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This is one of four episodes series creator Creator/MattGroening has a writing credit on.
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This is one of four episodes series ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' creator Creator/MattGroening has a writing credit on.
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%** 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.
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** 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.
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* CouchGag: The family sits on the couch and squashes Bart into the air. He comes back down during the TV scene.
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* CouchGag: The family sits on the couch and squashes Bart into the air. He comes back down during the TV scene.
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* EasilyForgiven: Given just ''how'' eager the crowd was for Bart's blood, they're charmed off their game awfully fast. Particularly true in the revised version, which throws in a LampshadeHanging courtesy of Homer.
-->'''Homer:''' Good going, son! But remember, most lynch mobs aren't this nice.
-->'''Homer:''' Good going, son! But remember, most lynch mobs aren't this nice.
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* FelonyMisdemeanor: Bart's crime of stealing the statue's head plunges the town into gloom and is treated as an atrocity the like of which no one has ever seen. No matter what your feelings are on statue vandalism, sending a lynch mob out after a 10-year-old is probably a little much.
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[ComedicSociopathy Most of Springfield, it would seem]]—though, ultimately, their softer sides win out.
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* KidHasAPoint: In the original ending, the mob has this reaction to Bart's speech about how they've taken Springfield's heritage for granted, with Moe saying this line almost verbatim.
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* ShamingTheMob: "Well, that's my story, and if you still wanna tear apart this young Sunday school student as he stands on the brink of salvation, I await your wrath." In the original ending, [[WouldHurtAChild it's not this line that dissuades the mob from killing Bart]] but his additional point that none of them realized how they'd been taking Springfield's heritage for granted until he decapitated the statue.
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* ShamingTheMob: "Well, that's my story, and if you still wanna tear apart this young Sunday school student as he stands on the brink of salvation, I await your wrath." In the original ending, [[WouldHurtAChild it's not this line that dissuades the mob from killing Bart]] but his additional point that none of them realized how they'd been taking Springfield's heritage for granted until he decapitated the statue.statue, meaning that they're also guilty of disrespecting their founder's legacy.
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* ShamingTheMob: "Well, that's my story, and if you still wanna tear apart this young Sunday school student as he stands on the brink of salvation, I await your wrath." In the original ending, [[WouldHurtAChild it's not this line that dissuades the mob from killing Bart]] but his additional point that none of them realized how they'd been taking Springfield's heritage for granted until he decapitated the statue.
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* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The first appearance of Sideshow Bob (and, technically, the first time he tries to kill Bart, although as just one member of an [[TorchesAndPitchforks angry mob]]). Also, the first intimation of Smithers' feelings for Mr. Burns:
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* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The first appearance of Sideshow Bob (and, technically, if you wanna get technical, the first time he tries to kill Bart, although as just one member of an [[TorchesAndPitchforks angry mob]]). Also, the first intimation of Smithers' feelings for Mr. Burns:
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* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The first appearance of Sideshow Bob (and, technically, the first time he tries to kill Bart, although as just one member of an [[TorchesAndPitchforks angry mob]]). Also, the first intimation of Smithers' feelings for Mr. Burns:
-->'''Burns:''' I love you, Smithers.
-->'''Smithers:''' The feeling is ''[[IgnoredEnamoredUnderling more]]'' [[IgnoredEnamoredUnderling than mutual]], sir.
-->'''Burns:''' I love you, Smithers.
-->'''Smithers:''' The feeling is ''[[IgnoredEnamoredUnderling more]]'' [[IgnoredEnamoredUnderling than mutual]], sir.
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** Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney may be petty thugs, but when they hear that someone defaced the statue of Jebediah Springfield, they want to bash his face in, explaining that what they said about wanting to deface the statue themselves was just "cloud talk". Oddly enough, they seem happy enough to cut it off in the revised intro some seasons later.
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** Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney may be petty thugs, but when they hear that someone defaced the statue of Jebediah Springfield, they want to bash his face in, explaining that what they said about wanting to deface the statue themselves was just "cloud talk". Oddly enough, [[CharacterizationMarchesOn they seem happy enough to cut it off in the revised intro intro]] some seasons later.
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* BlandNameProduct: The Aztec Theater makes its first appearance in this episode. A parody of the "Egyptian Theatre" cinemas that started to pop up in America in the 1920s.
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Episode - 7G07\\
First Aired - 2/25/1990
First Aired - 2/25/1990
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First Aired - 2/25/1990
'''Original air date:''' 2/25/1990
'''Production code:''' 7G07
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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a parody of "Literature/TheTellTaleHeart".
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* CouchGag: The family sits on the couch and squashes Bart into the air. He comes back down during the TV scene.
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** Sideshow Bob is shown to be more or less happy working on Krusty the Clown's show, and you'd never guess he was harboring any of the resentment that would [[StartOfDarkness drive him to frame Krusty for armed robbery]] and become [[BigBad the show's most prominent recurring villain]] (though "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E12KrustyGetsBusted Krusty Gets Busted]]" had something to do with Sideshow Bob's change in personality). And with the exception of one really brief scene Sideshow Bob's hair looks completely different than it normally does, instead looking closer to Krusty's replacement sidekick, Sideshow Mel.
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* AnAesop: It's not worth it to do something bad for the sake of popularity.
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* AnAesop: AnAesop:
** It's not worth it to do something bad for the sake of popularity.
** It's not worth it to do something bad for the sake of popularity.
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* TrilogyCreep: ''Space Mutants 4: The Trilogy Continues''
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* TrilogyCreep: ''Space Mutants 4: The Trilogy Continues''Continues''.
* WhatTheHellHero: Marge gets angry at Homer for telling Bart that being popular is all that matters, leading him to cut off the head of the statue out of a desire to impress the bullies.
* WhatTheHellHero: Marge gets angry at Homer for telling Bart that being popular is all that matters, leading him to cut off the head of the statue out of a desire to impress the bullies.
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* 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.
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--> '''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?\\
'''Teacher''': For the last time, Bart, yes!
'''Teacher''': For the last time, Bart, yes!
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--> '''Bart''': '''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?\\
'''Teacher''': '''Teacher:''' For the last time, Bart, yes!
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-->''''Teacher''': ''(exasperated)'' The ventriloquist goes to Heaven, but the dummy doesn't. ''(Bart raises his hand)'' Bart?\\
'''Bart''': What about a robot with a human brain?\\
'''Teacher''': ''(frazzled)'' I don't know! All these questions; is a little blind faith too much to ask?!
'''Bart''': What about a robot with a human brain?\\
'''Teacher''': ''(frazzled)'' I don't know! All these questions; is a little blind faith too much to ask?!
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Sideshow Bob appears in this episode briefly on Krusty's show, and again as part of the crowd at the end.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: EarlyBirdCameo:
** Apu makes his first appearance in this episode; at the time he was not intended to be anything more than a one-off topical joke about immigrant workers at chain retailer stores.
** Sideshow Bob appears in this episode briefly on Krusty's show, and again as part of the crowd at the end.
** Apu makes his first appearance in this episode; at the time he was not intended to be anything more than a one-off topical joke about immigrant workers at chain retailer stores.
** Sideshow Bob appears in this episode briefly on Krusty's show, and again as part of the crowd at the end.
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* Homer is shown browsing photos of bowling balls in several scenes. Outside of Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E9LifeInTheFastLane, "[[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.
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* Homer is shown in several scenes browsing bowling balls, a character trait that was dropped after
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* DivergentCharacterEvolution: The first glimpse of Smithers' affection towards his boss.
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* DivergentCharacterEvolution: CharacterisationClickMoment: The first glimpse of Smithers' affection towards his boss.
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* WholeEpisodeFlashbackWholeEpisodeFlashback: Of how Bart stole the head off the statue and his motivations for doing so.
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* NotSoStoic: Mr. Burns, who cries over the decapitated statue of Jebidiah Springfield.
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* KnewItAllAlong: Homer angrily proclaims this after Bart confesses to him and Marge he was the one who beheaded the statue.
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* InMediasRes: The episode begins with Bart and Homer carrying the statue's head and being chased by the angry mob. After they're cornered, Bart convinces the townspeople to allow him to explain HowWeGotHere.
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** The episode begins with Bart and Homer carrying the statue's head and being chased by the angry mob. After they're cornered, Bart convinces the townspeople to allow him to explain HowWeGotHere.
** The episode begins with Bart and Homer carrying the statue's head and being chased by the angry mob. After they're cornered, Bart convinces the townspeople to allow him to explain HowWeGotHere.
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* RevisedEnding: In the original broadcast, Bart's speech to the mob at the end was longer. Later broadcasts cut a section of it out and added Homer's "most lynch mobs aren't this nice" line.
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* 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.
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* 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.
** Be careful of the advice you give, especially to your children.
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* ThatCloudLooksLike: One of the things Bart, Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney do.
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* ThatCloudLooksLike: One of the things Bart, Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney do.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.
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That doesn't make the EVENTS of the episode important.
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* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: This is the first appearance of Sideshow Bob. His design is ''way off'' in his first scene.
