YMMV / The Simpsons S6 E15 "Homie the Clown"

• Crosses the Line Twice:
  • Homer beating up the Krusty Burglar, especially when one kid reacts to it by crying "Stop! Stop! He's already dead!"
  • Homer imagining his burning and screaming coworkers as clowns, while upbeat circus music plays in the background.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • During the scene where Homer's performing as Krusty at Milhouse's birthday party, Milhouse is skeptical about Bart's claim that he can get "Krusty" to perform at his own birthday party, stating that "my dad's a pretty big shot at the cracker factory." We later learn that not only did Kirk only get that cracker factory job because his father-in-law was the owner, but the moment Luann divorces him, he immediately gets fired without a second thought.
  • The CableACE award was accepted by “the son of the guy who played Huggy Bear”, which was obviously meant to be a throwaway joke. This was a few years before said son (Justin Fargas) carved out a decent career as an NFL running back.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • This scene crops up in social media during any situation which would otherwise invoke the phrase "beating a dead horse".
    "STOP! STOP! HE'S ALREADY DEAD!"
  • "I thought the Generals were due!" comes up just about every time the Washington Generals (or similar sports teams) lose.
  • The same [X] who [insert incident that angers mob here]?
  • "I'm seeing double here! Four [X]s!"
  • "Kill wealthy dowager."
  • The term "speed holes" has been used among car enthusiasts to describe any damage to a car that leaves holes in the bodywork. Most of the time it's referring to holes left behind by rust but sometimes it is used to refer to bullet holes.
• One-Scene Wonder:
  • The Wealthy Dowager whom Krusty apparently kills with a pie to the face that gets her head embedded in a wall.
  • The Krusty Burglar, mostly for the hilariously brutal, childhood-killing violence Homer imposes on him.
• Signature Scene: Homer beating the Krusty Burglar half to death in front of a crowd of horrified children is often remembered as one of the series' most darkly funny jokes.
• Unintentional Period Piece: One example of Krusty's wasteful spending is him sending 3,000 roses to Bea Arthur's grave, despite her being alive. She would die in April 2009. In the same episode, Homer (in his Krusty guise) gives an award for "Most Promising New Cable Series" to reruns of Starsky & Hutch. At the time, cable was seen as a dumping ground for old movies and shows while "premium" channels such as HBO were prohibitively expensive, often charging extra for special events. By the late '90s and early '00s, cable broadened its appeal while "premium" services became cheaper and dropped the PPV angle, turning instead to original productions.
• Woolseyism: The European French dub swaps out the mention of Benedict Arnold with that of Dennis Cooner, whose histroic 132 title defense within the American Sailing cup ended in 1983 at the hands of Alan Bond.

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