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* AssholeVictim: After the Laramie executives steal the last plant, they try to flee via helicopter, but a tomacco-crazed sheep has snuck on board. It attacks them, causing the helicopter to crash, killing everyone on board. ([[AnimalImmunity Except the sheep, fortunately]].)

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* AssholeVictim: After the Laramie executives steal the last plant, they try to flee via helicopter, but a tomacco-crazed sheep has snuck on board. It attacks them, causing the helicopter to crash, killing everyone on board. ([[AnimalImmunity Except (Except the sheep, fortunately]].fortunately.)
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: Homer started his glove-slapping by defending Marge's honor. When he saw he could use it to get stuff he wanted, it quickly went to his head afterwards.


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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Parodied. ''The Poke of Zorro'' sees him face the Three Musketeers, the Man in the Iron Mask, and the Scarlet Pimpernel. When he finally triumphs, he's declared king of England by King Arthur himself.
-->'''Bart:''' It's a history lesson come to life.\\
'''Lisa:''' No, it isn't. It's totally inacc--\\
'''Bart:''' Quiet. Here come the ninjas.


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** When the family goes to talk about the offer in private, the first thing Homer wants to talk about is how two of the executives seem to have a thing for each other.


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* DirtyCoward: The Scarlet Pimpernel in the Zorro movie.


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** Later, after fleeing home to avoid the duel, the family looks for a place to live and bumps into Jimmy Carter. He's busy at a Habitat for Humanity and ask him to build a new house. When he says he's busy with his current project, Homer yells at him--leading to Carter taking off one of his gloves. Homer drives away, as Carter demands satisfaction.


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* ImagineSpot: Homer wonders how Zorro would handle the problem with the Southern Gentleman. A thought bubble shows him getting shot immediately.
-->'''Homer:''' [[SayMyName ZORROOOOOOOOOOO!]]
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode starts with Homer randomly doing {{Glove Slap}}s, only to inadvertently end up in a duel with a southerner, which he escapes by hiding out at his family's farm. Unlike other episodes where the previous plotline is forgotten, when the Simpsons return home, Homer finds the southerner ''still'' waiting for him and ends up dueling.

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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode starts with Homer randomly doing {{Glove Slap}}s, only to inadvertently end up in a duel with a southerner, which he escapes by hiding out at his family's farm. Unlike other episodes where the previous plotline is forgotten, when the Simpsons return home, Homer finds the southerner ''still'' ''[[{{Determinator}} still]]'' waiting for him and ends up dueling.

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* FantasticDrug: Tomacco itself. It tastes terrible, but has powerful addictive properties.



* FantasticDrug: Tomacco itself. It tastes terrible, but has powerful addictive properties.
* GloveSlap: Inspired by a corny Zorro movie, Homer goes around slapping people with a glove and challenging them to a duel to get whatever he wants. No one takes him up on it, so Homer keeps on doing it and getting his way, until one day he slaps a SouthernGentleman who accepts the challenge.

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* FantasticDrug: Tomacco itself. It tastes terrible, but has powerful addictive properties.
* GloveSlap: Inspired by a corny Zorro movie, Homer goes around slapping people with a glove and challenging them to a duel to get whatever he wants. No one takes him up on it, so Homer keeps on doing it and getting his way, until one day he slaps a SouthernGentleman who accepts the challenge.
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* AssholeVictim: After the Laramie executives steal the last plant, they try to flee via helicopter, but a tomacco-crazed sheep has snuck on board. It attacks them, causing the helicopter to crash, killing everyone on board. (Except the sheep, fortunately.)

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* AssholeVictim: After the Laramie executives steal the last plant, they try to flee via helicopter, but a tomacco-crazed sheep has snuck on board. It attacks them, causing the helicopter to crash, killing everyone on board. (Except ([[AnimalImmunity Except the sheep, fortunately.fortunately]].)
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* OffModel: Despite the episode being animated by Creator/RoughDraftStudios, Bart and Lisa gain giant [[Creator/SunwooEntertainment Anivision]]-like pupils when Homer dives into the "swimming hole".

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* TastesLikeFeet: Ralph says tomacco "tastes like grandma".

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* TastesLikeFeet: Ralph says tomacco "tastes invokes this trope with one of the greatest lines of the entire series.
--> ''"Eww! Daddy, this tastes
like grandma".grandma!"''

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* ShoutOut: When the animals surround the farm-house, it resembles a zombie movie.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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When the animals surround the farm-house, it resembles a zombie movie.movie.
** The farming montage's music is the theme song from ''Series/GreenAcres''.
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--> "From the Z to the O to the double R-O, / He's the dude in a mask from the barrio / With his horse and his mask and his big ol' sword / He'll cut your butt from a '52 Ford."
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* ThemeTuneRap: The cheesy rap song that ends the ''Zorro'' film.
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* FantasticDrug: Tomacco itself. It tastes terrible, but has powerful addictive properties.


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* LoopholeAbuse: The reason the Laramie execs want to buy the rights to tomacco is because they can't sell tobacco to kids, but their Ain't No Law that prohibits tomacco. (Unfortunately, Homer misinterprets their intents.)


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* TastesLikeFeet: Ralph says tomacco "tastes like grandma".
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* AssholeVictim: After the Laramie executives steal the last plant, they try to flee via helicopter, but a tomacco-crazed sheep has snuck on board. It attacks them, causing the helicopter to crash, killing everyone on board. (Except the sheep, fortunately.)

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* TooDumbToLive: When the southerner was about to forget the duel in favor of a mincemeat pie, Homer reminded him.

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* SmashCut: After Homer makes his ridiculously large offer to the tobacco company, it then cuts to the Simpsons being dumped back onto their farm.
* TooDumbToLive: When the southerner was about to forget the duel in favor of a mincemeat pie, Homer reminded him.him.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Because of monster movies, Homer was under the belief that radiation caused things to grow super fast. Upon checking the field the next day, however, he didn't find the tall crops he was expecting, but rather sprouts.

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* {{Defictionalization}}: It is physically possible to cross-breed tomatoes with tobacco since they're both in the nightshade plant family. A farmer actually did this (even though the plant didn't last very long) after being inspired by this episode. He even got a chance to be on the DVD commentary for this episode.



* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A sign in the episode says, "Sneed's Feed & Seed, Formerly Chuck's". Replace "eed" with "uck" and you can see why it's so dirty.

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
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A sign in the episode says, "Sneed's Feed & Seed, Formerly Chuck's". Replace "eed" with "uck" and you can see why it's so dirty.
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* DescentIntoAddiction: The animals that raid the tomacco plantation become extremely addicted to it to the point they go nuts and feral when they have finished eating everything but a small sample the Simpsons are guarding.


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** Ralph Wiggum gets addicted to the tobacco in the tomatoes.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode starts with Homer randomly doing {{Glove Slap}}s, only to inadvertently end up in a duel with a southerner, which he escapes by hiding out at his family's farm. Unlike other episodes where the previous plotline is forgotten, when the Simpsons return home, Homer finds himself in the duel.

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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode starts with Homer randomly doing {{Glove Slap}}s, only to inadvertently end up in a duel with a southerner, which he escapes by hiding out at his family's farm. Unlike other episodes where the previous plotline is forgotten, when the Simpsons return home, Homer finds himself in the duel.southerner ''still'' waiting for him and ends up dueling.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode starts with Homer randomly doing {{Glove Slap}}s, only to inadvertently end up in a duel with a southern, which he escapes by hiding out at his family's farm. Unlike other episodes where the previous plotline is forgotten, when the Simpsons return home, Homer finds himself in the duel.

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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode starts with Homer randomly doing {{Glove Slap}}s, only to inadvertently end up in a duel with a southern, southerner, which he escapes by hiding out at his family's farm. Unlike other episodes where the previous plotline is forgotten, when the Simpsons return home, Homer finds himself in the duel.
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode starts with Homer randomly doing {{Glove Slap}}s, only to inadvertently end up in a duel with a southern, which he escapes by hiding out at his family's farm. Unlike other episodes where the previous plotline is forgotten, when the Simpsons return home, Homer finds himself in the duel.
* RunningGag: Homer getting stuck under the tractor.
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* GloveSlap: Inspired by a corny Zorro movie, Homer goes around slapping people with a glove and challenging them to a duel. No one takes him up on it, so Homer keeps on doing it, until one day he slaps a SouthernGentleman who accepts the challenge.

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* GloveSlap: Inspired by a corny Zorro movie, Homer goes around slapping people with a glove and challenging them to a duel. duel to get whatever he wants. No one takes him up on it, so Homer keeps on doing it, it and getting his way, until one day he slaps a SouthernGentleman who accepts the challenge.
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* ShoutOut: When the animals surround the farm-house, it resembles a zombie movie.
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* AnachronismStew: The Zorro film the Simpson family sees.

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* AnachronismStew: The That horrible Zorro film the Simpson family sees.



* {{Defictionalization}}: It is physically possible to cross-breed tomatoes with tobacco since they're both in the nightshade plant family. A farmer actually did this (even though the plant didn't last very long) after being inspired by this episode.

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* {{Defictionalization}}: It is physically possible to cross-breed tomatoes with tobacco since they're both in the nightshade plant family. A farmer actually did this (even though the plant didn't last very long) after being inspired by this episode. He even got a chance to be on the DVD commentary for this episode.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A sign in the episode says, "Sneed's Feed & Seed, Formerly Chuck's". Of course, the full title of the former store would be "Chuck's Fuck & Suck".

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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A sign in the episode says, "Sneed's Feed & Seed, Formerly Chuck's". Of course, the full title of the former store would be "Chuck's Fuck & Suck".Replace "eed" with "uck" and you can see why it's so dirty.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A sign in the episode says, "Sneed's Feed & Seed, Formerly Chuck's". Of course, the full title of the former store would be "Chuck's Fuck & Suck".
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* AnachronismStew: The Zorro film the Simpson family sees.
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Forced to skip town to get out of a duel, Homer becomes a farmer and accidentally creates "tomacco", a tomato-tobacco hybrid.

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Forced to skip town to get out of a duel, Homer becomes moves back to the farmland he lived on as a farmer kid (according to the season six episode "Grandpa vs. Sexual Inadequacy," even though the last part of that episode showed the house burning down[[note]]this continuity error was explained away as either "Maybe the fire didn't burn the house completely" or "This episode was supposed to air ''before'' that happened[[/note]]) and accidentally creates "tomacco", tries his hand at growing crops, all of which fail except for a tomato-tobacco hybrid.
tomato plant with a disgusting surprise inside.



* GloveSlap: Inspired by a movie, Homer goes around slapping people with a glove and challenging them to a duel. No one takes him up on it, so Homer keeps on doing it, until one day he slaps a SouthernGentleman who accepts the challenge.

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* GloveSlap: Inspired by a corny Zorro movie, Homer goes around slapping people with a glove and challenging them to a duel. No one takes him up on it, so Homer keeps on doing it, until one day he slaps a SouthernGentleman who accepts the challenge.
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* {{Deficitionalization}}: It is physically possible to cross-breed tomatoes with tobacco since they're both in the nightshade plant family. A farmer actually did this (even though the plant didn't last very long) after being inspired by this episode.

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* {{Deficitionalization}}: {{Defictionalization}}: It is physically possible to cross-breed tomatoes with tobacco since they're both in the nightshade plant family. A farmer actually did this (even though the plant didn't last very long) after being inspired by this episode.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Homer told the family he'd accept the offer Laramie Cigarettes made for "tomacco", Lisa pleaded to him about how cruel they are, hoping to convince Homer not to make any delas with them. Homer instead took it as a sign he could charge more.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Homer told the family he'd accept the offer Laramie Cigarettes made for "tomacco", Lisa pleaded to him about how cruel they are, hoping to convince Homer not to make any delas deals with them. Homer instead took it as a sign he could charge more.more.
*{{Deficitionalization}}: It is physically possible to cross-breed tomatoes with tobacco since they're both in the nightshade plant family. A farmer actually did this (even though the plant didn't last very long) after being inspired by this episode.
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* GloveSlap: Inspired by a movie, Homer goes around slapping people with a glove and challenging them to a duel. No one takes him up on it, so Homer keeps on doing it, until one day he slaps a SouthernGentleman who accepts the challenge.
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Forced to skip town to get out of a duel, Homer becomes a farmer and accidentally creates "tomacco", a tomato-tobacco hybrid.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Homer told the family he'd accept the offer Laramie Cigarettes made for "tomacco", Lisa pleaded to him about how cruel they are, hoping to convince Homer not to make any delas with them. Homer instead took it as a sign he could charge more.
* TooDumbToLive: When the southerner was about to forget the duel in favor of a mincemeat pie, Homer reminded him.

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