History Recap / TheSimpsonsS26E11BartsNewFriend

* TheStinger: A brief drawing of Maggie standing in front of the French flag holding a flag saying "Je suis Charlie" (I am Charlie in French) similar to Cosette from ''Literature/LesMiserables'' is shown in reference to the terrorist attack on the French satirical newspaper ''Charlie Hedbo''.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: While Bart has nothing but fun with a parent who's regressed to a childlike state, to the point of not wanting things to go back to normal, we find out late in the episode that Lisa hasn't been taking the situation as well.
-->'''Bart:''' [[CaptainObvious Lis, you know how Dad thinks he's a ten-year-old?]]
-->'''Lisa:''' ...I've been emotionally dealing with that all week, so ''yes.''

* EntertaininglyWrong: Homer says that Bart is the closest thing to a ''brother'' he's ever had. Bart tells Homer he feels the same way about him—given Homer's {{Manchild}} nature and the fact that Homer ''is'' Bart's closest male relative, it's technically as accurate a descriptor as you can use while still burying the lead.

* RememberTheNewGuy: Don is a safety inspector who has worked at the same sector as Homer for the last seven years but the viewers and Homer didn't know about him before this episode. Homer's co-workers treat Don like someone who's always been around.

There, Homer is hypnotized into acting like a ten-year-old, which is fun for Bart, but becomes a pain for Marge when the hypnotist gets arrested and Homer doesn't want to mentally grow up.[[note]] The episode was written by Creator/JuddApatow as a fan script back in the 1990s[[/note]]

* EntertaininglyWrong: Homer says that Bart is the closest thing to a ''brother'' he's ever had. Bart tells Homer he feels the same way about him—given Homer's {{Manchild}} nature and the fact that Homer ''is'' Bart's closest male relative, it's technically an accurate descriptor.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Homer says that Bart is the closest thing to a ''brother'' he's ever had. Bart tells Homer he feels the same way—given Homer's {{Manchild}} nature and the fact that Homer ''is'' Bart's closest male relative, it's technically accurate.

* {{Manchild}}: The suggestion Homer received under hypnosis proves to be so strong that only the original hypnotist can snap him out of it. It's implied that this is because Homer actually PrefersTheIllusion, with Bart coming to realize that his father never wanted the responsibilities of adulthood and longs to be a kid like Bart.

* {{Manchild}}: The suggestion Homer received under hypnosis proves to be so strong that only the original hypnotist can snap him out of it. It's implied that this is because Homer actually PrefersTheIllusion, with Bart coming to realize that his father never actually wanted the responsibilities of adulthood and longs to be a kid like Bart.

* {{Manchild}}: Bart asks Homer what he wants to do when he "grows up" and discovers that the adult life Homer is currently living is not at all what the young Homer wanted and that he never thought about adulthood at all beyond the privileges a kid would find exciting, like being able to decide to eat in bed. This prompts Bart to realize that all along, Homer never wanted to be his father but to be a kid like him.

* {{Manchild}}: Bart asks Homer if he's thought about what he wants to do when he "grows up" and discovers that the adult life Homer is currently living is not at all what the young Homer wanted.
-->'''Bart:''' Wow. He doesn't want to be my dad, he just wants to be a kid like me.

* AmnesiacLover: Homer mentally regresses to age ten, which means he has no idea who Marge or the kids are. Marge moves him into Bart's room and when Bart suggests he sleep with Marge as usual, Homer's too shy to even think about it because he has a (not-so-)PrecociousCrush on her.

* EpicFail: For the last seven years, Don has been fixing Homer's mistakes at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and Homer never noticed his presence until his retirement. Without his help, Homer can't even adjust his tie.

* RealityEnsues: Power plants don't have a single safety inspector per sector. The whole reason Homer hasn't nuked the town is that an ''actually competent'' Safety inspector for 7G has been doing both their workloads for years.
** Homer is lazy and thoughtless by nature. Now that he actually has to do the job he's paid for he quickly becomes high strung and overstressed.

After the co-worker that had been pulling double duty to cover for Homer's incompetence finally retires Homer is forced to become a stressed out workaholic to do his job. Wanting to help him, his family insist on him going to the circus with them to relax.

Homer is hypnotized into acting like a ten-year-old, which is fun for Bart, but becomes a pain for Marge when the hypnotist gets arrested and Homer doesn't want to mentally grow up.[[note]] The episode was written by Creator/JuddApatow as a fan script back in the 1990s[[/note]]

* RealityEnsues: Power plants don't have a single safety inspector per sector. The whole reason Homer hasn't nuked the town is that an 'actually competent' Safety inspector for 7G has been doing both their workloads for years.

* CerebusRetcon: Homer's total ineptitude at work haven't nuked the town by now, because all this time someone else has been doing all the actual work for him.

Homer is hypnotized into acting like a ten-year-old, which is fun for Bart, but becomes a pain for Marge when the hypnotist gets arrested and Homer doesn't want to mentally grow up.[[note]] The episode was written by JuddApatow as a fan script back in the 1990s[[/note]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Marge and the kids figure out how serious the hypnosis is when Homer tastes beer and doesn't like it.