History Recap / TheSimpsonsS11E20LastTapDanceInSpringfield

* ShoutOut: The ''Tango De La Muerte'' has some similarities to Film/{{Strictly Ballroom}}.

* ReTool: ''The Cyborganizer'' does this in the ''first episode''[[note]]the title character starts out working for the N.Y.P.D., then somehow ends up working for a modeling agency and trying to raise a song as a single father[[/note]], much to Homer's dismay.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Homer leads the audience in giving Lisa standing ovation for her performance, causing her self-tapping shoes to overload and go crazy. In his defense, nobody knew she was wearing them.

--> '''Coach''': As your wise but alcoholic dance coach, I know that somewhere your father is looking down on you and smiling. Oh, there he is!\\

* CuttingTheKnot: Lisa's automatic self-tapping shoes go haywire, and soon Lisa is out of control. Almost everybody flees except for Marge and Homer, who saves the day by tripping Lisa.
-->'''Lisa''': Whew! Thanks, Dad.
-->'''Homer''': I didn't think, I just acted.

--> '''Lisa''': But my parents are counting on seeing me dance. And I've worked ever so hard.\\
'''Vicki''': I'm sorry, Lisa, but giving everyone an equal part when they're clearly not equal is called what again, class?\\
'''Girls''': Communism!\\
'''Vicki''': That's right. And I didn't tap all those Morse code messages to the Allies till my shoes filled with blood just to roll out the welcome mat for the Reds.

--> '''Vicki''': You've just got to turn that frown upside down!\\

* LogoJoke: The Gracie Films VanityPlate has the logo moving up to show the cat in the instruction video rubbing it's eyes.
* MagicFeather: At the very end, Marge tries to make Lisa feel better by saying that Frink's tap-dancing shoes were deactivated and ItWasWithYouAllAlong. Then Homer (in typical JerkAss InnocentlyInsensitive fashion) brings Lisa's dawning hopes down when he then says that the shoes ''were'' active and shows everybody the switch as proof.
* ReTool: ''The Cyborganizer'' does this in the ''first episode'', much to Homer's dismay.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Cyborganizer''.
* TrickedOutShoes: Lisa tries to perform in her class's recital with a pair of automatic self-tapping shoes. Unfortunately, they were designed by [[BunglingInventor Professor Frink]] and end up going haywire.

After seeing a film about a shy, bookish, Spanish girl who becomes a tango dancer's partner in a contest, Lisa begs Marge to let her take tango lessons, but ends up taking tap lessons from a former 1930s child star modelled after ShirleyTemple and tries to hide the fact that she's terrible at tap from Homer and Marge. Meanwhile, Homer gets laser eye surgery and Bart and Milhouse hide out at the mall after Nelson announces that he's going to summer camp with them.

* MagicFeather: At the very end, Marge tries to make Lisa feel better by saying that Frink's tap-dancing shoes were deactivated and ItWasInYouAllAlong. Then Homer (in typical JerkAss InnocentInsensitive fashion) brings Lisa's dawning hopes down when he then says that the shoes ''were'' active and shows everybody the switch as proof.

''(coach waves from balcony)''

* TrickedOutShoes: Lisa tries to perform in her class's recital with a pair of automatic self-tapping shoes. Unfortunately, they were designed by [[BunglingInvetor Professor Frink]] and end up going haywire.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Homer's laser eye subplot stopped with him blinded by his eye crust and taken to the liquor store by Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney (with Kearney driving and pretending to be Marge). It's never brought up again nor do viewers see what happened when Homer tried to buy Jack Daniels and cigarettes for the trio. Also, it's never explained how Bart & Milhouse got out of the mall, since the plot disappears after the puma eats the ball.

* CuttingTheKnot: Homer eventually stops lisa after her automatic shoes go berserk just by tripping her.

* InvoluntaryDancing: Lisa's automatic self-tapping shoes go out of control when the audience at her recital applauds, and she can't stop dancing.

After seeing a film about a shy, bookish, Spanish girl who becomes a tango dancer's partner in a contest, Lisa begs Marge to let her take tango lessons, but ends up taking tap lessons from a former 1930s child star modeled after ShirleyTemple and tries to hide the fact that she's terrible at tap from Homer and Marge. Meanwhile, Homer gets laser eye surgery and Bart and Milhouse hide out at the mall after Nelson announces that he's going to summer camp with them.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The real Shirley Temple actually was asked to voice her animated expy Vicki Valentine, but she declined.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Homer's laser eye subplot stopped with him blinded by his eye crust and taken to the liquor store by Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney (with Kearney driving and pretending to be Marge). It's never brought up again nor do viewers see what happened when Homer tried to buy Jack Daniels and cigarettes for the trio.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Shirley Temple actually was asked to voice her animated expy Vicki Valentine, but she declined.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Homer's laser eye subplot stopped with him blinded by his eye crust and tricked into buying Jack Daniels and cigarettes for Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney (doing a poor vocal impression of Marge). It's never brought up again nor do viewers see what happened when Homer tried to buy Jack Daniels and cigarettes for the trio.

Lisa takes up tap dancing but has no talent for it. Meanwhile, Homer gets laser eye surgery and Bart and Milhouse hide out at the mall after Nelson announces that he's going to summer camp with them.

* ShowWithinAShow: The Cyborganizer.