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* BlandNameProduct: Moe has a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii Zii console]] set up in his tavern, which Manjula and Gheet have fun playing with.

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* BlandNameProduct: Moe has a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii [[Platform/NintendoWii Zii console]] set up in his tavern, which Manjula and Gheet have fun playing with.
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* AsHimself: Don Pardo has brief cameo appearance to comment on Moe's narrating.
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While the men are with their children on a trip, Moe sends them a letter telling them he’ll be with one of their wives. As the men ponder, they wonder what went wrong in their relationship.

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While the men are with their children on a trip, Moe sends them a letter telling them he’ll be leaving Springfield with one of their wives. As the men ponder, they wonder what went wrong in their relationship.



* ContinuityNod: Apu doesn't really have to wonder what went wrong in his relationship the moment he remembers he cheated on his wife.

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* ContinuityNod: Apu doesn't really have to wonder what went wrong in his relationship the moment he remembers he [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E19TheSweetestApu cheated on his wife.wife]].



* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Implied for Krusty. Krusty's Mother's Day sketch features Mr. Teeny in a Krusty hat while Krusty dresses as, presumably, his mother. He screams, "I destroyed my body to give birth to you!?"

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* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Implied for Krusty. Krusty's Mother's Day sketch features Mr. Teeny in a Krusty hat while Krusty dresses as, presumably, his mother. He screams, "I destroyed my body to give birth to you!?"''you''?!"



-->'''Operator:''' You had that scar before you got on.
-->'''Bart:''' What scar?
-->'''Operator:''' Oh, you'll find out.

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-->'''Operator:''' You had that scar before you got on. \n-->'''Bart:''' \\
'''Bart:'''
What scar?
-->'''Operator:'''
scar?\\
'''Operator:'''
Oh, you'll find out.
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* PreemptiveDeclaration: From a ride operator at Weasel Island.

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* PreemptiveDeclaration: From a ride operator at [[CrappyCarnival Weasel Island.Island]].
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* PreemptiveDeclaration: From a ride operator at Weasel Island.
-->'''Operator:''' You had that scar before you got on.
-->'''Bart:''' What scar?
-->'''Operator:''' Oh, you'll find out.

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* RedLiveLobster: The episode has a scene with a live lobster snapping its claws, even though it's bright red.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: When Bart inserted money inside a fortune-telling machine, he got a card saying "you'll lose all your money". He reacted by inserting more money inside the machine.

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* RedLiveLobster: The episode has a scene with Before Homer boards the cruise, we can see a live lobster snapping its claws, even though it's bright red.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: When Bart inserted inserts money inside a fortune-telling machine, he got a card saying "you'll lose all your money". He reacted reacts by inserting more money inside the machine.



* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.

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* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: At the start of the episode, Skinner's car has broken down, and he pushes it from behind. In the front seat, Agnes asks, "Why couldn't ''you'' have died instead of the car?"
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* RedLiveLobster: The episode has a scene with a live lobster snapping its claws, even though it's bright red.
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* BlandNameProduct: Moe has a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii Zii console]] set up in his tavern, which Manjula and Gheet have fun playing with.


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* LiteralMinded: After being told by Reverend Lovejoy "think back" on how his relationship with Marge could've been strained, Homer thinks all the way back to when he was an infant.
--> '''Reverend Lovejoy:''' Not ''that'' far back!

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* CrappyCarnival: Weasel Island's amusement park is the quality you'd expect from any Krusty-endorsed product. The attractions are not only disturbing, such as a Civil War prison, they're outright dangerous, with Ralph being flung off one and Lisa getting stuck inside a carousel horse. The ride operator also appears to be under the influence.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The Itchy and Scratchy short in this episode is a parody of ''A Trip to the Moon''. It's in black-and-white, and the characters move their mouths without speaking, with subtitle cards in French appearing right after.



* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: Moe.

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* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: Moe.Moe plays an important role in the episode, while also narrating it. During the narration, the camera focuses on Moe as he describes how handsome he is; he then notices and shoos it away to focus on something else.



* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Implied for Krusty. Krusty's Mother's Day sketch features Mr. Teeny in a Krusty hat while Krusty dresses as, presumably, his mother. He screams, "I destroyed my body to give birth to you!?"
* HolidayEpisode: This episode takes place on Mother's Day. Homer decides to go on a cruise with the kids to give Marge some time alone.



* IncrediblyLameFun: Rather than going to bed with Helen, Tim Lovejoy prefers to paint the mustaches on his train conductor figures.



* PhotoMontage: The episode ends with a montage of photographs of characters and their mothers, ending with Homer and Mona, as "I'll Always Love My Mama" plays over it.



* TheVoiceless: Jessica, the Lovejoy's daughter, doesn't speak.

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* TheVoiceless: Jessica, the Lovejoy's Lovejoys' daughter, is seen when Tim arrives home at the end of the episode, but she doesn't speak.
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Removing potholed trope name, redundant second trope, and fixing grammar.


* GilliganCut and HypocriticalHumor: Homer says he was at Moe's "being my usual, effervescent self." A FlashbackCut shows him passed out at the bar.

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* GilliganCut and HypocriticalHumor: GilliganCut: Homer says he was at Moe's "being my usual, effervescent self." A FlashbackCut shows him passed out at the bar.



* [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than He Looks]]: For someone with as terrible a dating history as Moe sure knows his way on fixing a relationship.

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* [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than He Looks]]: SmarterThanYouLook: For someone with as terrible a dating history as Moe Moe, he sure knows his way on around fixing a relationship.
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Moe had a date the season before this


* [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than He Looks]]: For someone who hasn't able to score a date since season nine's "Dumbbell Indemnity," Moe sure knows his way on fixing a relationship.

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* [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than He Looks]]: For someone who hasn't able to score with as terrible a date since season nine's "Dumbbell Indemnity," dating history as Moe sure knows his way on fixing a relationship.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Apu says his wife wouldn't cheat on him like he cheated on her and then he gets worried.


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* HypocriticalHumor: Manjula berates Apu for forgetting one of their kids at Moe's but she also forgot him and, when she goes back there to pick him up, she has to read his name tag to know which son he is.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.
* TheVoiceless: Jessica, the Lovejoy's daughter, doesn't speak.

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* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.
* TheVoiceless: Jessica, the Lovejoy's daughter, doesn't speak.speak.
* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.

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* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.
* TheVoiceless: Jessica, the Lovejoy's daughter, doesn't speak.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As the fathers worry about one of their wives being taken by Moe, their kids suffer several misfortunes at the rundown amusement park that they don't notice.
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* PetTheDog: Jacqueline tells Marge that Homer's outburst during her birthday party was provoked by Patty and Selma.
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* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Moe Has Standards]]: Moe seeing the wives of other men not being respected got him upset.

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* [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Moe Has Standards]]: EveryoneHasStandards: Moe seeing the wives of other men not being respected got him upset.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: Moe's narration briefly becomes derailed when he spots Marge in a towel.
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* ContinuityNod: Apu doesn't really have to wonder what went wrong in his relationship the moment he remembers he cheated on his wife.



* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.

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* WholePlotReference: To ''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''ALetterToThreeWives''.

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* WholePlotReference: To ''ALetterToThreeWives''.''Film/ALetterToThreeWives''.
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* WholePlotReference: To ''ALetterToThreeWives''.
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: When Bart inserted money inside a fortune-telling machine, he got a card saying "you'll lose all your money". He reacted by inserting more money inside the machine.
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* GilliganCut: Homer says he was at Moe's "being my usual, effervescent self." A FlashbackCut shows him passed out at the bar.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Moe had to do something.
* [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than He Looks]]: For someone who hasn't able to score a date, Moe sure knows his way on fixing a relationship.

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* GilliganCut: GilliganCut and HypocriticalHumor: Homer says he was at Moe's "being my usual, effervescent self." A FlashbackCut shows him passed out at the bar.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Moe had to do something.
something to make Homer, Apu, and Reverend Lovejoy realize that they've been treating their wives like garbage.
* [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than He Looks]]: For someone who hasn't able to score a date, date since season nine's "Dumbbell Indemnity," Moe sure knows his way on fixing a relationship.

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* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: Moe

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* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: MoeMoe.
* GilliganCut: Homer says he was at Moe's "being my usual, effervescent self." A FlashbackCut shows him passed out at the bar.
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* [[EvenEvilkHasStandards Even Moe Has Standards]]: Moe seeing the wives of other men not being respected got him upset.

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* [[EvenEvilkHasStandards [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Moe Has Standards]]: Moe seeing the wives of other men not being respected got him upset.
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While the men are with their children on a trip, Moe sends them a letter telling them he’ll be with one of their wives. As the men ponder, they wonder what went wrong in their relationship.

!!Tropes of this episode:
* [[EvenEvilkHasStandards Even Moe Has Standards]]: Moe seeing the wives of other men not being respected got him upset.
* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: Moe
* JerkassHasAPoint: Moe had to do something.
* [[SmarterThanYouLook Smarter Than He Looks]]: For someone who hasn't able to score a date, Moe sure knows his way on fixing a relationship.

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