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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], in this episode, all the characters excluding the titular family [[note]]Bart for obvious reasons, Lisa for trying to help him feel better, Maggie for not doing anything, Marge for giving the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, and Homer for only bullying Bart out of peer pressure before getting caught in his own plot about mattresses[[/note]] are worse than usual, and thus absolutely unsympathetic.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], in this episode, all the characters excluding the titular family [[note]]Bart for obvious reasons, Lisa for trying to help him feel better, Maggie for not doing anything, Marge for giving the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, Abe for making only a cameo appearance to boo [=LaBoot=], and Homer for only bullying Bart out of peer pressure before getting caught in his own plot about mattresses[[/note]] mattresses with the Lovejoys[[/note]] are worse than usual, and thus absolutely unsympathetic.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], in this episode, all the characters excluding the titular family [[note]]Bart for obvious reasons, Lisa for trying to help him feel better, Maggie for not doing anything, Marge for giving the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, and Homer for only bullying Bart out of peer pressure before getting caught in his own plot about matresses[[/note]] are worse than usual, and thus absolutely unsympathetic.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], in this episode, all the characters excluding the titular family [[note]]Bart for obvious reasons, Lisa for trying to help him feel better, Maggie for not doing anything, Marge for giving the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, and Homer for only bullying Bart out of peer pressure before getting caught in his own plot about matresses[[/note]] mattresses[[/note]] are worse than usual, and thus absolutely unsympathetic.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], in this episode, all the characters excluding the titular family [[note]]Bart for obvious reasons, Lisa for trying to help him feel better, Maggie for not doing anything, Marge for giving the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, and Homer for only bullying Bart out of peer pressure[[/note]] are worse than usual, and thus absolutely unsympathetic.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], in this episode, all the characters excluding the titular family [[note]]Bart for obvious reasons, Lisa for trying to help him feel better, Maggie for not doing anything, Marge for giving the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, and Homer for only bullying Bart out of peer pressure[[/note]] pressure before getting caught in his own plot about matresses[[/note]] are worse than usual, and thus absolutely unsympathetic.
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[TheSociopath LaBoot]] crosses the line when he starts to encourage the rest of the people to harass Bart into the DespairEventHorizon (after pretending to be sympathetic towards Bart so he would tell his side of the story). Worse still, not only is [=LaBoot=] a massive hypocrite who made the same mistake that Bart did but it is implied that other children were also attacked before [[DeathOfAChild with similar results]], giving [=LaBoot=] a body count.
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[TheSociopath LaBoot]] crosses the line when he starts to encourage the rest of the people to harass Bart into the DespairEventHorizon (after pretending to be sympathetic towards Bart so he would tell his side of the story). Worse still, not only is [=LaBoot=] a massive hypocrite who made the same mistake that Bart did did, but it is implied that other children were also attacked before [[DeathOfAChild with similar results]], giving [=LaBoot=] a body count.
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[TheSociopath LaBoot]] crosses the line when he starts to encourage the rest of the people to harass Bart into the DespairEventHorizon. And it is implied that other children were also attacked before [[DeathOfAChild with similar results]], giving [=LaBoot=] a body count.
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* MoralEventHorizon: [[TheSociopath LaBoot]] crosses the line when he starts to encourage the rest of the people to harass Bart into the DespairEventHorizon. And DespairEventHorizon (after pretending to be sympathetic towards Bart so he would tell his side of the story). Worse still, not only is [=LaBoot=] a massive hypocrite who made the same mistake that Bart did but it is implied that other children were also attacked before [[DeathOfAChild with similar results]], giving [=LaBoot=] a body count.
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* TheWoobie: Bart. Normally, he'd be a JerkassWoobie, and he is pretty arrogant before his depression, but in this episode all he did to "deserve" his treatment was missing a fly ball.
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* TheWoobie: Bart. Normally, he'd be a JerkassWoobie, and he is pretty arrogant before his depression, but in this episode episode, all he did to "deserve" his treatment was [[FelonyMisdemeanor missing a fly ball.ball]].
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* TheWoobie: Bart. Normally, he'd be a JerkassWoobie, and he is pretty arrogant before his depression, but in this episode all he did to ''deserve'' his treatment was missing a fly ball.
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* TheWoobie: Bart. Normally, he'd be a JerkassWoobie, and he is pretty arrogant before his depression, but in this episode all he did to ''deserve'' "deserve" his treatment was missing a fly ball.
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* NightmareFuel: Just the fact that such a seemingly cheerful, quirky town like Springfield would do something so heinous as what they did to Bart alone counts as this, especially to a number of long-time ''Simpsons'' fans who saw the episode for the first time. Ouch, man.
** To make matters even worse, this exist in real life. Now just throw Social Media into the mix.
** To make matters even worse, this exist in real life. Now just throw Social Media into the mix.
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* NightmareFuel: Just the fact that such a seemingly cheerful, quirky town like Springfield would do something so heinous as what they did to Bart alone counts as this, especially to a number of long-time ''Simpsons'' fans who saw the episode for the first time. Ouch, man.
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** To make matters even worse, thisexist exists in real life. Now just throw Social Media into the mix.
** To make matters even worse, this
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* TheWoobie: Bart. Normally, he'd be a JerkassWoobie, and he is pretty arrogant before his depression, but in this episode he doesn't do anything to ''deserve'' his treatment. All this for missing a fly ball.
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* TheWoobie: Bart. Normally, he'd be a JerkassWoobie, and he is pretty arrogant before his depression, but in this episode all he doesn't do anything did to ''deserve'' his treatment. All this for treatment was missing a fly ball.
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I would possibly classify him as a Hate Sink. Unlike the townspeople, he is no way apologetic for sending Bart to tears.
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* CatharsisFactor: Marge verbally tearing the citizens of Springfield a new one when their bullying goes too far.
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** Marge verbally tearing the citizens of Springfield a new one when their bullying goes toofar.far.
** Abe booing Joe [=LaBoot=], especially considering that [=LaBoot=] set off the latter half of the episode by driving Bart to tears.
** Marge verbally tearing the citizens of Springfield a new one when their bullying goes too
** Abe booing Joe [=LaBoot=], especially considering that [=LaBoot=] set off the latter half of the episode by driving Bart to tears.
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* TheScrappy: Joe [=LaBoot=], for his hypocrisy when he learns that he's speaking with Bart, [[KickTheDog and then being completely unforgiving towards him]].
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* TakeThatScrappy: Abe booing Joe [=LaBoot=], especially considering that [=LaBoot=] set off the latter half of the episode by driving Bart to tears.
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* NeverLiveItDown: While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see them in the same light ever again, and some even wish that the titular characters would move out of Springfield for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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* NeverLiveItDown: While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, fans see this as do not [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], see the same mindset]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see them in the same light ever again, and some even wish that the titular characters would move out of Springfield for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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* TheScrappy: Joe [=LaBoot=], for his hypocrisy when he learns that he's speaking with Bart, [[KickTheDog and then is completely unforgiving towards him]].
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* TheScrappy: Joe [=LaBoot=], for his hypocrisy when he learns that he's speaking with Bart, [[KickTheDog and then is being completely unforgiving towards him]].
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], in this episode, all the characters excluding the family [[note]]Bart for obvious reasons, Lisa for trying to help him feel better, Maggie for not doing anything, Marge for giving the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, and Homer for only bullying Bart out of peer pressure[[/note]] are worse than usual, and thus absolutely unsympathetic.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], in this episode, all the characters excluding the titular family [[note]]Bart for obvious reasons, Lisa for trying to help him feel better, Maggie for not doing anything, Marge for giving the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, and Homer for only bullying Bart out of peer pressure[[/note]] are worse than usual, and thus absolutely unsympathetic.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Despite this episode being hated for showing Springfield as cruel enough to drive a ten-year-old boy to suicide, the scene of Marge calling the town out for what they've done and arranging a new game to pick up Bart's shattered self-esteem ''is'' a bright spot in an otherwise pitch-black episode.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Despite this episode being hated criticized for showing Springfield as cruel enough to drive a ten-year-old boy to suicide, the scene of Marge calling the town out for what they've done and arranging a new game to pick up Bart's shattered self-esteem ''is'' a bright spot in an otherwise pitch-black episode.
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* NeverLiveItDown: While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see them in the same light ever again, and some even wish that the titular characters would move out of Springfield for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
* NightmareFuel: Just the fact that such a seemingly cheerful, quirky town like Springfield would do something so heinous as what they did to Bart alone counts as this, especially to a number of long-time ''Simpsons'' fans who saw the episode for the first time.
* NightmareFuel: Just the fact that such a seemingly cheerful, quirky town like Springfield would do something so heinous as what they did to Bart alone counts as this, especially to a number of long-time ''Simpsons'' fans who saw the episode for the first time.
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* NeverLiveItDown: While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many it, fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see them in the same light ever again, and some even wish that the titular characters would move out of Springfield for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
* NightmareFuel: Just the fact that such a seemingly cheerful, quirky town like Springfield would do something so heinous as what they did to Bart alone counts as this, especially to a number of long-time ''Simpsons'' fans who saw the episode for the first time. Ouch, man.
* NightmareFuel: Just the fact that such a seemingly cheerful, quirky town like Springfield would do something so heinous as what they did to Bart alone counts as this, especially to a number of long-time ''Simpsons'' fans who saw the episode for the first time. Ouch, man.
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* TheScrappy: Joe [=LaBoot=]'s hypocrisy when he learns that he's speaking with Bart, [[KickTheDog and then is completely horrible towards him]], has unsurprisingly gained him a large hatedom.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As much as a lot of people loathe this episode, it does show that publicly shaming someone over something minor can have an adverse effect on their psychological being.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As much as a lot of people loathe this episode, it does show that publicly shaming someone over something minor can have an adverse effect on their psychological being.
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* TheScrappy: Joe [=LaBoot=]'s [=LaBoot=], for his hypocrisy when he learns that he's speaking with Bart, [[KickTheDog and then is completely horrible unforgiving towards him]], has unsurprisingly gained him a large hatedom.
him]].
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Asmuch infamous as a lot of people loathe this episode, episode is, it does show that publicly shaming someone over something minor can have an adverse effect on their psychological being.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As
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* TheWoobie: Bart. Normally, he'd be a JerkassWoobie, but in this episode he doesn't do anything to ''deserve'' his treatment, [[FelonyMisdemeanor except miss an easy fly ball.]]
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* TheWoobie: Bart. Normally, he'd be a JerkassWoobie, and he is pretty arrogant before his depression, but in this episode he doesn't do anything to ''deserve'' his treatment, [[FelonyMisdemeanor except miss an easy treatment. All this for missing a fly ball.]]
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* CatharsisFactor: Marge verbally tearing the citizens of Springfield a new one when their bullying goes too far.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], in this episode, all the characters excluding the family [[note]]Bart for obvious reasons, Lisa for trying to help him feel better, Maggie for not doing anything, Marge for giving the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, and Homer for only bullying Bart out of peer pressure[[/note]]) pressure[[/note]] are worse than usual, and thus absolutely unsympathetic.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], ever since this episode, no one is sympathetic anymore (excluding Lisa[[note]]who tried to help him feel better[[/note]], Maggie[[note]]who didn't participate, being a baby[[/note]], Marge[[note]]who gave the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech[[/note]], and Homer[[note]]only bullied Bart out of peer pressure[[/note]]).
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], ever since in this episode, no one is sympathetic anymore (excluding Lisa[[note]]who tried all the characters excluding the family [[note]]Bart for obvious reasons, Lisa for trying to help him feel better[[/note]], Maggie[[note]]who didn't participate, being a baby[[/note]], Marge[[note]]who gave better, Maggie for not doing anything, Marge for giving the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech[[/note]], TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, and Homer[[note]]only bullied Homer for only bullying Bart out of peer pressure[[/note]]).pressure[[/note]]) are worse than usual, and thus absolutely unsympathetic.
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* NeverLiveItDown: While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see any citizen of Springfield (excluding Lisa, Maggie and Marge) in the same light ever again. Some fans even wish that the titular characters would move out of Springfield for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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* NeverLiveItDown: While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see any citizen of Springfield (excluding Lisa, Maggie and Marge) them in the same light ever again. Some fans again, and some even wish that the titular characters would move out of Springfield for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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* TakeThatScrappy: Admit it, seeing Abe boo Joe [=LaBoot=] brought a smile to your face considering that [=LaBoot=] set off the latter half of the episode by driving Bart to tears.
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* TakeThatScrappy: Admit it, seeing Abe boo booing Joe [=LaBoot=] brought a smile to your face [=LaBoot=], especially considering that [=LaBoot=] set off the latter half of the episode by driving Bart to tears.
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* TakeThatScrappy: Admit it, seeing Abe boo Joe [=LaBoot=] brought a smile to your face considering that [=LaBoot=] set off the latter half of the episode by driving Bart to tears.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], ever since this episode, no one is sympathetic anymore (excluding Lisa[[note]]who tried to help him feel better[[/note]], Maggie[[note]]who didn't participate, being a baby[[/note]], Marge[[note]]who gave the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech[[/note]], and Homer [[/note]]only Homer[[note]]only bullied Bart out of peer pressure).pressure[[/note]]).
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], ever since this episode, no one is sympathetic anymore (excluding Lisa[[note]]who tried to help him feel better[[/note]], Maggie[[note]]who didn't participate, being a baby[[/note]] and Marge[[note]]who gave the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech[[/note]]).
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], ever since this episode, no one is sympathetic anymore (excluding Lisa[[note]]who tried to help him feel better[[/note]], Maggie[[note]]who didn't participate, being a baby[[/note]] and baby[[/note]], Marge[[note]]who gave the whole town a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech[[/note]]).TheReasonYouSuckSpeech[[/note]], and Homer [[/note]]only bullied Bart out of peer pressure).
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* NeverLiveItDown: While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see any citizen of Springfield (excluding Lisa, Maggie and Marge) in the same light ever again. Some fans even wish that the title characters would move out of Springfield for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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* NeverLiveItDown: While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see any citizen of Springfield (excluding Lisa, Maggie and Marge) in the same light ever again. Some fans even wish that the title titular characters would move out of Springfield for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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* TheScrappy: Joe [=LaBoot=]'s hypocrisy when he learns that he's speaking with Bart, [[KickTheDog and then is completely evil towards him]], has unsurprisingly gained him a large hatedom.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As much as a lot of people hate this episode, it does show that publicly shaming someone over something minor can have an adverse effect on their psychological being.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As much as a lot of people hate this episode, it does show that publicly shaming someone over something minor can have an adverse effect on their psychological being.
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* TheScrappy: Joe [=LaBoot=]'s hypocrisy when he learns that he's speaking with Bart, [[KickTheDog and then is completely evil horrible towards him]], has unsurprisingly gained him a large hatedom.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As much as a lot of peoplehate loathe this episode, it does show that publicly shaming someone over something minor can have an adverse effect on their psychological being.
* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As much as a lot of people
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** This episode becomes more depressing after many bullying-related murders and suicides hit the news, specifically what happened to Phoebe Prince.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** Despite this episode being hated for showing Springfield as cruel enough to drive a ten-year-old boy to suicide, the scene of Marge calling the town out for what they've done and arranging a new game to pick up Bart's shattered self-esteem ''is'' a bright spot in an otherwise pitch-black episode.
** Also, there is [=LaBoot=] trying (and failing) to save Bart, even though he was [[KickTheDog very evil]] to the boy earlier in the episode.
** The fact that Homer only started bullying Bart because of ''peer pressure'', as this episode was during the "jerkass Homer" era.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** The entire city of Springfield cross this line when they torture Bart (''a 10-year-old boy'') to suicide for no good reason whatsoever (in which they even '''encourage him to do'''), and even as Bart is revived, '''''they still don't stop harassing him.''''' They (arguably insincerely) apologize to Bart for all of this, but what they did was irredeemable beyond all belief and it's an honest mystery as to why the family has not left Springfield at this point. Not to mention that it's [[FridgeHorror heavily implied]] that they would have ''killed Bart themselves'' if Marge did not intervene.
** [[TheSociopath LaBoot]] especially crosses the line when he starts to encourage the rest of the people to harass Bart into the DespairEventHorizon. And it is implied that other children were also attacked before [[DeathOfAChild with similar results]], giving [=LaBoot=] a body count.
** Despite this episode being hated for showing Springfield as cruel enough to drive a ten-year-old boy to suicide, the scene of Marge calling the town out for what they've done and arranging a new game to pick up Bart's shattered self-esteem ''is'' a bright spot in an otherwise pitch-black episode.
** Also, there is [=LaBoot=] trying (and failing) to save Bart, even though he was [[KickTheDog very evil]] to the boy earlier in the episode.
** The fact that Homer only started bullying Bart because of ''peer pressure'', as this episode was during the "jerkass Homer" era.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** The entire city of Springfield cross this line when they torture Bart (''a 10-year-old boy'') to suicide for no good reason whatsoever (in which they even '''encourage him to do'''), and even as Bart is revived, '''''they still don't stop harassing him.''''' They (arguably insincerely) apologize to Bart for all of this, but what they did was irredeemable beyond all belief and it's an honest mystery as to why the family has not left Springfield at this point. Not to mention that it's [[FridgeHorror heavily implied]] that they would have ''killed Bart themselves'' if Marge did not intervene.
** [[TheSociopath LaBoot]] especially crosses the line when he starts to encourage the rest of the people to harass Bart into the DespairEventHorizon. And it is implied that other children were also attacked before [[DeathOfAChild with similar results]], giving [=LaBoot=] a body count.
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
**SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Despite this episode being hated for showing Springfield as cruel enough to drive a ten-year-old boy to suicide, the scene of Marge calling the town out for what they've done and arranging a new game to pick up Bart's shattered self-esteem ''is'' a bright spot in an otherwise pitch-black episode.
** Also, there is [=LaBoot=] trying (and failing) to save Bart, even though he was [[KickTheDog very evil]] to the boy earlier in the episode.
** The fact that Homer only started bullying Bart because of ''peer pressure'', as this episode was during the "jerkass Homer" era.
* MoralEventHorizon:
** The entire city of Springfield cross this line when they torture Bart (''a 10-year-old boy'') to suicide for no good reason whatsoever (in which they even '''encourage him to do'''), and even as Bart is revived, '''''they still don't stop harassing him.''''' They (arguably insincerely) apologize to Bart for all of this, but what they did was irredeemable beyond all belief and it's an honest mystery as to why the family has not left Springfield at this point. Not to mention that it's [[FridgeHorror heavily implied]] that they would have ''killed Bart themselves'' if Marge did not intervene.
**MoralEventHorizon: [[TheSociopath LaBoot]] especially crosses the line when he starts to encourage the rest of the people to harass Bart into the DespairEventHorizon. And it is implied that other children were also attacked before [[DeathOfAChild with similar results]], giving [=LaBoot=] a body count.
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** The fact that Homer only started bullying Bart because of ''peer pressure'', as this episode was during the "jerkass Homer" era.
** The entire city of Springfield cross this line when they torture Bart (''a 10-year-old boy'') to suicide for no good reason whatsoever (in which they even '''encourage him to do'''), and even as Bart is revived, '''''they still don't stop harassing him.''''' They (arguably insincerely) apologize to Bart for all of this, but what they did was irredeemable beyond all belief and it's an honest mystery as to why the family has not left Springfield at this point. Not to mention that it's [[FridgeHorror heavily implied]] that they would have ''killed Bart themselves'' if Marge did not intervene.
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** [[TheSociopath LaBoot]] especially crosses the boundary when he starts to encourage the rest of the people to harass Bart into the DespairEventHorizon. And it is implied that other children were also attacked before [[DeathOfAChild with similar results]], giving [=LaBoot=] a body count.
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** [[TheSociopath LaBoot]] especially crosses the boundary line when he starts to encourage the rest of the people to harass Bart into the DespairEventHorizon. And it is implied that other children were also attacked before [[DeathOfAChild with similar results]], giving [=LaBoot=] a body count.
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* NeverLiveItDown: While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see any citizen of Springfield (excluding Lisa, Maggie and Marge) in the same light ever again. Some fans even wish that the Simpsons would move out of the town for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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* NeverLiveItDown: While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see any citizen of Springfield (excluding Lisa, Maggie and Marge) in the same light ever again. Some fans even wish that the Simpsons title characters would move out of the town Springfield for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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zero context example and dethroning moment of suck is flame bait.
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** The fact that Homer only started bullying Bart because of ''peer pressure'', as this episode was during the "jerkass Homer" era.
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], ever since this episode, no one is sympathetic anymore (excluding Lisa[[note]]who tried to help him feel better[[/note]], Maggie[[note]]who didn't participate, being a baby[[/note]] and Marge[[note]]who gave the whole town an [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] TheReasonYouSuckSpeech[[/note]]).
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: While the series was always [[SadistShow sadistically]] [[ComedicSociopathy funny]] with [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist the whole town full of jerks]], ever since this episode, no one is sympathetic anymore (excluding Lisa[[note]]who tried to help him feel better[[/note]], Maggie[[note]]who didn't participate, being a baby[[/note]] and Marge[[note]]who gave the whole town an [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome awesome]] a massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech[[/note]]).
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** A later episode, ''Money BART'', has Bart losing another game (because he tried to steal bases) and everybody (comparatively) being ok with that and Lisa giving Bart kudos. The fact that the focus of this latter episode was Lisa learning AnAesop of "win or lose, the important thing is to have fun", some critics were quick to label it as yet another example of Lisa's CreatorsPet DoubleStandard moulding the plot.
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** A later episode, ''Money BART'', has Bart losing another game (because he tried to steal bases) and everybody (comparatively) being ok with that and Lisa giving Bart kudos. The fact that the focus of this latter episode was Lisa learning AnAesop of "win or lose, the important thing is to have fun", fun" doesn't help, and some critics were quick to label it as yet another example of Lisa's CreatorsPet DoubleStandard moulding the plot.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Let's face it. While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see any citizen of Springfield (excluding Lisa, Maggie and Marge) in the same light ever again. Some fans even wish that the Simpsons would move out of the town for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Let's face it. While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see any citizen of Springfield (excluding Lisa, Maggie and Marge) in the same light ever again. Some fans even wish that the Simpsons would move out of the town for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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* TheWoobie: Bart. Normally, he'd be a JerkassWoobie, but in this episode he doesn't do anything to '' deserve'' his treatment, [[FelonyMisdemeanor except miss an easy fly ball.]]
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* TheWoobie: Bart. Normally, he'd be a JerkassWoobie, but in this episode he doesn't do anything to '' deserve'' ''deserve'' his treatment, [[FelonyMisdemeanor except miss an easy fly ball.]]
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** At the end when Bart finally gets the ball (after a whole night trying to do so) and the sun rises, the LargeHamAnnouncer has this to say:
--->''This glorious sunrise brought to you by God, the invisible giant you turn to when you're about to die.''
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--->''This glorious sunrise brought to you by God, the invisible giant you turn to when you're about to die.''
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* NeverLiveItDown: Let's face it. While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]]. They would never see any citizen of Springfield (excluding Lisa, Maggie and Marge) in the same light ever again. Some fans even wish that the Simpsons would move out of the town for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Let's face it. While the citizens of Springfield did apologize to Bart and tried their best to make up for it, many fans see this as [[ThisIsUnforgivable "too little, too late"]].late"]], especially since it took Bart '''78 tries''' to actually get the ball and get his confidence back. They would never see any citizen of Springfield (excluding Lisa, Maggie and Marge) in the same light ever again. Some fans even wish that the Simpsons would move out of the town for the sake of their safety, given Bart was at risk of being murdered until Marge snapped at the townsfolk.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As much as most people hate this episode, it does show that publicly shaming someone over something minor can have an adverse effect on their psychological being.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: As much as most a lot of people hate this episode, it does show that publicly shaming someone over something minor can have an adverse effect on their psychological being.
