History Recap / TheSimpsonsS13E3HomerTheMoe

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Along with the scene of Homer bleeding after hitting his hand on the jukebox glass, BBC Two in the UK also cut the scene where Homer puts a cigarette in Lisa's mouth and lights it (only for Lisa to cough and stub it out in her plate) and the part where Moe talks to one of the Russian prostitutes who laments that ever since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, her penis has been falling off (with Moe ComicallyMissingThePoint that "penis" is a Russian word).

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Along with the scene of Homer bleeding after hitting his hand on the jukebox glass, the UK version also cut the scene where Homer puts a cigarette in Lisa's mouth and lights it (only for Lisa to cough and stub it out in her plate) and the part where Moe talks to one of the Russian prostitutes who laments that ever since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, her penis has been falling off (with Moe ComicallyMissingThePoint that "penis" is a Russian word).

** {{Bowdlerization}}: This scene is often cut when aired on Channel 4 in the UK.

''({{Beat}})''\\
'''Lisa:''' Okay, then. ''(backs away)''
* HypocriticalHumor: Moe switches one of M's [=TVs=] to a football game, the normal footage showing blinking eyes, only to have patrons berate him for changing it when they were watching it. Predictably, they go back to not watching it when he switches back.

* NotInTheFace / GroinAttack: While Moe and Lisa set out to stop Homer from killing a turkey to prove his makeshift bar is a hunting club, Moe gives Lisa a bird call to contact him if something goes wrong. This draws the ire of an eagle that pecks Moe in the forehead and crotch. Moe prefers it pecks the forehead.
* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome: The time Moe nailed that rat with an ice pick is played up as one.

* PercussiveMaintenance: Deconstructed. Homer attempts this on Moe's disc player like "[[HappyDays Fonzie]]", only to cut himself and bleed out profusely.

--> '''Moe''': It's pomo! [{{Beat}}] Postmodern! [{{Beat}}] Alright, weird for the sake of weird.
* {{REM}}: Apparently, Homer got them to play in his garage bar under the pretense of it being a benefit to save the rainforest.

-->'''Homer:''' ''(reading newspaper comics)'' Aw, look at that dad in ''Drabble''. He's like an unfunny version of me.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: Along with the scene of Homer bleeding after hitting his hand on the jukebox glass, the UK version also cut the scene where Homer puts a cigarette in Lisa's mouth and lights it (only for Lisa to cough and stub it out in her plate).

[[Series/TheMunsters Herman Munster]] motorcade,''\\

-->''Moe:''' Why are you mocking me? We're friends.\\

* FakeOutOepning: The episode begins with Bart digging a hole for no reason and becoming the target of Chinese officials who expect he's up to no good. Then it's revealed to be Homer's ShaggyDogStory he tells at Moe's before the real plot starts.

* ShaggyDogStory: [[FakeOutOepning The beginning of the episode]], lampshaded by Moe who by extension berates Barney's sheepdog
* TaleThat:

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode begins with Bart digging a hole for no reason and becoming the target of Chinese officials who expect he's up to no good. Then it's revealed to be Homer's ShaggyDogStory he tells at Moe's before the real plot starts.

* ShaggyDogStory: [[HalfwayPlotSwitch The beginning of the episode]], lampshaded by Moe who by extension berates Barney's sheepdog

* UnreliableNarrator: Homer's ShaggyDogStory included parts he couldn't have known. (for example, the Chinese spying on Bart)

* PercussiveMaintenance: Homer attempts this on Moe's disc player like "[[HappyDays Fonzie]]", only to have his hand bleed horribly as a result of punching the glass.

After an unusual start of Bart digging a hole for no reason, Homer finds that Moe is quite depressed over his lack of tips and loss of passion for the job. Encouraged to go back to bar-tending school, Moe leaves Homer in charge of the bar. While meeting up with his old mentor, Moe is convinced to completely redesign Moe's into a trendy bar which leads to Homer and the barflies being banned after they resent the changes. Unfortunately for Moe, Homer then decides to set up his own bar which leads to a conflict when Homer decides to prove it's a hunting club by hunting a turkey. In the end, Moe and Homer reconcile with Homer putting a twenty in Moe's tip jar.

* DrivenToSuicide: Depressed over suffering from cancer, Moe's mentor drowns himself by walking into a lake.

* ShoutOut: In his tale, Homer apparently became the "King of the [[TheTimeMachine Morlocks]]". Moe derides it as the worst story's he's ever heard, even having read the SweetValleyHigh series.
** While Homer manages Moe's, he and the barflies dance atop the counter in a manner parodying CoyoteUgly.
** [[JoanJett "I won't drink at Moe's! Homer's old garage is all I need!"]]

* [[JoanJett "I won't drink at Moe's! Homer's old garage is all I need!"]]

** While Homer manages Moe's, he and the barflies dance atop the counter in a manner parodying CoyoteUgly.

* PercussiveMaintenance: Homer attempts this on Moe's disc player like "[[HappyDays Fon]][[LampshadeHanging zie]]", only to have his hand bleed horribly as a result of punching the glass.
* {{Postmodernism}}: This is the episode of the Moe quote of note
--> '''It's pomo!''' [{{Beat}}] '''Postmodern!''' [{{Beat}}] '''Alright, weird for the sake of weird.'''

* ShoutOut: In his tale, Homer apparently became the "King of the [[TheTimeMachine Morlocks]]". Moe derides it as the worst story's he's ever heard, even having read the SweetValleyHigh series.

* HypocriticalHumor: Moe switches one of M's [=TVs=] to a football, the normal footage showing blinking eyes, only to have patrons berate him for changing it when they were watching it. Predictably, they go back to not watching it when he switches back.

* HypocriticalHumor: Moe switches one of M's TVs to a football, the normal footage showing blinking eyes, only to have patrons berate him for changing it when they were watching it. Predictably, they go back to not watching it when he switches back.

After an unusual start of Bart digging a hole for no reason, Homer finds that Moe is quite depressed over his lack of tips and loss of passion for the job. Encouraged to go back to bar-tending school, Moe leaves Homer in charge of the bar. While meeting up with his old mentor

* NotInTheFace / GroinAttack: While Moe and Lisa set out to stop Homer from killing a turkey to prove his makeshift bar is a hunting club, Moe gives Lisa a bird call to contact him if something goes wrong. This draws the ire of an eagle that pecks Moe in the forehead and crotch. Moe prefers it pecks the face.

* Postmodernism: This is the episode of the Moe quote of note
--> '''It's pomo!''' [[{{Beat}}]] '''Postmodern!''' [[{{Beat}}]] '''"Alright, weird for the sake of weird."'''

* ShoutOut: In his tale, Homer apparently became the "King of the [[TheTimeMachine Morlocks]]". Moe derides it as the worst story's he's ever