Line #11 Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E21TheBartOfWar


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3	'''Original air date:''' 5/18/2003
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5	'''Production code:''' EABF-16
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7	After Bart and Milhouse are caught by the police sneaking inside Ned's ''Beatles'' memorabilia basement, Bart is put in a peer group called "Pre-Teen Braves" in order to be supervised by an adult (Marge), until they come head-to-head with Milhouse's peer group "Cavalry Kids".
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9	!!Tropes featured:
10	* BiggerThanJesus: Ned loves Music/TheBeatles because they declared "they were bigger than Jesus"([[BeamMeUpScotty though not using those words]]).
11	* BreakingTheFellowship: Marge has Bart participate in a peer group without Milhouse as she believes something about him "shakes up his soda".
12	* BrokenWindowWarning: The Cavalry Kids throw Ralph (with a threatening note taped to him) through the Simpsons' front window.
13	-->'''Ralph''': I'm a brick!
14	* CheatersNeverProsper: The Pre-Teen Braves swap out their rival's candy bars with laxatives. But this grants the Cavalry Kids a major win since they sell a greater number of candy to the local seniors.
15	* ContrastMontage: There's a montage featuring the Pre-Teen Braves competing against the Cavalry Kids when it comes to their community service projects.
16	* CounterpartCombatCoordination: The two peer groups fight their respective counterparts: Bart vs Milhouse (former friends), Database vs Martin (nerds), Nelson vs Jimbo (bullies), Ralph vs Cosine (little guys).
17	* FightingYourFriend: Bart and Milhouse become rivals when their peer groups battle each other for publicity. It escalates in the climax where the Springfielders who normally get along turn into bitter enemies.
18	* ForeignCultureFetish: The episode takes jabs at Caucasian peer groups that appropriate Native American culture and outfits. Apu even calls out the Pre-Teen Braves for doing so.
19	* GRatedDrug: Bart and Milhouse start hallucinating after drinking 40-year old sodas of the Beatles merchandise.
20	* IdentityImpersonator: Once the real Cavalry Kids are led astray and away from the sporting event, Bart and his friends disguise themselves as their rivals in order to slander the National Anthem and ruin their reputation. Bart even disguises himself as Milhouse to support the illusion.
21	* LastOfHisKind: Invoked. The Preteen Braves meet a Mohican and he says each one just pretends to be the last one to score girls.
22	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As Milhouse and Bart watch ''South Park'':
23	-->'''Milhouse:''' I hear those kids' voices are done by grown-ups.
24	-->'''Bart:''' [[Creator/NancyCartwright Hey, there's nothing wrong with that!]] I just wonder how they keep it so fresh after 43 episodes.[[note]]''The Simpsons'' having celebrated its [[LongRunners 300th episode]] earlier in the season.[[/note]]
25	* MooseAndMapleSyrup: Springfielders decide to stop fighting and join together to sing "O Canada", even forming the Maple Leaf emblem while Marge waves the Canadian and Quebec flags.
26	* MushroomSamba: After drinking the Beatles sodas, Bart imagines Milhouse as Music/JohnLennon in the different phases of his life, from Beatlemania to Sgt. Pepper to "Let It Be" to "Double Fantasy".
27	* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: After singing "O Canada", Bart and Milhouse make up with each other:
28	-->'''Milhouse:''' Well, Bart, we've learned that war is not the answer.\
29	'''Bart:''' Except to all of America's problems.\
30	'''Milhouse:''' Amen.
31	* OhCrap: Mr. Burns's reaction to seeing Indian smoke signals.
32	-->'''Monty Burns''': Oh no, the Pawnee have returned. [[NoodleIncident They probably want their souls back]].
33	* SexWithTheEx: Lou expresses annoyance at Eddie sleeping with his ex-wife.
34	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: During the stadium brawl, Moe finds himself about to fight Drederick Tatum.
35	-->'''Moe''': Oh, geez. How did this happen?
36	* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Spoofed in a deleted scene as Bart and Milhouse watch ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
37	-->'''Milhouse:''' You know what I've always wondered: what state is South Park in?
38	-->'''Bart:''' Colorado.
39	-->'''Milhouse:''' Woah, just like us...sometimes.

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