History Recap / TheSimpsonsS9E6BartStar

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's 2000 miles away from Arlen, Texas, wherever ''that'' is...

--> '''Joe Namath:''' You know, we had a lot of fun tonight. But there's nothing funny about... [[BaitAndSwitchComment vapor lock.]] It's the third most common cause of car stallings. So please, take care of your car and get it checked. I'm Joe Namath. Good night.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Marge told Homer it was easy to criticize, he said it was fun as well.

* TeensAreShort: Averted. Despite eventually becoming the father of [[PintSizedKid Pint Sized Kids]], teenage Homer is the same height as his father.

* AsHimself: Joe Namath and Roy Firestone.

--> '''Joe Namath:''' You know, we had a lot of fun tonight. But there's nothing funny about... [[BaitAndSwitch vapor lock.]] It's the third most common cause of car stallings. So please, take care of your car and get it checked. I'm Joe Namath. Good night.

** Homer also wears Tom Landry's hat while coaching, which he got in "''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice You Only Move Twice]]''"

* HopeSpot: Joe Namath's cameo. He teaches Bart absolutely nothing and Bart doesn't becomes any better as a football player.

* MisplacedRetribution: Bart's teammates take it out on him when he becomes the quarterback due to nepotism, even though it was all Homer's idea, and Bart opposed it.

** Homer after throwing a beer can at his head after non-stop heckling and sees him marching towards him.

* {{Jerkass}}: Abe in Homer's flashback. He makes him lose concentration when he's doing a gymnastics routine by yelling that he's going to fail and when he inevitably does Abe says that Homer just proved him right.

* PettheDog: Even when Nelson and the other teams were mad at Bart for losing and getting special treatment from Homer, they did try to help Bart when Bart tells Homer he sucks at quarterback when Homer wanted to forfeit the game when Bart pretend to be injured believing they can’t play without Bart.

* StageMom: Homer turns into a sports dad version of this trope.

** Homer after heckling Flanders one too many a time and sees him marching towards him.

* RunningGag: Homer continuously cutting his players from the roster. It even extends into the end credits, where he cuts everyone on the cast and crew except Joe Namath.

* GeniusBonus: In addition to the title of the episode being a reference to former Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr, the uniform Bart has is 15, the same as Bart Starr.

** When Bart was declared fat, ''Homer'' called him a disgrace to their family, which is funny in two ways: 1) Homer is fatter than Bart, and 2) Homer has done worse things to disgrace The Simpsons than Bart has.

* KickTheDog: Bart's own family laughs at him after watching his embarrassing moment on TV.

* SoapboxSadie: Lampshaded. Lisa at first tries out for the squad to challenge the notion that girls can't play football, but Ned is all the more happy to let her join and points out they've already got four girls on the team. Deflated, Lisa switches tactics and accuses the team of animal cruelty for using leather footballs, until she's told the balls are synthetic and the money spent on them goes to charity. She promptly runs off in tears.

--> '''Joe Namath''': ''(chuckles)'' Poor Bart. You know, we had a lot of fun tonight. But there's nothing funny about... [[BaitAndSwitch vapor lock.]] It's the third most common cause of car stallings. So please, take care of your car and get it checked. I'm Joe Namath. Good night.

* OhCrap: Bart has one after he pulls his switcheroo with Nelson at the climax when Wiggum says that Nelson was wanted for grand larceny and vandalism and is gleefully looking forward to locking up "Nelson" for years.

-->'''Gracie Films Lady:''' Shh!
-->'''Homer:''' You're cut, too, Shushy!

* TheWildcats: Lampshaded and parodied.
-->'''Flanders:''' Who are we?
-->'''Springfield Wildcats:''' The Wildcats!
-->'''Flanders:''' Who are we gonna beat?
-->'''Springfield Wildcats:''' The Wildcats!

* {{Nepotism}}: Homer promoting Bart to quarterback of the team, even though Bart's the least skilled person on the team. Keep in mind, Bart knows this and tries to point it out several times, but Homer won't hear it.

** He has another one when he realize that he shouldn’t keep encouraging Bart on something he’s clearly not good at.

* {{Nepotism}}: Homer promoting Bart to quarterback of the team, even though Bart's the least skilled person on the team. Best in mind, Bart knows this and tries to point it out several times, but Homer won't hear it.