History Recap / TheSimpsonsS4E10LisasFirstWord

* CallingParentsByTheirName: It turns out Bart has been doing this to Homer since he was a baby, despite Homer's best efforts. When Lisa first started talking, she did the same thing. [[spoiler:Maggie is the first to call him "Daddy" from the beginning.]]

* CallingParentsByTheirNames: It turns out Bart has been doing this to Homer since he was a baby, despite Homer's best efforts. When Lisa first started talking, she did the same thing. [[spoiler:Maggie is the first to call him "Daddy" from the beginning.]]

* FlashbackToCatchphrase: "¡Ay caramba!" was ''the first thing Bart ever said'' (upon [[PrimalScene catching Homer and Marge in bed]]). He's also been [[CallingParentsByTheirNames calling Homer by his first name]] since babyhood.

While waiting for Maggie to say her first word, Homer and Marge tell the story of their life after Bart was born (where they lived in an apartment in a neighborhood that looks like it was from the early 20th century rather than the mid-1980s), how Homer, Marge, and Bart moved into their current house, the early days of Bart and Lisa bonding, and Homer winning Krusty Burger's 1984 Olympics promotion due to a technicality.

* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Bart to Homer when the Simpsons move into their new house.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Krusty Burger's Olympic promotion centers around printing game cards for different events. If America wins a gold medal in the event printed on the game card, participants can redeem the card for a free Krusty Burger. However, the cards are rigged in that they're only for events that Communists never lose in. Krusty is initially happy with the idea...at least until he learns that the Soviets have decided to boycott the games. His accountant then calculates that Krusty himself personally stands to lose '''$44 million''' on the promotion.
** And that sum is in 1980s dollars. Losing $44 million would hurt anyone by today's standards, but when the sums are adjusted for inflation, Krusty's losses are over '''$100 million'''. No wonder Krusty has so many financial problems in "present day" episodes.

* TheGhost: Homer has a cousin named Frank who [[{{Transgender}} became Francine]] in 1976, then joined a cult and now goes by the name of "Mother Shabubu" -- all because she slept with her parents (not sexually) until she was 21.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Modern audiences (at least the ones who were too young to remember it or weren't around when it really happened) might not realize that the Krusty Burger Olympic promotion and the subsequent financial backfiring due to the Soviet boycotting of the Games was based on a ''real'' UsefulNotes/McDonalds promotion that had the same results[[note]]for more information on this disaster, see [[Horrible/{{Advertising}} the "Advertising" subpage]] for the DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible trope[[/note]].

* BabysFirstWords: It revealed in this episode that Bart's first utterance was "[[{{Catchphrase}} Ay caramba!]]" (after walking in on Homer and Marge having sex), and Lisa's first word was "Bart" (as Bart was getting ready to run away from home). Homer remarks that considering how mouthy Bart and Lisa turned out, he'd be just as happy if Maggie never said anything. The episode ends with Maggie, alone and unheard, saying her first word: "Daddy" (before she fell asleep).

* PrimalScene: PlayedForLaughs -- When Bart was still in diapers (but able to walk), he accidentally walked in Homer and Marge having sex, which led to his first words, "Ay caramba!"

* SanitySlippage: Bart after Homer makes him that hideous clown bed, and later Krusty when he loses $44 ''million'' dollars thanks to the Soviet boycott.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Krusty Burger's Olympic promotion centers around printing game cards for different events. If America wins a gold medal in the event printed on the game card, participants can redeem the card for a free Krusty Burger. However, the cards are rigged in that they're only for events that Communists never lose in. Krusty is initially happy with the idea...at least until he learns that the Soviets have decided to boycott the games. His accountant then calculates that Krusty himself personally stands to lose '''$44 million dollars''' on the promotion.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Modern audiences (at least the ones who were too young to remember it or weren't around when it really happened) might not realize that the Krusty Burger Olympic promotion and the subsequent financial backfiring due to the Soviet boycotting of the Games was based on a ''real'' UsefulNotes/McDonalds promotion that had the same results, described in detail on [[Horrible/{{Advertising}} the "Advertising" subpage]] for DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: After winning yet another free Krusty Burger thanks to a dominant USA victory in the women's 100 meter butterfly, Marge tells Homer that she thinks the baby is coming. Homer marvels at his luck of having a baby and a free burger in the same day, asking if it's the best day of his life. When the Channel 6 Olympic host says that an hour-long episode of ''Series/MamasFamily'' is to follow, Homer yells "YES!" The LA Olympics, plus the Winter Games in Sarajevo earlier that year, were televised by ABC, while '''''NBC''''' aired ''Mama's Family'' - the first two seasons of the show, anyway. In fact, by the time the Summer Olympics came around, NBC had already canceled ''Mama's Family'', and its last episode had already aired on the network. Two years later, the show was revived for first-run syndication, where it enjoyed an additional four seasons.

* CultureChopSuey: With the exception of the popular culture of the time (Ms. Pacman striking a blow for women's rights, Joe Piscopo being popular, Homer singing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", Dr. Hibbert wearing cornrows with beads, ''Mama's Family'' being on TV, the 1984 Olympics, etc), 1980s Springfield looks and acts like 1930s Brooklyn.

* ArtisticLicense: After winning yet another free Krusty Burger thanks to a dominant USA victory in the women's 100 meter butterfly, Marge tells Homer that she thinks the baby is coming. Homer marvels at his luck of having a baby and a free burger in the same day, asking if it's the best day of his life. When the Channel 6 Olympic host says that an hour-long episode of ''Series/MamasFamily'' is to follow, Homer yells "YES!" The LA Olympics, plus the Winter Games in Sarajevo earlier that year, were televised by ABC, while '''''NBC''''' aired ''Mama's Family'' - the first two seasons of the show, anyway. In fact, by the time the Summer Olympics came around, NBC had already canceled ''Mama's Family'', and its last episode had already aired on the network. Two years later, the show was revived for first-run syndication, where it enjoyed an additional four seasons.

* ArtisticLicense: After winning yet another free Krusty Burger thanks to a dominant USA victory in the women's 100 meter butterfly, Marge tells Homer that she thinks the baby is coming. Homer marvels at his luck of having a baby and a free burger in the same day, asking if it's the best day of his life. When the Channel 6 Olympic host says that an hour-long episode of ''Series/MamasFamily'' is to follow, Homer yells "YES!" The LA Olympics, plus the Winter Games in Sarajevo earlier that year, were televised by ABC, while NBC aired ''Mama's Family'' - the first two seasons of the show, anyway. In fact, by the time the Summer Olympics came around, NBC had already canceled ''Mama's Family'', and its last episode had already aired on the network. Two years later, the show was revived for first-run syndication, where it enjoyed an additional four seasons.
* BabysFirstWords: It revealed in this episode that Bart's first utterance was "[[{{Catchphrase}} Ay carumba!]]", and Lisa's first word was "Bart". Homer remarks that considering how mouthy Bart and Lisa turned out, he'd be just as happy if Maggie never said anything. The episode ends with Maggie, alone and unheard, saying her first word: "Daddy".

* CigaretteOfAnxiety: Krusty sets up a scratch off game in which every time the US wins a gold medal in an event, the owners of the card will win a free Krusty Burger. However, the game was rigged for only games in which the Soviets would win. However, this was the 1984 Olympics, and the Soviets ended up boycotting it, leaving the US to win all the games, and Krusty to lose $44 million. The next time we see him, he is puffing away on a cigarette.

* CultureChopSuey: With the exception of the popular culture of the time, 1980s Springfield looks and acts like 1930s Brooklyn.

* TheEighties: The setting of the flashbacks. It was a time when, as Marge tells her kids, "Ms. Pacman struck a blow for women's rights, a young [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Joe Piscopo]] taught us how to laugh..." As the flashback begins, Marge is talking with Irish and Italian housewives about the last episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'', and Homer sings "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" as he comes home from work. Later, the 1984 Summer Olympics provide a B-plot.

* FictionalVideoGame: A kid approaches a group of kids on the street and asks if they want to play stick ball. They agree, and run to three arcade games: ''Mumblety PEG'', ''Stickball'', and ''Kick the Can''.

* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: As it turns out, the Simpsons' house is located in what is apparently known as "The Rat's Nest," which includes a house that's part of a crime scene, a nice house near a rendering plant, a houseboat, and a house full of cats.

* MonsterClown: The headboard of Bart's new bed, thanks to Homer's poor work (though compared to the other crap he's built, the monster clown headboard actually looks good), looks like one to the viewer, and even more so to the poor toddler.

* OffModel: Sideshow Bob has Sideshow Mel's hair color (greenish-blue) in the commercial for the Krusty Burger giveaway. While it can be handwaved that it's a wig or he had to dye his hair for the show, it actually contradicts with the season one episodes (up until "Krusty Gets Busted") where Sideshow Bob had his own hair (red). The writers on the DVD commentary point out that Sideshow Bob's hair being greenish-blue instead of red was a coloring mistake.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Modern audiences (at least the ones who weren't around when it really happened) might not realize that the Krusty Burger Olympic promotion and the subsequent financial backfiring due to the Soviet boycotting of the Games was based on a ''real'' UsefulNotes/McDonalds promotion that had the same results, described in detail on [[Horrible/{{Advertising}} the "Advertising" subpage]] for DarthWiki/SoBadItsHorrible.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Modern audiences (at least the ones who weren't around when it really happened) might not realize that the Krusty Burger Olympic promotion and the subsequent financial backfiring due to the Soviet boycotting of the Games was based on a ''real'' UsefulNotes/McDonalds promotion that had the same results.

* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Bart does this to Homer when the Simpsons move into their new house.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Clearly, Krusty should have thought of that promotion a little more before green-lighting it, much like the company behind the one it parodies should have.