History Recap / TheSimpsonsS2E22BloodFeud

* {{Irony}}: Marge says she thinks wearing rings looks cheap, but her favorite [[Music/TheBeatles Beatle]] is '''Ring'''o Starr.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: If Smithers's blood type of B Positive was not compatible with Burns, his kidney would not have been either.

* PullTheIV: Mr. Burns yanks his IV off when the blood transfusion is over.

* RuleOfSymbolism: When we first see Burns convulsing on the floor, it is still bright outside. But when he gets his grim diagnose, it is suddenly darker outside.

* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: If Smithers' blood type of B Positive was not compatible with Burns, his kidney would not have been either.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Homer hoped to secure a valuable and extravagant reward for saving Mr. Burns' life. He eventually got it in the form of a giant Olmec head that he doesn't want, has no use for, and can't get rid of.

* DramaticThunder: Happens the moment Mr Burns calls Smithers a "Judas".

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: While previous episodes had dabbled around with Smithers' characterisation, this one is the first to fully develop his passionate devotion to Burns, along with it conflicting with his moral compass.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Homer doesn't know Mr. Burns' first name despite hearing it in past episodes. Future episodes would make it a RunningGag that Burns doesn't remember Homer's name and the latter gets very annoyed by it.

* LoveLetterLunacy: A Hate Letter Lunacy unfolds when Bart sends off the StronglyWordedLetter to Mr Burns.

* ManHug: Burns sends Smithers to have [[InsistentTerminology hired goons]] beat up Homer. But Smithers feels this is too harsh, especially since Burns owes his life to Homer on more than one occasion. So when giving the instructions to the goon, he teeters back and forth between letting Homer off and letting him live, to the goon's exasperation. When he asks what Homer did, Smithers bawls out "He saved Mr. Burns' liiiife!!" and collapses sobbing on his chest, holding him tight. The confused mook looks around and does the pat-pat-pat-on-the-shoulder thing.

** The fact that Burns even bothered to send the simpsons a thank you card.
** Him sending an indian statue as a genuine show of gratitide to Bart for saving his life.

* PunchClockVillain: Mr. Burns' goon seems to genuinely like Homer, but will still beat him up if ordered to. Luckily for Homer, Smithers calls it off.

* StoppedReadingTooSoon: Homer writes an angry letter to Mr. Burns, which starts out as a fake thank you note. Mr. Burns at first reads the thank you part, and is deeply touched, until he later discovers the following sentences.

* StronglyWordedLetter: Homer's angry letter to Mr Burns.

* FictionalDisability: Mr. Burns is diagnosed with a fictional condition called "hypohemia". It's seemingly a FictionalCounterpart to tye real condition hypovolemia.

* DrowningMySorrows: Homer does this after being fired for his letter to Burns. Barney reminds him that he should not get drunk to forget but only to improve his social skills.

** He calls off the beating on Homer after Smithers talks him out of it.

* RealityEnsues: It's revealed that Smithers once donated his kidney to Mr Burns. The problem is that in kidney transfusion the donor and the recipient must have the same blood types. But Smithers has B positive and Burns has double O negative blood.

* PullTheIV: Mr. Burns pulls his IV off when the blood transfusion is over.

* PulltheIV: Mr. Burns pulls his IV off when the blood transfusion is over.

* PulltheI.V.: Mr. Burns pulls his IV off when the blood transfusion is over.