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** Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson's position purely out of spite.
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** At City Hall, Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson's position purely out of spite.
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* DisasterDominoes: The episode starts with a department store fake holiday... and through a chain of events ends with an ecological disaster where entire town being so polluted with trash, it's forced to abandon its location.
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* DisasterDominoes: The episode starts with a department store fake holiday... and through a chain of events ends with an ecological disaster where entire town being so polluted with trash, it's forced to abandon its location. [[note]] The kicker here is that if just ''one'' of the events played out even a little differently and more rationally, the disaster in-question would have been ''completely'' averted. [[/note]]
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** Initially, Homer's campaign is a pathetic joke, even embarrassing himself at a Music/{{U2}} Concert he tries to hijack; but (with the help of Moe), he creates several new campaign promises where the garbage men will do ''all'' cleaning and janitorial services in the city, which win the population over. Patterson points out how [[AwesomeButImpractical ludicrous these promises are]], but the residents of Springfield [[IgnoredExpert elect Homer regardless]].
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** Initially, Homer's campaign is a pathetic joke, even embarrassing himself at a Music/{{U2}} Concert he tries to hijack; but (with the help of Moe), he creates several new campaign promises where the garbage men will do ''all'' cleaning and janitorial services in the city, city round-the-clock, which win the population over. Patterson points out how [[AwesomeButImpractical ludicrous these promises are]], but the residents of Springfield [[IgnoredExpert elect Homer regardless]].
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** First off, some Department Store executives decide to create a fake holiday called "Love Day" in a shallow ploy to increase their sales. Marge & Homer completely fall for and treat it like Christmas, buying many gifts.
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** First Kicking the episode off, some Department Store executives decide to create a fake holiday called "Love Day" in a shallow ploy to increase their sales. Marge & Homer completely fall for and treat it like Christmas, it, buying many gifts.
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** Homer ''refuses'' to apologize and make amends with the Garbage company, even when his lawn is increasingly covered in trash. Eventually, Marge decides to secretly forges his signature to write an official apology letter to have the garbage removed. When Homer gloats at his "victory" all day, Marge has enough and tells him what she did, which infuriates Homer even further and goes to city hall to get the apology back.
** Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson's position out of spite.
** Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson's position out of spite.
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** Homer ''refuses'' to apologize and make amends with the Garbage company, even when his lawn is increasingly covered in trash. Eventually, Marge decides to secretly forges forge his signature to write an official apology letter to have the garbage removed. When Homer gloats at his "victory" all day, Marge has enough and tells him what she did, which infuriates Homer him even further and he goes to city hall to get the apology back.
** Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson's position purely out of spite.
** Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson's position purely out of spite.
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** [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Sure enough]], as Patterson warned, Homer's campaign promises are ''expensive'' to implement. He spends the town's entire annual budget in less than a month. Homer then decides use a shady, almost-criminal practice by having other cities pay him to take their trash, which he then store's in Springfield's abandoned mine under the town.
** With the mine quickly overflowing with trash from other cities, it finally bursts from beneath the ground, flooding the ''entirety of Springfield'' with garbage. It is then when the city fires Homer and tries to reinstall Paterson. But Paterson, [[SurroundedByIdiots understandably frustrated by the city's stupidity]] in electing Homer and polluting the town, rejects their offer and leaves for good.
** Finally, out of options, Mayor Quimby finally decides to resort to "Plan B": literally moving the entire town five miles down the road to escape the massive, self-inflicted garbage dump.
** With the mine quickly overflowing with trash from other cities, it finally bursts from beneath the ground, flooding the ''entirety of Springfield'' with garbage. It is then when the city fires Homer and tries to reinstall Paterson. But Paterson, [[SurroundedByIdiots understandably frustrated by the city's stupidity]] in electing Homer and polluting the town, rejects their offer and leaves for good.
** Finally, out of options, Mayor Quimby finally decides to resort to "Plan B": literally moving the entire town five miles down the road to escape the massive, self-inflicted garbage dump.
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** [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Sure enough]], enough]] as Patterson warned, Homer's campaign promises are ''expensive'' to implement. He spends the town's entire annual budget in less than a month. To fix the budget, Homer then decides use a shady, almost-criminal practice by having opts to have other cities pay him to take accept their trash, garbage, which he then store's in Springfield's stores (or rather shoves) into the abandoned underground mine under below Springfield.
** Soon, thetown.mine is overfilled with all the country’s garbage and it finally bursts from beneath the ground, flooding the ''entirety of Springfield'' with garbage. The citizens then fire Homer and try to reinstall Paterson. But Paterson, [[SurroundedByIdiots understandably fed up by the city's stupidity]] in electing Homer and polluting the town, rejects their offer and leaves for good.
** With the mine quickly overflowing with trash from other cities, it finally bursts from beneath the ground, flooding the ''entirety of Springfield'' with garbage. It is then when the city fires Homer and tries to reinstall Paterson. But Paterson, [[SurroundedByIdiots understandably frustrated by the city's stupidity]] in electing Homer and polluting the town, rejects their offer and leaves for good.
** Finally, out of options, Mayor Quimby finally decides to resort to "Plan B": literally moving the entire town five miles down the road to escape the massive, self-inflicted garbage dump. dump that occupies what was Springfield.
** Soon, the
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* DisasterDominoes: The episode starts with a department store creating a fake holiday to boost sales... and ends with an ecological disaster where entire town being so polluted with trash, its forced to move down the road.
** First off, some Department Store decides to create a fake holiday called "Love Day" in a shallow ploy to increase their sales. Marge completely falls for and treats it like Christmas.
** First off, some Department Store decides to create a fake holiday called "Love Day" in a shallow ploy to increase their sales. Marge completely falls for and treats it like Christmas.
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* DisasterDominoes: The episode starts with a department store creating a fake holiday to boost sales... holiday... and through a chain of events ends with an ecological disaster where entire town being so polluted with trash, its it's forced to move down the road.abandon its location.
** First off, some Department Storedecides executives decide to create a fake holiday called "Love Day" in a shallow ploy to increase their sales. Marge & Homer completely falls fall for and treats treat it like Christmas.Christmas, buying many gifts.
** First off, some Department Store
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** Homer ''refuses'' to apologize and make amends with the Garbage company, even when his lawn is increasingly covered in trash. Eventually, Marge has enough and secretly forges his signature to write an official apology letter. When Homer gloats at his "victory" all day, Marge has enough and tells him what she did, which infuriates Homer even further and goes to city hall to get the apology back.
** Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson's position.
** Initially, Homer's campaign is a pathetic joke, but (with the help of Moe), he creates several new campaign promises where the garbage men will do ''all'' cleaning and janitorial services in the city, which win the population over. Patterson points out how [[AwesomeButImpractical ludicrous these promises are]], but the residents of Springfield [[IgnoredExpert elect Homer regardless]].
** Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson's position.
** Initially, Homer's campaign is a pathetic joke, but (with the help of Moe), he creates several new campaign promises where the garbage men will do ''all'' cleaning and janitorial services in the city, which win the population over. Patterson points out how [[AwesomeButImpractical ludicrous these promises are]], but the residents of Springfield [[IgnoredExpert elect Homer regardless]].
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** Homer ''refuses'' to apologize and make amends with the Garbage company, even when his lawn is increasingly covered in trash. Eventually, Marge has enough and decides to secretly forges his signature to write an official apology letter.letter to have the garbage removed. When Homer gloats at his "victory" all day, Marge has enough and tells him what she did, which infuriates Homer even further and goes to city hall to get the apology back.
** Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson'sposition.
position out of spite.
** Initially, Homer's campaign is a pathetic joke, even embarrassing himself at a Music/{{U2}} Concert he tries to hijack; but (with the help of Moe), he creates several new campaign promises where the garbage men will do ''all'' cleaning and janitorial services in the city, which win the population over. Patterson points out how [[AwesomeButImpractical ludicrous these promises are]], but the residents of Springfield [[IgnoredExpert elect Homer regardless]].
** Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson's
** Initially, Homer's campaign is a pathetic joke, even embarrassing himself at a Music/{{U2}} Concert he tries to hijack; but (with the help of Moe), he creates several new campaign promises where the garbage men will do ''all'' cleaning and janitorial services in the city, which win the population over. Patterson points out how [[AwesomeButImpractical ludicrous these promises are]], but the residents of Springfield [[IgnoredExpert elect Homer regardless]].
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** With the mine quickly overflowing with trash from other cities, it finally bursts from beneath the ground, flooding the ''entirety of Springfield'' with garbage. It is then when the city fires Homer and tries to reinstall Paterson. But Paterson, understandably not impressed by the city's stupidity in electing Homer and polluting the town, rejects their offer and leaves for good.
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** With the mine quickly overflowing with trash from other cities, it finally bursts from beneath the ground, flooding the ''entirety of Springfield'' with garbage. It is then when the city fires Homer and tries to reinstall Paterson. But Paterson, [[SurroundedByIdiots understandably not impressed frustrated by the city's stupidity stupidity]] in electing Homer and polluting the town, rejects their offer and leaves for good.
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** Initially, Homer's campaign is a pathetic joke, but (with the help of Moe), he creates several new campaign promises where the garbage men will do ''all'' cleaning and janitorial services in the city, which win the population over. Patterson points out how ludicrous these promises are, but the residents of Springfield elect Homer regardless.
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** Initially, Homer's campaign is a pathetic joke, but (with the help of Moe), he creates several new campaign promises where the garbage men will do ''all'' cleaning and janitorial services in the city, which win the population over. Patterson points out how [[AwesomeButImpractical ludicrous these promises are, are]], but the residents of Springfield [[IgnoredExpert elect Homer regardless.regardless]].
** [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Sure enough]], as Patterson warned, Homer's campaign promises are ''expensive'' to implement. He spends the town's entire annual budget in less than a month. Homer then decides use a shady, almost-criminal practice by having other cities pay him to take their trash, which he then store's in Springfield's abandoned mine under the town.
** With the mine quickly overflowing with trash from other cities, it finally bursts from beneath the ground, flooding the ''entirety of Springfield'' with garbage. It is then when the city fires Homer and tries to reinstall Paterson. But Paterson, understandably not impressed by the city's stupidity in electing Homer and polluting the town, rejects their offer and leaves for good.
** Finally, out of options, Mayor Quimby finally decides to resort to "Plan B": literally moving the entire town five miles down the road to escape the massive, self-inflicted garbage dump.
** [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome Sure enough]], as Patterson warned, Homer's campaign promises are ''expensive'' to implement. He spends the town's entire annual budget in less than a month. Homer then decides use a shady, almost-criminal practice by having other cities pay him to take their trash, which he then store's in Springfield's abandoned mine under the town.
** With the mine quickly overflowing with trash from other cities, it finally bursts from beneath the ground, flooding the ''entirety of Springfield'' with garbage. It is then when the city fires Homer and tries to reinstall Paterson. But Paterson, understandably not impressed by the city's stupidity in electing Homer and polluting the town, rejects their offer and leaves for good.
** Finally, out of options, Mayor Quimby finally decides to resort to "Plan B": literally moving the entire town five miles down the road to escape the massive, self-inflicted garbage dump.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: At least initially. On one side, Homer should have been more responsible with taking out the trash, and also not have insulted the garbage men when they did not big up his bin (since he didn’t leave it out). On the other, the garbage men should not have engaged in a fight with Homer, which is generally a poor PR image for themselves and the company they work for.
** However, despite Homer’s understandable anger towards the city’s garbage commissioner, he still takes the issue way out of proportion that causes more problems than it solves, and largely takes his anger out on the wrong guy who didn’t actually do anything to harm or insult him.
** However, despite Homer’s understandable anger towards the city’s garbage commissioner, he still takes the issue way out of proportion that causes more problems than it solves, and largely takes his anger out on the wrong guy who didn’t actually do anything to harm or insult him.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: [[DownplayedTrope At least initially.initially]]. On one side, Homer should have been more responsible with taking out the trash, and also not have insulted the garbage men when they did not big up his bin (since he didn’t leave it out). On the other, the garbage men should not have engaged in a fight with Homer, which is generally a poor PR image for themselves and the company they work for.
** However, despite Homer’s understandable anger towards the city’s garbagecommissioner, workers, he still takes the issue way out of proportion that causes more problems than it solves, and largely takes his anger out on the wrong guy who didn’t actually do anything to harm or insult him.
** However, despite Homer’s understandable anger towards the city’s garbage
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* DisasterDominoes: The episode starts with a department store creating a fake holiday to boost sales... and ends with an ecological disaster where entire town being so polluted with trash, its forced to move down the road.
** First off, some Department Store decides to create a fake holiday called "Love Day" in a shallow ploy to increase their sales. Marge completely falls for and treats it like Christmas.
** The Simpsons' "Love Day" Celebration creates a lot of trash, which Homer tries to avoid taking out until it's too late. When he finally is forced to take out the trash, he misses the Garbage Men.
** Homer is enraged at the Garbage men missing his house, and in anger picks a fight with them. This leads to the workers cutting off all garbage collecting services to the Simpsons' House.
** Homer ''refuses'' to apologize and make amends with the Garbage company, even when his lawn is increasingly covered in trash. Eventually, Marge has enough and secretly forges his signature to write an official apology letter. When Homer gloats at his "victory" all day, Marge has enough and tells him what she did, which infuriates Homer even further and goes to city hall to get the apology back.
** Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson's position.
** Initially, Homer's campaign is a pathetic joke, but (with the help of Moe), he creates several new campaign promises where the garbage men will do ''all'' cleaning and janitorial services in the city, which win the population over. Patterson points out how ludicrous these promises are, but the residents of Springfield elect Homer regardless.
** First off, some Department Store decides to create a fake holiday called "Love Day" in a shallow ploy to increase their sales. Marge completely falls for and treats it like Christmas.
** The Simpsons' "Love Day" Celebration creates a lot of trash, which Homer tries to avoid taking out until it's too late. When he finally is forced to take out the trash, he misses the Garbage Men.
** Homer is enraged at the Garbage men missing his house, and in anger picks a fight with them. This leads to the workers cutting off all garbage collecting services to the Simpsons' House.
** Homer ''refuses'' to apologize and make amends with the Garbage company, even when his lawn is increasingly covered in trash. Eventually, Marge has enough and secretly forges his signature to write an official apology letter. When Homer gloats at his "victory" all day, Marge has enough and tells him what she did, which infuriates Homer even further and goes to city hall to get the apology back.
** Homer then starts an argument with Ray Patterson, the Springfield Sanitation Commissioner, and then decides to run for election for Patterson's position.
** Initially, Homer's campaign is a pathetic joke, but (with the help of Moe), he creates several new campaign promises where the garbage men will do ''all'' cleaning and janitorial services in the city, which win the population over. Patterson points out how ludicrous these promises are, but the residents of Springfield elect Homer regardless.
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* DownerEnding: [[RuleOfFunny Played for Laughs]]. Springfield is so badly trashed that the only solution is to move the whole town five miles down the road. As in: literally take every building and house in the city, put them on trucks, and drive them to the new location.
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* DownerEnding: [[RuleOfFunny Played for Laughs]]. Springfield is so badly trashed that the only solution is to move the whole town five miles down the road. As in: literally take taking every building and house in the city, put them on trucks, and drive them to the new location.
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* DownerEnding: [[RuleOfFunny Played for Laughs]]. Springfield is so badly trashed that the only solution is to move the whole town five miles down the road. As in: literally take every building in the city, put them on trucks, and drive them to the new location.
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* DownerEnding: [[RuleOfFunny Played for Laughs]]. Springfield is so badly trashed that the only solution is to move the whole town five miles down the road. As in: literally take every building and house in the city, put them on trucks, and drive them to the new location.
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* DownerEnding: Springfield is so badly trashed that the only solution is to move the whole town five miles down the road.
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* DownerEnding: [[RuleOfFunny Played for Laughs]]. Springfield is so badly trashed that the only solution is to move the whole town five miles down the road.road. As in: literally take every building in the city, put them on trucks, and drive them to the new location.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: At least initially. On one side, Homer should have been more responsible with taking out the trash, and also not have insulted the garbage men when they did not big up his bin (since he didn’t leave it out). On the other, the garbage men should not have engaged in a fight with Homer, which is generally a poor PR image for themselves and the company they work for.
** However, despite Homer’s understandable anger towards the city’s garbage commissioner, he still takes the issue way out of proportion that causes more problems than it solves, and largely takes his anger out on the wrong guy who didn’t actually do anything to harm or insult him.
** However, despite Homer’s understandable anger towards the city’s garbage commissioner, he still takes the issue way out of proportion that causes more problems than it solves, and largely takes his anger out on the wrong guy who didn’t actually do anything to harm or insult him.
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* CityShoutOuts: Homer interrupts a Music/{{U2}} concert in Springfield so he can promote his campaign for Springfield's Sanitation Commissioner.
--->'''Bono:''' Now, Homer, I hear Ray Patterson's a fine public servant. Why should the people of Springfield...\\
'''Audience:''' (''cheering'')\\
'''Bono:''' ...why should they vote for you?\\
'''Homer:''' That's a good question, Bono. [[TotallyRadical 'Cause I'd be the most whack, tripped-out sanitation commissioner ever! Can you dig it?]]\\
(''[[ChirpingCrickets dead silence]], leading Homer to try and dance, prompting boos from the audience'')\\
'''Bono:''' [[SarcasmMode Wow, look at him go. You're the real Lord of the Dance, Homer.]]\\
(''Bono gestures to the security guards to take Homer away'')
--->'''Bono:''' Now, Homer, I hear Ray Patterson's a fine public servant. Why should the people of Springfield...\\
'''Audience:''' (''cheering'')\\
'''Bono:''' ...why should they vote for you?\\
'''Homer:''' That's a good question, Bono. [[TotallyRadical 'Cause I'd be the most whack, tripped-out sanitation commissioner ever! Can you dig it?]]\\
(''[[ChirpingCrickets dead silence]], leading Homer to try and dance, prompting boos from the audience'')\\
'''Bono:''' [[SarcasmMode Wow, look at him go. You're the real Lord of the Dance, Homer.]]\\
(''Bono gestures to the security guards to take Homer away'')
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* EveryoneHasStandards: A strange example: Mayor Quimby, in spite of his slick and opportunistic nature as a sleazy and corrupt politician, [[JerkassHasAPoint berates Homer for his wasteful spending of the sanitation department's yearly budget in a month]], and when he learns that Homer has buried huge amounts of trash under Springfield to solve the budget crisis, he furiously fires Homer (with the unanimous vote from the angry townspeople). And with Patterson refusing to be reinstated, Quimby decides to take action by transporting the town five miles down the road in order to prevent the people from being affected by the polluted land.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: A strange example: Mayor Quimby, in spite of his slick and opportunistic nature as a sleazy and corrupt politician, [[JerkassHasAPoint berates Homer for his wasteful spending of the sanitation department's yearly budget in a month]], and when he learns that Homer has buried huge amounts of trash under Springfield to pay the garbagemen of the salaries and solve the budget crisis, he furiously fires Homer (with the unanimous vote from the angry townspeople). And with Patterson refusing to be reinstated, Quimby decides to take action by transporting the town five miles down the road in order to prevent the people from being affected by the polluted land.
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-->'''Garbage Man:''' Where's our paychecks, you bum? My men ain't working another minute till we get paid!
-->'''Homer:''' (''opens briefcase with money inside'') Will cash be okay?
-->'''Garbage Man:''' Will it!
-->'''Homer:''' (''opens briefcase with money inside'') Will cash be okay?
-->'''Garbage Man:''' Will it!
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-->'''Garbage Man:''' (''angrily'') Where's our paychecks, you bum? My men ain't working another minute till we get paid!
-->'''Homer:''' (''opens briefcase filled with money inside'') Will cash be okay?
-->'''Garbage Man:''' (''smiles at this'') Will it!
-->'''Homer:''' (''opens briefcase filled with money inside'') Will cash be okay?
-->'''Garbage Man:''' (''smiles at this'') Will it!
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* NoSympathy: Marge and Lisa are annoyed over the fact that Homer won't apologize for insulting and fighting the garbagemen; justified on the fact that Homer didn't take out the trash to the curb in time for the garbage truck to arrive, [[PoorCommunicationKills and that Homer neglected to tell his family about what happened before the fight]].
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* {{Pride}}: Homer's pride caused the whole episode. Homer refused to apologize and didn't tell Marge what really happened. When Marge forged the apology letter, Homer gets angry about it. When Ray Patterson gave the letter back, Homer's stupid pride caused him to run for sanitation commissioner.
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* {{Pride}}: Homer's pride caused in this episode ruined the whole episode.town. Homer refused to apologize and didn't tell Marge what really happened. When Marge forged the apology letter, Homer gets angry about it. When Ray Patterson gave the letter back, Homer's stupid pride caused him to run for sanitation commissioner.
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* [[Pride]]: {{Pride}}: Homer's pride caused the whole episode. Homer refused to apologize and didn't tell Marge what really happened. When Marge forged the apology letter, Homer gets angry about it. When Ray Patterson gave the letter back, Homer's stupid pride caused him to run for sanitation commissioner.
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* OnlySaneMan: Ray Patterson is one of the few competent people in Springfield. So naturally, he loses his job by the end of the episode.
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* TheVoiceless: Larry Mullen, Jr. is the only [=U2=] member who isn't seen speaking onscreen because he was unavailable when the episode was produced.
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* {{Irony}}: Homer gets his ass kicked by U2's security guards as the band performs "Pride (In the Name of Love)".[[note]]A song about the life and works of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Albeit it was [[LaserGuidedKarma deserved in this case]], as Homer interrupted their concert to endorse himself for trash commissioner without any prior authorization from them, kicked a [[WouldHitAGirl (female)]] producer just because she called him out on trespassing backstage and messed with expensive equipment that he could have easily broken (and which ultimately [[HoistByHisOwnPetard allowed his beating to be broadcast]]).[[/note]]
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* {{Irony}}: Homer gets his ass kicked by U2's security guards as the band performs "Pride (In the Name of Love)".[[note]]A song about the life and works of UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr, who was assassinated after addressing striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Albeit it was [[LaserGuidedKarma deserved in this case]], as Homer interrupted their concert to endorse himself for trash commissioner without any prior authorization from them, kicked a [[WouldHitAGirl (female)]] producer just because she called him out on trespassing backstage and messed with expensive equipment that he could have easily broken (and which ultimately [[HoistByHisOwnPetard allowed his beating to be broadcast]]).[[/note]]
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* CallBack: The half-baked development of Love Day goes similarly to the poorly-planned creation of Poochie in "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show".
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* PermanentPlaceholder: Played for laughs. As the Costington executives are pondering making a new holiday, Mr. Costington suggests "Something warm and fuzzy, something like, um, 'Love Day', but not so lame." [[DescriptionCut We immediately go to Marge saying "Happy Love Day, everyone!"]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: Homer [[DisproportionateRetribution cuts off his family's garbage service over a petty argument]] and runs for sanitation commissioner rather than apologizing. Once he gets elected, he renders the entire town uninhabitable in a matter of weeks. It's implied that he has been forging Marge's name on loan applications and wills, and sees no problem with doing so, yet balks at the idea of Marge signing ''his'' name . It's also implied that he tampered with the brakes in Ray Patterson's car, putting him in serious danger. He also continuously makes Ray's life a living hell by tossing lies ([[MaliciousSlander bringing children to his gingerbread house]]) and belittling him at every opportunity. When Homer wins, he laughs it all off to a fuming Ray that they were all lies and that they can keep being friends.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Homer [[DisproportionateRetribution cuts off his family's garbage service over a petty argument]] and runs for sanitation commissioner rather than apologizing. Once he gets elected, he renders the entire town uninhabitable in a matter of weeks. It's implied that he has been forging Marge's name on loan applications and wills, and sees no problem with doing so, yet balks at the idea of Marge signing ''his'' name .name. It's also implied that he tampered with the brakes in Ray Patterson's car, putting him in serious danger. He also continuously makes Ray's life a living hell by tossing lies ([[MaliciousSlander bringing children to his gingerbread house]]) and belittling him at every opportunity. When Homer wins, he laughs it all off to a fuming Ray that they were all lies and that they can keep being friends.
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* ButtMonkey: Adam Clayton is portrayed as such within Music/{{U2}}.
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-->'''Garbage Man:''' Where's our paychecks, you bum? My men ain't working another minute till we get paid!
-->'''Homer:''' (''opens briefcase with money inside'') Will cash be okay?
-->'''Garbage Man:''' Will it!
-->'''Mayor Quimby:''' (''opens door and pops head in'') Did I hear a, uh, briefcase opening?
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** Adam Clayton is portrayed as such within Music/{{U2}}.
-->'''Homer:''' (''opens briefcase with money inside'') Will cash be okay?
-->'''Garbage Man:''' Will it!
-->'''Mayor Quimby:''' (''opens door and pops head in'') Did I hear a, uh, briefcase opening?
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** Adam Clayton is portrayed as such within Music/{{U2}}.
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* TheStinger: Has an extra scene towards the end of the credits run rather then the beginning with U2 and Mr. Burns riding on an airline.
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** One more point for poor Milhouse: "The Garbage Man" is a song about how under Homer's leadership the garbage men of Springfield will help with a myriad of odd jobs and requests beyond just picking up the garbage, but when Milhouse hopes they will help him reunite his parents, Homer bluntly tells him (in song) that is the only thing the garbage man ''can't'' do.
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* BaldnessMockery: When crashing the [=U2=] concert and encountering the baldheaded (female) producer in charge of the show's graphics, [[HypocriticalHumor Homer]] calls her Kojak and kicks her away after [[DisproportionateRetribution she protests him touching the switchboard.]]
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* BaldnessMockery: When crashing the [=U2=] concert and encountering the baldheaded (female) producer in charge of the show's graphics, [[HypocriticalHumor Homer]] calls her Kojak "Series/{{Kojak}}" and kicks her away after [[DisproportionateRetribution she protests him touching the switchboard.]]
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* BaldnessMockery: When crashing the [=U2=] concert and encountering the baldheaded (female) producer in charge of the show's graphics, [[HypocriticalHumor Homer]] calls her Kojak and kicks her away after [[DisproportionateRetribution she protests him touching the switchboard.]]
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* OverturnedOuthouse: Celtus's outhouse is knocked over by the force of compacted garbage erupting out from under it.
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* OverturnedOuthouse: Celtus's Cletus's outhouse is knocked over by the force of compacted garbage erupting out from under it.
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* WhyWeNeedGarbagemen:
** The episode begins with the local garbagemen cutting the Simpson house out of their route, causing garbage to start piling up.
** Later, the local sanitation union threatens to strike after Homer is left with no money to pay them. It's only by getting other cities to pay him to take their garbage that he prevents the strike.
** The episode begins with the local garbagemen cutting the Simpson house out of their route, causing garbage to start piling up.
** Later, the local sanitation union threatens to strike after Homer is left with no money to pay them. It's only by getting other cities to pay him to take their garbage that he prevents the strike.
