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1	Lisa befriends a widowed magician who entrusts her the secret to the "milk barrel" trick, but she unwittingly gives the secret to a crass TV magician.
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3	!! Tropes:
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5	* AsHimself: Creator/PennAndTeller, Ricky Jay and David Copperfield show up to stop Lisa, Homer and Raymondo during the climax.
6	* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Raymondo lost several of his tricks when his twin died.
7	* AssholeVictim: Cregg Demon the Magicfreek. He survived.
8	* BaitAndSwitch: Bart was taking peaches to the dump when he noticed the bullies upset they didn't have anything to throw at an event taking place at the park. Bart offered the peaches [[ProducePelting for them to throw]]. They threw Bart and stole the peaches.
9	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Bart doesn't seem to be familiarized with walkie-talkie lingo
10	* EveryoneHasStandards: Lisa agrees that Cregg is an unethical magician who stole other successful magicians’ tricks, but she doesn’t think he deserves to drown in the milk canister while attempting to do Raymondo’s escape trick.
11	* ExactWords: When Lisa asked Raymondo if he'd just stand around and watch Cregg die, he said he wouldn't because of his column so he sat down. He later said he couldn't bear to see her staring at him so he used a trick to block his sight of her.
12	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The little magicians' room was full of vertically-challenged magicians.
13	* HoneyTrap: Cregg uses his son to have Lisa reveal the secret behind Houdini's trick.
14	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Raymondo, while generally affable, can get quite cranky.
15	* MurderByMistake: People wanting to kill Raymondo killed his twin.
16	* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} The Planet Express ship]] appears in the opening, along with a few bars of the ''Futurama'' theme.
17	* SpecialGuest: Creator/MartinLandau as Raymondo
18	* TakeThat: Cregg Demon is a jab at Criss Angel.
19	* TwinSwitch: Implied to be the secret behind the tricks that Raymondo, because of his twin's death, can no longer perform.

Context Recap / TheSimpsonsS22E18TheGreatSimpsina