History Recap / TheSimpsonsS19E9EternalMoonshineOfTheSimpsonMind

* OedipusComplex: Homer seems to still be dealing with the inferiority complex he has with regard to Bart in episodes like "Moaning Lisa" and "Tennis the Menace," as we see him oblige the dream version of Bart by taking him through his earlier memories to duke it out with his 10- and 20-year-old selves, both of whom Bart clobbers effortlessly. As the "kids" will later point out, they're not really his kids but his mind's representations of them, implying that this simply reflects how Homer feels about Bart.

* ContrivedCoincidence: {{Subverted}} with Homer jumping off "Suicide Bridge" only to land on the boat where his surprise party is taking place. As it turns out, [[GambitRoulette he realized that downing the Forget-Me-Shot would probably cause him to misconstrue his remaining memories and attempt suicide in just this fashion, and therefore arranged for the party to take place on a boat]].

** [[Film/TheGame Homer falling to his death but landing on a giant airbag instead.]]

** The chalkboard gag was "The Capital of [[Series/HannahMontana Montana is not Hannah]]"

** [[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife The jump from the suicide bridge on a snowy winter's night]].
** [[Film/TheGame Homer falling to his death but landing on a giant airbag instead]].

Homer wakes up in the snow with no memory of the night before. When he comes home, he finds that his family is missing, Chief Wiggum came over due to a domestic disturbance, and Moe gave Homer a drink called "The Forget-Me Shot," which causes memory loss and is only drunk by people who have a bad memory they want erased.

* WholePlotReference: To the ''Film/EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind'' movie.

* BrainBleach: Moe's special drink has this effect. He even tells Homer the Forget-Me-Shot is "the ultimate brain bleacher".

* GambitRoulette / MemoryGambit: Homer pulls one on himself. Upon accidentally learning that Marge was planning a surprise party for him, he goes to Moe's and orders an amnesia-inducing drink. Before he downs it, he predicts that he will wake up to find his family missing, remember snippets that imply that he hit Marge, go to Dr. Frink for memory recovery, only remember enough to conclude that Marge was having an affair with Duffman, and then throw himself off a bridge at the exact moment in which the party ship was underneath and at the exact place in which he lands on the ship's moonbounce.

* ClipShow: A subtle one. Homer's trip through his mind has a TV wall featuring clips from past episodes.

* GargleBlaster: The Forget-Me-Shot. Ingredients include Jägermeister, sloe gin, triple sec, ''quadruple'' sec, [[{{Squick}} gunk from a dog's eye]], "Absolute Pickle", the red stripe from Aquafresh toothpaste, and venom from the Louisiana loboto-moth, all stirred with a home pregnancy test until it gets a positive result. The resulting concoction is powerful enough to erase the last 24 hours off the drinker's memory.

* It Came from the Fridge: Whatever was in Homer’s collapsing bathtub that caused the creation of a random lizard monster that begins to wander in the house...

* MemoryWipeExploitation: Homer, hoping to forget the memories of an odd day that led to his family apparently hating him, ordering a drink called the "Forget-Me-Shot" and asking Lenny, Carl and Moe to make BrutallyHonest comments towards him that he won't remember. This leads to some pretty mean-spirited and disturbing admissions including Lenny saying that blue pants make him look fat, [[HoYay Carl admitting that he finds his small hands attractive]] and Moe proudly proclaiming that he's spat in every one of his drinks (including the drink he serves him to wipe his memory.)

* MistakenForCheating: Homer catching Marge with Duff Man.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Homer when he thinks he caught Marge cheating on him and gave her a black eye in response.

* FakeMemory: Played for laughs. Bart destroys Homer's memory of his first kiss and make him believe it was with Apu.

* FalseMemory: Played for laughs. Bart destroys Homer's memory of his first kiss and make him believe it was with Apu.

* ObnoxiousInLaws: When Homer starts having second thoughts about jumping off a bridge, his sisters-in-law push him.

* SuicideDare: One of the darkest jokes of the series, where Patty and Selma encourage Homer to kill himself by jumping off a bridge. It's averted when Homer decides to reconsider, but Patty and Selma push him off anyway.

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* BrainBleach: Moe's special drink has this effect.

* CountinuityCavalcade: Towards the end of the "Picture a Day for 39 Years" sequence, a rapid fire montage of Homer in various outfits and costumes he has worn throughout the series was shown, such as his town crier hat from "Lisa the Iconoclast", the Safety Salamander suit from "See Homer Run", his GodGuise from "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore", his Civil War reenactment costume from "The Sweetest Apu", the giant novelty hat from "Homer and Apu", his tribal chief costume from "The Bart of War", and more.

** The chalkboard gag was "The Capital of [[HannahMontana Montana is not Hannah]]"