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2	'''Original air date:''' 3/9/2003 ''(produced in 2002)''
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4	'''Production code:''' EABF-09
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6	Krusty runs for Congress when the Simpsons protest against airplanes flying over their house.
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8	!! Tropes:
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10	* BitingTheHandHumor:
11	** Fox News blatantly rigs the debate against Krusty's opponent.
12	** Earlier in the episode, Homer eats a ''Series/JoeMillionaire'' promo, then spits out the Fox part of the logo in disgust.
13	--->'''Homer:''' ''(Notices onscreen promo)'' Mmm.… Promo.... ''(Spits it out)'' Ewww! Fox!
14	* BlatantLies: A government official claims the airplane flight paths were moved to protect "endangered wildlife and their mating rituals" or somesuch. GilliganCut to Mayor Quimby at the Ye Olde Off-Ramp Inn with his mistress ("[[TheImmodestOrgasm VotequimbyvotequimbyvotequimbyVOTEQUIMBY!]]"). He at first relishes in being able to hear her now that the airplanes aren't going over...only it turns out she's CuteButCacophonic ("Now I regret building you that opera house!").
15	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Homer notices a ''Series/JoeMillionaire'' promo, grabs it, and then eats it. He then spits out the Fox part of the logo.
16	* CaptainObvious: Krusty's campaign commercial features a series of historical events with Krutsy poorly photoshopped into them (such as the Iwo Jima flag raising). An announcer voice then notes that the "pictures have been edited to include Krusty."
17	* ContinuitySnarl: In this episode, Horace Wilcox is stated to be Springfield's representative since 1933, but "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E2MrLisaGoesToWashington Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]" has Springfield's Congressman being named Bob Arnold.
18	* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Krusty's has bomb prints.
19	* JustJokingJustification: When Bart tells Milhouse he can't join the campaign dinner unless he pays $100, Krusty says he'll pose for a photo for $200 and have someone killed for $1,000. Upon seeing Milhouse and the Simpsons' reactions, he says it was a joke.
20	* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: It stands to reason that ''everybody'' in the Simpsons' neighborhood would be affected by the change in the airlines' flight patterns, but only the main characters are presented as having an issue with it, and are also the only ones ''doing'' anything about it. Even when Krusty gets elected, he ends up too powerless to enact the change they want, so the Simpsons have to pull some behind-the-scenes shenanigans in the House to get the bill passed.
21	* MondegreenGag: Marge tells Homer to perform CPR. He begins singing "Bad Moon Rising," and Marge corrects him, "Not [[Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival CCR]]!"
22	* MurderSuicide: Homer brings up the idea of it after congressman Wilcox dies from a heart attack to deal with their plane problems. Marge, naturally, calls him out on that before he clarifies it as "Just an expression."
23	* NoSympathy: The government official that the Simpsons go to to see about their airline problem does not care about their troubles. He "orders" them to go home and learn to live with it, because the government can do whatever it wishes and they can't go against its will.
24	* NoodleIncident: Apparently, some graffiti in Congress claims Grover Cleveland sucks something, and Krusty is told by the senior congressman to "leave it, lest we forget."
25	* OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding: PlayedForLaughs and {{Lampshaded}}. The Simpsons are ultimately successful in getting the planes away from their home; now they're flying where they can't bother anybody: [[ProtagonistCenteredMorality over the homes of poor people]].
26	* UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic: Horace Wilcox, the congressman who died early in the episode, is stated to have been a ''Titanic'' survivor.
27	* ShoutOut:
28	** The title is an allusion to ''Film/MrSmithGoesToWashington''. Both the film and this episode feature an election to find a replacement for a Congress member who dies before the end of his term.
29	** Mayor Quimby regrets building his shrill-voiced girlfriend an opera house, which was done in ''Film/CitizenKane''.
30	** The in-flight movie the Springfield Mafia are watching on their private jet in their cameo appearance in this episode is ''Literature/DivineSecretsOfTheYaYaSisterhood''. And this following dialogue from the mafia shows it.
31	-->'''Louie:''' This is a private jet. [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe Why do we gotta watch "The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood?"]]\
32	'''Johnny Tightlips:''' [[EvenEvilHasStandards The boss, he's got a thing for the Ya-Yas.]]\
33	''(Seated nearby them, [[ManlyTears Fat Tony is sobbing to the movie]])''\
34	'''Fat Tony:''' (Sobbing) Why was I born a man?\
35	''(He picks up a nearby pizza slice and blows his nose in it)''
36	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Krusty's successful in getting elected to Congress--But then he discovers that, as a new member, he won't get much of a say in anything that Congress actually does (Much less pass a new bill by himself).
37	* TakeThat:
38	** To the Democratic Party. Lisa says she normally wouldn't help a Republican like Krusty with a campaign, but says it would be nice to be on the winning side for once.
39	** Republicans don't escape unscathed either as Fox News is portrayed as being blatantly biased and more interested in smear campaigns then actually telling the truth.
40	** Congress as a whole is slammed as inept, corrupt, and structured in a way to give the old guard all the power while preventing newly-elected representatives from being able to do anything. At the same time, it shows that its members are also easily manipulated by those who understand how the game really works.
41	* UnsettlingGenderReveal: When Mr. Burns says the Republican Party will cover up his affair with a Russian prostitute by claiming it was a Spionage mission, Krusty says he found out that "She" was actually a man.

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