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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters:
** Over one hundred and counting.
** Cletus's family is rather large, and that's putting it mildly:
--->'''Cletus:''' Hey, kids! We're eatin' dinner tonight! Come on out, Tiffany, Heather, Cody, Dylan, Dermot, Jordan, Taylor, Brittany, Wesley, Rumor, Scout, Cassidy, Zoe, Chloe, Max, Hunter, Kendall, Caitlin, Noah, Sascha, Morgan, Kyra, Ian, Lauren, Q-bert, Phil!
** Over one hundred and counting.
** Cletus's family is rather large, and that's putting it mildly:
--->'''Cletus:''' Hey, kids! We're eatin' dinner tonight! Come on out, Tiffany, Heather, Cody, Dylan, Dermot, Jordan, Taylor, Brittany, Wesley, Rumor, Scout, Cassidy, Zoe, Chloe, Max, Hunter, Kendall, Caitlin, Noah, Sascha, Morgan, Kyra, Ian, Lauren, Q-bert, Phil!
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* InexplicableLanguageFluency:
** Despite his general lack of intelligence, several episodes have Homer suddenly demonstrating fluency in a foreign language with little to no explanation. In one case even speaking ''Penguin''.
-->'''Brad''': Wake up Homer, those Powersauce bars are just junk! They're made of apple cores and Chinese newspapers!
-->'''Homer:''' ''(squinting at bar)'' Hey, Deng Xiaoping died.
** In "Treehouse of Horror V", when Homer is sent back in time to a prehistoric era, and has to avoid stepping on anything to change the future, he ends up swatting a mosquito then asks for reassurance that it won't change the future. He is understood despite being in an era before English existed, since a sloth behind him shrugs and grunts as if to say "I don't know."
** Despite his general lack of intelligence, several episodes have Homer suddenly demonstrating fluency in a foreign language with little to no explanation. In one case even speaking ''Penguin''.
-->'''Brad''': Wake up Homer, those Powersauce bars are just junk! They're made of apple cores and Chinese newspapers!
-->'''Homer:''' ''(squinting at bar)'' Hey, Deng Xiaoping died.
** In "Treehouse of Horror V", when Homer is sent back in time to a prehistoric era, and has to avoid stepping on anything to change the future, he ends up swatting a mosquito then asks for reassurance that it won't change the future. He is understood despite being in an era before English existed, since a sloth behind him shrugs and grunts as if to say "I don't know."
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* LooseToothEpisode: The first act of the episode "Fat Man and Little Boy" is about Bart trying to pull out his last baby tooth, since he hears the tooth fairy pays triple for the last one. He wakes up to find the tooth fairy has made a donation in his name to United Way, which Marge explains as the tooth fairy seeing it was his last tooth and deciding he wasn't a little boy any more, causing him to have a very early mid-life crisis.
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* LaughingGas: In "Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E20FourGreatWomenAndAManicure", in the ''Macbeth'' segment, Homer uses laughing gas on Dr. Hibbett. He dies of laughter after he can't open a window and failed to call for help.
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* ImmuneToJumpScares: In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E13DayOfTheJackanapes Day of the Jackanapes]]", Sideshow Bob comes up from behind Bart and menacingly gives his "Hello, Bart" {{Catchphrase}}, but Bart simply gives a simple "How are you doing?" in reply instead of his and Lisa's usual "AHHH! SIDESHOW BOB!" PhraseCatcher, [[VillainDecay citing his numerous victories over Bob at this point]] as his reason for doing so.
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I Ate What clean up. The trope is when a character eats something, unaware of what they are consuming, and then reacts in disgust after they find out what it is. Misuse will be deleted or moved to another trope when applicable. Administrivia.Zero Context Examples will be removed or commented out depending on the amount of context within the entry.
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* IAteWhat:
** Subverted in "Missionary Impossible" when Homer is drinking out of what appears to be a coconut but is really an ox testicle. Homer doesn't mind, though.
** Played with in the "Connie Appleseed" segment of "Simpsons Tall Tales." Homer happily eats what he thinks are buffalo testicles, and is disgusted when he learns they're apples.
** Subverted in "Missionary Impossible" when Homer is drinking out of what appears to be a coconut but is really an ox testicle. Homer doesn't mind, though.
** Played with in the "Connie Appleseed" segment of "Simpsons Tall Tales." Homer happily eats what he thinks are buffalo testicles, and is disgusted when he learns they're apples.
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* IAteWhat:
** Subverted in "Missionary Impossible" when Homer is drinking out of what appears to be a coconut but is really an ox testicle. Homer doesn't mind, though.
**IAteWhat: Played with in the "Connie Appleseed" segment of "Simpsons Tall Tales." Homer happily eats what he thinks are buffalo testicles, and is disgusted when he learns they're apples.
** Subverted in "Missionary Impossible" when Homer is drinking out of what appears to be a coconut but is really an ox testicle. Homer doesn't mind, though.
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* MeaningfulGift: In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E9SimpsonsChristmasStories Simpsons Christmas Stories]]", Homer has forgotten to buy Marge a Christmas present, and is afraid to go home without one. However, Marge isn't upset. She gives Homer his gift: a pre-wrapped present for him to give ''to'' her since she knows he always forgets. Thus, Homer does have a present after all. Marge unwraps it and it's a nice Christmas photo of the two of them.
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* {{Mondegreen}}: Invoked in "Homer Loves Flanders":
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* {{Mondegreen}}: MondegreenGag: Invoked in "Homer Loves Flanders":
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** In the episode "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily", when Bart is discovered to have head lice on class picture day (as a result of playing with a [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkey]] Milhouse found), he comments "Nothing ever happens to Milhouse." We then see Milhouse standing there pale, wrapped in a blanket, muttering "Cold, so very, very cold."
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** In the episode "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily", when Bart is discovered to have head lice on class picture day (as a result of playing with a [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkey]] monkey Milhouse found), he comments "Nothing ever happens to Milhouse." We then see Milhouse standing there pale, wrapped in a blanket, muttering "Cold, so very, very cold."
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--->'''Moe:''' [[WhatAnIdiot He's so stupid]]... [[HypocriticalHumor and now back to the wall.]] ''[stares at it indefinitely]''
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* MistakenForInsane:
** In "Stark Raving Dad", Homer goes to work with a pink shirt (due to Bart [[RedSockRuinsTheLaundry putting his red hat in the wash]]) instead of a white shirt like his coworkers, Mr. Burns believes he's not in his right mind, but takes the precaution of having Homer take a written test to prove his mental state. However, Homer is too lazy to fill it out and has Bart do it for him, and the "results" make the doctors think he's mad and take him to an asylum; not helped at all by Homer blaming it all on "the boy".
--->'''Marge:''' Doctor, if you just talk to him for five minutes without mentioning our son Bart, you'd see how sane he is.
--->'''Doctor:''' You mean there really ''is'' a "Bart"? My God!
** In "'Round Springfield", Bart says that he hopes to get reincarnated as a butterfly, leading to an ImagineSpot of Principal Skinner being arrested and declared insane for burning down the school and saying that "the butterfly" did it.
** In "The Bob Next Door", Sideshow Bob escapes from prison by [[Film/FaceOff switching faces]] with Walt, his cellmate who was due to be released. Because Walt couldn't talk straight with his new lips, the guards believed that "Bob" had gone insane and put him in a padded cell.
** In the episode "Don't Fear the Roofer", Homer is believed to be crazy by the rest of his family when he insists that he's friends with a contractor that none of them has seen (through bizarre coincidences, including a miniature black hole forming in between Bart and said contractor), which eventually leads to Homer being put in a mental institution and [[ElectroconvulsiveTherapyIsTorture given electric therapy]] by Dr. Hibbert.
** In "King-Sized Homer", Homer, realising the Nuclear Power Plant is about to explode, tries to get an ice cream truck to give him a lift to the plant. Unfortunately, due to the fear-stricken Homer babbling incoherently, the driver thinks Homer is a madman after his ice cream, and runs away.
** In "The Front", Bart and Lisa write scripts for ''The Itchy & Scratchy Show'' while using Grampa's name and face to fool the studio execs (since they don't hire kids). When he tells Homer that he gets paid $800 per week to "tell a cat and mouse what to do", Homer has an ImagineSpot of him wheeling Abe to the looney bin.
** In the final act of "Brother's Little Helper" everybody else believes that Bart is undergoing a paranoid breakdown as a side effect of the [[HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs Focusyn]] he's taking when he's ranting about BeingWatched, when in reality Bart discovered that [[MilkmanConspiracy the Major League Baseball is performing]] SinisterSurveillance on everybody in town through a SpySatellite as an extremely aggressive and vile method of marketing research. The reveal of this occurs when Bart shoots down said satellite with the cannon [[TankGoodness of the tank he steals at the climax]].
** In "Stark Raving Dad", Homer goes to work with a pink shirt (due to Bart [[RedSockRuinsTheLaundry putting his red hat in the wash]]) instead of a white shirt like his coworkers, Mr. Burns believes he's not in his right mind, but takes the precaution of having Homer take a written test to prove his mental state. However, Homer is too lazy to fill it out and has Bart do it for him, and the "results" make the doctors think he's mad and take him to an asylum; not helped at all by Homer blaming it all on "the boy".
--->'''Marge:''' Doctor, if you just talk to him for five minutes without mentioning our son Bart, you'd see how sane he is.
--->'''Doctor:''' You mean there really ''is'' a "Bart"? My God!
** In "'Round Springfield", Bart says that he hopes to get reincarnated as a butterfly, leading to an ImagineSpot of Principal Skinner being arrested and declared insane for burning down the school and saying that "the butterfly" did it.
** In "The Bob Next Door", Sideshow Bob escapes from prison by [[Film/FaceOff switching faces]] with Walt, his cellmate who was due to be released. Because Walt couldn't talk straight with his new lips, the guards believed that "Bob" had gone insane and put him in a padded cell.
** In the episode "Don't Fear the Roofer", Homer is believed to be crazy by the rest of his family when he insists that he's friends with a contractor that none of them has seen (through bizarre coincidences, including a miniature black hole forming in between Bart and said contractor), which eventually leads to Homer being put in a mental institution and [[ElectroconvulsiveTherapyIsTorture given electric therapy]] by Dr. Hibbert.
** In "King-Sized Homer", Homer, realising the Nuclear Power Plant is about to explode, tries to get an ice cream truck to give him a lift to the plant. Unfortunately, due to the fear-stricken Homer babbling incoherently, the driver thinks Homer is a madman after his ice cream, and runs away.
** In "The Front", Bart and Lisa write scripts for ''The Itchy & Scratchy Show'' while using Grampa's name and face to fool the studio execs (since they don't hire kids). When he tells Homer that he gets paid $800 per week to "tell a cat and mouse what to do", Homer has an ImagineSpot of him wheeling Abe to the looney bin.
** In the final act of "Brother's Little Helper" everybody else believes that Bart is undergoing a paranoid breakdown as a side effect of the [[HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs Focusyn]] he's taking when he's ranting about BeingWatched, when in reality Bart discovered that [[MilkmanConspiracy the Major League Baseball is performing]] SinisterSurveillance on everybody in town through a SpySatellite as an extremely aggressive and vile method of marketing research. The reveal of this occurs when Bart shoots down said satellite with the cannon [[TankGoodness of the tank he steals at the climax]].
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* KazoosMeanSilliness: Melvin Van Horne was once forced to conduct an orchestra of kazoo-playing [[SillySimian monkeys]]. When he pleaded with Krusty to not force him to do it, Krusty simply shouted at him to 'shut up and conduct'
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* KnockingTheKnockoff:
** The show has jabbed ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', often accused of being a ''Simpsons'' clone, a few times.
** In one episode, the Simpsons are watching ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}''. The family makes several comments about how similar their lives are to the show, with Bart even saying "It's like they filmed our lives." The obvious implication is that ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' is a rip off of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
** The show has jabbed ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', often accused of being a ''Simpsons'' clone, a few times.
** In one episode, the Simpsons are watching ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}''. The family makes several comments about how similar their lives are to the show, with Bart even saying "It's like they filmed our lives." The obvious implication is that ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' is a rip off of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
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* KnockoutGas: Smithers uses this on Mr. Jones in "Marge Gets a Job".
** In "'Round Springfield", when Dr. Nick attempts to anesthetize Bart, he accidentally anesthetizes himself.
** In "'Round Springfield", when Dr. Nick attempts to anesthetize Bart, he accidentally anesthetizes himself.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: At one point in "Grandpa Vs. Sexual Inadequacy", Homer and Abe are car chased by an angry mob while an upbeat country song plays in the background... which it turns out it isn't.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: At one point in "Grandpa Vs. Sexual Inadequacy", Homer and Abe are car in their car, being chased by an angry mob of hillbillies in a pickup truck while an upbeat country song plays in the background... which it turns out it isn't.
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''[Homer turns off the music, the angry mob hillbillies stops chasing them, turns turn around and leaves]''leave]''
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* KidsHateVegetables: In the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E4TreehouseOfHorrorXX Treehouse of Horror [=XX=]]]" segment, "Don't Have A Cow, Mankind", Bart is shown starving despite there being a bowl of fresh fruits and carrots beside him (which he refuses to eat).
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* KidsHateVegetables: In the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E4TreehouseOfHorrorXX "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E4TreehouseOfHorrorXX Treehouse of Horror [=XX=]]]" segment, "Don't Have A Cow, Mankind", Bart is shown starving despite there being a bowl of fresh fruits and carrots beside him (which he refuses to eat).
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* KidsHateVegetables: In the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E4TreehouseOfHorrorXX Treehouse of Horror [=XX=]]]" segment, "Don't Have A Cow, Mankind", Bart is shown starving despite there being a bowl of fresh fruits and carrots beside him (which he refuses to eat).
--> '''Bart:''' There's gotta be something yummy out there.
--> '''Bart:''' There's gotta be something yummy out there.
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* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Generally anyone authority that condemns Homer as a safety technician or outright tries to fire him is this trope in full effect, since Homer is consistently depicted as genuinely negligent and incompetent at his job. It usually only the needlessly spiteful approach they always go about reproaching Homer that keeps sympathy on him instead (eg. the supervisor coldly firing Homer in front of his son in "Homer's Odyssey", Smithers trying to sabotage him out of petty jealousy in "Simpson and Delilah", the Germans singling him out via public announcement in "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk", Frank Grimes trying to humiliate Homer in a kids contest in "Homer's Enemy").
** Homer himself sometimes gets these as the series progresses. Perhaps one of the most noteworthy being in "Bart's Inner Child" where his latest scheme with a trampoline backfires horribly, and he gets berated by Marge. Homer snaps back that while his plans aren't always solid, Marge's ControlFreak lifestyle isn't a healthy direction either and at least Homer tries to let the family live a little. The rest of the family, following memories of Marge's constantly nagging, meekly agree with this.
** Generally anyone authority that condemns Homer as a safety technician or outright tries to fire him is this trope in full effect, since Homer is consistently depicted as genuinely negligent and incompetent at his job. It usually only the needlessly spiteful approach they always go about reproaching Homer that keeps sympathy on him instead (eg. the supervisor coldly firing Homer in front of his son in "Homer's Odyssey", Smithers trying to sabotage him out of petty jealousy in "Simpson and Delilah", the Germans singling him out via public announcement in "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk", Frank Grimes trying to humiliate Homer in a kids contest in "Homer's Enemy").
** Homer himself sometimes gets these as the series progresses. Perhaps one of the most noteworthy being in "Bart's Inner Child" where his latest scheme with a trampoline backfires horribly, and he gets berated by Marge. Homer snaps back that while his plans aren't always solid, Marge's ControlFreak lifestyle isn't a healthy direction either and at least Homer tries to let the family live a little. The rest of the family, following memories of Marge's constantly nagging, meekly agree with this.
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* MistakenForFakeHair: In "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious", Homer keeps mistaking the prospective nannies for men pulling a ''Film/MrsDoubtfire'', and attempts to remove their "wigs".
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* LackOfImagination: PlayedForLaughs in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E12BartGetsFamous Bart Gets Famous]]", which starts out with Principal Skinner announcing a trip to the Springfield Box Factory. Bart tries to imagine something more interesting but he just pictures Skinner announcing a trip to the box factory. He then [[NewMediaAreEvil blames television]] for ruining his imagination.
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* InternetSafetyAesop: The theme of ''The Girl Code'' is that you shouldn't rely on an app to tell you what's good to post online, you should be responsible for your online activity.
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* MoralDilemma: "Homer vs. Dignity": Burns tempting Homer to throw fish guts at the crowd for $1 million. Homer is torn between staying lower-middle class and being hated by the entire town. Ultimately, though, he chooses the right path.
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* InstructionalFilm: * A RunningGag is Springfield Elementary's use of instructional films that are no longer fit for purpose, if they ever were. Problems range from casual depiction of attempted suicide, videos about space travel that were poorly researched even for the 50's and transparent meat lobby propoganda that shows a bit too much detail on how slaughterhouses work.
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* MockyMouse:
** Itchy is mainly based on [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Jerry]], but also has noticeable elements parodying WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, with the ''Itchy and Scratchy'' cartoon's [[spoiler:falsely attributed]] creator Roger Meyers, Sr. being treated as a [[MrAltDisney Walt Disney-esque figure]], the theme park Itchy and Scratchy Land being a stand-in for Disneyland and the first cartoon Itchy and Scratchy appeared in together being a spoof of ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' with Itchy in the role of Mickey and Scratchy in the role of Pete.
** Neither mentioned pastiche is directly shown, but the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E13SimpsoncalifragilisticexpialaAnnoyedGruntcious Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]" has Shary Bobbins cut off Homer before he can compare her to Film/MaryPoppins and assure him that she is [[BlatantLies a completely original character]] like "Rickey Rouse" or "Monald Muck".
** "A Tree Grows in Springfield" has a flashback of a young Kent Brockman attempting to interview a theme park mascot bearing some resemblance to Mickey Mouse, only for the mascot actor to take off his mask and rudely rebuke young Kent for bothering him while he's on his break.
** Itchy is mainly based on [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Jerry]], but also has noticeable elements parodying WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, with the ''Itchy and Scratchy'' cartoon's [[spoiler:falsely attributed]] creator Roger Meyers, Sr. being treated as a [[MrAltDisney Walt Disney-esque figure]], the theme park Itchy and Scratchy Land being a stand-in for Disneyland and the first cartoon Itchy and Scratchy appeared in together being a spoof of ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' with Itchy in the role of Mickey and Scratchy in the role of Pete.
** Neither mentioned pastiche is directly shown, but the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E13SimpsoncalifragilisticexpialaAnnoyedGruntcious Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious]]" has Shary Bobbins cut off Homer before he can compare her to Film/MaryPoppins and assure him that she is [[BlatantLies a completely original character]] like "Rickey Rouse" or "Monald Muck".
** "A Tree Grows in Springfield" has a flashback of a young Kent Brockman attempting to interview a theme park mascot bearing some resemblance to Mickey Mouse, only for the mascot actor to take off his mask and rudely rebuke young Kent for bothering him while he's on his break.
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* IgnorantAboutFire:
** In "Homer Goes to College", Homer gets accepted to a college and celebrates by burning his high school diploma. While it's still hanging on the wall. Homer dances and sings about how smart he is, [[{{Irony}} while the entire wall behind him burns down]].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E17HomerTheSmithers Homer the Smithers]]", Homer is filling in for Smithers and is trying to make Mr. Burns breakfast. First he spears some eggs and sticks them into the microwave (breaking the door/window to do so) and it catches fire. Then he tries to make toast using an open flame from the stove and it catches fire. [[TheTriple Finally]], he pours some cereal and milk, and even it catches fire. Earlier in the episode, Homer tries to ask Smithers what to do in case of fire, but Smithers can't hear him. Homer turns his head to discover that Mr. Burns is actually on fire. He doesn't know what to do, so he just quietly says, "D'oh!"
** In "Brother's Little Helper", as Ned Flanders is performing in a safety drill, his clothes catch on fire, and he does Stop, Drop, and Roll to put the fire out. Turns out all that does is ''spread'' the fire.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E19ImGoinToPraiseland I'm Going to Praiseland]]", Bart is pulling out weeds when Homer pours out some gasoline from a jerry can and sets it on fire. Homer says it's safe since it's a controlled burn, and not knowing that a controlled burn requires careful supervision not merely calling it "controlled", it burns a good chunk of the abandoned park they're renovating.
** Played with in "Mountain of Madness." There was no fire, but rather a fire ''drill'' at Homer's workplace. Only Homer manages to actually evacuate; the rest just run around like lunatics due to their fear and incompetence.
** In "22 Short Films About Springfield", Skinner's pot roast catches fire and instead of calling 911, he lies to his boss [[BlatantLies that it's the aurora borealis]]. Even when his mother is calling for help, he pretends that everything is fine.
** In "Homer Goes to College", Homer gets accepted to a college and celebrates by burning his high school diploma. While it's still hanging on the wall. Homer dances and sings about how smart he is, [[{{Irony}} while the entire wall behind him burns down]].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E17HomerTheSmithers Homer the Smithers]]", Homer is filling in for Smithers and is trying to make Mr. Burns breakfast. First he spears some eggs and sticks them into the microwave (breaking the door/window to do so) and it catches fire. Then he tries to make toast using an open flame from the stove and it catches fire. [[TheTriple Finally]], he pours some cereal and milk, and even it catches fire. Earlier in the episode, Homer tries to ask Smithers what to do in case of fire, but Smithers can't hear him. Homer turns his head to discover that Mr. Burns is actually on fire. He doesn't know what to do, so he just quietly says, "D'oh!"
** In "Brother's Little Helper", as Ned Flanders is performing in a safety drill, his clothes catch on fire, and he does Stop, Drop, and Roll to put the fire out. Turns out all that does is ''spread'' the fire.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E19ImGoinToPraiseland I'm Going to Praiseland]]", Bart is pulling out weeds when Homer pours out some gasoline from a jerry can and sets it on fire. Homer says it's safe since it's a controlled burn, and not knowing that a controlled burn requires careful supervision not merely calling it "controlled", it burns a good chunk of the abandoned park they're renovating.
** Played with in "Mountain of Madness." There was no fire, but rather a fire ''drill'' at Homer's workplace. Only Homer manages to actually evacuate; the rest just run around like lunatics due to their fear and incompetence.
** In "22 Short Films About Springfield", Skinner's pot roast catches fire and instead of calling 911, he lies to his boss [[BlatantLies that it's the aurora borealis]]. Even when his mother is calling for help, he pretends that everything is fine.
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* InsistentTerminology: In the show's scripts, Homer's "d'oh" is always rendered as "(annoyed grunt)", even in episode titles.
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* MissedMealAesop: [[SpoofAesop Parodied]] in the episode "Sleeping with the Enemy". Lisa becomes insecure about the size of her butt after being teased because of it, and thus stops eating in order to lose weight. In the end, Lisa mentions that she's [[BittersweetEnding still struggling with body image issues]], but Homer tries to convince her to go back to normal because StatusQuoIsGod.
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* JesusWasCrazy: The show depicts Jesus in a variety of ways, such as being child-like, having parental issues, being traumatised by the crucifixion, and he appears malicious in a gas leak hallucination. The followers of Christ are also portrayed as being too idealistic and being unrealistically strict with his teachings. Reverend Lovejoy also states that (according to the bible) you're not allowed to go to the bathroom.
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* LookBehindYou:
** Reverend Lovejoy getting Ned to leave by telling him about a saint-shaped oil stain.
** Or this classic bit, where Bart distracts Moe via this brilliant diversion:
--->'''Bart:''' Hey, Moe, look over there.
--->'''Moe:''' ''[turns and looks at the wall]'' What... what am I looking at? ''[several seconds pass, Moe continues staring]'' I'm going to stop looking soon! ''[several more seconds pass, Moe is still staring]'' What... is that it?
--->'''Homer:''' Hey, Moe, can I look too?
--->'''Moe:''' Sure, but it'll cost you.
--->'''Homer:''' My wallet's in the car! ''[runs outside]''
--->'''Moe:''' [[WhatAnIdiot He's so stupid]]... [[HypocriticalHumor and now back to the wall.]] ''[stares at it indefinitely]''
** Reverend Lovejoy getting Ned to leave by telling him about a saint-shaped oil stain.
** Or this classic bit, where Bart distracts Moe via this brilliant diversion:
--->'''Bart:''' Hey, Moe, look over there.
--->'''Moe:''' ''[turns and looks at the wall]'' What... what am I looking at? ''[several seconds pass, Moe continues staring]'' I'm going to stop looking soon! ''[several more seconds pass, Moe is still staring]'' What... is that it?
--->'''Homer:''' Hey, Moe, can I look too?
--->'''Moe:''' Sure, but it'll cost you.
--->'''Homer:''' My wallet's in the car! ''[runs outside]''
--->'''Moe:''' [[WhatAnIdiot He's so stupid]]... [[HypocriticalHumor and now back to the wall.]] ''[stares at it indefinitely]''
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** In a later ''Treehouse of Horror'' segment ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E3TreehouseOfHorrorXXV XXV]]'s "The Others"), the Simpsons are haunted by the ghosts of the ''Tracey Ullman'' era Simpsons. The ending of that segment featured various derivatives of the family wanting to move into the Modern Simpsons' house after they were killed. Most of the alternate Simpsons were created specifically for this scene, but three previous versions do make an appearance here -- the "Island of Dr. Hibbert" ("[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E1TreehouseOfHorrorXIII Treehouse of Horror XIII]]") Simpsons in their animal forms (Panther Marge, Spider Bart, Aardvark Maggie, Owl Lisa, and Walrus Homer), the [[BuiltWithLEGO LEGO Simpsons]] from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E20BrickLikeMe Brick Like Me]]", and Creator/SylvainChomet's version of the Simpsons from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E12Diggs Diggs]]"'s CouchGag.
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** In a later ''Treehouse of Horror'' segment ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E3TreehouseOfHorrorXXV ([[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXV XXV]]'s "The Others"), the Simpsons are haunted by the ghosts of the ''Tracey Ullman'' era Simpsons. The ending of that segment featured various derivatives of the family wanting to move into the Modern Simpsons' house after they were killed. Most of the alternate Simpsons were created specifically for this scene, but three previous versions do make an appearance here -- the "Island of Dr. Hibbert" ("[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E1TreehouseOfHorrorXIII Treehouse of Horror XIII]]") Simpsons in their animal forms (Panther Marge, Spider Bart, Aardvark Maggie, Owl Lisa, and Walrus Homer), the [[BuiltWithLEGO LEGO Simpsons]] from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E20BrickLikeMe Brick Like Me]]", and Creator/SylvainChomet's version of the Simpsons from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E12Diggs Diggs]]"'s CouchGag.
