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the last I checked, intelligent design wasn't taught in school, so the "both sides" framing is weird here.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The Creationism vs. Evolution debate was a massive one in the United States during the mid to late 2000's, driven largely by a [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]]-era Evangelical push to teach what was dubbed "intelligent design" in schools going up against the newly-empowered New Atheism and skeptic movements. This episode is obviously inspired by that cultural flashpoint, which largely fizzled out during the Obama years as the influence of both sides waned.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The Creationism vs. Evolution debate was a massive one in the United States during the mid to late 2000's, driven largely by a [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]]-era Evangelical push to teach what was dubbed "intelligent design" in schools going up against the newly-empowered New Atheism and skeptic movements. schools. This episode is obviously inspired by that cultural flashpoint, which largely fizzled out during the Obama years as the Evangelical influence of both sides waned.
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Misuse of BLAM; the first moment gave way to a Brick Joke, the third moment was justified (and it wasn't so much a "moment" as a small Lead In).
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
** Nelson being in disguise as either a poorly-disguised Milhouse or as Todd comes completely out of nowhere.
** There's a student at Springfield Elementary named Little Moe, who looks and acts just like the real Moe. He appears once and never again in the series.
** The episode's opening, with Bart trying to have as much fun as he can in his last days of summer, takes an extensive amount of time and ultimately isn't brought up again once he arrives at the museum. Justified as that opening was originally supposed to be in "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" but was cut due to time constraints and put in this episode to fill in time due to the main plot running short.
** Nelson being in disguise as either a poorly-disguised Milhouse or as Todd comes completely out of nowhere.
** There's a student at Springfield Elementary named Little Moe, who looks and acts just like the real Moe. He appears once and never again in the series.
** The episode's opening, with Bart trying to have as much fun as he can in his last days of summer, takes an extensive amount of time and ultimately isn't brought up again once he arrives at the museum. Justified as that opening was originally supposed to be in "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" but was cut due to time constraints and put in this episode to fill in time due to the main plot running short.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
** Nelson being in disguise as either a poorly-disguised Milhouse or as Todd comes completely out of nowhere.
**BigLippedAlligatorMoment: There's a student at Springfield Elementary named Little Moe, who looks and acts just like the real Moe. He appears once and never again in the series.
** The episode's opening, with Bart trying to have as much fun as he can in his last days of summer, takes an extensive amount of time and ultimately isn't brought up again once he arrives at the museum. Justified as that opening was originally supposed to be in "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" but was cut due to time constraints and put in this episode to fill in time due to the main plot running short.series.
** Nelson being in disguise as either a poorly-disguised Milhouse or as Todd comes completely out of nowhere.
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** The episode's opening, with Bart trying to have as much fun as he can in his last days of summer, takes an extensive amount of time and ultimately isn't brought up again once he arrives at the museum. Justified as that opening was originally supposed to be in "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" but was cut due to time constraints and put in this episode to fill in time due to the main plot running short.
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Wrong-way hindsight.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The June 28, 1990 issue of ''Magazine/RollingStone'' had a cover story about ''The Simpsons'' which described Homer as "a man at whom UsefulNotes/{{Evolution}} has laughed." Consider how the trial ends in this episode.
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Indentation
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** While Ned does go too far, the museum's "Creationist" exhibit is needlessly and confrontationally insulting to people like him, and utterly pointless and unnecessary from any scientific standpoint. Had his complaint only focused on ''that'', the writers would have had a much harder time pitting the audience against him.
** While Ned does go too far, the museum's "Creationist" exhibit is needlessly and confrontationally insulting to people like him, and utterly pointless and unnecessary from any scientific standpoint. Had his complaint only focused on ''that'', the writers would have had a much harder time pitting the audience against him.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint:
**StrawmanHasAPoint: While Ned does go too far, the museum's "Creationist" exhibit is needlessly and confrontationally insulting to people like him, and utterly pointless and unnecessary from any scientific standpoint. Had his complaint only focused on ''that'', the writers would have had a much harder time pitting the audience against him.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The Creationism vs. Evolution debate was a massive one in the United States during the mid to late 2000's, driven largely by a [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]]-era Evangelical push to teach what was dubbed "intelligent design" in schools going up against the newly-empowered New Atheism and skeptic movements. That cultural moment largely fizzled out during the Obama years as the influence of both sides have waned somewhat.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The Creationism vs. Evolution debate was a massive one in the United States during the mid to late 2000's, driven largely by a [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush Bush]]-era Evangelical push to teach what was dubbed "intelligent design" in schools going up against the newly-empowered New Atheism and skeptic movements. That This episode is obviously inspired by that cultural moment flashpoint, which largely fizzled out during the Obama years as the influence of both sides have waned somewhat.waned.
