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* ForgottenBirthday: Barney thinks his friends forgot his birthday, [[InvertedTrope but it's him that, due his alcoholism, forgot the party.]]
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* ForgottenBirthday: Barney thinks his friends forgot his birthday, [[InvertedTrope but it's him that, that]], [[WhatDidIDoLastNight due his alcoholism, forgot the party.]]
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-->'''Homer''': The call is from heroism. Will you accept the charges?
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-->'''Homer''': ''([[VisualPun picking up a nearby payphone]])'' The call is from heroism. Will you accept the charges?
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* DrunkDriver: Homer. He explains to Barney--who wants to learn how to fly a helicopter--that unlike driving a car, you need to sober to do that.
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** While rummaging through the closet for a camera, a bunch of memorabilia from Homer's earlier adventures & accomplishments are in the cupboard, like the Mr Plow jacket, the Be Sharps grammy, the town Crier bell & hat & the Mr Sparkle box.
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* RiddleForTheAges: Who had the foresight to get to the Simpsons' house in order to videotape Barney dressed up as Marge?
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* TemporaryBulkChange: Bart insists towards Lisa that the only photos people care about feature celebrities at their worst. As if on cue, a fat Rainier Wolfcastle walks out of the Kwik-E-Mart with an armful of junk food, claiming he's preparing for a fat secret agent role.
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* TemporaryBulkChange: Bart insists towards Lisa that the only photos people care about feature celebrities at their worst. As if on cue, a fat Rainier Wolfcastle walks out of the Kwik-E-Mart with an armful of gorging on junk food, claiming he's preparing for a fat secret agent role.
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* BigEater: Rainier Wolfcastle briefly appears as one, fattening himself up on junk food for a role as a fat secret agent.
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* PapaWolf: Homer may have been bitter and resentful when Barney got his life back on track after giving up alcohol, but he immediately encourages Barney to put his helicopter flying skills to good use when Bart and Lisa are caught in the fire on Mt. Springfield.
-->'''Homer''': The call is from heroism. Will you accept the charges?
-->'''Homer''': The call is from heroism. Will you accept the charges?
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Moe openly laughs at the idea of Barney quitting drinking before remembering he just lost his best customer.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: DidntThinkThisThrough:
** Moe openly laughs at the idea of Barney quitting drinking before remembering he just lost his bestcustomer.customer.
** Instead of getting new reel of film for their camera, Bart and Lisa took their picture with the old reel that was in the camera. As a result, the new phone book now has a picture of them as toddlers sitting naked on a toilet.
** Moe openly laughs at the idea of Barney quitting drinking before remembering he just lost his best
** Instead of getting new reel of film for their camera, Bart and Lisa took their picture with the old reel that was in the camera. As a result, the new phone book now has a picture of them as toddlers sitting naked on a toilet.
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* CheatersNeverProsper: Nelson steals Bart and Lisa's recreation of ''Dogs Playing Poker'' for the contest. He doesn't win.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Moe openly laughs at the idea of Barney quitting drinking before remembering he just lost his best customer.
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* FriendshipMoment: During the rescue attempt, Barney's tempted to drink a case of beer to calm his nerves, but Homer saves his newfound sobriety by downing the case himself.
* FromBadToWorse: Barney is horrified to see video of him at the party, asking if this is how he behaves while drunk. Homer tells him this is the "Professor Barney" stage and thus far from the worst of it. He then fast-forwards to just that.
* GayBarReveal: Flipped around after Barney announces he's quitting drinking and leaves the bar.
-->'''Moe:''' Well, the handwriting's on the wall. To stay afloat, this bar's going to have to go queer.\\
'''CampGay Customer:''' You mean it's not? Ugh. Wrong again, ''Gay Guide to Springfield''. ''[tosses the book away]''
* FromBadToWorse: Barney is horrified to see video of him at the party, asking if this is how he behaves while drunk. Homer tells him this is the "Professor Barney" stage and thus far from the worst of it. He then fast-forwards to just that.
* GayBarReveal: Flipped around after Barney announces he's quitting drinking and leaves the bar.
-->'''Moe:''' Well, the handwriting's on the wall. To stay afloat, this bar's going to have to go queer.\\
'''CampGay Customer:''' You mean it's not? Ugh. Wrong again, ''Gay Guide to Springfield''. ''[tosses the book away]''
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* RockBottom: Barney sees video of himself dressed as Marge while trying to lick beer off a floor.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Barney's bar pals openly laugh at his embarrassments and get him gag gifts for his birthday. Homer at least later tries to help him out, though the two end up arguing after losing a key shared interest.
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[[caption-width-right:250:"All right, world, get ready to meet the clean and sober Barney Gumble."]]
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* CaninesGamblingInACardGame: Bart and Lisa trying to recreate ''Art/DogsPlayingPoker'' in real life for a photography contest.
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After realizing how much of an embarrassment he is when he's drunk, Barney decides to go sober and stay sober, which doesn't sit well with Homer. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa enter a photography contest.
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Meanwhile, Springfield Bell announce a contest for the phone book's new cover photo. Bart and Lisa
The siblings are thrilled when Marge says their photo won the contest, but their excitement gives way to horror when they see that the photo on the cover is a black and white picture of the two of them as toddlers, sitting naked on the same toilet; apparently the reel of film in the camera still had some undeveloped pictures on it when they found it. They console themselves with the prize: a new bicycle. Meanwhile, Barney insists to Homer that he has sworn off alcohol, unaware that Moe has manipulated him into becoming addicted to caffeine instead.
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* BaitAndSwitch: One scene starts with Barney identifying himself and explaining about his drinking problem only to be informed that he mistakenly entered an a.a.a. building instead of an a.a. meeting.
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* BaitAndSwitch: One scene starts with Barney identifying himself and explaining about his drinking problem only to be informed that he mistakenly entered an a.a.a. AAA (American Automobile Association) building instead of an a.a. AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meeting.
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* CallBack: Bart and Lisa create their own rendition of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV ''A Friend in Need"]] with Santa's Little Helper taking part.
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* CallBack: CallBack:
** Bart and Lisa create their own rendition of[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV ''A ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV A Friend in Need"]] Need]]'' with Santa's Little Helper taking part.
** Bart and Lisa create their own rendition of
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* NoodleIncident: Barney has an arm handcuffed to a police car door and doesn't remember how or when it happened. His friends say they can't imagine him without it.
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* NoodleIncident: NoodleIncident:
** Barney has an arm handcuffed to a police car door and doesn't remember how or when it happened. His friends say they can't imagine him without it.
** Barney has an arm handcuffed to a police car door and doesn't remember how or when it happened. His friends say they can't imagine him without it.
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* TemporaryBulkChange: Bart insists towards Lisa that the only photos people care about feature celebrities at their worst. As if on cue, a fat Rainier Wolfcastle walks out of the Kwik-E-Mart with an armful of junk food, claiming he's preparing for a fat secret agent role.
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* TemporaryBulkChange: Bart insists towards Lisa that the only photos people care about feature celebrities at their worst. As if on cue, a fat Rainier Wolfcastle walks out of the Kwik-E-Mart with an armful of junk food, claiming he's preparing for a fat secret agent role.role.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: When Barney is trying to go clean and sober, he throws away the picture of the Duff Brewery employees posing with a giant sign reading "THANK YOU BARNEY", no longer seeing it as a compliment.
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: When Barney is trying to go clean and sober, he throws away the picture of the Duff Brewery employees posing with a giant sign reading "THANK YOU BARNEY", no longer seeing it as a compliment.
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* EvilLaugh: Moe delivers one in the end as he uses coffee to once again have Barney as a customer.
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* BaitAndSwitch: One scene starts with Barney identifying himself and explaining about his drinking problem only to be informed that he mistakenly entered an a.a.a. building instead of an a.a. meeting.
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* ForgottenBirthday: Barney thinks his friends forgot his birthday but it's him that, due his alcoholism, forgot the party.
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* ForgottenBirthday: Barney thinks his friends forgot his birthday birthday, [[InvertedTrope but it's him that, due his alcoholism, forgot the party.]]
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: One of the fastest ones yet: the episode opens with Homer and Bart doing late-night trash rummaging, whereupon Homer finds a discarded tiki statue. The next scene sees him playing with it in his backyard, having rerouted the gas line so it could spit fire... only for him to accidentally set it on fire, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere prompting him to book it to Moe's]].
* HalfwayPlotSwitch: One of the fastest ones yet: the episode opens with Homer and Bart doing late-night trash rummaging, whereupon Homer finds a discarded tiki statue. The next scene sees him playing with it in his backyard, having rerouted the gas line so it could spit fire... only for him to accidentally set it on fire, [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere prompting him to book it to Moe's]].
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** As mentioned in PaperThinDisguise, there's a scene where Barney shows up in the Simpson house dressed like Marge. How he managed to get in and how he ended up dressed like that aren't given specific details other than he was drunk.
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** As mentioned in PaperThinDisguise, there's a scene where Barney shows up in the Simpson house dressed like Marge. How he managed to get in and how he ended up dressed like that aren't given specific details other than he was drunk. There's also the mystery of whoever knew to record the moment.
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** While on the summit of Mt. Springfield, Lisa notes that she can see the [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E17MySisterMySitter Springfield Squidport]] and [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail abandoned Springfield monorail.]]
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* CallBack: Bart and Lisa create their own rendition of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV ''A Friend in Need"]] with Santa's Little Helper taking part.
* DiabolusExMachina: Just as Bart and Lisa attempt to take their picture of dogs playing poker, Nelson steals their photo at the last second.
* DiabolusExMachina: Just as Bart and Lisa attempt to take their picture of dogs playing poker, Nelson steals their photo at the last second.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: Subverted. Barney stays sober for several seasons after this.
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* TemporaryBulkChange: Bart insists towards Lisa that the only photos people care about feature celebrities at their worst. As if on cue, a fat Rainier Wolfcastle walks out of the Kwik-E-Mart with an armful of junk food, claiming he's preparing for a fat secret agent role.
* WrittenByCastMember: This is the first episode written by DanCastellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson and Barney Gumble) with his wife, Deb Lacusta, as a co-writer.
* WrittenByCastMember: This is the first episode written by DanCastellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson and Barney Gumble) with his wife, Deb Lacusta, as a co-writer.
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* TemporaryBulkChange: Bart insists towards Lisa that the only photos people care about feature celebrities at their worst. As if on cue, a fat Rainier Wolfcastle walks out of the Kwik-E-Mart with an armful of junk food, claiming he's preparing for a fat secret agent role.
* WrittenByCastMember: This is the first episode written by DanCastellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson and Barney Gumble) with his wife, Deb Lacusta, as a co-writer.role.
* WrittenByCastMember: This is the first episode written by DanCastellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson and Barney Gumble) with his wife, Deb Lacusta, as a co-writer.
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* MustHaveCoffee: Since Barney won't be purchasing beer anymore, Moe starts selling coffee and get him hooked on double mocha lattes.
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* MustHaveCoffee: MustHaveCaffeine: Since Barney won't be purchasing beer anymore, Moe starts selling coffee and get him hooked on double mocha lattes.
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* MustHaveCoffee: Since Barney won't be purchasing beer anymore, Moe starts selling coffee and get him hooked on double mocha lattes.
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** As mentioned in PaperThinDisguise, there's a scene where Barney shows up in the Simpson house dressed like Marge. How he managed to get in and how he ended up dressed like that aren't given specific details other than he was drunk.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Homer goes to the Kwik-E-Mart and asks Apu for "those potato chips that give you diarrhea". Apu then returns with bags of what appear to be ordinary Ruffles. This was based on a real-life product known as Lay's WOW Chips introduced a couple years before the episode aired, which famously contained the chemical olestra, a known stool loosener.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Barney is legitimately disgusted with himself when he sees footage of how he acts when he's drunk, such as harassing Lisa and, somehow, breaking into the Simpson house dressed as and thinking he's Marge before he falls off the stairs and tries lapping up spilled beer on the floor.
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After realizing how much of an embarrassment he is when he's drunk, Barney decides to go sober and stay sober. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa enter a photography contest.
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After realizing how much of an embarrassment he is when he's drunk, Barney decides to go sober and stay sober.sober, which doesn't sit well with Homer. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa enter a photography contest.
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** A TV ad about a photography contest features a "mysterious prize". The wrapping's shape makes it obvious that the prize is a bicycle. A kid shows up and rides the still wrapped bicycle.
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** A TV ad about a photography contest features a "mysterious prize". The wrapping's shape makes it obvious that the prize is a bicycle. A kid shows up and rides the still wrapped bicycle.bicycle.
*WrittenByCastMember: This is the first episode written by DanCastellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson and Barney Gumble) with his wife, Deb Lacusta, as a co-writer.
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After realizing how much of an embarrassment he is when he's drunk, Barney decides to go sober and stay sober. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa enter a photography contest.
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* TheAlcoholic: Barney drinks so much that Duff Brewery workers once posed for a photograph with a sign reading "Thank you, Barney".
* ForgottenBirthday: Barney thinks his friends forgot his birthday but it's him that, due his alcoholism, forgot the party.
* NoodleIncident: Barney has an arm handcuffed to a police car door and doesn't remember how or when it happened. His friends say they can't imagine him without it.
* PaperThinDisguise:
** During a videotape of Barney's birthday party, there's a scene where he's dressed like Marge. Homer initially mistakes him for the real Marge.
** A TV ad about a photography contest features a "mysterious prize". The wrapping's shape makes it obvious that the prize is a bicycle. A kid shows up and rides the still wrapped bicycle.
!! Tropes:
* TheAlcoholic: Barney drinks so much that Duff Brewery workers once posed for a photograph with a sign reading "Thank you, Barney".
* ForgottenBirthday: Barney thinks his friends forgot his birthday but it's him that, due his alcoholism, forgot the party.
* NoodleIncident: Barney has an arm handcuffed to a police car door and doesn't remember how or when it happened. His friends say they can't imagine him without it.
* PaperThinDisguise:
** During a videotape of Barney's birthday party, there's a scene where he's dressed like Marge. Homer initially mistakes him for the real Marge.
** A TV ad about a photography contest features a "mysterious prize". The wrapping's shape makes it obvious that the prize is a bicycle. A kid shows up and rides the still wrapped bicycle.
