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* IResembleThatRemark:

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* IResembleThatRemark:IResembleThatRemark crossed with a (premature) ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne:

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* KickTheDog: Springfielders inexplicably loot Ned's Leftorium store after the hurricane.

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* KickTheDog: Springfielders inexplicably loot Ned's Leftorium store after the hurricane.hurricane, even Kent helps a looter.
-->'''Kent''': Try looking in the back.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The episode did air in December 29, 1996; nearly 9 before Hurricane Katrina caused problems in New Orleans, when one looks at today.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The episode did air in December 29, 1996; nearly 9 before Hurricane Katrina caused problems in New Orleans, when one looks at today.


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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Ned Flanders!
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-->'''Young Ned:''' I'm DickTracy! Take that, Prune Face! Now, I'm Prune Face! Take that, Dick Tracy! Now, I'm Prune Tracy! Take that, [[CurseCutShort Dick-]]!

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-->'''Young Ned:''' I'm DickTracy! ComicStrip/DickTracy! Take that, Prune Face! Now, I'm Prune Face! Take that, Dick Tracy! Now, I'm Prune Tracy! Take that, [[CurseCutShort Dick-]]!
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: If you look closely in the panning shot of the mental hospital rooms, one of the mental patients is a caricature of ''Simpsons'' writer John Swartzwelder ([[BrickJoke and in a later scene, someone has a protest sign that reads, "Free John Swartzwelder!"]]) and another is Lucille Botz (The Babysitter Bandit from season one's "Some Enchanted Evening," sating viewers' claims that Lucille is a KarmaHoudini, as she is now caught and either copped an insanity plea or was revealed off-screen to be criminally insane).
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'''Chief Wiggum:''' Ha-ha! Ha-ha!\\

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'''Chief Wiggum:''' Ha-ha! Ha! Ha-ha!\\

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'''Ned:''' Well I'm sorry, Marge, but my family and I can't live on ''good intentions'', Marge! Ohhh, your family's out of control, but we can't blame you, because you have goooooood ''intentions''!\\

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'''Ned:''' Well I'm sorry, Marge, but my family and I can't live on in ''good intentions'', Marge! Ohhh, your family's out of control, but we can't blame you, because you have goooooood ''intentions''!\\



(''the crowd gasps again'')\\



'''Ned:''' Do I hear the sound of butting in? It's gotta be little Lisa Simpson, Springfield's answer to the question NO ONE ASKED!\\
'''Chief Wiggum:''' Ha! Ha-ha!\\

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'''Ned:''' ''(gasp)'' Do I hear the sound of butting in? It's gotta be little Lisa Simpson, Springfield's answer to the a question NO ONE ASKED!\\
'''Chief Wiggum:''' Ha! Ha-ha! Ha-ha!\\



'''Lenny:''' Hey I've only been here a few minutes what's going on?\\

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'''Lenny:''' Hey Hey, I've only been here a few minutes what's minutes. What's going on?\\



'''Moe:''' [[IResembleThatRemark Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled]], but [[OhCrap I -- uh -- what was the third thing you said?]]\\

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'''Moe:''' [[IResembleThatRemark Hey, Hey hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled]], but [[OhCrap I -- uh -- what was the third thing you said?]]\\
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A hurricane blows through Springfield, and Flanders' house is the only one that took damage. Things get worse when everyone comes together to rebuild Ned's house and Ned goes on the mother of all tirades, calling everyone out for their personality flaws, then commits himself to a mental hospital.

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A hurricane blows through Springfield, and Flanders' house is the only one that took damage. takes damage, leaving the Flanderses homeless and reeling. Things get worse when everyone comes together to rebuild Ned's house (rather poorly) and Ned goes on the mother of all tirades, calling everyone out for their personality flaws, then commits himself to a mental hospital.
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-->'''Ned Flanders:''' Can't you morons do ''anything'' right?!\\

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-->'''Ned Flanders:''' -->'''Ned:''' Can't you morons do ''anything'' right?!\\



'''Marge Simpson:''' Ned, we meant well! And everyone here tried their best!\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' Well I'm sorry, Marge, but my family and I can't live on ''good intentions'', Marge! Ohhh, your family's out of control, but we can't blame you, because you have goooooood ''intentions''!\\
'''Bart Simpson:''' Hey, back off, man!\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' Ohhh, okay duuuude, I wouldn't want you to have a cow maaaaan! Here's a catch phrase you better learn for your adult years; Hey buddy, GOT A QUARTER!?\\
'''Bart Simpson:''' [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry I am shocked and appalled.]]\\
'''Lisa Simpson:''' Mr. Flanders, with all due respect, Bart didn't do anything.\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' Do I hear the sound of butting in? It's gotta be little Lisa Simpson, Springfield's answer to the question NO ONE ASKED!\\

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'''Marge Simpson:''' '''Marge:''' Ned, we meant well! And everyone here tried their best!\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' '''Ned:''' Well I'm sorry, Marge, but my family and I can't live on ''good intentions'', Marge! Ohhh, your family's out of control, but we can't blame you, because you have goooooood ''intentions''!\\
'''Bart Simpson:''' '''Bart:''' Hey, back off, man!\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' '''Ned:''' Ohhh, okay duuuude, I wouldn't want you to have a cow maaaaan! Here's a catch phrase you better learn for your adult years; Hey buddy, GOT A QUARTER!?\\
'''Bart Simpson:''' '''Bart:''' [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry I am shocked and appalled.]]\\
'''Lisa Simpson:''' '''Lisa:''' Mr. Flanders, with all due respect, Bart didn't do anything.\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' '''Ned:''' Do I hear the sound of butting in? It's gotta be little Lisa Simpson, Springfield's answer to the question NO ONE ASKED!\\



'''Ned Flanders:''' Whadda we have here, the long flabby arm of the law? The last case you got to the bottom of was a case of Mallomars!\\

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'''Ned Flanders:''' '''Ned:''' Whadda we have here, the long flabby arm of the law? The last case you got to the bottom of was a case of Mallomars!\\



'''Ned Flanders:''' Oh yeah, the Clown, the only one of you buffoons who doesn't make me laugh! And as for ''you'', I don't know you but I'm sure you're a jerk!\\
'''Lenny Leonard:''' Hey I've only been here a few minutes what's going on?\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' You ugly, hate-filled man!\\
'''Moe Szyslak:''' [[IResembleThatRemark Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled]], but [[OhCrap I -- uh -- what was the third thing you said?]]\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' Homer... you are the worst human being I have '''ever''' met.\\
'''Homer Simpson:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Hey, I got off pretty easy.]]

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'''Ned Flanders:''' '''Ned:''' Oh yeah, the Clown, the only one of you buffoons who doesn't make me laugh! And as for ''you'', I don't know you but I'm sure you're a jerk!\\
'''Lenny Leonard:''' '''Lenny:''' Hey I've only been here a few minutes what's going on?\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' '''Ned:''' You ugly, hate-filled man!\\
'''Moe Szyslak:''' '''Moe:''' [[IResembleThatRemark Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled]], but [[OhCrap I -- uh -- what was the third thing you said?]]\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' '''Ned:''' Homer... you are the worst human being I have '''ever''' met.\\
'''Homer Simpson:''' '''Homer:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Hey, I got off pretty easy.]]

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Episode - 4F07\\
First Aired - 12/29/1996




!!This episode contains examples of (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS8E8HurricaneNeddy here]]):



!!This episode contains examples of (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS8E8HurricaneNeddy here]]):



'''Lenny:''' Hey I've only been here a few minutes what's going on?\\

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'''Lenny:''' '''Lenny Leonard:''' Hey I've only been here a few minutes what's going on?\\



'''Moe:''' [[IResembleThatRemark Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled]], but [[OhCrap I -- uh -- what was the third thing you said?]]\\

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'''Moe:''' '''Moe Szyslak:''' [[IResembleThatRemark Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled]], but [[OhCrap I -- uh -- what was the third thing you said?]]\\
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-->'''Ned Flanders:''' Can't you morons do ''anything'' right?!\\
(''the crowd gasps'')\\
'''Marge Simpson:''' Ned, we meant well! And everyone here tried their best!\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' Well I'm sorry, Marge, but my family and I can't live on ''good intentions'', Marge! Ohhh, your family's out of control, but we can't blame you, because you have goooooood ''intentions''!\\
'''Bart Simpson:''' Hey, back off, man!\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' Ohhh, okay duuuude, I wouldn't want you to have a cow maaaaan! Here's a catch phrase you better learn for your adult years; Hey buddy, GOT A QUARTER!?\\
'''Bart Simpson:''' [[ThatMakesMeFeelAngry I am shocked and appalled.]]\\
'''Lisa Simpson:''' Mr. Flanders, with all due respect, Bart didn't do anything.\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' Do I hear the sound of butting in? It's gotta be little Lisa Simpson, Springfield's answer to the question NO ONE ASKED!\\
'''Chief Wiggum:''' Ha! Ha-ha!\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' Whadda we have here, the long flabby arm of the law? The last case you got to the bottom of was a case of Mallomars!\\
'''Krusty the Clown:''' Mallomars, oho, that's going in the act.\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' Oh yeah, the Clown, the only one of you buffoons who doesn't make me laugh! And as for ''you'', I don't know you but I'm sure you're a jerk!\\
'''Lenny:''' Hey I've only been here a few minutes what's going on?\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' You ugly, hate-filled man!\\
'''Moe:''' [[IResembleThatRemark Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled]], but [[OhCrap I -- uh -- what was the third thing you said?]]\\
'''Ned Flanders:''' Homer... you are the worst human being I have '''ever''' met.\\
'''Homer Simpson:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Hey, I got off pretty easy.]]
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-->'''Ned's Mother:''' Yeah. You gotta help us, Doc. We've tried nothin' and we're all out of ideas!

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-->'''Ned's Mother:''' Yeah. You gotta help us, Doc. [[TooDumbToLive We've tried nothin' and we're all out of ideas!ideas!]]

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A hurricane blows through Springfield, and Flanders' house is the only one that took damage. Things get worse when everyone comes together to rebuild Ned's house and Ned goes on the mother of all tirades, calling everyone out for their personality flaws, then commits himself to a mental hospital.




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* DisproportionateRetribution: Springfielders loot Ned's Leftorium store after the hurricane.


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* KickTheDog: Springfielders inexplicably loot Ned's Leftorium store after the hurricane.
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* IHatePastMe: Ned is shocked when he remembers what a troublesome brat he was.

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* CrisisOfFaith:
-->'''Ned:''' Why me, Lord? Where have I gone wrong? I've always been good. I don't drink or dance or swear. I've even kept kosher just to be on the safe side. I've done everything the Bible says! Even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff! What more can I do? I...I..I feel like I wanna yell out, but I just can't dang-darn-diddly-darn-dang-ding-dong-diddly-darned do it! I just...I... (''sigh'')

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* CrisisOfFaith:
** At the Springfield church, Ned chats with Reverend Lovejoy.
-->'''Ned:''' Why me, Lord? Where have I gone wrong? I've always been good. I don't drink or dance or swear. I've even kept kosher just Rev. Lovejoy, with all that's happened to be on the safe side. I've done everything the Bible says! Even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff! What more can us today, I do? I...I..I kinda feel like Job.
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Well, aren't you being a tad melodramatic, uh, Ned? Also,
I wanna yell out, but I just can't dang-darn-diddly-darn-dang-ding-dong-diddly-darned do it! I just...I... (''sigh'')believe Job was right-handed.
* CrisisOfFaith
* DisproportionateRetribution: Springfielders loot Ned's Leftorium store after the hurricane.
* DissonantSerenity: After his ReasonYouSuckSpeech, Ned gets into his car, listening to "Aloha Oe", and he drives straight through the gates of Calmwood Mental Hospital.



* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Upon getting a paper cut from opening a Bible, Ned has this to say:
-->'''Ned:''' Why me, Lord? Where have I gone wrong? I've always been good. I don't drink or dance or swear. I've even kept kosher just to be on the safe side. I've done everything the Bible says! Even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff! What more can I do? I...I..I feel like I wanna yell out, but I just can't dang-darn-diddly-darn-dang-ding-dong-diddly-darned do it! I just...I... (''sigh'')



-->'''Lovejoy:''' Short answer: yes, with an if. Long answer: no... with a but.

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-->'''Lovejoy:''' Short answer: yes, with an if. Long answer: no... with a but.but.
* WaferThinMint: Ned's rebuilt house was shoddy all around, but what brings it down is Homer patting it.

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* BreakTheCutie: Poor Ned is really put through the ringer in this one.



** Ned as a child.

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** Ned bullying the kids as a child.child:

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* CrisisOfFaith

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* CrisisOfFaithCrisisOfFaith:
-->'''Ned:''' Why me, Lord? Where have I gone wrong? I've always been good. I don't drink or dance or swear. I've even kept kosher just to be on the safe side. I've done everything the Bible says! Even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff! What more can I do? I...I..I feel like I wanna yell out, but I just can't dang-darn-diddly-darn-dang-ding-dong-diddly-darned do it! I just...I... (''sigh'')

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* {{Angrish}}: Ned's {{Verbal Tic}}s are revealed as the result of repressed anger. It gets increasingly nonsensical as he starts his breakdown.
-->Now calm down, Ned-dily-diddly-diddly-diddly... they did their best, shoddily-iddly-iddly-diddly... gotta be ''nice'', hostily-iddly-diddly-iddly... '''Ah, HELL diddly-ding-dong-crap!''' Can't you morons do anything right?



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After ripping on everyone else, Ned turns to Homer and quietly tells him "you are the worst human being I have ever met." Homer's response: "Hey, I got off easy."

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After ripping on everyone else, Ned turns to Homer and quietly tells him "you are the worst human being I have ever met." Homer's response: "Hey, I got off pretty easy."

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* BreakTheCutie: Poor Ned is really put through the ringer in this one.



* CrisisOfFaith



* TakeThat: Considering how much MattGroening hated [[TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns "A Star is Burns"]], it shouldn't be surprising that [[WesternAnimation/TheCritic Jay Sherman]] is shown as one of the patients at Calmwood Memorial Hospital, saying everything stinks.

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* TakeThat: Considering how much MattGroening hated [[TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns "A Star is Burns"]], it shouldn't be surprising that [[WesternAnimation/TheCritic Jay Sherman]] is shown as one of the patients at Calmwood Memorial Hospital, saying everything stinks.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Ned as a child.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
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Ned as a child.


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* TeachHimAnger: Dr. Foster decides to snap Ned out of his breakdown by having Homer anger him intentionally.

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* AdultsAreUseless: Ned's beatnik parents.
-->'''Dr. Foster:''' Would you please tell your son to stop?
-->'''Ned's Father:''' We can't do it, man! That's discipline! That's like tellin' Gene Krupa not to go (''starts banging on the desk'') "boom boom bam bam bam, boom boom bam bam bam, boom boom boom bam ba ba ba ba, da boo boo tss!". We don't believe in rules, like, we gave them up when we started livin' like freaky beatniks!
-->'''Dr. Foster:''' You don't believe in rules, yet you want to control Ned's anger?
-->'''Ned's Mother:''' Yeah. You gotta help us, Doc. We've tried nothin' and we're all out of ideas!



* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne:

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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne:IResembleThatRemark:



-->'''Moe:''' Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled, but I... um, what was that third thing you said?

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-->'''Moe:''' Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled, but I... [[OhCrap um, what was that third thing you said? said?]]



* TakeThat: Considering how much MattGroening hated "A Star is Burns", it shouldn't be surprising that [[WesternAnimation/TheCritic Jay Sherman]] is shown as one of the patients at Calmwood Memorial Hospital, saying everything stinks.

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* TakeThat: Considering how much MattGroening hated [[TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns "A Star is Burns", Burns"]], it shouldn't be surprising that [[WesternAnimation/TheCritic Jay Sherman]] is shown as one of the patients at Calmwood Memorial Hospital, saying everything stinks.
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* RantInducingSlight: Ned's shoddily-rebuilt home easily collapsing was frustrating enough, but what really ticks him off buttons was one of his glasses lenses falling and shattering.

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* RantInducingSlight: Ned's shoddily-rebuilt home easily collapsing was frustrating enough, but what really ticks him off buttons was one of his glasses lenses falling and shattering.
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* IResentThatLastOne:
-->'''Ned:''' You ugly, hate-filled man!\\
'''Moe:''' Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled, but I... um, what was that third thing you said?

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* IResentThatLastOne:
ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne:
-->'''Ned:''' You ugly, hate-filled man!\\
'''Moe:'''
man!
-->'''Moe:'''
Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled, but I... um, what was that third thing you said?

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After ripping on everyone else, Ned turns to Homer and quietly tells him "you are the worst human being I have ever met." Homer's response: "Hey, I got off easy."



** Rod wears a Music/ButtholeSurfers T-shirt, the "Butthole" partially obscured by the way it drapes over him.



* IResentThatLastOne:
-->'''Ned:''' You ugly, hate-filled man!\\
'''Moe:''' Hey, I may be ugly and hate-filled, but I... um, what was that third thing you said?



* ToMakeALongStoryShort: Reverend Lovejoy's answer to if God is testing Ned.

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* ToMakeALongStoryShort: Reverend Lovejoy's answer to if whether God is testing Ned.
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* GuiltByAssociationGag: Ned's rant includes Lenny, whom he doesn't even know, and who just arrived and had no idea what was going on.



* TakeThat: Considering how much MattGroening hated "A Star is Burns", it shouldn't be surprising that [[WesternAnimation/TheCritic Jay Sherman]] is shown as one of the patients at Calmwood Memorial Hospital, saying everything stinks.

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* TakeThat: Considering how much MattGroening hated "A Star is Burns", it shouldn't be surprising that [[WesternAnimation/TheCritic Jay Sherman]] is shown as one of the patients at Calmwood Memorial Hospital, saying everything stinks.stinks.
** "I've done everything Literature/TheBible says, even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!"
* ToMakeALongStoryShort: Reverend Lovejoy's answer to if God is testing Ned.
-->'''Lovejoy:''' Short answer: yes, with an if. Long answer: no... with a but.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Ned as a child.
-->'''Young Ned:''' I'm DickTracy! Take that, Prune Face! Now, I'm Prune Face! Take that, Dick Tracy! Now, I'm Prune Tracy! Take that, [[CurseCutShort Dick-]]!
* GoneHorriblyRight: The University of Minnesota Spankalogical Protocol stopped young Ned's hyperactivity and aggression, but it made him incapable of expressing ''any'' anger, instead going into {{Verbal Tic}}s, such as "diddly".
* RantInducingSlight: Ned's shoddily-rebuilt home easily collapsing was frustrating enough, but what really ticks him off buttons was one of his glasses lenses falling and shattering.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Ned gives an ''absolutely'' harsh one to the people of Springfield.
* TakeThat: Considering how much MattGroening hated "A Star is Burns", it shouldn't be surprising that [[WesternAnimation/TheCritic Jay Sherman]] is shown as one of the patients at Calmwood Memorial Hospital, saying everything stinks.

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