Line #16 Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E14TheCadAndTheHat


1	Bart has to deal with his guilt after he betrays Lisa. Meanwhile, Homer begins playing chess, and everyone in Springfield becomes impressed by his talents.
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5	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Bart's guilt appears as a trollish version of himself. We also see Lisa's guilt, as well as several personifications of Homer's emotions.
6	* ArtShift: The CouchGag, once again produced by Creator/StoopidBuddyStudios, mixes this up with both MediumBlending and {{Crossover}} as a 2D-animated Homer tries to get back the ship painting from [[WesternAnimation/RobotChicken The Nerd]].
7	* TheAtoner: Bart feels so bad for throwing away Lisa's new hat he goes to the junk yard to recover it.
8	* BrickJoke: Homer has trouble at the Krusty Burger drive-thru and ends up ordering too much. Later, when Lisa looks for her hat, the car is filled with burger wrappers.
9	* CastAsAMask: Averted when Itchy disguises as ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}; as a result, "Garfield" has a voice similar to Homer (due to Creator/DanCastellaneta, Homer's voice actor, also voicing Itchy.)
10	* ContinuityNod:
11	** The store where Lisa buys her new hat has [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E4ItchyAndScratchyLand several "Bort" license plates.]]
12	** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E7BartVsThanksgiving Also all of the objects on the Simpsons' roof.]]
13	** Prior to its slow mutation, the appearance of Bart's guilt recalls an OffModel Hugo Simpson from "Treehouse of Horror VII."
14	* DarkIsNotEvil: Gross and grotesque as it is, Bart's guilt is just doing its job: goading him to atone for his actions after hurting Lisa. On the other hand, [[LightIsNotGood his soft-spoken, Sunday-dressed "denial" wanted to "protect" him by having him ignore the whole thing]].
15	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The California Raisins fire scene parodies the famous Face Melting scene from the movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
16	* DriveThruAntics: Homer tries to order five meals at the Krusty Burger drive thru, but the attendant keeps getting the math wrong. Leads to a BrickJoke later on, when Lisa looks for her missing hat and the car is stuffed with hundreds of discarded wrappers, including the trunk.
17	* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: Homer says this word for word when coming across [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark four winter-clad kids]] cussing up a storm in the opening.
18	* FullBodyDisguise / LatexPerfection: The ''Itchy and Scratchy'' cartoon "The Garfield Assassination" has Itchy disguise as ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} this way.
19	* IdiotSavant: Moe describes Homer this way with regard to his chess-playing ability.
20	* ImMelting: One of the claymation raisins in the intro dies like this when their set catches fire.
21	* KickTheDog: Knowing full well how much it means to her, Bart throws Lisa's beloved new hat from the car window [[ForTheEvulz out of spite]] because it got her a compliment from the same bullies who laughed at him.
22	* NeckSnap: How the personification of Bart's guilt deals with his personified denial.
23	* PsychicNosebleed: Rod and Todd are able to levitate the crushed car by praying, after which they get nosebleeds.
24	* SameSurnameMeansRelated: Norwegian Chess Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen is Carl's cousin.
25	* ShoutOut: The title is based on ''Literature/TheCatInTheHat''.
26	* SoreLoser: Homer's Dad refused to play chess with him again because Homer defeated him once.
27	* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Homer is brilliant at chess [[SmartPeoplePlayChess of all things]] because, when he was a kid, his determination to beat his dad caused him to take lessons and work hard to hone the skill. Even Marge didn't know this about him.
28	* TakeThat: To the California Raisins in the opening.
29	--> "We're in the cookies you hate to eat. An unpleasant surprise when you trick or treat."
30	* WasntThatFun: Bart's personified guilt grows larger and more grotesque the longer he refuses to accept it, which Bart simply laughs off because he [[NightmareFetishist likes gross things]]. It tries to call his bluff by eating him and (non-graphically) pooping him out, to which he laughs and yells, "Again! Again!"
31	* YouRemindMeOfX: PlayedForLaughs between the young Homer and the professor who taught him to play chess when the [[ReplacementGoldfish usual implication]] of the phrase "[[LikeASonToMe You remind me of my son]]" is {{Subverted}}:
32	-->'''Homer:''' Oh? Where is he now?

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