History Recap / TheSimpsonsS6E11FearOfFlying

* 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'' gag which has everybody reacting in a "DudeNotFunny" fashion.

-->'''Homer:''' Wait a minute... there's something bothering me about this place... I know! This lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit! Enjoy your death trap, ladies!

--->'''Homer:''' There's something bothering me about this place...I know! [[BaitAndSwitchComment This lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit!]] Enjoy your deathtrap, ladies!\\

* IdenticalStranger: Homer is temporarily banned from Moe's due to rampant douchebaggery ([[SelectiveEnforcement for Moe, at least]]). Soon after, a man [[PaperThinDisguise who looks exactly like Homer with a mustache, in a top hat and suit]] goes to Moe's. He introduces himself as "Guy Incognito" and is promptly beaten up and thrown out. The real Homer, passing by, is shocked to find his exact double unconscious but is suddenly [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny distracted by a dog with a puffy tail]].

* BaitAndSwitch: Marge visits a psychiatrist in the hopes of combating her fear. Bart then spots Principal Skinner in the office, who then tries to hide his face by lifting up a magazine as a disguise, only for him to be on the cover of the issue itself ([[EpicFail and making the exact same face, no less.]])

* ItsAllAboutMe: Homer was completely against Marge going to therapy because he believed that he would be blamed for all of Marge's problems. Sure enough, Homer tries spying on Marge's sessions and makes demands that she tell him what they discussed. Of course, Homer is actually correct because Dr. Zweig truly believes Marge needs to talk about how Homer treats her.

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

'''Sam''': I'll make you a bet. If this affects my major-league comeback, I'll sell the bar.

--->'''Passenger:''' (''eating sounds'') Pass another hunk of Copilot.

* IdenticalStranger: Guy Incognito, who looks exactly like Homer except with a mustache, and sounds almost exactly like him, except with an upper-class kind of voice. Homer is amazed [[AttentionDeficitOohShiny until he sees a dog with a puffy tail]].

* GayBarReveal: Humoursly subverted. Homer, having been banned from Moe's and looking for a new watering hole, is the only man in a very obviously lesbian bar.

** Homer doesn't sees any issue with Marge being awake at two in the morning fixing the roof, other than asking her if she's going to make pancakes for breakfast.

* DeconstructiveParody: The scene where Homer goes to ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' treats Norm's alcoholism in a much more realistic manner (namely that he slurs his speech and tries to attack Woody when he gets cut off).

-->'''Homer:''' Wait a minute... there's something bothering me about this place...''[looks around]'' I know! This lesbian bar doesn't have a FIRE EXIT! Enjoy your deathtrap, ladies!\\
'''Lesbian:''' What was ''her'' problem?

** [[Series/{{Cheers}} Norm]] is an angry and pathetic drunk on his cameo.

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

* WhereEveryoneKnowsYourFlame: PlayedForLaughs with a GayBarReveal; Homer, having been banned from Moe's and looking for a new watering hole, is the only man in She-She Lounge, a very obviously lesbian bar, muttering "There's something bothering me about this place...I know! ''This lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit! Enjoy your deathtrap, ladies!"'', which is followed by a woman asking "What was her problem?" as he leaves.

* GayBarReveal: Humorously subverted when Homer goes to a very obviously lesbian bar after getting banned from Moe's:

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

* GirlOnGilIsHot: {{Averted}} when Homer tries to find a new bar. One scene shows him standing in a crowd of women saying, "There's something bothering me about this place... *gasp* This lesbian bar doesn't have a fire exit! Enjoy your death trap, ladies!"

* {{Jerksss}}:

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: 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?"

* {{Jerksss}}: One of Young Marge's friends for saying Music/TheMonkees weren't a real band.

** 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 ''The Prince Of Tides''. The fact that the therapist's name is Zweig doesn't stop her.

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: "Oh my God... this man is my exact double! That dog has a puffy tail!" ''(chases it while giggling)''

* JerkAss: One of Young Marge's friends for saying the Monkees wasn't a real band.

* SeriesContinuityError: 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 first met when they were 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 nearly 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).

* 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 in the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E17HomerVsPattyAndSelma Homer vs. Patty and Selma]]".

* TookALevelInJerkAss: Moe does this by throwing Homer out of his bar and refusing to let him come back.

* RiddleForTheAges: How or why is Guy Incognito an exact double of Homer?