Line #11 Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E16PapaDontLeech


1	Lurleen Lumpkin returns and stays with The Simpsons (despite that Marge really hates her from the events that happened in "Colonel Homer") so she can revive her dead career and search for her long-lost father.
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5	* TheBusCameBack: After 16 seasons (and recovering from being an alcoholic), Lurleen Lumpkin comes back.
6	* ClingyJealousGirl: Marge. After forgiving Lurleen, she threatens her with serious bodily harm if she comes near her husband again.
7	-->'''Marge''': If you ever come near Homer again, I'll strangle you with your own hair extensions!
8	* DreamIntro: The episode opens with Homer murdering Abe in a scene parodying ''Series/TheSopranos.'' It turns out he's fallen asleep while driving Lisa to the mayor's office to deliver Girl Scout cookies.
9	* EasilyForgiven: Lurleen happily forgives Roy for leaving although he admits that he forgave himself pretty much as soon as he did it. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
10	* FriendlyEnemy: Maggie calls up her [[RunningGag unibrowed nemesis Gerald]] on her toy phone so that he can hear Lurleen's sad song.
11	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When The Music/DixieChicks learned of the theft, they joined with Lurleen in beating up Royce with their instruments.
12	* {{Jerkass}}: Royce. Not only does he abandon Lurleen yet again, but he also steals her new song "My Daddy's Back," re-wrote the lyrics and gave it to the Music/DixieChicks as "America's Back," telling them that he had written the song. On a minor note, he wears a Confederate belt buckle which is a controversial symbol since it's associated with southern nationalists.
13	* MeritBadgesForEverything: Mayor Quimby tries to fib his way out of paying for the cookies he ordered, to which Lisa points out her "Skepticism" patch.
14	* ParentalNeglect: Royce abandoned Lurleen when she was four years old. He didn't reappear in her life until thirty years later, when Marge Simpson tracked him down. They had a joyous father-daughter reunion, which inspired Lurleen to write a song called "My Daddy's Back". All too soon, however, Royce reverted to type and abandoned Lurleen again.
15	* PlagiarismInFiction: Royce Lumpkin stole his own daughter's new song.
16	* ReversePsychology: {{Parodied}} when Homer complains that unlike Roy, he wouldn't be be EasilyForgiven by his family if he left for thirty years, to which Bart calls his bluff by showing he's packed him a bag.
17	-->'''Homer:''' It might be cold outside.
18	-->'''Bart:''' No problem. I bought you a hat.
19	-->'''Homer:''' Oh, I see. It's reverse psychology. Well, in that case, I'm not going, and I'm not staying. And I'll cut my steak with a spoon, then take a walk on the ceiling.
20	* SequelEpisode: To "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E20ColonelHomer Colonel Homer]]".
21	* SerialSpouse: Lurleen has been married three times, all to [[ReplacementGoldfish men that look and act]] [[HasAType just like Homer]]. At the end of the episode, she falls for yet another man who resembled Homer.
22	* ShoutOut:
23	** Lisa's line in "Daddy's Back" was "Keep it down, I'm reading ''Literature/HarryPotter''."
24	** Also, when receiving a FullNameUltimatum, Royce Lumpkin was called "Royce ''[[Series/TheDukesOfHazzard Boss Hogg]]'' Lumpkin".
25	** Lurleen once starred a clip with [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit and Miss Piggy]].
26	** The opening of the episode where Homer kills Grampa is a homage to Christopher Moltisanti's death in ''Series/TheSopranos''.
27	* SuicideAsComedy: Frustrated as he compares his life to Roy's, Homer asks Bart to get him his "suicide axe," which Bart cheerfully does. Marge merely responds with, "No suicide axe!"
28	-->'''Homer:''' ''(aside to Bart)'' Later.
29	* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Chief Wiggum does one...''off a roof''. His reason for doing so: "I just wanted to be extraordinary!"
30	* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: Royce is from the south and wears a belt buckle depicting the Confederate flag.

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