History Recap / TheSimpsonsS33E2BartsInJail

** During his cameo, [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill]] tells the audience to buy crypto, a reference to his line from "Dreamscaperers" in which he tells the audience to buy gold.

Then Lisa uses internet technology to figure out where they were calling him from. They find an office room full of scam callers at 1300 Business Loop C, and while the police shuts it down, they don't get arrested, on the grounds that more will just pop up.

-->'''Bart''': You sound familiar.
-->'''Scammer''': [[BorrowedCatchphrase Don't have a cow, man]].

-->"BUY CRYPTO, SUCKERS!"

** Abe mentions Bart's grandmother being [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E19MonaLeavesA dead]] and Homer has a picture of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E2GoBigOrGoHomer Mike]] in the diagram for the PyramidScheme he's been roped into.

* PyramidScheme: Homer, who has bragged that he would never fall for a scam, is revealed to be in a knife-selling pyramid scheme.

* TooDumbToLive: Abe receives another scam call telling him ''Lisa's'' in jail, even though his family is in front of him. He doesn't fall for it, but almost.

* NeverTrustATitle: At no point in the episode is Bart in jail ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E16TheWanderingJuvie though it wouldn't be the first time]]); instead, the story deals with Abe being tricked by scammers who convince him that Bart is in jail [[TruthInTelevision in a reflection of real-life "grandparent scams]].

* CastingGag: Alan Cumming previous portrayed Loki (though a much more comedic version) in Son of the Mask.

* BitingTheHandHumor: While making his exit, Loki says he's going to add more blackout dates to Disneyland annual passes, before shapeshifting into Mickey Mouse and laughing his way out and saying "suckers!"[[note]]In 2017, Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, so as the first airing of this episode, Disney has owned ''The Simpsons'' for about four years (Disney has always owned Mickey Mouse).[[/note]]

The title of this episode is '''"Bart's in Jail"'''. EpisodeCodeNumber [=QABF18=].

-->'''Scammer''': Don't have a cow, man.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It is unknown whether Loki really did pay The Simpsons a visit or they just witnessed a mass hallucination caused by the restaurant food they ate.

* TooDumbToLive: Abe receives another scam call telling him ''Lisa's'' in jail, even though his family is in front of him. He doesn't fall for it, but almost.
%% I don't want to delete this but I don't want it to show up as a gap for now * EvilIsPetty: A woman asks Superintendent Chalmers for gas money promising to mail it back. Chalmers doesn't fall for it. Marge gives her money and her address. The end of the episode has her receiving $20 and a note saying "THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST" in red ink. Abe was watching the family through the windows with a red pen in his pocket.

-->'''Bart''': You sound familiar.//
'''Scammer''': Don't have a cow, man.

--->'''Bart''': You sound familiar.
--->'''Scammer''': Don't have a cow, man.

* ContinuityNod: Abe mentions Bart's grandmother being [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E19MonaLeavesA dead]] and Homer has a picture of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS31E2GoBigOrGoHomer Mike]] in the diagram for the PyramidScheme he's been roped into.

* JerkassBall: Homer holds this very firmly when learning that Grandpa was scammed out of money that would have been his inheritance. He does the same to the rest of his family when he learns they themselves were scammed as well, as he believes he's the only one smart enough not to fall for obvious scams, completely unaware he himself has long fallen for a pyramid scheme.

* TheCameo: Among the various deities is [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]].

* IHaveManyNames: As the shapeshifting god of mischief, Loki claims he's had many names and many forms. The scene pans away from him to show a booth consisting of Anansi the Spider, Sun Wukong, Jesus, Huēhuecoyōtl, and [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]].

* InternetSafetyAesop: The episode goes through the various scam methods that have tricked vulnerable and naive people into giving away large sums of money, ranging from scams over the internet (ransomware and advanced fee scams) to phone call scams. The moral to the episode is that everyone gets scammed at one point or another and not all victims of scams are gullible morons, they are just well-intentioned folk who just put their trust in the wrong person or were too panicked to think their actions through. The reason why Grandpa fell for the first scam was that he was terrified of his grandson going to prison.

* TooDumbToLive: Abe receives another scam call telling him ''Lisa's'' in jail, even though his family is in front of him.

* BaitAndSwitch: To deal with a security guard, Homer brought along some knives. Instead of using them to threaten or even kill the guard, he simply buys him into the knife selling scheme.

* IHaveManyNames: As the shapeshifting god of mischief, Loki claims he's had many names and many forms. The scene pans away from him to show a booth consisting of Anansi the Spider, Sun Wukong, Jesus, Coyote, and [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]].

* WhatAnIdiot, in-universe: Homer was tricked into the Cutlife Knives pyramid scheme. After Lisa shows him the news that the Cutlife CEO was arrested, Homer realizes his stupidity and makes a pyre of the knife boxes as a monument to his own studipidity. But later, compounding his stupidity, when Homer could unload the knives on a security guard:
** '''What You'd Expect:''' Considering it seemed hopeless that Homer would sell all those boxes of knives he got in the pyramid scheme, he'd take advantage of the opportunity and sell the knives to the security guard.
** '''Instead:''' Homer sells the guard on the idea that he can scam others into ordering knives, without taking his offer to buy them.

* BitingTheHandHumor: While making his exit, Loki says he's going to add more blackout dates to Disneyland annual passes, before shapeshifting into Mickey Mouse and laughing his way out and saying "suckers!"[[note]]In 2017, Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, so as the first airing of this episode, Disney owns ''The Simpsons'' (Disney has always owned Mickey Mouse).[[/note]]

* BitingTheHandHumor: While making his exit, Loki says he's going to add more blackout dates to Disneyland annual passes, before shapeshifting into Mickey Mouse and laughing his way out and saying "suckers!"