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* OrganAutonomy: Marge consults her brain much like Homer does in earlier episodes, but unlike those episodes, the camera keeps going higher and higher, until it's just her hair talking.


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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: When they arrive at the country club, Marge loudly claims, "WE'RE NOT POOR!" to the guard.
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%%* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Marge and Evelyn have this.
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* SymbolicDistance: Marge, at her last straw, snaps at her family and storms away from them up the hill towards the elite club she so desperately wants to join. The camera pans to show the others staying behind as she looks back at them, symbolising the divide that has grown between them throughout the episode. Soon after, she runs back and takes Maggie in her arms, choosing her family over superficial status.
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* StoppedDeadInTheirTracks: Marge, who throughout the episode was obsessed with hiding her family's "lower-class" nature in order to get in with the elite of Springfield, [[RuleOfSymbolism almost leaves her family behind her in an act of choosing class over them]]. However, she soon stops, hearing Homer say that now she's a better person, the family can see how awful they really are. She turns around and runs back to take her baby in her arms, choosing her family.
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* SnobbyHobbies: Marge meets with an old high school classmate, who invites her and the Simpson family to the country club she's part of, and the Simpson family attempts to acclimate themselves. Even Lisa, who usually isn't impressed by the upper-class, finds herself intrigued [[AllGirlsLikePonies because of its ponies]].


* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Marge and Evelyn have this.

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* %%* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Marge and Evelyn have this.
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this sounds like something else


* NonIdleRich: While she isn't a ''bad'' person, Evelyn is so sheltered she can't even cook an essential meal.

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* NonIdleRich: While she isn't a ''bad'' person, Evelyn is so sheltered she can't even cook a basic meal.
* NoodleIncident: Homer has an amusing, yet vulgar anecdote that he once tried to say on the radio that got [[SoundEffectBleep bleeped out]].

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* NoAntagonist: While the women at the country club are snobs, none of them are actively malicious. Rather, it is the pressure Marge puts herself under to fit in with them that causes the conflict of the episode.
* NonIdleRich: While she isn't a ''bad'' person, Evelyn is so sheltered she can't even cook a basic an essential meal.
* NoodleIncident: Homer has an amusing, amusing yet vulgar anecdote that he once tried to say on the radio that got [[SoundEffectBleep bleeped out]].

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* AnAesop: Don't sacrifice your individuality or your family's well-being to win the rat race.



* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Mr. Burns really thinks he's a great golfer, and is just as astonished as Homer when he learns that Smithers has been rigging his games for him.

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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: Mr. Burns really thinks he's a great golfer, and is just as astonished as Homer when he learns that Smithers has been rigging his games for him.


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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Zigzagged. Burns had no idea Smithers was cheating on his behalf, but he still forces Homer to keep quiet about it in exchange for supporting Marge's bid to get into the country club.


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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Evelyn and the other girls at the country club are definitely snobs, but they are quite welcoming of Marge and her family and were all too happy to welcome them into the country club.

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** Burns making Homer a cake, even if it is disgusting, is an astoundingly nice act from him.

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** Burns making Homer a cake, even if it is disgusting, is an astoundingly nice act from him. He also supported Marge's bid for membership in exchange for Homer keeping quiet about his lack of golf skills.


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* VillainousFriendship: Burns and Richard Nixon were such good friends, Burns [[ILetYouWin knowingly threw a golf game when he was torn up over Watergate]].
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Homer wasn't being sarcastic, he was being sincere.


-->'''Homer:''' [[SarcasmMode You kids should thank your mother. Now that she's a better person, we can see how awful we really are]].

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-->'''Homer:''' [[SarcasmMode You kids should thank your mother. Now that she's a better person, we can see how awful we really are]].are.
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* PoisonousFriend: Smithers' devotion to Burns drove him to straight up help his boss cheat at golf without his knowledge.

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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Marge and Evelyn have this.
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* NonIdleRich: While she isn't a ''bad'' person, Evelyn is so sheltered she can't even cook a basic meal.


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* PoisonousFriend: Smithers' devotion to Burns drove him to straight up help his boss cheat at golf without his knowledge.

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