History Recap / TheSimpsonsS17E1BonfireOfTheManatees

** In the Canadian French dub, the tatoo is of WesternAnimation/{{Snow White|AndTheSevenDwarfs}} instead.

Homer gets into trouble over his football gambling debts and allows the Springfield Mafia to shoot a porno film in the house; Marge leaves for the beach--and encounters a marine biologist named Caleb (voiced by Alec Baldwin) who has dedicated his life to saving manatees.

!! Tropes:

* ShoutOut: Carl has a ''WesternAnimation/FoghornLeghorn'' tattoo.

** Maggie disappears from the story after Marge leaves and Homer heads out to find her with Bart and Lisa in tow. We never find out where she is, even after Homer decides to stay at the beach with Marge for a while since "the kids" are with them.

* TrappedByGamblingDebts: After the Raiders lose, Homer is in debt to Fat Tony (FT), who waives his debt in exchange for him allowing the shooting of FT's porn video in his living room.

* HowManyFingers: Homer is asked this after being beaten up by some bullies and assumes the asker can't count.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Thanks to the HalfwayPlotSwitch, we never hear anything about the porn shoot after Marge finds out and leaves.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Manatees are a major plot point in this episode.

* TheCon: Homer, after watching the Denver Broncos win, regrets not having followed the gambling advice of "Professor Pigskin" (PP), a pamphlet that guesses winners in advance. Lisa states PP mails two sets of pamphlets each week (half picking one team, half picking the other) until a small group receive only the correct picks, assume PP will be always right, and purchase a subscription (which he does, via phone, on his credit card). Afterwards, he watches a Oakland Raiders x Pittsburgh Steelers game and, with PP's advice, bet on the former, who lose because ''[[UpToEleven all]]'' players have the flu, so the managers [[{{Conscription}} desperately nab random drunks]] from local pubs and [[RummageSaleReject sloppily put equipment on them]]. Unsurprisingly, the people behind the con are never [[KarmaHoudini found out]], nor does Fat Tony care when Homer tries to tell him about it.

* TheCon: Homer, after watching the Denver Broncos win, regrets not having followed the gambling advice of "Professor Pigskin" (PP), a pamphlet that guesses winners in advance. Lisa states PP mails two sets of pamphlets each week (half picking one team, half picking the other) until a small group receive only the correct picks, assume PP will be always right, and purchase a subscription (which he does, via phone, on his credit card). Afterwards, he watches a Oakland Raiders x Pittsburgh Steelers game and, with PP's advice, bet on the former, who lose because ''[[UpToEleven all]]'' players have the flu, so the managers [[{{Conscription}} desperately nab random drunks]] from local pubs and [[RummageSaleReject sloppily put equipment on them]].

* WhatHAppenedToTheMouse: Thanks to the HalfwayPlotSwitch, we never hear anything about the porn shoot after Marge finds out and leaves.

* TrappedByGamblingDebts: After the Raiders lose, Homer is in debt to Fat Tony (FT), who waives his debt in exchange for him allowing the shooting of FT's porn video in his living room.

* EpicFail: Homer doesn't know if the pizza guy takes checks, where he and Marge keep their check books, or how to write a check. Note that [[PizzaBoySpecialDelivery it was just a porn plot]], he wasn't actually buying any pizza.

** The PizzaBoySpecialDelivery-plotted porn movie Fat Tony is producing is called ''[[Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2004 Lemony Lick-It's A Series of Horny Events]]''.

* TheCon: Homer, after watching the Denver Broncos win, regrets not having followed the gambling advice of "Professor Pigskin" (PP), a pamphlet that guesses winners in advance. Lisa states PP mails two sets of pamphlets each week (half picking one team, half picking the other) until a small group receive only the correct picks, assume PP will be always right, and purchase a subscription (which he does, via phone, on his credit card). Afterwards, he watches a Oakland Raiders x Pittsburgh Steelers game and, with PP's advice, bet on the former, [[RealityEnsues who lose because]] ''[[UpToEleven all]]'' [[RealityEnsues players have the flu]], so the managers [[{{Conscription}} desperately nab random drunks]] from local pubs and [[RummageSaleReject sloppily put equipment on them]].

* DelayedWire: Homer, after watching the Denver Broncos win, regrets not having followed the gambling advice of "Professor Pigskin" (PP), a pamphlet that guesses winners in advance. Lisa states PP mails two sets of pamphlets each week (half picking one team, half picking the other) until a small group receive only the correct picks, assume PP will be always right, and purchase a subscription (which he does, via phone, on his credit card). Afterwards, he watches a Oakland Raiders x Pittsburgh Steelers game and, with PP's advice, bet on the former, [[RealityEnsues who lose because]] ''[[UpToEleven all]]'' [[RealityEnsues players have the flu]], so the managers [[{{Conscription}} desperately nab random drunks]] from local pubs and [[RummageSaleReject sloppily put equipment on them]].

* DelayedWire: Homer, after watching the Denver Broncos win, regrets not having followed the gambling advice of "Professor Pigskin" (PP), a pamphlet that guesses winners in advance. Lisa states PP mails two sets of pamphlets each week (half picking one team, half picking the other) until a small group receive only the correct picks, assume PP will be always right, and purchase a subscription (which he does, via phone, on his credit card). Afterwards, he watches a Oakland Raiders x Pittsburgh Steelers game and, with PP's advice, bet on the former, [[RealityEnsues who lose because]] ''[[UpToEleven all]]'' [[RealityEnsues players have the flu, so the managers desperately nab random drunks from local pubs and sloppily put equipment on them]].

* EpicFail: Homer doesn't know if the pizza guy takes checks, where he and Marge keep their check books, or how to write a check.

** The porn movie Fat Tony is producing is called ''[[Film/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents2004 Lemony Lick-It's A Series of Horny Events]]''.

* DelayedWire: Homer, after watching the Denver Broncos win, regrets not having followed the gambling advice of "Professor Pigskin" (PP), a pamphlet that guesses winners in advance. Lisa states PP mails two sets of pamphlets each week (half picking one team, half picking the other) until a small group receive only the correct picks, assume PP will be always right, and purchase a subscription (which he does, via phone, on his credit card). Afterwards, Homer watches a Oakland Raiders x Pittsburgh Steelers game and, with PP's advice, bet on the former, [[RealityEnsues who lose because]] ''[[UpToEleven all]]'' [[RealityEnsues players have the flu, so the managers desperately nab random drunks from local pubs and sloppily put equipment on them]].

** When, after the Raiders lose, Lisa hesitantly asks Homer how much money he had bet on the game, Homer states he did not bet any of their money, but rather borrowed it from Fat Tony (who is standing right at their window).

* DelayedWire: Homer, after watching the Denver Broncos win, regrets not having followed the gambling advice of "Professor Pigskin" (PP), a pamphlet that guesses winners in advance. Lisa states PP mails two sets of pamphlets each week - half picking one team, half picking the other - until a small group receive only the correct picks, assume PP will be always right, and purchase a subscription (which he does, via phone, on his credit card). Afterwards, Homer watches a Oakland Raiders x Pittsburgh Steelers game and, with PP's advice, bet on the former, [[RealityEnsues who lose because]] ''[[UpToEleven all]]'' [[RealityEnsues players have the flu, so the managers desperately nab random drunks from local pubs and sloppily put equipment on them]].

* CallBack: The episode starts with Homer watching a Denver Broncos game, holding up a fan flag that says [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice "My Team"]].
* DelayedWire: Homer watches a Seattle Seahawks x Denver Broncos football game and, when the latter win, regrets not having followed the gambling advice of "Professor Pigskin" (PP), a pamphlet that guesses the winners in advance. Lisa states PP mails two sets of pamphlets each week - half picking one team, half picking the other - until a small group receive only the correct picks, assume PP will be always right, and purchase a subscription - which he does via phone on his credit card. Afterwards, Homer watches a Oakland Raiders x Pittsburgh Steelers game and, with PP's advice, bet on the former, [[RealityEnsues who lose because]] ''[[RealityEnsues all]]'' [[RealityEnsues players have the flu, so the managers desperately nab random drunks from local pubs and sloppily put equipment on them]].

* DelayedWire: Homer watches a Seattle Seahawks x Denver Broncos football game and, when the latter win, regrets not having followed the gambling advice of "Professor Pigskin" (PP), a pamphlet that guesses the winners in advance. Lisa states PP mails two sets of pamphlets each week - half picking one team, half picking the other - until a small group receive only the correct picks, assume PP will be always right, and purchase a subscription - which he does via phone on his credit card. Afterwards, Homer watches a Oakland Raiders x Pittsburgh Steelers game and, with PP's advice, bet on the former, who lose because ''all'' players have the flu, so the managers desperately nab random drunks from local pubs and sloppily put equipment on them.

* DelayedWire: Homer watches a Seattle Seahawks x Denver Broncos football game and, when the latter win, regrets not having followed the gambling advice of "Professor Pigskin" (PP), a pamphlet that guesses the winners in advance. Lisa states PP mails two sets of pamphlets each week, half picking one team, half picking the other, until a small group receive only the correct picks, assume PP will be always right, and purchase a subscription. Homer, being Homer, doesn't care about that, giving PP his credit card details on the phone. Afterwards, Homer watches a Oakland Raiders x Pittsburgh Steelers game and, with PP's advice, bet on the former, who lose because ''all'' players have the flu, so the managers desperately nab random drunks from local pubs and sloppily put equipment on them.

* DelayedWire (Reverse Pyramid Scheme): Homer watches a Seattle Seahawks x Denver Broncos football game and, when the latter win, regrets not having followed the gambling advice of "Professor Pigskin" (PP), a pamphlet that guesses the winners in advance. Lisa states PP mails two sets of pamphlets each week, half picking one team, half picking the other, until a small group receive only the correct picks, assume PP will be always right, and purchase a subscription. Homer, being Homer, doesn't care about what Lisa said, giving PP his credit card details on the phone. Afterwards, Homer watches a Oakland Raiders x Pittsburgh Steelers game and, with PP's advice, bet on the former, who lose because ''all'' players have the flu, so the managers desperately nab random drunks from local pubs and sloppily put equipment on them.