History Recap / TheSimpsonsS32E13WadGoals

An imaginary floating bear leads Ralph Wiggum (Creator/NancyCartwright) to a tall green hedge. Pushing through it, he discovers a golf course, which he describes to his classmates as a magical land with Easter eggs, clown pants and "baby cars anyone can drive."

Bart, Milhouse (Creator/PamelaHayden), Nelson (Nancy Cartwright) and others go to the tall green hedge and see the golf course for themselves: the Easter eggs are golf balls, the golf carts are baby cars and the clown pants are the clown pants the golfers wear. Jimbo (Pamela Hayden) is a caddy, sucking up to Dr. Hibbert (Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson).

Bart and Milhouse get jobs as caddies. Milhouse isn't very good at it, his attempts to suck up to Mr. Burns (Christopher Collins) fall flat. But Bart is a natural, and soon he's earning more money than Homer. But Marge is worried that sucking up to rich guys will warp Bart's personality, and tries to get the golf club shut down.

* NegativeContinuity: Contrary to how Bart and his friends react, not only is this not the first time we've seen a golf club in Springfield, it's not even the first time Bart has earned money at one (Season 20's "Lost Verizon" saw him in the less-lucrative occupation of finding lost golf balls for $1 tips).

* SoProudOfYou: Homer and Marge are enormously pleased with Bart's new job. Marge retracts her pride when she realizes that all his money is earned through [[ProfessionalButtKisser sucking up]].

* ProfessionalButtKisser: Bart becomes this, seeing that it's the whole nature of the caddying job (he's inspired to get hired in the first place when he sees how well it's working out for Jimbo Jones), and he's ''great'' at it, quickly earning huge tips. Marge is upset when she watches this in action and does everything she can to get Bart out of the job, finally admitting her fear that leaning into this behavior might destroy something she admires about Bart: an independent spirit which doesn't need the approval of others. As a longtime example of this trope himself, Homer is unconcerned, feeling that sucking up is simply what a person has to do to succeed in America.

* SoProudOfYou: Homer and Marge are enormously pleased with Bart's new job. Marge retracts her pride when she realizes that all his money is earned through [[ProfessionalButtKisser sucking up]].

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: The president of the golf club wants Bart to convince Marge to call off her campaign against the club, something Bart has already been trying to do. As he attempts to explain that his mother is a stubborn person who "never backs down no matter how wrong she is," he gasps and exclaims, ''"That's'' why she's still married to my dad!"

* ExplainExplainOhCrap: The president of the golf club tells Bart to convince his mother to call off her campaign against the club, something he's already been trying to do. As Bart attempts to explain that his mother is a stubborn person who "never backs down no matter how wrong she is," he gasps and exclaims, ''"That's'' why she's still married to my dad!"

* ProfessionalButtKisser: Bart becomes this, seeing that it's the whole nature of the caddying job (he's inspired to get hired in the first place when he sees how well it's working out for Jimbo Jones), and he's ''great'' at it, quickly earning huge tips. Marge is upset when she watches this in action and does everything she can to get Bart out of the job, finally admitting her fear that leaning into this behavior might destroy something she admires about Bart: an independent spirit which doesn't need the approval of others.

* ShoutOut: The ending, where Bart and friends destroy the golf course, references ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}''. In TheStinger, Ralph appears as the gopher dancing to "I'm Alright".

* HypocriticalHumor: After Marge manages to close the golf club, Bart complains to her that she never dealt with bringing something to the world, care for it, and watch it grow.

Bart becomes a very successful caddy at a golf club by sucking up to the golfers. Marge is worried by this development.

* HypocriticalHumor: After Marge manages to close the golf club, Bart complains to her that she never dealt with bringing something to the world and watch it grow.

* OhCrap: Marge's reaction when Lisa tells her that the initials for Springfield Junipers Wealthy–SJW–also stands for Social Justice Warriors.

* CallBack: Bart demonstrates how to walk backwards into a hedge, as Homer [[MemeticMutation famously]] does in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E16HomerLovesFlanders "Homer Loves Flanders"]].

* PutOnAPrisonBus: Wiggium arrests Bildorf for starting a sex cult.

* Putona Prison Bus: Wiggum arrests Bildorf for starting a sex cult.

* Put on a Prison Bus: Wiggum arrests Bildorf for starting a sex cult.