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* BookEnds:
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* BookEnds:{{Bookends}}:
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* CrisisOfFaith: Reverend Lovejoy spends the episode grappling with one when Springfielders start trusting in Marge's spiritual guidance more than his.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The image of Homer was actually the result of a merger between two companies, even merging their previous logos; a big-eyed fish, and a light bulb.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The image of Homer was actually the result of a merger joint venture between two companies, even merging their previous logos; a big-eyed fish, and a light bulb.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Ned Flanders does this to ''himself''. He gets so wound up about things that ''are not even sinful'' (such as being afraid that he's coveting ''his own'' wife) he constantly harasses Reverend Lovejoy about them.
* FreudianExcuse: Lovejoy's disinterest was the result of Ned constantly badgering him about every last (largely imagined) misdemeanor in his life, eroding his passion for preaching.
* FreudianExcuse: Lovejoy's disinterest was the result of Ned constantly badgering him about every last (largely imagined) misdemeanor in his life, eroding his passion for preaching.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Ned Flanders does this to ''himself''. He gets so wound up about things that ''are not even sinful'' (such as being afraid that he's coveting ''his own'' wife) he constantly harasses Reverend Lovejoy about them.
* FreudianExcuse: Lovejoy's disinterest was the result of Ned constantly badgering him about every last (largely imagined) misdemeanor in his life,them, eroding his passion for preaching.
* FreudianExcuse: Lovejoy's disinterest was the result of Ned constantly badgering him about every last (largely imagined) misdemeanor in his life,
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* MathematiciansAnswer: Realizing where Ned is, Donny's Discount Gas, the Simpsons go there and ask Donny if he saw Ned being chased by the bullies. Donny just replies with "I see lots of stuff", though he does then admit that he did see Ned being chased.
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* DadaAd: The Mr. Sparkle commercial starts out fairly normal, with the mascot coming to life and doing a housewife's dishes and making her baby laugh, then it cuts to scenes like Mr. Sparkle turning some underwater go-go dancers into sumo wrestlers, and a news reporter interviewing a two-headed cow, which Mr. Sparkle makes shatter like glass.
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* DadaAd: The Mr. Sparkle commercial starts out fairly normal, with the mascot coming to life and doing a housewife's dishes and making her baby laugh, then it cuts to scenes like Mr. Sparkle turning some underwater go-go dancers into sumo wrestlers, and a news reporter interviewing a two-headed cow, which Mr. Sparkle makes shatter like glass. [[TruthInTelevision Japanese commercials are actually like this.]] If anything, Mr. Sparkle is ''tame'' compared to some of the real ones.
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Ok, changed the description for additional context. Seems it was a "joke changed during the translation" situation. Hope it still fits.
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* HypocriticalHumor: One of the calls we see Lovejoy take from Ned in the montage that shows how Ned single-handedly destroyed the reverend's love for his job is Ned complaining that he is meek "but could stand to be meeker". The Latin American translation of the scene changes Ned's complaining to him saying he doesn't thinks he's being ''humble enough''.
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I removed the hypocritical humour example. This was about Ned complaining that he doesn’t think he’s being “humble enough” while complaining to Lovejoy. While I think it’s debatable whether the trope applies to that behaviour, more importantly I don’t recall Ned making that claim. The nearest example I could find is Ned saying, “I'm meek, but I could probably stand to be meeker”.
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* HypocriticalHumor: One of the calls we see Lovejoy take from Ned in the montage that shows how Ned single-handedly destroyed the reverend's love for his job, is Ned complaining that he doesn't thinks he's being ''humble enough''.
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* CerebusRetcon: Reverend Lovejoy being bothered by Ned's phone calls had been a RunningGag even before he became the TropeNamer for {{Flanderization}} but this episode revealed that Lovejoy was once an enthusiastic and happy to help minister until the stress of Ned bothering him in his downtime over nothing drove him into his current apethetic personality.
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-->'''Ned:''' Reverend, I'm, uh, I'm afraid something has happened.
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Well sit down and rap with me brother, that's what I'm here for.
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Well sit down and rap with me brother, that's what I'm here for.
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-->'''Ned:''' Reverend, I'm, uh, I'm afraid terrible something has happened.
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Well sit down and rap with me brother, that's what I'm herefor.for!
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Well sit down and rap with me brother, that's what I'm here
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* LetsSeeYouDoBetter: When Marge brings her concerns about Reverend Lovejoy's efforts to reach out to his parishioners, he snarks, "Oh, I don't see ''you'' volunteering to make things better." To the surprise of both of them, Marge decides that that's exactly what she's doing.
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* ShoutOut: This throwaway line by Skinner after he calls Reverend Lovejoy about his mother "punishing" him:
-->'''Skinner:''' Mother put cardboard over my half of the television. The other night we were watching ''Film/TheManWithoutAFace''; I didn't even know he had a problem!
-->'''Skinner:''' Mother put cardboard over my half of the television. The other night we were watching ''Film/TheManWithoutAFace''; I didn't even know he had a problem!
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* BreatherEpisode: Arguably the most low-key and laid back episode of Season 8 (Mr. Sparkle ad and the baboon fight aside), and happens to be placed in between two of the darkest and most cynical.
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* BreatherEpisode: Arguably the most low-key and laid back episode of Season 8 (Mr. Sparkle ad and the baboon fight aside), and happens to be placed in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E21TheOldManAndTheLisa between two of the the]] [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy darkest and most cynical.cynical]].
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* DadaAd: The Mr. Sparkle commercial starts out fairly normal, with the mascot coming to life and doing a housewife's dishes, then it cuts to scenes like Mr. Sparkle turning some underwater go-go dancers into sumo wrestlers, and a news reporter interviewing a two-headed cow.
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* DadaAd: The Mr. Sparkle commercial starts out fairly normal, with the mascot coming to life and doing a housewife's dishes, dishes and making her baby laugh, then it cuts to scenes like Mr. Sparkle turning some underwater go-go dancers into sumo wrestlers, and a news reporter interviewing a two-headed cow.cow, which Mr. Sparkle makes shatter like glass.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Ned Flanders does this to ''himself''. He gets so wound up about things that ''are not even sinful'' he constantly harasses Reverend Lovejoy about them.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Ned Flanders does this to ''himself''. He gets so wound up about things that ''are not even sinful'' (such as being afraid that he's coveting ''his own'' wife) he constantly harasses Reverend Lovejoy about them.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Subverted. The Mr. Sparkle company worker that Homer asks about Mr. Sparkle speaks English, but not very well. The worker mistakenly thinks Homer is an American investor interested in the detergent, and mails him a promotional video. The tape isn't quite what Homer was looking for, but when he watches it with Bart and Lisa it still explains where the Mr. Sparkle character came from.
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* BookEnds:
** The episode opens and closes with Reverend Lovejoy delivering a sermon. Bored during the first sermon, and passionate during the last sermon.
** Reverend Lovejoy lost his passion from helping Flanders, and he rediscovers it while helping Flanders.
** The episode opens and closes with Reverend Lovejoy delivering a sermon. Bored during the first sermon, and passionate during the last sermon.
** Reverend Lovejoy lost his passion from helping Flanders, and he rediscovers it while helping Flanders.
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* BookEnds:
** The episode opens and closes with Reverend Lovejoy delivering a sermon. Bored during the first sermon, and passionate during the last sermon.
** Reverend Lovejoy lost his passion from helping Flanders, and he rediscovers it while helping Flanders.
* BoringReligiousService: The episode opens with Reverend Lovejoy delivering a particularly dull sermon on "The Nine Tenets of Constancy." When his sermon causes the church attendees to [[NapInducingSpeak fall asleep]], Reverend Lovejoy has to resort to playing a loud bird sound to wake them up.
** The episode opens and closes with Reverend Lovejoy delivering a sermon. Bored during the first sermon, and passionate during the last sermon.
** Reverend Lovejoy lost his passion from helping Flanders, and he rediscovers it while helping Flanders.
* BoringReligiousService: The episode opens with Reverend Lovejoy delivering a particularly dull sermon on "The Nine Tenets of Constancy." When his sermon causes the church attendees to [[NapInducingSpeak fall asleep]], Reverend Lovejoy has to resort to playing a loud bird sound to wake them up.
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* ManiacMonkeys: A troop of vicious baboons attack Ned when he unwittingly ends up in their enclosure while hiding from the bullies.
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Up To Eleven is a defunct trope
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* WhatWereTheySellingAgain: The Mr. Sparkle ads. Even with subtitles, they make no sense whatsoever. Justified in that it's a Japanese commercial and Japanese commercials [[TruthInTelevision really are that weird]]. The Japanese dub turns this trope UpToEleven, and also overlapping with SelfDeprecation.
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* WhatWereTheySellingAgain: The Mr. Sparkle ads. Even with subtitles, they make no sense whatsoever. Justified in that it's a Japanese commercial and Japanese commercials [[TruthInTelevision really are that weird]]. The Japanese dub turns this trope UpToEleven, up to eleven, and also overlapping with SelfDeprecation.
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'''Original air date:''' 4/27/1997
'''Production code:''' 4F18
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* StupidestThingIveEverHeard: During his vision, Reverend Lovejoy gets asked what he's done to help Springfield's parishioners.
-->'''St. Lucian:''' Tell us, good Reverend, what great deeds have you done to inspire the hearts of men?
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Well, I had the vestibule recarpeted.
-->'''St. Donickus:''' I've appeared in over eight thousand visions, and that's the lamest reply I've ever heard.
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Oh, now please, I-I thought saints were supposed to be friendly.
-->'''St. Donickus:''' You ... you're just lucky God isn't here.
-->'''St. Lucian:''' Tell us, good Reverend, what great deeds have you done to inspire the hearts of men?
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Well, I had the vestibule recarpeted.
-->'''St. Donickus:''' I've appeared in over eight thousand visions, and that's the lamest reply I've ever heard.
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Oh, now please, I-I thought saints were supposed to be friendly.
-->'''St. Donickus:''' You ... you're just lucky God isn't here.
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* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: During his vision, Reverend Lovejoy gets asked what he's done to help Springfield's parishioners.
-->'''St. Lucian:''' Tell us, good Reverend, what great deeds have you done to inspire the hearts of men?
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Well, I had the vestibule re-carpeted.
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-->'''St. Donickus:''' [[StupidestThingIveEverHeard I've appeared in over eight thousand visions, and that's the lamest reply I've ever heard]].
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Oh, now please, I-I thought saints were supposed to be friendly.
-->'''St. Donickus:''' You ... you're just lucky God isn't here.
-->'''St. Lucian:''' Tell us, good Reverend, what great deeds have you done to inspire the hearts of men?
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Well, I had the vestibule re-carpeted.
-->(''beat'')
-->'''St. Donickus:''' [[StupidestThingIveEverHeard I've appeared in over eight thousand visions, and that's the lamest reply I've ever heard]].
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Oh, now please, I-I thought saints were supposed to be friendly.
-->'''St. Donickus:''' You ... you're just lucky God isn't here.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Hokkaido is a ''prefecture'' (as well as one of the five main islands that makes up the Japanese archipelago), not a town or city. As such, you'd be unlikely to find a phone book for the whole island.
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* StoppedCaring: Reverend Lovejoy started out as an eager young minister willing to help his parishioners, but was worn down by Ned Flanders' ceaseless inquiries.
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* CouchGag: The couch is replaced with a "Vend-A-Couch". Homer puts a coin in, but nothing happens. Homer pounds on the wall until the couch falls on him.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Ned Flanders does this to ''himself''. He gets so wound up about things that ''are not even sinful'' he constantly harasses Reverend Lovejoy about them.
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* BlatantLies:
-->'''Homer:''' I'd like the phone book for Hokkaido, Japan, please.\\
'''Librarian:''' Okay. The phone book for Hokkaido, Japan.\\
'''Homer:''' Thank you. May I please use your phone?\\
'''Librarian:''' Is it a local call?\\
'''Homer:''' ...Yes.
* BreatherEpisode: Arguably the most low-key and laid back episode of Season 8 (Mr. Sparkle ad and the baboon fight aside), and happens to be placed in between two of the darkest and most cynical.
-->'''Homer:''' I'd like the phone book for Hokkaido, Japan, please.\\
'''Librarian:''' Okay. The phone book for Hokkaido, Japan.\\
'''Homer:''' Thank you. May I please use your phone?\\
'''Librarian:''' Is it a local call?\\
'''Homer:''' ...Yes.
* BreatherEpisode: Arguably the most low-key and laid back episode of Season 8 (Mr. Sparkle ad and the baboon fight aside), and happens to be placed in between two of the darkest and most cynical.
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-->'''Lovejoy:''' Finally, I just {{stopped caring}}. Luckily, by then it was TheEighties, so no one noticed.
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-->'''Lovejoy:''' Finally, I just {{stopped caring}}.StoppedCaring. Luckily, by then it was TheEighties, so no one noticed.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Matsumura Fishworks was named after Ichiro Matsumura, a friend of David X. Cohen.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: {{Tuckerization}}:
** Matsumura Fishworks was named after Ichiro Matsumura, a friend of David X.Cohen.Cohen.
** St. Donickus is not an actual saint -- he was named after the episode's writer, Donick Cary.
** Matsumura Fishworks was named after Ichiro Matsumura, a friend of David X.
** St. Donickus is not an actual saint -- he was named after the episode's writer, Donick Cary.
