History Recap / TheSimpsonsS14E6TheGreatLouseDetective

-->'''Bob''': Ah, yes, the Kwik-E-Mart. I haven't been here since I robbed it dressed as Krusty, my one successful crime.
-->'''Apu''': You were quite the gentleman. Today's robbers, they are all smash-and-grab. You understood the dance. --->'''Bob''': ''[sighes nostalgically and puts his arm around Apu]'' Our time is passing, old friend. ''[Apu nods knowingly]''
-->'''Homer''': [[WalkInChimeIn Uh, if you two country hens are finished clucking...]]

* FlashbackMontageRealization: Framed within a ThoughtBubble, Bob thinks back to the clues pointing to the identity of the person trying to kill Homer, [[EurekaMoment triggered by Chief Wiggum mentioning how a mechanic tuned up the Mardi Gras parade floats]]. The clues were the spa invitation envelope that had a fingerprint stained in motor oil, how a wrench was used to trap Homer in the sauna, and the meeting with the mechanic towing Homer's car. Ultimately, it pointed to the mechanic as the one trying to murder Homer.

* PlotHole: How exactly did Bob escape police custody after Chief Wiggum tranquilized him to try and kill Bart near the end?

* StunGuns: Wiggum affixes a remote button-controlled "shock garter" to Sideshow Bob's leg, which administers a jolt every time he threatens someone. Or whenever somebody feels like pushing the button.

* NoNonsenseNemesis: Discussed and Subverted: when Bob and Homer are in Moe's Bar, Lenny and Carl advise Bob to just slice Bart's throat and be done with it, and Bob do tries to do that in the PostClimaxConfrontation... but he can't bring himself to do it because (as he explains in song) [[FriendlyEnemies he got too used to Bart]].

'''Homer:''' -[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E15MissionaryImpossible PBS]], [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E22TheySavedLisasBrain Stephan Hawking]], [[NoodleIncident the angry little Dixie Chick]]-\\

* PlotHole: How exactly did Bob escape police custody after Chief Wiggum tranqued him to try and kill Bart near the end?

** When Homer and Marge are listing Homer's past enemies to Bob, Homer apparently got in a feud with one of Music/TheDixieChicks.

%%** Whether or not the float driver survived the crash is not elaborated on thanks too whoever was driving being TheUnseen.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Homer's sisters-in-law are among those who attack his dummy, by tossing a ''cinder block'' at its head and running away when it nearly tears its head off.
-->'''Selma''': Let's go, while he's stunned! (Patty hits the gas on their car).

* FlashbackMontageRealization: Framed within a ThoughtBubble, Bob thinks back to the clues pointing to the identity of the person trying to kill Homer, [[EurekaMoment triggered by someone mentioning how a mechanic tuned up the Mardi Gras parade floats]]. The clues were the spa invitation envelope that had a fingerprint stained in motor oil, how a wrench was used to trap Homer in the sauna, and the meeting with the mechanic towing Homer's car. Ultimately, it pointed to the mechanic as the one trying to murder Homer.

** At one point, Sideshow Bob sings a song that is inspired by "I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face" from ''Theatre/MyFairLady''.

* YouKilledMyFather: The reason Frank Grimes, Jr. tries to kill Homer.

--->'''Literature/CatInTheHat-dressed masseur to Bart''': Unwanted stress has tightened your neck. I'll stop [[RhymesOnADime talking like this]] if you write me a check.

* NoNonsenseNemesis: Discussed and Subverted: when Bob and Homer are in Moe's Bar, Lenny and Carl advice Bob to just slice Bart's throat and be done with it, and Bob do tries to do that in the PostClimaxConfrontation... but he can't bring himself to do it because (as he explains in song) [[FriendlyEnemies he got too used to Bart]].

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: At Moe's, the regulars mock Sideshow Bob's inability to kill Bart, with Lenny suggesting he "just come up behind him with a knife and slit his throat real quick-like".
** BrickJoke: At the end of the episode, confronting Bart in his room, Bob takes out a knife and says he's "going to take some advice that was given to me by Lenny, and kill you without delay". (Only to discover he can't go through with it, having grown accustomed to Bart's face.)

* RecruitingTheCriminal: In this case, Bob is the recruited criminal.

** The episode title refers to ''Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective''.

* AffablyEvil: Discussed between Bob and Apu. Abu actually prefers Bob's "old-school" method of stealing from his store than the new criminals' overtly-brutal and impersonal ways. Bob puts his arm over Apu's shoulder and says that they are becoming an endangered species.

* SeriesContinuityError: This episode features the third different gravestone used for Frank Grimes. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E23HomersEnemy Homer's Enemy]]", the gravestone simply read "Grimes", while "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E14AloneAgainNaturaDiddily Alone Again, Natura-Diddily]]" read "Frank 'Grimey' Grimes". Here it reads "Frank Grimes (Homer's Enemy)".

* NoNonsenseNemesis: Discussed and DoubleSubverted: when Bob and Homer are in Moe's Bar, Lenny and Carl advice Bob to just slice Bart's throat and be done with it, and Bob do tries to do that in the PostClimaxConfrontation... but he can't bring himself to do it because (as he explains in song) [[FriendlyEnemies he got too used to Bart]].