Line #13 Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E10PoliticallyIneptWithHomerSimpson


1	Episode [=PABF03=]\
2	First Aired 1/8/12
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4	After putting up with TSA agents and airport incompetence, Homer goes on a rampage on a grounded airplane -- and his antics become viral video gold (just like his showboating on "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass") and a chance to host his own political talk show on Fox News.
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7	!!This episode contains examples of:
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9	* AdamWesting: Music/TedNugent.
10	* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: The episode's opening features a billboard with an ad for Quimby's campaign describing him as "The Devil You Know" for 18 years.
11	* BlatantLies: When James Madison tells Homer that his portrait is printed at 5,000-dollar bills, Homer asks if he gives those portraits to fans and claims to be a fan.
12	* ContinuityNod: The episode starts at an airport with a sign saying it was built for the olympics they didn't get. It might be a nod to ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E20TheOldManAndTheCStudent "The Old Man and the C-Student"]]''.
13	* {{Expy}}: Homer becomes one of Glenn Beck, as a conservative media figure who cries ManlyTears about his love for America.
14	* ForTheEvulz: Bart agreed to help Lisa and Marge fake an OpinionChangingDream solely to mess with Homer's mind. Homer does not like the reason and strangles him for it.
15	* FoxNewsLiberal: And he has a song: [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "Oh, the plain and simple fact is,]] I'd love to raise your taxes, And make your children gay."
16	* ManlyTears: Being a Glenn Beck parody, this is taken up to eleven. Lampshaded by the characters.
17	-->'''Carl''': Don't you think he's been crying a lot lately?\
18	'''Lenny''': No way! When a man who loves America cries, that makes him super-straight.
19	* NoSympathy: The plane crew don't care how hot, tired and uncomfortable their passengers are. When Homer badly needs to go to the bathroom the air hostess actually tells him off.
20	--> "You should have thought of that before you took the liquid you need to live."
21	* OpinionChangingDream: Homer has a dream where former President UsefulNotes/JamesMadison convinces him not to support Ted Nugent's candidacy. Subverted when the dream is revealed to be a fake with a paid actor pretending to be Madison.
22	* OurLawyersAdvisedThisTrope: While Homer is putting up with the ridiculous practices on the plane, a disclaimer appears telling the audience that if they're on a plane watching this episode, this is ''not'' their airline. Also, when the family is criticizing Music/TedNugent's political views, they make sure to say they ''love'' his music.
23	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: When Mr. Burns asks Homer to pick someone to be the Republican Party's next presidential candidate, he insists that Homer picks a white male.
24	* PompousPoliticalPundit: Homer becomes a very successful, very ''insane'' example of this.
25	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Homer delivers an epic one towards the airlines about how they don't treat their passengers with any kind of respect.
26	* SelfDeprecation: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am full of crap."
27	* ShoutOut: The chalkboard gag is "Tintin did not sucksuck", in reference to the 2011 ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011 Tintin]]'' movie.
28	* SoccerHatingAmericans: Homer speaks ill of [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball Soccer]] in his show.
29	* SpecialGuest: Music/TedNugent AsHimself. He isn't portrayed in a very flattering light.
30	* TakeThat:
31	** Once again at the Republican Party and FOX News pundits, portrayed as being greedy and appealing to primal, base emotions at expense of reason. Nugent and New Jersey governor Chris Christie are portrayed as worse than most of them; the first wants to start big-game hunting in the San Diego Zoo, and the second is shown as a VillainousGlutton who is hypocritical about Obamacare and is completely rejected as a viable candidate.
32	** An in-universe example on Homer's show: he considers the West Coast and the Eastern Seaboard to be the "gristle" of America's "meat," which he throws to his cardboard lions.

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