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* ImpactSilhouette: This episode's CouchGag has Homer making one in the backdrop.
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* {{Cult}}: The original owner of [=FAO=] Quartz joins one.
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* {{Cult}}: The original owner of [=FAO=] Quartz joins one.one but then flees from it the moment Marge goes to see how she's doing (they gave great massages, but everything else was horrible).
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* SuppositoryGag: When Marge tells Bart she found a new way to treat his ADHD, Bart first assumes it's another pill. When Marge says it's not, he concludes it's a suppository and immediately moons her to take the medicine.
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* AirVentPassageway: How Lisa sneaks in to Bart's class to find out his secret.
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* OffscreenTeleportation: One of the side effects of Bart's cheaper medicine involves him suddenly disappearing to a different point in the room the moment Marge takes her eyes off him for a second.
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* SequentialSymptomSyndrome: After Marge gives Bart a cheaper ADHD medicine, Lisa shows her an internet video in which a doctor warns about the dangers of this medicine. As the doctor lists off the side effects, Bart immediately experiences every single one of them.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer used the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe his book club, not to say what book they're reading (Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title'' of their actual selection, ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer used the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe the membership of his book club, not to say what book they're reading (Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title'' of their actual selection, ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer uses the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe his book club, not to say what book they're reading (Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title'' of their actual selection, ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer uses used the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe his book club, not to say what book they're reading (Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title'' of their actual selection, ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)''.
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* LaboriousLaziness: Bart's secret to good grades really ''does'' involve the crystal Marge gave him: he's been using it as a magnifying lens to read cheat sheets copied onto posters in the classroom while Milhouse keeps Ned
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* LaboriousLaziness: Bart's secret to good grades really ''does'' involve the crystal Marge gave him: he's been using it as a magnifying lens to read cheat sheets copied onto posters in the classroom while Milhouse keeps Ned distracted.
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* ReflexiveResponse: When Marge tells Bart she's found a new solution for his ADHD, Bart opens his mouth and gulps as though she's giving him a pill, causing her to worry that she has him too well-trained.
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** Ned still teaches Bart's class following the previous season's "Left Behind."
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** The coyote from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E9ElViajeMisteriosoDeNuestroJomer El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)]]" appears in the FantasySequence halfway through the episode.
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* {{Househusband}}: Homer instantly becomes a parody of a {{Housewife}} when Marge gets her own job, taking up aerobics, running a book club, and putting curlers in his two hairs. He never actually quit the power plant and gets calls asking for him all week, which comes in handy when Marge decides she's done with her new job just as Homer's embarking on the next logical step in the housewife's career, deciding to get a job.
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* {{Househusband}}: Homer instantly becomes a parody of a {{Housewife}} when Marge gets starts her own job, business, taking up aerobics, running a book club, and putting curlers in his two hairs. He never actually quit the power plant and gets calls asking for him all week, which comes in handy when Marge decides she's done with her new job just as Homer's embarking on the next logical step in the housewife's career, deciding to get a job.
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* {{Househusband}}: Homer instantly becomes a parody of a {{Housewife}} when Marge gets her own job, taking up aerobics, running a book club, and putting curlers in his two hairs. He never actually quit the power plant and gets calls asking for him all week, which comes in handy when Marge decides she's done with her new job just as Homer's embarking on the next step in the housewife's career, deciding he wants a job.
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* {{Househusband}}: Homer instantly becomes a parody of a {{Housewife}} when Marge gets her own job, taking up aerobics, running a book club, and putting curlers in his two hairs. He never actually quit the power plant and gets calls asking for him all week, which comes in handy when Marge decides she's done with her new job just as Homer's embarking on the next logical step in the housewife's career, deciding he wants to get a job.
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* HiddenDepths: Cletus Spuckler learned Swedish so that he could read ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'' in its original language.
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* HiddenDepths: HalfWittedHillbilly Cletus Spuckler learned Swedish so that he could read ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'' in its original language.
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** When Bart is flashing back to incidents in his life where Marge has helped him, we get to see how he survived after [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield Homer threw him into the zoo's lion enclosure]]: Marge fought the lions off with a whip and a chair.
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** When Bart is flashing back to incidents in his life where Marge has helped him, we get to see how he survived after [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield Homer threw him into the zoo's lion enclosure]]: enclosure in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield A Tree Grows in Springfield]]": Marge fought the lions off with a whip and a chair.
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* {{Househusband}}: Homer instantly becomes a parody of a {{Housewife}} when Marge gets her own job, taking up aerobics, running a book club, and putting curlers in his two hairs. He never actually quit the power plant and gets calls asking for him all week, which comes in handy when Marge decides she's done with her new job just as Homer's embarking on the next step in the housewife's career, deciding he wants a job.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer is using the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe his book club, not to say what book they're reading (Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title'' of their actual selection, ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer is using uses the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe his book club, not to say what book they're reading (Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title'' of their actual selection, ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer is using the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe his book club, not to say what book they're reading (Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title'' of the real book, ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer is using the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe his book club, not to say what book they're reading (Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title'' of the real book, their actual selection, ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer is using the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe his book club, not to say what book they're reading (it's actually ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,'' and, proving his point, Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title)''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer is using the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe his book club, not to say what book they're reading (it's actually ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,'' and, proving his point, Lenny (Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title)''.''title'' of the real book, ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer is using the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe his book club, not to say what book they're reading (it's actually ''TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo,'' and, proving his point, Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title)''.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Homer is using the phrase "[[Literature/AConfederacyOfDunces a confederacy of dunces]]" to describe his book club, not to say what book they're reading (it's actually ''TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo,'' ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,'' and, proving his point, Lenny and Carl didn't even get through the ''title)''.
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* HiddenDepths: Cletus Spuckler learned Swedish so that he could read ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'' in its original language.
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** When Bart is flashing back to incidents in his life where Marge has helped him, we get to see how he survived after [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield Homer threw him into the zoo's lion enclosure]]: Marge fought them off with a whip and a chair.
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** When Bart is flashing back to incidents in his life where Marge has helped him, we get to see how he survived after [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield Homer threw him into the zoo's lion enclosure]]: Marge fought them the lions off with a whip and a chair.
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** When Bart is flashing back to incidents in his life where Marge has helped him, we get to see how he survived after [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield Homer threw him into the zoo's lion enclosure]]: Marge [[MamaBear fought them off with a whip and a chair]].
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** When Bart is flashing back to incidents in his life where Marge has helped him, we get to see how he survived after [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield Homer threw him into the zoo's lion enclosure]]: Marge [[MamaBear fought them off with a whip and a chair]].chair.
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* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E2BrothersLittleHelper Bart still takes Focusyn]].
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** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E2BrothersLittleHelper Bart still takesFocusyn]].Focusyn]].
** When Bart is flashing back to incidents in his life where Marge has helped him, we get to see how he survived after [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield Homer threw him into the zoo's lion enclosure]]: Marge [[MamaBear fought them off with a whip and a chair]].
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E2BrothersLittleHelper Bart still takes
** When Bart is flashing back to incidents in his life where Marge has helped him, we get to see how he survived after [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS24E6ATreeGrowsInSpringfield Homer threw him into the zoo's lion enclosure]]: Marge [[MamaBear fought them off with a whip and a chair]].
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** Homer's book club read ''Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo''.
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** Homer's book club read ''Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo''.''[[Literature/MillenniumSeries The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]''.
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* SpoofsRUs: When Marge says she doesn't belong with all the other legitimate businesses, one of the stores shown is "Truck Nuts "R" Us".
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* SpoofsRUs: When Marge says she doesn't belong with all the other legitimate businesses, one of the stores shown is "Truck Nuts "R" Us".Us".
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** Carl refers to ''Literature/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy''.
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** Carl refers to ''Literature/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy''.''Literature/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy''.
* SpoofsRUs: When Marge says she doesn't belong with all the other legitimate businesses, one of the stores shown is "Truck Nuts "R" Us".
* SpoofsRUs: When Marge says she doesn't belong with all the other legitimate businesses, one of the stores shown is "Truck Nuts "R" Us".
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After the plant cuts health care benefits again (although this time, only for the employees' children), Marge turns to buying healing crystals as a cheaper solution for Bart's ADD, but when they work (a little too well for Lisa's liking), she goes into the crystal selling business.
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After the plant cuts health care benefits again (although this time, only for the employees' children), Marge turns to buying healing crystals as a cheaper solution for Bart's ADD, but when they work (a little too well for Lisa's liking), she goes into the crystal selling business.business.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* BlandNameProduct:
** "Banana Republican" is a parody of Banana Republic.
** "Foot Clocker" is a parody of Foot Locker.
** "H&MM?" is a parody of H&M.
** "Truck Nuts R Us" is a parody of Toys "R" Us.
* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E2BrothersLittleHelper Bart still takes Focusyn]].
* {{Cult}}: The original owner of [=FAO=] Quartz joins one.
* ShoutOut: The episode's title is a reference to the 1968 song "Crystal Blue Persuasion".
** Homer's book club read ''Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo''.
** Carl refers to ''Literature/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy''.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* BlandNameProduct:
** "Banana Republican" is a parody of Banana Republic.
** "Foot Clocker" is a parody of Foot Locker.
** "H&MM?" is a parody of H&M.
** "Truck Nuts R Us" is a parody of Toys "R" Us.
* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E2BrothersLittleHelper Bart still takes Focusyn]].
* {{Cult}}: The original owner of [=FAO=] Quartz joins one.
* ShoutOut: The episode's title is a reference to the 1968 song "Crystal Blue Persuasion".
** Homer's book club read ''Literature/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo''.
** Carl refers to ''Literature/TinkerTailorSoldierSpy''.
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After the plant cuts health care benefits again (although this time, only for the employees' children), Marge turns to buying healing crystals as a cheaper solution for Bart's ADD, but when they work (a little too well for Lisa's liking), she goes into the crystal selling business.
