History Recap / TheSimpsonsS1E8TheTelltaleHead

** Homer is shown browsing photos of bowling balls in several scenes. Outside of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E9LifeOnTheFastLane Life on the Fast Lane]]", he never displays such an interest in bowling (or indeed, [[LazyBum any kind of sport]]), with his getting a job at the Bowling Alley being more an excuse to goof off than actually bowl.

* AnAesop:
** It's not worth it to do something bad for the sake of popularity.
** Be careful of the advice you give, especially to your children.

* CharacterisationClickMoment: The first glimpse of Smithers' affection towards his boss.

** Sideshow Bob is among those seen smiling in gratitude after Bart restores the head to the statue. (Granted, at this point he hasn't undergone his StartOfDarkness yet.)

--> '''Bart:''' Um, ma'am, what if you're a really good person, but you're in a really, really bad fight and your leg gets gangrene, and it has to be amputated. Will it be waiting for you in heaven?\\

* HearingVoices: A guilt-ridden Bart hears Jebediah Springfield's voice in his head when he buries the statue head in the backyard.

* HeelRealization: Homer has one when his advice to Bart (being cool is the most important thing in the world) backfires on him after Bart reveals he was the one who cut off the statue head. Though in his defense, he had no idea why Bart wanted advice.

* LastSecondWordSwap: In church, Homer's listening to the football game on headphones. Homer's football team scores, causing Homer to jump up and shout, "It's GOOD! It's GOOD!" The whole congregation stares at him, and he adds more, "It's... good to see you all in church". Nobody buys it.

* LimitedAnimation: In the third act, when Marge says, "Homer...", her mouth only has two unique frames: Open and closed. And it only opens and closes once, whereas a double syllable word like "Homer" should've at least opened and closed twice. [[https://frinkiac.com/video/S01E08/WDugAlrP3otHKfqInGkPqD7uHts=.gif See here.]]

* RevisedEnding: In the original broadcast, Bart's speech to the mob at the end was longer. Later broadcasts cut a section of it out, drew out the "repeated opening scene" gag a little longer, added incidental comments from Dr. Monroe and Otto about the statue after Bart puts the head back (note how Barney has a white shirt and his original yellow hair during this part), and added Homer's "most lynch mobs aren't this nice" line.

* ThatCloudLooksLike: One of the things Bart, Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney do is stare at clouds that looks like disturbing and violent things (like a school bus crashing or a man stabbed in the back with a switchblade). One looks like the Jebediah Springfield statue without its head, which inspires Bart to cut it off to impress the others.
* TorchesAndPitchforks: First appearance of the Springfield Angry Mob, when they chase Bart and Homer with the head down the street.

* OffModel: When Sideshow Bob appears in the middle of the episode his hair is a giant red afro. At the end of the episode it's in its normal palm-tree style.

%%** Homer is shown browsing photos of bowling balls in several scenes. Outside of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E9LifeOnTheFastLane Life on the Fast Lane]]", he never displays such an interest in bowling (or indeed, [[LazyBum any kind of sport]]), with his getting a job at the Bowling Alley being more an excuse to goof off than actually bowl.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "Is the Lincoln Memorial just a statue?! Is the Statue of Liberty just a statue?!"

* HearingVoices: A guilt-ridden Bart hears Jebediah Springfield's voice in his head when he buries the statue head in the backyard.