History Recap / TheSimpsonsS11E3GuessWhosComingToCriticizeDinner

** Played straight by the other critics that tell Homer to be mean, who are part of the aforementioned mob. Though it might be because Homer ultimately misunderstood what they said.

** Played straight by the other critics that tell Homer to be mean, who are part of the aforementioned mob.

* MoralMyopia: When the restaurateurs were discussing about Homer's bad reviews that's causing them to lose business, one of them furiously demanded that they ban Homer from attending their restaurants. However, one of them stated that banning Homer would be impolite and suggested that they kill him instead.

* MadeOfExplodium: "La Bombe" (even if full of poison and a NutritionalNightmare) is supposed to be just an eclair. When Homer tosses it away, it lands and explodes like it had been packed full of nitro.

* PreMortemOneLiner: One of the chefs/assassins comments that "Homer Simpson will be moving from the food pages...to the ''obituaries!''" [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Bart finds this joke funny]], until he remembers that the group is planning to kill his dad.

* ActorAllusion: Creator/EdwardAsner plays a [[Series/LouGrant newspaper editor]].

* The broken typewriter that couldn't use the letter 'e' is a reference to the book {{Literature/Gadsby}} that avoided using it. Ernest Wright was said to have tied down the 'e' key as to be sure he didn't accidentally use any words using 'e'.

* CouchGag: The family comes in, and Marge notices Matt Groening's signature at the bottom of the screen and wipes it off, until Matt Groening comes in and resigns the scene.
* DeadAnimalWarning: Luigi attempted to send Homer [[Film/TheGodfather a horse's head]] to scare him away from any more bad reviews--which Homer then ''ate'' and still gave it a bad review!

** Homer's first review is so poorly done the editor immediately believes it's a joke. For context, most of the words he used were made up and half of the review was "Screw Flanders" written over and over again. Homer just barely saves his ass by claiming it ''was'' a joke.

* ExactWords: The tour guide at the ''Springfield Gazette'' claims that the paper uses a percent of recycled materials in each issue...namely, zero. "Zero's a percent!"
* ExtremeOmnivore: Before becoming a CausticCritic, the only bad review Homer gave was to a slice of pizza he found under the couch, and only then he claims it lost points simply because he found a Hot Wheels toy on it. Even one of the critics balks at the idea of him dying from too much chocolate, citing "I've seen this man eat a bowl of change!"

** The restaurant owners losing business had a right to be upset about Homer's bad reviews, not just because they were losing money but because it was clear Homer was going so far as to slander them with what was clearly libel. It still doesn't excuse them trying to murder him though.