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1	Homer gets a new assistant that soon replaces him while Bart and Martin create a robot seal that becomes a hit with the elderly crowd at the Springfield Retirement Center.
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3	!!Tropes:
4	* AlliterativeName: Bart projects a machine known as "Homer Humiliator".
5	* BrickJoke: When the seals are reprogrammed to kill, the mentioned causality is Alice Glick. During the DancePartyEnding, she is shown in heaven, dancing with Jesus.
6	* CallBack: Howard Jr. from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E15WeddingForDisaster Wedding For Disaster]]" is part of the funeral home managers.
7	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Homer doesn't understand why the Homer Humiliator does mean things to him.
8	* DancePartyEnding: One breaks out after the seniors are reunited with the robot seals, with even [[DefeatMeansFriendship the funeral people who corrupted the robots]] joining in.
9	* DoesNotLikeMen: Homer's assistant Roz has a crippling dislike of men that she becomes irate if one [[HatesBeingTouched ever touches her]].
10	* FunWithAcronyms: The '''N'''orth '''A'''merican '''M'''an '''B'''ot '''L'''ove '''A'''ssociation. Understandably, not all members agree with the name.
11	* GroinAttack: One of the ways the Homer Humiliator works.
12	* MechanicalAnimals: Martin Prince and Bart design a form of robotic seal named a Robopet in a bid to win the Science Fair. They end up becoming pets for the lonely residents of the Springfield Care Home but are reprogrammed by funeral directors to kill. However, they are eventually reprogrammed and go back to being the elderly residents' pets.
13	* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is this for the [[Music/GeorgeGershwin George and Ira Gershwin]] standard "Embraceable You."
14	* PuppyDogEyes: The seals use this towards Wiggum after they've been reprogrammed out of custody. Snake also uses this tactic to get out of jail.
15	* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]] was at the front page of a robotics magazine and Santa's Little Helper had a [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader mask]]. Homer leaves work sooner to watch ''[[Film/PaulBlartMallCop Paul Flart: Water Park Cop]]''.
16	* SpeakOfTheDevil:
17	-->'''Martin Prince:''' Bully, Bart! Bully!\
18	'''Bart:''' Bully? Where? Is it Nelson?\
19	'''Martin:''' No, Bart. It's just an expression.\
20	'''Bart:''' Oh.\
21	'''Nelson Muntz:''' [From BehindTheBlack] Who hast summoned me?
22	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: When Roz, the woman who replaced Homer, asks how he learned she hates being hugged, Homer gives no clue other than the initials "S" and "F" and she quickly understands he means "[[BorrowedCatchphrase Stupid Flanders]]".

Context Recap / TheSimpsonsS23E4ReplaceableYou