History Recap / TheSimpsonsS15E15CoDependentsDay

* DramaticIrony: ''The Simpsons'' is a TV series which has been accused of declining in quality over the years. ''Franchise/StarWars'' is a series of films which has also been accused of declining in quality over the years. In this episode the Simpson kids call out a Creator/GeorgeLucas {{expy}} for making the in-universe equivalent of ''Star Wars'' terrible, then ask him to go back to his roots.

* TakeThat: Jim-Jam Bonks is an obvious potshot at Jar-Jar Binks.

* {{Jerkass}}: Homer crashes the car on the way home from the wine festival, then panics when he sees a police car driving up. He then sets up a still sleeping Marge to take the fall for his crash to save himself.

* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: During the Creature Works tour, the guide comes across two men in the middle of a motion-capture production and declares, "Who knows what fantastic creature these two men are creating?" The man operating the computer turns to the tour guide and responds, "It's a HipHop loaf of garlic bread for an UsefulNotes/OliveGarden commercial."

* EveryoneHasStandards: When Homer confesses to Moe about framing Marge, Moe is disgusted and tells Homer he should be drinking watered down beer from a chipped glass sitting on a nail. Moe then proceeds to do just that.

* WhatTheHellHero: Marge gets understandably pissed off when Homer confesses to using her as a scapegoat. He weakly defends that he “did it out of love”, as in [[NotHelpingYourCase “love of not getting arrested”]]. Naturally this excuse doesn’t fly with her.

* CelebrityParadox: This episode introduces the ''Cosmic Wars'' franchise, an obvious parody of ''Franchise/StarWars'' - trouble is, those have already been referenced in-series (and will continue to do, as three episodes later, Homer tries to check out a movie called ''Chocolate Star Wars'', only to learn it doesn't exist).

* TakeThat: Jim-Jam Bonks is an obvious potshot at Jar-Jar Binks.

Homer and Marge's bond becomes stronger when they both get drunk on wine, but soon the bond unravels when Homer blames Marge for crashing the car and Marge is sent to rehab. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa complain to Randall Curtis (a Creator/GeorgeLucas-esque sci-fi director) about his latest film.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Moe regrets serving Homer and Marge a 1886 Chateau Latour when he looks up its value in a wine collector's guide (which he admits is "a step I perhaps should have taken initially").

Homer and Marge's bond becomes stronger when they both get drunk on wine, but soon the bond unravels when Homer blames Marge for crashing the car and Marge gets sent to rehab. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa complain to Randall Curtis (a George Lucas-esque science fiction movie director) about his latest film.

* CelebrityParadox: This episode introduces the Cosmic Wars franchise, an obvious parody of ''Franchise/StarWars'' - trouble is, those films have already been referenced in-series (and will continue to do, as three episode later, Homer tries to check out a movie called "Chocolate Star Wars", only to learn it doesn't exist).

* HypocriticalHumor: When Lisa criticizes Jim-Jam Bonks of being a "tired stereotype," [[NationalStereotypes Italian chef Luigi]] complains, "Yes, and it's-a making-a me so mad, I'm-a gonna throw the meatballs at the screen! But first, I gotta pose-a for a pizza box-a," and he does so, holding a pizza in a stereotypical Italian pose.

* BitingTheHandHumor: Fox is described here as a division of Julius Orange and a something Bart and Lisa want to complain about.

* TakeThat: Jim-Jam Bonks is an obvious potshot at Jar-Jar Binks.
* TrollLogic: "I'm in no condition to drive. Wait, I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk."

* TakeThat: Jim-Jam Bonks is an obvious potshot at Jar-Jar Binks.

* HypeBacklash: The InUniverse reaction to ''Cosmic Wars: The Gathering Shadow''.

* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: During the Creature Works tour, the guide comes across two men in the middle of a motion-capture production and declares, "Who knows what fantastic creature these two men are creating?" The man operating the computer turns to the tour guide and responds, "It's a UsefulNotes/HipHop loaf of garlic bread for an UsefulNotes/OliveGarden commercial."

* CelebrityParadox: This episode introduces the Cosmic Wars franchise, an obvious parody of ''Franchise/StarWars'' - trouble is, those films have already been referenced in-series.
* DramaticIrony: The Simpson’s is a tv series which has been accused of declining in quality over the years. Franchise/StarWars is a series of films which has also been accused of declining in quality over the years. In this episode the Simpson’s call out George Lucas for making StarWars terrible then ask him to go back to his roots.

* CelebrityParadox: This episode introduce the Cosmic Wars franchise, a clear parody of ''Franchise/StarWars'' - trouble is, those films have already been referenced in-series.

* TakeThat: Jim-Jam Bongs is an obvious potshot at Jar-Jar Binks.

* DramaticIrony: The Simpson’s is a tv series which has been accused of declining in quality over the years. StarWars is a series of films which has also been accused of declining in quality over the years. In this episode the Simpson’s call out George Lucas for making StarWars terrible then ask him to go back to his roots.

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