History Recap / TheSimpsonsS3E24BrotherCanYouSpareTwoDimes

'''Joe Frazier:''' Let's do it. ''(They leave Moes...followed by the sounds of Barney on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown)''

--->'''Homer:''' ''(opens door)'' ... Herb? ''(Herb punches him out cold)''
* TemptingFate: Played with. At the power plant, Lenny and Carl try to comfort Homer after the loss of his couch. He says his life can't get any worse, then waits a few moments and nothing happens... he repeats himself, and Smithers finally calls him to Mr. Burns' office. Turns out it's good news actually. He is getting a cash settlement for an infliction that the plant caused. He doesn't know what it is and even if he did, since he didn't want any more kids he wouldn't care..

* BoringButPractical: Marge's idea of what to do with the money that Homer won.

* CurbstompBattle: The fight between Joe Frazier and Barney Gumble. We don't see it happen as they go outside, but the ''fight'' ends with Barney pummeled and hanging upside down in a trashcan.

* {{Bowdlerisation}}: On BBC Two in the UK, the chalkboard gag in the opening sequence "I will not fake seizures" is replaced with "Funny noises are not funny", so as not to offend epileptic viewers.
* BullyingADragon: Barney at Moe's has been apparently been heckling former Boxing Champion Joe Frazier all night since he got there, that ends with him, well see the next entry.

** In reality, "The Homer" trumps New Coke because the Coca-Cola Company is still independent while Herb had to sell Powell Motors and lost his entire fortune to boot.

* TakeThat: Done by Bart and Lisa during Homer's award ceremony. Note that the show had lost at the Emmys the previous year.
-->'''Lisa:''' This show is the biggest farce I ever saw.\\

'''Maggie:'' '(via translator)'' I want what the dog's eating.\\

-->'''Barney''': Hey Frazier, shut up!
-->'''Joe Frazier''': Barney, you've been riding my back all night!
-->'''Barney''': Oh yeah?! Care to step outside?!
-->'''Joe Frazier''': Let's do it. ''(They leave Moes...followed by the sounds of Barney on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown)''

--> '''Mr. Burns:''' Before you begin, let me make one thing clear to you. I want your legal advice, I even pay for it. But to me, you're all vipers! You live on personal injury, you live on divorces, you live on pain and misery...! ''(friendly)'' But I'm rambling. Anybody want any coffee?
--> '''Blue-Haired Lawyer:''' I'll have some coffee.
--> '''Mr. Burns:''' Want it ''black'', don't you? '''BLACK LIKE YOUR HEART'''?! It's so hard for me to listen to you. I HATE YOU ALL SO MUCH!! I'm sorry, it's my problem, I'll deal with it. Please continue.
--> '''Blue-Haired Lawyer:''' If you offer Mr. Simpson a token sum, say a couple thou, he'll be so dazzled he'll sign anything you shove under his nose.
--> '''Mr. Burns:''' ''(sarcastic)'' Oh, brilliant. A cash settlement. I COULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT, YOU BUTTONED-DOWN MAGGOT!!
--> '''Blue-Haired Lawyer:''' You have any cream?
--> '''Mr. Burns:''' Oh yes, of course. Where are my manners?

-->'''Herb''': I'm telling you, all a man needs is an idea. And I've got an idea!
-->'''Fellow Hobo''': Then why are you still a bum?
-->'''Herb''': All right, a man needs ''two'' things. An idea, and money to get it off the ground.

* SpecialGuest: Danny [=DeVito=] as Herb Powell

* BeyondTheImpossible: Homer somehow has over 100% body fat. [[SubvertedTrope The extra 4% are implied to come from the chicken drumstick he's eating while suspended in the buoyancy tank]].
* {{Bookworm}}: Lisa really wishes to get a subscription for the greatest books of Western canon. [[GeniusBookClub Herb obliges]].

* [[ShoddyKnockoffProduct Shoddy Knockoff Award]]: The award Mr. Burns gives Homer is literally an Emmy Award with Mr. Burns's head replacing the head of the woman on the statuette; and Mr. Burns is holding up a lithium atom, instead of the generic vector model of the atom that the Emmy holds.
* ShoutOut

* TemptingFate: Played with. At the power plant, Lenny and Carl try to comfort Homer after the loss of his couch. He says his life can't get any worse, [[LampshadeHanging then waits a few moments and nothing happens... he repeats himself]], and Smithers finally calls him to Mr. Burns' office. [[InvertedTrope Turns out it's good news actually. He is getting a cash settlement for an infliction that the plant caused. He doesn't know what it is and even if he did, since he didn't want any more kids he wouldn't care.]].

In this sequel to "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou," Herbert Powell, Homer's once-wealthy half-brother, is now homeless and searching for the next new idea to take him back to the top -- and all he needs is Homer's $2,000 prize money he got at a (rigged) award show and a place to stay (the Simpsons' house).

* CurbstompBattle: The fight between Joe Frazier and Barney Gumple. We don't see it happen as they go outside, but the ''fight'' ends with Barney pummeled and hanging upside down in a trashcan.

--> '''Mr. Burns:''' Before you begin, let me make one thing clear to you. I want your legal advice, I even pay for it. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech But to me, you're all vipers! You live on personal injury, you live on divorces, you live on pain and misery...!]] ''(friendly)'' But I'm rambling. Anybody want any coffee?

* MoodWhiplash: An epic display from Mr. Burns as he flips back and forth between anger and courtesy when talking to his team of lawyers.

* TemptingFate: Played with. At the power plant, Lenny and Carl try to comfort Homer after the loss of his couch. He says his life can't get any worse, [[LampshadeHanging then waits a few moments and nothing happens... he repeats himself]], and Smithers finally calls him to Mr. Burns' office. [[InvertedTrope Turns out it's good news actually. He is getting a cash settlement for an infliction that the plant caused. He doesn't know what it is and even if he did, since he didn't want anymore kids he wouldn't care.]].

--> '''Mr. Burns:''' Before you begin, let me make one thing clear to you. I want your legal advice, I even pay for it. But to me, you're all vipers! You live on personal injury, you live on divorces, you live on pain and misery...! ''(friendly)'' But I'm rambling. Anybody want any coffee?

--> '''Blue-Haired Lawyer:''' If you offer Mr. Simpson a tokensome, say a couple thou, he'll be so dazzled he'll sign anything you shove under his nose.

--> '''Mr. Burns:''' Want it ''black'', don't you? '''BLACK LIKE YOUR HEART'''?! It's so hard for me to listen to you, I HATE YOU ALL SO MUCH!! I'm sorry, it's my problem, I'll deal with it. Please continue.

--> '''Mr. Burns:''' ''(sarcastic)'' Oh, brilliant. A cash settlement. I COULD HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT, YOU BUTTONED DOWN MAGGOT!!

--> '''Mr. Burns:''' Want it ''black'', do you? '''BLACK LIKE YOUR HEART'''?!

--> '''Mr. Burns:''' Let me make one thing clear. I want your legal advice. I even pay for it. But to me, you're all vipers. You live on personal injury, on divorces. You live on pain and misery! ''(friendly)'' But I'm rambling. Anybody want coffee?