History Recap / TheSimpsonsS7E9SideshowBobsLastGleaming

* PartiallyConcealedLabelGag: Homer is on an Air Show where he spots a banner beyond a crowd of people advertising "Free Duff". Overjoyed, he heads over to the counter and empties 8 cups at once. Then the crowd dissolves and we get a better look at the banner which actually reads "Alcohol-Free Duff - $6". Homer has to resort to a fake {{Fainting}} attack in order to get out of paying those $48.

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Lisa wants to meet the first female stealth bomber pilot (also named Lisa) who apparently bombed seventy mosques in Operation: Desert Storm. While women are allowed to serve in the U.S. military, they weren't allowed to participate in combat until 2019.

** As Sideshow Bob himself acknowledges, it's ironic he apprared on TV to decry it.
** It's Sideshow Bob's very preference for the GoodOldWays that causes his EvilPlan [[WheresTheKaboom to fail]].

* LogoJoke: The 20th Century Fox logo appears ''before'' the Executive Producers credit, a CallBack to earlier in the episode when Bob's cellmate was watching a crappy sitcom and the 20th Century Fox logo is heard.

* ChekhovsGun:
** Both the Duff blimp and the Wright Brothers' plane wind up factoring into Sideshow Bob's plan ''and'' backup plan, respectively.
** The Harrier Jet winds up being a subversion since, after Bob (with Bart as a hostage) tries escaping in it, he instantly crashes.

-->'''Bob:''' Damn it, Bob! There were plenty of brand-new bombs, but you had to go for that retro 50s charm!

* AxCrazy: Krusty managing to get around Bob's threats to stay on the air sends Bob into a homicidal fury and leads him on an attempted kamikaze run on the shack where Krusty is broadcasting, screaming for Krusty to die. [[RealityEnsues The small and ridiculously underpowered aircraft he tries to use for said kamikaze run ends up bouncing harmlessly off the shack's wall]].

* BaitAndSwitchComment: At the meeting Mayor Quimby declares, "Our city won't negotiate with terrorists...Can you point me towards a city that will?"

-->'''Lisa:''' Mom, ''mooom'', you're stepping on my heels and knocking off my shoes!
-->'''Marge:''' ''(panicked)'' We can always get more shoes, move move move!

--> '''Bob''': ''(reading the inside of the dud bomb)'' "Best before November 1959." Damn it, Bob! There were plenty of brand new bombs, but oh no. You had to go for that retro '50s charm!

* RealityEnsues:
** An Air Force officer proclaims that the Harrier jet is so simple to operate that even a child could fly it. When Lisa asks if she can fly it, the officer replies "of course you ''cannot''".
** Although you can chalk it up to SanitySlippage, you really have to question Bob's decision to use the ''Wright Brothers' plane'' to try and kamikaze Krusty since it winds up ''bouncing'' off of the shack Krusty was broadcasting from.
*** Similarly, once Krusty sees the incoming plane, he jumps to the ground in defense... only to realize that it's moving ''very slowly''.
---->'''Krusty''': ''(gets up and lights a cigarette)'' ... ''(annoyed)'' What is the freakin' hold up?!
** Bob realizes too late that the 1950's bomb he stole from the military had long since decayed into inertness since 1959.
** Bob's attempt at hijacking a Harrier jet fails because it wasn't on a runway and falls into a ditch before it can get the necessary thrust for take-off.
** The two jets attempting to intercept Bob on the Wright Brothers' plane, only to zoom right past it due to their difference in speed.
** Tanks (even if more simple to drive nowadays) need some specialized training to be driven with the necessary precision, and Air Force training doesn't provide it. An Air Force pilot crushes the Wright Brothers' plane as a result.

-->'''Bart''': You can't escape, Bob! [[ItMakesSenseInContext If the tennis rackets don't get you]], the pool skimmers will!
-->'''Sideshow Bob''': (slightly crazed) Escape?! Ooh, huh, I- I never planned to ''escape''. You see, this is a--a kamikaze mission... You and I are going to ''kill Krusty the Clown!'' (banks hard right towards Alkali Flats)

* {{Irony}}: It's Sideshow Bob's very preference for the GoodOldWays that causes his EvilPlan [[WheresTheKaboom to fail]].

* {{Fainting}}: Homer fakes this to get out of paying $48 for alcohol-free Duff.

* OnlyOneFindsItFun: Inverted. Marge consistently shows throughout the episode that she's the only Simpson family member who doesn't wants to be at the air show.

** At the air show, Homer spots a stand apparently offering "free Duff". When the crowd starts to move away, the sign is revealed to read "Alcohol-free Duff". He receives a bill for $48.00 worth of alcohol-free Duff, and pretends to faint.

* BaitAndSwitch: The episode opens up with Krusty thanking everyone who participated in his show's canned food drive...the contents of which he's used to create "our slipperiest, slimiest [[Series/DoubleDare slop-stacle course]] ever!"

* IncrediblyLameFun: Col. Hapablap hinks box-kites are interesting. The audience disagrees.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Sideshow Bob [[EvilLuddite tries to nuke Springfield because he doesn't like the way television is dominating people's lives]]. (One of his reasons is, he used to ''be'' an actor on a kids show, and claimed that his "foolish capering destroyed more young minds then syphilis and [[NewMediaAreEvil pinball]] combined." Still, [[RevengeBeforeReason it's a rather poor excuse.]])

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Lisa wants to meet the first female stealth bomber pilot (also named Lisa) who apparently bombed seventy mosques in Operation: Desert Storm. While women are allowed to serve in the U.S. military, they're not allowed to participate in combat.

* UnknownRival: Bob goes on his usual psychotic rampage against Bart and Krusty. Ironically, despite pretty much single-handedly ruining his initial plan and being the one who ended up exposing his election fraud [[Recap/TheSimpsonsSE5SideshowBobRoberts last time]], he doesn't target Lisa, even lampshading he couldn't care less about her.

* UnknownRival: Bob goes on his usual psychotic rampage against Bart and Krusty. Ironically, despite pretty much single-handedly ruining his initial plan, he doesn't target Lisa, even lampshading he couldn't care less about her.

* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Lisa wants to meet the first female stealth bomber pilot (also named Lisa) who apparently bombed seventy mosques in Operation: Desert Storm. While women are allowed to serve in the U.S. military, they're not allowed to serve in combat.

* PetTheDog: Quimby is willing to sacrifice television to stop SideShow Bob from detonating a nuke.

** Tanks (even if more simple to drive nowadays) need some specialized training to be driven with the necessary precision, and Air Force training doesn't provides it. An Air Force pilot crushes the Wright Brothers' plane as a result.

* PetTheDog: Quimby is willing to sacrifice television to stop Sideahow Bob from detonating a nuke.

* PetTheDog: Quimby is will8ng to sacrifice television to stop Sideahow Bob from detonating a nuke.