Line #6 Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E21MoeLetterBlues


1	While the men are with their children on a trip, Moe sends them a letter telling them he’ll be leaving Springfield with one of their wives. As the men ponder, they wonder what went wrong in their relationship.
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3	!!Tropes of this episode:
4	* AsHimself: Don Pardo has brief cameo appearance to comment on Moe's narrating.
5	* BlandNameProduct: Moe has a [[Platform/NintendoWii Zii console]] set up in his tavern, which Manjula and Gheet have fun playing with.
6	* ContinuityNod: Apu doesn't really have to wonder what went wrong in his relationship the moment he remembers he [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E19TheSweetestApu cheated on his wife]].
7	* CrappyCarnival: Weasel Island's amusement park is the quality you'd expect from any Krusty-endorsed product. The attractions are not only disturbing, such as a Civil War prison, they're outright dangerous, with Ralph being flung off one and Lisa getting stuck inside a carousel horse. The ride operator also appears to be under the influence.
8	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The Itchy and Scratchy short in this episode is a parody of ''A Trip to the Moon''. It's in black-and-white, and the characters move their mouths without speaking, with subtitle cards in French appearing right after.
9	* DistractedByTheSexy: Moe's narration briefly becomes derailed when he spots Marge in a towel.
10	* EveryoneHasStandards: Moe seeing the wives of other men not being respected got him upset.
11	* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Apu says his wife wouldn't cheat on him like he cheated on her and then he gets worried.
12	* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: Moe plays an important role in the episode, while also narrating it. During the narration, the camera focuses on Moe as he describes how handsome he is; he then notices and shoos it away to focus on something else.
13	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As the fathers worry about one of their wives being taken by Moe, their kids suffer several misfortunes at the rundown amusement park that they don't notice.
14	* GilliganCut: Homer says he was at Moe's "being my usual, effervescent self." A FlashbackCut shows him passed out at the bar.
15	* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Implied for Krusty. Krusty's Mother's Day sketch features Mr. Teeny in a Krusty hat while Krusty dresses as, presumably, his mother. He screams, "I destroyed my body to give birth to ''you''?!"
16	* HolidayEpisode: This episode takes place on Mother's Day. Homer decides to go on a cruise with the kids to give Marge some time alone.
17	* HypocriticalHumor: Manjula berates Apu for forgetting one of their kids at Moe's but she also forgot him and, when she goes back there to pick him up, she has to read his name tag to know which son he is.
18	* IncrediblyLameFun: Rather than going to bed with Helen, Tim Lovejoy prefers to paint the mustaches on his train conductor figures.
19	* JerkassHasAPoint: Moe had to do something to make Homer, Apu, and Reverend Lovejoy realize that they've been treating their wives like garbage.
20	* LiteralMinded: After being told by Reverend Lovejoy "think back" on how his relationship with Marge could've been strained, Homer thinks all the way back to when he was an infant.
21	--> '''Reverend Lovejoy:''' Not ''that'' far back!
22	* PetTheDog: Jacqueline tells Marge that Homer's outburst during her birthday party was provoked by Patty and Selma.
23	* PhotoMontage: The episode ends with a montage of photographs of characters and their mothers, ending with Homer and Mona, as "I'll Always Love My Mama" plays over it.
24	* PreemptiveDeclaration: From a ride operator at [[CrappyCarnival Weasel Island]].
25	-->'''Operator:''' You had that scar before you got on.\
26	'''Bart:''' What scar?\
27	'''Operator:''' Oh, you'll find out.
28	* RedLiveLobster: Before Homer boards the cruise, we can see a live lobster snapping its claws, even though it's bright red.
29	* SelfFulfillingProphecy: When Bart inserts money inside a fortune-telling machine, he got a card saying "you'll lose all your money". He reacts by inserting more money inside the machine.
30	* SmarterThanYouLook: For someone with as terrible a dating history as Moe, he sure knows his way around fixing a relationship.
31	* TheVoiceless: Jessica, the Lovejoys' daughter, is seen when Tim arrives home at the end of the episode, but she doesn't speak.
32	* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.

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