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* IfItsYouItsOkay: Homer tells Marge a father shouldn't tell his own son his birth was an accident. Marge reminds him he says it to Bart all the time, but Homer says when ''he'' does it "it's cute".
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* EpicFail: Homer's attempts to be a good father to Bart and Lisa all fail spectacularly because he smothers them and won't listen to their objections. Bart even tells him that they far preferred it when he wasn't trying to be a good father to them.
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'''Abe:''' (''realizes what he just said'') I'm so sorry I said that...\\
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'''Abe:''' (''realizes what he just said'') I'm so sorry I said that...\\
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The kids spying on their parents disappears eventually. A deleted scene had Ralph telling them that the parents aren't around because they're busy having sex. The writers edited this out because they didn't think Ralph would be smart enough to understand that.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The kids spying on their parents disappears plotline fades out eventually. A deleted scene had Ralph telling them that the parents aren't around because they're busy having sex. The writers edited this out because they didn't think Ralph would be smart enough to understand that.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Lisa and Bart buy some books, with Lisa buying one by UsefulNotes/AlGore and Bart buying one about [=UFOs=], the library scanner sends a signal to a satellite, which sends it to the US Pentagon, and it's printed out. An Army officer looks over it, and immediately hurries to the White House, reporting to Gore that somebody finally bought his book.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Normally, when Homer's mad, he'll explode at you. Abe's "You were an accident!" comment evidently hurt him enough to put him in TranquilFury mode.
-->'''Abe:''' If I hadn't taken that tonic 38 years ago, you would never have been born and I would be happy! ''You were an ACCIDENT!''\\
'''Homer:''' (''[[BrakeAngrily slams on the brakes]] and speaks very softly but still evidently enraged'') Get out.\\
'''Abe:''' (''realizes what he just said'') I'm so sorry I said that...\\
'''Homer:''' (''still softly'') ''Out.''
-->'''Abe:''' If I hadn't taken that tonic 38 years ago, you would never have been born and I would be happy! ''You were an ACCIDENT!''\\
'''Homer:''' (''[[BrakeAngrily slams on the brakes]] and speaks very softly but still evidently enraged'') Get out.\\
'''Abe:''' (''realizes what he just said'') I'm so sorry I said that...\\
'''Homer:''' (''still softly'') ''Out.''
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* ContinuityNod: Marge mentions [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E12IMarriedMarge Bart's birth being an accident]] as well.
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* SarcasmBlind: When Lisa jokingly suggests that the adults of Springfield have become reverse vampires who have to get home before dark, all the other kids become terrified of the idea, and instantly accept it.
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* SarcasmBlind: When Lisa jokingly suggests that the adults of Springfield have become reverse vampires who have to get home before dark, all the other kids become terrified of the idea, and instantly accept it. Much to Lisa's annoyance.
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* BrakeAngrily: Homer does this right after Abe tells him his birth was an accident.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Planting Homer in the audience to sell the tonic fails not only because of Homer's lousy acting skills but also because Homer's face is in the tonic's label.
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* AbusiveParents: As Homer points out, Abe's been an awful father. When Homer was watching President Kennedy on television as a child and imitates him, Abe cruelly tells Homer (while rolling up a newspaper) that America was made so idiots like Homer can't be President. Then there's the entire car argument where Abe flat-out tells Homer that he was an accident and that he never should have been born.
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* AbusiveParents: As Homer points out, Abe's been an awful father. When Homer was watching President Kennedy on television as a child and imitates him, Abe cruelly tells Homer (while rolling up a newspaper) that America was made so idiots like Homer can't be President. Then there's the entire car argument where Abe flat-out tells Homer that he was an accident and that he never should have been born. [[JerkassRealization Abe does regret how he treated Homer later on]].
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: After Homer stops helping Abe to sell the aphrodisiac, Abe tries to get Barney's help and later says it's not the same without Homer. Homer can drive.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: When Homer and Abe are fleeing an angry mob, Homer tells Abe that the mob only started chasing them after the music started. Homer is proven right when he turns the music off.
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* ShoutOut: After years of Professor Frink as Jerry Lewis' Nutty Professor character, we see him as Buddy Love after he drinks the tonic.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Bart writes on the chalkboard that his homework wasn't stolen by [[Series/TheFugitive an one-armed man]].
** After years of Professor Frink as Jerry Lewis' Nutty Professor character, we see him as Buddy Love after he drinks the tonic.
** Bart writes on the chalkboard that his homework wasn't stolen by [[Series/TheFugitive an one-armed man]].
** After years of Professor Frink as Jerry Lewis' Nutty Professor character, we see him as Buddy Love after he drinks the tonic.
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* [[YouShouldHaveDiedInstead You Were An Accident]]
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* AbusiveParents: As Homer points out, Abe's been an awful father. When Homer was watching President Kennedy on television as a child, child and imitates him, Abe cruelly tells Homer (while rolling up a newspaper) that America was made so idiots like Homer can't be President. Then there's the entire car argument where Abe flat-out tells Homer that he was an accident and that he never should have been born.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Homer and Grampa go back to their old farm, and recollect happier times, but it's worn down and just not the same. [[FromBadToWorse Then they accidentally burn it down]].
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Homer and Grampa go back to their old farm, and recollect happier times, times (and unhappy times), but it's worn down and just not the same. [[FromBadToWorse Then they accidentally burn it down]].
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* WeekendInventor: Grampa Simpson managed to come up with a fast acting aphrodisiac out of random things he had lying around, similar to how [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Homer came up with the flaming Homer]].
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* WeekendInventor: Grampa Simpson managed to come up with a fast acting aphrodisiac out of random things he had lying around, around (that was originally supposed to be a cheap substitute for holy water), similar to how [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Homer came up with the flaming Homer]].
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* ShoutOut: After years of Professor Frink as Jerry Lewis, we see him as Buddy Love after he drinks the tonic.
* SnakeOilSalesman: Homer and Grampa's traveling show has all the hallmarks of this, including old-fashioned barking from a platform, and planting people in the audience, but the tonic really does work in this case. Un
* SnakeOilSalesman: Homer and Grampa's traveling show has all the hallmarks of this, including old-fashioned barking from a platform, and planting people in the audience, but the tonic really does work in this case. Un
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* ShoutOut: After years of Professor Frink as Jerry Lewis, Lewis' Nutty Professor character, we see him as Buddy Love after he drinks the tonic.
* SnakeOilSalesman: Homer and Grampa's traveling show has all the hallmarks of this, including old-fashioned barking from a platform, and planting people in the audience, but the tonic really does work in thiscase. Uncase...until the duo break up.
* SnakeOilSalesman: Homer and Grampa's traveling show has all the hallmarks of this, including old-fashioned barking from a platform, and planting people in the audience, but the tonic really does work in this
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* AbusiveParents: As Homer points out, Abe's been an awful father.
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* AbusiveParents: As Homer points out, Abe's been an awful father. When Homer was watching President Kennedy on television as a child, Abe cruelly tells Homer that America was made so idiots like Homer can't be President. Then there's the entire car argument where Abe flat-out tells Homer that he was an accident and that he never should have been born.
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* TranquilFury: Homer when Abe calls him an accident. It [[OOCIseriousBusiness scares Abe]] into apologizing, to no avail.
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* TranquilFury: Homer when Abe calls him an accident. It [[OOCIseriousBusiness [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness scares Abe]] into apologizing, to no avail.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: Homer and Grampa's traveling show has all the hallmarks of this, including old-fashioned barking from a platform, and planting people in the audience, but the tonic really does work in this case.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: Homer and Grampa's traveling show has all the hallmarks of this, including old-fashioned barking from a platform, and planting people in the audience, but the tonic really does work in this case. Un
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* TranquilFury: Homer when Abe calls him an accident. It [[OOCIseriousBusiness scares Abe]] into apologizing, to no avail.
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* GetOut: Homer kicks his father out of the car after he is told that his birth was an accident.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ''The Utility Room''. Wow. Subverted in that it is in fact just a utility room.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ''The Utility Room''. Wow. Subverted in that it is in fact just a utility room.
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* GetOut: Homer kicks his father out of the car after he is told that his birth was an accident. \n* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ''The Utility Room''. Wow. Subverted in that it is in fact just a utility room.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The kids spying on their parents disappears eventually. A deleted scene had them learning the grown-ups were just having sex... and concluding this is the fault of the Mole People. And the reveal that the government is in fact spying on them.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The kids spying on their parents disappears eventually. A deleted scene had Ralph telling them learning the grown-ups were just having sex... and concluding this is the fault of the Mole People. And the reveal that the government is in fact spying on them.parents aren't around because they're busy having sex. The writers edited this out because they didn't think Ralph would be smart enough to understand that.
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* AbusiveParents: As Homer points out, Abe's been an awful father.
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* Sarcasm-Blind: When Lisa jokingly suggests that the adults of Springfield have become reverse vampires who have to get home before dark, all the other kids become terrified of the idea, and instantly accept it.
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* Sarcasm-Blind: GettingCrapPastTheRadar: ''The Utility Room''. Wow. Subverted in that it is in fact just a utility room.
* SarcasmBlind: When Lisa jokingly suggests that the adults of Springfield have become reverse vampires who have to get home before dark, all the other kids become terrified of the idea, and instantly acceptit. it.
* ShoutOut: After years of Professor Frink as Jerry Lewis, we see him as Buddy Love after he drinks the tonic.
* SarcasmBlind: When Lisa jokingly suggests that the adults of Springfield have become reverse vampires who have to get home before dark, all the other kids become terrified of the idea, and instantly accept
* ShoutOut: After years of Professor Frink as Jerry Lewis, we see him as Buddy Love after he drinks the tonic.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Homer and Grampa go back to their old farm, and recollect happier times, but it's worn down and just not the same. [[FromBadToWorse Then they accidentally burn it down]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The kids spying on their parents disappears eventually. A deleted scene had them learning the grown-ups were just having sex... and concluding this is the fault of the Mole People. And the reveal that the government is in fact spying on them.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Homer and Grampa go back to their old farm, and recollect happier times, but it's worn down and just not the same. [[FromBadToWorse Then they accidentally burn itdown]].down]].
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Homer and Grampa go back to their old farm, and recollect happier times, but it's worn down and just not the same. [[FromBadToWorse Then they accidentally burn it
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* TheConspiracy: The children of Springfield suspect something huge is going on involving "reverse vampires" because their parents rush home before nightfall. They are actually just having sex.
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* WeekendInventor: Grampa Simpson managed to come up with a fast acting aphrodisiac out of random things he had lying around, similar to how [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Homer came up with the flaming Homer]].
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* WeekendInventor: Grampa Simpson managed to come up with a fast acting aphrodisiac out of random things he had lying around, similar to how [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Homer came up with the flaming Homer]].Homer]].
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Homer and Grampa go back to their old farm, and recollect happier times, but it's worn down and just not the same. [[FromBadToWorse Then they accidentally burn it down]].
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Homer and Grampa go back to their old farm, and recollect happier times, but it's worn down and just not the same. [[FromBadToWorse Then they accidentally burn it down]].
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* TheCasanova: Professor Frink becomes this as soon as he drinks the tonic, and picks up a female scientist.
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* TheCasanova: Professor Frink becomes this as soon as he drinks TheConspiracy: The children of Springfield suspect something huge is going on involving "reverse vampires" because their parents rush home before nightfall. They are actually just having sex.
* GetOut: Homer kicks his father out of thetonic, car after he is told that his birth was an accident.
* Sarcasm-Blind: When Lisa jokingly suggests that the adults of Springfield have become reverse vampires who have to get home before dark, all the other kids become terrified of the idea, andpicks up a female scientist.instantly accept it.
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* SnakeOilSalesman: Homer and Grampa's traveling show has all the hallmarks of this, including old-fashioned barking from a platform, and planting people in the audience, but the tonic really does work in this case.
* WeekendInventor: Grampa Simpson managed to come up with a fast acting aphrodisiac out of random things he had lying around, similar to how [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E10FlamingMoes Homer came up with the flaming Homer]].
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Homer and Marge's sex life is going down the tubes due to Homer's laziness and the kids bothering them. Salvation comes in the form of Grampa Simpson, who concocts a bathtub aphrodisiac that Grampa and Homer sell to the masses. Meanwhile, Bart fears that the alleged disappearance of all the adults is part of an alien invasion/government conspiracy.
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