History Recap / TheSimpsonsS29E21FlandersLadder

** During the KillEmAll DistantFinale, Bart finished his life as [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E6ItchyAndScratchyTheMovie Chief Justice of Supreme Court]].

* PoliceBrutality: Homer dies when he is gunned down by police, who think that a long bag he is holding contains a gun. While this would otherwise be considered an accident, it is brutality because Wiggum admits that he ''knew'' it was a sandwich and didn't tell anyone before they killed Homer so he could steal it... [[LaserGuidedKarma then chokes to death on it.]]

** In his dream, Bart accidentally kills Homer, whose ghost is about to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Bart begging Homer to stay with him (paralleled by Lisa pleading with the dying Bart to stay with her) contrasts his typical attitude toward [[BlackComedy the idea of Homer dying]] and shows how much it means to him to have his father in his life.

* {{Patricide}}:
** In his dream, Bart accidentally kills Homer, whose ghost reassures him that "patricide is just a part of life," noting that death expanded his vocabulary.
** Ralph Wiggum is seemingly poisoned by his son in the closing DeathMontage.

* {{Patricide}}: In his dream, Bart accidentally kills Homer, whose ghost reassures him that "patricide is just a part of life," noting that death expanded his vocabulary.

** Bart's apparently inherited some of Homer's MadeOfIron quality, as Dr. Hibbert notes that he's been briefly comatose many times before with no harm done (which gets more believable with the very next episode, Season 30 premiere "Bart's Not Dead," when it happens ''again)''. This justifies Lisa using the situation as an opportunity to mess with Bart, since he's recovered easily from this type of thing so many times that even Marge is fine with leaving him alone with Lisa for most of his hospital visit.

** Bart's apparently inherited some of Homer's MadeOfIron quality, as Dr. Hibbert notes that he's been briefly comatose many times before without issue (which gets more believable with the very next episode, Season 30 premiere "Bart's Not Dead," when it happens ''again)''. This justifies Lisa using the situation as an opportunity to mess with Bart, since he's recovered easily from this type of thing so many times that even Marge is fine with leaving him alone with Lisa for most of his hospital visit.

* NoodleIncident: The ending montage has a number of them, including Ned becoming a widower many more times (with the widowed Marge among his eventual wives), Ralph somehow becoming the evil king of Earth, and Maggie attaining immortality.

-->'''Lisa:''' ''(annoyed)'' Oh, right. You like that.

* NoodleIncident: Ralph somehow became the evil king of Earth.

** In his dream, Bart accidentally kills Homer, whose ghost is about to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Bart begging Homer to stay with him is paralleled by Lisa pleading with the dying Bart to stay with her.

** In his dream, Bart accidentally kills Homer, whose ghost is about to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Bart begging Homer to stay with him is paralleled by Lisa pleading with Bart to stay with her as he starts to flatline.

* ContinuityCavalcade: Bart's dream features many characters who have died over the course of the show, from [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E22RoundSpringfield Bleeding Gums Murphy]] to [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E13SimpsoncalifragilisticexpialaAnnoyedGruntcious Shary Bobbins]] to [[RunningGag Dr. Marvin Monroe]] to [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E2JazzyAndThePussycats Homer's Vegas wife]] to [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E9IAnnoyedGruntBot a whole succession of Snowballs]].

** One of the old VHS tapes is labeled "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie Wedding/Alaska Video]]"

* HolyBurnsEvil: {{Subverted}} in Bart's dream. He fills his treehouse with crucifixes and other holy objects in an attempt to ward off a ghost, failing to consider that that ghost is [[ChuchLady Maude Flanders]].

* HolyBurnsEvil: {{Subverted}} in Bart's dream. He fills his treehouse with crucifixes and other holy objects in an attempt to ward off a ghost, failing to consider that that ghost is Maude Flanders.

** In his dream, Bart accidentally kills Homer, whose ghost is about to AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence. Bart begging Homer to come back is paralleled by Lisa pleading with Bart to wake up as he starts to flatline.