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* DefeatMeansFriendship: Not Bush with Homer and Bart of course, but Barbara explains that after the respective conflicts with Noriega and Gorbachev subsided, they became friends with the president (with the latter even bringing him a housewarming gift).
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* GrumpyOldMan: George Bush, especially with Bart around.
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* NeverMyFault: Homer honks at Bush for holding up the line at the Krusty Burger drive-thru in spite of him waiting until the last minute to order breakfast.
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* YouNeverDidThatForMe: George gets angry that Barbara offers to bake cookies for Bart, saying that he can't remember the last time she did that for him.
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* [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than They Look]]: Homer and Bart coming up with ways to get at George Bush that must have taken a lot of skill and planning.
* ShownTheirWork: Homer pranks UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush with cardboard cutouts of "George Bush Jr. and Jeb Bush". The DVD commentary claims that [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting the writers had no idea that George Bush, Sr. actually did have]] [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush a son who shared his name]][[note]]though George the younger did have some political stature, having been assumed the governorship of [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]] one year earlier, and Jeb at that point was reasonably well known[[/note]], but if you believe that, you'll believe anything.
* ShownTheirWork: Homer pranks UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush with cardboard cutouts of "George Bush Jr. and Jeb Bush". The DVD commentary claims that [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting the writers had no idea that George Bush, Sr. actually did have]] [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush a son who shared his name]][[note]]though George the younger did have some political stature, having been assumed the governorship of [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]] one year earlier, and Jeb at that point was reasonably well known[[/note]], but if you believe that, you'll believe anything.
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* [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than They Look]]: SmarterThanYouLook: Homer and Bart coming up with ways to get at George Bush that must have taken a lot of skill and planning.
* ShownTheirWork: Homer pranks UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush with cardboard cutouts of "George Bush Jr. and Jeb Bush". The DVD commentary claims that [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting the writers had no idea that George Bush, Sr. actually did have]] [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush a son who shared hisname]][[note]]though name.]][[note]]Though George the younger did have some political stature, having been assumed the governorship of [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]] Texas one year earlier, and Jeb at that point was reasonably well known[[/note]], but if you believe that, you'll believe anything.known[[/note]]
* ShownTheirWork: Homer pranks UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush with cardboard cutouts of "George Bush Jr. and Jeb Bush". The DVD commentary claims that [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting the writers had no idea that George Bush, Sr. actually did have]] [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush a son who shared his
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* TakeThat: George Bush gets to be the butt of nearly every joke.…while somehow providing one of the few sympathetic portrayals of Barbara Bush to be shown in an American sitcom. (But only as a pastiche of Mrs. Wilson.)
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* TakeThat: George Bush gets to be the butt of nearly every joke.…while Ironically, this happens while somehow providing one of the few sympathetic portrayals of Barbara Bush to be shown in an American sitcom. (But only as a pastiche of Mrs. Wilson.)
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* ShownTheirWok: Homer pranks UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush with cardboard cutouts of "George Bush Jr. and Jeb Bush". The DVD commentary claims that [[AluminumChristmasTrees the writers had no idea that George Bush, Sr. actually did have]] [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush a son who shared his name]][[note]]though George the younger did have some political stature, having been assumed the governorship of [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]] one year earlier, and Jeb at that point was reasonably well known[[/note]], but if you believe that, you'll believe anything.
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* ShownTheirWok: ShownTheirWork: Homer pranks UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush with cardboard cutouts of "George Bush Jr. and Jeb Bush". The DVD commentary claims that [[AluminumChristmasTrees [[AccidentallyCorrectWriting the writers had no idea that George Bush, Sr. actually did have]] [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush a son who shared his name]][[note]]though George the younger did have some political stature, having been assumed the governorship of [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]] one year earlier, and Jeb at that point was reasonably well known[[/note]], but if you believe that, you'll believe anything.
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* BilingualBonus: Gorbachev's line to his security detail roughly translates to, "Well, we know who the boss is here."
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: There are walkable sewers running perpendicular to the street when Bart and Homer attempt to sneak into Bush's house.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Both Bush and Ford are shown with Secret Service agents, since per the Former Presidents Act of 1958, every ex-President is entitled to lifetime Secret Service protection (provided they weren't impeached). However, Bush, and Ford driving are inaccurate, since an ex-President would not be allowed to drive a car themselves in the real life; also when Homer goes to confront Bush, Bush asks the agents to stand down, which would never happen in real life, when the Secret Service would keep Homer at an arm's length from Bush.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Both Bush and Ford are shown with Secret Service agents, since per the Former Presidents Act of 1958, every ex-President is entitled to lifetime Secret Service protection (provided they weren't impeached). However, Bush, and Ford driving are inaccurate, since an ex-President would not be allowed to drive a car themselves in the real life; also when Homer goes to confront Bush, Bush asks the agents to stand down, which would never happen in real life, when the Secret Service would keep Homer at an arm's length from Bush.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: The cycle of revenge between Homer and Mr. Bush, all over Bush "stealing" Homer's rights.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: The cycle of revenge between Bart and Homer and Mr. Bush, all over begin an EscalatingWar against former President George H.W. Bush "stealing" Homer's rights.that involves shooting bottle rockets at his house and gluing a comical wig onto his head all because Bush spanked Bart. Very lightly. As punishment for destroying his memoirs.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Homer once wore a t-shirt that reads, "Ayatollah Assahola." The only reason the writers and animators got away with that was that one of the two "S"'s was always obscured.
* HenpeckedHusband: When Bush spanks Bart for shredding his memoirs, he provokes an EscalatingWar between himself and Bart and Homer, which culminates in Bush and Homer having a fistfight in front of Bush's house just as former Russian Premier Mikhail Gorbachev has stopped by to give a housewarming present. Fed up with the whole conflict, Barbara orders her husband to apologize to Homer.
-->'''George:''' But Bar, [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar we can't show any weakness in front of the Russians]]!\\
'''Barbara:''' (''glaring at him with her arms crossed'') '''GEORGE...'''\\
'''George:''' (''grumbling under his breath'') Yes, dear.\\
(''Gorbachev smiles evilly and says something in Russian to his aide'')
-->'''George:''' But Bar, [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar we can't show any weakness in front of the Russians]]!\\
'''Barbara:''' (''glaring at him with her arms crossed'') '''GEORGE...'''\\
'''George:''' (''grumbling under his breath'') Yes, dear.\\
(''Gorbachev smiles evilly and says something in Russian to his aide'')
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* TheKlutz: Both Homer and Gerald Ford discover this as a point they have in common when they both trip simultaneously.
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* TheKlutz: Both Homer and Gerald Ford UsefulNotes/GeraldFord discover this as a point they have in common when they both trip simultaneously.simultaneously.
* LitteringIsNoBigDeal: {{Lampshaded}}:
-->'''Homer:''' Good old Evergreen Terrace: the swankiest street in the classiest part of Pressboard Estates.
-->'''Bart:''' Well, if you love it so much, why are you always littering?
-->'''Homer:''' ''[finishing a canned drink]'' It's easier, duh. ''[tosses can on ground]''
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* LitteringIsNoBigDeal: {{Lampshaded}}:
-->'''Homer:''' Good old Evergreen Terrace: the swankiest street in the classiest part of Pressboard Estates.
-->'''Bart:''' Well, if you love it so much, why are you always littering?
-->'''Homer:''' ''[finishing a canned drink]'' It's easier, duh. ''[tosses can on ground]''
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* ShownTheirWok: Homer pranks UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush with cardboard cutouts of "George Bush Jr. and Jeb Bush". The DVD commentary claims that [[AluminumChristmasTrees the writers had no idea that George Bush, Sr. actually did have]] [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush a son who shared his name]][[note]]though George the younger did have some political stature, having been assumed the governorship of [[EverythingIsBigInTexas Texas]] one year earlier, and Jeb at that point was reasonably well known[[/note]], but if you believe that, you'll believe anything.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Some see this story as a Spiritual Predecessor to Season 8's "Homer's Enemy" as a story about a "normal" person (UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush / Frank Grimes) placed into the absurd world of Springfield, where he eventually comes into conflict with Homer, becoming declared enemies.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Some see this story TakeThat: George Bush gets to be the butt of nearly every joke.…while somehow providing one of the few sympathetic portrayals of Barbara Bush to be shown in an American sitcom. (But only as a Spiritual Predecessor to Season 8's "Homer's Enemy" as a story about a "normal" person (UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush / Frank Grimes) placed into the absurd world pastiche of Springfield, where he eventually comes into conflict with Homer, becoming declared enemies.Mrs. Wilson.)
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* PapaWolf: Homer decides to go on a revenge prank campaign with Bart because Bush gave Bart ''one'' slap on the tush in retaliation for Bart acting like [[DennisTheMenaceUs Dennis The Menace]]. Also overlaps with DisproportionateRetribution (Bush explaining why it happened doesn't makes Homer even so much as tell Bart to say he's sorry).
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* PapaWolf: Homer decides to go on a revenge prank campaign with Bart because Bush gave Bart ''one'' slap on the tush in retaliation for Bart acting like [[DennisTheMenaceUs Dennis The Menace]].WesternAnimation/DennisTheMenace. Also overlaps with DisproportionateRetribution (Bush explaining why it happened doesn't makes Homer even so much as tell Bart to say he's sorry).
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* GadgetWatches: George Bush's watch has a concealed wire garrote that he tries to strangle Homer with at the climax. It was a farewell present from the CIA.
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* TerribleArtist: Bush spray-paints a banner reading "Two bad neighbors" with Homer and Bart's faces, but the faces are drawn too crudely for other neighbors to recognize.
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* SelfServingMemory: Bush finishes his memoir by claiming that "since [he'd] achieved all [his] goals as President in one term, there was no need for a second." In reality, Bush sought to be re-elected but was defeated by UsefulNotes/BillClinton.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Both Bush and Ford are shown with Secret Service agents, since per the Former Presidents Act of 1958, every ex-President is entitled to lifetime Secret Service protection (provided they weren't impeached). However, Bush, and Ford driving are inaccurate, since an ex-President would not be allowed to drive a car themselves in the real life; also when Homer goes to confront Bush, Bush asks the agents to stand down, which would never happen in real life, when the Secret Service would keep Homer at an arm's length from Bush.
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'''Bush''': Never! You make him apologize for destroying my memoirs!\\
'''Homer''': ''(to Bart)'' You didn't tell me you destroyed his memoirs. ''(to Bush)'' NEVER!
'''Homer''': ''(to Bart)'' You didn't tell me you destroyed his memoirs. ''(to Bush)'' NEVER!
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'''Bush''': Never! You ''You'' make him apologize for destroying my memoirs!\\
'''Homer''': ''(to Bart)'' You didn't tell me you destroyed his memoirs. ''(to Bush)''NEVER![[IgnoredEpiphany NEVER!]]
'''Homer''': ''(to Bart)'' You didn't tell me you destroyed his memoirs. ''(to Bush)''
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* TwoDecadesBehind: George Bush isn't quite on par with the modern-day world, such as using a typewriter to write his memoirs instead of a computer and being perplexed by Krusty Burger's drive-thru menu.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Some see this story as a Spiritual Predecessor to Season 8's "Homer's Enemy" as a story about a "normal" person (UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush / Frank Grimes) placed into the absurd world of Springfield, where he eventually comes into conflict with Homer, becoming declared enemies.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: This episode was based on one of the writers actually playing pranks on George H.W. Bush as a kid and wasn't meant to be a political attack on him. However, since George H.W. Bush and Barbara criticized ''TheSimpsons'' during its early years for contributing to the alleged downfall of society, a lot of viewers have stated that this episode had political undertones.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Homer is livid that Bush would dare spank his son... whom he regularly strangles.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: Bush gets a can of spray paint and makes a comment that suggests he'll spray-paint the Simpsons' home. He instead paints the "Two Bad Neighbors" banner.
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* AmbiguousSyntax: When Bush retaliates by putting up a poster that says "Two bad neighbors" with drawings of Homer and Bart:
--> '''Dr. Hibbert''': I don't understand. Are you saying you and Barbara are bad neighbors?\\
'''Bush''': No! That's not Bar and me. It's ''them''.\\
'''Ned''': Who? Maude and me?\\
'''Bush''': No! The man and his boy.
--> '''Dr. Hibbert''': I don't understand. Are you saying you and Barbara are bad neighbors?\\
'''Bush''': No! That's not Bar and me. It's ''them''.\\
'''Ned''': Who? Maude and me?\\
'''Bush''': No! The man and his boy.
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* TitleDrop: The text on Bush's poster reads "Two bad neighbors".
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* PapaWolf: Homer decides to go on a revenge prank campaign with Bart because Bush gave Bart ''one'' slap on the tush in retaliation for Bart acting like [[DennisTheMenaceUs Dennis The Menace]]. Also overlaps with DisproportionateRetribution (Bush explaining why it happened doesn't makes Homer even so much as tell Bart to say he's sorry).
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Right after Bart accidentally shreds Bush's memoirs, a sliver of paper briefly flies in front of the screen with the words "[[DanQuayle V.P. Quayle]]...[[TakeThat embarrassment]]."
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* DoubleStandardViolenceChildOnAdult: Explored throughout the episode, first with the contrast between how Bart treats Bush and how Bush retaliates, then with the [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]] of Homer's anger over the spanking when he throttles Bart on a regular basis.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Right after Bart accidentally shreds Bush's memoirs, a sliver of paper briefly flies in front of the screen with the words"[[DanQuayle "[[UsefulNotes/DanQuayle V.P. Quayle]]...[[TakeThat embarrassment]]."
* FreezeFrameBonus: Right after Bart accidentally shreds Bush's memoirs, a sliver of paper briefly flies in front of the screen with the words
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* BlatantLies:
--> '''Homer''': He ''spanked'' you? You, Bart Simpson?\\
'''Bart''': I begged him to stop, but he said it was for the good of the nation! [[labelnote:Note]](Of course, in reality, Bush gave Bart a couple of ''very'' light slaps and told him to go home and think about what he's done, with Bart walking away with a confused look on his face.)[[/labelnote]]
--> '''Homer''': He ''spanked'' you? You, Bart Simpson?\\
'''Bart''': I begged him to stop, but he said it was for the good of the nation! [[labelnote:Note]](Of course, in reality, Bush gave Bart a couple of ''very'' light slaps and told him to go home and think about what he's done, with Bart walking away with a confused look on his face.)[[/labelnote]]
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* SeriesContinuityError: Admittedly the series was never big on continuity, but the house and walled gate across the street is mostly relegated to this episode only.
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* ShapedLikeItself: "It's all in the Bible, son. It's the prankster's bible."
* ShoutOut: The episode itself is one to [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS the American version of Dennis the Menace]].
* ShoutOut: The episode itself is one to [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS the American version of Dennis the Menace]].
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* ShoutOut: The episode itself is one to [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS the American version of Dennis the Menace]].
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* SongParody: [[Music/TheBeeGees "Table Five".]]
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--> '''Homer''': For the last time, Bush, apologize for spanking my boy!\\
'''Bush''': Never! You make him apologize for destroying my memoirs!\\
'''Homer''': ''(to Bart)'' You didn't tell me you destroyed his memoirs. ''(to Bush)'' NEVER!
'''Bush''': Never! You make him apologize for destroying my memoirs!\\
'''Homer''': ''(to Bart)'' You didn't tell me you destroyed his memoirs. ''(to Bush)'' NEVER!
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* NotHelpingYourCase:
--> '''Marge''': Grampa, I know in your day, spanking was common. But Homer and I don't agree on that kind of punishment.\\
'''Grampa''': And that's why your no-good kids are runnin' wild!\\
''(Lisa, quietly reading a book, looks up and smiles)''
--> '''Marge''': Grampa, I know in your day, spanking was common. But Homer and I don't agree on that kind of punishment.\\
'''Grampa''': And that's why your no-good kids are runnin' wild!\\
''(Lisa, quietly reading a book, looks up and smiles)''
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* ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing: Even after finding out why George was mad at Bart, Homer still wanted to beat him up.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/PhilHartman was supposed to voice Disco Stu, but when the animators needed to do a model change, Hartman wasn't available, so Creator/HankAzaria did it instead.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Right after Bart accidentally shreds Bush's memoirs, a sliver of paper briefly flies in front of the screen with the words "V.P. Quayle...[[TakeThat embarrassment]]."
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Right after Bart accidentally shreds Bush's memoirs, a sliver of paper briefly flies in front of the screen with the words "V."[[DanQuayle V.P. Quayle...Quayle]]...[[TakeThat embarrassment]]."
