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* {{Acrofatic}}: Homer's plea for help with the stolen chili dog stand summons a bunch of other fat guys who help him drag it up two very steep hills.


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* StoutStrength: Homer's plea for help with the stolen chili dog stand summons a bunch of other overweight guys who help him drag it up two very steep hills.

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* {{Acrofatic}}: Homer's plea for help with the stolen chili dog stand summons a bunch of other fat guys who help him drag it up two very steep hills.



* {{Facrobatic}}: Homer's plea for help with the stolen chili dog stand summons a bunch of other fat guys who help him drag it up two very steep hills.
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* {{Fatcrobatic}}: Homer's plea for help with the stolen chili dog stand summons a bunch of other fat guys who help him drag it up two very steep hills.

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* {{Fatcrobatic}}: {{Facrobatic}}: Homer's plea for help with the stolen chili dog stand summons a bunch of other fat guys who help him drag it up two very steep hills.
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* {{Fatcrobatic}}: Homer's plea for help with the stolen chili dog stand summons a bunch of other fat guys who help him drag it up two very steep hills.
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* MeatOVision: Parodied:
--> '''Marge:''' I bet you're imagining me as a chilli dog right now!
--> '''Homer:''' Of course not!
--> ''(Homer is revealed to be imagining Marge as a ''burger'' instead. Marge [[ImagineSpotting somehow realises this]] and groans)''
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* EverybodyHasStandards: Even though Lisa is a vegetarian, she willingly helps her father try and save the chili dog stand.


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* MyGreatestFailure: Deuce pretended to not remember Homer because he's deeply ashamed of how little he could help him when he was younger. He knew Homer needed a real father figure in his life, but he couldn't do more for him than give him free chilli dogs as a comfort.
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* JarOfJellybeansContest: Homer won one of these with a jar of buttons, earning him, Lenny, Carl, and three other workers they're eating irradiated pizza with the rest of the day off. Homer also appears to have won the jar of buttons.
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* BigNo: Homer's reaction to being told that Krusty Burger has replaced their ketchup with beet aioli.
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* RunningOnTheSpot: Krusty as he tries to get away from the Deuce Caboose as it rolls down the hill.

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* RunningOnTheSpot: Krusty as he tries to get away from the Deuce Caboose as it rolls down the hill.hill, complete with a Creator/HannaBarbera running StockSoundEffect.

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* PrayerIsALastResort: When Homer can't find any restaurant to his liking (as the majority is switching to health-based foods):
-->'''Homer:''' Heavenly Father, I know you're a friend of the eating man. You created Sunday so we can have brunch. Please, O Lard, shower me with your divine grease and deliver me some egg rolls, or pizza, or hot dogs -- whatever I can eat while driving. For thine is the flower and the gravy forever. Amen-u would be great.\\
''(Homer sees a sign advertising chili dogs at the next left)''\\
'''Homer:''' Thank you!


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* SillyPrayer: When Homer can't find any restaurant to his liking (as the majority is switching to health-based foods):
-->'''Homer:''' Heavenly Father, I know you're a friend of the eating man. You created Sunday so we can have brunch. Please, O Lard, shower me with your divine grease and deliver me some egg rolls, or pizza, or hot dogs -- whatever I can eat while driving. For thine is the flower and the gravy forever. Amen-u would be great.\\
''(Homer sees a sign advertising chili dogs at the next left)''\\
'''Homer:''' Thank you!

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* ComfortFood: Chili dogs became this to Homer because his parents used to drop him at a chili dog stand every time they met a psychiatrist for marriage counseling.

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* ComfortFood: Chili dogs became this to Homer is Homer's comfort food because his parents used to drop him at a chili dog stand every time they met a psychiatrist for marriage counseling.



** The opening chalkboard gag: "If we're so good at predicting, how come my dad bet on Atlanta" is a reference to the infamous failure of the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl just a week prior.

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** The opening chalkboard gag: "If we're so good at predicting, how come my dad bet on Atlanta" is a reference to the infamous failure of the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl just a week prior.prior.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Krusty's lawyers try to fit inside his car, one of the lawyers hopes Mr. Teeny's tail is what he's feeling. To his dismay, he's told chimpanzees don't have tails.

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* TakeThat: To Arby's. When Homer is looking for a new fast food place to eat at, Arby's is the only place among the rejected ones that has no sign of being modified.

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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
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To Arby's. Arby's, yet again. When Homer is looking for a new fast food place to eat at, Arby's is the only place among the rejected ones ones. For extra points, when the other restaurants have been redone into healthier versions ("Kentucky Fried Chicken" into "Kentucky Steamed Chickpeas"), Arby's is the only one that has no sign of being modified.
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* TakeThat: To Arby's. When Homer is looking for a new fast food place to eat at, Arby's is the only place among the rejected ones that has no sign of being modified.

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* TakeThat: To Arby's. When Homer is looking for a new fast food place to eat at, Arby's is the only place among the rejected ones that has no sign of being modified.modified.
** The opening chalkboard gag: "If we're so good at predicting, how come my dad bet on Atlanta" is a reference to the infamous failure of the Atlanta Falcons in the Super Bowl just a week prior.
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-->-- '''Homer Simpson''

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-->-- '''Homer Simpson''
Simpson'''



* PrayerAsALastResort: When Homer can't find any restaurant to his liking (as the majority is switching to health-based foods):

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* PrayerAsALastResort: PrayerIsALastResort: When Homer can't find any restaurant to his liking (as the majority is switching to health-based foods):
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->''"No! People, beware! The crap you love to eat has been replaced by food!"''
-->-- '''Homer Simpson''


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* PrayerAsALastResort: When Homer can't find any restaurant to his liking (as the majority is switching to health-based foods):
-->'''Homer:''' Heavenly Father, I know you're a friend of the eating man. You created Sunday so we can have brunch. Please, O Lard, shower me with your divine grease and deliver me some egg rolls, or pizza, or hot dogs -- whatever I can eat while driving. For thine is the flower and the gravy forever. Amen-u would be great.\\
''(Homer sees a sign advertising chili dogs at the next left)''\\
'''Homer:''' Thank you!


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** When Homer finds Deuce's Caboose Chili Dogs and finds nothing healthy but a Heimlich maneuver chart, he exclaims, "[[Film/TheForceAwakens Chewy, we're home!]]"
--->'''Homer:''' "Chewy" is what I call my mouth.\\
'''Deuce:''' I really don't care what you call your mouth.
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** The opening gag is one to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''. What looks like TheMonolith silhouetted against the sun as AlsoSprachZarathustra plays is actually one of a series of pizza boxes for Homer's domino trick.

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** The opening gag is one to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''. What looks like TheMonolith silhouetted against the sun as AlsoSprachZarathustra ''Music/AlsoSprachZarathustra'' plays is actually one of a series of pizza boxes for Homer's domino trick.
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* RunningOnTheSpot: Krusty as he tries to get away from the Deuce Caboose as it rolls down the hill.
-->'''Lawyer:''' Krusty, just run normal.\\
'''Krusty:''' I don't remember how!
* ShoutOut:
** To ''Film/{{Fitzcarraldo}}''. Along with the title, the third act has Homer and other fat people pull the Deuce Caboose up a hill, just as Fitzcarraldo did with his steamboat through the jungle.
** The opening gag is one to ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''. What looks like TheMonolith silhouetted against the sun as AlsoSprachZarathustra plays is actually one of a series of pizza boxes for Homer's domino trick.
** After Homer tells his story about the Deuce Caboose, Bart quips "[[Film/BatmanBegins Fatman Begins]]".
** As he lets Homer get away without getting arrested, Chief Wiggum says "[[Film/{{Chinatown}} Forget it, Lou. It's Chili Town.]]"
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* ParentalAbandonment: When Homer was a kid and his parents' marriage was at risk, his father said neither parent would want him once they divorced.

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* ParentalAbandonment: When Homer was a kid and his parents' marriage was at risk, his father said neither parent would want him once they divorced.divorced.
* TakeThat: To Arby's. When Homer is looking for a new fast food place to eat at, Arby's is the only place among the rejected ones that has no sign of being modified.
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When all the fast food restaurants in Springfield become healthy, Homer is forced to turn to chili dogs for comfort. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to save the school radio station.

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* BaitAndSwitchComment: When Homer and some coworkers are allowed to leave work earlier, he uses his phone to tell someone he can't enjoy that extra time to them because he's going to celebrate with the boys. The person at the other end is Moe and the "boys" are Marge's boobs.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Homer wishes for a reason to feel depressed enough to go to the chili dog stand for comfort, he's told his sisters-in-law are moving in.
* ClownCar: When Krusty arrives at the chili dog stand, he comes out of a clown car with an army of lawyers and his pet chimpanzee. When they try to return, the car falls apart.
* ComfortFood: Chili dogs became this to Homer because his parents used to drop him at a chili dog stand every time they met a psychiatrist for marriage counseling.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Krusty's lawyers try to fit inside his car, one of the lawyers hopes Mr. Teeny's tail is what he's feeling. To his dismay, he's told chimpanzees don't have tails.
* ParentalAbandonment: When Homer was a kid and his parents' marriage was at risk, his father said neither parent would want him once they divorced.

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