History Recap / TheSimpsonsS9E6BartStar

* {{Jerkass}}:

** Homer constantly insults Ned Flanders during a number of football games and insults him openly. He later throws a beer can at his head for laughs. Ned finally gets fed up and [[LetsSeeYouDoBetter angrily names him the new coach]] if he thinks he better at it, prompting Homer to panic.

* BaseballEpisode: Bart is a pee-wee football player, with Homer as his coach. Bart ''really'' sucks, especially compared to Nelson.

* {{Nepotism}}: Homer promoting Bart to quarterback of the team, even though Bart's the least qualified person on the team. Bart knows this and tries to point it out several times that his performance sucks, but [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem Homer won't hear it]].

* RageBreakingPoint: Ned takes Homer's constant heckling without much complaint, but he loses his temper when Homer throws a beer can at his head, at which point he climbs up the stands to call him out.

* {{Jerkass}}: This episode ''did not'' portray Homer in a good light. In fact, it can be considered one of the early examples of his Flanderisation into the appropriately named "Jerkass Homer".
** Homer constantly insults Ned Flanders during a number of football games and insults him openly. He later throws a beer can at his head for laughs. Ned finally gets fed up and angrily names him the new coach if he thinks he better at it, prompting Homer to panic.
** 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.
** Interestingly, Lisa can also be regarded as somewhat of a jerk as well. When she "tries" to join the team, she doesn't do it because she wants to play or get healthy. She does it simply so that she can stand out as the only girl on the team. When that doesn't work (as Ned has already recruited several girls), Lisa tries to fall back on her animal rights vendetta. Unlike her father or grandfather however, she quickly gets her comeuppance and both of her arguments are shut down. Not only has Ned recruited several girls to the team, but the balls are synthetic, with part of the profits going to charity. Defeated, Lisa runs off in tears.

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

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After being constantly heckled and being hit in the head with a beer can by Homer, Flanders quits his coaching position and hands it to him out of anger. He doesn't appear for the rest of the episode.

* {{Jerkass}}:
** Homer constantly insulting Ned Flanders during the football game and throwing a beer can at his head for laughs. Ned finally gets fed up and angrily names him the new coach if he thinks he better at it, prompting Homer to panic.

** Bart also quits the team, when Homers nepotism and refusal to see reality become to much.
--->'''Bart:''' You don't get it, do you? I don't want to be stupid quarterback! I quit!

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

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After being constantly heckled and being hit in the head with a beer can, Flanders quits his coaching position and hands it to Homer out of anger. He doesn't appear for the rest of the episode.

-->'''Dr. Hibbert''': Your cholesterol level is lethally high, Homer, but I'm more concerned about your gravy level.
-->'''Homer''': Now, wait a second! You doctors have been telling us to drink eight glasses of gravy a day!
-->'''Dr. Hibbert''': Well, you're a little confused.
-->'''Homer''': Oh, confused, would we?

* StupidGood: Lisa wants to join the team so she can make a statement about sexism. Flanders gladly welcomes her to the team, revealing that there are already some girls on the team. Surprised, Lisa tries to make it about animal cruelty (since footballs are made of "pig skins"), but they explain that the balls are synthetic and part of the profits go to Amnesty International. Her moral high ground utterly shattered, Lisa runs off in tears.

* GenreSavvy: Lisa, apparently; during Homer's pep talk to Bart while they ride in the front seat, Homer (who is driving) decides to hug the latter, who freaks out over the loss of control of the car which is quickly diverted by backseat passenger Lisa who steers the car herself. Despite the fact that she was reading a book and ostensibly was not paying attention to their conversation, she still knew enough of her father to spring into action.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Marge urges Homer to be more encouraging of Bart, rather than dismissive of him like Grampa was. Homer takes it to heart and goes on to smother Bart with unwanted affection and showing him overt favoritism on the team, going so far as to make Bart the quarterback despite Nelson's superior talents.

* TerritorialSmurfette: Bizarrely inverted when Lisa tries to pull off a JackieRobinsonStory and announces she's joining the football team. Only when she gets there she finds out there's three other girls on the team already and the coach is welcoming. Enraged she can't be the only girl on the team (or protest the use of pigskin footballs since they're entirely synthetic and the producing company donates to charity), she runs off crying.

** When Homer realizes [[NotSoDifferent he's treating Bart the same way Grampa treated him]], Homer says "From now on, I'll be nicer to my son and meaner to my Dad!"

* DrinkingGame: Drink whenever Homer cuts someone from the team.

* AnAesop: While it’s good to encourage people, you shouldn’t keep encouraging those who just aren’t good at the things they do.

** When Bart fakes being injured to avoid playing in a big game, Homer asks Nelson if his arm is still good. Nelson replies that it is... and Homer tells him to take a note to the referee saying that they forfeit the game.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Marge told Homer it was easy to criticize.

* JerkassRealization: Homer realizes his harsh treatment of Bart is no different than how Abe treated him in the past, leading him to be nicer to his son (and meaner to his dad). Unfortunately, this just causes ''more'' problems to Bart once it becomes clear he's giving his son favorable treatment over everyone else on the team.
** He has another one when he realizes that he shouldn’t keep encouraging Bart on something he’s clearly not good at.
* LetsSeeYOUDoBetter: In retaliation for Homer's constant criticizing of his job as peewee football coach, Flanders made him the new coach, prompting a scared Homer to say Flanders was doing a ''good'' job.

* 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.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Bart and the other kids joined the peewee football in the first place is because they are out of shape. Not only was this subplot dropped but Bart's figure doesn't seem to have improved.

-->'''Marge:''' Homer, Mr. Burns can't see you winking.\\

* AsHimself: Joe Namath and Roy Firestone.