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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Osaka flu plot is dropped at the start of Act Two, with none of the previously-infected characters or any other Springfieldians showing any signs of the disease.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Homer walks into the Quik-E-Mart and finds Apu and Sanjay celebrating by dancing and singing to Bollywood-sounding gibberish.

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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Homer walks into the Quik-E-Mart Kwik-E-Mart and finds Apu and Sanjay celebrating by dancing and singing to Bollywood-sounding gibberish.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Homer walks into the Quik-E-Mart and finds Apu and Sanjay celebrating by dancing and singing to Bollywood-sounding gibberish.


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** At some point in the aforementioned chaos, Bart decided to vandalize his own fridge.
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* LowerHalfReveal: Mayor Quimby is holding a press conference, claiming that he cancelled his Bahamas vacation to oversee the flu plaguing Springfield. At first, the live footage shown on TV shows him in the Mayor's office wearing a suit and tie, it then cuts to the actual filming location in question, showing what's off camera. First, it reveals that Quimby isn't wearing proper pants, but swim trunks, before panning out to reveal that the office is just a set on the beach, revealing that Quimby is lying about cancelling his vacation.
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* AffablyEvil: Marge's cellmate Phillips is so named because she murdered her husband with a Phillips head screwdriver, but she's very friendly with Marge.

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* AffablyEvil: Marge's cellmate Phillips is so named because she [[TilMurderDoUsPart murdered her husband husband]] with a Phillips head screwdriver, but she's very friendly with Marge.



** After Marge was found guilty, Apu commented on how safe the Kwik-E-Mart was. Cut to Snake and an unnamed criminal loading the store onto a flatbed truck and hauling ass to Mexico.

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** After Marge was found guilty, Apu commented on how safe the Kwik-E-Mart was. Cut to Snake and an unnamed criminal loading the store onto a flatbed truck and [[RunForTheBorder hauling ass to Mexico.Mexico]].

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* ForWantOfANail: Had Marge not been in prison, she could've helped out with the bake sale to raise money to buy a statue of Abraham Lincoln, instead of the Jimmy Carter statue which angered the citizens so much a mass riot broke out.



-->'''Antibody''': (in Squeaky Voiced Teen's voice) Sarge, we keep getting orders to let the virus win.
-->'''Sergeant''' (in a voice similar to Krusty's): Hmm. Must be a school day. Lay down your arms!
-->(the antibodies immediately fold flat in front of the virus, who starts absorbing them)
-->'''Virus''': (with Snake's voice) All right! Let's make some pus!

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-->'''Antibody''': (in ''(in Squeaky Voiced Teen's voice) voice)'' Sarge, we keep getting orders to let the virus win.
-->'''Sergeant''' (in a voice similar to Krusty's): -->'''Sergeant''': Hmm. Must be a school day. Lay down your arms!
-->(the -->''(the antibodies immediately fold flat in front of the virus, who starts absorbing them)
them)''
-->'''Virus''': (with ''(with Snake's voice) voice)'' All right! Let's make some pus!

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: The alligator is shown with interlocking teeth as it crunches Abe's dentures. Gets jarring in that it was correctly shown with an overbite in other scenes.

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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: ArtisticLicenseBiology:
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The alligator is shown with interlocking teeth as it crunches Abe's dentures. Gets jarring in that it was correctly shown with an overbite in other scenes.scenes.
** Flu viruses only live for a few days to a month without a host. As Homer's juice loosener took at least six weeks to arrive, any viruses would be long dead by the time he opened the box.
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* CoolButInefficient: The car chandelier might look cool but it makes driving harder. Cue car crash.

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* TheAlcoholic: Helen Lovejoy implies Marge drinks. Marge's incredibly tense reaction suggests it's true, although it's just as likely she's tense because [[KickTheDog Helen's gleefully digging Marge's grave]].

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* TheAlcoholic: AffablyEvil: Marge's cellmate Phillips is so named because she murdered her husband with a Phillips head screwdriver, but she's very friendly with Marge.
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Helen Lovejoy implies Marge drinks. Marge's incredibly tense reaction suggests it's true, although it's just as likely she's tense because [[KickTheDog Helen's gleefully digging Marge's grave]].grave]].
** Lionel Hutz is a recovering one, having [[Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung David Crosby]] as his A.A. sponsor. Hutz is strongly tempted to relapse while defending Marge for accidentally stealing a bottle of bourbon, and Crosby's disappointment when Hutz comes to court without pants implies that he eventually did relapse offscreen.
* AllWomenAreLustful: During a conjugal visit, Homer makes it clear that he's willing to just hold hands and talk if that's all Marge is comfortable with. She immediately jumps on him in a fit of lust, knocking over the trailer they're inside of.



* BollywoodNerd: Apu can recite Pi to forty thousand places.
-->'''Apu:''' The last digit is 1.\\
'''Homer:''' [[MadLibsCatchPhrase Mmm...]] [[FunWithHomophones pie]]...



* TheDogBitesBack: Literally. When the Springfieldians riot over the Jimmy Carter statue, Wiggum attempts to sic the police dogs on the rioters. When Lou notes that they look angry, Wiggum explains that's because he's been mistreating the dogs to rile them up (such as starving them, tasing them and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking singing off-key]]). The dogs proceed to tear him apart when they're set loose.

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* TheDogBitesBack: Literally. When the Springfieldians riot over the Jimmy Carter statue, Wiggum attempts to sic the police dogs on the rioters. When Lou notes that they look angry, Wiggum explains that's because he's been mistreating the dogs to rile them up (such as starving them, tasing teasing them and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking singing off-key]]). The dogs proceed to tear him apart when they're set loose.



* FailedASpotCheck:
** Both Apu and the jury manage to miss Lionel Hutz removing his tie and hiding it up his sleeve (where it's visibly sticking out) to [[{{Gaslighting}} convince him]] that he was never wearing a tie at all.
** Hutz gives his closing arguments while completely bottomless. He doesn't notice until Judge Snyder points it out.



* {{Gaslighting}}: During the court case, Hutz attempts to manipulate Apu into believing his memory is faulty. He does this by asking Apu what color tie he is wearing, and when Apu not only tells him the color but what type of knot it's in, Hutz not-so-discreetly takes it off and demonstrates his bare neck.

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* {{Gaslighting}}: During the court case, Hutz attempts to manipulate Apu into believing his memory is faulty. He does this by asking Apu what color tie he is wearing, and when Apu not only tells him the color but what type of knot it's in, Hutz not-so-discreetly takes it off and demonstrates his bare neck. [[FailedASpotCheck Despite the tie sticking out of Hutz's sleeve]], it works on both Apu and the jury.



'''Nelson:''' Oh, right. [[BirdsOfAFeather Let's play!]]

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'''Nelson:''' Oh, right.yeah. [[BirdsOfAFeather Let's play!]]



* TheScourgeOfGod: Played for laughs. [[TheFundamentalist Ned Flanders]] believes that he got infected because God [[DisproportionateRetribution did not liked]] the fact that Ned [[TakeThat found]] ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' [[TakeThat funny]].

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* TheScourgeOfGod: Played for laughs. [[TheFundamentalist Ned Flanders]] believes that he got infected because God [[DisproportionateRetribution did not liked]] like]] the fact that Ned [[TakeThat found]] ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' [[TakeThat funny]].



* TemptingFate: After Marge gets sent to jail, Apu pronounces that the Kwik-E-Mart is safe once more. Even at this moment Snake is stealing said store and driving off to Mexico with it.

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* TemptingFate: TattooedCrook: The aptly-named Tattoo Annie is positively covered in ink, even having a MAD Magazine fold-in on her back (she pushes her shoulders together to make it work).
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After Marge gets sent to jail, Apu pronounces that the Kwik-E-Mart is safe once more. Even at this moment Snake is stealing said store and driving off to Mexico with it.it.
** Lisa is sure that if everyone does their fair share with Marge gone, the Simpsons can keep their house clean. [[EpicFail Ten minutes later]], the place is an ungodly mess, and everyone is somehow out of clean clothes.
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* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage: For Apu and Sanjay's brief lines of Hindi dialogue, the writers called the Embassy of India in Washington to get them to translate. The Embassy was not "interested or happy" but still did it.
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-->'''Sargent''' (in a voice similar to Krusty's): Hmm. Must be a school day. Lay down your arms!

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-->'''Sargent''' -->'''Sergeant''' (in a voice similar to Krusty's): Hmm. Must be a school day. Lay down your arms!

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