History Recap / TheSimpsonsS2E21ThreeMenAndAComicBook

In this homage to the film ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', Bart (after only earning 50 cents from an old woman [voiced by Cloris Leachman] who hired him to do dangerous chores), Milhouse [who only wanted to buy a baseball card], and Martin pool their money together so they can buy the first issue of ''Radioactive Man'', but their greed, jealousy, and paranoia turn them against each other and turn the treasured comic book into shredded paper.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Bart tells Homer that he wants the ''Radioactive Man'' comic more than anything, Homer responds, "Well, T.S." T.S. means [[spoiler:tough shit]].

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Martin points out if Bart never tied him up for being so paranoid he would have saved the comic while Bart saves Milhouse.

* SanitySlippage: Bart, in a ''TreasureOfTheSierraMadre'' homage, becomes incredibly paranoid and violent about sharing the comic with Martin and Milhouse. The others to a lesser degree get rather possessive about it.

* HeroicBSOD: Milhouse when left dangling from the treehouse, and it not being positive Bart will save him over the comic, breaks down sobbing:

* YoureInsane: Milhouse calls Bart crazy when he thinks he'll bash Bart's head with a brick.

-->'''Bart:''' We worked so hard, and now we end up with nothing because the three of us can't share.\\

'''Bart:''' Nothing. This just really ticked me off.

* IgnoredEpithany: They apparently learned nothing in the end.

* BrokenAesop: They apparently learned nothing in the end.
-->'''Bart:''' We worked so hard, and now we end up with nothing because the three of us can't share.\\
'''Milhouse:''' What's your point?\\
'''Bart:''' Nothing. This just really ticked me off.

-->'''Bart:''' Shut up! Just shut up!

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: At the comic convention, Bart asks if Dirk Richter, the man who played Radioactive Man in the old TV show, haunts the bordello where they found his bullet riddled body. The actor who played Fall Out Boy breaks down in tears, asserting Dirk was a wonderful man and screams "Can't you little vultures just leave him alone?!"

* ComicallyMissingThePoint

* FirstAppearance: First episode featuring Comic Book Guy (back before [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E14TheItchyAndScratchyAndPoochieShow he was an]] AudienceSurrogate [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E14TheItchyAndScratchyAndPoochieShow for angry nerds]], before [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E8HomerAndNedsHailMaryPass his real name of Jeff Albertson was revealed]], and before [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS25E10MarriedToTheBlob he married a Japanese manga artist]]).

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* BoltOfDivineRetribution: Right on the comic. After it fell into the wet grass and shredded by Santa's Little Helper.

* ILoveNuclearPower: The origin of Radioactive Man's powers (via nuclear bomb testing).

In this homage to the film ''Film/TreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', Bart (after only earning 50 cents from an old woman [voiced by Cloris Leachman] who hired him to do dangerous chores), Milhouse [who only wanted to buy a baseball card], and Martin pool their money together so they can buy the first issue of ''Radioactive Man'', but their greed, jealousy, and paranoia turn them against each other and turn the treasured comic book into shredded paper.

In this homage to the film ''Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', Bart (after only earning 50 cents from an old woman [voiced by Cloris Leachman] who hired him to do dangerous chores), Milhouse [who only wanted to buy a baseball card], and Martin pool their money together so they can buy the first issue of ''Radioactive Man'', but their greed, jealousy, and paranoia turn them against each other and turn the treasured comic book into shredded paper.

* BrokenAesop: They apparently learned something in the end.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Martin points out if Bart never tied him up for being paranoid he would have saved the comic while Bart saves Milhouse.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to DVD commentary, the third act originally had Bart rally a union of kids who were sick of doing chores for minimum pay, but the writers thought this detracted from the original story and banged out a subtle ''Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' parody.

* TooDumbToLive: Mrs. Glick's brother, who died in World War II from pulling the pin on a grenade and monologuing too long about [[AndThisIsFor who the grenade is supposed to avenge]] before intending to throw it.

* TooDumbToLive: Mrs. Glick's brother, who died in World War II from pulling the pin on a grenade and monologuing too long before intending to throw it.

* FirstAppearance: First episode featuring Comic Book Guy (back before he was an AudienceSurrogate for angry nerds, before his real name of Jeff Albertson was revealed, and before he married a Japanese manga artist).

In this homage to the film ''Treasure of the Sierra Madre'', Bart (after only earning 50 cents from an old woman [voiced by Cloris Leachman] who hired him to do dangerous chores), Milhouse [who only wanted to buy some baseball cards], and Martin pool their money together so they can buy the first issue of ''Radioactive Man'', but their greed, jealousy, and paranoia turn them against each other and turn the treasured comic book into shredded paper.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to DVD commentary, the third act originally had Bart rally a union of kids who were sick of doing chores for minimum pay, but the writers thought this detracted from the original story and banged out a subtle ''Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' parody.

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