History Recap / TheSimpsonsS6E11FearOfFlying

* CameoCluster: Along with having Anne Bancroft as Marge's therapist, it has a brief scene where Homer visits Cheers and most of the cast (Creator/TedDanson, Creator/RheaPerlman, Creator/WoodyHarrelson, Creator/JohnRatzenberger, and Creator/GeorgeWendt) reprise their roles. Fraiser is also present, but [[TheVoiceless has no lines]] so, ironically, Creator/KelseyGrammar (voice of Sideshow Bob) isn't part of it.

* CameoCluster: Along with having Anne Bancroft as Marge's therapist, it has a brief scene where Homer visits Cheers and most of the cast (Creator/TedDanson, Creator/RheaPerlman, Creator/WoodyHarrelson, Creator/JohnRatzenberger, and Creator/GeorgeWendt) reprise their roles.

** Homer, when Marge starts therapy.

* CassandraTruth: Homer repeatedly tells the airline controller that he's not a real pilot and was just pretending so he could drink at the bar, but the guy assumes Homer's just doing an extended joke.

* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted. Homer walks into Moe's in a paper-thin disguise that Moe sees through immediately, but it turns out he was wrong, it wasn't Homer [[MistakenForAnImposter but a stranger who just happens to look and sound like Homer in disguise]].

* {{Irony}}: A meta-example; Frasier Crane is included in the ''Cheers'' cast cameo, but doesn't get any lines due to scheduling difficulties with his actor, Creator/KelseyGrammer... who already recurs on ''The Simpsons'' as Sideshow Bob.

* BlackComedyCannibalism: When Marge's fear of flying resurfaces, Homer tries buying movies of planes to help calm her. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Of course]] he chooses ''Film/{{Alive}}'' on the basis of its title.

* FauxHorrific: The event which traumatized Marge in her childhood and rendered her unable to go on a plane? Finding out her father was a steward.

* FreudianExcuse: Marge's fear of flying comes from seeing her father as a male flight attendant (steward). This is followed by a montage of other traumatic plane-related incidents.

--->'''Homer:''' Did you talk about me in therapy today?\\

** Marge's dream casts her family in ''Series/LostInSpace'', earning a disapproving comment from the therapist that she's "infringed on any number of copyrights" (ironically, with both shows produced by Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, it should be all right).
** When Marge finishes her therapy, she says "Thank you Doctor, whenever I hear the wind blow, I'll hear the name Lowenstein, Lowenstein...", a reference to ''Film/ThePrinceOfTides''. The fact that the therapist's name is Zweig doesn't stop her.

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--->'''Woody:''' I think you've had enough, Mr. Peterson. My chiropractor says I can't carry you home any more.\\

* ImprobableAimingSkills: Done unintentionally, when Moe removes "It's Raining Men" from the jukebox, he throws the record out the window, it then [[ContrivedCoincidence flies through the open window of a car]] and hits [[LGBTFanbase Smithers]] in the face.

* VocalEvolution: Clancy Bouvier had a gruff voice in "The Way We Was", more akin to Dr. Marvin Monroe, but here, he's given a more regular fatherly voice. Creator/HarryShearer still voiced the character both times, but the vocal difference is noticeable.

** Homer retracting the plane's landing gear on the ground would be impossible for several reasons.[labelnote:Explanation]]Landing gears have sensors that detect an aircraft's weight on ground precisely to prevent this from happening. Also, the plane's engines were clearly not running, meaning the plane's hydraulics system would not have the power required to retract the gear in the first place. Gears can be ''extended'' with no power via gravity but not retracted.[[/labelnote]] Naturally, all of them are overridden by the RuleOfFunny.

* JustPlaneWrong: Some of the flying scenes show the same plane go from having four engines in one shot to three engines in another.

* CameoCluster: Along with having Anne Bancroft as Marge's therapist, it has a brief scene where Homer visits Cheers and most of the cast (Creator/TedDanson, Creator/RheaPerlman, Creator/JohnRatzenberger, and Creator/GeorgeWendt) reprise their roles.

* CameoCluster: Along with having Anne Bancroft as Marge's therapist, it has a brief scene where Homer visits Cheers and most of the cast (Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, and George Wendt) reprise their roles.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Life-long banning (enforced by brutal beatdown) for unscrewing a sugar shaker. Bear in mind it's probably TheLastStraw for Moe, but it is nevertheless the ''only'' prank which has everybody reacting in a "DudeNotFunny" fashion, when the others had Moe bitten by a snake and set his clothes alight though he saw the funny side to those gags.

** Hilariously subverted, Homer is banned from Moes and explores Springfield for another drinking location, at one point ending up in the She-She lounge, obviously a lesbian bar. Homer looks around noticing something is wrong with the bar, then realises "This Lesbian bar has no fire exit. Enjoy your death trap ladies." and leaves the bar. The comically missing the point trope is then played again as Homer leaves, a lesbian looks at Homer leaving and asks "What's her problem?"

* AwesomeMcCoolName: You have to admit it, Guy Incognito is a pretty cool-sounding name. Too bad it sounds like the kind of hastily-made fake name Homer would adopt to hide his true identity, and only made the poor guy look all the more suspicious.

* CompressedVice: Marge wasn't afraid of flying when the family flew to Washington, D.C. in the previous episode "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington."

-->'''Homer:''' Did you talk about me in therapy today?\\

* HypocriticalHumor: Homer, in his paranoia about Marge's therapy.