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* BribeBackfire: attempts to bribe the prison guards by Mr Burns quickly fail as the guards take the money then imprison him anyway.
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*ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Bart says he didn't mean to kill their ants, Homer passes by thinking he meant that Patty and Selma are dead (probably misshearing "ants" as "aunts")
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* StatusQuoIsGod: Even if all his "evil" is absorbed from his body, not only is Mr. Burns seemingly no different afterwards (we don't see much, if any, of the "new", un-"evil" Burns, it's revealed he had some spare "evil" in his toes that quickly multiplied and brought him back to normal.

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* StatusQuoIsGod: Even if all his "evil" is absorbed from his body, not only is Mr. Burns seemingly no different afterwards (we don't see much, if any, of the "new", un-"evil" Burns, Burns), and it's revealed he had some spare "evil" in his toes that quickly multiplied and brought him back to normal.
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* StatusQuoIsGod: Even if all his "evil" is absorbed from his body, not only is Mr. Burns seemingly no different afterwards (we don't see much, if any, of the "new", un-"evil" Burns, it's revealed he had some spare "evil" in his toes that quickly multiplied and brought him back to normal.
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* UngratefulBastards: Smithers is a pretty fair boss to Homer, Lenny, and Carl until he overhears them speaking bad about him right after he gave each of them a day off.

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* UngratefulBastards: UngratefulBastard: Smithers is a pretty fair boss to Homer, Lenny, and Carl until he overhears them speaking bad about him right after he gave each of them a day off.
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*UngratefulBastards: Smithers is a pretty fair boss to Homer, Lenny, and Carl until he overhears them speaking bad about him right after he gave each of them a day off.
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* ProducePelting: Mr. Burns is on the receiving end of one while being taken to prison.

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* ProducePelting: Mr. Burns is on the receiving end of one while being taken to prison.prison.
* WeWantOurJerkBack: Homer, Lenny and Carl break Mr Burns out of prison because they find Smithers to be an even worse boss.
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* ObnoxiousInLaws: When Homer overhears the talk about dead ants, he thinks the kids meant "dead ''aunts''" and his sisters-in-law are dead. He rejoices and hopes they suffered.
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* BaitAndSwitch: What the guard thinks is a social security card is actually Mr. Burns’s [[ThoseWackyNazis SS]] membership card.
** Burns tries to blackmail the warden by revealing knowledge of his addiction to something beginning with “H”. It turns out to be [[GRatedDrug helium]].
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* BadBoss: Smithers becomes worse than Burns after discovering the guys were seeing his benevolence as weakness to exploit. e releases wolverines instead of hounds.

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* BadBoss: Smithers becomes worse than Burns after discovering the guys were seeing his benevolence as weakness to exploit. e He releases wolverines instead of hounds.
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!!This episode contains examples of (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS21E17AmericanHistoryXCellent here]]):

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* BlatantLies: Homer's rotten pumpkin isn't to pelt Mr. Burns with. It's his lunch. Even pretending to eat it doesn't convince Marge.



* HowWeGotHere: The episode starts with Homer, Lenny and Carl disguised as guards getting Mr. Burns out of prison. Burns then starts telling about the events that led to his imprisonment.

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* HowWeGotHere: The episode starts with Homer, Lenny and Carl disguised as guards getting Mr. Burns out of prison. Burns then starts telling about the events that led to his imprisonment.imprisonment.
* ProducePelting: Mr. Burns is on the receiving end of one while being taken to prison.

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* BadBoss: Smithers becomes worse than Burns after discovering the guys were seeing his benevolence as weakness to exploit. e releases wolverines instead of hounds.



* ExactEavesdropping: This is how Smithers learns what Homer, Lenny and Carl really think of him.

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* ExactEavesdropping: This is how Smithers learns what Homer, Lenny and Carl really think of him. Lampshaded by Carl that nothing is better than immediately backstabbing someone they just had a conversation with the moment he seemly walks off.

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!!This episode contains examples of (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS21E17AmericanHistoryXCellent here]]):

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Mr. Burns goes to jail for harboring stolen art, leaving Smithers in charge of the plant. Meanwhile Bart and Lisa care for some ants.

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* BenevolentBoss: After Mr. Burns is sent to prison, Smithers tries to be one but changes his mind after he realizes how the employees take advantage of benevolent bosses.
* ExactEavesdropping: This is how Smithers learns what Homer, Lenny and Carl really think of him.
* HowWeGotHere: The episode starts with Homer, Lenny and Carl disguised as guards getting Mr. Burns out of prison. Burns then starts telling about the events that led to his imprisonment.
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!!This episode contains examples of (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS21E17AmericanHistoryXCellent]]):[[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS21E17AmericanHistoryXCellent here]]):
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