Homer discovers a new app that makes his life easier, and Grampa learns he's going to be a father again.
Tropes:
- Art Shift: Grampa's flashback to his time with his father is done in the style of Popeye. Adding to this, his dad even speaks with Popeye's voice, referring to his son as "Swee'-pea".
- Beyond the Impossible:
- Jasper's child is still a fetus but already has a beard.
- In the flashback, Grampa's father is somehow able to throw him into the sun. Then again, this could be an inaccuracy on Grampa's behalf.
- Breaking the Cycle of Bad Parenting: Abe, who was mistreated by his father just as he mistreated Homer in turn, is inspired to do a better job with his new girlfriend's baby when he sees Homer fishing with Milhouse and thinks someone in the family has finally pulled this off.Abe: I've never seen Homer and Bart so close. Maybe I can finally be a good dad!Marge: ...That's not Bart.Abe: Don't ruin my epiphany!
- Calling Parents by Their Name: Homer reveals that it still really bothers him that Bart constantly calls him "Homer," although he acts like it doesn't.
- Comically Missing the Point: Even after the app asked for Homer's credit card number, he's surprised they'd charge him.
- Continuity Nod: Referring back to "King-Sized Homer," Lisa subscribes to Utne Reader.
- Couch Gag: The entire opening sequence is altered to show the family progressively get knocked out, even possibly killed, while on the trip home. Bart, who only got his skateboard broken by Barney, arrives alone and sets up pictures of his family on the couch, before expressing happiness that he finally gets the remote this time.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Bart notices Homer's lack of enthusiasm when they're playing video games together ("It's just hard when you think you're gonna be slicing the same boy in half all your life") and realizes he's lying about going to work in order to go fishing without him, causing him to sob out, "What is happening with us?"Homer: If you've got something to say, just say it! Unless it's boring!Bart: Is there someone else?!
- The Dog Bites Back: Tired of being landed on by Bart and his skateboard during the intro, Barney breaks the skateboard.
- Generation Xerox: Grandpa learns he's not the father of his girlfriend's child because the x-rays show the baby has a beard similar to Jasper's.
- Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Grampa Simpson talks about how his dad treated him.Abe: That was before throwing your baby into the sun was considered child abuse.
- Hurl It into the Sun: Abe claims his dad used to throw him into the sun for puking milk on his shirt.
- Hypocritical Humor:Homer: Oh, spare me your melodramata! (huffs toward the door)
- Negative Continuity: Bart calling Homer "Dad" is treated as if he's never done it before ("There's a first time for everything. Also, a last"), although he calls him "Dad" and "Homer" interchangeably throughout the series.
- Oh, No... Not Again!: Homer, Kirk and their sons wind up riding the go-karts from Itchy & Scratchy Land home, with Homer yelling at a protesting park employee (the Squeaky-Voiced Teen) that they'll bring them back when they get tired of them. The employee complains that nobody ever does.
- Operation: Jealousy: After Homer starts bonding with Milhouse, Bart naturally gets back at them by hanging out with Milhouse's dad.
- Rhetorical Question Blunder: Bart loses interest in spending time with Matt Leinart upon discovering that he's been praising him and letting him win every game they play as part of his chore assignment.Bart: Look, I know you're doing this because you have to. How would you like it if the other team had just let you win all the time?Matt Leinart: That would have been really great.
- Significant Name Shift: Homer is moved when Bart calls him "Dad," although he makes it clear he won't make a habit of it.
- Skewed Priorities: During the Simpson Family's traditional run towards home, all members suffer accidents at work and only Bart arrives. At first, he's wondering what happened to his family but he's finally glad to have the remote control all for himself.
- You Never Did That for Me: Bart's jealousy when he sees Homer and Milhouse cooking a pizza on the car engine together, something he and Homer like to do, is further compounded when Homer tells Milhouse not to burn his mouth.Bart: Oh, he never warns me!
