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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Bart's wiener-fish prank might seem like a joke in his standards, but "those tiny fish that swim up your wiener" actually exist in real life. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru_(fish) Candiru fish (Vandellia cirrhosa)]] are a group of parasitic catfish that are common in South America (especially the Amazon Basin), and are known for swimming into the urethra. Although, cases of this are relatively low.
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** The problem comes in that in order to play this trope straight, that means Bart intentionally let Nibbles die just to be able to call out Lisa on her hypocrisy.
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** The problem comes in that in order to play this trope straight, that means Bart intentionally let Nibbles die just to be able to call out Lisa on her hypocrisy. Assuming he didn't just discover Nibbles in his state of neglect.
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* LostPetGrievance: The episode applies NegativeContinuity to Lisa's [[ChronicPetKiller prior experiences of pet loss]] and treats the loss of Nibbles the hamster as her first real brush with death.
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-->'''Dr. Budgie:''' Yes, a perfect dovetail. ''([[BaitAndSwitch He pulls out an actual dove]].)''
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: On the resolution of the TwoLinesNoWaiting plot.
-->'''Homer:''' Well, I'll be. Lisa's learning about death helped Marge feel again!
-->'''Dr. Budgie:''' Yes, a perfect dovetail. ''([[BaitAndSwitch He pulls out an actual dove]].)''
-->'''Drederick Tatum:''' Thank you for curing Walter Pigeon here.
-->'''Homer:''' Well, I'll be. Lisa's learning about death helped Marge feel again!
-->'''Dr. Budgie:''' Yes, a perfect dovetail. ''([[BaitAndSwitch He pulls out an actual dove]].)''
-->'''Drederick Tatum:''' Thank you for curing Walter Pigeon here.
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* HairReboot: In a rare [[AvertedTrope aversion]], Homer uses the ceiling fan to give Bart a shorter haircut early in the story, and Bart wears his red cap for the rest of the episode.
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* HairReboot: In a rare [[AvertedTrope aversion]], following a brief gag in which Homer uses the ceiling fan to give Bart a shorter haircut early in the story, and haircut, Bart wears his red cap for the rest of the episode.
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* HairReboot: In a rare [[AvertedTrope aversion]], Homer uses the ceiling fan to give Bart a shorter haircut early in the story, and Bart wears his red cap for the rest of the episode.
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* ShipTease: Nelson expresses jealously that Lisa has "a boyfriend" (the raccoon) and later further expresses an attraction to her before she's given Nibbles by Ms. Hoover.
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THe Simpson family visits an indoor water park, where Lisa gives [=CPR=] to a raccoon and is then inspired to become a veterinarian. Marge meanwhile makes a living cleaning up crime scenes.
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* PuttingThePeeInPool: The water park's control room has a gauge labeled "Urine Concentration".
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Lisa becomes a veterinarian after giving [=CPR=] to a raccoon. Marge meanwhile makes a living cleaning up crime scenes.
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THe Simpson family visits an indoor water park, where Lisa becomes a veterinarian after giving gives [=CPR=] to a raccoon.raccoon and is then inspired to become a veterinarian. Marge meanwhile makes a living cleaning up crime scenes.
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* MegaphoneGag: After encountering a long line for the "Upstream Extreme" ride, Bart sneaks into the control room and uses the park's PA system to deliver a fake emergency announcement warning that the water is infested with "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru_(fish) those tiny fish that swim up your wiener]]". This causes everyone else to run out in a panic, letting him enjoy the ride with no waiting.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Bart's wiener-fish prank might seem like a joke in his standards, but "those tiny fish that swim up your wiener" actually exist in real life. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru_(fish) Candiru fish (Vandellia cirrhosa)]] are a group of parasitic catfish that are common in South America, and do what Bart says.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Bart's wiener-fish prank might seem like a joke in his standards, but "those tiny fish that swim up your wiener" actually exist in real life. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru_(fish) Candiru fish (Vandellia cirrhosa)]] are a group of parasitic catfish that are common in South America, America (especially the Amazon Basin), and do what Bart says.are known for swimming into the urethra. Although, cases of this are relatively low.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Lisa becomes arrogant over the course of the episode while treating other people's animals, and gets hit with this pretty hard towards the end when [[JerkassHasAPoint Bart calls her out for her behaviour and reveals her neglectful treatment of Nibbles]], which Dr. Budgie then discovers, and also calls Lisa out.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Bart's wiener-fish prank might seem like a joke in his standards, but "those tiny fish that swim up your wiener" actually exist in real life. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru_(fish) Candiru fish (Vandellia cirrhosa)]] are a group of parasitic catfish that are common in South America, and do what Bart says.
* BreakTheHaughty: Lisa becomes arrogant over the course of the episode while treating other people's animals, and gets hit with this pretty hard towards the end when [[JerkassHasAPoint Bart calls her out for herbehaviour behavior and reveals her neglectful treatment of Nibbles]], which Dr. Budgie then discovers, and also calls Lisa out.
* BreakTheHaughty: Lisa becomes arrogant over the course of the episode while treating other people's animals, and gets hit with this pretty hard towards the end when [[JerkassHasAPoint Bart calls her out for her
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* NoOSHACompliance: The indoor water park has several glaring safety issues, but one that stands out is the high dive, which is too close to the ceiling. The kids end up hitting their heads and bleeding after springing into it from the diving board.
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** Lisa herself is this. Because while she may have been arrogant and rude in her attitude towards others, she wasn't wrong when she was pointing out the problems with the animals or the people's treatment of their pets.
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** Lisa herself is this. Because while she may have been arrogant and rude in her attitude towards others, she wasn't wrong when she was pointing out the problems with health of the animals or the people's treatment of their pets.
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** The problem comes in that in order to play this trope straight, that means Bart intentionally let Nibbles die just to be able to call out Lisa on her hypocrisy.
** Lisa herself is this. Because while she may have been arrogant and rude in her attitude towards others, she wasn't wrong when she was pointing out the problems with the animals or the people's treatment of their pets.
** Lisa herself is this. Because while she may have been arrogant and rude in her attitude towards others, she wasn't wrong when she was pointing out the problems with the animals or the people's treatment of their pets.
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* ShoutOut: Ralph calls himself "[[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Finding Nemo]]" in the water park.
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* ShoutOut: Ralph calls himself "[[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Finding Nemo]]" in the water park.park.
* WhatTheHellHero: Bart of all people calls out Lisa for her arrogance and neglecting Nibbles as a result.
* WhatTheHellHero: Bart of all people calls out Lisa for her arrogance and neglecting Nibbles as a result.
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* ShoutOut: Ralph calls himself "[[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo]]" in the water park.
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* ShoutOut: Ralph calls himself "[[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo]]" "[[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Finding Nemo]]" in the water park.
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* SayMyName: Lisa is horrified and screams Nibbles's name when she sees how badly she has neglected him.
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* SayMyName: Lisa is horrified and screams Nibbles's name when she sees how badly she has neglected him.him.
* ShoutOut: Ralph calls himself "[[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo]]" in the water park.
* ShoutOut: Ralph calls himself "[[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo]]" in the water park.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Lisa becomes arrogant over the course of the episode while treating other people's animals, and gets hit with this pretty hard towards the end when [[JerkassHasAPoint Bart calls her out for her behaviour and reveals her neglectful treatment of Nibbles, which Dr. Budgie then discovers, and also calls Lisa out.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Lisa becomes arrogant over the course of the episode while treating other people's animals, and gets hit with this pretty hard towards the end when [[JerkassHasAPoint Bart calls her out for her behaviour and reveals her neglectful treatment of Nibbles, Nibbles]], which Dr. Budgie then discovers, and also calls Lisa out.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Lisa becomes arrogant over the course of the episode while treating other people's animals, and gets hit with this pretty hard towards the end when [[JerkassHasAPoint Bart calls her out for her behaviour and reveals her neglectful treatment of Nibbles, which Dr. Budgie then discovers, and also calls Lisa out.
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** Lisa berates Mr. Burns for not properly caring about his dog but her negligence causes the school hamster's death.
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** Lisa berates Mr. Burns for not properly caring about his dog but her negligence causes the school hamster's death.death.
* ItsAllMyFault: Lisa feels this way towards the death of Nibbles, as she neglected him to such an extent that she accidentally killed him. Upon his death, she breaks down in tears.
* JerkassHasAPoint: It's Bart of all people who calls Lisa out for becoming arrogant towards others and in turn forgetting who she really is, and that said arrogance has caused her to neglect Nibbles. Oops.
* KarmaHoudini: Aside from being called out by Bart and Dr. Budgie, Lisa doesn't suffer any repercussions for neglecting Nibbles and causing his death.
* SayMyName: Lisa is horrified and screams Nibbles's name when she sees how badly she has neglected him.
* ItsAllMyFault: Lisa feels this way towards the death of Nibbles, as she neglected him to such an extent that she accidentally killed him. Upon his death, she breaks down in tears.
* JerkassHasAPoint: It's Bart of all people who calls Lisa out for becoming arrogant towards others and in turn forgetting who she really is, and that said arrogance has caused her to neglect Nibbles. Oops.
* KarmaHoudini: Aside from being called out by Bart and Dr. Budgie, Lisa doesn't suffer any repercussions for neglecting Nibbles and causing his death.
* SayMyName: Lisa is horrified and screams Nibbles's name when she sees how badly she has neglected him.
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Lisa becomes a veterinarian after giving [=CPR=] to a raccoon. Marge meanwhile makes a living cleaning up crime scenes.
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* CallBack: The hamster's funeral has scenes from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E8SkinnersSenseOfSnow "Skinner's Sense of Snow"]] and [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E6SheOfLittleFaith "She of Little Faith"]].
* HypocriticalHumor:
** When Kent Brockman reports Lisa giving [=CPR=] to the raccoon, he says all images are from non-professionals because the professionals were wasting time with gas prices. After finishing the report, he's told he has eight minutes left and decides to use them to talk about these prices.
** Lisa berates Mr. Burns for not properly caring about his dog but her negligence causes the school hamster's death.
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* CallBack: The hamster's funeral has scenes from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E8SkinnersSenseOfSnow "Skinner's Sense of Snow"]] and [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E6SheOfLittleFaith "She of Little Faith"]].
* HypocriticalHumor:
** When Kent Brockman reports Lisa giving [=CPR=] to the raccoon, he says all images are from non-professionals because the professionals were wasting time with gas prices. After finishing the report, he's told he has eight minutes left and decides to use them to talk about these prices.
** Lisa berates Mr. Burns for not properly caring about his dog but her negligence causes the school hamster's death.
