History Recap / TheSimpsonsS6E11FearOfFlying

** Homer visits the bar from the TV sitcom ''{{Cheers}}'', where the main cast (except Kelsey Grammer) voices their characters from the show.

* SpecialGuest: Anne Bancroft as Dr. Zweig; Ted Danson as Sam Malone; Woody Harrelson as Woody Boyd; Rhea Perlman as Carla Tortelli; John Ratzenberger as Cliff Clavin; George Wendt as Norm Peterson
** Bancroft's husband Mel Brooks accompanied her to the recordings, with her saying "I can't get rid of him!" This led to Brooks getting his own appearance.
* TheVoiceless: Frasier Crane during the ''{{Cheers}}'' segment. According to the DVD Commentary, they just couldn't work out a time where Kelsey Grammer could've recorded some lines for this episode.

** SeriesContinuityError and CompressedVice: Marge wasn't afraid of flying when the family flew to Washington, D.C. in "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington." Also, her father looks different than the one from "The Way We Was" (the episode that tells the story of how Homer and Marge met in high school) and in "Bart the Lover," Marge said that her father was in the navy and had a job as a baby photographer (which he lost due to his constant cursing), though Marge's mom could have tried to cover up her husband's airline job as a male flight attendant from Marge until she could come up with a believable lie about his job (in the episode, Marge's mom tells her that her father was a pilot).

'''Marge:''' Sock puppets.\\
'''Homer:''' WHERE?!

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse and TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The writers completely forgot about Homer's quest to find a new bar after getting banned from Moe's. In fact, a lot of viewers (especially the ones from snpp.com) stated that the "Homer tries to find a new bar" plotline would have made a better episode than Marge going to therapy for her fear of flying (adding that Marge didn't have this problem when the family flew to Washington, D.C. on an earlier episode).

* GayBarReveal: Humorously subverted when Homer goes to a very obviously lesbian bar after getting banned from Moe's and leaves when he discovers that the place doesn't have a fire exit.
-->'''Homer:''' Enjoy your deathtrap, ladies!\\

** Marge and her mother fleeing from a plane in a cornfield is a reference to ''NorthByNorthwest''.

** Marge and her sisters swimming in a lake is a reference to PrinceOfTides, as she herself points out.

** Homer tries to cure Marge by giving her some "films about air travel" with "[[ComicallyMissingThePoint upbeat titles]]": ''[[{{Film/AccidentalHero}} Hero]]'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_(1993_film) Fealess]]'' and ''{{Film/Alive}}''.

** Homer tries to cure Marge by giving her some "films about air travel" with "upbeat titles": ''{{Film/AccidentalHero}}'', ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_(1993_film) Fealess]]'' and ''{{Film/Alive}}''.

** Marge watches the film ''Alive'' (1993)

** Marge watches the film "Alive" (1993)

** Marge and her mother fleeing from a plane in a cornfield is a reference to NorthByNorthwest

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse and TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The writers completely forgot about Homer's quest to find a new bar after getting banned from Moe's. In fact, a lot of viewers (especially the ones from snpp.com) stated that that plotline would have made a better episode than Marge going to therapy for her fear of flying (adding that Marge didn't have this problem when the family flew to Washington, D.C. on an earlier episode).

* FreudianExcuse: Marge's fear of flying comes from seeing her father as a male stewardess. This is followed by a montage of other traumatic plane-related incidents.
** SeriesContinuityError and CompressedVice: Marge wasn't afraid of flying when the family flew to Washington, D.C. in "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"
* GayBarReveal: Humorously subverted when Homer goes to a very obviously lesbian bar after getting banned from Moe's.
-->'''Homer:''' There's something wrong here. Wait a minute, this lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit! Enjoy your deathtrap, ladies! ''(exits)''\\
'''Lesbian:''' What's her problem?

* MadnessMantra: "LET ME OFF! LET ME OFF! LET ME OFF!"

** Homer visits the bar from the TV sitcom ''{{Cheers}}'', where the main cast voices a cameo.

** Little Marge was being mocked for liking TheMonkees.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to the subplot of Homer getting banned from Moe's Tavern?

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

* TheVoiceless: Frasier Crane during the ''{{Cheers}}'' segment. According to the DVD Commentary, they just couldn't work out a time where Kelsey Grammar could've recorded some lines for this episode.

* FreudianExcuse: Marge's fear of flying comes from seeing her father as a male stewardess.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to the subplot of Homer getting banned from Moe's Tavern?

* MadnessMantra: LET ME OFF LET ME OFF LET ME OFF
* MyBelovedSmother: A FreudianSlip from Skinner is the TropeNamer.