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** Upon seeing Bart with the tank, Comic Book Guy says it's a job for ComicBook/GreenLantern, [[Characters/FantasticFourSupportingCharacters Thundra]], or ComicBook/GhostRider. Otto asks about Franchise/{{Superman}} but Comic Book Guy doesn't take the idea seriously.

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** Upon seeing Bart with the tank, Comic Book Guy says it's a job for ComicBook/GreenLantern, [[Characters/FantasticFourSupportingCharacters Thundra]], or ComicBook/GhostRider. Otto asks "What about Franchise/{{Superman}} Franchise/{{Superman}}?", but Comic Book Guy doesn't take the idea seriously.rolls his eyes and replies "Oh, please...".
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* PopTheTires: Parodied as Chief Wiggum and Lou pursue Bart in the tank.
-->'''Wiggum:''' Lou, shoot the tires out!
-->'''Lou:''' Uh, it's a ''tank'', Chief...
-->'''Wiggum:''' You know what? I'm getting real sick of your excuses, Lou...
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* MassOhCrap: All of Springfield is horrified when Bart shoots the tank towards the sky and hits a satellite

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* MassOhCrap: All of Springfield is horrified when Bart shoots the tank towards the sky and hits a satellitesatellite.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Skinner is horrified when Willy suggests killing Bart by dragging a hoe through his back and making it look like suicide.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Skinner is horrified when Willy Willie suggests killing Bart by dragging a hoe through his back and making it look like suicide.
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* HiddenDepths: Bart is very good at baton twirling.
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* ComicallyOversizedButt: Krusty evacuates his ClownCar of its occupants when he sees a Ritalyn-addled Bart bearing down on it with a tank. The final clown, the aptly-named Sir Widebottom, gets his enormous butt stuck in the door as he tries to exit, and Bart runs over the car and pops Widebottom's bottom before the others are able to pull him out.
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* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: Bart shoots down an orbiting satellite with main gun of a tank.
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* FatalMethodActing: Almost happens in-universe to Krusty. During the sketch with "Sideshow Melanie", Krusty's bowtie spins so fast it almost strangles him as the audience laughs.
-->'''Krusty:''' (''rips the tie off'') What are you doing to me?! I said start it at 60 rpm, then move it up to 100 on the skirt blow!
-->'''Technician:''' [[ThatCameOutWrong Sorry, Krusty, I choked...]]
-->'''Krusty:''' (''starts strangling him'') [[BerserkButton YOU choked!? YOU choked!?]]
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* RiddleForTheAges: Why was Major League Baseball spying on Springfield?
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-->'''Wiggum''': [[ExpyCoexistence He looks like the kid]] who roughed up the Wilson widow.

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-->'''Wiggum''': -->'''Lou''': [[ExpyCoexistence He looks like the kid]] who roughed up the Wilson widow.
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* FacialCompositeFailure: Marge describes Bart to Lou, who draws [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS Dennis Mitchell]] instead. For additional ([[DarkParody dark]]) laughs:
-->'''Wiggum''': [[ExpyCoexistence He looks like the kid]] who roughed up the Wilson widow.
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** Upon seeing Bart with the tank, Comic Book Guy says it's a job for ComicBook/GreenLantern, Thundra, or ComicBook/GhostRider. Otto asks about Franchise/{{Superman}} but Comic Book Guy doesn't take the idea seriously.

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** Upon seeing Bart with the tank, Comic Book Guy says it's a job for ComicBook/GreenLantern, Thundra, [[Characters/FantasticFourSupportingCharacters Thundra]], or ComicBook/GhostRider. Otto asks about Franchise/{{Superman}} but Comic Book Guy doesn't take the idea seriously.



* StatingTheSimpleSolution: When Springfield's firefighting company arrives at the place of the satellite's crash, they panic at their lack of training regarding fires on space satellites. Apu simply tells them to spray it with water already.

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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: When Springfield's firefighting company volunteer firefighter department arrives at the place of the satellite's crash, they panic at their lack of training regarding fires on space satellites. Apu simply tells them to spray it with water already.
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* StatingTheObvious: When Springfield's firefighting company arrives at the place of the satellite's crash, they panic at their lack of training regarding fires on space satellites. Apu simply tells them to spray it with water already.

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* StatingTheObvious: StatingTheSimpleSolution: When Springfield's firefighting company arrives at the place of the satellite's crash, they panic at their lack of training regarding fires on space satellites. Apu simply tells them to spray it with water already.
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* MassOhCrap: All of Springfield is horrified when Bart shoots the tank towards the sky and hits a satellite
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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: {{Justified}} in Bart's case by the fact that, right or not, he's still extremely hopped up on meds.

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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: {{Justified}} [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in Bart's case by the fact that, right or not, he's still extremely hopped up on meds.

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