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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Acts as this for "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?". By the end, Herb successfully repairs his life and forgives Homer, the two having reconciled as family.
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* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Mr. Burns tries to trick/bribe Homer with $2000 to keep him from potentially suing the plant for millions for sterilizing him. The glitzy award ceremony he has to cook up to validate the scheme probably cost as much. Furthermore, Homer does not have the means to take up a long, drawn-out court proceeding against Springfield's most competent and ruthless lawyers.
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* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Mr. Burns tries to trick/bribe bribe/trick Homer with $2000 to keep him from potentially suing the plant for millions for sterilizing him. The glitzy award ceremony he has to cook up to validate the scheme probably cost as much.much as a settlement would have. Furthermore, Homer does not have the means to take up a long, drawn-out court proceeding against Springfield's most competent and ruthless lawyers.
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* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Mr. Burns tries to bribe Homer with $2000 to keep him from potentially suing the plant for millions for sterilizing him. The glitzy award ceremony he has to cook up to validate the scheme probably cost as much. Furthermore, Homer does not have the means to take up a long, drawn-out court proceeding against Springfield's most competent and ruthless lawyers.
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* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Mr. Burns tries to bribe trick/bribe Homer with $2000 to keep him from potentially suing the plant for millions for sterilizing him. The glitzy award ceremony he has to cook up to validate the scheme probably cost as much. Furthermore, Homer does not have the means to take up a long, drawn-out court proceeding against Springfield's most competent and ruthless lawyers.
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* MundaneLuxury: Unlike the somewhat extravagant ideas of Homer and the kids, Marge just wants to spend the money on a new washer and dryer. The old ones still work, albeit barely, but the motors are so worn out the machines drag themselves across half the basement when in use. In the end, Herb not only buys new ones, but also sold the old ones.
** Unlike the rest of the family, Herb couldn't give Bart what he wanted to buy with the original $2000 (a machine gun) since he's underage. Instead, he got Bart a membership in the N.R.A, which ''does'' accept junior members. Bart is perfectly happy with this, knowing he can get any weapon he wants once he's old enough.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Each member of the family has a different idea about what to do with the $2000 check from Burns--most prominently, Homer wants a highly expensive massage chair to replace their broken couch. Instead, they lend the money to Herb for his new invention. It succeeds and he buys each member of the family what they wanted. To Homer, he simply offers his forgiveness, which Homer, despite his disappointment, ultimately accepts with gratitude...only to find that Herb ''also'' bought him the chair.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Each member of the family has a different idea about what to do with the $2000 check from Burns--most prominently, Homer wants a highly expensive massage chair to replace their broken couch. Instead, they lend the money to Herb for his new invention. It succeeds and he buys each member of the family what they wanted.wanted (a monthly subscription of classic literature for Lisa, an N.R.A membership for Bart, and a new washer and dryer for Marge). To Homer, he simply offers his forgiveness, which Homer, despite his disappointment, ultimately accepts with gratitude...only to find that Herb ''also'' bought him the chair.
--> '''Herb''': *smiling* Homer, I bought you the damn chair!
--> '''Homer''': *begins hugging and kissing Herb on the cheeks in gratitude*
--> '''Herb''': *smiling* Homer, I bought you the damn chair!
--> '''Homer''': *begins hugging and kissing Herb on the cheeks in gratitude*
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In this sequel to "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E15OhBrotherWhereArtThou Oh Brother, Where Art Thou]]", Herbert Powell, Homer's once-wealthy half-brother, is now homeless and searching for the next new idea to take him back to the top -- and all he needs is Homer's $2,000 prize money he got at a (rigged) award show and a place to stay (the Simpsons' house).
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The finale of season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. In this sequel to "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E15OhBrotherWhereArtThou Oh Brother, Where Art Thou]]", Herbert Powell, Homer's once-wealthy half-brother, is now homeless and searching for the next new idea to take him back to the top -- and all he needs is Homer's $2,000 prize money he got at a (rigged) award show and a place to stay (the Simpsons' house).
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* NotTheIntendedUse: Herb bought Marge a new washer and dryer, and sold the old ones for $50... to Moe's tavern, where everyone is using them in a race (the vibration of the machines moves them along the floor).
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* MeaninglessVillainVictory: Mr. Burns tries to bribe Homer with $2000 to keep him from potentially suing the plant for millions for sterilizing him. The glitzy award ceremony he has to cook up to validate the scheme probably cost as much. Furthermore, Homer does not have the means to take up a long, drawn-out court proceeding against Springfield's most competent and ruthless lawyers.
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* PyrrhicVillainy: Mr. Burns tries to bribe Homer with $2000 to keep him from potentially suing the plant for millions for sterilizing him. The glitzy award ceremony he has to cook up to validate the scheme probably cost as much. Furthermore, Homer does not have the means to take up a long, drawn-out court proceeding against Springfield's most competent and ruthless lawyers.
