History Recap / TheSimpsonsS20E7MypodsAndBoomsticks

* LaserGuidedKarma: Homer's insistence that Bashir's family are terrorists, and his refusal to think through his plan to "foil" his scheme, results in his accidentally blowing up the Duff Brewery bridge, much to his horror.

* BadJobWorseUniform: What Lisa is reduced to at the end. She has to WorkOffTheDebt she accrued to Apple Inc. for downloading too many songs and dresses up as an [=iPod=] handing out leaflets saying "Think Differently".

* OutOfContextEavesdropping: When trying to find out if Bashir's parents are terrorists, Homer spies on one of their conversation where the husband is talking about his job demolishing the old Springfield mall, but he parts he hears make it sound like he is a suicide bomber.

* NoodleIncident: Due to the fact that his mom is sleeping with Moe, Kearney belongs to a cult Moe started to get out of jury duty.

* {{Fainting}}: Lisa when she realises that her ShockinglyExpensiveBill is the result of her not being mindful enough of her excessive downloading, or the cost of the songs.

* HeresJohnnyHomage: Homer has a dream in which he flying on a magic carpet, and has a lamp that contains the genie from [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Disney's Aladdin]]. Like that genie, this one does a series of impersonations, including a Jack Nicholson impersonation where he shouts "Here's Genie!".

* ActorAllusion: Creator/DanCastellaneta provides the voice of [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the Genie]] in Homer's nightmare, just like he does in ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfJafar'' and ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries''.

* ActorAllusion: Creator/DanCastellaneta provides the voice of [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} the Genie]], just like he does in ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfJafar'' and ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries''.

* UnfortunateNames: Bashir's last name is [[UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden Bin Laden]].

* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to ''Film/BedknobsAndBroomsticks''.

** During the dream where Genie transforms Springfield, a music store is changed to only have aisles of [=CDs=] by Cat Stevens (though ever since his conversion to Islam, he now goes by Yusuf).

* WorkOffTheDebt: Lisa working to pay for her [="MyBill"=]

* WhatTheHellHero: To a point, as Homer was perfectly tolerant of Bashir and his family until Moe and his friends basically told him to be intolerant and jingoistic ''for no reason at all'' (other than the fact that what they believe about Muslims is a reflection of what most people believe about Muslims in RealLife, ''especially'' in a post-9/11 world). Homer's actions also merit this.

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* CastingGag: In Homer's fearful nightmare following his suspicions of Bashir's family, [[{{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}} Genie]] appears and transforms Springfield into a stereotypical Muslim caricature. Homer's voice actor Dan Castellaneta was the replacement voice for Creator/RobinWilliams' Genie in ''[[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar The Return of Jafar]]'', the [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries Aladdin animated TV show]], and the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' video game series.

* HeresJohnnyHomage: Homer has a dream in which he flying on a magic carpet, and has a lamp that contains the genie from [[WesternAnimation/Aladdin Disney's Aladdin]]. Like that genie, this one does a series of impersonations, including a Jack Nicholson impersonation where he shouts "Here's Genie!".

* OutOfContextEavesdropping: When trying to find out if Bashir's parents are terrorists, Homer spies on one of their conversation where the husband is talking about his job demolishing the old Springfeild mall, but he parts he hears make it sound like he is a suicide bomber.

* CastingGag: In Homer's fearful nightmare following his suspicions of Bashir's family, [[{{Disney/Aladdin}} Genie]] appears and transforms Springfield into a stereotypical Muslim caricature. Homer's voice actor Dan Castellaneta was the replacement voice for Creator/RobinWilliams' Genie in ''[[Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar The Return of Jafar]]'', the [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries Aladdin animated TV show]], and the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' video game series.

* BadJobWorseUniform: What Lisa is reduced to at the end. She has to WorkOffTheDebt she accrued to Apple Inc. for downloading too many songs and dresses up as an [=iPhone=] handing out leaflets saying Think Differently.

* BlandNameProduct: The "Mapple" Bar with its [=MyPods=] and [=MyPhones=].

* SkewedPriorities: When the Duff truck falls into the sea, Homer dives towards it to rescue as much of its cargo but doesn't care about the unconscious driver.