History Recap / TheSimpsonsS6E22RoundSpringfield

* BoringBroadcaster: Springfield's jazz radio station KJAZZ, which can only reach 152 listeners under normal circumstances, and has Hans Moleman as its morning host.
-->'''Hans''': Hello, this is Moleman in the Morning, good Moleman to you. Today, part four of our series on the agonizing pain in which I live every daaaay.

* BoringBroadcaster: Lisa has the local radio station KJAZZ play a tribute to Bleeding Gums Murphy after his death so that Springfield could appreciate his music. However, it's revealed that the station has a very short range, and that Hans Moleman was its morning host;

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Mrs. Krabappel only believes that Bart's really in pain when he completely finishes his test before asking to go to the nurse again. [[KickTheDog She still lets him suffer a few more seconds of pain before sending him off]], though.

* {{Reincarnation}}: Bart says he believes this is what happens when people die.
-->'''Bart:''' I'm gonna come back as a butterfly.\\
'''Lisa:''' Why?\\
'''Bart:''' Because no one ever suspects the butterfly. ''[{{evil laugh|ter}}]''

* IllTellYouWhenIveHadEnough: Bleeding Gums Murphy reveals in flashback that his lost his music fortune on his $1500 a day habit, buying ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faberg%C3%A9_egg Faberge eggs]]''. Cue Murphy at the counter of a jewellery store demanding another egg while the jeweller asks "Don't you think you've had enough?", then a down-and-out Murphy in an alley surrounded by broken Faberge eggs...

* ContinuitySnarl: Lunchlady Doris is working as the school’s nurse due to budget cuts, even though "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E20WhackingDay Whacking Day]]" revealed that Lunchlady Doris took the school nurse job so she can get two paychecks.

* DudeNotFunny: Blind Willie Witherspoon's reaction to the revelation that he played an umbrella for '''thirty years''' and nobody ever pointed that out because they thought it was funny is him ruefully saying that ''he'' thinks it isn't.

--->'''Murphy:''' I don't really have a family... All I had was a younger brother who grew up to be a doctor. He used to laugh at the most inappropriate times.\\

* IllTellYouWhenIveHeardEnough: Bleeding Gums Murphy reveals in flashback that his lost his music fortune on his $1500 a day habit, buying ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faberg%C3%A9_egg Faberge eggs]]''. Cue Murphy at the counter of a jewellery store demanding another egg while the jeweller asks "Don't you think you've had enough?", then a down-and-out Murphy in an alley surrounded by broken Faberge eggs...

--->'''Homer:''' Oh, I blew it again. ''(Maggie puts her pacifier into Homer's mouth)'' Mmm...

-->'''Cosby:''' "Jazz is like the New Coke. [[TemptingFate It'll be around forever]]."

* DudeNotFunny: Blind Willie Witherspoon's reaction to the revelation that he played an umbrella for '''30 years''' and nobody ever pointed that out because they thought it was funny is him ruefully saying that ''he'' thinks it isn't.
* DrunkOnMilk: Bleeding Gums [[RuleOfFunny somehow]] gets drunk on Fabergé eggs of all things. It's even treated like a drug addiction, where he lost his fortune due to his "$1500 a day habit" of buying them, though he may have sanitized the story for Lisa’s sake.

* NoOSHACompliance: Krusty's cereal had ''metal'' in it. Krusty ends up in severe pain just by eating a regular piece of cereal, calling it "poison". There's also the fact people seem to be risking death by visiting his theme park (see ImplausibleDeniability above).

** Played straight when Bart buys Lisa the ''Sax on the Beach'' album because she was the only one who believed him when he said his stomach hurt.

* RecycledAnimation: The shot of Grandpa listening to Bleeding Gums' album from an old-time radio was taken from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]".

** Lunchlady Doris works as Springfield Elementary's nurse due to budget cuts (though the season four episode "Whacking Day" had her as a school nurse so she can earn two paychecks, so Bart [who was there when Superintendent Chalmers was getting bandaged up by Lunchlady Doris and heard her say that she's the school nurse so she can get two paychecks] shouldn't have been surprised when he saw her).

* TakeThat

** Comic Book Guy ''immediately'' raises the price of Bleeding Gums' album the moment Lisa mentions he died in the middle of her trying to plead a bargain, ensuring that Lisa can't afford to buy it.

** Likewise, Kent Brockman going live to Krusty's press conference seems to reuse animation from his infamous 'the following people are gay' stunt from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E14Barts Comet Bart's Comet]]".

-->'''Kent Brockman:''' Krusty the Klown staged a press conference today to defend himself against charges that his products are unsafe, his theme park is a death trap, and that he's marketing videos of Tanya Harding's wedding night.

* BackForTheDead: Bleeding Gums Murphy returns, although he was never a regular character, as pointed out by Troy [=McClure=] in the season seven episode "''The Simpsons'' 138th Episode Spectacular".

* BigBrotherInstinct: When Lisa is absolutely crushed that she can't get the last copy of Bleeding Gums' album for a tribute after his death, Bart spends all the remaining money from his recent legal settlement involving Krusty the Clown's cereal to get it for her. He was thanking her because she was the only one who believed him when he said his stomach hurt.

* NoOSHACompliance: Krusty's cereal had ''metal'' in it. Krusty ends up in severe pain just by eating a regular piece of cereal, calling it "poison." There's also the fact people seem to be risking death by visiting his theme park (see ImplausibleDeniability above).

'''Bart:''' Because no one ever suspects the butterfly. ''[laughs]''

-->'''Marge:''' [[LampshadeHanging What do you do, follow my husband around?]]
-->'''Vendor:''' Lady, he's putting my kids through college!

Episode - 2F32\\
First Aired - 4/30/1995

-->'''Kent Brockman''': Krusty the Klown staged a press conference today to defend himself against charges that his products are unsafe, his theme park is a death trap, and that he's marketing videos of Tanya Harding's wedding night.

-->'''Bart''': I'm surprised he doesn't blame it on his Percodan addiction.\\
'''Krusty''': It wasn't my fault, it was the Percodan! If you ask me, that stuff rots your brain! And now, a word from our new sponsor...''PERCODAN?!'' [[OhCrap Ah, crap!]]

* BlindMusician: Bleeding Gums' mentor, Blind Willie Witherspoon. {{Subverted}} in that, for 30 years, he thought he was playing the saxophone...''when he was actually playing an umbrella.'' No one said anything because they thought it was funny.

** It appears that Homer probably wasn't the only one [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E2LisasRival salvaging cheap, sweet sugar at the crash site on the highway.]] Where else would Krusty get such metal shard filled sugar for his cereal?

-->'''Krusty''': ''(lamely explaining himself to his new sidekick, Mrs. No Means No)'' I have dinner with ''all'' my employees, right, Sideshow Mel?\\
'''Sideshow Mel''': (''sullenly'') We've never spoken outside of work.

* HereWeGoAgain: Bart plans to re-earn the $500 dollars he spent on the jazz album by suing the Krusty corporation over their ''new'' Krusty-O's cereal...with ''flesh-eating bacteria''.

* HopeSpot: Right as Lisa wonders where she can find the $500 to buy Bleeding Gums Murphy's album, she sees a large stack of money bills lying on the ground. She approaches it only for it to be dragged away on a string by [[EvilIsPetty Mr. Burns.]]

-->'''Krusty''': And I contend that those tourists were [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] ''before'' they entered the Krustyland House of Knives.

** The Comic Book Guy ''immediately'' raises the price of Bleeding Gums' album the moment Lisa mentions he died in the middle of her trying to plead a bargain, ensuring that Lisa can't afford to buy it.

** "You must avenge my death, [[Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion Kimba]]...dah, I mean ''[[Franchise/TheLionKing Simba]]!''

-->'''Cosby''': "Jazz is like the New Coke. [[TemptingFate It'll be around forever]]."

* ThisIsGoingToBeHuge: Creator/BillCosby compares jazz to Kodak film and "the New Coke: It'll be around forever (Heh heh heh!)"

* NoodleIncident: Krusty opens his show by talking about his sexual harassment suit, which because of his plea bargain, requires him to introduce Ms. No-Means-No to the cast. He doesn't say anything about the actual incident.

* NoOSHACompliance: Krusty's cereal had ''metal'' in it. Krusty ends up in severe pain just by eating a regular piece of cereal (which is actually a poisoned piece). There's also the fact people seem to be risking death by visiting his theme park (see ImplausibleDeniability above).

* DudeNotFunny: InUniverse, Blind Willie Witherspoon's reaction to the revelation that he played an umbrella for '''30 years''' and nobody ever pointed that out because they thought it was funny is him ruefully saying that ''he'' thinks it isn't.

* AccidentalMisnaming: Mufasa mistakenly calls his son "Kimba" instead of "Simba".

* ActorAllusion: Bleeding Gums' apparition in the clouds is joined by [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], [[Disney/TheLionKing Mufasa]], and CNN's announcer, all of whom were voiced by Creator/JamesEarlJones.

** Bleeding Gums appears in the sky to Lisa, together with Mufasa from ''Disney/TheLionKing'', Darth Vader from ''Franchise/StarWars'', both characters voiced by Creator/JamesEarlJones, who also appears saying "This is CNN". Mufasa mistakenly calls his son ''[[Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion "Kimba"]]'' instead of "Simba".

* SkyFace: The finale of the episode about Bleeding Gums Murphy, Lisa's short-lived mentor figure, features his visage in the clouds over Lisa's head. [[ActorAllusion Along with]] [[Disney/TheLionKing Mufasa]], [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] and Creator/JamesEarlJones himself from [=CNN=].

** "You must avenge my death, [[Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion Kimba]]...dah, I mean ''[[Disney/TheLionKing Simba]]!''

** Bleeding Gums appears in the sky to Lisa, together with Mufasa from ''Disney/TheLionKing'', Darth Vader from ''Franchise/StarWars'', both characters voiced by Creator/JamesEarlJones, who also appears saying "This is CNN".

* NoOSHACompliance: Krusty's cereal had ''metal'' in it. Krusty ends up in severe pain just by eating a regular piece of cereal. There's also the fact people seem to be risking death by visiting his theme park (see ImplausibleDeniability above).

** Played straight when Bart buys Lisa the ''Sax on the Beach'' album.

* PlayingSick: Subverted. This time, Bart ''really is'' sick, [[RupturedAppendix and with something that could have killed him had it been left untreated for too long at that]]. Unfortunately for him, he just happened to get sick on the day of a test, leading everyone except Lisa to assume that he's faking. Mrs. Krabappel is so convinced he's faking, in fact, that she more or less dares him to finish his test and ''then'' go to the nurse for a diagnosis. This backfires spectacularly when Bart ''immediately'' gets to work on the test, finishes it before anyone else does and desperately asks Krabappel to let him go, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness which finally convinces her that he's telling the truth]].

** Lunchlady Doris works as Springfield Elementary's nurse due to budget cuts.

* TemptingFate: Krusty, to dispel Bart's lawsuit, eats a piece of the Krusty cereal to prove its harmless... only to collapse in agony.

* AffirmativeActionGirl: In-universe, Krusty's forced to add "Ms. No-Means-No" to his cast due to an expensive sexual harassment suit. Krusty [[WhatAnIdiot immediately hits on her]].

* BackForTheDead: Bleeding Gums Murphy returns, although he was never a regular character, as pointed out by Troy [=McClure=] in The 138th Episode Spectacular.

* AnyoneRememberPogs: The Ultimate Pog, which bears the likeness of Creator/SteveAllen.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Eating jagged metal doesn't cause appendicitis. It would have given Bart horrible internal bleeding and possibly killed him, but that's not very family-friendly[[note]]As this show can be in primetime (and even then, occasionally).[[/note]], is it?

-->'''Bart''': I'm surprised he doesn't blame it on his Percodan addiction.
-->'''Krusty''': It wasn't my fault, it was the Percodan! If you ask me, that stuff rots your brain! And now, a word from our new sponsor...''PERCODAN?!'' [[OhCrap Ah, crap!]]