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* VerbalTic: Bart quotes Fat Tony as having told him to throw the game "or else." Tony's lawyer tries to claim that he would never use such language, [[TemptingFate which is a bad idea]] as Tony compulsively ends sentences with the phrase.
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* VerbalTic: Bart quotes Fat Tony as having told him to throw the game "or else." Tony's lawyer tries to claim that he would never use such language, [[TemptingFate which language and is a bad idea]] as Tony InstantlyProvenWrong by his client compulsively ends ending sentences with the phrase.
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--> '''Blue-Haird Lawyer''': "Or else"? My client does not speak like that.\\
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--> '''Blue-Haird '''Blue-Haired Lawyer''': "Or else"? My client does not speak like that.\\
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* VerbalTic: Bart quotes Fat Tony as having told him to throw the game "or else." Tony's lawyer tries to claim that he would never use such language, [[TemptingFate which is a bad idea]] as Tony compulsively ends sentences with the phrase.
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* AesopAmnesia: The episode follows a similar BreakTheHaughty trajectory to "The Boys of Bummer" with the community granting Bart royal status due to his ability to lead his [[SeriousBusiness peewee sports team]] to victory only to turn against him when he lets them down.
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* SpoiledBrat: Marge fears Bart is becoming this as his athletic success gets him special treatment from everyone in Springfield. Homer defends him but is later forced to admit she's right.
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* SpoiledBrat: Marge fears Bart is becoming this as his athletic success gets him special treatment from everyone in Springfield. Homer defends him but is later forced to admit she's she was right.
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* SpoiledBrat: Marge fears Bart is becoming this as his athletic success gets him special treatment from everyone in Springfield. Homer defends him but is later forced to admit she's right.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: The [[StatusQuoIsGod return to status quo]] at the end is explained by the fact that Bart was never very good at basketball to begin with but was simply better than ''the other elementary schoolers'' and crumbled the second he found himself up against older, taller players.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: The [[StatusQuoIsGod return to status quo]] at the end is explained by the fact that Bart was never very good at basketball to begin with but was simply better than ''the other elementary schoolers'' and crumbled the second he found himself up against older, a slightly taller players.player.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: The [[StatusQuoIsGod return to status quo]] at the end is explained by the fact that Bart was never very good at basketball to begin with but was simply better than ''the other elementary schoolers'' and crumbled the second he found himself up against older, taller players.
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* AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: The attention Bart receives as Springfield Elementary's star basketball player rapidly goes to his head to the point where he refuses to let anybody else on the team touch the ball. [[InsufferableGenius The fact that the team keeps winning on his ability alone]] does nothing to help matters.
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* DocumentaryEpisode: The episode plays out a typical ''Simpsons'' story about one of the family members gaining a [[StatusQuoIsGod temporary]] ''raison d'être'' (in this case, Bart becoming Springfield Elementary's star basketball player) in the style of a ''30 for 30'' documentary about the rise and fall of a career.
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* DocumentaryEpisode: The episode plays out a typical ''Simpsons'' story about one of the family members gaining a [[StatusQuoIsGod temporary]] ''raison d'être'' (in this case, Bart becoming Springfield Elementary's star basketball player) in the style of a ''30 for 30'' documentary about the rise and fall of a sports career.
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* DocumentaryEpisode: The episode plays out a typical ''Simpsons'' story about one of the family members gaining a [[StatusQuoIsGod temporary]] ''raison d'être'' (in this case, Bart becoming Springfield Elementary's star basketball player) in the style of a ''30 for 30'' documentary about the rise and fall of a career.
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* WastebasketBall: Explaining what made Bart so good at basketball: he had to serve a very lengthy detention during which there was no other way to entertain himself.
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-->'''Homer:''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall I had a lot of]] [[RunningGag crazy]] [[NewJobEpisode jobs]].
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* MsExposition: Lisa [[LampshadeHanging complains about being this]] in the documentary.
-->'''Lisa:''' Bart didn't know it, but he was point shaving. That's when a player wins the game, but makes sure his team doesn't cover the spread. The team's happy, the gamblers are happy, everybody wins. [[LittleMissSnarker The only unhappy person is someone like me, who has to explain the thing]].
-->'''Lisa:''' Bart didn't know it, but he was point shaving. That's when a player wins the game, but makes sure his team doesn't cover the spread. The team's happy, the gamblers are happy, everybody wins. [[LittleMissSnarker The only unhappy person is someone like me, who has to explain the thing]].
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* SeriesContinuityError: Lisa threatens to exposed Fat Tony's childhood history with a Springfield girl's basketball team. However, [[BackupTwin the current Fat Tony, who supplanted his cousin the original Fat Tony in "Donnie Fatso,"]] is from San Diego and up to this point there's been no implication that he grew up in Springfield.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Lisa threatens to exposed Fat Tony's childhood history with a Springfield girl's girls' basketball team. However, [[BackupTwin the current Fat Tony, who supplanted his cousin the original Fat Tony in "Donnie Fatso,"]] is from San Diego and up to this point there's been no implication that he grew up in Springfield.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Lisa threatens to exposed Fat Tony's childhood history with a Springfield girl's basketball team. However, [[BackupTwin the current Fat Tony, who supplanted his cousin the original Fat Tony in "Donnie Fatso,"]] is from San Diego and up to this point there's been no implication that he grew up in Springfield.
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* DrowningMySorrows: At one point, Agnes Skinner is seen taking a drink from a bottle simply labeled "Sad".
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: After Bart found out Fat Tony was betting against him, Bart told during his interview how he was told to lose the finals "[[ImpliedDeathThreat or else]]".
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: After Bart found Bart, after finding out Fat Tony was betting against him, Bart told tells during his interview how he was told to lose the finals "[[ImpliedDeathThreat or else]]".
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: After Bart found out Fat Tony was betting against him, Bart told during his interview how he was told to lose the finals "or else".
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: After Bart found out Fat Tony was betting against him, Bart told during his interview how he was told to lose the finals "or else"."[[ImpliedDeathThreat or else]]".
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: After Bart found out Fat Tony was betting against him, Bart told during his interview how he was told to lose the finales "or else".
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: After Bart found out Fat Tony was betting against him, Bart told during his interview how he was told to lose the finales finals "or else".
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'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. Edit that out, ''or else''. I-I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. ''[under breath]'' Damn it.
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'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. ''[[IResembleThatRemark or else]]''. Edit that out, ''or else''.''[[NotHelpingYourCase or else]]''. I-I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. ''[under breath]'' Damn it.
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* DiggingYourselfDeeper: After Bart found out Fat Tony was betting against him, Bart told during his interview how he was told to lose the finales "or else".
--> '''Blue-Haird Lawyer''': "Or else"? My client does not speak like that.\\
'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. Edit that out, ''or else''. I-I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. ''[under breath]'' Damn it.
--> '''Blue-Haird Lawyer''': "Or else"? My client does not speak like that.\\
'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. Edit that out, ''or else''. I-I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. ''[under breath]'' Damn it.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: After Bart found out Fat Tony was betting against him, Bart told during his interview how he was told to lose the finales "or else".
--> '''Blue-Haird Lawyer''': "Or else"? My client does not speak like that.\\
'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. Edit that out, ''or else''. I-I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. ''[under breath]'' Damn it.
--> '''Blue-Haird Lawyer''': "Or else"? My client does not speak like that.\\
'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. Edit that out, ''or else''. I-I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. ''[under breath]'' Damn it.
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'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. Edit that out, ''or else''. I-I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. Damn it.
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'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. Edit that out, ''or else''. I-I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. ''[under breath]'' Damn it.
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'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. Edit that out, ''or else''. Uh - I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. Damn it.
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'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. Edit that out, ''or else''. Uh - I’m I-I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. Damn it.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: After Bart found out Fat Tony was betting against him, Bart told during his interview how he was told to lose his next game "or else".
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* NotHelpingYourCase: After Bart found out Fat Tony was betting against him, Bart told during his interview how he was told to lose his next game "or else".
--> '''Blue-Haird Lawyer''': "Or else"? My client does not speak like that.\\
'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. Edit that out, ''or else''. Uh - I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. Damn it.
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'''Fat Tony''': Yeah, now drop the subject, ''or else''. Edit that out, ''or else''. Uh - I’m gonna stop talking... ''[[RuleOfThree or else]]''. Damn it.
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* NarratorAllAlong: Nelson's Dad.
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* NarratorAllAlong: Nelson's Dad.Dad turns out to be the one narrating the documentary.
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* BrickJoke: Early on the episode, Krusty tells a joke about Dolly Parton. The epilogue features her suing him.
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* ShoutOut: Realizing he's unable to keep secrets, a mobster asks for the phone number of ''[[Film/AnalyzeThis the psychiatrist whose help Fat Tony secretly seeks]]''.
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* AsHimself: Stephen Curry's cameo during the credits.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Lisa blackmails Fat Tony into sparing Bart and Homer by threatening to reveal that, as a kid, he used to play basketball for a girl's team and wasn't good enough to be more than a substitute.
* DisappearedDad: Nelson's Dad returns and then leaves again.
* DisappearedDad: Nelson's Dad returns and then leaves again.
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* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: Homer says it happened to him and Bart.
* NarratorAllAlong: Nelson's Dad.
* NarratorAllAlong: Nelson's Dad.
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* SawMyLifeFlashBeforeMyEyes: TakeThat: Lisa says it's okay to discuss secrets in documentaries because nobody watches them unless it's about rich men who killed people.
* TemptingFate: During one of Lisa's scenes, she's glad to be allowed to play the sax. When she's about to start, the scene cuts to Grampa being glad the song was cut. Given her role in saving Bart and Homer, she says she deserves a caption. She's then given one that reads "no, she does not".
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Homersays it happened no longer was a coach but still could tell kids what to him do; Stephen Curry didn't appear in the documentary; Krusty gets sued; Fat Tony is once again bested by his female teammates; and Bart.Nelson's Dad briefly returned.
* TemptingFate: During one of Lisa's scenes, she's glad to be allowed to play the sax. When she's about to start, the scene cuts to Grampa being glad the song was cut. Given her role in saving Bart and Homer, she says she deserves a caption. She's then given one that reads "no, she does not".
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Homer
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In a parody of 30 for 30, Bart becomes a star basketball player, but things go awry when he gets involved with the mafia.
!! Tropes:
* FunWithAcronyms: '''N'''elson's '''B'''een '''A'''bandoned.
* JustJokingJustification: Fat Tony uses this excuse after making some unfortunate comments.
* MeaningfulName: Johnny Tightlips' real name is Giovanni Silencio.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: One of Grampa's scenes stops and a narrator explains that the scene isn't frozen. Gramps got paralyzed.
* SawMyLifeFlashBeforeMyEyes: Homer says it happened to him and Bart.
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* FunWithAcronyms: '''N'''elson's '''B'''een '''A'''bandoned.
* JustJokingJustification: Fat Tony uses this excuse after making some unfortunate comments.
* MeaningfulName: Johnny Tightlips' real name is Giovanni Silencio.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: One of Grampa's scenes stops and a narrator explains that the scene isn't frozen. Gramps got paralyzed.
* SawMyLifeFlashBeforeMyEyes: Homer says it happened to him and Bart.
