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Episode - 9F07
First Aired - 11/19/1992

Homer buys a snowplow and starts a business eventually rivaled by none other than Barney.

Tropes:

• Adam Westing: The Trope Namer does it years before Family Guy premiered.
• Fridge Horror, Harsher in Hindsight, and Nice Job Breaking It, Homer: Homer (as a teenager) ruined Barney's life by giving him beer the night before his SATs, and before Barney became a drunk, he was a genius with his sights set for Harvard University.
• Hypocritical Humor: When Barney introduced himself as "Plow King", he told Homer there was no problem with a fair competition. Then he shot Homer's tires.
• My God, What Have I Done?: Homer felt remorseful for how he tricked Barney into plowing driveways on Widow's Peak.
• Shaped Like Itself/Subverted Rhyme Every Occasion: The Mr. Plow jingle.
  Call Mr. Plow
  That's the name
  That name again
  Is Mr. Plow.
• Shout Out: Homer's trip across the rickety bridge is based on The Wages of Fear and its American remake Sorcerer. The music is inspired by the latter.
• Tempting Fate: When Homer and Barney decided to be partners, Homer stated even God couldn't stop them. God takes offense to that and acts accordingly, melting the ice and putting both boys out of business.

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