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* {{Balloonacy}}: In a FunnyBackgroundEvent while the Simpsons are in Paris, a man can be seen floating through the air on dozens of balloons. Then he collides with [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} a house also tied to balloons]], which causes the man's balloons to pop and he falls to the ground.
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* TooDumbToLive: While hiding from the French bad guys, Homer keeps giving away his position by shouting "Polo" whenever a bad guy screams "Marco".
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* TooDumbToLive: While hiding from the French bad guys, Homer keeps giving away his position by shouting "Polo" whenever a bad guy screams "Marco". It's so compulsive that he's forced to wear a gag (which he still pulls out).
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* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: The bad guy who comes with the idea of shouting "Marco" to make Homer give away his position says every American falls for this.
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* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: The bad guy who comes with the idea of shouting "Marco" to make Homer give away his position says every American falls for this.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Simpsons are going to France, and converse with people from Bart's past, people that Bart sent to jail for serious crimes... and instead of a story of attempted revenge and the family finding out what happened, we get a generic Simpsons VacationEpisode that even the show admits has been overdone, with a wild goose chase that goes nowhere. Of course, it would have been a SequelEpisode to an episode from 27 years before...although such a large gap didn't stop them [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E15KampKrustier next season]].
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Misuse. Distaff Counterpart is when a female character is a counterpart to a pre-existing male character.
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* DistaffCounterpart: Two French cops look like Chief Wiggum and Lou.
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* CriticalResearchFailure: Invoked, the French police use toy poodles instead of the better fitting standard poodles.
--> "I keep telling you, they are worthless"
--> "But they are so damn cute"
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--> "But they are so damn cute"
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* CriticalResearchFailure: Invoked, the French police use toy poodles instead of the better fitting standard poodles.
--> "I keep telling you, they are worthless"
--> "But they are so damn cute"
--> "I keep telling you, they are worthless"
--> "But they are so damn cute"
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** Ironically, the other times the Simpsons have been to France were not mentioned. And especially strange is that the Frenchmen chasing the family are Cesar and Ugolin, the same men who forced Bart to work in their winery [[TheSimpsonsS1E11TheCrepesOfWrath WAY back in Season 1]]. Their past nor their involvement with Bart was never mentioned, despite their clearly seeing Bart with the family.
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** Ironically, the other times the Simpsons have been to France (even living there for some time after escaping the United States) were not mentioned. And especially strange is that the Frenchmen chasing the family are Cesar and Ugolin, the same men who forced Bart to work in their winery [[TheSimpsonsS1E11TheCrepesOfWrath [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E11TheCrepesOfWrath WAY back in Season 1]]. Their past nor their involvement with Bart was never mentioned, despite their clearly seeing Bart with the family.
* NegativeContinuity: Marge has her dream fulfilled of visiting Paris... and yet the whole family actually lived in France as ex-pats for an unknown amount of time after escaping Alcatraz several seasons before.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Simpsons are going to France, and converse with people from Bart's past, people that Bart sent to jail for serious crimes...and instead of a story of attempted revenge and the family finding out what happened, we get a generic Simpsons VacationEpisode that even the show admits has been overdone, with a wild goose chase that goes nowhere. Of course, it would have been a SequelEpisode to an episode from 27 years before...although such a large gap didn't stop them [[TheSimpsonsS28E15KampKrustier next season]].
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Simpsons are going to France, and converse with people from Bart's past, people that Bart sent to jail for serious crimes... and instead of a story of attempted revenge and the family finding out what happened, we get a generic Simpsons VacationEpisode that even the show admits has been overdone, with a wild goose chase that goes nowhere. Of course, it would have been a SequelEpisode to an episode from 27 years before...although such a large gap didn't stop them [[TheSimpsonsS28E15KampKrustier [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E15KampKrustier next season]].
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* FateWorseThanDeath: While running away from the French bad guys, Homer and Lisa enter a street Lisa recognizes as the home to the town's three biggest jazz clubs. Homer tries to kill himself to avoid jazz music.
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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Simpsons are going to France, and converse with people from Bart's past, people that Bart sent to jail for serious crimes...and instead of a story of attempted revenge and the family finding out what happened, we get a generic Simpsons VacationEpisode that even the show admits has been overdone, with a wild goose chase that goes nowhere. Of course, it would have been a SequelEpisode to an episode from 27 years before...although such a large gap didn't stop them [[TheSimpsonsS28E15KampKrustier next season]].
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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Simpsons are going to France, and converse with people from Bart's past, people that Bart sent to jail for serious crimes...and instead of a story of attempted revenge and the family finding out what happened, we get a generic Simpsons VacationEpisode that even the show admits has been overdone, with a wild goose chase that goes nowhere. Of course, it would have been a SequelEpisode to an episode from 27 years before...although such a large gap didn't stop them [[TheSimpsonsS28E15KampKrustier next season]].
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** Ironically, the other times the Simpsons have been to France were not mentioned. And especially strange is that the Frenchmen chasing the family are Cesar and Ugolin, the same men who forced Bart to work in their winery [[TheSimpsonsS1E11TheCrepesOfWrath WAY back in Season 1]]. Their past nor their involvement with Bart was never mentioned, despite their clearly seeing Bart with the family.
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* TheyWastedaPerfectlyGoodPlot: The Simpsons are going to France, and converse with people from Bart's past, people that Bart sent to jail for serious crimes...and instead of a story of attempted revenge and the family finding out what happened, we get a generic Simpsons VacationEpisode that even the show admits has been overdone, with a wild goose chase that goes nowhere. Of course, it would have been a SequelEpisode to an episode from 27 years before...although such a large gap didn't stop them [[TheSimpsonsS28E15KampKrustier next season]].
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Jay Leno. He shows up to buy Homer's tiny car, prompting the latter to offer to take the family for a vacation trip. Then he returns to get the money back because the car wasn't legally Homer's to sell, prompting Homer to become a courier to pay for the trip.
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Homer promises Marge her dream vacation to Paris, and then to defray the cost, he makes a deal with the travel agent to act as a courier and transport a briefcase with top-secret info on the trip.
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* CallBack: Marge mentions places the family went for past episodes' family vacations.
* DistaffCounterpart: Two French cops look like Chief Wiggum and Lou.
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: The bad guy who comes with the idea of shouting "Marco" to make Homer give away his position says every American falls for this.
* SkewedPriorities: A news crew would rather film Homer on his tiny car than film a total eclipse. Later, the two French bad guys miss Homer because they stopped for a seven-course meal. When one of them brings this up, the other says he wouldn't eat a six-course one like a peasant would.
* TooDumbToLive: While hiding from the French bad guys, Homer keeps giving away his position by shouting "Polo" whenever a bad guy screams "Marco".
!! Tropes:
* CallBack: Marge mentions places the family went for past episodes' family vacations.
* DistaffCounterpart: Two French cops look like Chief Wiggum and Lou.
* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: The bad guy who comes with the idea of shouting "Marco" to make Homer give away his position says every American falls for this.
* SkewedPriorities: A news crew would rather film Homer on his tiny car than film a total eclipse. Later, the two French bad guys miss Homer because they stopped for a seven-course meal. When one of them brings this up, the other says he wouldn't eat a six-course one like a peasant would.
* TooDumbToLive: While hiding from the French bad guys, Homer keeps giving away his position by shouting "Polo" whenever a bad guy screams "Marco".
