Line #7 Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E10TheWifeAquatic


1	'''Original air date:''' 1/7/2007 ''(produced in 2006)''
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3	'''Production code:''' JABF-03
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5	Marge revisits her summer vacation spot from childhood — only to learn that it's gone to pot from overfishing.
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7	!! Tropes:
8	* AdviceBackfire: At the end of he episode, Lisa tells the people of Barnacle Bay to stop overfishing. They agree...and decide to go into logging. Lisa considers this even worse.
9	* AsYouKnow: Marge’s comment about going to a movie screening at a park—while ''at'' the park—is quickly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Comic Book Guy.
10	* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: After the fishing boat they're on goes down, Homer, Bart and the crew make it back to the mainland just in time to crash their memorial service.
11	* BaitAndSwitchComment: When Homer says he knows three people who can make Marge like Barnacle Bay again, it seems he's talking about Bart, Lisa and himself but he's talking about three locals he hires to restore the merry-go-round.
12	* BaitAndSwitchSentiment: After Bart's found to have stowed away in the fishing boat, resulting in his being caught in the storm with Homer.
13	-->'''Bart:''' Dad, I couldn't stay with Mom and Lisa while you were out here.
14	-->'''Homer:''' Aww, son.
15	-->'''Bart:''' [[IncrediblyLameFun They were going to go to the folk art museum, then they were going to paint crab shells]]. Not crush them, ''paint them!''
16	-->'''Homer:''' [[SkewedPriorities You did the right thing, boy]].
17	* BittersweetEnding: The fish are now under conservation, and Barnacle Bay is in business again. But all the trees are cut down to be used for pornography. [[StrawVegetarian Lisa]], unsurprisingly, considers this a DownerEnding, however.
18	* ContinuityNod:
19	** To the trip to [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E15BlameItOnLisa Brazil]].
20	** Even Barnacle Bay is aware of Milhouse's crush on Lisa [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E22FraudcastNews because of Mr. Burns]].
21	* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the scenes in Marge's home movies was of her watching a net full of Yum-Yum Fish get loaded onto the dock.
22	* IRejectYourReality: Homer finds himself hallucinating several mermaids while trapped at the bottom of the sea, tangled in seaweed. When finally rescued by the Marine, [[{{Jerkass}} he]] [[UngratefulBastard berates them for saving him]], jumps back into the sea, and ''retangles himself'' to continue to hallucinate the mermaids.
23	* LastSecondWordSwap: During the storm scene:
24	--> ''"Shiiiiiiii.....pwreeeeeck!"''
25	* ShoutOut: The climax of the episode, with the fishing boat getting sunk during a massive storm, is basically a recreation of the ending of ''The Perfect Storm''.
26	* SoapboxSadie: Once again, the ultra-environmentalist Lisa. She calls Barnacle Bay out on overfishing, leading to a fight with the mayor until he uses [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E22FraudcastNews Mr. Burns' report of Milhouse]] against her. It takes until the end of the episode for the island to listen to her, but they decide to cut down their trees instead for porno magazines.
27	* {{Spexico}}: Portuguese Fausto is a parody of Alfred Pierre from ''The Perfect Storm'', who was actually from Jamaica.
28	* TakeThat: Lisa and Bart consider Brazil the worst place they've ever been to next to Barnacle Bay. [[{{Bowdlerization}} In the Brazilian dub, the disparaging reference to Brazil was re-edited]] to make it seem like Bart and Lisa were wholeheartedly agreeing that Barnacle Bay was the worst place they've ever been.
29	* TemptingFate: The Captain of The Rotten Pelican doesn't mind about the storm and says his knee would warn him if things were really bad. Cue the warning.
30	* TreesIntoToothpicks: The episode ends with Barnacle Bay going into the logging business, with the logs being used for porno magazines. Lisa is horrified.
31	* WorkOffTheDebt: Homer is forced to join a fishing crew to pay for the damages caused by his fireworks.

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