History Recap / TheSimpsonsS32E20MotherAndChildReunion

* SameVoiceTheirEntireLives: While characters like Bart play this straight as just like in previous flash forward episodes, Rod and Todd avert this, as they are given deep voices as adults, which makes their {{Manchild}} status even more apparent.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Bart apparently finished high school and then didn't bother applying to any colleges because [[SkewedPriorities he got really into]] ''VideoGame/FruitNinja.'' Averted later as he rose to become a CEO of a drug company and the owner of three NBA teams, similar to Lisa's successful goal of becoming the new U.S. President.

* RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf: As in "Bart to the Future," Lisa becomes President of the United States. Unlike in that episode, [[ThrowTheDogABone Bart also does very well for himself]], becoming the CEO of a marijuana company and owning multiple sports franchises.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Bart apparently finished high school and then didn't bother applying to any colleges because [[SkewedPriorities he got really into]] ''VideoGame/FruitNinja.''

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Upon hearing from Lisa that she will not go to any college, Marge fears that this would be a horrible decision that she would regret her entire life and barely speaks to Lisa. Even after decades when Lisa has build herself up to become the new President of the United States, Marge find this to be a minor success compared of going to college, which forced an annoyed Lisa to bring up a 'mom translator' in order to show Marge the error of her ways.

** The drones at Lisa's inauguration spelling out "Congratulations from Russia".

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Upon hearing from Lisa that she will not go to any college, Marge fears that this would be a horrible decision that she would regret her entire life and barely speaks to Lisa. Even after decades when Lisa has build herself up to successfully become the new President of the United States, Marge still refuses to admit that she was wrong, which forced Lisa to bring up a 'mom translator' in order to show Marge the error of her ways.

* {{Manchild}}: Rod and Todd, ages 20 and 16 ([[DependingOnTheWriter according to the most recent calculations]]), behave no differently from their [[KiddieKid younger selves]], causing [[OverprotectiveDad Ned]] to admit that he may have coddled them a little too much.

* InternalDeconstruction: Going to a good college is a frequently-mentioned goal of Lisa's throughout the series and figures heavily into the plot of many FlashForward episodes, such as "Future-Drama" and "Mr. Lisa's Opus," with [[MultipleChoiceFuture most futures]] showing her attending either Yale or Harvard. This episode examines a scenario in which her growing disillusionment with the university system (not helped by the fact that many colleges have been bought out by major corporations, [[CerebusRetcon an occasional gag in such episodes]]) causes her to forgo college entirely and forge her own path, and even raises the question of whether college was truly what Lisa wanted or whether she took her cues about what she should want from the people around her.

* InternalDeconstruction: Going to a good college is a frequently-mentioned goal of Lisa's throughout the series and figures heavily into the plot of many FlashForward episodes, such as "Future-Drama" and "Mr. Lisa's Opus," with [[MultipleChoiceFuture most futures]] showing her attending either Yale or Harvard. This episode examines a scenario in which her growing disillusionment with the entire system (and the fact that many colleges have been bought out by major corporations, an occasional gag in such episodes) causes her to forgo college entirely and forge her own path, and even raises the question of whether college was truly what Lisa wanted or whether she took her cues about what she should want from the people around her.

* InternalDeconstruction: Going to a good college is a frequently-mentioned goal of Lisa's throughout the series and figures heavily into the plot of many FlashForward episodes, such as "Future-Drama" and "Mr. Lisa's Opus," with [[MultipleChoiceFuture most futures]] showing her attending either Yale or Harvard. This episode examines a scenario in which her growing disillusionment with the entire system (and the fact that many colleges have been bought out by major corporations, an occasional gag in such episodes) causes her to forgo college entirely and forge her own path, and even raises the question of whether college was truly what Lisa wanted or whether she took her cues about what she "should" want from Marge.

* RidiculouslySuccessfulFutureSelf: As in "Bart to the Future," Lisa becomes President of the United States (without ever attending college!). Unlike in that episode, [[ThrowTheDogABone Bart also does very well for himself]], becoming the CEO of a marijuana company and owning multiple sports franchises.