History Recap / TheSimpsonsS24E21TheSagaOfCarl

* AllForNothing: Carl betrays the gang and spends the lottery winnings on the missing page in hopes that it'll prove his ancestors' innocent...only for it to reveal there were actually much worse.

* EasilyForgiven: Despite how his ancestors probably crossed the MoralEventHorizon by [[LesCollaborateurs joining in the invasion with the Vikings against their own country]], the Icelanders forgive Carl and his family after Homer, Lenny and More gather them together and tell them about nice things that Carl has done for them, such as helping Lenny move house, helping Moe paint his windows, and leaving beers in Homer's fridge.
* FromBadToWorse: The saga originally depicts the Carlsons as cowards who merely abandoned their post when the Vikings invaded. Homer, Lenny and Moe find out from the missing page that they were still cowards and who joined in the invasion with the Vikings to pillage Iceland.

* ImplausibleDeniability: Homer and Lenny deny Carl's betrayal for a very long time, despite all signs to the contrary.

* CallBack: Carl has metion being from Iceland in the the episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E16ScuseMeWhileIMissTheSky 'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky]]"
* ClearTheirName: Carl uses the money to clear the dishonour of his family name by buying the missing page of the saga that depicts them as cowards who abandoned their post only to find that his ancestors were actually worse than what the saga depicts; they were cowards who [[LesCollaborateurs worked ''with'' the Vikings who pillaged Iceland]].

* RealMenHateAffection: Discussed, the gang doesn't know much about themselves since as guys they don't talk about their problem or stories, which is why Carl betrayed them: he never considered them friends but just people he has barside conversations with. This hurts Lenny deeply to the point he tries killing Carl.

* EassilyForgiven: Despite how his ancestors probably crossed the MoralEventHorizon by [[LesCollaborateurs joining in the invasion with the Vikings against their own country]], the Icelanders forgive Carl and his family after Homer, Lenny and More gather them together and tell them about nice things that Carl has done for them, such as helping Lenny move house, helping Moe paint his windows, and leaving beers in Homer's fridge.

* VacationEpisode: The Simpsons travel to Iceland.

* MenHateAffection: Discussed, the gang doesn't know much about themselves since as guys they don't talk about their problem or stories, which is why Carl betrayed them: he never considered them friends but just people he has barside conversations with. This hurts Lenny deeply to the point he tries killing Carl.

* ClearTheirName: Carl uses the money to clear the dishonour of his family name by buying the missing page of the saga that depicts them as cowards who abandoned their post only to find that his ancestors were actually worse than what the saga depicts.

* ClearTheirName: Carl uses the money to clear the dishonour of his family name by buying the missing page of the saga that depicts them as cowards who abandoned their post [[spoiler: Only to find that his ancestors were actually worse than what the saga depicts.]]

'''Moe:''' ''You'' say he's black!

* HyperFocusedCrowd: While staking out Carl's family home, the guys get bored and decide to pass the time reading the manual for their rental car, oblivious to not only the northern lights behind them, but also the dancing trolls and fairies surrounding them.

* NationalStereotypes: TruthInTelevision Iceland is portrayed as a country with a small population, though caricatured here to the point that all inhabitants can apparently crowd together in one spot instantly without anyone missing. References to geysers, Icelandic sagas, Music/{{Bjork}}, Viking invasions, the Allied Forces occupation during WorldWarTwo for strategic reasons, the Northern Lights, fairies, elves, trolls, Music/SigurRos, the 2008-2011 economical collapse and their former lesbian Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (who was, in fact, the very first openly lesbian head of government in the world).

* NationalStereotypes: Iceland is portrayed as a country with a small population, to the point that all inhabitants can apparently crowd together instantly without anyone missing. References to geysers, Icelandic sagas, Music/{{Björk}}, Viking invasions, the Allied Forces occupation during WorldWarTwo for strategic reasons, the Northern Lights, fairies, elves, trolls, Music/SigurRos, the 2008-2011 economical collapse and their former lesbian Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (who was, in fact, the very first openly lesbian head of government in the world).

* DoesThisRemindYouOfSomething?: Homer watches female tennis and describes it as "soft-core tennis".

* NationalStereotypes: Iceland is portrayed as a country with a small population, to the point that all inhabitants can apparently crowd together instantly without anyone missing. References to geysers, Icelandic sagas, Music/{{Björk}}, Viking invasions, the Allied Forces occupation during WorldWarTwo for strategic reasons, fairies, elves, trolls, Music/SigurRos, the 2008-2011 economical collapse and their former lesbian Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (who was, in fact, the very openly lesbian head of government in the world).

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Homer doesn't know why people laugh upon the mention of the number 69.

* HyperFocusedCrowd: While staking out Carl's family home, the guys get bored and decide to pass the time reading the manual for their rental car, oblivious to not only the northen lights behind them, but also the dancing trolls and fairies surrounding them.

'''Moe:''' You say he's black!

* InTheBlood: Betraying friends is in Carl's [[SubvertedTrope adopted]] blood.