Line #4 Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E19CrookAndLadder


1	'''Original air date:''' 5/6/2007
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3	'''Production code:''' JABF-13
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5	Maggie wreaking havoc over having her pacifier taken away leads Homer to sleepwalk thanks to some prescription medication, and later, Homer joins the town's fire-fighting force, where he, Apu, and Moe make a killing stealing items from burning buildings.
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7	!! Tropes:
8	* BaitAndSwitch: Towards the end of the episode, a woman outside a burning building shouts, "My baby!", and follows it with, "...Could do worse than grow up to be like you, sir."
9	* BlandNameProduct: Nappien the prescription sleep medication is a send-up of Ambien.
10	* BuffySpeak: Homer lamenting his financial situation.
11	--> '''Homer''': Aw, I have three kids and no money. Why can't I have no kids and three money?
12	* CallBack: During Homer's sleepwalking montage Bart had him participate in a street fight where he soaks every hit and lightly punch the guy out after he is tired, like he used to do as a professional boxer.
13	* CardCarryingVillain: Moe literally has a card describing him as a villain. His face appears in a DastardlyWhiplash style. He also had a hero card in the back of his villain card.
14	* TheCorrupter: Moe leads the other volunteers into becoming looters.
15	* DopeSlap: Homer does this to Bart when Bart somewhat impolitely asks him why he can't just stop taking the sleeping pills instead of locking himself in the bedroom.
16	-->'''Homer:''' Because I'm filled with ''STRESS!''
17	* FaceHeelTurn: Homer, Apu and Moe change from being real heroes to taking advantage of their positions as volunteer firefighters to rob the people they're supposed to help.
18	* GenreSavvy: When Moe says he'll also become a firefighter, he explains his wording by saying he's sure he's not the first one.
19	* LastSecondWordSwap: Lisa narrowly avoids saying the real-life sleep medication Ambien by interrupting herself halfway through with the fictional Napien.
20	* MoralityChain: Seeing the sad faces of his children once they learned the truth is what made Homer regret stealing from those he was supposed to help.
21	* MyBelovedSmother: Marge reads a magazine called "Smothering Mother".
22	* NotSoInnocentWhistle: Bart after he and Milhouse dress the sleepwalking Homer up as a woman and push him into Moe's, only for Moe to emerge with a lustful grin and put up the "Closed" sign.
23	* OutOfCharacterMoment: Averted; when Mr. Burns stiffs the firefighters who saved him, Moe grumbles, "I can't believe he acted completely in character!"
24	* SecretOtherFamily: An ad for a medication has a list of stress sources with "secret other family" in it.
25	* SideEffectsInclude: Sleepia causes foot fattening and elbow stink.
26	* SkewedPriorities: Kent Brockman interviews a man who's stuck inside his burning house:
27	--> '''Brockman''': Sir, how does it feel knowing that no one is coming to save you?\
28	'''Man''': [[AssholeVictim Oh, not as bad as knowing that somewhere, gays are marrying each other. That's the real emergency, Kent.]]\
29	'''Brockman''': Once again, crisis has brought out the best in us.
30	* SmallRoleBigImpact: Mr. Burns' only role in the story is to be the only ungrateful person among those rescued by the volunteer firefighters but that's what turns them into thieves.
31	* SoundDefect: Even though everyone refers to the signal to alert the firefighters of an emergency as a "fire siren," it actually makes the noise of a loud bell ringing (sounding like the school bell/fire alarm at Springfield Elementary School) instead of a siren.
32	* TakeThat: Homer compares himself to 80% of America: [[MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting "Whacked out on prescription drugs."]]
33	* TokenGoodTeammate: Principal Skinner is the one volunteer not to become corrupted by greed. Sadly, Homer drowns him out with the various noises the fire engine makes to silence him.
34	* UngratefulBastard: Mr. Burns. His ungratefulness towards the volunteer firefighters was what turned them into thieves.

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