History Recap / TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch

** The clip of the ShowWithinAShow "[=McGarnigal=]" that Bart watches has the titular detective asking a kid named Billy to testify and promises he will be safe... GilliganCut to DaChief telling [=McGarnigal=] that Billy was killed by whoever tried to frame [=McGarnigal=] for foiling their chance to put him away and his throat was sliced open, and [=McGarnigal=] telling his chief that he was eating a sandwich.

--> '''DaChief''': Well [=McGarnigal=], Billy is ''dead''! They slit his throat from ear to ear!\\
'''[=McGarnigal=]''': Hey! I'm trying to eat lunch here!

* ShowWithinAShow: Bart watches an episode of ''[=McGarnigal=]'' that [[CoincidentalBroadcast bears a striking similarity to his situation]].

* ViewersAreGoldfish: The ShowWithinAShow, ''[=McGarnigal=]'', has the title character's name stated four times, including once by him.

* WitlessProtectionProgram: [[ShowWithinAShow The episode of]] ''[=McGarnigal=]'' Bart watches has the titular cop promising a kid that he will protect him if he testifies against the Mafia, and instantly cuts to DaChief telling [=McGarnigal=] the kid was assassinated.
* WouldHurtAChild: The head of TheMafia, on the episode of ''[=McGarnigal=]'' Bart watches.

* ImprobableInfantSurvival:
** [[RefugeInAudacity Hilariously]] averted in the [=McGarnigal=] clip.
** As well as in ''Film/FreeWilly'' new Director's Cut (see ReCut further down).
** Played straight with Bart -- his day of playing hooky places him in a couple of potentially life-threatening situations and he comes off right.

** The "re-cut" version of ''Film/FreeWilly'' that Homer watches has Jesse getting flattened by Willy when the SignatureScene of Willy jumping over the seawall goes wrong.

* [[TheButlerDidIt The Waiter Did It]]: To himself!
-->"This is an outrage! I am not a clumsy, [[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Clouseau]]-esque waiter! I will..." ''(trips and falls out the window into a truck full of rat traps)''

* DoesNotLikeShoes: The picture at the top says it all. Admittedly, Bart is only this way for a few seconds, and this episode is perhaps set in summer (or rather, near the end of the school year), but Bart appears to want to be barefoot in this episode. Of course, it's also a reference to Huckleberry Finn, who is perhaps the most famous example of a fictional boy who did not like shoes.

** Skinner admits to being a petty man right before defying SavedByTheAwesome and give Bart three... no, ''four'' months' detention for skipping school just ''one day'' (he also went all "Hah! I '''knew''' you would slip up!" right when Bart testified (and thus confessed his skipping), unnerving the rest of the jury (and Apu telling him to stop acting like that).

* CreatorBacklash: In-Universe, Rainer Wolfcastle agrees with Bart's assessment of his last film and says there were a ton of script problems.

Episode - 1F19\\
First Aired - 5/5/1994

* ChekhovsGag: The final straw in a series of events that make cutting class irresistible to Bart is seeing a well-dressed young man drive by in a convertible with a blonde babe fawning over him, musing out loud that he "got all this after dropping out of the fourth grade." That young man is Freddy Quimby, the mayor's nephew, and Bart will later stow away in his convertible to get away from Skinner and ride to his 18th birthday party where he'll witness his innocence in the alleged beating of the waiter. (Finding out who he is doubles as a BrickJoke on his earlier statement

* ChekhovsGag: The final straw in a series of events that make cutting class irresistible to Bart is seeing a well-dressed young man drive by in a convertible with a blonde babe fawning over him, musing out loud that he "got all this after dropping out of the fourth grade." That young man is Freddy Quimby, the mayor's nephew, en route to his 18th birthday party where Bart will later witness his innocence in the alleged beating of the waiter.

** The entire jury was made of major cast members, such as Homer, his sister-in-law Patty, his next-door neighbor Ned, Apu (who at the time was not yet a US citizen), and Principal Skinner (whose presence is a plot point, because it means that Bart can't admit that he witnessed what really happened without admitting that he was skipping school to a school official). Part of the process to ensure jury impartiality is to ensure that none of the jurors are personally connected to the defendant, the plaintiff, any witnesses, or ''each other''. No sane judge would impanel a jury where everybody knows everyone else. Plus witnesses are bribed right there in open court, and [[RuleOfFunny no one cares]].
*** A deleted scene acknowledges that Mayor Quimby has deliberately rigged the jury selection to make things easier for Freddy.

* RogueJuror: Homer deadlocks the jury for the sole purpose of staying sequestered and enjoying the free hotel room and amenities it entails.(Before that, early when he was call to jury duty, he was gunho about voting him guilty.)

* RogueJuror: Homer deadlocks the jury for the sole purpose of staying sequestered and enjoying the free hotel room and amenities it entails.

** A deleted scene also acknowledges that Mayor Quimby has deliberately rigged the jury selection to make things easier for Freddy.

* WitlessProtectionProgram: The episode of "[=McGarnigal=]" Bart watches has the titular cop promising a kid that he will protect him if he testifies against the Mafia, and instantly cuts to DaChief telling [=McGarnigal=] the kid was assassinated.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Freddy and the French waiter arguing over the pronunciation of "chowder", one of the most well-known examples of this trope.

** Skinner imitates part of the opening sequence from ''Series/TheOddCouple'', and even notes it, until Homer yells at him to shut up.

* StockFootage: When Bart is first running away from Skinner, there are two shots lifted from "Dog of Death" and "Kamp Krusty".

* InfantImmortality:

* BuffySpeak: "[[BaitAndSwitchComment He's some sort of]][[NonGivingUpSchoolGuy ...non...giving-up...school...guy!]]"

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Bart suddenly has the ability to read Skinner's and Homers minds, and they both know it. And it’s not a Halloween episode!

* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Bart suddenly has the ability to read Skinner's and Homers minds, and they both know it.