History Recap / TheSimpsonsS9E22TrashOfTheTitans

** Ray Patterson's end speech was inspired by an incident in which Redd Foxx was to perform in Las Vegas, but noticed that there were very few people present, prompting him to immediately leave; the band which played him on with the theme from ''Series/SanfordAndSon'', after a moment's confusion, played him off with the theme again.
* TakeThat: "Pantyhose, melon rinds, a term paper from Texas Tech?"

* CryingIndian: Parodied. The Crying Indian is seen and does cry when he sees a can carelessly thrown at his feet, but another Indian appears next to him and tells him not to turn around and see the true horror that pollution has wrought on [[spoiler:the former location of]] Springfield.

* {{Jerkass}}: You can see why some consider season nine a turning point in Homer's characterization (and a reason behind the show's decline, besides the fact that the stories were getting more and more unrealistic and derivative and all the good writers either left to do other shows or were promoted to producers and were hiring people who didn't know how to write a proper ''Simpsons'' episode). He [[DisproportionateRetribution cuts off his family's garbage service over a petty argument]] and runs for sanitation commissioner rather than apologize. Once he gets elected, he renders the entire town uninhabitable in a matter of months.

-->'''Moe:''' He's right. He ain't much on speeches.

* LifeImitatesArt: Narrowly averted. In Toronto, Canada, the Toronto City Council had seriously considered turning the abandoned Adams Mine into a dumping site for Toronto's garbage until then-council members, Jack Layton and Olivia Chow, showed them this episode, and they immediately changed their minds.

* CryingIndian: Parodied. The Crying Indian is seen and does cry when he sees a can carelessly thrown at his feet, but another Indian appears next to him and tells him not to turn around and see the true horror that pollution has wrought on the former location of Springfield.

* OnlySaneMan: Ray Patterson.

* KarmaHoudini: PlayedWith. All of Springfield unanimously agrees to horse-whip Homer for messing up Springfield, but strangely, [[spoiler:as Springfield is being moved five miles down the road,]] Homer is pleasantly welcomed by Moe when he heads into his tavern.

* InMemoriam: This episode was dedicated to Linda [=McCartney=], who appeared alongside her husband [[Music/PaulMcCartney Paul]] in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E15LisaTheVegetarian "Lisa the Vegetarian"]].

* InMemoriam: This episode was dedicated to Linda [=McCartney=], who appeared alongside her husband [[Music/PaulMcCartney Paul]] in "Lisa the Vegetarian".

* GreenAesop: WordOfGod said this was unintentional.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: To viewers today, Homer strongly resembles a member of the Tea Party, [[BarackObama spewing angry rhetoric at a respected politician with little thought of how they would do better]].

* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: When this episode first aired in the UK, it caused controversy because of how it had multiple characters say "wankers" in a show airing before the 9 pm watershed.

* {{Jerkass}}: You can see why some consider season nine a turning point in Homer's characterization (and a reason behind the show's decline, besides the fact that the stories were getting more and more unrealistic and all the good writers either left or were promoted to producers and were hiring people who didn't know how to write a proper ''Simpsons'' episode). He [[DisproportionateRetribution cuts off his family's garbage service over a petty argument]] and runs for sanitation commissioner rather than apologize. Once he gets elected, he renders the entire town uninhabitable in a matter of months.

* DeliveryGuyInfiltration: Homer gets backstage at a U2 gig by posing as the "poh-tah-to man". He gets in when the guard asks him, "Where the hell have you been?"

* InkStainActor: Ray Patterson looks just like SteveMartin.

--->'''Ray Patterson:''' Oh gosh. You know, I'm not much on speeches, but it's so gratifying to- (sighs) leave you wallowing in the mess you've made. You're screwed, thank you, bye.
--->'''Moe:''' He's right. He ain't much on speeches.

---> Ray Patterson: Oh gosh. You know, I'm not much on speeches, but it's so gratifying to- (sighs) leave you wallowing in the mess you've made. You're screwed, thank you, bye.
---> Moe: He's right. He ain't much on speeches.

* {{Jerkass}}: You can see why some consider season nine a turning point in Homer's characterization (and a reason behind the show's decline, besides the fact that the stories were getting more and more unrealistic and all the good writers either left or were promoted to producers and were hiring people who didn't know how to write a proper ''Simpsons'' episode). He cuts off his family's garbage service over a petty argument and runs for sanitation commissioner rather than apologize. Once he gets elected, he renders the entire town uninhabitable in a matter of months.
* OhCrap: Homer realizes he's in big trouble when the garbagemen heard his insult of 'trash-eating stinkbags'.

* TrashOfTheTitans: TropeNamer, though many examples of this trope have been seen prior to this epiosde.

* CryingIndian: Parodied.
* DeliveryGuyInfiltration: Homer gets backstage at a U2 gig by posing as the "poh-tah-to man". "Where the hell have you been?"
* {{Jerkass}}: You can see why some consider season 9 a turning point in Homer's characterization. He cuts off his family's garbage service over a petty argument and runs for sanitation commissioner rather than apologize. Once he gets elected, he renders the entire town uninhabitable in a matter of months.

* TrashOfTheTitans: TropeNamer.

* {{Jerkass}}: You can see why some consider season 9 a turning point in Homer's characterization. He cuts off his family's garbage service over a petty argument and runs for sanitation commissioner rather than apologize. Once he gets elected, he renders the entire town uninhabitable in a matter of months.