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* BrainBleach: A lesbian patron is grossed out by Homer's dancing and remarks it "makes her even more lesbian".
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** When Lenny and Carl are looking for Homer and find him busy at home, they ask, "Is he Poochie again?"
** Homer's Pin Pals and Mr. Plow outfits are seen in his closet.
** When Lenny and Carl are looking for Homer and find him busy at home, they ask, "Is he Poochie again?"
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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The family works on a jigsaw piece, but they can't find the last piece. While Homer is searching, he comes across Marge's memory chest, and finds a note from the opening night of Moe's Tavern -- Marge was very unhappy and nearly left Homer, causing him to wonder if she still loves him. He leaves the house and winds up in a gay neighborhood, starting the main plot.
* HypocriticalHumor: At lunchtime, Nelson sees Bart sorting puzzle pieces, assumes that he's so poor he has to eat cardboard, and laughs at him. Then he proceeds to eat a drywall sandwich.
* HypocriticalHumor: At lunchtime, Nelson sees Bart sorting puzzle pieces, assumes that he's so poor he has to eat cardboard, and laughs at him. Then he proceeds to eat a drywall sandwich.
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* AsHimself: "Weird Al" Yankovic.
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* SongParody: Music/WeirdAlYankovinc, the kind of this trope, performs one of Music/JohnMellencamp's "Jack and Dianne" called "Homer and Marge."
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* SongParody: Music/WeirdAlYankovinc, Music/WeirdAlYankovic, the kind king of this trope, performs one of Music/JohnMellencamp's "Jack and Dianne" called "Homer and Marge."
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* ShoutOut: When Julio criticizes the fruit bowls Grady made for breakfast, Homer calls him "[[Series/ILoveLucy Picky Ricardo]]".
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** When Maggie grimaces at Homer's remark that the jigsaw puzzle which he and the family just completed is his greatest accomplishment, he responds with "Prove me wrong, [[Film/{{Clerks}} Silent Bob]]!"
** When Julio criticizes the fruit bowls Grady made for breakfast, Homer calls him "[[Series/ILoveLucy Picky Ricardo]]".
** When Maggie grimaces at Homer's remark that the jigsaw puzzle which he and the family just completed is his greatest accomplishment, he responds with "Prove me wrong, [[Film/{{Clerks}} Silent Bob]]!"
** When Julio criticizes the fruit bowls Grady made for breakfast, Homer calls him "[[Series/ILoveLucy Picky Ricardo]]".
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* BlatantLies: Homer runs into Smithers in the gay neighborhood while walking through the streets. Smithers immediately tries to deny his presence, saying he got lost on his way to the "big monster truck show". His claim isn't helped when a trolley of Smithers' gay associates passes by, prompting them to ask if Homer is the "Mr. Burns he's always talking about".
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* BlatantLies: BlatantLies:
** Homer runs into Smithers in the gay neighborhood while walking through the streets. Smithers immediately tries to deny his presence, saying he got lost on his way to the "big monster truck show". His claim isn't helped when a trolley of Smithers' gay associates passes by, prompting them to ask if Homer is the "Mr. Burns he's always talking about".
** Homer runs into Smithers in the gay neighborhood while walking through the streets. Smithers immediately tries to deny his presence, saying he got lost on his way to the "big monster truck show". His claim isn't helped when a trolley of Smithers' gay associates passes by, prompting them to ask if Homer is the "Mr. Burns he's always talking about".
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The fight between Homer and Marge has valid points on both sides.
** Homer's understandably upset when he finds Marge's angry letter after their night out and that she had a doctor's appointment because she was pregnant and believed she only married him because of that and secretly hates him. Marge doesn't do much do dissuade this perspective.
** Marge is right that Homer has more than a few flaws that annoy her, but she refuses to apologise for upsetting Homer and hurting his feelings out of trying to hold the moral high ground.
* {{Cameo}}: Music/WeirdAlYankovic, which he [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] during the credits.
** Homer's understandably upset when he finds Marge's angry letter after their night out and that she had a doctor's appointment because she was pregnant and believed she only married him because of that and secretly hates him. Marge doesn't do much do dissuade this perspective.
** Marge is right that Homer has more than a few flaws that annoy her, but she refuses to apologise for upsetting Homer and hurting his feelings out of trying to hold the moral high ground.
* {{Cameo}}: Music/WeirdAlYankovic, which he [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] during the credits.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The fight between Homer and Marge has valid points on both sides. \n** Homer's understandably upset when he finds Marge's angry letter after their night out and that she had a doctor's appointment because she was pregnant and believed she only married him because of that and secretly hates him. Marge doesn't do much do dissuade this perspective. \n** Marge Although she is right that Homer has more than a few flaws that annoy her, but she refuses to apologise for upsetting Homer and hurting his feelings out of trying to hold the moral high ground.
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* {{Cameo}}: Music/WeirdAlYankovic, which he[[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] {{lampshade|Hanging}}s during the credits.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Moe forcefeeds Homer so much booze until he gets alcohol poisoning to stop him from realizing he has alcohol problems.
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* {{Jerkass}}: {{Jerkass}}:
** Moe forcefeeds Homer so much booze until he gets alcohol poisoning to stop him from realizing he has alcohol problems.
** Moe forcefeeds Homer so much booze until he gets alcohol poisoning to stop him from realizing he has alcohol problems.
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-->'''Homer''': Marge, did I ruin your life?
-->'''Marge''': Oh, is this about that billboard my sisters put up? ''[points outside to a billboard of Patty and Selma kicking Homer in the backside under the words "Kick Homer out of Springfield]''
-->'''Homer''': No. The voters will decide that in November.
-->'''Marge''': Oh, is this about that billboard my sisters put up? ''[points outside to a billboard of Patty and Selma kicking Homer in the backside under the words "Kick Homer out of Springfield]''
-->'''Homer''': No. The voters will decide that in November.
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-->'''Marge''':
'''Marge:''' Oh, is this about that billboard my sisters put up?
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'''Homer:''' No. The voters will decide that in
* ShoutOut: When Julio criticizes the fruit bowls Grady made for breakfast, Homer calls him "[[Series/ILoveLucy Picky Ricardo]]".
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'''Julio''': Yeah, it's called Grady's shoe closet.
'''Julio''': Yeah, it's called Grady's shoe closet.
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--> '''Homer''': '''Homer:''' You guys don't have a gay time machine, do you?\\
'''Julio''': '''Julio:''' Yeah, it's called Grady's shoe closet.\\
'''Grady:''' Hey, Julio... ouch.
'''Grady:''' Hey, Julio... ouch.
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* BothSidesHaveAPoint: The fight between Homer and Marge has valid points on both sides.
** Homer's understandably upset when he finds Marge's angry letter after their night out and that she had a doctor's appointment because she was pregnant and believed she only married him because of that and secretly hates him. Marge doesn't do much do dissuade this perspective.
** Marge is right that Homer has more than a few flaws that annoy her, but she refuses to apologise for upsetting Homer and hurting his feelings out of trying to hold the moral high ground.
** Homer's understandably upset when he finds Marge's angry letter after their night out and that she had a doctor's appointment because she was pregnant and believed she only married him because of that and secretly hates him. Marge doesn't do much do dissuade this perspective.
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** Patty and Selma are [[ObnoxiousInlaws on fine form]]; Marge mentions they're trying to get a legal bill passed to have Homer kicked out of Springfield.
-->'''Homer''': Marge, did I ruin your life?
-->'''Marge''': Oh, is this about that billboard my sisters put up? ''[points outside to a billboard of Patty and Selma kicking Homer in the backside under the words "Kick Homer out of Springfield]''
-->'''Homer''': No. The voters will decide that in November.
-->'''Homer''': Marge, did I ruin your life?
-->'''Marge''': Oh, is this about that billboard my sisters put up? ''[points outside to a billboard of Patty and Selma kicking Homer in the backside under the words "Kick Homer out of Springfield]''
-->'''Homer''': No. The voters will decide that in November.
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* When Chief Wiggum catches Moe dumping Homer at the hospital with alcohol poisoning and demands an explanation, Moe claims Homer was drinking "at Harrigan's Pub down the street".
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* TakeThat: An in-verse example in-universe example:
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* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:The The ends with a skip to a future when Dr. Hibbert is an elderly man watching tape recordings from cameras he used to set at his workplace to figure out if the nurse was stealing sponges. Upon watching the one where Homer and Marge reconcile, he finally learns that she was indeed stealing sponges]].sponges.
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* FullyAutomaticClipShow: The credits, set to Weird Al's parody of "Jack and Diane", shows clips from the episode. However, they also add in a new scene of Marge managing to lift the fridge so she can clean under it.
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* FullyAutomaticClipShow: The credits, set to Weird Al's parody of "Jack and Diane", shows clips from the episode. However, they also add in include a new deleted scene of Marge managing to lift the fridge so she can clean under and cleaning underneath it.
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* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:The ends with a skip to a future when Dr. Hibbert is an elderly man watching tape recordings from cameras he used to set at his workplace to figure out if the nurse was stealing cotton. sponges. Upon watching the one where Homer and Marge reconcile, he finally learns that she was indeed stealing cotton]].sponges]].
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* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:The ends with a skip to a future when Dr. Hibbert is an elderly man watching tape recordings from cameras he used to set at his workplace to figure out if the nurse was stealing cotton. Upon watching the one where Homer and Marge reconcile, he finally learns that she was indeed stealing cotton]].cotton]].
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: [[https://frinkiac.com/gif/S14E17/175550/177010/ Homer gets these]] when he hallucinates Lenny as a giant jigsaw piece.
* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: [[https://frinkiac.com/gif/S14E17/175550/177010/ Homer gets these]] when he hallucinates Lenny as a giant jigsaw piece.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Harvey Fierstein was supposed to reprise his role as Carl (Homer's assistant from "Simpson And Delilah"), and Homer was supposed to move in with him. Fierstein declined to take part in the episode, however, finding the script's humor to be broad and offensive.
** Weird Al's last line in the credits (That he had fun on the show even if is was just a brief cameo) was originally going to be "Go pee before King of the Hill" (Paraphrase), but they changed that after King of the Hill's timeslot changed.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Harvey Fierstein was supposed to reprise his role as Carl (Homer's assistant from "Simpson And Delilah"), and Homer was supposed to move in with him. Fierstein declined to take part in the episode, however, finding the script's humor to be broad and offensive.
** Weird Al's last line in the credits (That he had fun on the show even if is was just a brief cameo) was originally going to be "Go pee before King of the Hill" (Paraphrase), but they changed that after King of the Hill's timeslot changed.
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* TimeSkip: [[spoiler:The ends with a skip to a future when Dr. Hibbert is an elderly man watching tape recordings from cameras he used to set at his workplace to figure out if the nurse was stealing cotton. Upon watching the one where Homer and Marge reconcile, he finally learns that she was indeed stealing cotton]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Harvey Fierstein was supposed to reprise his role as Carl (Homer's assistant from "Simpson And Delilah"), and Homer was supposed to move in with him. Fierstein declined to take part in the episode, however, finding the script's humor to be broad and offensive.
** Weird Al's last line in the credits (That he had fun on the show even if is was just a brief cameo) was originally going to be "Go pee before King of the Hill" (Paraphrase), but they changed that after King of the Hill's timeslot changed.cotton]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Harvey Fierstein was supposed to reprise his role as Carl (Homer's assistant from "Simpson And Delilah"), and Homer was supposed to move in with him. Fierstein declined to take part in the episode, however, finding the script's humor to be broad and offensive.
** Weird Al's last line in the credits (That he had fun on the show even if is was just a brief cameo) was originally going to be "Go pee before King of the Hill" (Paraphrase), but they changed that after King of the Hill's timeslot changed.
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* BigBeautifulMan: One of the residents of the gay neighborhood refers to Homer as a bear[[note]]basically gay slang for this trope[[/note]] and growls flirtatiously at him.
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* SuddenNameChange: Casa Nova from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided A Milhouse Divided]]" makes a reappearance, except it's now called Bachelor Arms.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Harvey Fierstein was supposed to reprise his role as Carl (Homer's assistant from "Simpson And Delilah"), and Homer was supposed to move in with him. Fierstein declined to take part in the episode, however, criticising the humour in the episode (which he found to be a bunch of cliche gay jokes).jokes).
** Weird Al's last line in the credits (That he had fun on the show even if is was just a brief cameo) was originally going to be "Go pee before King of the Hill" (Paraphrase), but they changed that after King of the Hill's timeslot changed.
** Weird Al's last line in the credits (That he had fun on the show even if is was just a brief cameo) was originally going to be "Go pee before King of the Hill" (Paraphrase), but they changed that after King of the Hill's timeslot changed.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Harvey Fierstein was supposed to reprise his role as Carl (Homer's assistant from "Simpson And Delilah"), and Homer was supposed to move in with him. Fierstein declined to take part in the episode, however, criticising the humour in the episode (which he found to be a bunch of cliche gay jokes).
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Hans Moleman apparently attended a gay club while under the impression that it was his army reunion. A burly man in revealing military garb picks him up, but Moleman assumes he's an actual Colonel.
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* BlatantLies: Homer runs into Smithers in the gay neighborhood while walking through the streets. Smithers immediately tries to deny his presence, saying he got lost on his way to the "big monster truck show". His claim isn't helped when a trolley of Smithers' gay associates passes by, prompting them to ask if Homer is the "Mr. Burns he's always talking about".
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* GranolaGirl: Mentioned as Julio and Grady prefer Homer over "that girl who wrote "Mother Earth" as a reference".
* TakeThat: An in-verse example
--> '''Homer''': You guys don't have a gay time machine, do you?
--> '''Julio''': Yeah, it's called Grady's shoe closet.
* FullyAutomaticClipShow: The credits, set to Weird Al's parody of "Jack and Diane", shows clips from the episode. However, they also add in a new scene of Marge managing to lift the fridge so she can clean under it.
* GranolaGirl: Mentioned as Julio and Grady prefer Homer over "that girl who wrote "Mother Earth" as a reference".
* TakeThat: An in-verse example
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