History Recap / TheSimpsonsS16E2AllsFairInOvenWar

* TheBadGuyWins: Claudine Spuckler wins the cooking contest thanks to her ruining Marge's entry and [[DisqualificationInducedVictory Marge admitting she tried to cheat back]].

* AnAesop:
** [[CheatersNeverProsper Cheating is bad]], and you should never put yourself down to the level of other cheaters.
** Two wrongs don’t make a right. If someone wrongs you and you retaliate against them in a worse way, you’ll be no better than that person.

** Cheating is bad, and you should never put yourself down to the level of other cheaters.

* MultipleGunshotDeath: In the parody of the toolbooth scene from ''Film/TheGodfather'', James Caan gets it again, this time by Cletus and Cletus variants (who are upset that Bradine has caught Caan's eye). In fact, Caan has a "[[HereWeGoAgain where have I been involved with this before]]" look in his eye as he is dropping his change in the toll bin. "That's it! Next time, I fly," he moans after being shot 60-plus times. (At least this time, he suffered far fewer wounds than in the movie; he was shot at least seven times more in 1972.)

** Two wrongs don’t make a right. If someone wrongs you and you retaliate against them in an worse way, you’ll be no better than that person.

* IReadItForTheArticles: Marge tries to make Homer back this up by cutting the naked women out of his ''Playpen'' collection, leading him to toss the magazines away. And then Bart gets them, and actually likes the articles enough to rework his treehouse.

-->'''Homer''': Well, it's better they hear it from me now, than from their parents when they're old enough.

* BrokenAesop: The moral of the story is summed up as "don't cheat", but it falls apart because a) Marge only cheated because of the horrible way all the other contestants were treating her, with one of them ''destroying her meal and mocking her over it'', and not because she was insecure about her cooking abilities or something similar, b) she only cheated to ''level the playing field'' rather than gain an unfair advantage as they destroyed her creation to the point her only reasonable option to stand a fair chance of winning was to cheat, c) that the other contestants cheated first but would suffer no repercussions for their behavior and could enjoy their unfair advantage scot-free ''unless'' Marge cheated back, and d) Lisa is appalled when she learns that Marge had cheated in the contest, but not only did she not call out the contestants who were blatantly trying to sabotage Marge, she didn't do anything to stop them ''even though she witnessed their behaviour first hand''. All of this makes Marge look like she has an actual reason for cheating, and also makes Lisa come off as a huge {{Hypocrite}}.

* FightingBackIsWrong: When Marge sabotages the other competitors as payback for tormenting her, Lisa is disgusted with her and convinces her to confess... [[{{Hypocrite}} even though she herself did nothing when she witnessed the other competitors tormenting her]].

* HonorBeforeReason: Lisa as usual. She calls out Marge for sabotaging the other food entries [[DoubleStandard despite witnessing all the other contestants blatantly trying to sabotage Marge all throughout the contest beforehand]].

* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: Lisa is disgusted with Marge for sabotaging the other contestants' entries, [[DoubleStandard while ignoring that they started the whole thing to begin with]].

* NoSympathy: Lisa is rather indifferent to the other contestants mistreating Marge. [[MoralMyopia For bonus points]], she is disgusted with ''Marge'' when the latter rightfully does so back to ''them''.

* SelectiveEnforcement: Lisa does nothing when she witnesses the others harassing Marge, yet is quick to call Marge out when she decides to get even with them.

* MoralMyopia: Lisa doesn't call out the other contestants for trying to sabotage Marge and cheating, but the instant Marge does so in order to give the contestants some well deserved LaserGuidedKarma, Lisa [[BrokenPedestal is disappointed in her]] [[DoubleStandard and tells her to tell the truth]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: While Marge is sabotaging the other entries, she comments that even the Pope wouldn't forgive the Sea Captain's pizza (covered with seafood toppings), and he's let a lot of things slide.

* MoralMyopia: Lisa doesn't call out the other contestants for trying to sabotage Marge and cheating, but the instant Marge does so in order to give the contestants some well deserved LaserGuidedKarma, Lisa [[BrokenPedestal is disapponted in her]] [[DoubleStandard and tells her to tell the truth]].

* DoubleStandard: Lisa is appalled by Marge sabotaging the other contestants, yet she is not bothered at all by them sabotaging her prior.

* FightingBackIsWrong: When Marge rightfully sabotages the other competitors as payback for tormenting her, Lisa is disgusted with her and convinces her to confess... [[{{Hypocrite}} even though she herself did nothing when she witnessed the other competitors tormenting her]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: Lisa is disgusted with Marge for sabotaging the other contestants' entries, but she herself never did anything when the other contestants sabotaged Marge's entries earlier on.

* AnAesop: Cheating is bad, and you should never put yourself down to the level of other cheaters.

* EntendreFailure: Bart and Milhouse repeat lines they read in ''Playdude'' despite having no idea what they mean.

-->'''Bart:''' I...don't, but I hope you win!

--> '''Homer:''' Do you know why your mother and I sleep in the same bed?\\

* ActorAllusion: The episode ends with Creator/JamesCaan re-enacting his death scene from ''Film/TheGodfather''.

* PornStash: Homer had been keeping a bunch of ''Playdude'' magazines in the kitchen's light fixture.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Homer thinks the joke about [[CargoShip an octopus having sex with bagpipes]] is hilarious.

* BrokenAesop: The moral of the story is summed up as "don't cheat", but it falls apart because a) Marge only cheated because of the horrible way all the other contestants were treating her, with one of them ''destroying her meal and mocking her over it'', and not because she was insecure about her cooking abilities or something similar, b) she only cheated to ''level the playing field'' rather than gain an unfair advantage as they destroyed her creation to the point her only reasonable option to stand a fair chance of winning was to cheat, c) that the other contestants cheated first but would suffer no repercussions for their behavior and could enjoy their unfair advantage scot-free ''unless'' Marge cheated back, and d) Lisa is appalled when she learns that Marge had cheated in the contest, but not only did she not call out the contestants who were blatantly trying to sabotage Marge, she didn't do anything to stop them ''even though she witnessed their behaviour first hand''. All of this makes Marge look like she has an actual reason for cheating, and also makes Lisa comes off as a huge {{Hypocrite}}.

** Homer tells Marge that he only keeps his [[IReadItForTheArticles Playdude magazines for the stories]]. Marge cuts off all the pictures of naked women and Homer throws away what's left of the magazines, leading Bart and Milhouse to find them and use them for ideas on how to spruce up Bart's treehouse.