History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS6E5SideshowBobRoberts

* MemeticMutation: Clips of Bob's EvilLaugh after his victory became quite popular after UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump was elected President in 2016. Additionally, after the defense against impeachment in 2019 boiled down to "There's no such thing as ''attempted'' bribery," people quickly pointed to Sideshow Bob's lamentation listed under InsaneTrollLogic as comparison.

* MemeticMutation: Clips of Bob's EvilLaugh after his victory became quite popular after Donald Trump was elected President in 2016. Additionally, after the defense against impeachment in 2019 boiled down to "There's no such thing as ''attempted'' bribery," people quickly pointed to Sideshow Bob's lamentation listed under InsaneTrollLogic as comparison.

* ValuesDissonance: Smithers calling his own homosexuality a "choice of lifestyle". A gay character insinuating that they ''chose'' their preference, rhetoric more often than not employed by those who believe homosexuality can be "fixed", is something that would absolutely leave a sour taste in the mouths of modern viewers. Of course, he was speaking euphemistically.

* ValuesDissonance: Smithers calling his own homosexuality a "choice of lifestyle". A gay character insinuating that they ''chose'' their preference, rhetoric more often than not employed by those who believe homosexuality can be "fixed", is something that would absolutely leave a sour taste in the mouths of modern viewers.

* ValuesDissonance: Smithers affectively calling his own homosexuality a "choice of lifestyle". A gay character insinuating that they ''chose'' their preference, rhetoric more often than not employed by those who believe homosexuality can be "fixed", is something that would absolutely leave a sour taste in the mouths of modern viewers.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Again, after "Lisa's Sax." Years after the traumatic beginning of his education, Bart ''finally'' gets to have a good time in Kindergarten with a teacher who treats him kindly. No wonder he's reluctant to go back to Fourth Grade.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Again, after "Lisa's Sax." Years after the traumatic beginning of his education, Bart ''finally'' gets to have a good time in Kindergarten with a teacher who treats him kindly.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In "Black Widower," Bob, being hauled off to jail, says, "You can't keep the Democrats out of the White House forever, and when they get in, I'm back on the streets with all my criminal buddies!" This line was [[AlternativeJokeInterpretation often read]] as a jab at Democrats when it was meant as a satire of Republican thinking, and in this episode, a cabal of Republicans not only make a successful push to get Bob out of jail but prop him up as a mayoral candidate against Springfield's resident Democrat. (Just to spread the mockery around a bit, though, Bob still ''does'' get released while that Democrat is in power, with one attack ad from his own base [[HypocriticalHumor criticizing Quimby for releasing him from jail before urging viewers to vote for him]].)

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In "Black Widower," Bob, being hauled off to jail, says, "You can't keep the Democrats out of the White House forever, and when they get in, I'm back on the streets with all my criminal buddies!" This line was [[AlternativeJokeInterpretation often read]] as a jab at Democrats when it was meant as a satire of Republican thinking, and in this episode, a cabal of Republicans not only make a successful push to get Bob out of jail but prop him up as a mayoral candidate against Springfield's resident Democrat. (Just to spread the mockery around a bit, though, he still ''does'' get released while the Democrat is in power, with one attack ad from his own base [[HypocriticalHumor criticizing Quimby for releasing him from jail before urging viewers to vote for him]].)

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In "Black Widower," Bob, being hauled off to jail, says, "You can't keep the Democrats out of the White House forever, and when they get in, I'm back on the streets with all my criminal buddies!" This line was [[AlternateJokeInterpretation often read]] as a jab at Democrats when it was meant as a satire of Republican thinking, and in this episode, a cabal of Republicans not only make a successful push to get Bob out of jail but prop him up as a mayoral candidate against Springfield's resident Democrat. (Just to spread the mockery around a bit, though, he still ''does'' get released while the Democrat is in power, with one attack ad from his own base [[HypocriticalHumor criticizing Quimby for releasing him from jail before urging viewers to vote for him]].)

* AngstWhatAngst: Bart is strikingly less concerned about being HeldBackInSchool in this episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF versus the last time this happened to him.]] On the other hand, this time it's thanks to Sideshow Bob's EvilIsPetty machinations rather than his own failings, which means he's not actually held back so much as forcibly downgraded all the way to kindergarten--[[{{Unishment}} which he loves]].

* AngstWhatAngst: Bart is strikingly less concerned about being HeldBackInSchool in this episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF versus the last time this happened to him.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: After Bob is elected mayor, he orders Principal Skinner to make Bart repeat Kindergarten, which initially horrifies him before he makes the most of it. In "Lisa's Sax", we learn that Bart basically had the worst teacher ever in Kindergarten, who was so disdainful of his that it caused his StartOfDarkness.