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* HouseInspection: In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E3HomeSweetHomediddlyDumDoodily "Home Sweet Homediddily-Dum-Doodily"]], Principal Skinner is convinced that something wrong is going on at the Simpson place[[note]]after seeing Bart in a burlap sack and Lisa shoeless, covered in mud, and lisping[[/note]] and sends Child Services to look in. They find the house is a mess, with stacks of decades-old newspapers, Maggie drinking from the dog's water dish, and Grandpa asleep on the sofa in his own filth. Of course, the whole thing is an insane coincidence, but they still take the kids away and put them with the Flanders.
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* GilliganCut: Subverted in the episode "Gone Maggie Gone" when Maggie ends up abducted by a convent, Lisa suggests someone get in disguised as a nun. Homer insists he won't do it, and then the cut is to him still saying he won't do it, while Lisa works ongetting ready to enter.
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* GodivaHair: Homer's fantasy of Mindy in "The Last Temptation of Homer" results in this. Of course, this is a parody of Botticelli's famous painting, "The Birth of Venus".
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* GodivaHair: Homer's fantasy of Mindy in "The Last Temptation of Homer" results in this. Of course, this is a parody of Botticelli's Creator/SandroBotticelli's famous painting, "The ''Art/{{The Birth of Venus".Venus|Botticelli}}''.
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** Marge is generally very in tune with her baby daughter Maggie's needs and methods of communication. As such, when the pair are playing ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' against Marge's sisters, Marge can decipher Maggie's wobbly drawings just fine.
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E2BartTheGenius "Bart the Genius"]]: The family playing ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' is used to cement their personalities and intelligence level. Marge is average, as she has a good vocabulary but is unaware of more obscure words such as "ID". Lisa, the genius {{Bookworm}}, is winning the game with her ample vocabulary. By contrast, Homer ignores words such as "OXIDIZE" and is constantly telling his family to not engage in ScrabbleBabble. Bart is equally ignorant and isn't even interested in the game, showing he is inattentive and BookDumb. Also, he's willing to cheat because he does invent a word when it's his turn.
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E17ThreeGaysOfTheCondo "Three Gays of the Condo"]]: Homer is definitely not the brightest bulb. Therefore, it's just like him to mistake his family trying to get him to stop drinking for a fun game of ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}''. Mind you, what they show him is a drawing of himself drunk out of his brains and surrounded by his crying family. Bart has to tell him they were StagingAnIntervention.
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided "A Milhouse Divided"]]: Luann and Kirk van Houten, whose marriage is in its last legs, have been exchanging underhanded insults throughout the Simpsons' dinner party. Luanne has her RageBreakingPoint in the middle of a ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' game. It's triggered by her inability to guess just what the hell that oblong shape her husband has made means. When Kirk points out it's supposed to be a drawing of "dignity", she loses it and accuses him of having lost his dignity since marrying her. Kirk challenges to depict "dignity", which she does so marvelously that some comments it's "worthy of Webster's".
** Homer and/or Bart are often seen creating weird game hybrids with [[CalvinBall nonsensical rules]]. Both of them are BookDumb but also occasionally creative, especially if they want to have fun. They do this with ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Battleship}}'' in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E13TheOldManAndTheKey "The Old Man and the Key"]]. Comically, Homer takes it way too seriously, mourning the soldiers who die when a ship is sunk.
** Marge is generally very in tune with her baby daughter Maggie's needs and methods of communication. As such, when the pair are playing ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' against Marge's sisters, Marge can decipher Maggie's wobbly drawings just fine.
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E2BartTheGenius "Bart the Genius"]]: The family playing ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' is used to cement their personalities and intelligence level. Marge is average, as she has a good vocabulary but is unaware of more obscure words such as "ID". Lisa, the genius {{Bookworm}}, is winning the game with her ample vocabulary. By contrast, Homer ignores words such as "OXIDIZE" and is constantly telling his family to not engage in ScrabbleBabble. Bart is equally ignorant and isn't even interested in the game, showing he is inattentive and BookDumb. Also, he's willing to cheat because he does invent a word when it's his turn.
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E17ThreeGaysOfTheCondo "Three Gays of the Condo"]]: Homer is definitely not the brightest bulb. Therefore, it's just like him to mistake his family trying to get him to stop drinking for a fun game of ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}''. Mind you, what they show him is a drawing of himself drunk out of his brains and surrounded by his crying family. Bart has to tell him they were StagingAnIntervention.
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided "A Milhouse Divided"]]: Luann and Kirk van Houten, whose marriage is in its last legs, have been exchanging underhanded insults throughout the Simpsons' dinner party. Luanne has her RageBreakingPoint in the middle of a ''TabletopGame/{{Pictionary}}'' game. It's triggered by her inability to guess just what the hell that oblong shape her husband has made means. When Kirk points out it's supposed to be a drawing of "dignity", she loses it and accuses him of having lost his dignity since marrying her. Kirk challenges to depict "dignity", which she does so marvelously that some comments it's "worthy of Webster's".
** Homer and/or Bart are often seen creating weird game hybrids with [[CalvinBall nonsensical rules]]. Both of them are BookDumb but also occasionally creative, especially if they want to have fun. They do this with ''TabletopGame/{{Scrabble}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Battleship}}'' in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E13TheOldManAndTheKey "The Old Man and the Key"]]. Comically, Homer takes it way too seriously, mourning the soldiers who die when a ship is sunk.
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!!Tropes with their own pages
[[index]]
* [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/TheSimpsons Early Installment Weirdness]]
* [[EpicFail/TheSimpsons Epic Fail]]
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards/TheSimpsons Even Evil Has Standards]]
* [[EyeScream/TheSimpsons Eye Scream]]
* [[Flanderization/TheSimpsons Flanderization]]
* [[Foil/TheSimpsons Foil]]
* [[GroinAttack/TheSimpsons Groin Attack]]
* [[HalfwayPlotSwitch/TheSimpsons Halfway Plot Switch]]
* [[Hypocrite/TheSimpsons Hypocrite]]
* [[HypocriticalHumor/TheSimpsons Hypocritical Humor]]
* [[ImageSource/TheSimpsons Image Source]]
[[/index]]
!!Other Tropes
[[index]]
* [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/TheSimpsons Early Installment Weirdness]]
* [[EpicFail/TheSimpsons Epic Fail]]
* [[EvenEvilHasStandards/TheSimpsons Even Evil Has Standards]]
* [[EyeScream/TheSimpsons Eye Scream]]
* [[Flanderization/TheSimpsons Flanderization]]
* [[Foil/TheSimpsons Foil]]
* [[GroinAttack/TheSimpsons Groin Attack]]
* [[HalfwayPlotSwitch/TheSimpsons Halfway Plot Switch]]
* [[Hypocrite/TheSimpsons Hypocrite]]
* [[HypocriticalHumor/TheSimpsons Hypocritical Humor]]
* [[ImageSource/TheSimpsons Image Source]]
[[/index]]
!!Other Tropes
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* HistoricalDomainCrossover: One ''Treehouse of Horror'' had Billy the Kid leading a gang of historical villains, including the most evil German in history — Kaiser Wilhelm!
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewtooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]", about Mayor Quimby's nephew being tried for assault, illustrates (and {{lampshade|Hanging}}s) how crazy the legal process is in Springfield. Witnesses are bribed in open court, and [[RuleOfFunny no one cares]]. The judge reopens the case knowing that doing so is grossly unconstitutional, but she "just can't say no to kids". But even aside from that, the things that ''aren't'' jokes are quite inaccurate. First, the jury is made up entirely of major cast members, when by rule no juror can be personally connected to any other juror (or the defendant, plaintiff, or any witnesses) -- that's a key part of keeping the jury impartial. Principal Skinner's presence on the jury illustrates the problem and serves as a plot point -- potential witness Bart is afraid to admit that he saw what really 8happened, because in doing so he would admit to a school official that he was skipping school. His dad Homer is on the jury too, because TheMainCharactersDoEverything, and Apu is on the jury despite not yet being a U.S. citizen. Finally, the presence of new evidence which could have changed the original verdict usually ''does'' allow the case to be reopened.
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewtooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]", about Mayor Quimby's nephew being tried for assault, illustrates (and {{lampshade|Hanging}}s) how crazy the legal process is in Springfield. Witnesses are bribed in open court, and [[RuleOfFunny no one cares]]. The judge reopens the case knowing that doing so is grossly unconstitutional, but she "just can't say no to kids". But even aside from that, the things that ''aren't'' jokes ''aplan failing es are quite inaccurate. First, the jury is made up entirely of major cast members, when by rule no juror can be personally connected to any other juror (or the defendant, plaintiff, or any witnesses) -- that's a key part of keeping the jury impartial. Principal Skinner's presence on the jury illustrates the problem and serves as a plot point -- potential witness Bart is afraid to admit that he saw what really 8happened, happened, because in doing so he would admit to a school official that he was skipping school. His dad Homer is on the jury too, because TheMainCharactersDoEverything, and Apu is on the jury despite not yet being a U.S. citizen. Finally, the presence of new evidence which could have changed the original verdict usually ''does'' allow the case to be reopened.
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** In one episode Bart asks Milo, the owner of a new comic book shop in town, who would win: ComicBook/{{The Th|ing}}ang or [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Mulk]]. Milo asks Bart what ''he'' thinks. Bart is impressed that a comic shop owner would encourage discussion rather than pontificating.
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** In one the episode "Husbands And Knives", Bart asks Milo, the owner of a new comic book shop in town, who would win: ComicBook/{{The Th|ing}}ang or [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Mulk]]. Milo asks Bart what ''he'' thinks. Bart is impressed that a comic shop owner would encourage discussion rather than pontificating.
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** A recurring game in the show is "Earthland Realms," a Simpsons version of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', which becomes the major focus of an RPGEpisode. In stark contrast to the actual [=WoW=], nearly everyone in the game looks and acts almost exactly like they do in 'reality'... Apu even runs a shop in the game.
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** A recurring game in the show is "Earthland Realms," a Simpsons version of ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', which becomes the major focus of an RPGEpisode.RPGEpisode named "Marge Gamer". In stark contrast to the actual [=WoW=], nearly everyone in the game looks and acts almost exactly like they do in 'reality'... Apu even runs a shop in the game.
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewtooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]", about Mayor Quimby's nephew being tried for assault, illustrates (and {{lampshade|Hanging}}s) how crazy the legal process is in Springfield. Witnesses are bribed in open court, and [[RuleOfFunny no one cares]]. The judge reopens the case knowing that doing so is grossly unconstitutional, but she "just can't say no to kids". But even aside from that, the things that ''aren't'' jokes are quite inaccurate. First, the jury is made up entirely of major cast members, when by rule no juror can be personally connected to any other juror (or the defendant, plaintiff, or any witnesses) -- that's a key part of keeping the jury impartial. Principal Skinner's presence on the jury illustrates the problem and serves as a plot point -- potential witness Bart is afraid to admit that he saw what really happened, because in doing so he would admit to a school official that he was skipping school. His dad Homer is on the jury too, because TheMainCharactersDoEverything, and Apu is on the jury despite not yet being a U.S. citizen. Finally, the presence of new evidence which could have changed the original verdict usually ''does'' allow the case to be reopened.
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** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewtooMuch The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]", about Mayor Quimby's nephew being tried for assault, illustrates (and {{lampshade|Hanging}}s) how crazy the legal process is in Springfield. Witnesses are bribed in open court, and [[RuleOfFunny no one cares]]. The judge reopens the case knowing that doing so is grossly unconstitutional, but she "just can't say no to kids". But even aside from that, the things that ''aren't'' jokes are quite inaccurate. First, the jury is made up entirely of major cast members, when by rule no juror can be personally connected to any other juror (or the defendant, plaintiff, or any witnesses) -- that's a key part of keeping the jury impartial. Principal Skinner's presence on the jury illustrates the problem and serves as a plot point -- potential witness Bart is afraid to admit that he saw what really happened, 8happened, because in doing so he would admit to a school official that he was skipping school. His dad Homer is on the jury too, because TheMainCharactersDoEverything, and Apu is on the jury despite not yet being a U.S. citizen. Finally, the presence of new evidence which could have changed the original verdict usually ''does'' allow the case to be reopened.
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** Played with in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E12TheWayWeWas "The Way We Was"]]. Teenage Homer is walking on the side of the road, after he ran out of money to pay for his limousine rental for the prom, and Marge arrives in her own car to offer Homer a ride, after Artie Ziff brought her back home. However, Homer initially mistakes Marge's friendly tooting of the horn on her arrival for some blowhard driver being overly aggressive.
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** Played with in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E12TheWayWeWas [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E12TheWayWe/"Was "The Way We Was"]]. Teenage Homer is walking on the side of the road, after he ran out of money to pay for his limousine rental for the prom, and Marge arrives in her own car to offer Homer a ride, after Artie Ziff brought her back home. However, Homer initially mistakes Marge's friendly tooting of the horn on her arrival for some blowhard driver being overly aggressive.
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** In another episode, a group of nerds are tying up the phone line because some guy thinks [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]] is better than [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Captain Kirk]] and naturally [[SeriousBusiness this just won't stand]].
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** In another episode, the episode "Homer Goes To College", a group of nerds are tying up the phone line because some guy thinks [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain Picard]] is better than [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Captain Kirk]] and naturally [[SeriousBusiness this just won't stand]].
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** In one episode Bart asks Milo, the owner of a new comic book shop in town, who would win: ComicBook/{{The Th|ing}}ang or [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the Mulk]]. Milo asks Bart what ''he'' thinks. Bart is impressed that a comic shop owner would encourage discussion rather than pontificating.
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** In one episode Bart asks Milo, the owner of a new comic book shop in town, who would win: ComicBook/{{The Th|ing}}ang or [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Mulk]]. Milo asks Bart what ''he'' thinks. Bart is impressed that a comic shop owner would encourage discussion rather than pontificating.
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* FastKillingRadiation: In the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E5TheBlunderYears The Blunder Years]]", we learn that the dead body that Homer found as a kid was [[spoiler:Wayland Smithers' father]]. He died when he [[spoiler:went into the power plant's core without a HazmatSuit on and died within seconds of radiation poisoning]].
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** Treehouse of Horror:
*** The "Treehouse Of Horror III" segment "King Homer", a parody of ''Film/KingKong'', re-creates the scene of the ape (this time played by Homer) climbing the Empire State Building with Marge in hand... And then he gives up after getting too winded. Marge points out he should eat more vegetables and [[ImAHumanitarian fewer people]].
*** In the "Treehouse Of Horror XII" segment "Night Of The Dolphin", Lisa frees a dolphin from a Sea World knock-off, in the process, recreating the moment from ''Film/FreeWilly'' of the whale leaping over the boy. Only in this one, Lisa's face gets smacked by the tail.
** "When You Dish Upon A Star" opens with a ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' parody, with Homer and Bart as Yogi and Boo Boo, respectively, in the act of picnic basket theft. When confronted by Ned Flanders as Ranger Smith? Homer straight-up mauls him like a real bear would.
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*** The "Treehouse Of Horror III" segment "King Homer", a parody of ''Film/KingKong'', re-creates the scene of the ape (this time played by Homer) climbing the Empire State Building with Marge in hand... And then he gives up after getting too winded. Marge points out he should eat more vegetables and [[ImAHumanitarian fewer people]].
*** In the "Treehouse Of Horror XII" segment "Night Of The Dolphin", Lisa frees a dolphin from a Sea World knock-off, in the process, recreating the moment from ''Film/FreeWilly'' of the whale leaping over the boy. Only in this one, Lisa's face gets smacked by the tail.
** "When You Dish Upon A Star" opens with a ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' parody, with Homer and Bart as Yogi and Boo Boo, respectively, in the act of picnic basket theft. When confronted by Ned Flanders as Ranger Smith? Homer straight-up mauls him like a real bear would.
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* EverybodyHelpsOutDenouement: SubvertedTrope. The episode "Homer the Great" seems to be ending this way, with Homer deciding to use his power as TheChosenOne to have the order help out around the community...but they all hate it so much, they [[StartMyOwn found another order]], based on not having Homer as a member.
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* GeniusBurnout:
** Lisa Simpson is a [[AdorablyPrecociousChild preciously brilliant eight year old]] with aspirations to attend a top-tier university. Despite this, she has a deep-seated fear of ending up a failure. Various FlashForward episodes depict her as either attending a prestigious college / going into politics or being stuck in Springfield married to Milhouse.
** In a DocumentaryEpisode depicting various kids in Springfield and how their lives have changed over the years, a character named Eleanor Abernathy is seen to be on a fast track to success, earning both legal and medical degrees. A first JumpCut shows her to be exhausted and relaxing with a glass of wine and her feline pet, saying she's thinking of getting another cat. Another JumpCut reveals that she became the recurring CrazyCatLady, saying random nonsense and throwing cats at people.
** Lisa Simpson is a [[AdorablyPrecociousChild preciously brilliant eight year old]] with aspirations to attend a top-tier university. Despite this, she has a deep-seated fear of ending up a failure. Various FlashForward episodes depict her as either attending a prestigious college / going into politics or being stuck in Springfield married to Milhouse.
** In a DocumentaryEpisode depicting various kids in Springfield and how their lives have changed over the years, a character named Eleanor Abernathy is seen to be on a fast track to success, earning both legal and medical degrees. A first JumpCut shows her to be exhausted and relaxing with a glass of wine and her feline pet, saying she's thinking of getting another cat. Another JumpCut reveals that she became the recurring CrazyCatLady, saying random nonsense and throwing cats at people.
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** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E13TheOldManAndTheKey "The Old Man and the Key"]], after Lisa comments that they have no way of traveling to Branson, Missouri, a novelty horn interrupts, and a bus headed to Branson, MO stops directly in front of the Simpsons' house. However, when Ned, Rod, and Todd Flanders get on the bus, Homer insists that they "wait for the next one."
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** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E5EIEIAnnoyedGrunt "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)"]], The SouthernGentleman honks a novelty car horn when he arrives outside the Simpsons home in his RV at dawn for his duel with Homer.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: Flanders, until a RantInducingSlight "broke" him; the earlier season had a pseudo-version because most of that language ''was'' considered horrible for TV then.
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* GoshDangItToHeck: Flanders, until a RantInducingSlight rant-inducing slight "broke" him; the earlier season had a pseudo-version because most of that language ''was'' considered horrible for TV then.
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** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E5FatManAndLittleBoy "Fat Man and Little Boy"]], Goose Gladwell makes several entrances in a wacky CoolCar while sounding a novelty horn that plays "La Cucaracha."
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* HonkingArrivingCar:
** Played with in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E12TheWayWeWas "The Way We Was"]]. Teenage Homer is walking on the side of the road, after he ran out of money to pay for his limousine rental for the prom, and Marge arrives in her own car to offer Homer a ride, after Artie Ziff brought her back home. However, Homer initially mistakes Marge's friendly tooting of the horn on her arrival for some blowhard driver being overly aggressive.
--> [Toot Toot!]
--> '''Homer''': Shut up!
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--> '''Homer''': I'm over as far as I can go!
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--> '''Homer''': Alright! Alright! I'll ''walk in the MUD!''
** Also played with in a flashback from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E12IMarriedMarge "I Married Marge"]], as Homer arrives to take Marge out on a date while she's talking to her mother and sisters.
-->'''Marge:''' You don't know Homer like I do. He's sensitive and sweet.
-->'''Homer:''' ''(HONK!)'' [[InstantlyProvenWrong Marge! Get your butt out here!]]
** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E1TheMookTheChefTheWifeAndHerHomer "The Mook, The Chef, The Wife, and Her Homer"]], the arriving car horn is heard [[RuleOfThree three times]] in the FellOffTheBackOfATruck gag. Homer honks a horn as he pulls into his driveway in a new pickup truck which he says fell off a truck, "You know, a truck-truck." A deeper truck horn is heard, and Bart pulls up in a car carrier loaded with pickup trucks that he says "fell off a truck-truck-truck." Then, an even deeper truck horn blares as the "truck-truck-truck" loaded with car carriers pulls up.
** Played with in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E12TheWayWeWas "The Way We Was"]]. Teenage Homer is walking on the side of the road, after he ran out of money to pay for his limousine rental for the prom, and Marge arrives in her own car to offer Homer a ride, after Artie Ziff brought her back home. However, Homer initially mistakes Marge's friendly tooting of the horn on her arrival for some blowhard driver being overly aggressive.
--> [Toot Toot!]
--> '''Homer''': Shut up!
--> [Toot Toot!]
--> '''Homer''': I'm over as far as I can go!
--> [Toot Toot!]
--> '''Homer''': Alright! Alright! I'll ''walk in the MUD!''
** Also played with in a flashback from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E12IMarriedMarge "I Married Marge"]], as Homer arrives to take Marge out on a date while she's talking to her mother and sisters.
-->'''Marge:''' You don't know Homer like I do. He's sensitive and sweet.
-->'''Homer:''' ''(HONK!)'' [[InstantlyProvenWrong Marge! Get your butt out here!]]
** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E1TheMookTheChefTheWifeAndHerHomer "The Mook, The Chef, The Wife, and Her Homer"]], the arriving car horn is heard [[RuleOfThree three times]] in the FellOffTheBackOfATruck gag. Homer honks a horn as he pulls into his driveway in a new pickup truck which he says fell off a truck, "You know, a truck-truck." A deeper truck horn is heard, and Bart pulls up in a car carrier loaded with pickup trucks that he says "fell off a truck-truck-truck." Then, an even deeper truck horn blares as the "truck-truck-truck" loaded with car carriers pulls up.
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* GracefulLandingClumsyLanding: A CouchGag has Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie safely parachute onto the couch while Homer crashes on his face due to his parachute failing to open.
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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: "22 Short Films About Springfield" is a series of short subject clips not recycled from other shows. It also includes the memetic Seymour and Skinner short.
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* GreenGators: Captain Jack from "Kill the Alligator and Run" is a green alligator, and any crocodillian that appears in the show is green.
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* GreenGators: Crocodilians in the show usually come in different shades of green. For example, Captain Jack from "Kill the Alligator and Run" is a an alligator with an emerald green alligator, back and any crocodillian that appears a pale green underside. Subverted in the show is green."Havana Nice Weekend", which showed brown alligators.
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* GreenGators: Captain Jack from "Kill the Alligator and Run" is a green alligator, and any crocodillian that appears in the show is green.
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** In season one, Bart and Milhouse had other friends named [[https://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Richard Richard]] and [[https://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Lewis Lewis]]. After a while, they were DemotedToExtra while Bart's friend circle consisted of Nelson and occasionally Martin.
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** In season one, Bart and Milhouse had other friends named [[https://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Richard Richard]] and [[https://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Lewis Lewis]]. Lewis.]] After a while, they were DemotedToExtra while Bart's friend circle consisted of Nelson and occasionally Martin.
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* FoulCafeteriaFood: In befitting the SuckySchool status of Springfield Elementary, the food served there is disgusting. This includes beef hearts, horse testicles, and shredded newspapers. One memorable "Treehouse of Horror" episode also had the cafeteria serve [[ImAHumanitarian the students themselves]] to solve the issue of overcrowding in the detention room.
** Played with in "Father Knows Worst", where Homer starts eating only cafeteria food because, after an accident turns his taste buds hyper-sensitive, the extreme blandness of said food is the only thing he can tolerate.
** Played with in "Father Knows Worst", where Homer starts eating only cafeteria food because, after an accident turns his taste buds hyper-sensitive, the extreme blandness of said food is the only thing he can tolerate.
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* FoulFirstDrink: In "Bart's New Friend", Homer is hypnotized into believing he's 10 years old again and does not remember anything he's done past that age. When Dr. Hibbert gives him a sample of beer to test the strength of the hypnotism, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Homer instantly spits it out and complains about the flavor]].
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* HistoricalFiguresInArchivalMedia: In the episode "Gone Boy", Bart watches footage of UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy's Inaugural Address after falling inside of a bunker.
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* GushingAboutGustStars: Parodied in The Simpsons when Jay Sherman from The Critic appears in "A Star Is Burns". When this aired, creator Matt Groening, took his name off the producers credits because he was against the crossover in the first place when Fox requested it, feeling it was a shameless ratings stunt. This joke is likely a reference to that.
Homer: Bart Simpson, meet Jay Sherman, the critic.
Jay: Hello.
Bart: Hey, man. I really love your show. I think all kids should watch it! [turns away] Eww, I suddenly feel so dirty.
Appears increasingly from so since the 10th series or so, often with characters be announced with "(Profession) (Name)"! Notable examples include Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama (though she is just a soundalike) and Elon Musk.
Homer: Bart Simpson, meet Jay Sherman, the critic.
Jay: Hello.
Bart: Hey, man. I really love your show. I think all kids should watch it! [turns away] Eww, I suddenly feel so dirty.
Appears increasingly from so since the 10th series or so, often with characters be announced with "(Profession) (Name)"! Notable examples include Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama (though she is just a soundalike) and Elon Musk.
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* GushingAboutGustStars: GushingAboutGuestStars: Parodied in The Simpsons when Jay Sherman from The Critic appears in "A Star Is Burns". When this aired, creator Matt Groening, took his name off the producers credits because he was against the crossover in the first place when Fox requested it, feeling it was a shameless ratings stunt. This joke is likely a reference to that.
Homer: ->Homer: Bart Simpson, meet Jay Sherman, the critic.
Jay: ->Jay: Hello.
Bart: ->Bart: Hey, man. I really love your show. I think all kids should watch it! [turns away] Eww, I suddenly feel so dirty.
dirty.
** Appears increasingly from so since the 10th series or so, often with characters be announced with "(Profession) (Name)"! Notable examples include Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama (though she is just a soundalike) and Elon Musk.
** Appears increasingly from so since the 10th series or so, often with characters be announced with "(Profession) (Name)"! Notable examples include Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama (though she is just a soundalike) and Elon Musk.
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* GushingAboutGustStars: Parodied in The Simpsons when Jay Sherman from The Critic appears in "A Star Is Burns". When this aired, creator Matt Groening, took his name off the producers credits because he was against the crossover in the first place when Fox requested it, feeling it was a shameless ratings stunt. This joke is likely a reference to that.
Homer: Bart Simpson, meet Jay Sherman, the critic.
Jay: Hello.
Bart: Hey, man. I really love your show. I think all kids should watch it! [turns away] Eww, I suddenly feel so dirty.
Appears increasingly from so since the 10th series or so, often with characters be announced with "(Profession) (Name)"! Notable examples include Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama (though she is just a soundalike) and Elon Musk.
Homer: Bart Simpson, meet Jay Sherman, the critic.
Jay: Hello.
Bart: Hey, man. I really love your show. I think all kids should watch it! [turns away] Eww, I suddenly feel so dirty.
Appears increasingly from so since the 10th series or so, often with characters be announced with "(Profession) (Name)"! Notable examples include Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama (though she is just a soundalike) and Elon Musk.
