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** Whatever Bart's past relationship was with "Sarah, plain and tall" (a reference to the 1986 Newbery medal winner of the same name).
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** Whatever Bart's past relationship was with "Sarah, plain and tall" (a reference to the 1986 Newbery medal winner Newbery-winning book of the same name).
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** Whatever Bart's past relationship was with Literature/SarahPlainandTall.
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** Whatever Bart's past relationship was with Literature/SarahPlainandTall."Sarah, plain and tall" (a reference to the 1986 Newbery medal winner of the same name).
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* MoreDeadlyThanTheMale: Bart is thrilled to connect with a fellow troublemaker until it becomes clear that she's [[EveryoneHasStandards willing to cross lines he wouldn't dream of]] and is playing him like a fiddle to boot.
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-->'''Bart:''' Actually, if the road surface maintains its integrity, I just might be able to hold on. ''(He swiftly passes two truck crashes that spilled, respectively, oil and ball bearings all over the road. Then sees a similarly-crashed glue truck.)'' [[HopeSpot The glue will slow me down!]]
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-->'''Bart:''' Actually, if the road surface maintains its integrity, I just might be able to hold on. ''(He swiftly passes two truck crashes that spilled, respectively, oil and ball bearings all over the road. Then sees a similarly-crashed [[HopeSpot glue truck.truck]].)'' [[HopeSpot The glue will slow me down!]]down!
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-->'''Bart:''' Actually, if the road surface maintains its integrity, I just might be able to hold on. ''(He swiftly passes two truck crashes that spilled, respectively, oil and ball bearings all over the road. Then sees a similarly-crashed glue truck.)'' The glue will slow me down!
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-->'''Bart:''' Actually, if the road surface maintains its integrity, I just might be able to hold on. ''(He swiftly passes two truck crashes that spilled, respectively, oil and ball bearings all over the road. Then sees a similarly-crashed glue truck.)'' [[HopeSpot The glue will slow me down!down!]]
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* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Bart believes this, his first plan for dealing with Jessica's toxic nature being to wait until they're old enough to get married and then start a family so that she'll mellow out and be nicer to him.
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-->'''Bart:''' No no, wait, hear my plan. Put up with her for seven more years. Then we'll get married. [[ICanChangeMyBeloved Once the first baby comes along, she's bound to settle down and start treating me right!]] After all, I deserve it!
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-->'''Bart:''' No no, wait, hear my plan. Put up with her for seven more years. Then we'll get married. [[ICanChangeMyBeloved [[BabiesMakeEverythingBetter Once the first baby comes along, she's bound to settle down and start treating me right!]] [[ICanChangeMyBeloved After all, I deserve it!it!]]
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* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Bart figures out pretty quickly that Jessica is bad news, [[LoveMakesYouDumb but his first plan for dealing with it is to just take her abuse until they're old enough to get married and have a baby]] on the assumption that she'll have no choice but to treat him more kindly then. Lisa tells him it's naive to think it's possible to change someone, [[HypocriticalHumor unless it's her crush, the rude kid who works at the library]].
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* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Bart figures out pretty quickly that Jessica is bad news, [[LoveMakesYouDumb [[LoveMartyr but his first plan for dealing with it is to just take her abuse until they're old enough to get married and have a baby]] on the assumption that she'll have no choice but to treat him more kindly then. Lisa tells him it's naive to think it's possible to change someone, [[HypocriticalHumor unless it's her crush, the rude kid who works at the library]].
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* LoveMartyr: [[LoveMakesYouDumb Well aware of what she's like, Bart is still on the verge of becoming this to Jessica]]. Luckily, Lisa steers him straight.
-->'''Bart:''' No no, wait, hear my plan. Put up with her for seven more years. Then we'll get married. [[ICanChangeMyBeloved Once the first baby comes along, she's bound to settle down and start treating me right!]] After all, I deserve it!
-->'''Bart:''' No no, wait, hear my plan. Put up with her for seven more years. Then we'll get married. [[ICanChangeMyBeloved Once the first baby comes along, she's bound to settle down and start treating me right!]] After all, I deserve it!
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* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Bart figures out pretty quickly that Jessica is bad news, [[LoveMakesYouStupid but his first plan for dealing with it is to just wait it out until they're old enough to get married and have a baby]] on the assumption that she'll have no choice but to treat him more kindly then. Lisa tells him it's naive to think it's possible to change someone, [[HypocriticalHumor unless it's her crush, the rude kid who works at the library]].
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* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Bart figures out pretty quickly that Jessica is bad news, [[LoveMakesYouStupid [[LoveMakesYouDumb but his first plan for dealing with it is to just wait it out take her abuse until they're old enough to get married and have a baby]] on the assumption that she'll have no choice but to treat him more kindly then. Lisa tells him it's naive to think it's possible to change someone, [[HypocriticalHumor unless it's her crush, the rude kid who works at the library]].
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* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Bart figures out pretty quickly that Jessica is bad news, but his first plan for dealing with it is to just wait it out until they're old enough to get married and have a baby on the assumption that she'll have no choice but to treat him more kindly then. Lisa tells him it's naive to think it's possible to change someone, [[HypocriticalHumor unless it's her crush, the rude kid who works at the library]].
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* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Bart figures out pretty quickly that Jessica is bad news, [[LoveMakesYouStupid but his first plan for dealing with it is to just wait it out until they're old enough to get married and have a baby baby]] on the assumption that she'll have no choice but to treat him more kindly then. Lisa tells him it's naive to think it's possible to change someone, [[HypocriticalHumor unless it's her crush, the rude kid who works at the library]].
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* IResembleThatRemark: When Jessica tells Bart he's just yellow trash, Bart lets out a very trash-y "huh?"
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* IResembleThatRemark: When ICanChangeMyBeloved: Bart figures out pretty quickly that Jessica is bad news, but his first plan for dealing with it is to just wait it out until they're old enough to get married and have a baby on the assumption that she'll have no choice but to treat him more kindly then. Lisa tells Bart he's him it's naive to think it's possible to change someone, [[HypocriticalHumor unless it's her crush, the rude kid who works at the library]].
-->'''Lisa:''' Well-read and justyellow trash, Bart lets out a very trash-y "huh?"little wild. Ooh, if only someone could tame him.
-->'''Lisa:''' Well-read and just
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-->'''Bart:''' (to Jessica) You're turning me into a criminal when all I want to be is a petty thug.
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* SecretRelationship: Jessica denies being Bart's girlfriend in public and later justifies it by saying they have to keep their relationship secret so she won't get in trouble with her parents. By the end of the episode it's clear that she really did it to make it easy to deny association with him if necessary.
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* SecretRelationship: Jessica denies being Bart's girlfriend in public and later justifies public, justifying it by saying they have to keep their relationship secret so she won't get in trouble with her parents. By the end of the episode it's clear that she really did it to make it easy to deny association with him if necessary.parents.
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* SecretRelationship: Jessica denies being Bart's girlfriend in public and later justifies it by saying they have to keep their relationship secret so she won't get in trouble with her parents. By the end of the episode it's clear that she really did it to make it easy to deny association with him if necessary.
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* GambitRoulette: Skinner's "sting operation" on Bart involves getting Willie to wear a kilt and positioning him outside church under the assumption that Bart will take steps to treat onlookers to an upskirt view. He was arguably only in the right place at the right time because he was leaving Sunday school, which he'd been ''banned from'' and had pleaded for readmittance that very day in an effort to impress Jessica.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: {{Subverted|Trope}}. At first, Jessica seems like the typical sweet preacher's daughter who happens to be attracted to a bad boy, but she turns out to be even worse than ''he'' is.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: {{Subverted|Trope}}. At first, Jessica seems like the typical sweet preacher's daughter who happens to be attracted to a bad boy, but she turns out to be even worse than ''he'' is. In fact, it seems she wants a known bad boy around because she understands how easy it will be to blame any wrongdoing she might get caught in on him.
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* CallBack: Ned Flanders is shown with the ability to sing like a woman when in church, very much like how he would [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl scream like a woman]] in "Bart of Darkness."
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* CallBack: Ned Flanders is shown with CassandraTruth: Bart protects Jessica by refusing to name her as the ability person who cleaned out the collection basket, stating only that it wasn't him. As Jessica points out, given both of their reputations, they won't be likely to sing like a woman when in church, very much like how believe him even if he would [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl scream like a woman]] in "Bart of Darkness."''does'' tell. It takes Lisa to set the record straight.
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* ContinuityNod: Ned Flanders is shown with the ability to sing like a woman when in church, very much like how he would [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl scream like a woman]] in "Bart of Darkness."
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Bart has this reaction to Jessica. The eventual revelation that she's a troublemaker like himself is just icing.
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--->'''Bart:''' It's amazing what some guys will do for a pretty face. Not me, though. [[PokeThePoodle Wait till she sees the second-rate job I do on these stairs]].
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--->'''Bart:''' It's amazing what some guys will do for a pretty face. Not me, though. [[PokeThePoodle [[StronglyWordedLetter Wait till she sees the second-rate job I do on these stairs]].
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--->'''Bart:''' It's amazing what some guys will do for a pretty face. Not me, though. Wait till she sees the second-rate job I do on these stairs.
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--->'''Bart:''' It's amazing what some guys will do for a pretty face. Not me, though. [[PokeThePoodle Wait till she sees the second-rate job I do on these stairs.stairs]].
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* TemptingFate: Bart's skateboard trip down a dangerously steep hill after Jessica pushes him is a master class.
-->'''Bart:''' Actually, if the road surface maintains its integrity, I just might be able to hold on. ''(He swiftly passes two truck crashes that spilled, respectively, oil and ball bearings all over the road. Then sees a similarly-crashed glue truck.)'' The glue will slow me down!
-->'''Trucker:''' Any glue leaking?
-->'''Second Trucker:''' Nah, that glue ain't going nowhere.
-->'''Bart:''' [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Oh, nothing's ever gonna stop me!]]
-->''(An ant drops a large seed in the road, perfectly jamming the wheel of his skateboard and sending him bouncing painfully down the rest of the hill.)''
-->'''Bart:''' Actually, if the road surface maintains its integrity, I just might be able to hold on. ''(He swiftly passes two truck crashes that spilled, respectively, oil and ball bearings all over the road. Then sees a similarly-crashed glue truck.)'' The glue will slow me down!
-->'''Trucker:''' Any glue leaking?
-->'''Second Trucker:''' Nah, that glue ain't going nowhere.
-->'''Bart:''' [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Oh, nothing's ever gonna stop me!]]
-->''(An ant drops a large seed in the road, perfectly jamming the wheel of his skateboard and sending him bouncing painfully down the rest of the hill.)''
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** Bart laughs at the "poor sucker" who picks up Jessica on his bike, when she's only available to leave with him because Bart took over scrubbing the church steps.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Bart has this reaction to Jessica. The eventual revelation that she's a troublemaker like himself is just icing.
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* RaysFromHeaven: {{Parodied}}. These illuminate Jessica [[LoveAtFirstSight the first time Bart sees her]], causing him to say, "There ''is'' a God!" Turns out the recurring sea captain just had his lighthouse pointed towards the land.
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* RaysFromHeaven: {{Parodied}}. These illuminate Jessica [[LoveAtFirstSight the first time Bart sees her]], causing him to say, "There ''is'' a God!" Turns out the recurring sea captain just had his lighthouse pointed towards the land. church.
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* RaysFromHeaven: {{Parodied}}. These illuminate Jessica [[LoveAtFirstSight the first time Bart sees her]], causing him to say, "There ''is'' a God!" Turns out the recurring sea captain just had his lighthouse pointed towards the land.
-->'''Man:''' I'm tellin' ya, the light would work better if it pointed out to sea!
-->'''Sea Captain:''' Arr, shut up. I know what I'm doing! ''(watching a boat crash against some rocks)'' Yarr, I hate the sea and everythin' in it.
-->'''Man:''' I'm tellin' ya, the light would work better if it pointed out to sea!
-->'''Sea Captain:''' Arr, shut up. I know what I'm doing! ''(watching a boat crash against some rocks)'' Yarr, I hate the sea and everythin' in it.
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** Bart even finds stealing from the collection's plate low, despite what the church thought of him.
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** Even the people of Springfield aren't stupid enough to buy Reverend Lovejoy's InsaneTrollLogic explanation for the church collection money being in Jessica's bedroom.
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* ShamingTheMob: The people of Springfield do this to themselves when they realize that they WronglyAccused Bart of the theft. They all make a point of apologizing to him.
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* NoodleIncident: Whatever it was Bart did to the Sunday school hamster, which has left the poor thing terrified of him.
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** When Jessica points out that she was expelled from boarding school rather than having voluntarily left, she brings up incidents regrading "the pipe bomb," "the glee club brawl," and "the school chapel collection plate."
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* MistakenConfession: Lisa tries to get Jessica Lovejoy to confess to stealing the church's collection money, so she stands in front of the congregation and asks that the criminal confess now. As she didn't specify which crime she was referring to, everyone in town starts owning up to random things. And when Jessica plays dumb through the entire thing, Lisa just says "Oh what the heck...IT WAS JESSICA LOVEJOY!"
-->'''Skinner:''' Agh! I smelled some marijuana smoke in Vietnam!
-->'''Grampa:''' I was the one that cancelled ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]''!
-->'''Dr. Hibbert:''' I left my Porsche keys inside Mrs. Glick!
-->'''Skinner:''' Agh! I smelled some marijuana smoke in Vietnam!
-->'''Grampa:''' I was the one that cancelled ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]''!
-->'''Dr. Hibbert:''' I left my Porsche keys inside Mrs. Glick!
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* CouchGag: The lights are out with only the Simpsons' eyes visible as they enter. The lights turn on revealing it's only their eyes, until the family rushes in and sits down, reconnecting with their eyes.
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* StopSayingThat: Bart tries to impress Reverend and Helen Lovejoy when he's invited to dinner by their daughter Jessica. But it goes very wrong:
--->'''Rev. Lovejoy:''' Don't you ''ever'' come near my daughter again! Never have I heard such gratuitous use of the word "butt"!\\
'''Bart:''' But-but-but...\\
'''Helen Lovejoy:''' ''[plugging her ears]'' Make him stop, make him stop!
--->'''Rev. Lovejoy:''' Don't you ''ever'' come near my daughter again! Never have I heard such gratuitous use of the word "butt"!\\
'''Bart:''' But-but-but...\\
'''Helen Lovejoy:''' ''[plugging her ears]'' Make him stop, make him stop!
