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** Mr. Burns turns up at the bank when Homer comes looking for a loan, telling him he openly enjoys the suffering of those who need it.

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** Mr. Burns turns up at runs the bank when Homer comes looking for a loan, telling him Employee Credit Union himself, as he openly enjoys the suffering of those who need it.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Ralph Wiggum appears watching Lisa ride her pony. Not only is his one line ("But what man can tame her?") very out-of-character with Ralph's better known characterization, but Ralph speaks in Nelson's voice.

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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Ralph Wiggum appears watching Lisa ride her pony. Not only is his one line ("But what man can tame her?") very out-of-character with Ralph's [[CloudCuckoolander better known characterization, characterization]], but Ralph speaks in Nelson's voice.
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* CounterfeitCash: The episode’s Chalkboard Gag implies such; “‘Bart Bucks’ are not legal tender”.
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* FictionalVideoGame: Abe plays a space shooter on a single button UsefulNotes/Atari2600-style controller, while Bart tries to give him directions, informing him that after encountering a Xylon Cruiser, the best option is to go to hyperspace.

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* FictionalVideoGame: Abe plays a space shooter on a single button UsefulNotes/Atari2600-style Platform/Atari2600-style controller, while Bart tries to give him directions, informing him that after encountering a Xylon Cruiser, the best option is to go to hyperspace.
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** Groundskeeper Willie apparently once ran over a gopher with his lawnmower.

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* HypocriticalHumor: When Moe suggests Homer buy the reed before buying the beer (Moe's is next door to King Toot's Music Shop), Homer replies that he doesn't tell Moe how to do his job. Then he tells Moe how to hold the beer mug while filling it.

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* HypocriticalHumor: HypocriticalHumor:
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When Moe suggests Homer buy the reed before buying the beer (Moe's is next door to King Toot's Music Shop), Homer replies that he doesn't tell Moe how to do his job. Then he tells Moe how to hold the beer mug while filling it.it.
** When Homer explains that he bought Lisa a pony because she stopped loving him, Bart makes the same claim and demands a moped. Homer's response:
--->'''Homer''': And I know you love me - so you don't get squat! ''(laughs)''
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* TheAtoner: After failing to get Lisa’s saxophone fixed, Homer adopts a pony to gain the former’s forgiveness.
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* SkewedPriorities: When Lisa asks Homer to get her a new reed for her saxophone for her upcoming talent show, and, with Lisa's act coming soon and the music store closing in a few minutes, Homer heads to the music store. What does he decide to do from there? Grab a beer at Moe's of course. When Homer tells Moe the story, even he is flabbergasted by his terrible decision.
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%% * NeverMyFault: That's what Principal Skinner thought of Lisa when she says her music was bad because of a faulty saxophone reed.
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'''Lisa:''' I mean you, you dummy.

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'''Lisa:''' [[DaddysGirl I mean you, you dummy.]]

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* GuestStar: Creator/FrankWelker as the animal noises for Princess the pony and Santa's Little Helper.



* SpecialGuest: Creator/FrankWelker as the animal noises for Princess the pony and Santa's Little Helper.

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This trope fits better. Besides, Homer is established to be an idiot


* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Homer's problems in the episode are the result of him deciding to stop and have a beer at Moe's rather than buying the reed for Lisa right away and taking it to her at the concert.



* IdiotBall: Homer's problems in the episode are the result of him deciding to stop and have a beer at Moe's rather than buying the reed for Lisa right away and taking it to her at the concert.
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* FellAsleepDriving: Homer drifts off while driving home for his brief time asleep before doing his usual shift at the Plant. After dreaming about being in a pleasant dreamland of beds and angels, he miraculously makes it home with little damage to him or the car (save for a part of a gate caught on the undercarriage of it, him crashing into the garage and a power saw falling on his head once he exits the car).
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* MoodWhiplash: First a hilarious moment of Lisa screaming at the sight of a pony in her bed (see Shout-Out), then a touching one where the pony affectionally licks Lisa who hugs her back.
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* YankTheDogsChain: Homer can't remember what instrument Lisa plays. When he finally remembers, the music shop owner asks a follow-up, "Alto or tenor?" Homer: "D'oh!"

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* YankTheDogsChain: Homer can't remember what instrument Lisa plays. When he finally remembers, the music shop owner asks a follow-up, "Alto or tenor?" Homer: "D'oh!"tenor?"
->'''Homer:''' D'oh!
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* TearsOfRemorse: Homer attempts to cheer himself up by watching tapes of Lisa's infant hood, only to find out he constantly ignored her as she developed or tried to get his attention. By the end of the tape he's crying in guilt.

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* TearsOfRemorse: Homer attempts to cheer himself up by watching tapes of Lisa's infant hood, Lisa as a baby, only for the tapes to find out show that he constantly ignored her as she developed or tried to get his attention. By the end of the tape he's crying in guilt.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: This episode shows how clearly unaffordable a pony as a pet is for a middle-class family in the United States of America, or any other country for that matter, and the lengths Homer goes to in order to afford the pony are not sustainable in the long term.

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Episode - 8F06\\
First Aired - 11/7/1991

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Episode - 8F06\\
First Aired - 11/7/1991

'''Original air date:''' 11/7/1991

'''Production code:''' 8F06
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** The footage of Homer trying to blow-dry Lisa's hair at one point is recycled from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E5BartTheGeneral Bart the General]]"

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** The footage of Homer trying to blow-dry Lisa's hair at one point is recycled a redrawing of a scene from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E5BartTheGeneral Bart the General]]"
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* CouchGag: Homer lies on the couch and is sat upon by the rest of the family.
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* RealityEnsues: A horse is not cheap to buy, let alone care for. Homer is forced to take another job and work himself to exhaustion just for Lisa to keep Princess.
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* NeverMyFault: That's what Principal Skinner thought of Lisa when she says her music was bad because of a faulty saxophone reed.

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%% * NeverMyFault: That's what Principal Skinner thought of Lisa when she says her music was bad because of a faulty saxophone reed.

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