History Recap / TheSimpsonsS6E10GrampaVsSexualInadequacy

** The music track that plays during the satellite sequence is an obvious parody of the opening theme to ''[[Series/TheXfiles The X-Files]]''.

* PhonyDegree: Bart believes the rantings of a [=UFOlogist=] who is "head of the Spaceology Department at the Correspondence School of Tampa." Never mind that the word "Spaceology" doesn't actually mean anything...

-->'''Grampa''': I assure you, his belching is the result of an unrelated alcohol problem.
''Barney passes out, before all the hillbillies leave''

* AMistakeIsBorn: Abe tells Homer that he was an accident. This angers Homer to the point of TranquilFury, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness which is extremely rare for him]].

* AbusiveParents: As Homer points out, Abe's been an awful father who was never supportive. 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]]. Meanwhile, according to Marge, Homer himself tells Bart he didn't want him all the time, and defends himself by claiming it's cute when he does it.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: 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.

* BrakeAngrily: Homer does this right after Abe tells him his birth was an accident.

* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Abe telling Homer that he was an accident is the same principle.

'''Abe:''' I'm sorry I said that!\\

-->'''Homer:''' ''[[[BrakeAngrily stops the car]]; then, [[TraquilFury in a eerily calm voice]]]'' Get out.\\

-->'''Homer:''' ''(gasps, [[BrakeAngrily then stops the car]])'' Get out.\\
'''Abe:''' I'm sorry I said that.\\

'''Homer:''' N-- yes! But please, don't ''you'' say that word!\\

* WeekendInventor: Grampa Simpson managed to come up with a fast acting aphrodisiac out of random things he had lying 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]].

* AdviceBackfire: Homer and Marge initially try to rejuvenate their sex life by following the advice of a book on tape entitled "Mr. And Mrs. Erotic American". HilarityEnsues.

-->'''Homer:''' ''(gasps, [[BrakeAngrily then stops the car]])'' [[TranquilFury Get out]].\\

'''Homer:''' ''([[BrakeAngrily slams on the brakes]] and speaks very softly but still evidently enraged)'' Get out.\\

'''Abe:''' Dang.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Homer is enraged that Abe says his birth was an accident, despite [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E13RadioBart thinking such about Bart's]] (though NegativeContinuity may be in effect there).

* SantasExistenceclause: Subverted. Homer finds an old photograph in the farmhouse of what he thinks is himself as a boy meeting Santa Claus. He looks closer and discovers it's Abe dressed as Santa.

* PhonyDegree: Bart believes the rantings of a UFOlogist who is "head of the Spaceology Department at the Correspondence School of Tampa." Never mind that the word "Spaceology" doesn't actually mean anything...

** In the climax, when Homer departs for the old farmhouse, he leaves in Marge's station wagon. However, the shot of him pulling up to the house has him driving his own sedan.

** In the climax, when Homer departs for the old farmhouse, he leaves in Marge's station wagon. However, in the shot of him pulling up to the house, he's in his own sedan.

* AbusiveParents: As Homer points out, Abe's been an awful father who was never supportive. 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]].

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: After botching the sale in hillbilly country, Homer and Abe are getting chased by an angry mob. Grandpa blames Homer's poor salesmanship, but Homer counters that they only started chasing them when Abe turned on "that chase music". He switches off the radio and instantly the hillbillies stop, make disappointed noises, and return home.