History Recap / TheSimpsonsS6E10GrampaVsSexualInadequacy

'''Homer:''' But when I do it, it's cute!

* IfItsYouItsOkay: Homer tells Marge a father shouldn't tell his own son his birth was an accident even if it's true. Marge reminds him he says it to Bart all the time, but Homer says when ''he'' does it "it's cute".

* BaitAndSwitch: Lisa and Bart buy some books, with Lisa buying [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ueberroth Peter Ueberroth]]'s biography and UsefulNotes/AlGore's book "Sane Planning, Sensible Tomorrow", and Bart buying one about [=UFOs=]. As they get rung up, 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 UsefulNotes/AlGore... because "someone finally bought a copy of [his] book".

* BaitAndSwitch: When Lisa and Bart buy some books, with 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 UsefulNotes/AlGore... because Lisa just happened to have bought his book as well, and is in fact the first person to do so.

'''Abe:''' Well, I'll be all right as long as I can remember my army training.\\

* GetOut: Homer kicks his father out of the car after he is told that his birth was an accident.

* DoubleStandards:
-->'''Homer:''' He called me an accident. He didn't want to have me.\\
'''Marge:''' You tell Bart he was an accident all the time. You did it at breakfast.\\

* 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 and to stop daydreaming. 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]].

* BalloonBelly: Homer ends up looking even fatter than usual after spending the night engorging on enchiladas, much to Marge's disappointment, as she was in the mood.

* TheUnreveal: A flashback shows us a rare glimpse of Homer's mother... from the neck down, so we don't see her face ([[Recap/S7E8MotherSimpson for another year or so]]).

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The kids spying on their parents 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.

-->'''Abe:''' ...And that's what's wrong with Bart's generation. Now, as for ''your'' generation...\

-->'''Homer:''' I'm a screw-up. I burned down our house.
-->'''Abe:''' No, I'm a screw-up. ''I'' burned down our house.
-->'''Homer:''' You know what?
-->'''Abe:''' What?
-->'''Homer:''' We're ''both'' screw-ups.
* 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.

-->'''Gore''': (smiling; monotone) Well. (reaches over to a record player; turns it on) This calls for a celebration.
-->'''Record Player''': ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebration_(Kool_%26_the_Gang_song) Ce-le-brate good times, come on!]]''
-->'''Gore''': (still monotone) I will.

'''Homer:''' (''[[BrakeAngrily slams on the brakes]] and speaks very softly but still evidently enraged'') Get out.\\
'''Abe:''' (''genuinely concerned'') I'm sorry I said that...\\
'''Homer:''' (''still softly'') ''Out.''

-->'''Abe:''' Unsatisfying sex life?
-->'''Homer:''' N-- yes! But please, don't ''you'' say that word!
-->'''Abe:''' What, "seeeex"? What's so unappealing about hearing your elderly father talk about ''seeeex''? I had ''seeeex''.
-->'''Homer:''' (''shudders'')

-->'''Abe''':...And that's what's wrong with Bart's generation. Now, as for ''your'' generation...
-->'''Homer''': (''groans'')

* TheUnreveal: A flashback shows us a rare glimpse of Homer's mother... from the neck down, so we don't see her face (for another year or so).

* [[YouShouldHaveDiedInstead You Were An Accident]]

* 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]].

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Homer trying to explain the situation with Abe gets distracted by a chocolate bar Bart's eating.

* 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.

* 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".

** Bart writes on the chalkboard that his homework wasn't stolen by [[Series/TheFugitive an one-armed man]].

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Grampa speculates that Marge might be suffering from pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicavolcanoconiosis.

* TheCasanova: Professor Frink becomes this as soon as he drinks the tonic, and he picks up a female scientist.
* 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.

* BalloonBelly: Homer ends up looking even fatter than usual after spending the night engorging on enchiladas, much to Marge's disappointment, as she was in the mood.

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.

'''Abe:''' (''realizes what he just said'') I'm sorry I said 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.