History Recap / TheSimpsonsS3E15HomerAlone

* KidsAreCruel: In the beginning, you wonder why Marge snapped.

* NervousWreck: Marge when the stress of errands gets to her -- while driving.

* ParentalNeglect: Homer when he's looking after Maggie, but in his defense he did try to care for her and no one saw her running off to find Marge and as soon as he knew, he looked all over for her and called the police.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Quimby orders Marge to be freed without changes because it could cost him the women’s vote if he allows the law to go the way it’s set.

* VisualPun: As Marge relaxes in a hot bath with a sundae while watching TV, she blissfully lowers herself into the water and emerges with her hair straight and wet, meaning she's finally relaxed enough to "let her hair down."

** The episode's title (and Homer's both-hands-on-cheeks-and-screaming while looking at the camera pose upon discovering Maggie's disappearance) are shout outs to ''Film/HomeAlone''.

** ''The Erotic Awakening of S'' is a parody of ''The Story of O''.

* MissingTrailerScene: In a commercial promoting this episode, Homer lifts up Maggie after stapling her diaper, only to find that he accidentally stapled it to the changing board.

* ClicheStorm:

* FanDisservice: Lampshaded, discussed in-universe when Bart laments sleeping over at Selma and Pattys' and Lisa replies "You think you know fear? Well I saw them naked!"

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: InUniverse; one of the "hottest R-rated movies Europe has to offer" at Rancho Relaxo is ''The Happy Little Elves Meet Fuzzy Snuggleduck''. For those who don't remember the early days of ''The Simpsons'' [[note]]("early" as in "back when it was a sketch on ''The Tracy Ullman Show'' and back during the first season when the animation was cruddy, the episodes focused on Bart and Lisa, and the pacing was slow)[[/note]], ''The Happy Little Elves'' was [[TastesLikeDiabetes an overly-cutesy kids' show]] (kind of like ''The Smurfs'') that Lisa and Maggie loved (but Bart hated, because he was into ''The Itchy and Scratchy Show''). The joke here is either a TakeThat to people who think cartoons are for kids (which was also something ''The Simpsons'' itself had to struggle with during its early years) or a reference to how most foreign movies and TV shows (particularly in Europe) are more lenient with risqué content than America is.

* PoliceAreUseless: Though he has grounds to have her in jail, Wiggum had to let Marge go and he doesn’t notice the mobster with a body in the car who’s held up.
* RageBreakingPoint: Maggie spilling her milk on Homer's newly-ironed shirt.

* PoliceAreUseless: Though he has grounds to have her in jail, Wiggum had to let Marge go and he doesn’t notice the mobster with a body in car who’s held up.

* JerkassRealization: Homer acts like a Jerkass, as usually, through Marge’s plight until she rolls down her window.

* PoliceAreUseless: Through he has grounds to have her in jail, Wiggum had to let Marge go and he doesn’t notice the mobster with a body in car who’s held up.

* AbusiveParents: Does not paying attention to your kid while babysitting count? If so, Homer was this when he fails to watch Maggie (though he did try to care for her while Marge was gone and he did call the police to report her missing).

* ParentalNeglect: Homer

* ShoutOut: The beginning parodies the Wile E Coyote and Road Runner cartoons.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: InUniverse; one of the "hottest R-rated movies Europe has to offer" at Rancho Relaxo is ''The Happy Little Elves Meet Fuzzy Snuggleduck''. For those who don't remember the early days of ''The Simpsons'' [[note]]("early" as in "back when it was a sketch on ''The Tracy Ullman Show'' and back during the first season when the animation was cruddy, the episodes focused on Bart and Lisa, and the pacing was slow)[[/note]], ''The Happy Little Elves'' was [[TastesLikeDiabetes an overly-cutesy kids' show]] (kind of like ''The Smurfs'') that Lisa and Maggie loved (but Bart hated, because he was into ''The Itchy and Scratchy Show''). The joke here is either a TakeThat to people who think cartoons are for kids (which was also something ''The Simpsons'' itself had to struggle with during its early years) or a reference to how most foreign movies and TV shows (particularly in Europe) are more lenient with risqué content than America is.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: InUniverse; one of the "hottest R-rated movies Europe has to offer" at Rancho Relaxo is ''The Happy Little Elves Meet Fuzzy Snuggleduck''. For those who don't remember the early days of ''The Simpsons'', ''The Happy Little Elves'' was a [[TastesLikeDiabetes an overly-cutesy show]] (kind of like ''The Smurfs'') that Lisa and Maggie loved (but Bart hated, because he was into ''The Itchy and Scratchy Show''). The joke here is either a TakeThat to people who think cartoons are for kids or a reference to how most foreign movies and TV shows are more lenient in showing sexual content than America is.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: InUniverse; one of the "hottest R-rated movies Europe has to offer" at Rancho Relaxo is ''The Happy Little Elves Meet Fuzzy Snuggleduck''. For those who don't remember the early days of ''The Simpsons'', ''The Happy Little Elves'' was a [[TastesLikeDiabetes an overly-cutesy show]] (kind of like ''The Smurfs'') that Lisa and Maggie loved (but Bart hated, because he was into ''The Itchy and Scratchy Show''). The joke here is either a TakeThat to people who think cartoons are for kids or a reference to how most foreign TV shows are more lenient in showing sexual content than America is.

* AbusiveParents: Does not paying attention to your kid while babysitting count? If so, Homer was he fails to watch Maggie.

* NervousWreck: Whole Point