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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Flanders points out that instead of wasting their time trying to sabotage Apu's romantic gestures for Manjula, he and the other men could instead have been doing nice things for their wives/partners to improve their relationships. This insight gets him thrown out of a moving car for his trouble.

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Incredibly Lame Pun is a redirect and not a trope by itself. Moments where someone acknowledges how bad the pun is counts as Lame Pun Reaction.


* IncrediblyLamePun: The Valentine's card Homer buys for Marge features monkeys, a banana, and the words "You're a-peeling, let's never split". [[LamePunReaction Marge isn't impressed when she finds the card in the car]].


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* LamePunReaction: The Valentine's card Homer buys for Marge features monkeys, a banana, and the words "You're a-peeling, let's never split". Marge isn't impressed when she finds the card in the car.
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* ValentinesDayViolence: Apu is dismayed to see Homer fighting Fantastic Dan, saying "My humble love note is turning into a Valentine's Day massacre."
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Homer assumes that Apu and Manjula's argument will blow over quickly and end in sex. Cue a copy of the ''Literature/KamaSutra'' being out (and through) their window.

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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Homer assumes that Apu and Manjula's argument will blow over quickly and end in sex. Cue a copy of the ''Literature/KamaSutra'' being chucked out (and through) their window.

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Episode - [=AABF11=] \\
Original airdate - 2/14/1999

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'''Original air date:''' 2/14/1999

'''Production code:''' AABF-11
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* SickeninglySweethearts: Apu and Manjula, to the point where they make all the other couples in Springfield look loveless by comparison.

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** Believing that Apu is buying a boat for Manjula, Chief Wiggum prepares to sink it with his gun, quipping "this is one [[Series/TheLoveBoat Love Boat]] that ''won't'' delight and amuse".



* ShoutOut: Believing that Apu is buying a boat for Manjula, Chief Wiggum prepares to sink it with his gun, quipping "this is one [[Series/TheLoveBoat Love Boat]] that ''won't'' delight and amuse".

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* BlackComedy: Among various romantic complaints by the men of Springfield, Moe chimes in that a woman he's stalking has modified her restraining order to keep him further away, which the other men treat as equal to their problems.



-->'''Fantastic Dan:''' No, you darned fool, you'll kill us all!\\

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-->'''Fantastic Dan:''' No, you darned You crazy fool, you'll kill us all!\\



* FailedASpotCheck: After Homer arrives with dozens of roses, Marge somehow doesn't notice that he's badly battered (having been dragged through a field of rose bushes by Fantastic Dan).

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* FailedASpotCheck: After Homer arrives with dozens of roses, Marge somehow doesn't notice that he's badly battered (having been dragged through a field of rose bushes by Fantastic Dan).Dan) and mumbling incoherently.



* HypocriticalHumor: Marge tells Homer off for being distracted by the ''Kama Sutra'' while driving. As soon as she takes over, Marge is so distracted by an image in the book (that, according to Homer, was also an idea of hers) that she crashes the car.

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* HypocriticalHumor: Marge tells Homer off for being distracted by the ''Kama Sutra'' while driving. As soon as she takes over, Marge is so distracted by an image in the book (that, according to Homer, was also an idea of hers) theirs) that she nearly crashes the car.car.
* IResembleThatRemark: Moe complains that Apu is making the other men "look like a buncha cheapskates". He then notices that the rope he's using as a belt has come loose.



* JerkassHasAPoint: Marge may be unfairly envious of Apu showering Manjula with fabulous gifts, but given that Homer apparently spends more on temporary tattoos (that he stupidly expects to still be on his body) than on gifts for her, it's not hard to sympathize with Marge.
* KickTheDog: Almost literally; Homer forces Santa's Little Helper to fetch the massive Sunday newspaper (which the dog can't even lift, and that, according to Lisa, the vet told them not to do), then [[UngratefulBastard blames the dog]] when the paper mentions that a tax hike was approved.



* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Kent Brockman reports that Apu's marathon of gifts is delighting Manjula and "entroubulating" everyone else.



* SeriousBusiness: Fantastic Dan takes his work very seriously.

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* SeriousBusiness: Fantastic Dan takes his work very seriously. He nearly kills Homer (and, judging from his [[WhyWontYouDie dialogue]], is trying to) for ruining the message Apu hired him to write.


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* ShoutOut: Believing that Apu is buying a boat for Manjula, Chief Wiggum prepares to sink it with his gun, quipping "this is one [[Series/TheLoveBoat Love Boat]] that ''won't'' delight and amuse".
* SituationalSexuality: Apu provides porn magazines to the Sea Captain and his crew to prevent them from "resorting to homosexuality". By the Sea Captain's own admission, he only expects it to work for "about ten minutes".

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* AwesomeButImpractical: The chandelier in Elton John's private plane; it forces him to land in Springfield, and this, apparently, is not the first time it's been a problem.
* BaitAndSwitch: In being ejected from the car, Flanders managed to rip out a hunk of Moe's hair. Cut to Moe complaining about the hair that was ripped off of his [[CarpetOfVirility chest]].



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Apu encases himself in chocolate as part of his series of {{Grand Romantic Gesture}}s for Manjula. As soon as she opens the package to see the "statue", the first thing Apu says is to scream that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he can't breathe]].
-->'''Apu:''' ''[breathless]'' Air... need air...\\
'''Manjula:''' Oh, Apu...\\
'''Apu:''' My ears are filled with nougat... There's a nut in my eye!
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Homer and Fantastic Dan's exchange as Homer tries to destroy the skywriter's gas canister:
-->'''Fantastic Dan:''' No, you darned fool, you'll kill us all!\\
'''Homer:''' Correction: kill us ''both''!



* FailedASpotCheck: After Homer arrives with dozens of roses, Marge somehow doesn't notice that he's badly battered (having been dragged through a field of rose bushes by Fantastic Dan).



* GrandRomanticGesture:
** Apu engages in an escalating series of these to make up for neglecting Manjula. Among other things, he trains a parrot to sing "I Love the Nightlife", encases himself in chocolate ([[DidntThinkThisThrough bad idea]]), and hires a skywriter to plaster a message of love for Manjula across the skies.
** Homer's interference with the skywriter leads to several accidental romantic gestures; Maude Flanders, Sarah Wiggum, and Edna Krabappel all assume the botched message is from their paramours for them (the exploded canister leaves a shape that is mistaken by Maude for an angel, Sarah for Poppin' Fresh, and Edna for her name "a little run together"), while Homer ends up at Marge's feet with dozens of roses after Fantastic Dan nearly kills him by dragging him through a field of roses.



* HypocriticalHumor: Marge tells Homer off for being distracted by the ''Kama Sutra'' while driving. As soon as she takes over, Marge is so distracted by an image in the book (that, according to Homer, was also an idea of hers) that she crashes the car.
* IncrediblyLamePun: The Valentine's card Homer buys for Marge features monkeys, a banana, and the words "You're a-peeling, let's never split". [[LamePunReaction Marge isn't impressed when she finds the card in the car]].
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Homer assumes that Apu and Manjula's argument will blow over quickly and end in sex. Cue a copy of the ''Literature/KamaSutra'' being out (and through) their window.



* OutOfCharacterMoment: The Flanders, who are usually portrayed as having a very loving, stable marriage (at least compared to Homer and Marge's). However, Maude is among the women who is envious of all of the special gifts and attention Manjula is getting from Apu and Ned admits he tends to take her for granted.

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: The Flanders, who are usually portrayed as having a very loving, stable marriage (at least compared to Homer and Marge's). However, Maude is among the women who is envious of all of the special gifts and attention Manjula is getting from Apu and Ned admits he tends to take her for granted. That said, Ned is the only one of the assembled husbands to point out that, with all the energy they're pouring into sabotaging Apu, they could just do something special for their own wives (a suggestion that gets him promptly booted out of the car).



* ShoutOut: The chocolate factory which sends Manjula the chocolate Apu, which is in fact, Apu himself, is called "Baron Von's Munch House", a play on [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen Baron]] [[TheMunchausen Munchausen]].

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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The chocolate factory which sends Manjula the chocolate Apu, which is in fact, Apu himself, is called "Baron Von's Munch House", a play on [[Film/TheAdventuresOfBaronMunchausen Baron]] [[TheMunchausen Munchausen]].Munchausen]].
** Apu buys a croissant instead of jewelry at a Tiffany's, prompting Chief Wiggum to remember that "they serve [[Literature/BreakfastAtTiffanys breakfast at Tiffany's]] now".



* SkewedPriorities:
** Homer and company, while rushing to sabotage Apu, apparently took the time to go for long-term parking when they arrive at the airport.
** After Homer's inadvertent delivery of roses, Marge intends to "snuggle [his] brains out", not noticing his battered state. Despite being dazed and thinking he has a collapsed lung, Homer is game for it.



* TakeThat: Elton gives Homer one of his Grammys. [[RunningGag In keeping up with the show's oft-repeated disdain for the award]], Homer immediately tosses it into a nearby trashcan.

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** Homer and Marge both hate the song "I Love the Nightlife".
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Elton gives Homer one of his Grammys. [[RunningGag In keeping up with the show's oft-repeated disdain for the award]], Homer immediately tosses it into a nearby trashcan.trashcan.
* ToxicFriendInfluence: If not for Homer insisting that everyone [[NeverMyFault blame Apu]], most of the men at Moe's would likely have realised their own shortcomings and made it up to their partners.
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* AsHimself: Elton John.

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* AsHimself: Elton John. Music/EltonJohn.



* ContrivedCoincidence: Homer thinks Apu brought Music/EltonJohn to Springfield to serenade Manjula, when in fact, he had to stop his flight due to a broken chandelier.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Homer thinks Apu brought Music/EltonJohn Elton John to Springfield to serenade Manjula, when in fact, he had to stop his flight due to a broken chandelier.



* CreditsGag: The text of the end credits is presented in red color rather than the usual yellow.

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* CreditsGag: The text of the end credits text is presented in red color rather than the usual yellow.



* ValentinesDayEpisode: The episode takes place over the course of the week leading up to Valentine's Day, with Apu doing increasingly more romantic things for Manjula with the holiday marking the biggest one.

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* ValentinesDayEpisode: The episode takes place over the course of the week leading up to Valentine's Day, the day, with Apu doing increasingly more romantic things for Manjula with the holiday marking the biggest one.biggest.

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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Homer thinks getting Marge a card will be a good enough gift for her on Valentine's Day purely because it has monkeys and banana-themed puns. Subverted though in that when she finds it ahead of time, she's not impressed.


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* SillySimian: Homer thinks getting Marge a card will be a good enough gift for her on Valentine's Day purely because it has monkeys and banana-themed puns. Subverted though in that when she finds it ahead of time, she's not impressed.
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* CouchGag: The family sits, and salon hair dryers descend onto their heads and lift up, revealing the family have switched hairdos.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Homer's antics to stop Apu from doing special things for Manjula results in Homer getting dragged through a field of thorny roses. While it ends with Marge thinking this was a romantic gesture as Homer emerges from the sky with dozens of roses, Homer's clearly traumatized, covered in wounds, and has a collapsed lung.

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* LaboriousLaziness: Apu is showering Manjula with elaborate gifts everyday leading up to Valentine's Day. Homer and a few of the other guys start to get annoyed because their wives wish to be treated that way as well, so they end up spending the day trying to follow him around and see what he's up to, and try to put a stop to it. Flanders eventually lampshades this, noting that [[StatingTheSimpleSolution instead of spending a whole day trying to stalk and sabotage Apu's plans, they could be trying to put that effort into actually doing something nice for their wives.]] He gets thrown out of the car for that.



* RealityEnsues: Apu coats himself as a life-size chocolate figure to surprise Manjula, only to nearly suffocate from being coated by all of the chocolate.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Apu coats himself as a life-size chocolate figure to surprise Manjula, only to nearly suffocate from being coated by all of the chocolate.



* WhyWontYouDie: Fantastic Dan's reaction when Homer gets hit in the head with a variety of things while hanging upside down on the plane.

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* WhyWontYouDie: Fantastic Dan's reaction when Homer gets hit in the head with a variety of things while hanging upside down on the plane.plane.
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* AsHimself: Elton John

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* AsHimself: Elton John John.



* GotMeDoingIt: After commenting on the love note in the sky, Bernice Hibbert does her husband's [[SignatureLaugh signature chuckle]].

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* GotMeDoingIt: After commenting on the love note in the sky, One scene reveals that Bernice Hibbert does her husband's [[SignatureLaugh signature chuckle]].laughs just like her husband]].


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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: As Homer explains Apu's romantic M.O.:
-->'''Ned:''' Gee, the man's just trying to show his wife he cares for her! How could we sabotage his labor of love?\\
'''Homer:''' I don't know. Gasoline, axes, I got some stuff in the trunk.


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* WhoIsDriving: As Homer explains Apu's romantic plan to the men in the car, he turns backwards in the driver seat. Moe reminds him he's driving, and he tries to dodge the remark as the car rolls out into the street.

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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Homer thinks getting Marge a card will be a good enough gift for her on Valentine's Day purely because it has monkeys and banana-themed puns. Subverted though in that when she finds it ahead of time, she's not impressed.



* LazyBum: All the men in town would rather stop Apu from doing romantic things for his wife, so theirs won't expect the same treatment, than do anything special for them themselves.

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* LazyBum: All the men in town would rather stop Apu from doing romantic things for his wife, so theirs won't expect the same treatment, than do anything special for them themselves. Ironically, the efforts they go through to sabotage Apu's romancing, which includes Homer getting in a fistfight with a skywriting pilot while the plane ''is in flight'', [[LaboriousLaziness are much more difficult and dangerous than just doing sweet things for their wives would have been]].



* TakeThat[=/=]RunningGag: Elton gives Homer one of his Grammys. Homer immediately tosses it into a nearby trashcan.
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* TakeThat[=/=]RunningGag: TakeThat: Elton gives Homer one of his Grammys. [[RunningGag In keeping up with the show's oft-repeated disdain for the award]], Homer immediately tosses it into a nearby trashcan.
%%* ValentinesDayEpisode* ValentinesDayEpisode: The episode takes place over the course of the week leading up to Valentine's Day, with Apu doing increasingly more romantic things for Manjula with the holiday marking the biggest one.
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* EyebrowWaggle: When Apu tells Manjula they don't have to answer the door while making out, he manages to pull one despite [[NoBrows not having eyebrows]].
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* GotMeDoingIt: After commenting on the love note in the sky, Bernice Hibbert does her husband's [[SignatureLaugh signature chuckle]].
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* AsHimself: Elton John
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After being caught in a lie regarding American labor hours, Apu showers Manjula with extremely lavish gifts in the days leading up to [[ValentinesEpisode Valentine's Day]], which earns him the ire of the Springfield husbands.

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After being caught in a lie regarding American labor hours, Apu showers Manjula with extremely lavish gifts in the days leading up to [[ValentinesEpisode [[ValentinesDayEpisode Valentine's Day]], which earns him the ire of the Springfield husbands.
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Apu turns up the romance for his wife on Valentine's Day, making every husband in Springfield jealous.

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After being caught in a lie regarding American labor hours, Apu turns up showers Manjula with extremely lavish gifts in the romance for his wife on days leading up to [[ValentinesEpisode Valentine's Day, making every husband in Day]], which earns him the ire of the Springfield jealous.
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* CallBack: Fantastic Dan, who lived in the Whack-A-Mole game on season nine's "Bart Carny", returns as the skywriter Apu hires.

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* CallBack: Fantastic Dan, who lived in the Whack-A-Mole game on season nine's "Bart Carny", "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E12BartCarny Bart Carny]]", returns as the skywriter Apu hires.



* HurricaneOfPuns: Apu makes puns on Music/EltonJohn songs while he and Elton watch Homer fight the skywriter.

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* HurricaneOfPuns: Apu makes puns on Music/EltonJohn Elton's songs while he and Elton watch Homer fight the skywriter.



* {{Irony}}: Moe assumes that Apu hired Elton John to sing for Manjula, but it turns out Apu was only going to the airport to hire Fantastic Dan for a skywritten message, while Elton's plane happened to have made an emergency landing in Springfield. Then, while Homer fights with Fantastic Dan, Apu and Elton encounter each other and Apu ends up doing what Moe thought he'd do.

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* {{Irony}}: Moe assumes that Apu hired Elton John to sing for Manjula, but it turns out Apu was only going to the airport to hire Fantastic Dan for a skywritten message, while Elton's plane happened to have made an emergency landing in Springfield. Then, while Homer fights with Fantastic Dan, Apu and Elton encounter each other and Apu ends up doing what Moe thought he'd do.



--> '''Homer''': Will you stop it? It's easy to blame ourselves but it's ''even easier'' to blame Apu!

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--> '''Homer''': -->'''Homer:''' Will you stop it? It's easy to blame ourselves but it's ''even easier'' to blame Apu!



* OutOfCharacterMoment: The Flanders, who are usually portrayed as having a very loving, stable marriage (at least compared to Homer and Marge's.). However, Maude is among the women who is envious of all of the special gifts and attention Manjula is getting from Apu and Ned admits he tends to take her for granted.

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* OutOfCharacterMoment: The Flanders, who are usually portrayed as having a very loving, stable marriage (at least compared to Homer and Marge's.).Marge's). However, Maude is among the women who is envious of all of the special gifts and attention Manjula is getting from Apu and Ned admits he tends to take her for granted.



'''Elton:''' That's my name. ''(sheepishly)'' Well, not really.

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'''Elton:''' That's my name. ''(sheepishly)'' Well, not really.[[note]]His real name is Reginald Dwight.[[/note]]



* TakeThat and RunningGag: Elton John gives Homer one of his Grammys. Homer immediately tosses it into a nearby trashcan.

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* TakeThat and RunningGag: TakeThat[=/=]RunningGag: Elton John gives Homer one of his Grammys. Homer immediately tosses it into a nearby trashcan.

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