History Recap / TheSimpsonsS31E12TheMiseducationOfLisaSimpson

* KarmaHoudini: Neither Horatio [=McCalister=]'s wife nor Mayor Quimby are punished for respectively throwing under the bus and seizing the treasure he spent the past 40 years of his life searching for.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Mrs. McCallister, who betrays the Sea Captain because "she's supposed to be his treasure", and dumps him for Mayor Quimby, selling the treasure out to him. It makes her more of a spiteful GoldDigger than a WomanScorned.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Horatio's wife, who betrays him over the treasure because "she's supposed to be his treasure", and dumps him for Mayor Quimby, to who she sold out the treasure to. It makes her more of a spiteful GoldDigger than a WomanScorned.

* ContinuityNod: Nikki from "Stealing first Base" and Sam from "The Girl on the Bus" are both seen attending the STEM Academy, with the latter in the gifted program with Lisa.

* AbsurdlyDividedSchool: Lisa, Martin, Allison and a few others are the only students who get a real education in a private computer lab while the other students are supposedly trained for the jobs of tomorrow but are really today's "side hustles" (such as driving for Uber and Grub Hub).

** When asked about what the future may be like, Carl imagines himself in a future like ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' flying through space while the Earth is simultaneously half boiling and half frozen. In the future where robots enslaved humanity, Carl is in space doing roughly the same thing.

** The school burns down due to the A.I.'s sadness over 1 star ratings, forcing the students back to Springfield Elementary despite it being demolished for the STEM Academy.

* FakeOutOpening: The episode opens during World War II, where a BattleCouple fight ThoseWackyNazis for a treasure map. Cut to the present, [[CanonCharacterAllAlong where the couple turn out to be the Sea Captain and his hitherto unseen wife]], still searching for that treasure.

* Hypocrite: Horatio's wife, who betrays him over the treasure because "she's supposed to be his treasure", and dumps him for Mayor Quimby, who she sold out the treasure to. It makes her more of a spiteful GoldDigger than a WomanScorned.

* JobStealingRobot: After taking part in a presentation on the new school that declares that his job will be obsolete in a few years, Homer develops an animosity with the soda machine in the break room at the plant and decides to make a stand for mankind. Eventually his friends declare him the winner, unaware that robots have shown up to take over their work stations.

* RobotWar: Homer becomes afraid of this once told that his job will be replaced by automation. This leads into him challenging the soda machine in the break room to a drink dispensing contest to prove he isn't outdated.

* YankTheDogsChain: The treasure that the Sea Captain spent years searching is taken by Mayor Quimby since it was found withing city limits which had changed the day earlier. What's more, he was outed by his own wife because she's supposed to be his treasure. [[BrickJoke The next scene has him drunk and passed out outside of city hall.]]

* FakeOutOpening: The episode opens during World War II, where a BattleCouple fight ThoseWackyNazis for a treasure map. Cut to the present, where the couple turn out to be the Sea Captain and his hitherto unseen wife, still searching for that treasure.

** The school burns down due to the A.I.'s sadness over 1 star ratings, forcing the students back to Springfield Elementary.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Lisa discovers that the new STEM school is prioritizing the smarter students for advanced computer coding while using VR tech to train other students into doing menial labor and gig economy work. When confronting the principle about the ethics of this sort of unbalanced education, he is quick to ask [[ArmorPiercingQuestion what the difference is between that and the Gifted Program at regular schools]]. Lisa audibly gulps.

* YankTheDogsChain: The treasure that the Sea Captain spent years searching is taken by Mayor Quimby since it was found withing city limits which had changed the day earlier. What's more, he was outed by his own wife because she's supposed to be his treasure. [[BrickJoke The next scene has him drunk and passed out outside of city hall]].

** The past 40 years of Horatio McCalister's life were AllForNothing.

* KarmaHoudini: Neither Horatio McCalister's wife nor Mayor Quimby are punished for respectively throwing under the bus and seizing the treasure he spent the past 40 years of his life searching for.

* DownerEnding: A twofer.
** The school burns down due to the A.I.'s sadness over 1 star ratings, forcing the students back to Springfield Elementary.
** In the future, machines have enslaved humans.

** When asked about what the future may be like, Carl imagines himself in a future like ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' flying through space while the Earth is simultaneously half boiling and half frozen. In the future were robots enslaved humanity, Carl is in space doing roughly the same thing.

* ShoutOut: TheStinger has Carl imitating [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons George Jetson's outfit and iconic pose for work.]]

* BrickJoke: Sideshow Mel's suggestion for what to do with the treasure is to build a new Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, one without Music/PearlJam. When the new school is destroyed and Skinner suggests moving back to the old one, the building is revealed to have been appropriated for Mel's idea.

* ShoutOut: TheStinger has Karl imitating [[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons George Jetson's outfit and iconic pose for work.]]

* CharacterNameLimits: At Springfield STEM Academy, there's [[https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/File:MOLSstarBoard.png a Star Board]] ranking students, who are listed by user name. The names apparently have an eight-character limit, as the longest names listed are "IMSHAUNA" (Shauna Chalmers) and "THRILLHO" (Milhouse Van Houten, [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E4BartSellsHisSoul who clearly didn't learn from last time]]).

* FakeOutEnding: The episode opens during World War II, where a BattleCouple fight ThoseWackyNazis for a treasure map. Cut to the present, where the couple turn out to be the Sea Captain and his hitherto unseen wife, still searching for that treasure.

* AbsurdlyDividedSchool: Lisa, Martin, Allison and a few others are the only students who get a real education in a private computer lab while the other students are supposedly trained for the jobs of tomorrow but are really today's jobs (such as driving for Uber and Grub Hub).