History Recap / TheSimpsonsS19E12LoveSpringfieldianStyle

* GRatedDrug: The ''Sid and Nancy'' spoof has Nelson and Lisa addicted to chocolate instead of cocaine.

** After briefly kicking their chocolate addiction, Nelson and Lisa as Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen become a Donny and Marie Osmond-style pop duo before they get kicked out of CBGB's (Comic Book Guy's Bar) and return to their vices.

* IdiotPlot: Homer and Marge could have easily just gotten off the Tunnel of Love.

When Homer and Marge get stuck on a Tunnel of Love ride thanks to some Jell-O (even though it would be very easy for them to just get off the ride, thus making the entire episode an IdiotPlot), they decide to pass the time by telling three stories of love: Homer and Marge as 1930s bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde, a ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'' parody again starring Homer and Marge (with some ancillary ''Simpsons'' characters as supporting cast), and a ''Sid and Nancy'' parody with Nelson Muntz and Lisa Simpson as punk couple Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: A dog catcher told Dog Bart and Dog Lisa he'd put them to sleep... by his boring stories... and then he'd kill them.
* BallisticDiscount: Averted. Clyde doesn't need to shoot anybody for his stolen gun. He simply punches through the glass [[FiveFingerDiscount and picks one of the guns without even entering the shop.]]

* ForgottenFramingDevice: Homer and Marge get stuck on a ride, and to pass the time he tells her a story. The other Simpsons join, and Marge and Bart tell stories too. The end of Bart's story, however, goes straight to the end credits and doesn't show if they decided to get off the ride or wait for it to work again.

** When Shady tells Vamp that she had babies, he utters [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo "Ruh-roh"]].

* BaitAndSwitchComment: A dog catcher told Dog Bart and Dog Lisa he'd put them to sleep... by boring them with some tales... and then he'd kill them.

When Homer and Marge get stuck on a Tunnel of Love ride thanks to some Jell-O (even though it would be very easy for them to just get off the ride, thus making the entire episode an IdiotPlot), they decide to pass the time by telling three stories of love: Homer and Marge as 1930s bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde, a ''Disney/LadyAndTheTramp'' parody again starring Homer and Marge (with some ancillary ''Simpsons'' characters as supporting cast), and a ''Sid and Nancy'' parody with Nelson Muntz and Lisa Simpson as punk couple Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.

* DownerEnding: Averted. In the shorts, the ''Sid And Nancy'' story ends with them kissing in the garbage. In real life, Sid and Nancy's story ended tragically during a heroin party, with a drugged-up Nancy dying of a stab wound, and the barely comprehensible Sid charged with her murder and pleading innocent, and dying of a heroin overdose a year later just after being granted bail.

* WhatAnIdiot: Clyde shoots his stolen gun and steels oat from his own store ("Barrow & Son"), as {{Lampshaded}} by his tied-up-to-an-office-chair father, who even tells Clyde that he could take anything he wanted since he is a co-owner.

* TakeThat: A {{Goofy}} {{Expy}} would rather endure the gas chamber than work for Creator/{{Disney}}.

* BaitAndSwitchComment: A dog catcher told Dog Bart and Dog Lisa he'd put them to sleep...by boring them with some tales...and then he'd kill them.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Shady called the Vamp a "bitch," even though that is the technical term for a female dog (it's just been used as a misogynistic slur so much, no one, except for dog breeders or anyone who works with animals, would recognize the original definition).

* MissConception: Alone with Shady after a romantic dinner at Luigi's, Vamp tells Shady "I am in heat. That's the safe time, right?", to which Shady (presumably despite better knowledge) replies "Oh, the safest!".

* ShoutOut: Robby Robin is a parody of ''WoodyWoodpecker''.
** When Shady tells Vamp that she had babies, he utters [[ScoobyDoo "Ruh-roh"]].
* TakeThat: A {{Goofy}} {{Expy}} would rather endure the gas chamber than work for {{Disney}}.

When Homer and Marge get stuck on a Tunnel of Love ride thanks to some Jell-O (even though it would be very easy for them to just get off the ride, thus making the entire episode an IdiotPlot), they decide to pass the time by telling three stories of love: Homer and Marge as 1930s bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde, a ''LadyAndTheTramp'' parody again starring Homer and Marge (with some ancillary ''Simpsons'' characters as supporting cast), and a ''Sid and Nancy'' parody with Nelson Muntz and Lisa Simpson as punk couple Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen.

A ThreeShorts episode for Valentine's Day presents spoofs of ''BonnieAndClyde'' and ''LadyAndTheTramp'', and a ''[[Music/TheSexPistols Sid and Nancy]]'' sendup with Nelson and Lisa.

** When Shady tells Vamp that she had babies, he utters [[Scooby-Doo "Ruh-roh"]].

* BaitAndSwitchComment: A dog catcher told Dog!Bart and Dog!Lisa he'd put them to sleep... by boring them with some tales and then he'd kill them.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Shady called the Vamp a "bitch". She appreciated being called by the technical term for a female dog. Later, Dog!Bart said he needed his father to teach him to lick his..., he then lowered his head, brought it back up and said he already learned.

* TakeThat: A {{Goofy}} {{Expy}} would rather endure a death chambre than work for {{Disney}}.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Shady called the Vamp a "bitch". She appreciated being called by the technical term for a female dog.

* ShoutOut: Robby Robin is a parody of ''WoodyWoodpecker''.