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* BlackComedyBurst: The closing DeathMontage.
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* ContinuityCavalcade: Bart's dream features many characters who have died over the course of the show.

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* ContinuityCavalcade: Bart's dream features many characters who have died over the course of the show.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]].
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the DeathMontage, Bart dies seconds after Skinner when his prank causes Skinner to have a heart attack and his wheelchair runs Bart over.
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* ContinuityCavalcade: Bart's dream features many characters who have died over the course of the show.
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* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: According to Dr. Hibbert, "Bart's had more comas than he's had hot breakfasts."


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* NightmareFetishist: Lisa's first attempt to evoke nightmares for the comatose Bart involves dragons and pools of blood. Bart smiles serenely in his sleep.
-->'''Lisa:''' ''(annoyed)'' Oh, right. You like that.
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* CartwrightCurse: {{Exaggerated}} and PlayedForLaughs in the final montage, where Ned seemingly outlives over ''40'' wives.


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* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Bart to the dead Homer in his dream and, simultaneously, [[PlotParallel Lisa to the dying Bart in real life]].
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* UnwantedRescue: Bart fires a t-shirt cannon at the hole in the sky through which Homer's ghost is [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence about to ascend]], causing the ghost to be knocked down and reinhabit Homer's body. The now-alive Homer is furious because he was finally about to know peace.

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* AccidentalMurder: In his dream, Bart attempts to lay Maude's ghost to rest by luring Homer into an ally where the bullies attack him with t-shirt guns. His only intention is to give Homer a scare, but it winds up killing him.



* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Lisa breaks down sobbing on Bart's hospital bed and desperately begs him to come back, even telling him [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove that she loves him as he seemingly flatlines]].

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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther:
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Lisa breaks down sobbing on Bart's hospital bed and desperately begs him to come back, even telling him [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove that she loves him as he seemingly flatlines]].flatlines]].
** 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.
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** Also amongst the ghosts are a group of ants, whose UnfinishedBusiness involves utilising a SolarPoweredMagnifiyingGlass on their former tormentor - Nelson.

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** Also amongst the ghosts are a group of ants, whose UnfinishedBusiness involves utilising a SolarPoweredMagnifiyingGlass SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass on their former tormentor - Nelson.
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** Also amongst the ghosts are a group of ants, whose UnfinshedBusiness involves utilising a SolarPoweredMagnifiyingGlass on their former tormentor - Nelson.

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** Also amongst the ghosts are a group of ants, whose UnfinshedBusiness UnfinishedBusiness involves utilising a SolarPoweredMagnifiyingGlass on their former tormentor - Nelson.

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* GhostlyAnimals: Among the ghosts which visit Bart are those of the deceased family cats Snowball II, Snowball III, and Snowball IV/Coltrane.

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* GhostlyAnimals: GhostlyAnimals:
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Among the ghosts which visit Bart are those of the deceased family cats Snowball II, Snowball III, and Snowball IV/Coltrane.IV/Coltrane.
** Also amongst the ghosts are a group of ants, whose UnfinshedBusiness involves utilising a SolarPoweredMagnifiyingGlass on their former tormentor - Nelson.
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* 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.]] This joke becomes much darker with HarsherInHindsight or FunnyAneurysmMoment by mirroring the death of Casey Goodson.

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* 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.]] This joke becomes much darker with HarsherInHindsight or FunnyAneurysmMoment by mirroring the death of Casey Goodson.
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** Wiggum using police brutality to kill Homer all for a sandwich. Which he then chokes on and dies not mere moments after.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lisa is overcome with guilt when Dr. Hibbert tells her that filling Bart's head with nightmares while he's in a coma could give him permanent brain damage and actually kill him.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lisa is overcome with guilt reacts this way when Dr. Hibbert tells her that filling Bart's head with nightmares while he's in a coma could give him permanent brain damage and actually kill him.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lisa reacts this way when Dr. Hibbert tells her that filling Bart's head with nightmares while he's in a coma could give him permanent brain damage and actually kill him.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lisa reacts this way is overcome with guilt when Dr. Hibbert tells her that filling Bart's head with nightmares while he's in a coma could give him permanent brain damage and actually kill him.
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* InMemoriam: The episode was dedicated to Tom Wolfe, who guest starred in the Season 18 episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E6MoeNaLisa Moe'N'a Lisa]]" and had passed away days before this episode's airing.
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* FromBadToWorse: The coma dream.

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* %%* FromBadToWorse: The coma dream.dream.
* GhostlyAnimals: Among the ghosts which visit Bart are those of the deceased family cats Snowball II, Snowball III, and Snowball IV/Coltrane.
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* AdventuresInComaLand: Bart dreams that ghosts appear before him, thanks to Lisa's intervention.

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* AdventuresInComaLand: AdventuresInComaland: Bart dreams that ghosts appear before him, thanks to Lisa's intervention.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: After the version of Homer in Bart's coma dies and starts ascending into the light, Bart tells him that Marge will marry someone else. Homer casually responds with this trope.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After waking up from his coma, the first thing Bart does is ask Lisa if she was responsible for his nightmares. When Lisa responds in affirmative, he excitedly asks her to teach him how to do it.

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* 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.]]
** This joke becomes much darker with HarsherInHindsight or FunnyAneurysmMoment by mirroring the death of Casey Goodson.

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* 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.]]
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]] This joke becomes much darker with HarsherInHindsight or FunnyAneurysmMoment by mirroring the death of Casey Goodson.



* XRaySparks: A clever variation. When Bart is struck by lighting, instead of his skeleton we see ''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall the animator's guidelines.]]''

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* {{Stellification}}: The episode ends with the revelation of how some of the show's characters die. The last of these clips shows Maggie as a constellation and the reveal that she [[spoiler:never died]].
* XRaySparks: A clever variation. When Bart is struck by lighting, instead of his skeleton we see ''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall the animator's guidelines.]]''guidelines]]''.
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* EasilyForgiven: Bart is completely nonplussed about learning that Lisa helped inspire his hellish NightmareSequence, instead excitedly asking her [[NightmareFetishist "Can you teach me how to do that on my own?"]]

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* EasilyForgiven: Bart is completely nonplussed about learning that Lisa helped inspire his hellish NightmareSequence, and is instead excitedly impressed, asking her [[NightmareFetishist "Can you teach me how to do that on my own?"]]that?"]]
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* EasilyForgiven: Bart is completely nonplussed about learning that Lisa helped inspire his hellish NightmareSequence, instead excitedly asking her [[NightmareFetishist "Can you teach me how to do that on my own?!"]] She's appropriately exasperated.

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* EasilyForgiven: Bart is completely nonplussed about learning that Lisa helped inspire his hellish NightmareSequence, instead excitedly asking her [[NightmareFetishist "Can you teach me how to do that on my own?!"]] She's appropriately exasperated.own?"]]
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** This joke becomes much darker with HarsherInHindsight or FunnyAneurysmMoment by mirroring the death of Casey Goodson.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lisa reacts this way when Dr. Hibbert tells her that filling Bart's head with nightmares could give him permanent brain damage and actually kill him.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Lisa reacts this way when Dr. Hibbert tells her that filling Bart's head with nightmares while he's in a coma could give him permanent brain damage and actually kill him.

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* AnimationBump: The scenes of Lisa getting tangled in underwear and Bart encountering Maude's ghost are more fluidly animated than the rest of the episode.

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* AnimationBump: The scenes of Lisa getting tangled in underwear and Bart encountering Maude's ghost are both more fluidly animated than the rest of the episode.episode.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Lisa breaks down sobbing on Bart's hospital bed and desperately begs him to come back, even telling him [[PlatonicDeclarationOfLove that she loves him as he seemingly flatlines]].



* DisproportionateRetribution: As revenge for a screamer prank he pulled on her, Lisa whispers into Bart's ear during his coma dream and helps turn it into a living nightmare... not that Bart minds that much.



* EvilIsPetty: The DeadlyDistantFinale vision of Wiggum has him pull a faked accidental shooting of a man (Homer) and so has him deliberately executed by his men... ''because he wants his sandwich''.
* FromBadToWorse: The dream.
* InMemoriam: The episode was dedicated to Tom Wolfe, who guest starred in season 18 episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E6MoeNaLisa Moe'N'a Lisa]]" and passed away days before the episode's airing.

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* EasilyForgiven: Bart is completely nonplussed about learning that Lisa helped inspire his hellish NightmareSequence, instead excitedly asking her [[NightmareFetishist "Can you teach me how to do that on my own?!"]] She's appropriately exasperated.
* EvilIsPetty: The DeadlyDistantFinale vision of Wiggum has him pull a faked accidental shooting of a man (Homer) and so has him deliberately executed by his men... ''because he wants his Homer's sandwich''.
* FromBadToWorse: The coma dream.
* ISeeDeadPeople: In the coma dream, Bart gains the ability to see the spirits of the dead.
* InMemoriam: The episode was dedicated to Tom Wolfe, who guest starred in season the Season 18 episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E6MoeNaLisa Moe'N'a Lisa]]" and had passed away days before the this episode's airing.



* RealAfterAll: Milhouse mentions the sweater Bart was wearing in his dream. Bart wonders how he knew about it.

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* RealAfterAll: Milhouse mentions the sweater Bart was wearing in his dream. [[LampshadeHanging Bart wonders how he knew about it.]]



** Ralph's death spoofs that of King Joffrey in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.

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** Ralph's death spoofs that of King Joffrey Baratheon's in ''Series/GameOfThrones''.



* XRaySparks: A variation. When Bart is struck by lighting, instead of his skeleton we see the animator's guidelines.

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* XRaySparks: A clever variation. When Bart is struck by lighting, instead of his skeleton we see ''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall the animator's guidelines.]]''

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* AdventuresInComaLand: Bart dreams that ghosts appear before him, thanks to Lisa's intervention.



* AdventuresInComaLand: Bart dreams that ghosts appear before him, thanks to Lisa's intervention.
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When a lightning storm occurs, Bart ends up in another deep coma and ghosts appear before him. Lisa after being humiliated by Bart decides to make his coma-dream worse. Counts as the season 29 finale.

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When a lightning storm occurs, Bart ends up in another deep coma and ghosts appear before him. Lisa after being humiliated by Bart decides to make his coma-dream worse. Counts as the season 29 finale.
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