner's "Homer Simpson has two children enrolled in our school--that's all I'm comfortable saying" becomes "Too cool, comfortable"), but it's not hard to tell what [[ObnoxiousInLaws Patty]] was originally getting at:

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* QuoteMine: Marge gets a bunch of statements on Homer and attempts to edit them into a mitigation video. We see most of them in their unedited versions before she cuts them up (Skinner's "Homer Simpson has two children enrolled in our school--that's school--[[TriviallyObvious]] that's all I'm comfortable saying" becomes "Too cool, comfortable"), but it's not hard to tell what [[ObnoxiousInLaws Patty]] was originally getting at:
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* NotSoAboveItAll: When Bart burps in response to the waiter at the Golden Truffle telling him that the air he's breathing in belongs to the restaurant, Lisa not only laughs but follows suit. She's also quickly swept up in how cool Comic Book Guy's car is to the point where it overrides her attempts to object to Homer's joyride.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: When Bart burps in response to the waiter at the Golden Truffle telling him that the air he's breathing in belongs to the restaurant, Lisa not only laughs but follows suit. She's also quickly swept up in how cool Comic Book Guy's car is to the point where it overrides of quickly abandoning her attempts to object to Homer's joyride.
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* DefeatMeansFriendship: After destroying his keychain in order to make Homer feel the same pain he's caused him, Comic Book Guy declares that he's not only dropping his suit against Homer but that he now considers him his best friend, much to Homer's confusion.
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* QuoteMine: Marge gets a bunch of statements on Homer and attempts to edit them into a mitigation video. We see most of them in their unedited versions before they're butchered (Skinner's "Homer Simpson has two children enrolled in our school--that's all I'm comfortable saying" becomes "Too cool, comfortable"), but it's not hard to tell what [[ObnoxiousInLaws Patty]] was originally getting at:

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* QuoteMine: Marge gets a bunch of statements on Homer and attempts to edit them into a mitigation video. We see most of them in their unedited versions before they're butchered she cuts them up (Skinner's "Homer Simpson has two children enrolled in our school--that's all I'm comfortable saying" becomes "Too cool, comfortable"), but it's not hard to tell what [[ObnoxiousInLaws Patty]] was originally getting at:
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* TakeThat: Milhouse buys hundreds of ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu'' comics for no more than five dollars.

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* TakeThat: Milhouse buys hundreds of ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu'' comics for no more than five dollars.dollars.
* QuoteMine: Marge gets a bunch of statements on Homer and attempts to edit them into a mitigation video. We see most of them in their unedited versions before they're butchered (Skinner's "Homer Simpson has two children enrolled in our school--that's all I'm comfortable saying" becomes "Too cool, comfortable"), but it's not hard to tell what [[ObnoxiousInLaws Patty]] was originally getting at:
-->'''Patty:''' Homer is a ''grace'' to the family. He is an ape-ble father. I warned Marge: marry him.
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* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: Marge is getting a massage and leaves before it's finished because she senses that Homer is doing something stupid.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: When Bart burps in reaction to the waiter at the Golden Truffle telling him that the air he's breathing in belongs to the restaurant, Lisa not only laughs but follows suit. She's also quickly swept up in how cool Comic Book Guy's car is to the point where it overrides her attempts to object to Homer's joyride.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: When Bart burps in reaction response to the waiter at the Golden Truffle telling him that the air he's breathing in belongs to the restaurant, Lisa not only laughs but follows suit. She's also quickly swept up in how cool Comic Book Guy's car is to the point where it overrides her attempts to object to Homer's joyride.
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* BerateAndSwitch:
-->'''Homer:''' You see that, kids? It's the kind of car they don't make anymore. Windshield that breaks into a thousand glass razor blades. Your ''lap'' is the cupholder. Vinyl seats that can melt your ass. ''God,'' do I wanna drive it!
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* NotSoAboveItAll: When Bart burps in reaction to the waiter at the Golden Truffle telling him that the air he's breathing in belongs to the restaurant, Lisa not only laughs but follows suit. She's also quickly swept up in how cool Comic Book Guy's car is to the point where it overrides her attempts to object to Homer's joyride.
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* AFoolForAClient: Homer and Comic Book Guy both represent themselves in court--the latter far more successfully.
-->'''Lisa:''' "Hire a lawyer," I said. "Waste of money," he said.
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* ComicBookTime: Homer loved ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' when he was a child. The show premiered in 1975, a year ''after'' Homer first met Marge as a senior in high school in the show's original timeline.

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* ComicBookTime: Homer loved ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' when he was a child. The show premiered in 1975, a year ''after'' Homer first met Marge as a during their senior in year of high school in the show's original timeline.
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* ComicBookTime: Homer loved ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' when he was a child. The show premiered in 1975, a year ''after'' Homer first met Marge as a senior in high school in the show's original timeline.
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* PetTheDog: When Homer was a kid he enjoyed the show ''Welcome Back, Kotter," so Abe gave him a ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' keychain, which was apparently the only thing he ever gave him.

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* PetTheDog: When Homer was a kid he enjoyed the show ''Welcome Back, Kotter," Kotter,'' so Abe gave him a ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' keychain, which was apparently the only thing he ever gave him.
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* PetTheDog: When Homer was a kid he enjoyed the show ''Welcome Back, Kotter," so Abe gave him a ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' keychain, which was apparently the only thing he ever gave him.
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* ChekhovsGun: Homer's ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' keychain.


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* OverlyLongGag: When Homer finds out that there's another issue of the ''Radioactive Man'' comic he destroyed available for purchase in Ogdenville, he asks, "[[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder How much could an old comic cost?]]" In response, [[UndisclosedFunds Bart whispers in his ear for a very long time]].
-->'''Homer:''' [[LampshadeHanging Are you done?]]
-->'''Bart:''' No. ''(keeps whispering)''
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Comic Book Guy's sole motivation for his actions. He feels like nobody respects him. His customers mock him and call him fat, his industry is dying due to children's distaste for reading, and Homer steals his fathers' car for a joyride and damages a priceless comic book of his. Even when Homer replaces the comic Comic Book Guy isn't satisfied because Homer still doesn't understand how important other people's property is to them.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Comic Book Guy's sole motivation for his actions. He feels like nobody respects him. His customers mock him and call him fat, his industry is dying due to children's distaste for reading, and Homer steals his fathers' car for a joyride and damages a priceless comic book of his. Even when Homer replaces the comic Comic Book Guy isn't satisfied because Homer still doesn't understand how important other people's property is to them. And it takes destroying a ''Series/WelcomeBackKotter'' keychain to finally get it through Homer's head.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Comic Book Guy's sole motivation for his actions. He feels like nobody respects him. His customers mock him and call him fat, his industry is dying due to children's distaste for reading, and Homer steals his fathers' car for a joyride and damages a priceless comic book of his. Even when Homer replaces the comic Comic Book Guy isn't satisfied because Homer still doesn't understand how important other people's property is to them.



* TakeThat: Milhouse buys piles of ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu'' comics for no more than five dollars.

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* TakeThat: Milhouse buys piles hundreds of ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu'' comics for no more than five dollars.
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* ShoutOut: The "closed" sign at the comic book shop in Ogdeville is written in ''[[ComicBook/BlackPanther Wakandan]]''.
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* TakeThat: Milhouse buys piles of ''ComicBook/LittleLulu'' comics for no more than five dollars.

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* TakeThat: Milhouse buys piles of ''ComicBook/LittleLulu'' ''ComicStrip/LittleLulu'' comics for no more than five dollars.
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After Homer steals Comic Book Guy's car, he must either prove his innocence in court or reconcile with the jilted nerd.

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* TakeThat: Milhouse buys piles of ''ComicBook/LittleLulu'' comics for no more than five dollars.

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