History Recap / TheSimpsonsS6E15HomieTheClown

''(SmashCut to the Mafia hauling Homer to the entrance of the LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub, with Homer still rattling off names)''\\

* TheMerch: Krusty's InUniverse merchandising empire puts the likes of {{ComicStrip/Garfield}} or {{Creator/Disney}} to shame. He's licensed everything from {{TabletopGame/Monopoly}} games (despite his patent being denied) to crowd control barriers to moustache trimmers.

** When Homer hallucinates clowns after seeing the billboard, the circus organ music is eerily reminiscent of the opening credits of ''WesternAnimation/{{Dumbo}}''. [[note]] When the freaky clown with the bass drum appears. [[/note]]

* AcademyOfEvil: The Mafia turns the clown college into a mild version of this trope after they take it over.

* NoodleIncident: When did Homer crash his car into the wall of the Springfield Mafia's club? And, for that matter, when did Barney Gumble take pictures of one of Legs' sister?
** The campus of Krusty's clown college used to be Music/WillieNelson's house. So how did Krusty get ahold of it?
*** This was after Nelson's highly publicized tax troubles with the IRS, so the likely joke is that his house got repossessed.

* OhCrap: The Krusty Burglar before Homer starts beating him up.

* RuleOfThree: The Mafia only bought three bullets, and they miss each time while trying to shoot Homer.

* TrappedByGamblingDebts: Krusty's story arc in this episode.

* AdamWesting: David Mirkin said that Dick Cavett's part was probably the meanest the show had ever been to a guest star, portraying him as a name-dropping bore. He mentions he knew Creator/WoodyAllen, though nobody in the audience cares. When he tries to make conversation with Homer and says that his "churlish attitude reminds me of the time I met [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Groucho]]", Homer threatens him with "[[ImpliedDeathThreat You'll be dining with Groucho tonight if you don't shut up!]]"

* AntiClimax: It turns out that Krusty only owed the mob $48, which he casually pays back at the end of the episode, even getting change back.

* ComicallySmallDemand: Turns out the money Krusty owes the Mafia is only $48. He gives the Don a fifty and gets $2 in change.

** After nearly being killed for not paying his debts, Krusty pays the money anyway, which turns out to be the ridiculously low sum of $48. The boss is happy and even [[HonorAmongThieves gives him back his change]].

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: At one point while training the would-be Krustys, Krusty has an older wealthy woman in front of the class and tells them that just because a dowager interrupts their party doesn't mean that the party has to end and then forcefully throws [[PieInTheFace a pie in the woman's face]] hard enough to crack the wall she gets slammed into. What makes it more shocking than most examples is that it's implied that he '' killed'' the woman.

* TheGamblingAddict: Krusty's gambling addiction is one of the reasons for his money problems, as he bets on everything from horse races to sports games to operas. As his accountant notes, gambling is one of the finest things a person can do...if he's good at it. Unfortunately, Krusty is a ''terrible'' gambler

** When Homer tries saying he's not Krusty, one of his given aliases is Benedict Arnold. Louie seems to honestly think Homer means he's ''the'' Benedict Arnold.

'''Louie''': (''angrily'') The same Benedict Arnold who plotted to surrender West Point to the hated British? \\

* EvenEvilHasStandards: After nearly being killed for not paying his debts, Krusty pays the money anyway, which turns out to be the ridiculously low sum of $48. The boss is happy and even [[HonorAmongThieves gives him back his change]].

Episode - 2F12\\
First Aired - 2/12/1995

--> '''Bill:''' At this rate, you'll be broke in a month. The only thing left to do is... Open a Clown College and train some regional Krustys.\\

-->'''Mafia Goon''': ''[adressing a new class of Krustys]'' Kids these days have a lot of money, so after you perform, you might consider robbing 'em!

* ConspicuousConsumption: Krusty does ludicrous things like light his cigarettes with hundred-dollar bills, strings of pearls, and Action Comics #1. He also spends money on some truly ridiculous things, including buying a new house because his current one is dirty, hiring Kenny G to play muzak for him in an elevator, sending a thousand roses to Creator/BeaArthur's grave (she was alive at the time the episode aired), and condor egg omelettes.

'''Louie:''' [[TheStoolPigeon The same Joe Valachi who squealed to the Senate Committee about organised crime?!]]\\

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: While Season 6 is far from early in the show's development, this episode portrays Milhouse's dad Kirk as a very competent, respected man who has connections to get Krusty to come to his son's birthday (even if it was just Homer). In later episodes, especially after the divorce in season 8, he becomes a pitifully pathetic, needy deadbeat. Case in point: when "Krusty" takes a break at the party from exhaustion, Kirk assertively stands above him and says, "Um... it's not 5:30 yet!", basically telling him to get back to work. The later Kirk would have NOWHERE near the self-confidence or demeanor to do something like that. You can claim the divorce turned him into the pathetic deadbeat he is, but during the divorce, Luann claimed he was always a failure and the family was on a huge downslope.

** Dick Cavett mentions he knew Creator/WoodyAllen, though nobody in the audience cares. When he tries to make conversation with Homer and says that his "churlish attitude reminds me of the time I met [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Groucho]]", Homer threatens him with "[[ImpliedDeathThreat You'll be dining with Groucho tonight if you don't shut up!]]"

** Inverted; it's Homer's ''inability'' to ride a mini bicycle through a loop that resurfaces -and almost gets him killed- by the end of the episode.

* SeriesContinuityError: Milhouse really had no reason to gloat about having Krusty over at his party -- Bart already had Krusty over for dinner at his place in "Like Father, Like Clown" (and Milhouse was at the Simpson house with Krusty, so that's really bad that the writers would make Milhouse out as a braggart).

'''Fat Tony:''' [[NoodleIncident The same Homer Simpson who crashed his car through the wall of our club]]?!\\

* NoodleIncident: When did Homer crash his car into the wall of the Springfield Mafia's club? And, for that matter, when did Barney Gumble take pictures of one of the mobster's sister?

* TheMerch: Krusty's merchandising empire puts the likes of {{ComicStrip/Garfield}} or {{Creator/Disney}} to shame. He's licensed everything from {{TabletopGame/Monopoly}} games (despite his patent being denied) to crowd control barriers to moustache trimmers.