Line #6 Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E13AStarIsBornAgain


1	'''Original air date:''' 3/2/2003 ''(produced in 2002)''
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3	'''Production code:''' EABF-08
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5	Flanders dates a movie star, and fears her libertine Hollywood lifestyle clashes with his conservative, Christian values.
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7	!!Tropes:
8	* AgainstMyReligion: Ned only decides to have sex with Sara if they get married. Sara doesn't want to marry Ned, however, and breaks up with him.
9	* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ara '''S'''loane.
10	* AmbiguouslyBi:
11	** Sara's demand to have no nudity in a film gets through the director if she's [[GirlOnGirlIsHot okay with kissing a girl]]. She agrees without a second thought.
12	** Also, the Sea Captain. When he believes Flanders is hitting on him, he says he doesn't "do that... [[SituationalSexuality on land]]."
13	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The "nights made for lovers, not widowers, lovers" that Homer mentions include such events as the Tongue Kissing Festival, Cinco de Ocho, and the Hobo Oscars®.
14	* BitingTheHandHumor:
15	** Bart says Fox Network has a new President once every year.
16	** James L. Brooks appears in Ned’s fantasy of HorribleHollywood.
17	* BrickJoke: In Ned's fantasy, James L. Brooks insists that Ned call him "James L. Brooks" instead of "Jim". In the end credits he's credited as "Jim Brooks".
18	* CelebrityParadox:
19	** Rainier Wolfcastle beat up Creator/JonLovitz, who has voiced several characters on the show, including Artie Ziff, Llewelyn Sinclair and Jay Sherman from ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic''.
20	** James L. Brooks, one of the ''Simpsons'' co-creators, appears as himself.
21	* CommitmentIssues: Sara is reluctant to marry Ned because she doesn't want to be "tied down".
22	* CuttingCorners: Mrs. K suggests to Skinner they have the band performing play their wedding, but Skinner wanted to use an audio cassette. To compromise, Skinner agrees to the band, but no on the cake.
23	* DisproportionateRetribution: Rainier Wolfcastle once beat up Creator/JonLovitz for giving Sara an award, because he thought their handshake was too intimate.
24	* DistractedByTheSexy: When Sara Sloane's wearing her [[LadyInRed red dress]] with a NavelDeepNeckline, Homer drolls a little over her and drops his nachos when he trips over. He swaps between whining over his nachos and drooling over Sara's breasts.
25	* {{Expy}}: The animators based Sara Sloane on actress Creator/SharonStone.
26	* InterruptedIntimacy: Ned and Sara's [[outdoor post-coital cuddling in the wild gets interrupted by a random Lupus Fun Run marathon.
27	* LadyInRed: For the Springfield Bowl concert, Sara wears a fancy red dress that is [[SexyBacklessOutfit backless]], has a NavelDeepNeckline
28	* LetsWaitAwhile: {{Downplayed\|Trope}}. Ned sleeps with Sara once, but insist they can't again unless they marry. As he says:
29	-->'''Ned:''' I'm like Baskin-Robbins. You get one free taste, then you gotta buy the scoop.
30	* LoveCannotOvercome: While Sara likes Ned, she doesn't want to get married to him as quickly as he does, and the two end up breaking up due to it.
31	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Ned and Sara have sex outdoors after the concert.
32	* ManlyTears: Rainier Wolfcastle references this trope when he asks Sara to take him back, saying that if he could cry, he would cry like a baby that just got hit by a hammer.
33	* MsFanservice: Hollywood star Sara Sloane is a sexpot and a HeadTurningBeauty and the episode milks her sex appeal with several {{fanservice}} scenes.
34	* MundaneMadeAwesome: The theme to Itchy and Scratchy is performed live in concert by Music/JohnWilliams.
35	* NakedFreakOut: Ned and Sara are pretty embarrassed at being caught naked save for a ModestyBedsheet by the marathon runners, and cower under it.
36	* NavelDeepNeckline: Sara's outfit for the Springfield Bowl concert she and Ned later attend is a red dress with a neckline that reaches her navel, which leaves Ned scandalized. She begrudgingly agrees to wear Ned's jacket... by [[ComicallyMissingThePoint tying it around her waist]], which [[FromBadToWorse pushes her bosom out even]] ''[[FromBadToWorse more.]]''
37	* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: the book club Sara gets invited to spent time coming up with excuses not to read Literature/BridgetJonesDiary instead of simply reading it. And Sara actually bought Helen Fielding along to discuss it as well.
38	* SexGod: Sara is very happy to find out Ned is pretty amazing in bed (but is less enthused to find out she won't get any more sex unless they marry).
39	-->'''Sara:''' ''[breathless post-sex]'' Whoa. Wow. That made me completely forget about Bob Balaban.\
40	'''Ned:''' ''[chuckling]'' That's what Maude used to say.\
41	'''Sara:''' A girl could get used to that...
42	* ShoutOut: When the cast begins to undress, Ned complains that the film is "turning into ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Spongebob No-Pants]]''".
43	* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Sara Sloane is attracted to Ned's down-to-earth nature, and almost marries him.
44	* SomethingElseAlsoRises: Implied when Rod stares slack-jawed at Sara in her revealing evening gown.
45	-->'''Rod:''' Daddy, where do babies come from?
46	* SongParody: After he arranges a date with Sara Sloane, Ned sings his own version of America's "A Horse With No Name", "A Date With No Name" since Sara gave him the alias "Zelda Fitzgerald". [[WhamShot However, while he's singing, he sees a movie poster with her on it and he learns who she is]].
47	* SpecialGuest: Creator/MarisaTomei as Sara Sloane and Creator/JamesLBrooks and Helen Fielding [[AsHimself as themselves]].
48	* TabloidMelodrama: As soon as word gets out that Ned is dating Sara, tabloids show up at his home and make his life hell.
49	* TakeThat:
50	** To the tabloids, one of them even saying "come on, let's concoct [[BlatantLies more lies!]]" when they break into Ned's house.
51	** To BritishHumour and the idea that it's inherently more sophisticated than American humor. To this end, Creator/HelenFielding's movements are scored by the theme song from Series/TheBennyHillShow.
52	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: When Sara starts taking off her shirt for her nude scene, the audience only sees her back. (and Flanders stops the scene before it can go any further).
53	* UnableToCry: Rainier Wolfcastle admits this to Sara when he asks her to take him back, saying that "if tears could break through [his] muscular ducts, [he] would cry like a baby that just got hit by a hammer".
54	* ViceCity: Ned has a ImagineSpot where he imagines Hollywood as one of these when Sara asks Ned to move there with her.
55	* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/NottingHill'', the story of a Hollywood star (Sara) dating TheEveryman (Ned).

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