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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The first shot of the lounge car of the monorail is a painting of the Hindenburg, an obvious tongue-in-cheek {{foreshadowing}} of the disaster to come on the monorail. But the ''second'' [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/2ebzuf/just_saw_this_in_the_monorail_episode_is_that_the/ painting we get a glimpse of]] appears to be a large rectangular skyscraper eerily similar in appearance to the World Trade Center, covered in smoke. [[note]]It should be noted this was not only many years before 9/11, but the episode aired only a month before the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.[[/note]]
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[SarcasmMode enigmatic]] [[SdrawkcabAlias Mr. Snrub]]. Fans ''really'' seem to enjoy pretending that he ''isn't'' [[spoiler:Mr. Burns]], or making up all sorts of crazy explanations for why he ''is''. He even has his [[https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Snrub his own page on the show's wiki]].

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[SarcasmMode enigmatic]] enigmatic [[SdrawkcabAlias Mr. Snrub]]. Fans ''really'' seem to enjoy pretending that he ''isn't'' [[spoiler:Mr. Burns]], or making up all sorts of crazy explanations for why he ''is''. He even has his [[https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Snrub his own page on the show's wiki]].
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements present in later episodes that fans have criticized: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself, though in all fairness Hartman had been a recurring voice actor on the show since season 2), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moments mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.

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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements present in later episodes that fans have criticized: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself, though in all fairness Hartman had been a recurring voice actor on the show since season 2), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moments mentioned above, and the needless a musical number that also could be replaced with more jokes and general scenes. What potentially saves this from being a Zombie Simpsons episode is that Phil had been a recurring voice actor on the show since season 2, the story ties into the overall theme of deconstructing popular media and showing how things can get pearshaped as to ''The Simpsons'' core elements, being based off of an actual movie and stage play, the story doesn't revolve around entirely guest characters like Leonard Nemoy, much like how Lurleen Lumpkin was not her guest voice actor entirely, and its more surreal and larger than life aspects has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, some emphasis in reality. To some these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.
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* VindicatedByHistory and MagnumOpusDissonance: The voice actors all agreed that this was one of the worst episodes they had ever done. To fans and critics, this is considered one of the show's best and most-remembered episodes (even if, as mentioned in FranchiseOriginalSin above, it feels like it could be the plot to one of the later episodes, which are not beloved).

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* VindicatedByHistory and MagnumOpusDissonance: VindicatedByHistory: The voice actors all agreed that this was one of the worst episodes they had ever done. To fans and critics, this is considered one of the show's best and most-remembered episodes (even if, as mentioned in FranchiseOriginalSin above, it feels like it could be the plot to one of the later episodes, which are not beloved).
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* VindicatedByHistory: The voice actors all agreed that this was one of the worst episodes they had ever done. Nowadays, it's often remembered as one of the best by fans.

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* VindicatedByHistory: VindicatedByHistory and MagnumOpusDissonance: The voice actors all agreed that this was one of the worst episodes they had ever done. Nowadays, it's often remembered as To fans and critics, this is considered one of the show's best by fans.and most-remembered episodes (even if, as mentioned in FranchiseOriginalSin above, it feels like it could be the plot to one of the later episodes, which are not beloved).
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** The ending, narrated by Marge, where she describes other Springfield disasters, like the skyscraper made of popsicle sticks and the escalator to nowhere.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[SarcasmMode enigmatic]] [[SdrawkcabAlias Mr. Snrub]]. Fans ''really'' seem to enjoy pretending that he ''isn't'' [[spoiler:Mr. Burns]], or making up all sorts of crazy explanations for why he ''is''. He even has his [[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Snrub his own page on the show's wiki]].

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[SarcasmMode enigmatic]] [[SdrawkcabAlias Mr. Snrub]]. Fans ''really'' seem to enjoy pretending that he ''isn't'' [[spoiler:Mr. Burns]], or making up all sorts of crazy explanations for why he ''is''. He even has his [[http://simpsons.wikia.[[https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Snrub his own page on the show's wiki]].
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** A [[WhatCouldHaveBeen sadly removed]] joke had Homer in his conductor outfit being mockingly compared by Selma to Darth Vader. ''The Simpsons'', as a 20th-Century Fox franchise, was a sister franchise to ''Star Wars'' and the reference was legal... until Disney purchased Lucasfilm (and removed all references to Fox from the films, including the fanfare), then purchased 20th-Century (and added the Fox references back in).
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself, though in all fairness Hartman had been a recurring voice actor on the show since season 2), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moments mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.

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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements present in later episodes that fans have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: criticized: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself, though in all fairness Hartman had been a recurring voice actor on the show since season 2), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moments mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.
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* CrossdressingVoices: Creator/DanCastellaneta provides the cackling for the creepy old lady in North Haverbrook. As a result, she sounds very much like Itchy the Mouse or Mr. Teeny, both of whom Dan also voices.



* SpoofAesop: Played with when the two technicians are unable to stop the monorail due to it being solar powered, with one of them bemoaning "When will people learn?".
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* Bart writes "I will not eat things for money." for the chalkboard gag. Bart would eventually do just this in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E12Diggs Diggs]]".

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* ** Bart writes "I will not eat things for money." for the chalkboard gag. Bart would eventually do just this in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E12Diggs Diggs]]".

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** The photo of Homer with his mouth full of cigarettes is this because of the Gentlemen Meme involving a [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 certain French Spy]]

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** The photo of Homer with his mouth full of cigarettes is this because of the Gentlemen Meme involving a [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 certain French Spy]]Spy]].
* Bart writes "I will not eat things for money." for the chalkboard gag. Bart would eventually do just this in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E12Diggs Diggs]]".
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself, though in all fairness Hartman had been a recurring voice actor on the show since season 2), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.

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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself, though in all fairness Hartman had been a recurring voice actor on the show since season 2), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment Moments mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself, though in all fairness Hartman had been a recurring voice actor on the show since season 2), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned on the main page, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.

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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself, though in all fairness Hartman had been a recurring voice actor on the show since season 2), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned on the main page, above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.
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* CatharsisFactor: Lyle getting a brutal beatdown by the people of North Haverbrook.
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** The photo of Homer with his mouth full of cigarettes is this because of the Gentlemen Meme involving a [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 certain French Spy]]

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* MoralEventHorizon: Lanley is clearly an amoral flimflam man from the get go, but the drawing that shows him gloating over the success of his plan really put him over the line. Failing that, the state of North Haverbrook post-monorail does a fine job of demonstrating how much of a snake Lanley is.

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Lanley is clearly an amoral flimflam man from the get go, but the drawing that shows him gloating over the success of his plan really put him over the line. Failing that, the state of North Haverbrook post-monorail does a fine job of demonstrating how much of a snake Lanley is.is.
** Burns left it behind some time ago by the start of this episode by ''dumping radioactive waste in places children play'' (and Burns declines to dump this particular run at his regular spot because people are starting to suspect something as a result of so many kids falling sick). He gets away with only a slap to the wrist.
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* CrossdressingVoices: Creator/DanCastellaneta provides the cackling for the creepy old lady in North Haverbrook. As a result, she sounds very much like Itchy the Mouse or Mr. Teeny, both of whom Dan also voices.

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' part (where Homer sings the Flintstones theme as he's driving home from work) at the beginning of the episode. It has no place in the actual plot and it's never mentioned again. It's just there because it's funny.

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''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' part (where Homer sings the Flintstones theme as he's driving home from work) at the beginning of the episode. It has no place in the actual plot and it's never mentioned again. It's just there because it's funny.funny.
** Creator/LeonardNimoy, after using most of his appearance time just doing some standard AdamWesting (and being annoying to one of the monorail's passengers, and saving Krusty and being overly dramatic about it) ''teleports away''. The episode's commentary even points it out as an example of RealityIsOutToLunch that the writers considered excessive even after showing things like mutated animals in this same episode.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned on the main page, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.

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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself), himself, though in all fairness Hartman had been a recurring voice actor on the show since season 2), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned on the main page, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[SarcasmMode enigmatic]] [[SdrawkcabAlias Mr. Snrub]]. Fans ''really'' seem to enjoy pretending that he ''isn't'' [[spoiler:Mr. Burns]], or making up all sorts of crazy explanations for why he ''is''. He even has his [[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Snrub his own page on the show's wiki]]--which [[CrowningMomentOfFunny also]] pretends that he isn't [[spoiler:Mr. Burns]]!

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[SarcasmMode enigmatic]] [[SdrawkcabAlias Mr. Snrub]]. Fans ''really'' seem to enjoy pretending that he ''isn't'' [[spoiler:Mr. Burns]], or making up all sorts of crazy explanations for why he ''is''. He even has his [[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Snrub his own page on the show's wiki]]--which [[CrowningMomentOfFunny also]] pretends that he isn't [[spoiler:Mr. Burns]]!wiki]].
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Flintstones part (where Homer sings the Flintstones theme as he's driving home from work) at the beginning of the episode. It has no place in the actual plot and it's never mentioned again. It's just there because it's funny.

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The Flintstones ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' part (where Homer sings the Flintstones theme as he's driving home from work) at the beginning of the episode. It has no place in the actual plot and it's never mentioned again. It's just there because it's funny.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.

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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot as it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned above, on the main page, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[SarcasmMode enigmatic]] [[SdrawkcabAlias Mr. Snrub]]. Fans ''really'' seem to enjoy pretending that he ''isn't'' Mr. Burns, or making up all sorts of crazy explanations for why he ''is''. He even has his [[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Snrub his own page on the show's wiki]]--which [[CrowningMomentOfFunny also]] pretends that he isn't Mr. Burns!

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[SarcasmMode enigmatic]] [[SdrawkcabAlias Mr. Snrub]]. Fans ''really'' seem to enjoy pretending that he ''isn't'' Mr. Burns, [[spoiler:Mr. Burns]], or making up all sorts of crazy explanations for why he ''is''. He even has his [[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Snrub his own page on the show's wiki]]--which [[CrowningMomentOfFunny also]] pretends that he isn't Mr. Burns![[spoiler:Mr. Burns]]!
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[SarcasmMode enigmatic]] [[SdrawkcabAlias Mr. Snrub]]. Fans ''really'' seem to enjoy pretending that he ''isn't'' Mr. Burns, or making up all sorts of crazy explanations for why he ''is''. He even has his [[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Snrub his own page on the show's wiki!]] Which [[CrowningMomentOfFunny also]] pretends that he isn't Mr. Burns!

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[SarcasmMode enigmatic]] [[SdrawkcabAlias Mr. Snrub]]. Fans ''really'' seem to enjoy pretending that he ''isn't'' Mr. Burns, or making up all sorts of crazy explanations for why he ''is''. He even has his [[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Snrub his own page on the show's wiki!]] Which wiki]]--which [[CrowningMomentOfFunny also]] pretends that he isn't Mr. Burns!
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: The [[SarcasmMode enigmatic]] [[SdrawkcabAlias Mr. Snrub]]. Fans ''really'' seem to enjoy pretending that he ''isn't'' Mr. Burns, or making up all sorts of crazy explanations for why he ''is''. He even has his [[http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Snrub his own page on the show's wiki!]] Which [[CrowningMomentOfFunny also]] pretends that he isn't Mr. Burns!
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* VindicatedByHistory: The voice actors all agreed that this was one of the worst episodes they had ever done. Nowadays, it's often remembered as one of the best by fans.
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* SpoofAesop: Played with when the two technicians are unable to stop the monorail due to it being solar powered, with one of them bemoaning "When will people learn?".
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot (and it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos [Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself], the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one).

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* FranchiseOriginalSin: This episode, considered one of the greatest of all time, is now the most fan-rewritten as a "modern" Simpsons episode to illustrate how badly the show has fallen into SeasonalRot (and as it has a lot of elements that have come to be abused during its seasonally rotten years: celebrity cameos [Phil (Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley and Creator/LeonardNimoy as himself], himself), the plot involving Homer having a new job that only lasts one episode, the Big Lipped Alligator Moment mentioned above, and the needless musical number that also has no plot relevance. Suffice it to say, these days, this would be more at home as a ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode, not a ''Simpsons'' one).one.

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