History Recap / TheSimpsonsS5E20TheBoyWhoKnewTooMuch

* {{Tuckerization}}: Freddy Quimby was named after Fred Quimby, who produced the WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry cartoons.

* AllForNothing: Although this doesn't happens on the episode proper, in a deleted scene that would be shown on the DVD release Freddy was taken back into custody shortly after being released (about ''two seconds later'') because he grappled the waiter and started threatening to hurt him for real, making Bart's sacrifice meaningless. As well, Bart's attempt to prevent getting detention for playing hookie are all turned futile in the end because of his own conscience and Skinner's pettiness.

--> '''Bart''': ''(handing her the phony note)'' My mom's number's on there in case you want to check up on me.\\

* ChekhovsGag: The final straw in a series of events that make cutting class irresistible to Bart is seeing a well-dressed young man drive by in a convertible with a blonde babe fawning over him, musing out loud that he "got all this after dropping out of the fourth grade." That young man is Freddy Quimby, the mayor's nephew, and Bart will later stow away in his convertible to get away from Skinner and ride to his 18th birthday party where he'll witness his innocence in the alleged beating of the waiter. (Finding out who he is doubles as a BrickJoke on his earlier statement--he got all that stuff because he's a SpoiledBrat, not because he has the wherewithal to succeed as a pre-high school dropout.)

--> '''Skinner''': His brand of gum: Doublemint. Trying to double your ''fun'', eh, Bart? Well I'll double your ''detention''! Heh... I wish someone was around to hear that.

--> '''Homer''': Ohhhh, jury duty?! I'll see that Quimby kid ''hang'' for this!!\\

--> '''Girlfriend''': Freddy, honey, I think something just jumped into the backseat.\\

--> '''Skinner''': I can't wait until the sentencing part. That's where I ''really'' shine!\\

--> '''DaChief''': Well [=McGarnagle=], Billy is ''dead''! They slit his throat from ear to ear!\\

--->"It's ironic that a monstrous, yet innocent, man will be found guilty."

-->'''Bart''': Hey, [=McBain=], I'm a big fan, but your last movie really sucked.
-->'''Wolfcastle''': I know. [[TroubledProduction There were script problems from day one.]]
-->'''Chief Wiggum''': Yeah, I'll say. Magic ticket, my ass, [=McBain=].
-->'''Wolfcastle''': Maria, my mighty heart is breaking.

--> '''Bart:''' Oh my God. He's like some sort of... [[BuffySpeak non... giving-up...school guy!]]

--> '''Milhouse''': ''(slurring)'' I lost all feeling in the left side of my body. ''(tries to lift hand but fails)''\\

-->'''Chief Wiggum:''' Oh my god...somebody's taken a bite out of the giant Rice Krispies square! ...Oh, and the waiter's been brutally beaten. Heh...

* NotHelpingYourCase:

** Even worse is that he was almost home free at that point, something the man even points out before summoning Freddy to the stand.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Chief Wiggum, arriving in a kitchen where a waiter lies on the floor after an apparent beating, is shocked that someone's taken a bite out of the giant Rice Krispie square.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In the new director's cut of Film/FreeWilly, the expression on Jesse's face shows he knows Willy, who weighs between four and eight ''tons'', won't make the jump and is going to land on him.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In the new director's cut of Film/FreeWilly, the expression on Jesse's face shows he knows Willy won't make the jump and is going to land on him.

* SeriesContinuityError: While rooming at the hotel, neither Homer nor Skinner seem to have any recollection that they've been in a [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet barbershop quartet, been in a [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E11HomerTheVigilante vigilante group]] and [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E19SweetSeymourSkinnersBaadasssssSong conspired to have Ned Flanders fired as principal]] together, all of which have happened ''this season''.

* SeriesContinuityError: While rooming at the hotel, neither Homer nor Skinner seem to have any recollection that they've been in a [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet barbershop quartet]] or a [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E11HomerTheVigilante vigilante group]] together, both of which have happened ''this season''.

-->'''Marge''': It took 75 federal marshals to bring him down. Now let's never speak of him again.

* InexplicableCorneredEscape: Bart is chased up a mountain by [[NonGivingUpSchoolGuy Principle Skinner]]. He hides behind a rock and shakes in fear. Skinner approaches the rock, but when he reaches for Bart behind the rock, he is gone. Apparently, the boy jumped onto a bypassing during the split second Skinner had his eyes closed savoring the moment.

* InexplicableCorneredEscape: Bart is chased up a mountain by [[NonGivingUpSchoolGuy Principle Skinner]]. He hides behind a rock and shakes in fear. Skinner approaches the rock, but when he reaches for Bart behind the rock, he is gone. Apparently, the boy jumped onto a bypassing car while Skinner was distracted for a moment.

* ImplausibleCorneredEscape: Bart is chased up a mountain by [[NonGivingUpSchoolGuy Principle Skinner]]. He hides behind a rock and shakes in fear. Skinner approaches the rock, but when he reaches for Bart behind the rock, he is gone. Apparently, the boy jumped onto a bypassing car while Skinner was distracted for a moment.

* MauriceChevalierAccent: The French waiter's accent becomes the object of Freddy’s ridicule.

** The Quimbys are parodies of the Kennedys, with the family scandals and [[HollywoodNewEngland Boston accents]]. When Mayor Quimby says he does not recognize Bart, Bart says he’s a nephew he doesn’t see often named “Bart Bart.” This is a play on the nickname of [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy President Kennedy’s]] son, John Jr., who was known as “John John.” John’s mother, Jackie, kept him away from Kennedy family events, so he wouldn’t get caught up in their scandals.
** Rainier Wolfcastle moves from being a generic TheAhnold to having more specific character traits of the actual Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger. His wife is named Maria, like Arnold’s (now ex-)wife and Kennedy family member, Maria Shriver. And there is a [[TakeThat joke about a movie]] that sounds suspiciously like ''Film/LastActionHero''.
-->'''Bart''': Hey, [=McBain=], I’m a big fan, but your last movie really sucked.

-->'''Chief Wiggum''': Yeah, I’ll say. Magic ticket, my ass, [=McBain=].

* OnceMoreWithClarity: When the confrontation happens between Freddy and the waiter, the audience hears the dialogue but [[InstantMysteryJustDeleteScene only sees Bart watching the scene]]. When Bart testifies later, he reveals that after Freddie says, “I’m gonna enjoy this!” he picks up a bottle of champagne, chugs it, and leaves the kitchen. The waiter [[TheKlutz then slips and causes his own injuries]].

* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Bart's day of playing hooky places him in a couple of potentially life-threatening situations and he comes off right.

* RecycledAnimation:
** When Bart is fleeing from Skinner, a shot of Bart running down a hill from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E1KampKrusty Kamp Krusty]]" was re-used.
** When Bart is running away from Principal Skinner, one of the scenes is of Bart running across a field to a wall, which was reused from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E19DogOfDeath Dog of Death]]".

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Homer's {{jerkass}} behaviour towards Skinner is this when they're sequestered together in the hotel, given that the audience knows how much of a {{jerkass}} Skinner himself is throughout the rest of the episode.

** No-one seems to realise that if Bart wants to not be caught out by Skinner, there is the option to make a deposition, thus avoiding the need to testify in open court. Or that Bart upon being asked how he was able to witness the events in the kitchen could choose invoke the fifth amendment to avoid incriminating himself in front of Skinner.

** No-one seems to realise that if Bart wants to not be caught out by Skinner, there is the option to make a deposition, thus avoiding the need to testify in open court.

* NoSympathy: When discussing the "slouch-eliminating" chairs:

** Bart skips school and when he confesses to it so Freddie Quimby won't be sent to jail for a crime he didn't commit, Skinner gives him four months detention.