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* TooDumbToLive: Ricardo falls under this as he took too much time to gloat at Homer driving off the cliff. He attempts to say his {{Catchphrase}}, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to get his car struck by a cliffside]].

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* TooDumbToLive: Ricardo falls under this as he took too much time to gloat at Homer driving off the cliff. He attempts to say his {{Catchphrase}}, catchphrase, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to get his car struck by a cliffside]].
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Ricardo attempts this before crashing into a cliffside.

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* {{Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: Ricardo attempts this before crashing into a cliffside.
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* TooDumbToLive: Ricardo falls under this as he took too much time to gloat at Homer driving off the cliff. He attempts to say his {{Catchphrase}}, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to get his car struck by a cliffside.

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* TooDumbToLive: Ricardo falls under this as he took too much time to gloat at Homer driving off the cliff. He attempts to say his {{Catchphrase}}, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to get his car struck by a cliffside.cliffside]].
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Ricardo attempts this before [[spoiler: crashing into a cliffside]].

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* {{Catchphrase}}: Ricardo attempts this before [[spoiler: crashing into a cliffside]].cliffside.



* TakeThatAudience: An unintentional one to the creator of Ricardo Bomba, Peggy Black. Following the [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Best. Character. Ever.]] Contest (which her character won), after making his debut in the episode intent on starting his new life in Springfield as of tomorrow, he [[spoiler: unceremoniously dies in a car crash while TemptingFate]].

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* TakeThatAudience: An unintentional one to the creator of Ricardo Bomba, Peggy Black. Following the [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Best. Character. Ever.]] Contest (which her character won), after making his debut in the episode intent on starting his new life in Springfield as of tomorrow, he [[spoiler: unceremoniously dies in a car crash while TemptingFate]].TemptingFate.



* TooDumbToLive: Ricardo falls under this as he took too much time to gloat at Homer driving off the cliff. [[spoiler: He attempts to say his {{Catchphrase}}, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to get his car struck by a cliffside]]. He may have been right that someone was playing the WhatAnIdiot trope, but it turned out to be him.]]

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* TooDumbToLive: Ricardo falls under this as he took too much time to gloat at Homer driving off the cliff. [[spoiler: He attempts to say his {{Catchphrase}}, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to get his car struck by a cliffside]]. He may have been right that someone was playing the WhatAnIdiot trope, but it turned out to be him.]]cliffside.
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* ContinuityNod: The novelty checks have [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E4TwoCarsInEveryGarageAndThreeEyesOnEveryFish Governer Bailey's]] signature on them.

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-->'''[[{{JerkWithAHeartOfJerk}} Worker]]:''' They should have had their fun before they came here!

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-->'''[[{{JerkWithAHeartOfJerk}} -->'''[[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Worker]]:''' They should have had their fun before they came here!



* KarmaHoudini: Bart receives no comeuppance for blackmailing Homer for privileges except that he finally stops obeying him.
** Also the retirement home workers for destroying the Zii in the dishwasher (though that goes along with the fact that the elderly are always getting screwed over on the show, with the abusers not getting what's coming to them).

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* KarmaHoudini: KarmaHoudini:
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Bart receives no comeuppance for blackmailing Homer for privileges except that he finally stops obeying him.
** Also Also, the retirement home workers for destroying the Zii in the dishwasher (though that goes along with the fact that the elderly are always getting screwed over on the show, with the abusers not getting what's coming to them).



* TaxmanTakesTheWinnings: When the million-dollar prize was collected, there's one GiantNoveltyCheck for the winner's share, and another one for the taxes -- nearly one third of the total. Also, it's revealed that the money taken for taxes will go to cover a survey to decide what to do with the money...which had already been spent on the survey.

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* TaxmanTakesTheWinnings: When the million-dollar prize was collected, there's one GiantNoveltyCheck for the winner's share, and another one for the taxes -- nearly one third of the total. Also, it's revealed that the money taken for taxes will go to cover a survey to decide what to do with the money... which had already been spent on the survey.
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* TaxmanTakesTheWinnings: When the million-dollar prize was collected, there's one GiantNoveltyCheck for the winner's share, and another one for the taxes -- nearly one third of the total.

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* TaxmanTakesTheWinnings: When the million-dollar prize was collected, there's one GiantNoveltyCheck for the winner's share, and another one for the taxes -- nearly one third of the total. Also, it's revealed that the money taken for taxes will go to cover a survey to decide what to do with the money...which had already been spent on the survey.
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* PornStash: Parodied when Homer rewards Barney for helping him by letting him browse his stash of adult magazines... like ''The Economist''.

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* PornStash: Parodied when Homer rewards Barney for helping him by letting him browse his stash of adult magazines... like ''The Economist''.''Magazine/TheEconomist''.
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* JerkassBall: For once not (as much) Homer, whose actions are thoughtless but prove to have well meaning intent. Bart however hijacks Homer's plan to indulge himself and essentially make Homer his slave.
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* PornStash: Parodied when Homer rewards Barney for helping him by letting him browse his stash of adult magazines... like ''The Economist''.
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* SpecialGuest: Chris Martin of [[Music/{{Coldplay}}]].

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* SpecialGuest: Chris Martin of [[Music/{{Coldplay}}]].Music/{{Coldplay}}.
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* SpecialGuest: Chris Martin of Music/Coldplay.

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* SpecialGuest: Chris Martin of Music/Coldplay.[[Music/{{Coldplay}}]].
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* Catchphrase: Ricardo attempts this before [[spoiler: crashing into a cliffside]].

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* Catchphrase: {{Catchphrase}}: Ricardo attempts this before [[spoiler: crashing into a cliffside]].



* TooDumbToLive: Ricardo falls under this as he took too much time to gloat at Homer driving off the cliff. [[spoiler: He attempts to say his Catchphrase, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to get his car struck by a cliffside]]. He may have been right that someone was playing the WhatAnIdiot trope, but it turned out to be him.]]

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* TooDumbToLive: Ricardo falls under this as he took too much time to gloat at Homer driving off the cliff. [[spoiler: He attempts to say his Catchphrase, {{Catchphrase}}, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to get his car struck by a cliffside]]. He may have been right that someone was playing the WhatAnIdiot trope, but it turned out to be him.]]

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* Catchphrase: Ricardo attempts this before [[spoiler: crashing into a cliffside]].



* TakeThatAudience: An unintentional one to the creator of Ricardo Bomba, Peggy Black. Following the [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Best. Character. Ever.]] Contest (which her character won), after making his debut in the episode as a new employee to the Nuclear Power Plant as of tomorrow, he unceremoniously dies in a car crash while TemptingFate.

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* TakeThatAudience: An unintentional one to the creator of Ricardo Bomba, Peggy Black. Following the [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Best. Character. Ever.]] Contest (which her character won), after making his debut in the episode as a intent on starting his new employee to the Nuclear Power Plant life in Springfield as of tomorrow, he [[spoiler: unceremoniously dies in a car crash while TemptingFate.TemptingFate]].


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* TooDumbToLive: Ricardo falls under this as he took too much time to gloat at Homer driving off the cliff. [[spoiler: He attempts to say his Catchphrase, [[LaserGuidedKarma only to get his car struck by a cliffside]]. He may have been right that someone was playing the WhatAnIdiot trope, but it turned out to be him.]]
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* KilledMidSentence: The new character, Ricardo Bomba.
-->'''Ricardo:''' Soon you will be...


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* SpecialGuest: Chris Martin of Music/Coldplay.
* TakeThatAudience: An unintentional one to the creator of Ricardo Bomba, Peggy Black. Following the [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Best. Character. Ever.]] Contest (which her character won), after making his debut in the episode as a new employee to the Nuclear Power Plant as of tomorrow, he unceremoniously dies in a car crash while TemptingFate.

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* IntimidatingRevenueService: When the million-dollar prize was collected, they took nearly one fourth of it.


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* TaxmanTakesTheWinnings: When the million-dollar prize was collected, there's one GiantNoveltyCheck for the winner's share, and another one for the taxes -- nearly one third of the total.
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* GratuitousSpanish: While waiting in line to buy the lottery ticket, Homer picked up a book to learn Spanish and managed to describe his day in that language to Bumblebee Man.

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* GratuitousSpanish: While waiting in line to buy the lottery ticket, Homer picked up a book to learn Spanish and managed to describe his day in that language to Chespirito the Bumblebee Man.



** Also the retirement home workers for destroying the Zii in the dishwasher.

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** Also the retirement home workers for destroying the Zii in the dishwasher.dishwasher (though that goes along with the fact that the elderly are always getting screwed over on the show, with the abusers not getting what's coming to them).
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-->'''Worker:''' They should have had their fun before they came here!

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-->'''Worker:''' -->'''[[{{JerkWithAHeartOfJerk}} Worker]]:''' They should have had their fun before they came here!

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* ElderAbuse: The workers at the retirement home are shown to destroy the Funtendo Zii that Lisa brought so they wouldn't have to actually serve to the residents' needs.
-->'''Lisa:''' I can't believe you would ruin their fun to make your jobs easier.
-->'''Worker:''' They should have had their fun before they came here!


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** Also the retirement home workers for destroying the Zii in the dishwasher.
* ShoutOut: The Zii getting ruined in the dishwasher is based on the myth that the NES was dishwasher-safe.
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* GratuitousSpanish: While waiting in line to buy the lottery ticket, Homer picked up a book to learn Spanish and managed to describe his day in that language to Bumblebee Man.
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* KarmaHoudini: Bart receives no comeuppance for blackmailing Homer for privileges except that he finally stops.

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* KarmaHoudini: Bart receives no comeuppance for blackmailing Homer for privileges except that he finally stops.stops obeying him.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Zigzagged. Homer stands up Marge to buy a lottery ticket, but upon actually winning the jackpot, he spends all of it on gifts for his family until Bart corrupts him. He still uses his final earnings on a lavish gift for Marge.
* KarmaHoudini: Bart receives no comeuppance for blackmailing Homer for privileges except that he finally stops.

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Homer wins $1 million dollars in a lottery and must hide his winnings when he realized that he left a wedding reception just to get the ticket. Meanwhile, Lisa teaches the elderly how to play video games.

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Homer wins $1 a million dollars in a lottery and must hide his winnings when he realized that he left a wedding reception just to get the ticket. Meanwhile, Lisa teaches the elderly how to play video games. \n\n!! Tropes:\n
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* ThoseWackyNazis: There was a video game where the player kills Nazis. As Mr. Burns was playing it, he commented that's not how ''he'' remembered it.

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* ThoseWackyNazis: There was a video game where the player kills Nazis. As Mr. Burns was playing it, he commented that's not how ''he'' remembered it.it.
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* IntimidatingRevenueService: When the million-dollar prize was collected, they took nearly one fourth of it.

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* IntimidatingRevenueService: When the million-dollar prize was collected, they took nearly one fourth of it.
* ThoseWackyNazis: There was a video game where the player kills Nazis. As Mr. Burns was playing it, he commented that's not how ''he'' remembered
it.
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Homer wins $1 million dollars in a lottery and must hide his winnings when he realized that he left a wedding reception just to get the ticket. Meanwhile, Lisa teaches the elderly how to play video games.

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* IntimidatingRevenueService: When the million-dollar prize was collected, they took nearly one fourth of it.

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