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* ItsAllAboutMe: Lisa doesn't care how miserable Bart is and wants to stay in Boston because it's perfect for her.
** That being said, Bart doesn't care that every other member of the family love Boston. It's not a crime riddled hell hole like he wanted, so he sets things up to force them to move back to Springfield. When Lisa says he's jeopardizing her future, he selfish responds that his will if they stay there.
** That being said, Bart doesn't care that every other member of the family love Boston. It's not a crime riddled hell hole like he wanted, so he sets things up to force them to move back to Springfield. When Lisa says he's jeopardizing her future, he selfish responds that his will if they stay there.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Lisa doesn't care how miserable Bart is in Boston and wants to stay in Boston the city because it's perfect for her.
** That being said, Bartdoesn't care that every other member of falls into the family love Boston. It's exact same trope and is much more selfish about it. Initially, he's the one most excited about moving to Boston, but when it's revealed to not a be the crime riddled hell hole like he wanted, so imagined, he does something of a HeelFaceTurn and sets things up to force them to move back to Springfield. When The rest of the family has come to love the city, and when Lisa says he's Bart is jeopardizing her future, he selfish selfishly responds that his will be at risk if they stay there.
** That being said, Bart
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At first Bart is all for Boston as he believes it appeals to his bad boy nature. Once he gets there he finds it’s not a criminal wasteland like in ''Film/BlackMass'' where southie working class gangsters ruled the underworld with an iron fist. In the decades following those portrayal’s Boston has a reduced crime rate and better infrastructure and education, to prevent such criminality.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At first Bart is all for Boston as he believes it appeals to his bad boy nature. Once he gets there he finds it’s not a criminal wasteland like in ''Film/BlackMass'' where southie working class gangsters ruled the underworld with an iron fist. In the decades following those portrayal’s Boston has a reduced worked to reduce crime rate rates and better infrastructure and education, to prevent such criminality.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At first Bart is all for Boston as he believes it appeals to his bad boy nature. Once he gets there he finds it’s not a criminal wasteland like in ''Film/BlackMass'' where southie working class gangsters rules the underworld with an iron fist. In the decades following those portrayal’s Boston has a reduced crime rate and better infrastructure and education, to prevent such criminality.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At first Bart is all for Boston as he believes it appeals to his bad boy nature. Once he gets there he finds it’s not a criminal wasteland like in ''Film/BlackMass'' where southie working class gangsters rules ruled the underworld with an iron fist. In the decades following those portrayal’s Boston has a reduced crime rate and better infrastructure and education, to prevent such criminality.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At first Bart is all for Boston as he believes it appeals to his bad boy nature. Once he gets there he finds it’s not a criminal wasteland like in ''Film/BlackMass'' where [[Southies southie working class gangsters rules the underworld with an iron fist.]] In the decades following those portrayal’s Boston has a reduced crime rate and better infrastructure and education, to prevent such criminality.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At first Bart is all for Boston as he believes it appeals to his bad boy nature. Once he gets there he finds it’s not a criminal wasteland like in ''Film/BlackMass'' where [[Southies southie working class gangsters rules the underworld with an iron fist.]] fist. In the decades following those portrayal’s Boston has a reduced crime rate and better infrastructure and education, to prevent such criminality.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At first Bart is all for Boston as he believes it appeals to his bad boy nature. Once he gets there he finds it’s not a criminal wasteland like in the days of [[''Film/BlackMass'' Whitey Bulger or other Irish gangsters.]] In the decades following those portrayal’s Boston has a reduced crime rate and better infrastructure and education, to prevent such criminality.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At first Bart is all for Boston as he believes it appeals to his bad boy nature. Once he gets there he finds it’s not a criminal wasteland like in ''Film/BlackMass'' where [[Southies southie working class gangsters rules the days of [[''Film/BlackMass'' Whitey Bulger or other Irish gangsters.underworld with an iron fist.]] In the decades following those portrayal’s Boston has a reduced crime rate and better infrastructure and education, to prevent such criminality.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At first Bart is all for Boston as he believes it appeals to his bad boy nature. Once he gets there he finds it’s not a criminal wasteland like in the days of [[''Film/BlackMass'' Whitey Bulger or other Irish gangsters.]] In the decades following those portrayal’s Boston has a reduced crime rate and better infrastructure and education, to prevent such criminality.
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* ArcWords: Homer and Marge call the family's impulsive decision to relocate to Boston their "third ball," referring to the discovery that first endeared Homer to the town--the fact that candlepin bowling allows three balls per frame, meaning an unexpected second chance at victory for someone accustomed to standard bowling.
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** That being said, Bart doesn't care that every other member of the family love Boston. It's not a crime riddled hell hole like he wanted, so he sets things up to force them to move back to Springfield. When Lisa says he's jeopardizing her future, he selfish responds so is his if there stay there.
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** That being said, Bart doesn't care that every other member of the family love Boston. It's not a crime riddled hell hole like he wanted, so he sets things up to force them to move back to Springfield. When Lisa says he's jeopardizing her future, he selfish responds so is that his will if there they stay there.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Bart mentions that Boston is a "bad-boy" town, like him. Later on, it's revealed that he only liked Boston for its crime rate, and becomes unhappy at how peaceful and education-friendly it really is.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The TakeThat against the anti-vaccine movement has also become this when, during and after the [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Trump administration]], it turned to the right wing/far-right (basing themselves on "medical freedom" arguments) while, before, it was concentrated in those factions of the left which most distrusted Big Pharma, believed in alternative medicine and practised alternative lifestyles.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Much like Homer's experience in season 5's ''Homer Goes to College'', Bart discovers the hard way that Boston isn't the working-class gangsterland it's depicted as in ''Film/TheDeparted'' and ''Film/TheTown''.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Much like Homer's experience in season 5's ''Homer Goes to College'', Bart discovers the hard way that Boston isn't the working-class gangsterland it's depicted as in ''Film/TheDeparted'' and ''Film/TheTown''.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The TakeThat against the anti-vaccine movement has also become this when, during and after the [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump Trump administration]], it turned to the right wing/far-right (basing themselves on "medical freedom" arguments) while, before, it was concentrated in those factions of the left which most distrusted Big Pharma, believed in alternative medicine and practised alternative lifestyles.
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* ArtisticLicenseSports: Registered on the team roster or not, the mascot receiving a pass would never fly. But the absurdity is part of the joke.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The Boston Americans are a thin mock-up of the real life New England Patriots football team based in Boston, who were involved in a controversial ball deflating scandal.
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** The neon sign at the hotel that family stays at reads, "Free NESN, no ESPN".[[note]]NESN is the New England Sports Network, which airs Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins games that aren't aired on national television.[[/note]]
** Two of the candlepin alleys the family visits are named "Yankees Suck" and "Lakers Suck!", respectively.
** Two of the candlepin alleys the family visits are named "Yankees Suck" and "Lakers Suck!", respectively.
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Homer takes the family on a "hate-cation" to Boston when he catches Bart rooting for a rival football team, the Boston Americans (a spoof of the New England Patriots). But after discovering the appeal of city, the family agrees to move there.
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* AnimalAthleteLoophole: Homer accuses the Boston Americans of cheating because they let their mascot score the winning touchdown, which they justify by stating that the mascot is listed on the player roster.
* CreepyChild: When the Simpsons return to Springfield, Lisa hallucinates herself still being in Boston, completely blinding herself from reality.
* HollywoodNewEngland: Zig-zagged. The Boston American fans at Moe's are the stereotypes associated with the trope while the Bostonians the family meets in the city itself are more realistic.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Lisa doesn't care how miserable Bart is and wants to stay in Boston because it's perfect for her.
* PerspectiveReversal: At the beginning, Homer hates Boston while Bart loves it. But then Homer falls in love with it while Bart hates it. By the end of the episode, Homer hates it again.
* {{Southies}}: Averted. Bart is dismayed to find out how much the neighborhood has gentrified.
-->'''Bart:''' This place is all PC brainiacs and Subaru owners wearing fleece vests. It’s nothing at all like ''Film/TheDeparted''.
* TakeThat: To the anti-vaccine movement:
-->'''Marge:''' This town is so progressive. (sees woman walking her baby) Do you vaccinate your children?\\
'''Stranger:''' Of course!\\
'''Marge:''' But not stupid progressive!
** The Boston Americans are one to the New England Patriots and their fans.
** While at Quincy Market, Homer goes on a rant about how Fenway Park isn't as great a ballpark as Bostonians claim it is.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Much like Homer's experience in season 5's ''Homer Goes to College'', Bart discovers the hard way that Boston isn't the working-class gangsterland it's depicted as in ''Film/TheDeparted'' and ''Film/TheTown''.
Homer takes the family on a "hate-cation" to Boston when he catches Bart rooting for a rival football team, the Boston Americans (a spoof of the New England Patriots). But after discovering the appeal of city, the family agrees to move there.
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* AnimalAthleteLoophole: Homer accuses the Boston Americans of cheating because they let their mascot score the winning touchdown, which they justify by stating that the mascot is listed on the player roster.
* CreepyChild: When the Simpsons return to Springfield, Lisa hallucinates herself still being in Boston, completely blinding herself from reality.
* HollywoodNewEngland: Zig-zagged. The Boston American fans at Moe's are the stereotypes associated with the trope while the Bostonians the family meets in the city itself are more realistic.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Lisa doesn't care how miserable Bart is and wants to stay in Boston because it's perfect for her.
* PerspectiveReversal: At the beginning, Homer hates Boston while Bart loves it. But then Homer falls in love with it while Bart hates it. By the end of the episode, Homer hates it again.
* {{Southies}}: Averted. Bart is dismayed to find out how much the neighborhood has gentrified.
-->'''Bart:''' This place is all PC brainiacs and Subaru owners wearing fleece vests. It’s nothing at all like ''Film/TheDeparted''.
* TakeThat: To the anti-vaccine movement:
-->'''Marge:''' This town is so progressive. (sees woman walking her baby) Do you vaccinate your children?\\
'''Stranger:''' Of course!\\
'''Marge:''' But not stupid progressive!
** The Boston Americans are one to the New England Patriots and their fans.
** While at Quincy Market, Homer goes on a rant about how Fenway Park isn't as great a ballpark as Bostonians claim it is.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Much like Homer's experience in season 5's ''Homer Goes to College'', Bart discovers the hard way that Boston isn't the working-class gangsterland it's depicted as in ''Film/TheDeparted'' and ''Film/TheTown''.
