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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Grimes Jr. has to repeatedly remind Homer who Grimes even was, and even when he remembers, his first question is "oh yeah, how is old Grimey?"
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* AccidentalHero: The killer's attempt to murder Homer in the sauna is thwarted when Krusty shows up and opens the door to enter the sauna himself.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Homer is perfectly willing to endanger Bart's life to save himself by hiring Sideshow Bob.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Homer completely forgets that Frank Grimes Sr. is dead because of him as he not only forgets his name, he casually asks Frank Grimes Jr. how his dad is doing.
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* GoKartingWithBowser: Homer takes Sideshow Bob hang gliding.

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* GoKartingWithBowser: Homer takes goes hang gliding with Sideshow Bob hang gliding.and takes him to Moe's to shoot darts.
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* GoKartingWithBowser: Homer takes Sideshow Bob hang gliding.
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--->'''Selma''': Let's go, while he's stunned! (Patty hits the gas on their car)

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--->'''Selma''': Let's go, while he's stunned! He's [[{{Understatement}} hurt]]! Go go go! (Patty hits the gas on their car)
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-->'''Bart:''' This man has tried to kill me so much it's not funny anymore!

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-->'''Bart:''' This man has tried to kill me so much [[SelfDeprecation it's not funny anymore!anymore!]]
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* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Narrowing down persons potentially responsible in Homer's [[DownplayedTrope attempted murder]] is not easy: aside from the LongList of suspects provided by Homer and Marge, the dummy that Bob places outside as bait is promptly attacked by Moe, Patty and Selma, Groundskeeper Willie, Reverend Lovejoy and [[OtherMeAnnoysMe Homer himself]].

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* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Narrowing down persons potentially responsible in Homer's [[DownplayedTrope attempted murder]] is not easy: aside from the LongList of suspects provided by Homer and Marge, the dummy that Bob places outside as bait is promptly attacked by Moe, Patty and Selma, Groundskeeper Willie, Reverend Lovejoy and [[OtherMeAnnoysMe Homer himself]]. Bob wonders aloud how it's possible for TheEveryman to have made so many enemies.
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* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: Narrowing down persons potentially responsible in Homer's [[DownplayedTrope attempted murder]] is not easy: aside from the LongList of suspects provided by Homer and Marge, the dummy that Bob places outside as bait is promptly attacked by Moe, Patty and Selma, Groundskeeper Willie, Reverend Lovejoy and [[OtherMeAnnoysMe Homer himself]].
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* ArtifactAlias: Lampshaded. After Sideshow Bob is introduced, Bart and Lisa scream "Aah, Sideshow Bob!", and Bob answers "Oh, come now. We've been through so much together. Just call me 'Bob.'", so they oblige by screaming "Aah, Bob!"

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* ImprovisedLockpick: When Chief Wiggum proposes [[RecruitingTheCriminal recruiting a criminal]] to help track down the would-be murderer, he takes the Simpsons to a maximum security prison and leads them to the highest-security cell. However, when he places his hand on the biometric scanner, the computer responds "Access denied", so he grabs a fork and jiggles the switch to open the cell and reveal Sideshow Bob.
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* WritersCannotDoMath: In "Homer's Enemy", Frank Grimes was stated to be 35, but his son is at least in his twenties.
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-->'''Homer''': Bart, turn off that original cast recording and go to bed!

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* KarmaHoudini: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Homer after being elected King of Mardi Gras:
-->'''Homer:''' Good things DO happen to bad people!



-->'''Selma''': Let's go, while he's stunned! (Patty hits the gas on their car)

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-->'''Selma''': --->'''Selma''': Let's go, while he's stunned! (Patty hits the gas on their car)
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* ''VillainousEthicsDecay'': Played for laughs as Bob and Apu reminisce the robbery that got Bob arrested with fondness and Apu praises Bob as one who understood the theatrics of stick-up thieves, unlike the modern generation that just shoot Apu and take whatever they can before running off.

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* ''VillainousEthicsDecay'': VillainousEthicsDecay: Played for laughs as Bob and Apu reminisce the robbery that got Bob arrested with fondness and Apu praises Bob as one who understood the theatrics of stick-up thieves, unlike the modern generation that just shoot Apu and take whatever they can before running off.
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* '''VillainousEthicsDecay''': Played for laughs as Bob and Apu reminisce the robbery that got Bob arrested with fondness and Apu praises Bob as one who understood the theatrics of stick-up thieves, unlike the modern generation that just shoot Apu and take whatever they can before running off.

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* '''VillainousEthicsDecay''': ''VillainousEthicsDecay'': Played for laughs as Bob and Apu reminisce the robbery that got Bob arrested with fondness and Apu praises Bob as one who understood the theatrics of stick-up thieves, unlike the modern generation that just shoot Apu and take whatever they can before running off.

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