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Lisa becomes a crossword puzzle master and Homer bets money on her competitions to make up for revenue lost from his couples' break-up company.
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Lisa becomes a crossword puzzle CrosswordPuzzle master and Homer bets money on her competitions to make up for revenue lost from his couples' break-up company.
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* ObituaryMontage: One of the three musical montagues is about honoring the words that were taken out of the dictionary, with "Fanfare for the Common Man" playing in the background.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Homer, Marge, Bart and Maggie have shirts with the letters to spell Lisa's name and accidentally spell "Ilsa" when Lisa is playing against a rival who goes by that name.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Homer, Marge, Bart Bart, and Maggie have shirts with the letters to spell Lisa's name and accidentally spell "Ilsa" when Lisa is playing against a rival who goes by that name.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Homer finds the bartender quite judgmental for taking semi illegal bets when he shames him for taking a bet against his daughter.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Homer finds the bartender quite judgmental for taking semi illegal semi-illegal bets when he shames him for taking a bet against his daughter.
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* NomDeMom: When Homer bets against Lisa, it hurts her feelings to the point she decides to use her mother's maiden name out of hatred to him.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: At first, Gil appears hopeless at solving his crossword, spreading Qs in arbitrary squares and fumbling his glasses. However, the fact that he is in the finals against Lisa should be a strong hint that it is simply a ruse to distract Lisa from winning.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: At first, Gil appears hopeless at solving his crossword, spreading Qs in arbitrary squares and fumbling his glasses. However, the fact that he is in the finals against Lisa should be a strong hint that it is simply a ruse to distract Lisa from winning.
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* NomDeMom: When Homer bets against Lisa, it hurts her feelings to the point she decides to use her mother's maiden name out of hatred to for him.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: At first, Gil appears hopeless at solving his crossword, spreading Qs in arbitrarysquares squares, and fumbling his glasses. However, the fact that he is in the finals against Lisa should be a strong hint that it is simply a ruse to distract Lisa from winning.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: A very rare instance with Gil actually succeeding at something, at the cost of him looking like a {{Jerkass}} to a child like Lisa.
* TranquilFury: When Homer tells Lisa that he has been betting against her, her initial response is a calm, almost stoic expression which goes on for several scenes. Even though she states she's not angry everytime Homer asks her.
* TranquilFury: When Homer tells Lisa that he has been betting against her, her initial response is a calm, almost stoic expression which goes on for several scenes. Even though she states she's not angry everytime Homer asks her.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: A very rare instance with Gil actually succeeding at something, at the cost of him looking like a {{Jerkass}} to a child like child-like Lisa.
* TranquilFury: When Homer tells Lisa that he has been betting against her, her initial response is a calm, almost stoic expressionwhich that goes on for several scenes. Even though she states she's not angry everytime every time Homer asks her.
* TranquilFury: When Homer tells Lisa that he has been betting against her, her initial response is a calm, almost stoic expression
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* YoureNotMyFather: When Lisa found out that Homer betted against her, she disowns him. Unlike in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E8LisasPony Lisa's Pony]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E8TheDadWhoKnewTooLittle The Dad Who Knew Too Little]]", where she was just angry but eventually forgives Homer, she takes her mother's surname to show that she officially hates him on par with her aunts.
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* YoureNotMyFather: When Lisa found finds out that Homer betted against her, she disowns him. Unlike in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E8LisasPony Lisa's Pony]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E8TheDadWhoKnewTooLittle The Dad Who Knew Too Little]]", where she was just angry but eventually forgives Homer, she takes her mother's surname to show that she officially hates him on par with her aunts.aunts.
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* TranquilFury: When Homer tells Lisa that he has been betting against her, her initial response is a calm, almost stoic expression which goes on for several scenes. Even though she states she's not angry everytime Homer asks her.
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* TruthInTelevision: A child's lemonade stand getting shut down for not having a vendor's licence (despite the child not being legally old enough to obtain one) might sound like an overreaction and/or the Blue Haired Lawyer being [[AmoralAttorney his usual self]]. It has, in fact, [[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/have-children-fined-lemonade-stands/#:~:text=%20Children%20have%20been%20fined%20for%20operating%20lemonade,children%20caught%20operating%20lemonade%20stands%20without%20planning%20permission%3A happened in real life]].
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* DisownedParent: Lisa disowns Homer after finding out he had bet against her in a crossword tournament. She goes as far as to change her last name from Simpson to Bouvier.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Marge voices disapproval of Homer's break-up service, she asks him, "What would happen if there was someone who can break us up every time I had my doubts about you?" It's after this that Homer ends his business.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Marge voices disapproval of Homer's break-up service, she asks him, "What would happen if there was someone who can could break us up every time I had my doubts about you?" It's after this that Homer ends his business.
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* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: [[NoodleIncident At some point]] Edna and Seymour apparently got back together, which we only find out about when Edna is in the process of dumping him again, a task she finally leaves to Homer. This time ''Seymour's'' the one who wants to get married.
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* ProxyBreakup: Homer does this for a number of people in Springfield.
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* LemonadeStandPlot: In this episode, Bart and Lisa start their own lemonade stand before the [[AmoralAttorney blue-haired Lawyer]] shows up and forces them to apply for a vendor's license, where Lisa solves a crossword puzzle for the manager, [[HalfwayPlotSwitch resulting in her becoming obsessed with crossword puzzles and the lemonade stand plot being completely discarded]].
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* CreepyChild: "No...I'm not mad."
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* CreepyChild: When Lisa finds out that Homer bet against her, he asks if she's mad. Lisa responds in an eerily cold tone "No...I'm not mad."
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: At first, Gil appears hopeless at solving his crossword, spreading Qs in arbitrary squares and fumbling his glasses. However, the fact that he is in the finals against Lisa should be a strong hint that it is simply a ruse to distract Lisa from winning.
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* YoureNotMyFather: When Lisa found out that Homer betted against her, she disowns him. Unlike in "Lisa's Pony" and "The Dad Who Knew Too Little", where she was just angry but eventually forgives Homer, she takes her mother's surname to show that she officially hates him on par with her aunts.
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* YoureNotMyFather: When Lisa found out that Homer betted against her, she disowns him. Unlike in "Lisa's Pony" "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E8LisasPony Lisa's Pony]]" and "The "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E8TheDadWhoKnewTooLittle The Dad Who Knew Too Little", Little]]", where she was just angry but eventually forgives Homer, she takes her mother's surname to show that she officially hates him on par with her aunts.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Marge disapproves about Homer's break-up service, she asks him, "What would happen if there was someone who can break us up every time I had my doubts about you?" It's after this that Homer ends his business.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Marge disapproves about voices disapproval of Homer's break-up service, she asks him, "What would happen if there was someone who can break us up every time I had my doubts about you?" It's after this that Homer ends his business.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Marge disapproves about Homer's break-up service, she asks him, "What would happen if there was someone who can break us up every time I had my doubts about you?" It's after this that Homer ends his business.
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* HiddenDepths: ''[[StrawLoser Gil]]'' of all people turns out to be very good at crosswords.
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In this episode written by Tim Long, Lisa becomes a crossword puzzle master and Homer bets money on her competitions to make up for revenue lost from his couples' break-up company.
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* BigNo: Homer's response to Lisa changing her last name to "Bouvier."
* BigYes: Homer's response to buying band candy.
* BigYes: Homer's response to buying band candy.
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* NomDeMom: When Homer bets against Lisa, it hurts her feelings to the point she decides to use her mother's maiden name.
* ThrowTheDogABone: A very rare instance with Gil actually succeeding at something, at the cost of him looking like a {{Jerkass}} to a child like Lisa.
* ThrowTheDogABone: A very rare instance with Gil actually succeeding at something, at the cost of him looking like a {{Jerkass}} to a child like Lisa.
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* NomDeMom: When Homer bets against Lisa, it hurts her feelings to the point she decides to use her mother's maiden name.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: A very rare instance with Gil actually succeeding at something, at the cost of him looking like a {{Jerkass}} to a child likeLisa.Lisa.
* YoureNotMyFather: When Lisa found out that Homer betted against her, she disowns him. Unlike in "Lisa's Pony" and "The Dad Who Knew Too Little", where she was just angry but eventually forgives Homer, she takes her mother's surname to show that she officially hates him on par with her aunts.
* ThrowTheDogABone: A very rare instance with Gil actually succeeding at something, at the cost of him looking like a {{Jerkass}} to a child like
* YoureNotMyFather: When Lisa found out that Homer betted against her, she disowns him. Unlike in "Lisa's Pony" and "The Dad Who Knew Too Little", where she was just angry but eventually forgives Homer, she takes her mother's surname to show that she officially hates him on par with her aunts.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Homer finds the bartender quite judgmental for taking semi illegal bets when he shames him for taking a bet against his daughter.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: A very rare instance with Gil actually succeeding at something, at the cost of him looking like a {{Jerkass}} to a child like Lisa.
* ThrowTheDogABone: A very rare instance with Gil actually succeeding at something, at the cost of him looking like a {{Jerkass}} to a child like Lisa.
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* NomDeMom: When Homer bets against Lisa, it hurts her feelings to the point she decides to use her mother's maiden name.
* WhatAnIdiot: Homer telling Lisa he was betting in regards to the crossword puzzles in and in itself was grey, but alone wasn't stupid. Homer telling her only about his final bet, however, was.
* WhatAnIdiot: Homer telling Lisa he was betting in regards to the crossword puzzles in and in itself was grey, but alone wasn't stupid. Homer telling her only about his final bet, however, was.
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* NomDeMom: When Homer bets against Lisa, it hurts her feelings to the point she decides to use her mother's maiden name.
* WhatAnIdiot: Homer telling Lisa he was betting in regards to the crossword puzzles in and in itself was grey, but alone wasn't stupid. Homer telling her only about his final bet, however, was.name.
* WhatAnIdiot: Homer telling Lisa he was betting in regards to the crossword puzzles in and in itself was grey, but alone wasn't stupid. Homer telling her only about his final bet, however, was.
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* NomDeMom: When Homer bets against Lisa, it hurts her feelings to the point she decides to use her mother's maiden name.
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* NomDeMom: When Homer bets against Lisa, it hurts her feelings to the point she decides to use her mother's maiden name.name.
* WhatAnIdiot: Homer telling Lisa he was betting in regards to the crossword puzzles in and in itself was grey, but alone wasn't stupid. Homer telling her only about his final bet, however, was.
* WhatAnIdiot: Homer telling Lisa he was betting in regards to the crossword puzzles in and in itself was grey, but alone wasn't stupid. Homer telling her only about his final bet, however, was.
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Lisa becomes a crossword puzzle master and Homer bets money on her competitions to make up for revenue lost from his couples' break-up company.
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* ComicallySmallBribe: When Bart and Lisa's lemonade stand is about to be shut down for not having a proper license, Bart drops some cents to bribe the inspector. It obviously fails.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Homer, Marge, Bart and Maggie have shirts with the letters to spell Lisa's name and accidentally spell "Ilsa" when Lisa is playing against a rival who goes by that name.
* NomDeMom: When Homer bets against Lisa, it hurts her feelings to the point she decides to use her mother's maiden name.
!! Tropes:
* ComicallySmallBribe: When Bart and Lisa's lemonade stand is about to be shut down for not having a proper license, Bart drops some cents to bribe the inspector. It obviously fails.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Homer, Marge, Bart and Maggie have shirts with the letters to spell Lisa's name and accidentally spell "Ilsa" when Lisa is playing against a rival who goes by that name.
* NomDeMom: When Homer bets against Lisa, it hurts her feelings to the point she decides to use her mother's maiden name.
