History Recap / TheSimpsonsS3E21BlackWidower

* GoldDigger: Bob, apparently. Selma "bought stock in a mace company just before society crumbled." When she mentions it during the wedding preparations, Bob jovially expresses hope that people won't think he's marrying her for her money. A closeup of Bart shows that's exactly what he ''is'' thinking.

* SeriousBusiness: ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}'', of course, for Patty and Selma. Selma's love for the character is so strong that Bob proclaiming how much he hates the show drives her to tears and makes her consider calling the marriage off. In a weird way, Selma's faith in the character actually proves to be beneficial to her, as it's what provides Bart with the last piece he needs to figure out Bob's plan. Bob's disdain for the character counts as well since he'd rather jeopardize his plans regarding Selma than say he loves [=MacGyver=].

* EasilyForgiven: Sideshow Bob's claim to have been [[LoveRedeems reformed by his love for Selma]] is accepted without question by everyone except for Bart.

* ConfoundThemWithKindness: [[DumbassHasAPoint As Homer points out]], Bob should really be harboring some kind of anger toward Bart after the kid got him sent to prison. His claim to be over any hard feelings is one the family, sans Bart, is a little too quick to swallow.

* SpoilerTitle: The name of the episode isn't exactly subtle about Bob's intentions for Selma.

* ContinuityNod: Bob and Selma's KaraokeBondingMoment takes place at The Happy Sumo, the restaurant from Season 2's "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish."

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: This episode features Sideshow Bob at a transitional stage between his Season 1 persona and the one he'd have in future episodes. He's a little bit sore at Bart for exposing him, but is indicated to mostly blame himself for his sloppy job of framing Krusty -- or at least is being [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] enough to set his hatred of Bart aside in the interests of his plan -- and is much less ObviouslyEvil than in his later appearances.

* WouldHurtAChild: Homer is surprised by Sideshow Bob's apparent reformation, stating that if a kid got ''him'' sent to jail, "the first thing out I'd find out where he lives and tear him a new belly button." In fact, Bob admits that he ''has'' fantasized about avenging himself on Bart in some way, though his willingness to make his murderous thoughts against him a reality won't become clear until Season 5.

* WouldHurtAChild: Homer is surprised by Sideshow Bob's apparent reformation, stating that if a kid got ''him'' sent to jail, "the first thing out I'd find out where he lives and tear him a new belly button." In fact, Bob seemingly ''has'' fantasized about killing Bart, though his willingness to make these schemes a reality won't become clear until Season 5.

* DevilInPlainSight: Sideshow Bob is not very good at hiding his nature and still makes a lot of comments on how he is not that changed, but no one but Bart sees anything supicious about him.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Bob has a moment of this when he and Selma have to rush back to Patty and Selma's place to watch ''Series/MacGyver1985''.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Bob has a moment of this when he and Selma have to rush back to Patty and Selma's place to watch ''MacGyver''.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Bob has a moment of this when he and Selma have to rush back to Patty and Selma's place to watch ''[=MacGyver=]''.

* KidHasAPoint: Bart was the only one not won over by Bob's speeches on how he has changed.

** To ''{{Series/Dinosaurs}}'' (which also took a dig at ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' for being the reason why every family sitcom in the 1990s has a BumblingDad):

* AppointmentTelevision: Selma and ''Series/{{MacGyver|1985}}''.

* TheBluebeard: Sideshow Bob.

* DevilInPlainSight: Sideshow Bob.

* GuessWhoImMarrying: Non-parental variation.

-->Bart, if I'd wanted to kill you, I'd have [[AccidentalInnuendo choked you like]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms a chicken]] the moment I walked through that door... ''[everyone gasps]'' [[JustJokingJustification but then, what kind of guest would I have been?]] ''[laughs]''

* KidHasAPoint: Gotta listen to Bart.

* LethallyStupid: Chief Wiggum at the wedding reception accidentally leaves his gun next to the wedding cake, within easy reach of where kids could pick it up. Luckily, no one does.

* ToTheBatnoun[=/=]{{Thememobile}}: Once the Simpson family learn of Bob's plan to kill Selma, Homer shouts out, [[Series/Batman1966 "To the Simpsonmobile!"]]... [[MundaneMadeAwesome which is actually their car]].

-->'''Bart:''' Sideshow Bob, the only victims here are the good people at Best Western Hotels!

* SextDiscretionShot: Happens after the end of Sideshow Bob and Selma's honeymoon video:
--->'''Sideshow Bob:''' Oh, Selma dear. You and your little camera. Whaddya say we shut it off for a while...\\

-->'''Bart:''' It's like they saw our lives and put it right there on screen!

* FaceHeelTurn: Despite this being Bob's second appearance, it's the first time he does something genuinely evil. All he did in his first appearance was frame Krusty for robbery (which, given how Krusty treated him on the show, would fall under MistreatmentInducedBetrayal). This time, he's the attempted murderer he is in all future episodes.

* CallBack: See DarkReprise below. Bob returns to the hotel room after it explodes and sings a DarkReprise of "Somethin' Stupid", before a WhamShot reveals Bart is sitting in the chair.

* PowerOfTrust: Spoofed; Marge congratulates Bart for not losing his ''mis''trust in Sideshow Bob. (It is also an inversion of Bob's previous appearance, where Bart was sure that Krusty was innocent because of a straight example of this trope.)