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* TheTetrisEffect:
** When the family buys too much stuff at Rainier Wolfcastle's yard sale, and Homer goes through a Tetris sequence (complete with the 8-bit ''Korobeiniki'' theme lifted directly from the Game Boy version of the game) to fit everything inside the car... except himself.
** When Lisa became a crossword puzzle addict, she started to see crosswords in everything.
** Apu sometimes answers with his trademark quote outside of work.
--->''"Thank you, come again.''"
** In one episode, Homer attempts to jam Lenny's head into a jigsaw puzzle while trying to complete it, hallucinating he fits the spaces perfectly. Lenny ends up with [[EyeScream several jigsaw pieces in his eye]], [[ButtMonkey as is usual for him.]]
** When the family buys too much stuff at Rainier Wolfcastle's yard sale, and Homer goes through a Tetris sequence (complete with the 8-bit ''Korobeiniki'' theme lifted directly from the Game Boy version of the game) to fit everything inside the car... except himself.
** When Lisa became a crossword puzzle addict, she started to see crosswords in everything.
** Apu sometimes answers with his trademark quote outside of work.
--->''"Thank you, come again.''"
** In one episode, Homer attempts to jam Lenny's head into a jigsaw puzzle while trying to complete it, hallucinating he fits the spaces perfectly. Lenny ends up with [[EyeScream several jigsaw pieces in his eye]], [[ButtMonkey as is usual for him.]]
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* UniqueMomentRuined: One episode has Bart and Lisa eagerly looking forward to watching a special episode of ''The Itchy and Scratchy Show,'' where Scratchy will supposedly finally get to kill Itchy. However, right at the pivotal moment, the TV gets plugged out... and when it's plugged back in a few seconds later, the episode is already at the end credits.
--> '''Krusty the Clown:''' WOW! They'll never let us show that again! Not in a million years! ''[laughs]''
--> '''Bart and Lisa:''' AAAAHHHH!
--> '''Krusty the Clown:''' WOW! They'll never let us show that again! Not in a million years! ''[laughs]''
--> '''Bart and Lisa:''' AAAAHHHH!
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Given he scares easily, Homer does it the most, but Ned's screaming actually sounds like a woman's (his singing as well, which Bart finds disturbing [because he found it attractive]).
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Given he scares easily, Homer does it the most, but Ned's screaming actually sounds like a woman's (his singing as well, which Bart finds disturbing [because [spoliers because he found it attractive]).
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* SolidCartoonFacialStubble: Characters like Homer and Lenny who have brown mouths are suggested as actually having stubbly beards (Homer is explicitly shown shaving it at one point, though it grows back within seconds).
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* StatusQuoIsGod: There are numerous aspects of the setting that are immoveable, and almost any changes are either reverted by the end or ignored as the next episode just continues like nothing happened. This is occasionally subverted, usually in regards to the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters introduction of new characters]].
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* StatusQuoIsGod: There are numerous aspects of the setting that are immoveable, and almost any changes are either reverted by the end or ignored as the next episode just continues like nothing happened. This is occasionally subverted, usually in regards to the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters introduction of new characters]].characters.
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** Most notably in TheMovie in which [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Loads and Loads of Bit Players]] are featured in such a scene.
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** Most notably in TheMovie in which [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters Loads and Loads of Bit Players]] Players are featured in such a scene.
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* SmorgasbordTest: In "A Tale of Two Springfields", a badger takes up residence in the Simpsons' doghouse, and Lisa looks up what it eats on [=WhatBadgersEat.com=]. She tells Bart they subsist on a diet of stoats, voles, and marmots, and have been also known to eat woodpeckers, prompting him to try and feed it Rod and Todd's pet woodpecker.
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* ShouldHaveThoughtOfThatBeforeX:
** Taken to illogical extremes in detention.
--->'''Principal Skinner:''' Over here, Simpson! The detention room is dangerously overcrowded so you'll be spending your time in the cafeteria.\\
'''Student:''' Oxygen running out...\\
'''Principal Skinner:''' Yes, you should have thought of that before you made that paper airplane.
** In "Lost Our Lisa", Lisa can't go to the Isis Exhibit because Marge has to take Bart to the hospital to get the novelty items he glued to his face removed, leading to this exchange:
--->'''Lisa:''' Oh! It's the last day of the Isis exhibit!\\
'''Bart:''' Well, you should have thought of that BEFORE I glued all this stuff to my face!
** In "Mobile Homer", the movie Marge watches features dialog of this.
--->'''Man:''' I'm afraid your husband had no life insurance.\\
'''Woman:''' But what will I do?!\\
'''Man:''' You should've thought of that ''before'' you married a dead man!
** Taken to illogical extremes in detention.
--->'''Principal Skinner:''' Over here, Simpson! The detention room is dangerously overcrowded so you'll be spending your time in the cafeteria.\\
'''Student:''' Oxygen running out...\\
'''Principal Skinner:''' Yes, you should have thought of that before you made that paper airplane.
** In "Lost Our Lisa", Lisa can't go to the Isis Exhibit because Marge has to take Bart to the hospital to get the novelty items he glued to his face removed, leading to this exchange:
--->'''Lisa:''' Oh! It's the last day of the Isis exhibit!\\
'''Bart:''' Well, you should have thought of that BEFORE I glued all this stuff to my face!
** In "Mobile Homer", the movie Marge watches features dialog of this.
--->'''Man:''' I'm afraid your husband had no life insurance.\\
'''Woman:''' But what will I do?!\\
'''Man:''' You should've thought of that ''before'' you married a dead man!
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* StampOfRejection: In "Homer vs Patty and Selma", Homer applies for a chauffeur's license and, much to his chagrin, is forced to take his driving test under the guidance of his hated sisters-in-law, Patty and Selma. When he fails the scantron part of the test because he didn't fill in completely fill in one of the circles, both of them gleefully stamp his test with a red FAIL stamp.
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* SuddenlyBilingual: 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''.
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* TheWallsAreClosingIn: When spoofing ''Film/TheTenCommandments'' and the story of Moses, Milhouse and Lisa (as Moses and Aaron) are thrown in a room with {{spike|sOfDoom}}d walls that close in on them. However, the spikes have all been installed opposite each other, so that the walls stop when the tips touch, leaving plenty of room for them to climb to safety (and for Lisa to remark, "Slave labor. You get what you pay for.").
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* TheWallsAreClosingIn: When spoofing ''Film/TheTenCommandments'' ''{{Film/The Ten Commandments|1956}}'' and the story of Moses, Milhouse and Lisa (as Moses and Aaron) are thrown in a room with {{spike|sOfDoom}}d walls that close in on them. However, the spikes have all been installed opposite each other, so that the walls stop when the tips touch, leaving plenty of room for them to climb to safety (and for Lisa to remark, "Slave labor. You get what you pay for.").
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* VigilanteInjustice:
** In the episode "Homer the Vigilante", after a series of burglaries hit Springfield, Homer forms a vigilante group with Barney, Apu and Moe in hopes to catch the cat burglar. But Homer and the group abuse their power to the point the news says they've caused more crimes than they stopped. The group disbands after world's largest cubic zarconium gets stolen by the burglar from the museum while under Homer's watch (he had gone off to get drunk with underage kids) and the town turns on him. While the episode does show that vigilantism can be inefficient when someone like Homer is in charge, the episode has Grandpa figure out who the burglar is and report him.
** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E9HomerBadman Homer Badman]], Homer is framed as a pervert after seemingly pinching the butt of a babysitter (when he was actually peeling off a rare gummi candy (one shaped like the Venus de Milo that she had unknowingly sat on). Rather than call the police, she rallies a mob and harrasses him for being a pervert. After trying and failing multiple times to clear his name, Groundskeeper Willie saves him by showing Ashley a recording of Homer taking the gummi candy.
** In the episode "Homer the Vigilante", after a series of burglaries hit Springfield, Homer forms a vigilante group with Barney, Apu and Moe in hopes to catch the cat burglar. But Homer and the group abuse their power to the point the news says they've caused more crimes than they stopped. The group disbands after world's largest cubic zarconium gets stolen by the burglar from the museum while under Homer's watch (he had gone off to get drunk with underage kids) and the town turns on him. While the episode does show that vigilantism can be inefficient when someone like Homer is in charge, the episode has Grandpa figure out who the burglar is and report him.
** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E9HomerBadman Homer Badman]], Homer is framed as a pervert after seemingly pinching the butt of a babysitter (when he was actually peeling off a rare gummi candy (one shaped like the Venus de Milo that she had unknowingly sat on). Rather than call the police, she rallies a mob and harrasses him for being a pervert. After trying and failing multiple times to clear his name, Groundskeeper Willie saves him by showing Ashley a recording of Homer taking the gummi candy.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: "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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* VideoCallFail:
** "Lisa's Wedding" had Lisa and Marge talk to each other through a picture phone. However, Marge kept forgetting that it was a video phone, leading to her [[LyingFingerCross visibly crossing her fingers]] in front of Lisa when she promises her that she will keep Homer in check for the wedding.
** In "You Won't Believe What This Episode is About - Act Three Will Shock You!", one of the social media pariahs that Homer works with is Jed Hawk, who became one when he went to the toilet at the end of a video conference and accidentally showed his dick to said conference.
** "Lisa's Wedding" had Lisa and Marge talk to each other through a picture phone. However, Marge kept forgetting that it was a video phone, leading to her [[LyingFingerCross visibly crossing her fingers]] in front of Lisa when she promises her that she will keep Homer in check for the wedding.
** In "You Won't Believe What This Episode is About - Act Three Will Shock You!", one of the social media pariahs that Homer works with is Jed Hawk, who became one when he went to the toilet at the end of a video conference and accidentally showed his dick to said conference.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Marge, Chief Wiggum, and the van Houtens have blue hair. Marge actually dyes her hair that color, though it's assumed from flashbacks to her childhood that she ''was'' a natural blue (until she turned 17).
-->'''Homer:''' She's been gray as a mule since she was 17.
-->'''Homer:''' She's been gray as a mule since she was 17.
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** ''WesternAnimation/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'' is about a cat and mouse.
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* TokenHouseguest: Parodied in the episode "Itchy, Scratchy and Poochie". As a parallel to ''WesternAnimation/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'' getting a new character, the Simpsons inexplicably have a teenager named Roy living with them. By the end of the episode Roy moves out to a new apartment with two sexy female roommates. The whole episode was a commentary on the network asking for the show to add a teenage character to cater to that demographic.
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* TokenHouseguest: Parodied in the episode "Itchy, Scratchy and Poochie". As a parallel to ''WesternAnimation/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'' ''JustForFun/TheItchyAndScratchyShow'' getting a new character, the Simpsons inexplicably have a teenager named Roy living with them. By the end of the episode Roy moves out to a new apartment with two sexy female roommates. The whole episode was a commentary on the network asking for the show to add a teenage character to cater to that demographic.
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** At the end of "A Star Is Born-Again" when the characters are doing a parody of a a Benny Hill sketch.
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* ThirdPartyDealBreaker: In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]", Homer makes a DealWithTheDevil [[SoldHisSoulForADonut for a donut]]. Marge gets him out of it by successfully arguing that he'd already pledged his soul to her; the Devil curses him to have a donut for a head in retaliation.
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** In "Homer and Apu", Homer is given a giant novelty hat with a loudly whirring camera inside to get evidence of Apu's unhygienic food selling practices. When Apu confuses the whirring of the camera's focusing motor with the buzzing of a bee, he tells it to Homer--[[WhatAnIdiot who instantly freaks out about having a bee on his hat and stomps said hat (and the camera) flat]].
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** In "Homer and Apu", Homer is given a giant novelty hat with a loudly whirring camera inside to get evidence of Apu's unhygienic food selling practices. When Apu confuses the whirring of the camera's focusing motor with the buzzing of a bee, he tells it to Homer--[[WhatAnIdiot Homer -- who instantly freaks out about having a bee on his hat and stomps said hat (and the camera) flat]].flat.
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* WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings: In "Trilogy Of Error", Lisa says, "This is why I can't have nice things" after Homer breaks her Linguo robot by pouring beer in it.
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* YouMakeMeSic: In "Bart the Genius", after Bart gives a confession letter to Dr. J. Loren Pryor that he was faking being a genius:
-->'''Pryor:''' You know... you misspelled "confession".
-->'''Pryor:''' You know... you misspelled "confession".
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Marge and the van Houtens have blue hair. Marge actually dyes her hair that color, though it's assumed from flashbacks to her childhood that she ''was'' a natural blue (until she turned 17).
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Marge Marge, Chief Wiggum, and the van Houtens have blue hair. Marge actually dyes her hair that color, though it's assumed from flashbacks to her childhood that she ''was'' a natural blue (until she turned 17).
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* StolenCreditBackfire:
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E5HomerDefined Homer Defined]]" presents an AccidentalHero variation of the trope, where Homer indeed saved the power plant from annihilation by himself, but did so through [[AchievementsInIgnorance sheer luck]]. He's lauded for his actions and is unwilling to admit it was all a fluke (though he suffers from depression over his secret), but things fall apart when he's called to give a talk to another plant, only for the same problem to happen again for real. Homer again succeeds by chance, this time with witnesses. He's subsequently subjected to the (relatively minor) humiliation of "[[PersonAsVerb pulling a Homer]]" ("to succeed at something despite idiocy") becoming a popular phrase.
** In "Bart Gets an 'F'", Bart fakes being sick to get out of taking a test, then calls Milhouse for the answers. When Bart takes the test the next morning, Ms. Krabappel gives him an F, noting that he scored even worse than Milhouse.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E5HomerDefined Homer Defined]]" presents an AccidentalHero variation of the trope, where Homer indeed saved the power plant from annihilation by himself, but did so through [[AchievementsInIgnorance sheer luck]]. He's lauded for his actions and is unwilling to admit it was all a fluke (though he suffers from depression over his secret), but things fall apart when he's called to give a talk to another plant, only for the same problem to happen again for real. Homer again succeeds by chance, this time with witnesses. He's subsequently subjected to the (relatively minor) humiliation of "[[PersonAsVerb pulling a Homer]]" ("to succeed at something despite idiocy") becoming a popular phrase.
** In "Bart Gets an 'F'", Bart fakes being sick to get out of taking a test, then calls Milhouse for the answers. When Bart takes the test the next morning, Ms. Krabappel gives him an F, noting that he scored even worse than Milhouse.
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* YouAreTooLate: When the manager of his boy band tries to destroy ''Magazine/{{MAD}}'' Bart and his friends try to come up with a plan to calm him down. However by the time they come up with one its too late and he successfully blows up MAD's office.
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* StockFoodDepictions: Donuts are always beige with pink frosting, topped by multicolored sprinkles. The real-life Krispy Kreme even sells these!
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* AVerySpecialEpisode:
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E5TheCartridgeFamily The Cartridge Family]]" is a Simpsons episode all about gun control. As controversial as the gun-control argument may be, the episode does point out that guns are not toys and that people who do not use them responsibly should not own them at all.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E3SleepingWithTheEnemy Sleeping with the Enemy]]" has Lisa Simpson struggling with anorexia. The point of the episode is that eating disorders and insecurities about your looks aren't [[CompressedVice compressed vices]]. They don't go away in 20 minutes and sometimes will stay with you for life.
** The people of Ogdenville move to Springfield in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E21ComingToHomerica Coming to Homerica]]", prompting the town to engage in a two-sided debate around immigration, paralleling America's real-world immigration debate. Putting the issue of racism aside, a country might not be able to [[OverpopulationCrisis handle mass migration because it might already have enough problems taking care of its own citizens (jobs, healthcare, crime, homelessness, etc).]] On the other hand, people who migrate to other countries might be trying to escape mountain-sized problems that can't be solved easily, or they are trying to support/protect their families. Long story short, the episode gives no clear answer to who is right or wrong.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E5TheCartridgeFamily The Cartridge Family]]" is a Simpsons episode all about gun control. As controversial as the gun-control argument may be, the episode does point out that guns are not toys and that people who do not use them responsibly should not own them at all.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E3SleepingWithTheEnemy Sleeping with the Enemy]]" has Lisa Simpson struggling with anorexia. The point of the episode is that eating disorders and insecurities about your looks aren't [[CompressedVice compressed vices]]. They don't go away in 20 minutes and sometimes will stay with you for life.
** The people of Ogdenville move to Springfield in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E21ComingToHomerica Coming to Homerica]]", prompting the town to engage in a two-sided debate around immigration, paralleling America's real-world immigration debate. Putting the issue of racism aside, a country might not be able to [[OverpopulationCrisis handle mass migration because it might already have enough problems taking care of its own citizens (jobs, healthcare, crime, homelessness, etc).]] On the other hand, people who migrate to other countries might be trying to escape mountain-sized problems that can't be solved easily, or they are trying to support/protect their families. Long story short, the episode gives no clear answer to who is right or wrong.
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* TurnTheOtherCheek: "Homer Vs. Patty and Selma" centers around Homer's fractious relationship with Patty and Selma, with the latter insulting him at every turn and Homer firing back however he can. When he stops trying to get back at them and saves them from being demoted, they [[HumblePie quickly apologize]] and forgive their debt to him.
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* AWeightyAesop: In "Walking Big & Tall", the characters learn that there is no such thing as a perfect body image, being obese and underweight carry health problems that can turn fatal. Albert was right about protesting a shop that promoted impossible and anorexic body images but he still died of a heart attack caused by overeating. You shouldn't promote or shame either body type but you still need to consider either yours or their health.
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** One episode has the town declared as the fattest town in America. This greatly concerns Marge and she manages to convince other people to enforce a ban on sugar so that everyone can start eating healthier. Naturally, people resist to the point of smuggling sugar prohibition style. StatusQuoIsGod kicks in at the end where Marge eventually gives up and lets people indulge in their sugar cravings.
** Zig-zagged in "King-Sized Homer" where Homer purposely gains weight to the point of weighing over 300 pounds because it would make him legally disabled, thus he can work from home and never have to physically go to work. A moment later, he gets a warning from the power plant that there will be a meltdown if the problem is not taken care of right now. Homer races to the source and winds up plugging up the hole with his enlarged rear, which somehow stops the threat. Homer realizes that if had he not gained excessive weight, he would have fallen to his death, which Lisa ironically remarks as well. Homer then decides he has to lose weight so Marge would not be turned off by his body anymore. Mr. Burns tries to get Homer to exercise, but gives up after seeing Homer is too fat to do a proper sit up and decides to just get him liposuction.
** In "The Heartbroke Kid", after Principal Skinner signs a contract with a vending machine company sponsored by hip-hop artists to allow them to sell their products at the school, Bart becomes greatly hooked on the [[NutritionalNightmare excessively unhealthy snacks]] and consumes them frequently, which results in him growing considerably obese and developing a serious addiction toward junk food. One day, he suffers a heart attack and is taken to the hospital, where an X-ray scan reveals there are ''three malted milk balls clogging his arteries and a wad of Laffy Taffy stuck on his liver''. Bart is put on a diet, but, when his addiction is too severe, the entire family and a few Springfieldians stage an intervention and send the boy to Serenity Ranch, a rather expensive weight-loss camp led by Tab Spangler, a fitness guru voiced by Creator/AlbertBrooks. Bart ultimately overcomes his addiction after Tab shows him the sacrifices his family is making to afford the camp's bills (namely turning the house into a youth hostel for a bunch of rude German students), whereupon he goes back to the school, smashes the vending machines apart and recovers the money he spent on them to bring it back to his family.
** In "Walking Big & Tall", the characters learn that there is no such thing as a perfect body image, being obese and underweight carry health problems that can turn fatal. Albert was right about protesting a shop that promoted impossible and anorexic body images but he still died of a heart attack caused by overeating. You shouldn't promote or shame either body type but you still need to consider either yours or their health.
** One episode has the town declared as the fattest town in America. This greatly concerns Marge and she manages to convince other people to enforce a ban on sugar so that everyone can start eating healthier. Naturally, people resist to the point of smuggling sugar prohibition style. StatusQuoIsGod kicks in at the end where Marge eventually gives up and lets people indulge in their sugar cravings.
** Zig-zagged in "King-Sized Homer" where Homer purposely gains weight to the point of weighing over 300 pounds because it would make him legally disabled, thus he can work from home and never have to physically go to work. A moment later, he gets a warning from the power plant that there will be a meltdown if the problem is not taken care of right now. Homer races to the source and winds up plugging up the hole with his enlarged rear, which somehow stops the threat. Homer realizes that if had he not gained excessive weight, he would have fallen to his death, which Lisa ironically remarks as well. Homer then decides he has to lose weight so Marge would not be turned off by his body anymore. Mr. Burns tries to get Homer to exercise, but gives up after seeing Homer is too fat to do a proper sit up and decides to just get him liposuction.
** In "The Heartbroke Kid", after Principal Skinner signs a contract with a vending machine company sponsored by hip-hop artists to allow them to sell their products at the school, Bart becomes greatly hooked on the [[NutritionalNightmare excessively unhealthy snacks]] and consumes them frequently, which results in him growing considerably obese and developing a serious addiction toward junk food. One day, he suffers a heart attack and is taken to the hospital, where an X-ray scan reveals there are ''three malted milk balls clogging his arteries and a wad of Laffy Taffy stuck on his liver''. Bart is put on a diet, but, when his addiction is too severe, the entire family and a few Springfieldians stage an intervention and send the boy to Serenity Ranch, a rather expensive weight-loss camp led by Tab Spangler, a fitness guru voiced by Creator/AlbertBrooks. Bart ultimately overcomes his addiction after Tab shows him the sacrifices his family is making to afford the camp's bills (namely turning the house into a youth hostel for a bunch of rude German students), whereupon he goes back to the school, smashes the vending machines apart and recovers the money he spent on them to bring it back to his family.
** In "Walking Big & Tall", the characters learn that there is no such thing as a perfect body image, being obese and underweight carry health problems that can turn fatal. Albert was right about protesting a shop that promoted impossible and anorexic body images but he still died of a heart attack caused by overeating. You shouldn't promote or shame either body type but you still need to consider either yours or their health.
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* ShirleyTemplate: "Little" Vicki Valentine is also loosely based on Temple, and is portrayed as a former child star-turned-dance instructor, a reference to Shirley's talent as a tap dancer. Temple herself was offered the role to voice Vicki, but was unable to record her part.
