History Recap / TheSimpsonsS7E2122ShortFilmsAboutSpringfield

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This episode aired before the show had established "SKINEEEEEER!" as Chalmers' catchphrase, so instead, he yells "SEEEEEYMOOOOOUR!" here.

* SkewedPriorities: Skinner apparently considers it more important to salvage his lunch with Chalmers and to please him, than to deal with his burnt roast and the resulting fire spreading to his house.

* ScaryStingingSwarm: The gum on Lisa's hair attracts a swarm of bees. One then flies off and ends up stinging Smithers, who has a bee sting allergy.

* BackAlleyDoctor: Dr. Nick is a hard-core quack even when he's working for a fully-qualified hospital, with the review staff bringing up both him doing serious mishandling of cadavers (Nick answers back that he did it because he was bored [[OfCorpseHesAlive and needed to use the carpool lane]]) and doing open-chest surgery ''with utensils of a seafood restaurant'' that he had used to ''eat with'' (Nick defends himself saying that he cleaned them with the napkin). Becomes a BunnyEarsLawyer situation because the fact he is the only true-blue "quack" in the house means that a combative Grandpa takes his false advice seriously.

* BaitAndSwitch: When Lisa goes to the barber shop, she asks to get rid of the gum but to be careful, the barber says that he knows how important hair is for a real girl. One wipe later, we see he just cut the gum and left a bald spot which makes Lisa scream... to which he tells her she should just stay calm, and then we cut to her with a nice new haircut.

* DudeNotFunny: Ian's reaction to Nelson mocking him because the VW Bug (that he barely fits in) is the tallest car that he could afford to buy is to BrakeAngrily, get out and chase after him with apparent intent to beat the crap out of him, but settling only on pantsing him and forcing him to march down the street while everybody else mocks him.

'''Nelson:''' [[OhCrap Crud...]]\\

'''Nelson:''' '''[[LaserGuidedKarma CRUD!!]]'''

* DidNotThinkThisThrough: When Snake robs Moe's, Moe quickly dashes into his safe room behind the bar, locking it behind him and taunting Snake from behind a bulletproof window to "do his worst". Snake promptly clears out the cash register, since there's nothing Moe can do to stop him from back there. The best he can do is feebly flick the light switch.

* FridgeLogic: Invoked by Chalmers.
-->'''Chalmers:''' Aurora Borealis? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized ''entirely'' within your kitchen!?!\\
'''Skinner:''' [[BluntYes Yes.]]

* HumiliationConga: With pants down and forced to march down the city streets with a car steadily tailing him, Nelson is paraded forward with all of the town in joy and jest as "the kid who laughs at everyone" is given a taste of his own medicine. Only beginning his march of shame, Bart and Milhouse soon target him with condiments, and it's implied that there's even more to be had on Nelson as he continues his march.

* WouldNotHurtAChild: After Ian (an extremely tall man) gives Nelson a speech about how the VW Beetle that he rides in is the tallest car he could afford and that it's something he needs and asks Nelson that if he thinks that makes it worthy of insulting Ian by laughing at him, Nelson (nervously but still [[BrutalHonesty bluntly]]) says "I guess so." Ian very visibly holds back the desire to cave Nelson's face in before settling on humiliating him by forcing him to parade down the street with his pants down.

'''Nelson:''' [[{{Catchphrase}} Haw-haw!]]\\

* {{Bookends}}: The episode starts and ends with Bart and Milhouse sitting at the overpass and spraying condiments down onto passerby.

* InstantlyProvenWrong: Apu notices that he only used three out of the five minutes he said he was going to be out of the Kwik-E-Mart for the party and says aloud that nobody was hurt. Cue hi opening the door and Hans Moleman turned out to be left inside and he says "you took three minutes of my life and I want them back!". Downplayed when Moleman then admits he probably would have wasted them anyway and wanders off sad.

* SayMyName: Chalmers upon seeing Skinner trying to escape out the kitchen window.

* WintryAuroralSky: When Skinner's kitchen catches fire, he tries to pass off the light from the flames as the aurora borealis. [[IdiotBall Chalmers believes him, despite the fact that it's the middle of the day, presumably not during winter, they're in a geographic region nowhere near the arctic, and the supposed northern lights are only appearing indoors in Skinner's kitchen]].

* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends with Bart and Milhouse sitting at the overpass and spraying condiments down onto passerby.

JustForFun/TheOneWith "[[MemeticMutation Steamed Hams]]".

JustForFun/TheOneWith "[[MemeticMutation Steamed Hams]]".

* NonIndicativeName: There are actually ''19'' segments in the episode.