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* AreWeThereYet: Bart and Lisa annoy Homer with that question during the car ride to Detroit.
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* EpicFail: The '''$82000''' monstrosity Homer designed.
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* EpicFail: The '''$82000''' '''$82,000''' [[note]](equivalent to over $1,400,000 today)[[/note]] monstrosity Homer designed.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: ThePope is apparently also presented during the presentation of the new car.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: ThePope is apparently also presented present during the presentation of the new car.
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''Oh Brother Where Art Thou'' is the 15th episode of the second season of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
* CharlieChaplinShoutOut: One of the beggars in Herb's vicinity is Creator/CharlieChaplin.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: ThePope is apparently also presented during the presentation of the new car.
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* SpecialGuest: Danny [=DeVito=] as Herb Powell
* TitleDrop: Homer when he goes to the Shelbyville orphanage and thinks it's been replaced with a gas station. (Then he learns it just moved across the street.)
* TitleDrop: Homer when he goes to the Shelbyville orphanage and thinks it's been replaced with a gas station. (Then he learns it just moved across the street.)
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* SpecialGuest: Danny [=DeVito=] Creator/DannyDeVito as Herb Powell
* TitleDrop: Homer when he goes to the Shelbyville orphanage and thinks it's been replaced with a gas station. (Then he learns it just moved across the street.))
* WholePlotReference: Creator/DannyDeVito plays Homer's long lost twin brother, which brings in mind the movie ''Film/{{Twins}}'', which also starred De Vito.
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* TitleDrop: Homer when he goes to the Shelbyville orphanage and thinks it's been replaced with a gas station. (Then he learns it just moved across the street.
* WholePlotReference: Creator/DannyDeVito plays Homer's long lost twin brother, which brings in mind the movie ''Film/{{Twins}}'', which also starred De Vito.
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: In the McBain movie, McBain throws the villain out a window, landing on an oil tanker that ''[[MadeOfExplodium explodes]]''
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: In the McBain [=McBain=] movie, McBain [=McBain=] throws the villain out a window, landing on an oil tanker that ''[[MadeOfExplodium explodes]]''
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* EpicFail: The '''$82000''' monstrosity Homer designed.
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* NoKillLikeOverkill: In the McBain movie, McBain throws the villain out a window, landing on an oil tanker that ''[[MadeOfExplodium explodes]]''
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The man in charge of the orphanage who Homer meets looks like Dr. Hibbert and told about a lost twin and he fails to notice a connection. Also, he fails to get the enormous repeated hints at where his brother is the man drops and has to be directly told he is in Detroit.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The man in charge of the orphanage who Homer meets looks like Dr. Hibbert and told about a lost twin and he fails to notice a connection. Also, he He fails to get the enormous repeated hints at where his brother is the man drops and has to be directly told he is in Detroit.
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* NeverMyFault: Herb blames Homer for ruining his company despite putting him in charge, shelving all other projects and outright ignoring his employees' (who despite being 'privilaged idiots' as he put it still know enough about business to be on the board of a car company) warnings.
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* NeverMyFault: Herb blames Homer for ruining his company despite putting him in charge, shelving all other projects and outright ignoring his employees' (who despite being 'privilaged 'privileged idiots' as he put it still know enough about business to be on the board of a car company) warnings.
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* JerkassWoobie: In contrast to MeanBoss below, much of the reason Herb is such, is because by his own admission he's a very lonely man. This turned out to be the case when he found out about his brother Homer. He was overjoyed at knowing he had a long lost sibling. However that [[StatusQuoIsGod joy wouldn't last.]]
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* JerkassWoobie: In contrast to MeanBoss below, much of the reason Herb is such, is because by his own admission he's a very lonely man. This turned out to be the case when he found out about his brother Homer. He was overjoyed at knowing he had a long lost sibling. However that [[StatusQuoIsGod joy wouldn't last.]]
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: For their day out, Bart wants to go on a boat ride, and Lisa wants to go on a pony ride. Cut to Lisa riding a pony on Herb's yacht.
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* {{Bowdlerization}}: Bart singing the word "bastard" after justifying his use of it was edited out when shown on UK TV.
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** Though the commentary also reveals the original ending had Herb coming up with another idea as the bus pulled away.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Homer met a guy who looks like Dr. Hibbert and told about a lost twin and he fails to notice a connection. Also, he had to be outright told his half-brother lives in Detroit.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The man in charge of the orphanage who Homer met a guy who meets looks like Dr. Hibbert and told about a lost twin and he fails to notice a connection. Also, he had fails to get the enormous repeated hints at where his brother is the man drops and has to be outright directly told his half-brother lives he is in Detroit.
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* NeverMyFault: Herb blames Homer for ruining his company despite putting him in charge, shelving all other projects and outright ignoring his employees' warnings.
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** After Homer told Herb that they're brothers, he's in shock. But Homer thought he lost the connection.
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* {{Flashback}}: A quick one explaining how Abe had Herb. Quickly followed by Abe marrying Mona and the birth of Homer. (Incidentally, this is the first time Mona ever appeared.)
* NeverMyFault: Herb blames Homer for ruining his company despite putting him in charge, shelving all other projects and outright ignoring his employees' warnings.
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* SpecialGuest: Danny [=DeVito=] as Herb Powell
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* SpecialGuest: Danny [=DeVito=] as Herb PowellPowell
* TitleDrop: Homer when he goes to the Shelbyville orphanage and thinks it's been replaced with a gas station. (Then he learns it just moved across the street.)
* TitleDrop: Homer when he goes to the Shelbyville orphanage and thinks it's been replaced with a gas station. (Then he learns it just moved across the street.)
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* DownerEnding: Some fans were so upset by Herb's downfall that the producers would ultimately do [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E24BrotherCanYouSpareTwoDimes "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes"]] to give Herb a happy ending again (though a much later episode ["Changing of the Guardian"] reveals that Herb went broke again, and viewers don't get any information as to what happened).
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* DownerEnding: Homer is left heartbroken after a bankrupt Herb disowns him. Some fans were so upset by Herb's downfall that the producers would ultimately do [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E24BrotherCanYouSpareTwoDimes "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes"]] to give Herb a happy ending again (though a much later episode ["Changing of the Guardian"] reveals that Herb went broke again, and viewers don't get any information as to what happened).
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* MeanBoss: Herb is extremely dismissive and temperamental to his employees, viewing them as privileged idiots (in stark contrast to [[SelfMadeMan his own upbringing]]). [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This ends up his own undoing]], as he refuses to take their warnings of Homer's incompetence seriously, and forces them to continue with his doomed project until it's too late.
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* SelfMadeMan: Herb.Herb.
* SpecialGuest: Danny [=DeVito=] as Herb Powell
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* DownerEnding: Some fans were so upset by Herb's downfall that the producers would ultimately do [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E24BrotherCanYouSpareTwoDimes "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes"]] to give Herb a happy ending again.
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* DownerEnding: Some fans were so upset by Herb's downfall that the producers would ultimately do [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E24BrotherCanYouSpareTwoDimes "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes"]] to give Herb a happy ending again.again (though a much later episode ["Changing of the Guardian"] reveals that Herb went broke again, and viewers don't get any information as to what happened).
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See the [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS2E15OhBrotherWhereArtThou YMMV]] page for details.
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* DesignatedVillain: As the commentary notes, Homer is villified for destroying Herb's company, when Herb himself actually shares a good deal of the blame for letting someone with no experience take over his new car's design, giving him no supervision, and even ignoring his board's attempts to tell him what a disaster Homer is making.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Homer met a guy who looks like Dr. Hibbert and told about a lost twin and he fails to notice a connection. Also, he had to be outright told his half-brother lives in Detroit.
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Episode - 7F16\\
First Aired - 2/21/1991
First Aired - 2/21/1991
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* DownerEnding: Some fans were so upset by Herb's downfall that the producers would ultimately do [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E24BrotherCanYouSpareTwoDimes "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes"]] to give Herb a happy ending again.
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* DownerEnding: Some fans were so upset by Herb's downfall that the producers would ultimately do [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E24BrotherCanYouSpareTwoDimes "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes"]] to give Herb a happy ending again.again.
* IdenticalTwins: The head of Shelbyville Orphanage looks like Dr. Hibbert and said he has a [[LongLostRelative lost twin]].
* RichesToRags: Herb thanks to Homer.
* SelfMadeMan: Herb.
* IdenticalTwins: The head of Shelbyville Orphanage looks like Dr. Hibbert and said he has a [[LongLostRelative lost twin]].
* RichesToRags: Herb thanks to Homer.
* SelfMadeMan: Herb.
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After suffering a heart attack at the movie theater, Grampa realizes his mortality and lets Homer in on a dark family secret: Homer has a half-brother named Herb (the product of a one-night stand Grampa had with a dunk-tank carny-cum-prostitute) that he gave up for adoption before Grampa married Mona. When Homer finally finds Herb's whereabouts, the Simpsons are off to Detroit, where Herb recruits Homer to create a car for his company.
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* DownerEnding: Some fans were so upset by Herb's downfall that the producers would ultimately do Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E24BrotherCanYouSpareTwoDimes [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E24BrotherCanYouSpareTwoDimes "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes"]] to give Herb a happy ending again.
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* DesignatedVillain: As the commentary notes, Homer is villified for destroying Herb's company, when Herb himself actually shares a good deal of the blame for letting someone with no experience take over his new car's design, giving him no supervision, and even ignoring his board's attempts to tell him what a disaster Homer is making.making.
* DownerEnding: Some fans were so upset by Herb's downfall that the producers would ultimately do Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E24BrotherCanYouSpareTwoDimes to give Herb a happy ending again.
* DownerEnding: Some fans were so upset by Herb's downfall that the producers would ultimately do Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E24BrotherCanYouSpareTwoDimes to give Herb a happy ending again.
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* DesignatedVillain: As the commentary notes, Homer is villified for destroying Herb's company, when Herb himself actually has a good deal of the blame for letting someone with no experience take over his new car's design, giving him no supervision, and even ignoring his board's attempts to tell him what a disaster Homer is making.
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