History Recap / TheSimpsonsS11E5EIEIAnnoyedGrunt

* HalfwayPlotSwitch:

* StylisticSuck: ''The Poke of Zorro'' is an abomination of a movie that somehow pits Zorro against the Three Musketeers, the Man in the Iron Mask, some ninjas, and the Scarlet Pimpernel before King Arthur declares Zorro the new king of England. It also ends with an incredibly awful rap song, and the credits list mentions there was a robot version of Zorro, a magic taco voiced by James Earl Jones, and at least one time traveler played by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, among several other either unrealistic or just stupid-sounding characters.

* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Homer [[ImagineSpot tries to imagine]] what Zorro would do if he was in Homer's current predicament, and the result is Zorro gets shot: [[https://youtu.be/_Zv25jmqDx4?t=52 the Gentleman]] [[CurbStompBattle doesn't even stand up from the seat Homer imagines him in.]]

* 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.

* 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.
* AliensStealCattle: While fighting with a cow over the last tomacco plant, Homer claims there's a flying saucer, causing the cow to look up in shock and letting go of the plant.

* AnachronismStew: That horrible ''Franchise/{{Zorro}}'' film the Simpson family sees.

** The Simpson family are in the Googolplex Cinema, and it seems like they were watching a war film. Suddenly, it is revealed to be a commercial for Buzz Cola, with the German soldier sitting up [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction despite being wounded]], and telling them that the drinks are "available in the lobby".

** In the ''Zorro'' film, Zorro challenges the Scarlet Pimpernel to a duel or be proven a coward. The angered Pimpernel gets on Zorro's face, then cries that he is a coward and runs away.

** 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 deals with them. Bart instead took it as a sign he could charge more, which the rest of the family supports.

** When Homer gets shot in the arm and Lisa asks him if he's all right, Homer assures her as he's twitching from the pain that that he's okay because "the bone stopped the bullet" (read: the bullet is still inside of his arm).

* CruelMercy: Despite what threat the Southern Gentleman represented, he at least knew to shoot Homer in the arm than to kill him outright.

* DeliciousDistraction: The Southern Gentleman has a thing for mincemeat pie, evident as he got a smell of it during the duel. Subverted when [[TooDumbToLive Homer reminds the Colonel, who promptly shoots him in the shoulder]].
* 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.
* {{Determinator}}: The Southern Gentleman waited outside the Simpson house for his pistol duel, despite the family being gone for more than a month.

-->'''Cow:''' ''*smashes through wall*'' [[SuddenlyVoiced TOMACCOOOO!]]

* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Homer's initial glove slap was to defend Marge's honor. It quickly escalated out of control from there and he started using it to avoid having to pay for things or cutting in line.

* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Homer [[ImagineSpot tries to imagine]] what would Zorro do if he was in Homer's current predicament, and the result is Zorro gets shot: [[https://youtu.be/_Zv25jmqDx4?t=52 the Gentleman]] [[CurbStompBattle doesn't even stand up from the seat Homer imagines him in.]]

* NuclearMutant: Homer steals plutonium rods from the power plant and buries them with his crop under the impression the radioactivity will help them grow. Instead it causes the tomato and tobacco seeds he planted to spontaneously splice together, yielding nasty tasting but super addictive "tomacco" plants.

* SmashCut: After Homer makes his ridiculously large offer (read: 150 BILLION dollars) to the tobacco company, it then cuts to the Simpsons being dumped back onto their farm.

* 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.

* TastesLikeFeet: Ralph doesn't like the taste of tomacco.
--> ''"Eww! Daddy, this tastes like grandma!"''

* TheAllSolvingHammer: The GloveSlap soon becomes Homer's method for dealing with any difficulty, from Dr. Hibbert attempting to give him a shot to traffic at the minigolf course.
* AnachronismStew: That horrible Zorro film the Simpson family sees.

** A fan in 2003 was able to crossbred a tomato and tobacco plant. It resulted in a plant that looked like the famous tomacco on the outside but was inedible due to the lethal amount of nicotine it contained. The plant lived for 18 months and produced fruit every season. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20111121061013/http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20031113/tomacco031113/]]
* 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.

-->'''Lisa:''' ''(to Marge)'' Do they really think cheapening the memory of our veterans will sell soda?\\

** In the Zorro film, Zorro challenges the Scarlet Pimpernel to a duel or be proven a coward. The angered Pimpernel gets on Zorro's face, then cries that he is a coward and runs away.

* ChekhovsGun: Comically {{Subverted}} with Marge's mincemeat pies. The southern gentleman who was waiting to duel Homer smells them in the back of the car and Homer's almost spared the duel...[[TooDumbToLive until he reminds him what they're supposed to be doing]].

** The Scarlet Pimpernel in the Zorro movie.

* 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.

** 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 [[{{WhatHappenedToTheMouse}} where the previous plotline is forgotten]], when the Simpsons return home, Homer finds the southerner ''[[{{Determinator}} still]]'' waiting for him and ends up dueling.

* InstantTasteAddiction: People (and animals) get addicted to tomacco at the first bite. [[TastesLikeFeet Nobody likes the taste]], though.

* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Homer [[ImagineSpot tries to imagine]] what would Literature/{{Zorro}} do if he was in Homer's current predicament, and the result is Zorro gets shot: [[https://youtu.be/_Zv25jmqDx4?t=52 the Gentleman]] [[CurbStompBattle doesn't even stand up from the seat Homer imagines him in.]]

** The line about the corn being as high as an elephant's eye is a lyric from the musical 'Oklahoma'.

* StylisticSuck: "The Poke of Zorro" is an abomination of a movie that somehow pits Zorro against the Three Musketeers, the Man in the Iron Mask, some ninjas, and the Scarlet Pimpernel before King Arthur declares Zorro the new king of England. It also ends with an incredibly awful rap song, and the credits list mentions there was a robot version of Zorro, a magic taco voiced by James Earl Jones, and at least one time traveler played by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, among several other either unrealistic or just stupid-sounding characters.

* 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.

* BaitAndSwitch: The Simpson family are in the Googolplex Cinema, and it seems like they were watching a war film. Suddenly, it is revealed to be a commercial for Buzz Cola, with the German soldier sitting up [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction despite being wounded]], and telling them that the drinks are "available in the lobby".

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Played with. While no one had ever cross-bred tomato and tobacco plants, though both plants are in the nightshade family, it is theoretically possible.

* OffModel: In a scene where Lisa questions the Tomacco and the choice of name to Homer, you can notice Lisa's outline behind her, especially when Homer pets Lisa and the latter subsequently {{facepalm}}ing.
** Bart and Lisa's pupils are larger than normal in the scene involving Homer in the "swimming hole".

* ILoveNuclearPower: Homer steals plutonium rods from the power plant and buries them with his crop under the impression the radioactivity will help them grow. Instead it causes the tomato and tobacco seeds he planted to spontaneously splice together, yielding nasty tasting but super addictive "tomacco" plants.

* ChekhovsGun: Comically {{Subverted}} with Marge's mincemeat pies. The southern gentleman who was waiting to duel Homer smells them in the back of the car and Homer's almost spared the duel...[[DumbToLive until he reminds him what they're supposed to be doing]].

* StylisticSuck: "The Poke of Zorro" is an abomination of a movie that somehow pits Zorro against the Three Musketeers, the Man in the Iron Mask, some ninjas, and the Scarlet Pimpernel before King Arthur declares Zorro the new king of England. It also ends with an incredibly awful rap song, and the credits list mentions there was a robot version of Zorro, a magic taco voiced by James Earl Jones, and at least one time traveler.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint

* CompressedVice: Bart is a tomacco fiend for all of five minutes to prove the point that it's addictive.

* LaserGuidedKarma

* HalfwayPlotSwitch

Forced to skip town to get out of a duel, Homer moves back to the farmland he lived on as a 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 tries his hand at growing crops, all of which fail except for a tomato plant with a disgusting surprise inside.

* HonkingArrivingCar: The SouthernGentleman honks a novelty car horn when he arrives in his RV at dawn outside the Simpsons house for his duel with Homer.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Homer expects to have massive crops ready to harvest just one night after he used radioactive material on the farm's soil. He almost gives up, until Lisa finds some tomato sprouts on the soil, which take some weeks/months to grow to proper size.

* 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.

* DirtyCoward: The Scarlet Pimpernel in the Zorro movie.