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* IdiotPlot: The main plot only worked the way it did because, somehow, ''nobody'' noticed that Milhouse was pretending to be his father.
* GeniusBonus: When Milhouse's stilts make him taller, he says, "I can reach the poisons now! Each with an inviting skull-and-crossbones..." A [[https://web.archive.org/web/20081109100220id_/http://www.wapc.org/resources/mryuk.htm 1971 study]] by the Washington Poison Center found that kids ''were'' enticed to drink substances with skull-and-crossbones symbols, as it reminded them of "happy, exciting things like pirates and adventure." Thus, the poison center opted for a green, disgusted-looking face as a poison warning logo instead.

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* IdiotPlot: The main plot only worked the way it did because, somehow, ''nobody'' noticed that Milhouse was pretending to be his father.
* GeniusBonus: When Milhouse's stilts make him taller, he says, "I can reach the poisons now! Each with an inviting skull-and-crossbones..." A [[https://web.archive.org/web/20081109100220id_/http://www.wapc.org/resources/mryuk.htm 1971 study]] by the Washington Poison Center found that kids ''were'' enticed to drink substances with skull-and-crossbones symbols, as it reminded them of "happy, exciting things like pirates and adventure." "[[note]]A skull-and-crossbones symbolizes both [[JollyRoger piracy]] and [[SkeletonMotif death/danger]], meaning that getting the two mixed up could be fatal[[/note]] Thus, the poison center opted for a green, disgusted-looking face as a poison warning logo instead.
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* IdiotPlot: The main plot only worked the way it did because, somehow, ''nobody'' noticed that Milhouse was pretending to be his father.

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* IdiotPlot: The main plot only worked the way it did because, somehow, ''nobody'' noticed that Milhouse was pretending to be his father.father.
* GeniusBonus: When Milhouse's stilts make him taller, he says, "I can reach the poisons now! Each with an inviting skull-and-crossbones..." A [[https://web.archive.org/web/20081109100220id_/http://www.wapc.org/resources/mryuk.htm 1971 study]] by the Washington Poison Center found that kids ''were'' enticed to drink substances with skull-and-crossbones symbols, as it reminded them of "happy, exciting things like pirates and adventure." Thus, the poison center opted for a green, disgusted-looking face as a poison warning logo instead.
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* IdiotPlotIdiotPlot: The main plot only worked the way it did because, somehow, ''nobody'' noticed that Milhouse was pretending to be his father.
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