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* {{Glurge}}: As Homer and Bart soon find out, their audience hates this. But eventually decides to embrace it as they're about to fight, to the anger of said audience and humiliation of Warburton.

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* {{Glurge}}: %Invoked%{{Glurge}}: As Homer and Bart soon find out, their audience hates this. But eventually decides to embrace it as they're about to fight, to the anger of said audience and humiliation of Warburton.
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* {{Glurge}}: As Homer and Bart soon find out, their audience hates this. But eventually decides to embrace it as they're about to fight, to the anger of said audience and humiliation of Warburton.


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* KarmaHoudini:
** Outside of losing his two biggest internet sensations, Warburton never gets any long-term comeuppance for either exploiting Homer or Bart's [[AbusiveParent questionable relationship]] or making them fight to the death.
** The Faculty of Springfield Elementary only learned one lesson about using child labor to produce license plates - cut out the middle man and do it themselves.
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* {{Irony}}: Staging fights causes Homer and Bart to bond to the point where it sinks their entire gimmick.
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-->'''Comic Book Guy:''' Excuse me, but I thought the hate was ''real!''
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite their love of violent mayhem, Homer and Bart ultimately can't bring themselves to engage each other in gladiator-style combat with actual weapons.
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-->'''Skinner:''' Is this true, Fisix? I would've thought better of a Turkemenistani exchange student.

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-->'''Skinner:''' -->'''Skinner:''' ...Is this true, Fisix? I would've thought better of a Turkemenistani exchange student.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: When Homer appears in Anger Watkins' show, a caption says Homer is from Springfield, USA.

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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: When Homer appears in Anger Watkins' show, a caption says Homer is from Springfield, USA.USA.
* WhosOnFirst: As Lisa tries to explain that she started the food fight by accident:
-->'''Lisa:''' It wasn't me, it was physics.
-->'''Skinner:''' Is this true, Fisix? I would've thought better of a Turkemenistani exchange student.
-->'''Fisix:''' I had nothing to do with it! I came to this country to escape food-based violence!
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: This actually causes Homer and Bart to lose the base that has built up around viral videos of their typical altercations.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Homer and Bart's initial viral fight starts when Homer tries to film his own internet talk show and uses magnetic letters to write the title behind him, to which Bart grabs a few and writes "MOOSE POO." This causes a furious Homer to exclaim, "[[CatchPhrase Why, you]] ''hilarious—!"''
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Lisa gets detention (which ends up getting run like a prison) for accidentally starting a food fight. Worse, it only started because the tater tots she was served were so rock-hard that when she tried to jab them with her fork, it sent them flying into another student.


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* SuckySchool: Springfield Elementary serves tater tots that are so hard, when Lisa tries to pick one up with her fork, it gets sent flying. This triggers a food fight that Lisa gets the blame for, and she is given detention (which is run like a prison system because of cutbacks).
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* AbsenteeActor: Ned is noticeably absent during the scene where Springfield Elementary's teachers are making the license plates.
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** A banner for ''Creator/{{Netflix}}'' can be seen with the fake slogan "Over-indulging Writers' Passion".
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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: See MoodWhiplash below.


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* FreudianSlip: "Anyone who's done anything remotely poor is in private prison. [[VerbalBackspace Oh, did I say poor, I meant wrong."]]


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* MoodWhiplash: Maggie is seen watching, and liking, the "Bart and Homer Hug Video" at the end. She then switches to another video called "Train Crash No Survivors". [[GoryDiscretionShot We don't see beyond the first second of the latter.]]


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** The prison system, particularly private prisons, is mocked in Lisa's subplot.
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** When Warburton Parker was a kid, he used to be picked on. After making his fortune, he bought and closed the workplaces of the parents of those who teased him.

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** When Warburton Parker was a kid, he used to be picked on. After making his fortune, [[BestServedCold he bought and closed the workplaces of the parents of those who teased him.him]].
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%%AbsenteeActor: Ned is noticeably absent during the scene where Springfield Elementary's teachers are making the license plates.

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%%AbsenteeActor: * AbsenteeActor: Ned is noticeably absent during the scene where Springfield Elementary's teachers are making the license plates.
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* LeftHanging: It's never shown who exactly filmed Homer and Bart hugging in the first place. Lisa's subplot ends in a similar fashion with the teachers ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse except Ned]]) working on the license plates and the children's strike being ignored.

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* LeftHanging: It's never shown who exactly filmed Homer and Bart hugging in the first place. hugging, or how they managed to find their house. Lisa's subplot ends in a similar fashion with the teachers ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse except Ned]]) for Ned, for reasons left unexplained]]) working on the license plates and the children's strike being ignored.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Homer mentions they could earn enough money to buy a boat, then a sign is seen indicating it will be the plot of a later episode, which became "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E5GorillasOnTheMast Gorillas On The Mast]].
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* ContinuityNod: Homer chants [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail "Monorail"]].


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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Warburton asks how much money Homer and Bart made with their first viral video and they pretend to calculate it until Warburton tells them he didn't expect an answer.

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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Homer's plot with Anger Watkins is interrupted by the plot of Homer and Bart going viral. The initial plot is brought back during the epilogue as Homer interviews Anger during a live podcast.



* {{Revenge}}: When Warburton Parker was a kid, he used to be picked on. After making his fortune, he bought and closed the workplaces of the parents of those who teased him

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* {{Revenge}}: {{Revenge}}:
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When Warburton Parker was a kid, he used to be picked on. After making his fortune, he bought and closed the workplaces of the parents of those who teased himhim.
** Homer gets his revenge against Anger Watkins by giving him more time than he can make his angry rants last.



* TakeThat: Viral video marketing is presented in this episode as unethical, even leading to Homer and Bart being forced to fight to the death just so they'd become viral sensations again.

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* StartMyOwn: After being humiliated at Anger Watkins' talk show, Homer tries to start his own. He's seen interviewing Anger during the epilogue.
* TakeThat: Viral video marketing is presented in this episode as unethical, even leading to Homer and Bart being forced to fight to the death just so they'd become viral sensations again.again.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: When Homer appears in Anger Watkins' show, a caption says Homer is from Springfield, USA.
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* ExactWords: When Moe says he'll give Homer anything the latter asks, Homer asks for the bar and Moe stays true to his word.


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* {{Revenge}}: When Warburton Parker was a kid, he used to be picked on. After making his fortune, he bought and closed the workplaces of the parents of those who teased him
* SelfMadeMan: When Warburton Parker introduces himself, he says he made his fortune with technology.
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* TakeThat: Viral video marketing is presented in this episode as unethical, even leading to Homer and Bart being force to fight to the death just so they'd become viral sensations again.

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* TakeThat: Viral video marketing is presented in this episode as unethical, even leading to Homer and Bart being force forced to fight to the death just so they'd become viral sensations again.
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* LeftHanging: It's never shown who exactly filmed Homer and Bart hugging in the first place. Lisa's subplot ends in a similar fashion with the teachers working on the license plates and the children's strike being ignored.

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* LeftHanging: It's never shown who exactly filmed Homer and Bart hugging in the first place. Lisa's subplot ends in a similar fashion with the teachers ([[WhatHappenedToTheMouse except Ned]]) working on the license plates and the children's strike being ignored.
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* LeftHanging: It's never elaborated on as to who filmed Homer and Bart hugging in the first place. Lisa's subplot ends in a similar fashion with the teachers working on the license plates and the children's strike being ignored.

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* LeftHanging: It's never elaborated on as to shown who exactly filmed Homer and Bart hugging in the first place. Lisa's subplot ends in a similar fashion with the teachers working on the license plates and the children's strike being ignored.
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%%AbsenteeActor: Ned is noticeably absent during the scene where Springfield Elementary's teachers are making the license plates.


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* LeftHanging: It's never elaborated on as to who filmed Homer and Bart hugging in the first place. Lisa's subplot ends in a similar fashion with the teachers working on the license plates and the children's strike being ignored.
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* OverlyLongGag: Homer laughs for almost two hours after seeing a video of a monkey smelling his finger and fainting.

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* OverlyLongGag: Homer laughs for almost two hours after seeing a video of a monkey smelling his finger and fainting.fainting.
* TakeThat: Viral video marketing is presented in this episode as unethical, even leading to Homer and Bart being force to fight to the death just so they'd become viral sensations again.

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Chief Wiggum's on the spot when Homer becomes the latest victim of the Springfield Pickpocket.

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Chief Wiggum's on the spot when Homer becomes the latest victim of the and Bart become viral video stars; Lisa takes a stand against Springfield Pickpocket.
Elementary's new detention policy.



!!This episode provides examples of:

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Pickpocketing is the one crime Fat Tony is not willing to commit. His grandfather was about to get a heart transplant when the donor heart was pickpocketed, causing him to die the way no mob boss should - of natural causes.
* FrameUp: Fat Tony is framed for the pickpocketing spree, and it's up to Chief Wiggum to clear his name.
* InadvertentEntranceCue: Chief Wiggum states that to trap the pickpocket they need a huge ass that would provide an irresistible target. Enter Homer with his butt stuck to a park bench.
* NotMeThisTime: Fat Tony is adamant that he wasn't the pickpocket.
* ShoutOut: The scene of the Simpsons at the diner spoofs the infamous final scene of ''Series/TheSopranos''.
* {{Tuckerisation}}: The Feast of Saint Castellaneta is named after Homer's VA Creator/DanCastellaneta.

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!!This episode provides contains examples of:

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Pickpocketing is the one crime Fat Tony is not willing DetentionEpisode: Springfield Elementary subsidizes its detentions to commit. His grandfather was about to get a heart transplant when the donor heart was pickpocketed, causing him to die the way no mob boss should - of natural causes.
* FrameUp: Fat Tony is framed for the pickpocketing spree, and it's up to Chief Wiggum to clear his name.
* InadvertentEntranceCue: Chief Wiggum states
private company that to trap operates prisons, running them like literal prisons, with [[PrisonersWork children making license plates]].
* GladiatorGames: In
the pickpocket they need a huge ass that would provide an irresistible target. Enter end, Homer and Bart are to fight on live television as gladiators with his butt stuck to a park bench.
* NotMeThisTime: Fat Tony is adamant
real weapons, with the implication that he wasn't they are to fight to the pickpocket.
death.
* ShoutOut: The scene of the Simpsons at the diner spoofs the infamous final scene of ''Series/TheSopranos''.
* {{Tuckerisation}}: The Feast of Saint Castellaneta is named after
InstantHumiliationJustAddYouTube: Bart interrupts Homer's VA Creator/DanCastellaneta.live podcast and the ensuing fight goes viral. A tech entrepreneur has them stage fights under corporate sponsorship for money. Ironically, it's a video of them hugging, which goes against their "brand", that ends up humiliating them.
* OverlyLongGag: Homer laughs for almost two hours after seeing a video of a monkey smelling his finger and fainting.
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Chief Wiggum's on the spot when Homer becomes the latest victim of the Springfield Pickpocket.

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!!This episode provides examples of:

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Pickpocketing is the one crime Fat Tony is not willing to commit. His grandfather was about to get a heart transplant when the donor heart was pickpocketed, causing him to die the way no mob boss should - of natural causes.
* FrameUp: Fat Tony is framed for the pickpocketing spree, and it's up to Chief Wiggum to clear his name.
* InadvertentEntranceCue: Chief Wiggum states that to trap the pickpocket they need a huge ass that would provide an irresistible target. Enter Homer with his butt stuck to a park bench.
* NotMeThisTime: Fat Tony is adamant that he wasn't the pickpocket.
* ShoutOut: The scene of the Simpsons at the diner spoofs the infamous final scene of ''Series/TheSopranos''.
* {{Tuckerisation}}: The Feast of Saint Castellaneta is named after Homer's VA Creator/DanCastellaneta.
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