History Recap / TheSimpsonsS25E7YellowSubterfuge

* AtrociousAlias: Homer and Bart tell Skinner that he'll have to start a new life under the name [[ADateWithRosiePalms "Dick Fiddler."]]

* KickTheDog: After Skinner takes Bart off the list because he accidentally tracked mud even if he was a model student otherwise (not that it mattered, he was kicking everybody out of it for the flimsiest of reasons anycase) he makes Bart wash his car and do other odd jobs thinking that this will put him back on the list if he accomplished them and listening to his very sincere plea to be allowed into the sub after all of this. It doesn't, and Skinner tells him so the split second between Bart finishing his plea and before he closes the hatch and tells the sub captain to dive.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Despite how Bart's prank was quite extreme, you can't help but feel that Skinner deserved it for acting like a JerkAss when Bart was ''actually'' trying to be nicer and better at school (even if it was on a condition).

* TooDumbToLive: An Italian [=SpongeBob=] parody shows Spunga Roberto [[note]][=SpongeBob=][[/note]] giving Squidardo[[note]]Squidward[[/note]] a land mine explosive as a birthday present.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Skinner is ''way'' stricter than usual and thinks he's in the right for what he does in this episode. Bart, Homer and Agnes set him straight, thankfully.

* AtrociousAlias: Homer and Bart tell Skinner that he'll have to start a new life under the name "Dick Fiddler."

* CulturalTranslation: Lisa shows Krusty a Spanish language version of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' as a way to recover from his debts, so Krusty sells the rights of the show around the world. We end up seeing an "Itchy and Scratchy" segment from Jamaica called "Itchum and Scratchum." The Irish version goes for intense melodrama.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Convincing Skinner he [[AccidentalMurder killed his mom, Agnes]], and getting him out of Springfield, all because he refused to accept Bart on the submarine trip despite his "good" behavior. Agnes was in on the hoax.

-->'''Marge:''' Bart, sweetie, this is an opportunity for you to turn things around yet again. And I believe in you. Yet again.

* PetTheDog: Homer laughs in Bart's face at the idea that he'll manage to go on the coveted submarine trip, saying he'll never be able to behave himself that long and that even if he could, his previous track record with Skinner is so bad that he doesn't stand a chance. However, when Bart stays on his best behavior and Homer's prediction still bears out, [[KnightTemplarParent it's payback time]].

* BrilliantButLazy: An interesting case as we see that when Bart ''isn't'' being lazy or troublemaking, he's capable of legitimately earning A+ grades without cheating.

** Bart once again [[BuffySpeak refers to Skinner]] as a "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch school guy]]."

* ContinuityNod: During the submarine video, you see the words [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E14NewKidsOnTheBlecch Yvan Eht Nioj]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: Skinner is ''way'' stricter than usual and thinks he's in the right for what he does in this episode. Bart, Homer and Agnes set him straight, thankfully.
* UnfortunateNames: Homer and Bart give Skinner a new identity as "Dick Fiddler".

* TookALevelInDumbass: Why would Skinner even willingly follow Homer and Bart's advice, especially when Agnes' "murder" happened coincidently after he refused Bart to go in the submarine?

* PapaWolf: Homer initially doesn't believes that Bart is capable of being good, but the moment he sees Skinner screwed him over even after Bart did his absolute damnedest to be in his good graces (even [[AintTooProudToBeg tearfully begging him to allow him into the sub]] after washing his car, among other odd jobs) he tells Bart that they are going to seek revenge together.

* AllCrimesAreEqual: Skinner marks students off the list for any damn reason he can think of, even spilling crumbs on their shirt while eating.

* MorePopularSpinoff: [[invoked]] Krusty sells the rights to his show around the world, with the result being that ''every'' spinoff was innately more popular than the original.

-->'''Homer''': What weaknesses does he [Skinner] has?\\

* SoapboxSadie: Lisa asks Skinner to be marked off the list to protest his absurd amounts of strictness that makes him mark people off for reasons as flimsy as having crumbs on their shirt. Skinner does so without hesitation, and Lisa is actually relieved for it.