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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Homer insists on joining Bart in building the latter's soap box car "Little Lightning" despite his own abysmal skill in carpenting, whereas Bart himself turns out to have good carpenter skills and doesn't really need Homer's "help." In a more conventional story, the two of them would nonetheless manage to build a winning car while having a bonding experience. In this episode, however, because of Homer's incompetence Bart not only loses to both Martin and Nelson in the first race, but his car falls apart before it even reaches the finish line, resulting in Bart driving Martin's car in the next race after the latter's injury. Without Homer's meddling, it's likely that Bart would have at least managed to beat Nelson and his car.
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If Wolfcastle is in-character as Mc Bain on his talk show, then Scoey is presumably being played by the actor from the movies.
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* MultipleGunshotDeath: Scoey, [=McBain=]'s partner.[[note]]Who oddly enough shares the same name as his bandleader on his talk show, ''Up Late with [=McBain=].''[[/note]]
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* MultipleGunshotDeath: Scoey, [=McBain=]'s partner.[[note]]Who oddly enough shares later reappears as the same name as his bandleader on his talk show, ''Up Late with [=McBain=].''[[/note]]
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** When Selma maces Barney, Barney becomes convinced she actually is Creator/MaryTylerMoore. The writers of this episode had worked with Moore on an unsuccessful sitcom and did not enjoy the experience.
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* GirlsHaveCooties: When he wins the derby Bart is photographed receiving a kiss on the cheek from an attractive model, to his visible disgust.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: [[NotWhatItLooksLike The white-coated men from the National Fatherhood Institute happen to arrive to grab Homer]] while a bunch of Bart's classmates are over.
-->'''Milhouse:''' Hey Bart, I think they're finally hauling your dad away.
-->'''Bart:''' Maybe it's for the best.
-->'''Milhouse:''' Hey Bart, I think they're finally hauling your dad away.
-->'''Bart:''' Maybe it's for the best.
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* ContinuityNod: Among Homer's poor carpentry jobs is the spice rack he made Marge in "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge."
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* MurderByMistake: The assassin at the restaurant initially had his gun targeting [=McBain=], but oddly enough switched his target completely to [=McBain=]'s partner after he [[TakingTheBullet inadvertently took the first bullet]] and kept shooting only Scoey, even though [=McBain=] was vulnerable after the first shot moving his partner's body frame away from him. [[LaserSight The assassin even had a laser pointer for his pistol, despite being only three feet away from his target]]!
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* NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: While Homer does have a right to be upset at Bart for ditching the car they built together, it's clear by the time that he refuses to go the big race that he's letting his resentment get the best of him and any sympathy the audience may have had for him vanishes at that point.
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* NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: While Homer does have a right to be upset at Bart for ditching the car they built together, it's clear by the time that he refuses to go the big race that he's letting his resentment get the best of him and any sympathy the audience characters (and the audience) may have had for him pretty much vanishes at that point.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Homer's despondency over if he's a good father to the point of seeking out professional help on the matter is quite a start contrast to later seasons where he shows little interest in Bart and his hobbies.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Homer's despondency over if he's a good father to the point of seeking out professional help on the matter is quite a start stark contrast to later seasons where he shows little interest in Bart and his hobbies.
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* NoSympathyForGrudgeholders: While Homer does have a right to be upset at Bart for ditching the car they built together, it's clear by the time that he refuses to go the big race that he's letting his resentment get the best of him and any sympathy the audience may have had for him vanishes at that point.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Homer's despondency over if he's a good father to the point of seeking out professional help on the matter is quite a start contrast to later seasons where he shows little interest in Bart and his hobbies.
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'''Original air date:''' 11/14/1991
'''Production code:''' 8F08
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title obviously riffs on ''Film/DaysOfThunder''.
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** The title obviously riffs off ''Film/DaysOfThunder''.
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* WholePlotReference: The entire thing is a callout to an old Bill Cosby routine about soapbox derby racing.
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* WholePlotReference: The entire thing is a callout to an old Bill Cosby Creator/BillCosby routine about soapbox derby racing.racing.
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* ExtremeSportExcusePlot: Bart decides this week to take up soap box racing and his dad decides to show he can be a good father by helping him. It really becomes "extreme" by showing Martin's literally explosive collision and Nelson's car being rigged with illegal weapons.
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* ExtremeSportExcusePlot: ExtremeSportsPlot: Bart decides this week to take up soap box racing and his dad decides to show he can be a good father by helping him. It really becomes "extreme" by showing Martin's literally explosive collision and Nelson's car being rigged with illegal weapons.
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* CouchGag: The family sit on the couch and sink in halfway.
