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* FormerChildStar: In universe example; Homer sees a documentary about a former talented baby who became a juvenile delinquent after her time in the spotlight was over. It gives him second thoughts about letting Maggie get famous.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: As Marge talks to the other parents in the late pickup room she's just repainted, Martin Prince's mom retrieves him from a coat hook where he's been [[{{Wedgie}} hung by his underwear]].
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* NoodleIncident: At the dinner table, Lisa realizes's she's the only member of the family not keeping a secret: Homer's hiding the A-plot (as is Maggie), Marge is hiding the B-plot, and Bart's involved in a scheme we don't see that requires Milhouse to hide a mountain lion in his bedroom for four days.

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* NoodleIncident: At the dinner table, Lisa realizes's she's the only member of the family not keeping a secret: Homer's hiding the A-plot (as is Maggie), Marge is hiding the B-plot, and Bart's involved in a scheme we don't see that requires Milhouse to hide keep a mountain lion secreted in his bedroom for four days.
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* NoodleIncident: At the dinner table, Lisa realizes's she's the only member of the family not keeping a secret: Homer's hiding the A-plot (as is Maggie), Marge is hiding the B-plot, and Bart's involved in a scheme we don't see that requires Milhouse to hide a mountain lion in his bedroom for four days.
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* TakeThat: Homer's fellow barflies tell him not to depend on his daughter's talent... like Ron Howard.

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* TakeThat: Homer's fellow barflies tell him not to depend on his daughter's talent... like Ron Howard.Creator/RonHoward.
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* HumorDissonance: The audience on the ''Blow of Blows'' radio show laughs wildly at an advertising slogan.


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* ShoutOut: Abe as a kid appeared in ''Your Blow of Blows'', a pun on the early TV show ''Your Show of Shows'', with Sid Wheezer being a pun on Sid Caesar. The show itself is a parody of the ''Original Amateur Hour''.
* TakeThat: Homer's fellow barflies tell him not to depend on his daughter's talent... like Ron Howard.
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* InterspeciesRomance: After Homer, Marge, Maggie, and Bart all behave furtively at dinner, Lisa tells Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II that it seems everyone has a secret except the three of them. However, as she turns away, the two pets exchange a knowing look and smile before kissing each other.
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* VaudevilleHook: Someone tries to pull Homer with one. Even a king-sized hook isn't enough.
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* ArtisticLicenseOrnithology: Toucans are depicted with cockatoo-like head feathers.
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Homer discovers Maggie's secret talent in whistling and tries to help her get famous. Marge becomes an interior decorator for Fat Tony.

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* BitingTheHandHumor: When a vulture is about to peck Grandpa, he says his blood is rotten because he watched Fox News.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Fat Tony gives up on his plan to turn the old post office into a whorehouse when he learns a letter to his mother from the Pope was left there.
* ImagineSpot: Homer imagines himself becoming famous by taking credit for Maggie's whistling.
* VicePresidentWho: Homer imagines himself receiving a medal from the President while Maggie receives an envy medal from the Vice-President.

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