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3	'''A Midsummer's Nice Dream''' is the 16th episode of the 22th season of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
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5	1970s stoner comedians [[Creator/CheechAndChong Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin]] (who apparently were born in Springfield and worked as weathermen on Channel 6 when they accidentally inhaled that fateful marijuana smoke) decide to break up after Chong grows tired of doing the same routine over and over. Both get new comedy partners -- Homer pairs up with Cheech to become "Cheech and Chunk" while Principal Skinner joins Chong to become "Teach and Chong." Meanwhile, Marge stages an intervention for The Crazy Cat Lady over her hoarding problem.
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7	!! Tropes:
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9	* {{Autocannibalism}}: In Homer's ImagineSpot of celebrating with Cheech, he imagines eating himself to the point that only his head remained.
10	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Bart. [[ProductPlacement He blatantly tells the audience that they can watch the show the next day on]] [[Creator/{{Hulu}} Hulu.com]].
11	* TheComicallySerious: Chong chooses Skinner as Cheech's replacement on the basis of his [[SoUnfunnyItsFunny sheer unfunniness]].
12	* UsefulNotes/{{Dada}}: "Teach and Chong"'s act makes absolutely no sense. Chalmers points out that even the menu (made up of puns between songs and desserts) is funnier.
13	* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: An InUniverse example. While Homer is excited to become Cheech's new partner, he becomes disappointed when he sees that Cheech is more down to earth, cultured and mellow compared to his on-stage persona.
14	* {{Improv}}: Tommy Chong attempts this, growing tired of saying [[{{Catchphrase}} "Dave's not here, man"]].
15	* NotQuiteDead:
16	-->'''Grampa:''' Who has disturbed my tomb?
17	-->'''Lisa:''' Grampa, you're not dead.
18	-->'''Grampa:''' Then wake me up when I am.
19	* OnlyOneFindsItFun: Inverted, a caricature of Ian Maxtone-Graham is sat just out the reach of the cannabis fumes, and sees no humour in Cheech and Chong’s act.
20	* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: Cheech and Chong break up in the middle of their performance due to Chong feeling the act becoming stale. The two reunite and work together again near the end of the episode.
21	* PunBasedTitle: To ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''.
22	* RecoveredAddict: Marge's subplot in fixing Eleanor's clutter works initially, only for Marge to suddenly switch roles. And when Eleanor attempts to make Marge come to her senses, the former ends up giving in, making it an AvertedTrope.
23	* ShoutOut:
24	** Homer explains to Bart that Cheech and Chong are "the ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead of his generation." To which Bart replies: "Who are Beavis and Butt-Head?"
25	** Homer looks up his old Cheech and Chong records in the attic. One of the magazines lying next to Bart depicts Music/FrankZappa.
26	** Mr. Burns attends the Cheech and Chong show and gets so high from all the marihuana smoke in the room that he mistakes Cheech and Chong for Creator/LaurelAndHardy.
27	** Among the stuff Marge finds in the Crazy Cat Lady's belongings are all copies of Creator/JDSalinger's catalogue, "except for ''Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye''".
28	** Homer imagines himself and Cheech having a great time being stoned in an ImagineSpot set to the song "Basketball Jones". The entire sequence is a shout-out to the cartoon short of the same name and the lead character from the short, Tyrone Shoelaces, can also be seen in Homer's dream sequence. During the same scene Selma's hair is changed into that of a snake, a reference to the Greek mythological character Medusa.
29	** Homer sings along to "Low Rider" by the band Music/{{War\|Band}} while on the truck. The song has appeared on famous stoner comedies such as (Cheech and Chong's) ''Film/UpInSmoke'' and ''Film/DazedAndConfused''.
30	* ShoutOutToShakespeare: The title is a shout-out to ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''. Later in the episode Bart is also dressed up like Puck.
31	* SpecialGuest: Creator/CheechAndChong.
32	* SwappedRoles: Marge and the Crazy Cat Lady switch roles with each other, twice.
33	* TakeThat: Cheech states that it would be easier to meet Dave than it would be to meet Creator/DonJohnson.

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