History Recap / TheSimpsonsS3E15HomerAlone

-->'''Quimby:''' [[Film/AFaceInTheCrowd They're just like seals. Throw them a fish and they start clapping their fins together.]]

* AdultFear: Homer's reaction when he discovers Maggie is missing from her crib and can't find her anywhere.

** 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 references to ''Film/HomeAlone''.

* BinomiumRidiculus: In the opening scene, as a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', Bart and Homer are respectively introduced as ''Brat'us Don'thaveacow'ous'' and ''Homo Neanderthal'us''.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Maggie fiddling with her bottle and spilling the milk all over the car is what finally pushes Marge over the edge, resulting in her snapping on the bridge.

* KarmaHoudini: Marge gets off completely scot-free for blocking the bridge thanks to Mayor Quimby pulling some strings.

-->'''Quimby:''' They're just like seals. Throw them a fish and they start clapping their fins together.

* PrankCall: Bill and Marty call a man and tell him his wife is dead.

--> '''Quimby''': ...If I go down, you're gonna break my fall!\\
'''Wiggum''': Word to the wise, Quimby: don't write checks your butt can't cash.\\
'''Quimby''': Hear me loud and clear, Wiggum! You bite me, I'll bite back.\\
'''Wiggum''': You talk the talk, Quimby, but do you walk the walk?
* BinomiumRidiculus: At the beginning of this episode, as a ShoutOut to ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'', Bart and Homer are respectively introduced as ''Brat'us Don'thaveacow'ous'' and ''Homo Neanderthal'us''.

* TheDiaperChange: Early in this episode, Marge changes Maggie's diaper. In a later scene, when Homer is tasked with looking after Maggie, he changes her diaper, and uses a stapler gun to staple it shut.

* IronicJuxtaposition: When Marge returns from her trip, she holds up a picture of Homer, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie where the four are smiling; when she lowers the photo, she sees the four in a morose, exhausted state due to her absence.

--> '''Homer''': For your information, I can take care of my- ''(Maggie slides to the ground'') AAAH!! ''(picks her up)'' See? Got her on the first bounce.

* RevealShot: At the end of the episode, Homer and Marge are talking in bed. You think it's just those two, but then Bart starts talking, and it's revealed that the whole family is sharing the same bed.

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

* KidsAreCruel: In the first act. And you wonder why Marge snapped?

** Homer, Lenny and Carl are watching the traffic report on TV during their break. Homer laughs at first, then when he sees that Marge is the cause of the traffic jam, he says "D'oh!".

** Maggie when she sees she's about to be handed over to Patty and Selma. She grabs onto the side of the doorway, and Homer has trouble prying her off.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Maggie fiddling with her bottle and spilling the milk all over the car is what finally pushes Marge over the edge, resulting in her snapping on the bridge.

* StrayingBaby: After Homer tries to put Maggie to bed, Maggie runs away from the house to find Marge. He is horrified to find her missing the next morning and does everything he can to find her before Marge returns. When Chief Wiggum returns Maggie to him, he duct-tapes her to her car seat so she can't run away again.

* OhCrap: Maggie when she sees she's about to be handed over to Patty and Selma. She grabs onto the side of the doorway, and Homer has trouble prying her off.

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

* StockFootage: The clip where Homer calls the Department of Missing Babies is the same clip from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E9SaturdaysOfThunder Saturdays of Thunder]]" when he calls the National Fatherhood Institute.
* 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".

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* FanDisservice: Lampshaded, discussed in-universe when Bart laments sleeping over at Selma and Pattys' and Lisa replies "You think you know fear? Well I've seen them naked!"
* GagBoobs: All Bart has to say when he spots Selma's large bra (the cup can cover his head)

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

** Marge watches ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'' on tv.

--> '''Quimby''': ...If I go down, you're breaking my fall!\\
'''Wiggum''': Quimby, don't write checks your butt can't cash.\\
'''Quimby''': Hear me, Wiggum, you bite me, I'll bite back.\\

* ShoutOut: The beginning parodies the ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner'' cartoons.