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* DeadlyHug: Alluded to when Bart and Sideshow Bob hug it out and Bart nervously asks Milhouse to check if there's a knife in his back, followed by Bob, with the same trepidation, asking him to check if Bart has placed [[KickMePrank a "kick me" sign]].

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* DeadlyHug: Alluded to when Bart and Sideshow Bob hug it out and Bart nervously asks Milhouse to check if there's Bob's put a knife in his back, followed by Bob, with the same trepidation, asking him to check if Bart has placed [[KickMePrank a "kick me" sign]].
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* HehHehYouSaidX: When Bob gloats that he's managed to find Bart's "hidey-hole," Milhouse and Bart crack up over the resemblance of the phrase to "heiny hole."
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Before Bob can go through with launching the missal, Bart stops him in his tracks by asking him ''why'' he's doing this. [[MotiveDecay Bob doesn't really have an answer anymore]].
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* NoodleIncident: Bob's career has included Cirque du Soleil and ''Series/{{ZOOM}}.''
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-->'''[[RunningGag Homer's Brain]]:''' Okay, this is the hardest news in the world for a mother to hear. Just ease her into it.

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-->'''[[RunningGag Homer's Brain]]:''' Okay, ''Okay, this is the hardest news in the world for a mother to hear. Just ease her into it. ''
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-->'''Homer's Brain:''' Okay, this is the hardest news in the world for a mother to hear. Just ease her into it.

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-->'''Homer's Brain:''' -->'''[[RunningGag Homer's Brain]]:''' Okay, this is the hardest news in the world for a mother to hear. Just ease her into it.
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* ComicBookTime: Bob acknowledges that this is now his twelfth encounter with Bart. Bart remains ten years old.


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* LongerThanLifeSentence: Bob plans to open a flower shop when he's released after serving "three consecutive life sentences."
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* DeadlyHug: Alluded to when Bart and Sideshow Bob hug it out and Bart nervously asks Milhouse to check if there's a knife in his back, followed by Bob, with the same trepidation, asking him to check if Bart has placed [[KickMePrank a "kick me" sign]].
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* BadNewsInAGoodWay:

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* BadNewsInAGoodWay: After Bart disappears.
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* BadNewsInAGoodWay:
-->'''Marge:''' Where the heck were you? Where's Bart?
-->'''Homer's Brain:''' Okay, this is the hardest news in the world for a mother to hear. Just ease her into it.
-->'''Homer:''' [[ThinksOfSomethingSmartSaysSomethingStupid Um, you know that sewing room you wanted, but we could never figure out where?]]
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: When Bob is stretching to use both of the ignition keys:
-->'''Sideshow Bob:''' For this, you can thank my time at Cirque du Soleil!
-->'''Bart:''' More like Cirque du ''So Lame.''
-->'''Sideshow Bob:''' ...Yes, they are pretty much all the same.

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* HandyFeet: Bob manages to initiate the two person lock by stretching his whole body and larger feet to close the gap, being dexterous enough with his toes to switch keys when he sees it's the wrong one.



* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Sideshow Bob goes to extreme lengths to find Bart because he wants to be the victor.
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* EasilyForgiven: After Sideshow Bob releases Bart and Milhouse from the rocket, he embraces Bart in a hug. After confirming that Bob did not stab him in the back, the magnanimous young boy embraces the man who had just tried to kill him.


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* WouldHurtAChild: Sideshow Bob is perfectly willing to kill two ten-year-old boys by tying them to a rocket that he set to launch.

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* RealityEnsues: Bob ties Bart and Milhouse to the missle and plans to launch them to their death. However, as he discovers the rocket has two ignition keys on the opposite ends of the command console that must be pressed at the exact same time in order to fire, which as Bart points out is so nobody could launch the thing on their own.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Bob ties Bart and Milhouse to the missle and plans to launch them to their death. However, as he discovers the rocket has two ignition keys on the opposite ends of the command console that must be pressed at the exact same time in order to fire, which as Bart points out is so nobody could launch the thing on their own.



* TwoKeyedLock: The system that activate the missile requires two keys to be turned at the same time. Sideshow Bob manages to stretch himself so he can turn one key with his hands while he turns the other with a foot.

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* TwoKeyedLock: The system that activate the missile requires two keys to be turned at the same time. Sideshow Bob manages to stretch himself so he can turn one key with his hands while he turns the other with a foot.foot.
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* RealityEnsues: Bob ties Bart and Milhouse to the missle and plans to launch them to their death. However, as he discovers the rocket has two ignition keys on the opposite ends of the command console that must be pressed at the exact same time in order to fire, which as Bart points out is so nobody could launch the thing on their own.

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* SkewedPriorities: When Bart finds an old, but working, phone in the bunker the first thing he does is prank call Moe. The phone proved to be so old the wiring frays just from that first call. With some ingenuity Bart repairs the phone for another call, this time to Marge, but could barely explain anything besides the fact he was still alive before the phone

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* SkewedPriorities: When Bart finds an old, but working, phone in the bunker the first thing he does is prank call Moe. The phone proved to be so old the wiring frays just from that first call. With some ingenuity Bart repairs the phone for another call, this time to Marge, but could barely explain anything besides the fact he was still alive before the phonephone dies for good.


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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Sideshow Bob goes to extreme lengths to find Bart because he wants to be the victor.
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* AntagonistInMourning: Sideshow Bob becomes outraged at the idea that Bart could have been killed by random chance in the woods rather than by his own hands. When the search was called off he refused to admit defeat.


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* SkewedPriorities: When Bart finds an old, but working, phone in the bunker the first thing he does is prank call Moe. The phone proved to be so old the wiring frays just from that first call. With some ingenuity Bart repairs the phone for another call, this time to Marge, but could barely explain anything besides the fact he was still alive before the phone

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* KarmaHoudini: Milhouse learns that Bart is still alive and keeps the fact a secret to try and get close to Lisa while she's sad. He is never punished for this.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: Milhouse learns that Bart is still alive and keeps the fact a secret to try and get close to Lisa while she's sad. He is coerced and captured by Sideshow Bob soon after.
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* TakeThat: While stretching to fit both launch keys, Sideshow Bob says they can thank his time with Cirque du Soleil. Bart proceeds to call it Cirque du So Lame, which he agrees with.
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* KarmaHoudini: Milhouse learns that Bart is still alive and keeps the fact a secret to try and get close to Lisa while she's sad. He is never punished for this.
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* EpicFail: When Milhouse finds Bart in the bunker, he drops his phone to him. It breaks. Then Milhouse says he will go get help. His glasses fall down and break.
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* RentalCarAbuse: Homer is all too eager to have his family ruin the car he's rented. When Bart tells him he has to go, Homer even tries to encourage his son to pee in the car.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Shaquille O'Neal suddenly showing up and flying away.



* ContrivedCoincidence: Homer blocks his ears so that he doesn’t have to listen to his father the exact moment Bart is calling out for help.
* KarmaHoudini: Milhouse never gets any comeuppance for not telling anyone that [[WithFriendsLikeThese Bart was alive]] so he could use the fact that Lisa was morning to get close to her. As neither Bart nor Lisa finds out he did it.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Shaquille O'Neal suddenly showing up and flying away.


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* ContrivedCoincidence: Homer blocks his ears so that he doesn’t have to listen to his father the exact moment Bart is calling out for help.
* KarmaHoudini: Milhouse never gets any comeuppance for not telling anyone that [[WithFriendsLikeThese Bart was alive]] so he could use the fact that Lisa was morning to get close to her. As neither Bart nor Lisa finds out he did it.

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* BlatantLies: Sideshow Bob's claim that he never heard of Bart before is disproven by his Die Bart, Die tattoo.
* ContinuityNod: Sideshow Bob still has the Die Bart, Die tattoo from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E2CapeFeare "Cape Feare"]].

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* BlatantLies: Sideshow Bob's claim that he never heard of Bart before is disproven by his Die "Die Bart, Die Die" tattoo.
* ContinuityNod: Sideshow Bob still has the Die "Die Bart, Die Die" tattoo from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E2CapeFeare "Cape Feare"]].Feare"]].
* KentBrockmanNews: Brockman covers Bart's apparent death as if it was an election.

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* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: Burning fuel while sat down is something Homer considers the American Way.

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* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: Burning fuel while sat sitting down is something Homer considers the American Way.Way.
* NatureTinkling: Bart discovers the underground bunker after peeing in the woods.
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* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: Burning fuel while sat down is something Homer considers the American Way.


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* TooDumbToLive: Sideshow Bob's therapist. After Sideshow Bob stabs him with a scissor, he wonders why he keeps giving those to his patients.
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* RakeTake: Sideshow Bob tries to kill himself by stepping on a rake several times.
* TimeSkip: After the climax, there's a skip to a time when an elderly Sideshow Bob is living in a lighthouse.
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When Bart goes missing (he is trapped in a secret underground bunker), Sideshow Bob attempts to get Milhouse to reveal his location.

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* BlatantLies: Sideshow Bob's claim that he never heard of Bart before is disproven by his Die Bart, Die tattoo.
* ContinuityNod: Sideshow Bob still has the Die Bart, Die tattoo from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E2CapeFeare "Cape Feare"]].
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Sideshow Bob can't stand the notion that Bart is dead without him being responsible for it.
* TwoKeyedLock: The system that activate the missile requires two keys to be turned at the same time. Sideshow Bob manages to stretch himself so he can turn one key with his hands while he turns the other with a foot.

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