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** Which is immediately followed by a montage of a depressed and lonely Larry being left out by his "bar friends" while the latter are having fun, accompanied with a song based on [[TheBeatles "Eleanor Rigby"]].

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** Which is immediately followed by a montage of a depressed and lonely Larry being left out by his "bar friends" while the latter are having fun, accompanied with a song based on [[TheBeatles [[Music/TheBeatles "Eleanor Rigby"]].
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** Which is immediately followed by a montage of a depressed and lonely Larry being left out by his "bar friends" while the latter are having fun, accompanied with a song based on TheBeatles "Eleanor Rigby".

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** Which is immediately followed by a montage of a depressed and lonely Larry being left out by his "bar friends" while the latter are having fun, accompanied with a song based on TheBeatles [[TheBeatles "Eleanor Rigby".Rigby"]].
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** Which is immediately followed by a montage of a depressed and lonely Larry being left out by his "bar friends" while the latter are having fun, accompanied with a song based on "Eleanor Rigby" from [[Music/TheBeatles.]]

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** Which is immediately followed by a montage of a depressed and lonely Larry being left out by his "bar friends" while the latter are having fun, accompanied with a song based on TheBeatles "Eleanor Rigby" from [[Music/TheBeatles.]]Rigby".
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'''Marge:''' Because you never asked him to be! [[IJustWantToHaveFriends All he ever wanted was a simple human connection]], but instead [[DyingAlone he died unloved in a bar]]!
** Which is quickly followed by a montage of a depressed and lonely Larry being left out by his "bar friends", while the latter are having fun, accompanied with a song based on "Eleanor Rigby" from The Beatles.

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'''Marge:''' Because you never asked ''asked'' him to be! [[IJustWantToHaveFriends All he ever wanted was a simple human connection]], but instead [[DyingAlone he died unloved in a bar]]!
a]] ''[[DyingAlone bar]]!''
** Which is quickly immediately followed by a montage of a depressed and lonely Larry being left out by his "bar friends", friends" while the latter are having fun, accompanied with a song based on "Eleanor Rigby" from The Beatles. [[Music/TheBeatles.]]
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* Bluella the whale beaching and later dying in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E19TheSquirtAndTheWhale The Squirt and the Whale]]".

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* Bluella the whale beaching and later dying in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E19TheSquirtAndTheWhale The Squirt and the Whale]]". Lisa is devastated by this and falls to her knees and weeps by the corpse.
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-->'''Homer:''' Larry just wasn't part of our deal.\\

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-->'''Homer:''' --->'''Homer:''' Larry just wasn't part of our deal.\\
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** Which is quickly followed by a montage of a depressed and lonely Larry being left out by his "bar friends", while the latter are having fun, accompanied with a song based on "Eleanor Rigbly" from The Beatles.

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** Which is quickly followed by a montage of a depressed and lonely Larry being left out by his "bar friends", while the latter are having fun, accompanied with a song based on "Eleanor Rigbly" Rigby" from The Beatles.
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** Which is quickly followed by a montage of a depressed and lonely Larry being left out by his "bar friends", while the latter are having fun, accompanied with a song based on "Eleanor Rigbly" from The Beatles.
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* "Cremains of the Day" manages to make a background character's death as heartbreaking as that of a major character when Larry Dalrymple, one of the regulars at Moe's bar, dies unexpectedly. When Homer, Marge, Moe, Carl, and Lenny attend Larry's funeral, they find [[LonelyFuneral they're the only ones there]]... [[OutlivingOnesOffspring except for Larry's mother]], who believes her son was a valued and accepted member of their friend group. As the guys are forced to make up a story about their friendship with the deceased to spare Mrs. Dalrymple's feelings, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone the four are crushed with guilt]] at having never made any effort to reach out to someone who wanted to be their friend. The way Marge [[WhatTheHellHero calls them out]] for taking Larry for granted really hammers in how sad his life and death were.
-->'''Homer:''' Larry just wasn't part of our deal.\\
'''Marge:''' Because you never asked him to be! [[IJustWantToHaveFriends All he ever wanted was a simple human connection]], but instead [[DyingAlone he died unloved in a bar]]!
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* "Boyz N The Highlands" puts a darker spin on Martin's overachiever characterization. It's revealed that was forced by his parents to take drugs to help him study and is so smothered and pressured by them that he has to visit two separate therapists. He feels such pressure to be focused that he broke into a pharmacy to get more drugs to please his parents. He also reveals that the bullying has also left scars on his psyche as he's fully aware that everyone either bullies him for being the runt or is embarrassed to be around him because of his social ineptitude. He finally calls Bart out because Bart is only nice to Martin when nobody else is around and even joins in bullying him in order to save himself from them.
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* In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E4BartTheMurderer Bart The Murderer]]", Bart's day has seen [[ButtMonkey nothing at all go right for him]]. [[HumiliationConga Homer took the police badge from the cereal box Bart wanted for himself, Santa's Little Helper ate his math homework, he missed the school bus, had to walk to school in the rain, arrived at school forty minutes late, split his pants and got a black eye from a football hitting him in the face]]. But hey, he's still got the field trip to the chocolate factory to look forward to. The rug is abruptly pulled out from under him when Krabappel says she trusts that everyone has brought their permission slips to school so they can go on the field trip. [[OhCrap Cue Bart screaming in abject horror when he realised that he accidentally left his permission slip at home]], followed by a HeadDesk and him groaning "What a day...". For some, that moment can hit very close to home. Even worse, unlike most episodes, Bart has done nothing to deserve any of this. [[ForWantOfANail If it hadn't been for that, the entire rest of the episode, which sees Bart becoming a bartender for the Springfield Mafia and subsequently being framed for Skinner's murder, wouldn't have happened]]. That probably makes Bart's OhCrap HarsherInHindsight.

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* In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E4BartTheMurderer Bart The Murderer]]", Bart's day has seen [[ButtMonkey nothing at all go right for him]]. [[HumiliationConga Homer took the police badge from the cereal box Bart wanted for himself, Santa's Little Helper ate his math homework, he missed the school bus, had to walk to school in the rain, arrived at school forty minutes late, split his pants and got a black eye from a football hitting him in the face]]. But hey, he's still got the field trip to the chocolate factory to look forward to. The rug is abruptly pulled out from under him when Krabappel says she trusts that everyone has brought their permission slips to school so they can go on the field trip. [[OhCrap Cue Bart screaming in abject horror when he realised that he accidentally left his permission slip at home]], followed by a HeadDesk and him groaning "What a day...". For some, that moment can hit very close to home. Even worse, unlike most episodes, Bart has done nothing to deserve any of this. [[ForWantOfANail If it hadn't been for that, the entire rest of the episode, which sees Bart becoming a bartender for the Springfield Mafia and subsequently being framed for Skinner's murder, wouldn't have happened]].happened. That probably makes Bart's OhCrap HarsherInHindsight.
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* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS32E22TheLastBarfighter The Last Barfighter]]": It's largely PlayedForLaughs, but the episode provides pretty sad insight into Homer's alcoholism. Moe reveals Homer drunkenly admitted he spends more time at a bar than at home because he's so terrified of being a bad husband/father that he thought it was better to not even try. Later, when Homer's injected with a serum preventing him from ever getting drunk again, his family cheers. In just three months, a sober Homer gets promoted at work and becomes a more attentive husband and father. When offered an antidote to the anti-booze serum, Homer is the only one of the group who doesn't immediately throw away his improved life and instead tries to return home... [[StatusQuoIsGod Only to be hunted down and forcibly injected by all of Springfield's bartenders.]]

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* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS32E22TheLastBarfighter The Last Barfighter]]": It's largely PlayedForLaughs, but the episode provides pretty sad insight into Homer's alcoholism. Moe reveals Homer drunkenly admitted he spends more time at a bar than at home because he's so terrified of being a bad husband/father that he thought it was thinks it's better to not even try. Later, when Homer's injected with a serum preventing him from ever getting drunk again, drunk, his family cheers. In just three months, a sober Homer gets promoted at work and becomes a more attentive husband and father. When offered an antidote to the anti-booze serum, Homer is the only one of the group who doesn't immediately throw away his improved life and instead tries to return home... [[StatusQuoIsGod Only to be hunted down and forcibly injected by all of Springfield's bartenders.]]
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** The incident itself is rather heart wrenching. After realizing her art that she toiled over is unsalvageable, Lisa charges at Bart livid. Unlike most of their comical spats, this is a far more realistic and somber tantrum fight between two children, with both of them furiously shoving and screaming each other until the parents restrain them and Lisa runs out of room sobbing loudly in heartbreak.

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** The incident itself is rather heart wrenching. After realizing her art that she toiled over is unsalvageable, Lisa charges at Bart Bart, livid. Unlike most of their comical spats, this is a far more realistic and somber tantrum saddening fight between two children, with both of them furiously shoving and screaming at each other until the parents Marge and Homer restrain them and Lisa runs out of the room sobbing crying loudly in heartbreak.pure and utter heartbreak. Ouch.
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*** What makes this moment especially heartbreaking is that Mr. Burns is essentially mocking the weight of ''[[BadBoss one of his own employees]]'' and Smithers later joins in by laughing at Homer following Burns' comment that "he'd been on safari.", which was after he made fun of Homer's weight-loss efforts.

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*** What makes this moment especially heartbreaking is that Mr. Burns is essentially mocking the weight of ''[[BadBoss one of his own employees]]'' in this scene and Smithers later joins in by laughing at Homer following Burns' comment that "he'd been on safari.", safari," which was after he made fun of Homer's weight-loss efforts.
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*** What makes this moment especially heartbreaking is that Mr. Burns is essentially mocking the weight of ''[[BadBoss one of his own employees]]'' and Smithers later joins in by laughing at Homer following Burns' comment that "he'd been on safari.", which was after he made fun of Homer's weight-loss efforts.
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* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS32E22TheLastBarfighter The Last Barfighter]]": It’s largely PlayedForLaughs, but the episode provides pretty sad insight into Homer’s alcoholism. Moe reveals Homer drunkenly admitted he spends more time at a bar than at home because he’s so terrified of being a bad husband/father that he thought it was better to not even try. Later, when Homer’s injected with a serum preventing him from ever getting drunk again, his family cheers. In just three months, a sober Homer gets promoted at work and becomes a more attentive husband and father. When offered an antidote to the anti-booze serum, Homer is the only one of the group who doesn’t immediately throw away his improved life and instead tries to return home… [[StatusQuoIsGod Only to be hunted down and forcibly injected by all of Springfield’s bartenders.]]
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* ''Saturdays Of Thunder":
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOk4hQXbGDs The second appearance]] of [=McBain=], while still somewhat PlayedForLaughs thanks to Wolfcastle's wooden acting and Skoey invoking [[TemptingFate every Retirony action movie trope in the book]], is still very sad - Skoey is brutally murdered days from retirement, leaving his wife and daughter behind right before they can fulfill their dreams, with only enough time left to ask his partner to avenge him, before dying in his arms.
--> '''[=McBain=]''': [[SkywardScream MEEEENDOOOOZAAAAAA!!!!]]
** Homer and Bart having a falling out after Bart agrees to drive Martins soap box racer, the Honor Roller, due to his injury, especially after the two bonded so closely while building their own car Lil' Lightning. This is one of the few times, especially this early in the show, where you can tell that Homer is genuinely hurt. To add insult to injury, Lightning falls apart again when Homer sits in it.
--> '''Homer''': I'll just sit here in Lil' Lightning, and remember that for one brief, shining moment... I had a son...
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-->'''Boyfriend''': Everyone has a story, welcome to mine.

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-->'''Boyfriend''': Everyone has a story, welcome story. Welcome to mine.

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