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** Milhouse denies that the animatronics seen during the show aren't real dinosaurs, since dinosaurs are [[BarneyAndFriends supposed to sing.]] Judginf from the mass reaction many of the other children may have been under similiar perceptions.

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** Milhouse denies that the animatronics seen during the show aren't real dinosaurs, since dinosaurs are [[BarneyAndFriends supposed to sing.]] Judginf Judging from the mass reaction many of the other children may have been under similiar perceptions.
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** Milhouse denies that the animatronics seen during the show aren't real dinosaurs, since dinosaurs are [[Barney&Friends supposed to sing.]] Judginf from the mass reaction many of the other children may have been under similiar perceptions.

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** Milhouse denies that the animatronics seen during the show aren't real dinosaurs, since dinosaurs are [[Barney&Friends [[BarneyAndFriends supposed to sing.]] Judginf from the mass reaction many of the other children may have been under similiar perceptions.
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** Milhouse denies that the animatronics seen during the show aren't real dinosaurs, since dinosaurs are [[Barney&Friends supposed to sing.]] Judginf from the mass reaction many of the other children may have been under similiar perceptions.


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* RealityEnsues: The majority of children at the show are terrified by the life sized animtronic dinosaurs and run within moments of the show starting.
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** When Marge tries to defend the books by saying Lisa still liked the stories when she red them, Lisa points out that Betty Crocker was never a real person but an invention of men in the 20's. Marge pretends not to be hurt but then goes out and empties all her Betty Crockers in the trash.

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** When Marge tries to defend the books by saying Lisa still liked the stories when she red read them, Lisa points out that Betty Crocker was never a real person but an invention of men in the 20's. Marge pretends not to be hurt but then goes out outside and empties all her Betty Crockers in the trash.
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** When Marge tries to defend the books by saying Lisa still liked the stories when she red them, Lisa points out that Betty Crocker was never a real person but an invention of men in the 20's. Marge pretends not to be hurt but then goes out and empties all her Betty Crockers in the trash.

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* NeverLearnedToRead: Neil Gaiman somehow manages to have a writing career, despite this.



* NeverLearnedToRead: Neil Gaiman somehow manages to have a writing career, despite this.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Mrs. Skinner tells her son to wash her undergarments again just because Homer and Bart saw them.
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* KansasCityShuffle and NoodleIncident: Homer and Bart did something in Kansas City that was illegal. We don't find out what it is.

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* KansasCityShuffle and NoodleIncident: Homer and Bart did something in Kansas City that was illegal.regrettable. We don't find out what it is.
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* BasementDweller: Principal Skinner joins the crew to have enough money to move out of his mother's house.



* FakeDefector: When the crew breaks in the printing room, the Executive is aware of this because Lisa informed him in exchange of getting to write a sequel to the book. It turns out she's just tricking him into revealing his passowrd so she can see to it that the original book will be printed instead of the vampire-themed version.
* HypocriticalHumor: When Lisa "reveals" herself to the rest of the crew as a traitor, Patty comments that it's always a woman who betrays the team.



* StrictlyFormula: The ''Angelica Buttons'' series and other popular books. Our protagonists try to make some quick money by writing a book the same way, but accidentally evolve the story into something good, become attached to it, and fight to prevent ExecutiveMeddling from ruining it.

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* StrictlyFormula: The ''Angelica Buttons'' series and other popular books. Our protagonists try to make some quick money by writing a book the same way, but accidentally evolve the story into something good, become attached to it, and fight to prevent ExecutiveMeddling from ruining it.it.
* TemptingFate: After Lisa explains how she tricked the Executive into publishing the crew's original story, she comments that the best part is that she's been credited as the author. She then opens a copy of the book and learns Neil Gaiman got that credit.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: After it's revealed to the viewers that the company published the original book instead of the vampire-themed version, Lisa explains how it happened. Knowing the crew would fail without the Executive's computer password to allow them to send the book's original version to the printing machines, she pretended to betray them so the Executive would trust her with the password and she would insert the pendrive with the original book instead of the one with the vampire story. Then she sees Neil Gaiman credited as the author instead of her and the next scene features Gaiman commenting that Lisa never thought there might be ''three'' pendrives.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hilariously discussed. When Homer gets taken away by security for taking a nap inside a dinosaur head he protests that it's not against the law to sleep inside a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head, to which the guards respond that he inside an ''Allosaurus''.[[note]]In Homer's defense, the head actually looks more like that of a ''Tyrannosaurus'', having a much bulkier skull shape and none of the brow horns ''Allosaurus'' is known for having.[[/note]]

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hilariously discussed. When Homer gets taken away by security for taking a nap inside a dinosaur head he protests that it's not against the law to sleep inside in a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head, to which the guards respond that he he's inside an ''Allosaurus''.[[note]]In Homer's defense, the head actually looks more like that of a ''Tyrannosaurus'', having a much bulkier skull shape and none of the brow horns ''Allosaurus'' is known for having.[[/note]]
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hilariously discussed. When he gets taken away by security for taking a nap inside a dinosaur head he protests that it's not against the law to sleep inside a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head. The guards respond that he inside an ''Allosaurus''.[[note]]In Homer's defense, the head actually looks more like that of a ''Tyrannosaurus'', having a much bulkier skull shape and none of the brow horns ''Allosaurus'' is known for having.[[/note]]

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hilariously discussed. When he Homer gets taken away by security for taking a nap inside a dinosaur head he protests that it's not against the law to sleep inside a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head. The head, to which the guards respond that he inside an ''Allosaurus''.[[note]]In Homer's defense, the head actually looks more like that of a ''Tyrannosaurus'', having a much bulkier skull shape and none of the brow horns ''Allosaurus'' is known for having.[[/note]]
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hilariously discussed. Homer takes a nap inside what he thinks is a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head, and the security who takes him away afterwards state it's an ''Allosaurus''.[[note]]In Homer's defense, the head actually looks more like that of a ''Tyrannosaurus'', having a much bulkier skull shape and none of the brow horns ''Allosaurus'' is known for having.[[/note]]

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hilariously discussed. Homer takes When he gets taken away by security for taking a nap inside what a dinosaur head he thinks is protests that it's not against the law to sleep inside a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head, and the security who takes him away afterwards state it's head. The guards respond that he inside an ''Allosaurus''.[[note]]In Homer's defense, the head actually looks more like that of a ''Tyrannosaurus'', having a much bulkier skull shape and none of the brow horns ''Allosaurus'' is known for having.[[/note]]
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hilariously discussed InUniverse. Homer takes a nap inside what he thinks is a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head, and the security who takes him away afterwards state it's an ''Allosaurus''.[[note]]In Homer's defense, the head actually looks more like that of a ''Tyrannosaurus'', having a much bulkier skull shape and none of the brow horns ''Allosaurus'' is known for having.[[/note]]

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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hilariously discussed InUniverse.discussed. Homer takes a nap inside what he thinks is a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head, and the security who takes him away afterwards state it's an ''Allosaurus''.[[note]]In Homer's defense, the head actually looks more like that of a ''Tyrannosaurus'', having a much bulkier skull shape and none of the brow horns ''Allosaurus'' is known for having.[[/note]]
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Hilariously discussed InUniverse. Homer takes a nap inside what he thinks is a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head, and the security who takes him away afterwards state it's an ''Allosaurus''.[[note]]In Homer's defense, the head actually looks more like that of a ''Tyrannosaurus'', having a much bulkier skull shape and none of the brow horns ''Allosaurus'' is known for having.[[/note]]
-->'''Homer''': I demand to speak to my paleontologist!
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* RaptorAttack: The dromaeosaurs at the dinosaur show are ''JurassicPark''-styled, although subverted in that they are just costumes.
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Guest stars NeilGaiman

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* OutGambitted: The Executive thinks he's pulled this on the crew when he recruits Lisa, only for Lisa to secretly take the crew's side. But then ''everyone'' turns out to have been dancing on Neil Gaiman's strings.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Lisa, but she is unable to write anything. The other group, [[MoneyDearBoy driven by greed]], is much more productive, so much so that they end up liking their finished work more than the money and defect to Lisa's side.

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* DoingItForTheArt: InUniverse. Lisa, but she is unable to write anything. The other group, [[MoneyDearBoy driven by greed]], is much more productive, so much so that they end up liking their finished work more than the money and defect to Lisa's side.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Lisa, but she is unable to write anything. The other group, [[MoneyDearBoy driven by greed]], is much more productive, so much so that they end up liking their finished work more than the money and defect to Lisa's side.
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* TheCaper: Technically only the last part is an out-and-out caper, but it feels like one from the moment Bart and Homer cook up their idea to write a money-making book.



* NeverLearnedToRead: Neil Gaiman somehow manages to have a writing career, despite this.

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* NeverLearnedToRead: Neil Gaiman somehow manages to have a writing career, despite this.this.
* StrictlyFormula: The ''Angelica Buttons'' series and other popular books. Our protagonists try to make some quick money by writing a book the same way, but accidentally evolve the story into something good, become attached to it, and fight to prevent ExecutiveMeddling from ruining it.
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* AdamWesting: Neil Gaiman
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* KansasCityShuffle and NoodleIncident: Homer and Bart did something in Kansas City that was illegal. We don't find out what it is.

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* KansasCityShuffle and NoodleIncident: Homer and Bart did something in Kansas City that was illegal. We don't find out what it is.is.
*NeverLearnedToRead: Neil Gaiman somehow manages to have a writing career, despite this.

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* BrokenPedestal

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* BrokenPedestalBrokenPedestal: Lisa finding out the author of the ''Angelica Buttons'' series is really an actress and that her favorite books are written by the publishers.



* ExecutiveMeddling: In universe. Homer and Bart originally created a fantasy novel that's best described as [[CaptainErsatz Harry Potter with trolls]], but when it actually gets published, the company plans to turn it into yet another vampire romance series for preteen girls.
* KansasCityShuffle
* NoodleIncident: Whatever happened between Homer and Bart in Kansas City

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* ExecutiveMeddling: In universe. In-universe. Homer and Bart originally created a fantasy novel that's best described as [[CaptainErsatz Harry Potter with trolls]], but when it actually gets published, the company plans to turn it into yet another [[{{Twilight}} vampire romance series for preteen girls.
girls]].
* KansasCityShuffle
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KansasCityShuffle and NoodleIncident: Whatever happened between Homer and Bart did something in Kansas CityCity that was illegal. We don't find out what it is.
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* EverthingsBetterWithDinosaurs: At the beginning.

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* EverthingsBetterWithDinosaurs: At the beginning.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: In universe. What was supposed to be [[CaptainErsatz Harry Potter with trolls]] turns into yet another young adult book with vampires. Which has happened several times before.

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* ExecutiveMeddling: In universe. What was supposed to be Homer and Bart originally created a fantasy novel that's best described as [[CaptainErsatz Harry Potter with trolls]] turns trolls]], but when it actually gets published, the company plans to turn it into yet another young adult book with vampires. Which has happened several times before.vampire romance series for preteen girls.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: In universe. What was supposed to be [[CaptainErsatz Harry Potter with trolls]] turns into yet another young adult book with vampires. Which has happened several times before.
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Guest stars NeilGaiman
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When Lisa discovers that her favorite book series is really the product of committee writing by publishers (with an actress posing as the author), Homer and Bart decide to gain fame the same way — until a real publisher wants to publish their work and change it into yet another vampire love story based on Twilight.

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* BrokenPedestal
* KansasCityShuffle
* NoodleIncident: Whatever happened between Homer and Bart in Kansas City

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