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* BrickJoke: In a flashback to his days as a college lacrosse star, Kirk breaks his wrist when he high-fives the Gudger College mascot, a knight in full armour. During the epilogue, Kirk and Homer break their wrists trying to high five each other.

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* BrickJoke: In a flashback to his days as a college lacrosse star, Kirk breaks his wrist when he high-fives the Gudger College mascot, a knight in full armour.armour, and he notes that the damage he sustained from that injury mean he's never even high-fived his own son. During the epilogue, Kirk and Homer break their wrists trying to high five each other.

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* ContinuityNod: As Kirk explains how he knows so much about lacrosse, his flashback shows he was a star player at [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided Gudger College]].

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As Kirk explains how he knows so much about lacrosse, his flashback shows he was a star player at [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided Gudger College]].College]].
** Homer mentions that Bart has "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E2BrothersLittleHelper one of those paying attention diseases that isn't really a disease]]."
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* SeductionProofMarriage: As always, Homer has many vices, but other women aren't among them, and walking into a strip club--even at his wife's urging and purely to drag Kirk outside--is his worst nightmare.
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* ContinuityNod: As Kirk explains how he knows so much about lacrosse, his flashback shows he was a star player at [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided Gudger College.]]

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* ContinuityNod: As Kirk explains how he knows so much about lacrosse, his flashback shows he was a star player at [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided Gudger College.]]College]].
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* ContinuityNod: As Kirk explains how he knows so much about lacrosse, his flashback shows he was a star player at [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E6AMilhouseDivided Gudger College.]]
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Marge finally gives one to Helen Lovejoy when she insultingly doubts Homer being able to bring back Kirk in time for the game.
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* DeliciousDistraction: While Homer is NotDistractedByTheSexy at the strip club, he does get distracted by the free chicken buffet. He does not agree about them being delicious once he eats them, however, not that it stops him.

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* DeliciousDistraction: While Homer is NotDistractedByTheSexy at the strip club, he does get distracted by the free chicken buffet. He does not agree about them being delicious once he eats them, however, not however. Not that it stops him.
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* DeliciousDistraction: While Homer is NotDistractedByTheSexy at the strip club, he does get distracted by the free chicken buffet. He does not agree about them being delicious once he eats them, however.

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* DeliciousDistraction: While Homer is NotDistractedByTheSexy at the strip club, he does get distracted by the free chicken buffet. He does not agree about them being delicious once he eats them, however.however, not that it stops him.
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* LesserOfTwoEvils: Despite being a dangerous sport, lacrosse is chosen as an alternative to football, since it's still safer than football.
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* DeliciousDistraction: While Homer is NotDistractedByTheSexy at the strip club, he does get distracted by the free buffet. He does not agree about the "delicious" part, however.

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* DeliciousDistraction: While Homer is NotDistractedByTheSexy at the strip club, he does get distracted by the free chicken buffet. He does not agree about the "delicious" part, them being delicious once he eats them, however.
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* DeliciousDistraction: While Homer is NotDistractedByTheSexy at the strip club, he does get distracted by the free buffet. He does not agree about the "delicious" part, however.
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* MythologyGag: Princess Kashmir is seen working at a strip club, which was originally an InformedAttribute that couldn't be shown back when Season 1 was aired.
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* OrbitalKiss: Marge and Homer kiss when Marge makes Homer go to the strip club where Kirk is at as she and everyone at the game depend on Homer.
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* IronicEcho: "Echo" in two senses of the word; Homer offhandedly addresses Kirk as "buddy" when he hands the floor to him at the town meeting, and the word "buddy" echoes as we close in on Kirk's face progressively lighting up. When Kirk insists Homer join him as assistant coach of the lacrosse team, he addresses Homer as "buddy", and the word echoes once again as we close in on Homer's face... progressively cringing in horror.

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Homer coaches the kids' lacrosse team with Milhouse's dad Kirk, who really needs a friend. Kirk then disappears after hearing Homer rant about him being a loser, just as the team needs him for the championship game.

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Peewee football season in Springfield is over before it begins after a smoke stunt gone wrong leads to panic over the possibility of concussions. At a town meeting, Marge persuades Homer coaches to help Kirk Van Houten present his idea for an alternative to football: lacrosse, which he and Milhouse demonstrate. The townsfolk are sold, and Chief Wiggum suggests that Kirk be the team coach; Kirk agrees, but on the condition that a reluctant Homer be his assistant coach.

To Homer's surprise, the lacrosse team thrive under Kirk's guidance, and he asks Kirk how he knows so much about lacrosse. Latching onto someone showing interest in him, Kirk tells him that he was the star of Gudger College's lacrosse team until he broke his wrist high-fiving the team mascot, a knight in full armour. Homer soon discovers the down side of coaching with Kirk on a two-day regional lacrosse tournament, during which Kirk's behaviour alternately bores and shocks Homer, especially when he pitches the idea of a late night strip club outing; however, having seen how much Bart and Lisa are enjoying playing lacrosse, he decides to keep up the illusion of being Kirk's friend for their sake. Springfield sweep the tournament, qualifying for the state championship against Capital City, but a musical number in which Kirk sings of how great his and Homer's new friendship is while Homer sings of how awful it is ends with Kirk finding out that Homer is only pretending to like him.

On the day of the state championship, Kirk is nowhere to be found, and Luann tells Homer that he emptied their bank account, but asked for the money in singles. Homer realises that Kirk has gone to a strip club, and Marge sends him to fetch
the kids' errant coach. At the strip club, Kirk (who is only paying the strippers to listen to him talk, not to perform) is still angry at Homer, but Homer smooths things over by saying that while he may not like Kirk as a friend, he respects him as a lacrosse team with Milhouse's dad Kirk, who really needs a friend. coach. With the strippers' help, Kirk then disappears after hearing and Homer rant about him being a loser, just as return in time to lead Springfield to victory in the team needs him for state championship... only to break their wrists high-fiving at the championship game.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Dr. Hibbert warns the residents that lacrosse is second only to football as a concussion risk. The townsfolk simply start chanting "SAFER THAN FOOTBALL! SAFER THAN FOOTBALL!"

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Dr. Hibbert warns the residents his fellow Springfielders that lacrosse is second only to football as a concussion risk. The townsfolk They simply start chanting "SAFER THAN FOOTBALL! SAFER THAN FOOTBALL!"
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Kirk may be a bore with no sense of propriety, but he's also a desperately lonely man who is almost completely ignored by everyone he knows - even his own wife, to quote Marge, "treats him like garbage." He latches onto Homer so forcefully because he thinks that, for the first time in years, he's found a real friend.


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* SplitScreen: For the musical number at the end of the second act, Kirk sings about how happy he is to be friends with Homer, while Homer sings about how much he hates being around Kirk. For the final lines, Kirk dances up a fire escape on the left side of the screen against blue skies, while Homer gets on a Ferris wheel on the right side of the screen against cloudy skies ... only for the sky on Homer's side to clear up and the line down the middle of the picture to slide away to put the two men within earshot of each other - just as Homer says he's only been pretending to like Kirk.

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* BaitAndSwitch: While looking for Kirk at a bar, Homer tries his best not to be distracted the hookers, only to start drooling at some legs...[[BigEater chicken legs in a free buffet]].
* BrickJoke: Earlier on the episode, Kirk broke his wrist while performing high fives. During the epilogue, Kirk and Homer break their wrists trying to high five each other.
* CareerEndingInjury: Kirk used to play lacrosse at college until he broke his wrist by accidentally performing a high-five on a mascot who's wearing an armor.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Dr. Hibbert warns the residents about lacrosse being second only to football regarding harm to kids but their only reaction is being glad it's safer than football.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Homer says he may have a lot of bad habits but he doesn't go to strip clubs. When he pretends interest with Kirk it'S the only thing he draws a line.

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* BaitAndSwitch: While looking for Kirk at a bar, strip club, Homer tries his best not to be distracted the hookers, dancers, only to start drooling at some legs...[[BigEater chicken legs in a free buffet]].
buffet]]. As he devours them, he admits they're terrible, but the price is unbeatable.
* BrickJoke: Earlier on the episode, In a flashback to his days as a college lacrosse star, Kirk broke breaks his wrist while performing high fives.when he high-fives the Gudger College mascot, a knight in full armour. During the epilogue, Kirk and Homer break their wrists trying to high five each other.
* CareerEndingInjury: Kirk used to play lacrosse at college until he broke his wrist by accidentally performing a high-five on with the mascot, a mascot who's wearing an knight in a suit of armor.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Dr. Hibbert warns the residents about that lacrosse being is second only to football regarding harm to kids but their only reaction is being glad it's safer than football.
as a concussion risk. The townsfolk simply start chanting "SAFER THAN FOOTBALL! SAFER THAN FOOTBALL!"
* EveryoneHasStandards: EveryoneHasStandards:
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Homer says is shocked when Kirk suggests he and Homer simultaneously reveal the strangest place they've ever had sex.[[note]] Kirk's answer: Chipotle.[[/note]] Pointing out that there are kids in the back of the van does nothing to dissuade him.
** Homer tells Kirk
he may have a lot of bad habits - alcohol, forgetting his kids' birthdays, stealing blow dryers from motels - but he doesn't go draws the line at going to strip clubs. When he pretends interest with Such is his discomfort that Marge has to goad him into looking for Kirk it'S the only thing in a strip club when he draws a line.goes missing.


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* PlatonicProstitution: When Homer finds Kirk at Clubb Sinnn, he discovers that he has spent the last three days talking to the strippers instead of watching their act. Rather than wanting to ogle naked women, Kirk just wants someone to listen to him.
* WasItAllALie: Kirk is outraged when he hears Homer say that he was only pretending to like him, and when Homer tracks him down in a strip club, he snaps, "Nothing, ''nothing'' that we had was real!" Homer, however, admits that while he may not like Kirk as a friend, he respects him as a lacrosse coach.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Homer says he may have a lot of bad habits but he doesn't go to strip clubs. When he pretends interest with Kirk it'S the only thing he draws a line.
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* BaitAndSwitch: While looking for Kirk at a bar, Homer tries his best not to be distracted the hookers, only to start drooling at some legs...[[BigEater chicken legs at a free buffet]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: While looking for Kirk at a bar, Homer tries his best not to be distracted the hookers, only to start drooling at some legs...[[BigEater chicken legs at in a free buffet]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: While looking for Kirk at a bar, Homer tries his best not to be distracted the hookers, only to become sidetracked by some legs...[[BigEater chicken legs at a free buffet]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: While looking for Kirk at a bar, Homer tries his best not to be distracted the hookers, only to become sidetracked by start drooling at some legs...[[BigEater chicken legs at a free buffet]].
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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: The hookers agree to help Kirk for his son's sake.

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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: The hookers agree to help Kirk for his son's sake.sake, due to all being mothers.
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* BaitAndSwitch: While looking for Kirk at a bar, Homer tries his best not to be distracted the hookers, only to become sidetracked by some legs. As in, [[BigEater chicken legs at a free buffet]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: While looking for Kirk at a bar, Homer tries his best not to be distracted the hookers, only to become sidetracked by some legs. As in, legs...[[BigEater chicken legs at a free buffet]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: While looking for Kirk at a bar, Homer tries his best not to be distracted the hookers, only to become sidetracked by some legs. As in, [[BigEater chicken legs at a buffet]].

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* BaitAndSwitch: While looking for Kirk at a bar, Homer tries his best not to be distracted the hookers, only to become sidetracked by some legs. As in, [[BigEater chicken legs at a free buffet]].
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* BaitAndSwitch: While looking for Kirk at a bar, Homer tries his best not to be distracted the hookers, only to become sidetracked by some legs. As in, [[BigEater chicken legs at a buffet]].
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* BrickJoke: Earlier on the episode, Kirk broke his wrist while performing high fives. During the epilogue, Kirk and Homer break their wrists trying to high five each other.
* CareerEndingInjury: Kirk used to play lacrosse at college until he broke his wrist by accidentally performing a high-five on a mascot who's wearing an armor.

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* AllMenArePerverts: When Homer figures out Kirk must be at some strip bar, some men quickly volunteer to look for him. Homer himself averts this and won't look for Kirk at those places until Marge urges him to.



* AllMenArePerverts: When Homer figures out Kirk must be at some strip bar, some men quickly volunteer to look for him. Homer himself averts this and won't look for Kirk at those places until Marge urges him to.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Dr. Hibbert warns the residents about lacrosse being second only to football regarding harm to kids but their only reaction is being glad it's safer than football.
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* HookerWithAnHeartOfGold: The hookers agree to help Kirk for his son's sake.

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* HookerWithAnHeartOfGold: HookerWithAHeartOfGold: The hookers agree to help Kirk for his son's sake.



* WillNotTakeYesForAnAnswer: Homer is so sure the kids would lose he won't listen to them saying they won until he sees the scoreboard.

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* WillNotTakeYesForAnAnswer: WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: Homer is so sure the kids would lose he won't listen to them saying they won until he sees the scoreboard.
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Homer coaches the kids' lacrosse team with Milhouse's dad Kirk, who really needs a friend. Kirk then disappears after hearing Homer rant about him being a loser, just as the team needs him for the championship game.

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* HookerWithAnHeartOfGold: The hookers agree to help Kirk for his son's sake.
* AllMenArePerverts: When Homer figures out Kirk must be at some strip bar, some men quickly volunteer to look for him. Homer himself averts this and won't look for Kirk at those places until Marge urges him to.
* WillNotTakeYesForAnAnswer: Homer is so sure the kids would lose he won't listen to them saying they won until he sees the scoreboard.

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