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* PerpetualPoverty: Realizing the bill and string are a prank, Kirk Van Houten is upset since he could use not only the money but also the string.


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* PerpetualPoverty: Realizing the bill and string are a prank, Kirk Van Houten is upset since he could use not only the money but also the string.
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* SpecialGuest: Andrew Rannells, [[AsHimself as himself]].

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* SpecialGuest: Andrew Rannells, Creator/AndrewRannells, [[AsHimself as himself]].
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* ClicheStorm: InUniverse, the musical versions of Film/PaulBlartMallCop, Film/GIJane and Film/MenInBlack are all about the protagonists finding love.


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* HypocriticalHumor: "Remember, it’s not all about me, Andrew Randell’s."
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* ParentalHypocrisy: When Homer chides Lisa for yelling at Marge.
-->'''Homer:''' Lisa, this is a family. You do not take that tone with another family member.
-->'''Bart:''' You tell 'em, butterbean!
-->'''Homer:''' Shut up, idiot!
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* NobodysThatDumb: Bart descends into a funk when his overplayed pranks start to get this reaction from every easy target in Springfield from [[HalfWittedHilbilly Cletus Spuckler]] to [[TheDitz Ralph Wiggum]].

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* NobodysThatDumb: Bart descends into a funk when his overplayed pranks start to get this reaction from every easy target in Springfield from [[HalfWittedHilbilly [[HalfWittedHillbilly Cletus Spuckler]] to [[TheDitz Ralph Wiggum]].
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* NobodysThatDumb: Bart descends into a funk when his overplayed pranks start to get this reaction from every easy target in Springfield from Cletus to Ralph Wiggum.

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* NobodysThatDumb: Bart descends into a funk when his overplayed pranks start to get this reaction from every easy target in Springfield from [[HalfWittedHilbilly Cletus Spuckler]] to [[TheDitz Ralph Wiggum.Wiggum]].
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* NobodysThatDumb: Bart descends into a funk when his overplayed pranks start to get this reaction from every easy target in Springfield from Cletus to Ralph Wiggum.
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-->'''Marge''': Marjorie...... she called me Marjorie.

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-->'''Marge''': Marjorie...... she called me Marjorie.\\

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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Lisa starts calling Marge "Marjorie" due to finding out she hates jazz even when Lisa plays it.
-->'''Homer''': So? Bart calls me Homer.\\

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* CallingParentsByTheirName: Lisa starts calling Marge "Marjorie" due to finding out she hates jazz even when Lisa plays it.
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it. And when Marge feels upset by this, Homer is unperturbed; he even states that Bart calls him by his first name all the time, to which Marge points out that he does so out of disrespect any time Homer says or does something stupid.
-->'''Marge''': Marjorie...... she called me Marjorie.
'''Homer''': (annoyed)
So? Bart calls me Homer.\\
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Bart's pranks with Maggie go well until he pranks Homer by having Maggie pose as him. Unfortunately, it's so convincing that Homer nearly ''strangles'' Maggie in retaliation until Bart quickly intervenes. Homer then rightfully strangles Bart for this very reason of nearly tricking him into strangling his baby girl.
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* HellIsThatNoise: Marge reveals that she can't enjoy Lisa's saxophone music, much to Lisa's dismay. When Lisa makes a bad noise, Marge compliments it from afar, making Lisa cry.
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* IncrediblyLameFun: Marge really enjoys the various stage musical adaptations, while Lisa struggles to even tolerate them. This ends up serving as a moment of empathy for Lisa, as she better understands that there is a difference between loving someone and loving everything they love.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Andrew calls Lisa out for refusing to forgive her mother despite her attempts at reconciliation.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Andrew calls Lisa out for refusing to forgive her mother despite her attempts at reconciliation. Particularly because she's sharing a bunch of embarrassing secrets about the family to him, a complete stranger, while doing it.
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* {{Crossover}}: Bart is pranked by Franchise/ArchieComics characters[[note]]returning from their previous appearance in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E5SideshowBobRoberts Sideshow Bob Roberts]]"[[/note]]. This might also double as an indirect Actor Allusion, as Archie [[WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries was once voiced by]] Andrew Rannells.

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* {{Crossover}}: Bart is pranked by Franchise/ArchieComics ComicBook/ArchieComics characters[[note]]returning from their previous appearance in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E5SideshowBobRoberts Sideshow Bob Roberts]]"[[/note]]. This might also double as an indirect Actor Allusion, as Archie [[WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries was once voiced by]] Andrew Rannells.
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* {{Crossover}}: Bart is pranked by Franchise/ArchieComics characters. This might also double as an indirect Actor Allusion, as Archie [[WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries was once voiced by]] Andrew Rannells.

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* {{Crossover}}: Bart is pranked by Franchise/ArchieComics characters.characters[[note]]returning from their previous appearance in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E5SideshowBobRoberts Sideshow Bob Roberts]]"[[/note]]. This might also double as an indirect Actor Allusion, as Archie [[WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries was once voiced by]] Andrew Rannells.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Bart punches Gerald for taking away Maggie's doll. Only to be punched by Gerald's older brother who gets punched by [[PapaWolf Homer]] who gets kicked by a kangaroo.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Bart punches Gerald for taking away Maggie's doll. Only to be punched by Gerald's older brother who gets punched by [[PapaWolf Homer]] who [[RuleOfFunny gets kicked by a kangaroo.kangaroo who hops off with Maggie's doll]].
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Bart punches Gerald for taking away Maggie's doll. Only to be punched by Gerald's older brother who gets punched by [[PapaWolf Homer]] who gets kicked by a kangaroo.
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* TheAtoner: Marge takes Lisa to a trip in Capital City to make up for hurting her.

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* TheAtoner: Marge takes Lisa to on a trip in Capital City to make up for hurting her.
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* [[YoureNotMyFather You're Not My Mother]]: The main conflict is Lisa disowning Marge after learning that her mother doesn't actually like her interests.

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* [[YoureNotMyFather You're Not My Mother]]: YoureNotMyMother: The main conflict is Lisa disowning Marge after learning that her mother doesn't actually like her interests.
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* CallingParentsByFirstName: Lisa starts calling Marge "Marjorie" due to finding out she hates jazz even when Lisa plays it.

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* CallingParentsByFirstName: CallingParentsByTheirName: Lisa starts calling Marge "Marjorie" due to finding out she hates jazz even when Lisa plays it.
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* CallingParentsByTheirFirstName: Lisa starts calling Marge "Marjorie" due to finding out she hates jazz even when Lisa plays it.
-->'''Homer''': So? Bart calls me Homer.//

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* CallingParentsByTheirFirstName: CallingParentsByFirstName: Lisa starts calling Marge "Marjorie" due to finding out she hates jazz even when Lisa plays it.
-->'''Homer''': So? Bart calls me Homer.//\\

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* TheAtoner: Marge takes Lisa to a trip in Capital City to make up for hurting her.
* CallingParentsByTheirFirstName: Lisa starts calling Marge "Marjorie" due to finding out she hates jazz even when Lisa plays it.
-->'''Homer''': So? Bart calls me Homer.//
'''Marge''': You know that's out of disrespect.



* {{Crossover}}: Bart is pranked by Franchise/ArchieComics characters.
** This might also double as an indirect Actor Allusion, as Archie [[WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries was once voiced by]] Andrew Rannells.

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* {{Crossover}}: Bart is pranked by Franchise/ArchieComics characters.
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characters. This might also double as an indirect Actor Allusion, as Archie [[WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries was once voiced by]] Andrew Rannells.


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* WhatTheHellHero: Andrew calls Lisa out for refusing to forgive her mother despite her attempts at reconciliation.
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** This might also double as an indirect Actor Allusion, as Archie [[WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries was once voiced by]] Andrew Rannells.


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* SpecialGuest: Andrew Rannells, [[AsHimself as himself]].
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* YoureNotMyMother: The main conflict is Lisa disowning Marge after learning that her mother doesn't actually like her interests.

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* YoureNotMyMother: [[YoureNotMyFather You're Not My Mother]]: The main conflict is Lisa disowning Marge after learning that her mother doesn't actually like her interests.
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* TotemPoleTrench: Bart and Maggie use this trick to [[YouMustBeThisTallToRide ride a roller coaster]].

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* TotemPoleTrench: Bart and Maggie use this trick to [[YouMustBeThisTallToRide ride a roller coaster]].coaster]].
* YoureNotMyMother: The main conflict is Lisa disowning Marge after learning that her mother doesn't actually like her interests.
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* TooDumbToLive: Ralph Wiggum is dumb enough to mistake electric cables for candy and chew them and even he won't fall for Bart's pranks.
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* PerpetualPoverty: Realizing the bill and string are a prank, Kirk Van Houten is upset since he could use not only the money but also the string.
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Lisa and Marge are having problems, so they take a weekend trip to Capital City to attend a performance of Bad News Bears: The Musical. Meanwhile, Bart teams up with Maggie to trick people, after he becomes frustrated that everyone expects his pranks.

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* CashLure: The first prank Bart tries to play in the episode.
* {{Crossover}}: Bart is pranked by Franchise/ArchieComics characters.
* SelfDeprecation: When Lisa complains about how Broadway makes musical versions of everything until it becomes old, a subtitle announces that the Simpsons' seventeenth season is still available on [=DVD=].
* TotemPoleTrench: Bart and Maggie use this trick to [[YouMustBeThisTallToRide ride a roller coaster]].

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