History Recap / TheSimpsonsS6E10GrampaVsSexualInadequacy

* SurprisinglyRealisticMoment: After having a falling out with Abe, Homer vows that he's going to try and be a better father to his own children. Unfortunately, despite his good intentions, he's still a man who's example of parenting was his emotionally abusive relationship with his own father, and thus his attempt leads to him ''over-parenting'' Bart and Lisa to the point of smothering them. Homer is left dejected afterwards.

** The first time, Homer and Abe are at the mall trying to peddle Abe's homemade aphrodisiac. Homer approaches a man saying, "Hello sir! Yes, you look like a man who needs help satisfying his wife". The would-be customer responds by punching him in the face.

-->'''Homer:''' ''[[[BrakeAngrily stops the car]]; then, [[TranquilFury in a eerily calm voice]]]'' Get out.\\

'''Homer:''' ''Out.''\\

'''Homer:''' ''(slams on the brakes and speaks very softly but still evidently enraged)'' Get out.\\

'''Homer:''' ''(still softly) Out.''

* ParentsAsPeople: Abe was, and is, a crummy dad, but he had his good moments, such as when [[PetTheDog he dressed up as Santa Claus to visit Homer on Christmas]]. For his own part, Homer, despite his flaws, [[BreakingTheCycleOfBadParenting is trying his best to be a better father to his kids]].

* PetTheDog: Homer goes through old photos and bemoans Abe's ParentalNeglect when he was a child, noting that Abe "wasn't even around on Christmas morning when I actually got to meet Santa Claus".
[[LateToTheRealization That's when it finally sinks in]] that Abe dressed up as Santa for him.

* CarFu: When "Mr. And Mrs. Erotic American"'s advice doesn't work out for Homer and Marge, Marge throws the tape out the car window. Homer then crushes the tape by running the car back and forth over it.

* DamnedByFaintPraise: Grampa apologizes to Homer for horribly insulting him. The best compliment he can come up with? "I was always proud... that you weren't a short man."

** The first time, Homer and Abe are at the mall trying to peddle Abe's homemade aphrodisiac. Homer approaches a man saying, "Hello sir! Yes, you look like a man who needs help satisfying his wife." The would-be customer responds by punching him in the face.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While [[HypocriticalHumor it's undoubtedly hypocritical of Homer]] to be upset by his father telling him that he was an accident [[AbusiveParents when he himself reminds Bart of this frequently]], he's never gone as far as telling Bart that he's not glad to have him ''now'', and in fact makes an effort to tell him he's wanted in both this episode and "I Married Marge." Abe doesn't simply tell Homer that he was unwanted at the time of his conception, but that he would be happy if Homer had never existed.

* PetTheDog: Homer goes through old photos and bemoans Abe's ParentalNeglect when he was a child, noting that Abe "wasn't even around on Christmas morning when I actually got to meet Santa Claus." [[LateToTheRealization That's when it finally sinks in]] that Abe dressed up as Santa for him.

* PhonyDegree: Bart believes the rantings of a [=UFOlogist=] who is "head of the Spaceology Department at the Correspondence School of Tampa." Note that the word "Spaceology" doesn't actually mean anything (the correct term would be "astronomy").

* TVNeverLies: Or in Milhouse's case, "Literature Never Lies."

* OffModel:
** In a deleted scene, when Ralph Wiggum is about to tell his friends their parents are having sex, his nose disappears for a second.
** Late in the episode, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/freakybart.png Bart]] momentarily has the upper and lower halves of his head facing in different directions.
** In the climax, when Homer departs for the old farmhouse, he leaves in Marge's station wagon. However, the shot of him arriving at the house has him driving his own sedan.
** Lisa's tire swing is attached to a blue tree.

* MoralMyopia: When Grampa in a fit of rage tells Homer that he was an accident Homer abandons him on the roadside. When he informs Marge of this she reminds him that he tells Bart he's an accident all the time, Homer retorts that it's "cute" when ''he'' does it.

-->'''Barney''': I used to be a fat, disgusting slob. ''(belches)''
-->'''Hillbilly''': That medicine seems to be giving your son a lot of gas!
-->'''Grampa''': I assure you, his belching is the result of an unrelated alcohol problem. ''Barney passes out, before all the hillbillies leave''

-->'''Barney''': I used to be a fat, disgusting slob. ''belches''

* LoveHotel: The Aphrodite Inn where Homer and Marge go to try and rekindle the spark in their relationship.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally, when Homer's mad, he'll explode at you. Abe's "You were an accident!" comment evidently hurt him enough to put him in TranquilFury mode.

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* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Bart is freaking out over thinking the umbrella in the tree was a UFO, and Marge refused to let him sleep with her and Homer because they were in the middle of sex.

* WeekendInventor: Abe's Grandpappy [[note]]Abraham Simpson I, who is the Great-Grandfather of Grandpa and Great-Great-Grandfather of Homer[[/note]] managed to come up with a fast acting aphrodisiac (that was originally supposed to be a cheap substitute for holy water). Grampa is able to recreate the tonic out of random things he had lying around, similar to how [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Homer came up with the flaming Homer]].

* FreudianExcuse: Abe was a crummy father who actively discouraged him at every turn and, it's implied, strangled him much as Homer does to Bart. Homer genuinely wants to be a loving, involved, encouraging parent, but he never had anyone to model that behavior for him and has no clue what he's doing.

'''Marge:''' You never wanted to have Bart.\\
'''Homer:''' I know that, you're not supposed to tell the boy!\\
'''Marge:''' You tell Bart all the time - you did it at breakfast.\\
'''Homer:''' Yeah, but when ''I'' do it, it's cute!

-->'''Homer:''' [[TemptingFate Oh! This photo is a blessing! It eases my pain]]. ''(accidentally lights it on fire with the match by which he was reading it)''

* JerkassHasAPoint: While [[HypocriticalHumor it's undoubtedly hypocritical of Homer]] to be upset by his father telling him that he was an accident [[AbusiveParents when he himself reminds Bart of this frequently]], he's never gone as far as telling Bart that he's not glad to have him ''now'', and in fact makes an effort to tell him he's wanted in both this episode and "I Married Marge." Abe doesn't simply tell Homer that he was unwanted at the time of his conception, but that he would be happy if Homer had never been born.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While [[HypocriticalHumor it's undoubtedly hypocritical of Homer]] to be upset by his father telling him that he was an accident [[AbusiveParents when he himself reminds Bart of this frequently]], he's never actually told Bart that he's not glad to have him ''now'', and in fact makes an effort to tell him he's wanted in both this episode and "I Married Marge." Abe doesn't simply tell Homer that he was unwanted at the time of his conception, but that he would be happy if Homer had never been born.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While [[HypocriticalHumor it's undoubtedly hypocritical of Homer]] to be upset by his father telling him that he was an accident [[AbusiveParents when he himself reminds Bart of this frequently]], he's never actually told Bart that he's not happy to have him ''now'', and in fact makes an effort to tell him he's wanted in both this episode and "I Married Marge." Abe doesn't simply tell Homer that he was unwanted at the time of his conception, but that he would be happy ''now'' if Homer had never been born.

'''Abe:''' Dang..