History Recap / TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes

** Lampshaded by Barney after Moe rejected Harv Bannister's offer, with Homer sitting nearby.

Episode - 8F08\\
First Aired - 11/21/1991

-->''"Bart:''' ''(seeing the bikini girls)'' Whoa-- T and A!

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* AnAesop: "Some things are too good to keep for yourself."

* OverlyLongGag: When Homer tries to tell Moe that he just lost himself a customer, Moe can't hear him over the excited crowd, flaming drinks, and the cash register, causing Homer to try and make the threat many times without success, only managing to make Moe think that he just wants to use the restroom. Dejected, Homer just gives up and simply leaves.

* SarcasmMode: One of the funniest moments in this episode.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Homer tells Moe (unsuccessfully) that he just lost Homer as a customer. Yet as shown in the Cheers parody segment, Flaming Moe’s continues to prosper even as Homer fails to find a new drinking hole. To any successful business, losing a customer means next to nothing.

* [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: Music/{{Aerosmith}} (Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford). They were the first music act to guest star on the series (not counting Music/MichaelJackson, who had guest starred at the start of the season, but did so under a pseudonym, and played Leon Kompowski rather than himself).
* BaitAndSwitch: Bart's prank call for Hugh Jass. Moe even sets it up himself as per usual by asking to check the men's room for a "Hugh Jass". Turns out there really was a Hugh Jass in the bar and the prank backfires on Bart, who comes clean to Hugh.

* DamnedByFaintPraise: When Moe drank the Flaming Homer initially, his only remark was "...It's not without its charms."

* {{Fanservice}}: Used blatantly in "Eye on Springfield", with bikini-clad women throughout the opening and one segment was "Our eye opening look at the bikini", with more bikini-clad women on screen. Later in the episode, Princess Kashmir and Ms. Krabappel appear in tube tops in Flaming Moe's.
* FanDisservice: And we also get to see Patty with her hairy legs in a bikini.

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** When everybody in the bar greets Barney and the bartender asks him: "How's the world treatin' you, Mr. Gumble?" à la the way Norm enters the bar in every episode in ''Cheers''.

-->'''Harv Bannister:''' Thank you, Mr. Oddball. ''(rips the contract)'' Gotta go, Moe. Tough luck.

--->'''Homer:''' Business, huh? Well, let me tell you something: you just lost yourself a customer.

* PlagiarismInFiction: Moe stealing Homer's recipe.

* RealityEnsues: Homer tells Moe (unsuccessfully) that he just lost Homer as a customer. Yet as shown in the Cheers parody segment, Flaming Moe’s continues to prosper even as Homer fails to find a new drinking hole. To any successful business, losing a customer means next to nothing.

-->'''Homer:''' Oh, look at me! I'm ''making people happy!'' I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! [''Leaves the room, slamming the door. Pokes his head back in''] [[CaptainObvious Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.]] [''Closes the door'']
-->'''Marge:''' Well, ''duh.''

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Homer invokes this when he sees the results after Lisa and her friends give Maggie a makeover.

* {{Expy}}: Collette for [[Series/{{Cheers}} Diane Chambers]].
** Also, the Flaming Moe's Theme Song is similar to the ''Cheers'' theme "Where Everybody Knows Your Name."
*** Heck, the graphics during the Flaming Moe's theme and the ''Cheers'' opening credits are similar.
** Finally, Barney is treated similar to Norm Peterson on ''Cheers''.

** Which drummer Joey Kramer was spared because Mrs. Krabappel has his drumsticks.

** Lampshaded by Barney after Moe rejected Harv Bannister's offer.
--->'''Barney:''' Good for you, Moe. Only an idiot would give away a million-dollar idea like that!

** Lampshaded by Barney after Moe rejected Harv Bannister’s offer.

* OverlyLongGag: When Homer tries to tell Moe that he just lost himself a customer, Moe can't hear him over the excited crowd, flaming drinks, and the cash register, causing Homer to try and make the threat many times without success, only managing to make Moe think that he just wants to use the restroom. This caused a dejected Homer to simply leave.

* SanitySlippage: Homer's obsessive grudge against Moe eventually drives him to madness, hallucinating everyone as constantly mentioning Moe's name and turning into duplicates of Moe. It finally results in him revealing the secret ingredient of Flaming Moe to the public, right when Moe was about to sign on the deal.

** And for sharing his drink to Moe in the first place.

* OverlyLongGag: When Homer tries to tell Moe that he just lost himself a customer, Moe can't hear him over the excited crowd, flaming drinks, and the cash register, causing Homer to try and make the threat many times without success, only managing to make Moe think that he just wants to use the restroom.

* SanitySlippage: Homer's obsessive grudge against Moe eventually drives him to madness, hallucinating everyone as constantly mentioning Moe's name and turning into duplicates of Moe. It finally results in him revealing the secret ingredient of Flaming Moe to the public, right when Moe is about to sell the drink.

* WhatTheHellHero: Colette is angry at Moe when she learns that the drink was originally Homer's. Later, she tells him he should sell the rights to the drink and give half the money to Homer. But it's too late, and for that she breaks up with him and leaves to pursue a movie career.

-->'''Homer:''' Oh, look at me! I'm ''making people happy''! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! [''Leaves the room, slamming the door. Pokes his head back in''] [[CaptainObvious Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.]] [''Closes the door'']

* SecretTestOfCharacter: One could interpret Moe's advances towards Colette when she ask for a position as a waitress as a test to see if she has what it takes to deal with the bar's many uncouth customers.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The name Flaming Moe. The writers assumed the censors didn't get it.[[note]]"Mo" is a rarely-used slang term for a homosexual.[[/note]]
** For that matter, the drink's original name "Flaming Homer," which is the same joke.

-->'''Marge:''' Well, DUH!

* OverlyLongGag: When Homer tries to tell Moe that he just lost himself a customer, Moe can't hear him over the excited crowd, flaming drinks, and cash register, causing Homer to try and make the thread many times without success.

%%* RealityEnsues: Homer tells Moe (unsuccessfully) that he just lost Homer as a customer. To any successful business, losing a customer means next to nothing.

* RealityEnsues: Homer tells Moe (unsuccessfully) that he just lost Homer as a customer. To any successful business, losing a customer means next to nothing.

* [[AsHimself As Themselves]]: Music/{{Aerosmith}} (Steven Tyler, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer, Joe Perry and Brad Whitford). They were the first music act to guest star on the series.

* IAteWhat: When Moe is turning down an offer to sell the cocktail, he asks if the guy knew how much of his blood and sweat went into it. Cue everyone in the bar doing a SpitTake.
-->'''Moe''': Just a figure of speech!

* AccidentalDiscovery: Homer discovers the "Flaming Homer" after accidentally adding Krusty-brand cough syrup to a hastily-made cocktail, and discovers "fire made it taste good" after ashes from his sister-in-law's cigarette fell into it.

* ChekhovsGun: At school, Martin talks about the gas chromatograph in "The Inventor I admire" section. Later, we see Professor Frink using a gas chromatograph to try and find out what the secret ingredient is. [[SubvertedTrope Only it doesn't work out as expected]].
* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: As Homer becomes more obsessed with Moe, he starts hearing his name in the family's breakfast conversation, until it degenerates into the family only saying "Moe". Then when he runs outside, he starts seeing Moe's face on everyone and everything.

-->'''Colette:''' Morris, something troubles me.\\
'''Moe:''' Don't worry, baby, my mother won't be home for another 20 minutes.\\
'''Colette:''' No, I was thinking about Homer Simpson.\\
'''Moe:''' That's okay, I was just thinking about Creator/SybilDanning.

** Also, the Flaming Moes Theme Song is similar to the ''Cheers'' theme "Where Everybody Knows Your Name."
*** Heck, the graphics during the Flaming Moes theme and the ''Cheers'' opening credits are similar.
** Finally, Barney is treated similar to Norm Peterson on ''Cheers.''

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The name Flaming Moe. The writers assumed the censors didn't get it. [[note]]"Mo" is a rarely-used slang term for a homosexual[[/note]]

* TheGlomp: Bart gets glomped and kissed by Susan, one of Lisa's friends, in a 'Truth or Dare' game.

** When everybody in the bar greets Barney and the bartender asks him: "How does the world treat you, Mr. Gumble?" similar to the way Norm enters the bar in every episode in "Cheers".

* LaughingMad: Homer, after revealing the secret ingredient.

* MakeoverTorment: Lisa and her friends chase Bart all over the house to forcibly give him a makeover which ends with him jumping out his window just to avoid it. [[UncannyValleyMakeup Then the girls turn their attention towards poor Maggie]].

-->'''Barney:''' Good for you, Moe. Only an idiot would give away a million-dollar idea like that!
* NothingPersonal: Moe tells Homer he's sorry for stealing his drink, "It's nothing personal. This is business."
-->'''Homer:''' Business, huh? Well let me tell you, you just lost yourself a customer.
* OverlyLongGag: When Homer tries to tell Moe that he just lost himself a customer, Moe can't hear him over the excited crowd, flaming drinks and cash register, causing Homer to try and make the thread many times without success.

-->'''Drederick Tatum''': That town is a ''dump''! If you ever see me back there, you know I really ''[bleep]''ed up bad!

* RunningGag: This episode introduces one of the series' running gags: the perpetually burning Springfield Tire Yard [[note]]The yard itself was briefly seen before in ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E3HomersOdyssey Homer's Odyssey]]'', but it wasn't on fire there, even though a later episode established that the tire fire has been burning since the mid-1980s[[/note]].
* SanitySlippage: Homer's obsessive grudge against Moe eventually drives him to madness, hallucinating everyone as constantly mentioning Moe's name and turning into duplicates of Moe. It finally results in him revealing the secret ingredient of Flaming Moe to the public, right when Moe is about the sell the drink.

-->'''Homer:''' Stupid Moe, non-inventing, recipe-stealing, pug-nosed...\\
'''Marge:''' Well, Homer, maybe you can get some consolation in the fact that something you created is making so many people happy.\\
'''Homer:''' Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! ''[leaves the room, slamming the door. Pokes his head back in]'' [[CaptainObvious Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.]] ''[closes the door]''\\
'''Marge:''' Well, DUH!

-->'''Homer:''' Why should I do that, my lad?\\
'''Bart:''' Cause I'm jinxed, damn it!\\
''[Homer punches him in the arm for talking.]''

** Music/{{Aerosmith}} plays their biggest hit "Walk This Way".

* WhatTheHellHero: Colette is angry at Moe when she learns that the drink was originally Homer's. Later, she tells him he should sell the drink and give half the money to Homer. But it's too late, and for that she breaks up with him and leaves to pursue a movie career.