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* IWarnedYou: Marge warned Homer to move his car triple-parked over three handicapped spaces, but refuses as he couldn't be bothered with it, then admitted to buying beer for Jimbo and his friends. She offers to pretend not to hear that as long as he moves his car, but again he refuses, thinking that just because Marge is a cop now, he's above the law. Marge decides to write him a ticket, and he swipes her hat, mocking her. She warns him to quit being an immature moron or she'll arrest him, which he stupidly ignores and mockingly calls her bluff. Marge angrily slaps the cuffs on Homer, telling him he has the right to remain silent.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Marge's skill at discerning hostile versus non-hostile targets under pressure comes back when she successfully chases down Herman in a gunfight without shooting Milhouse, Abe, or Maggie.
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* TokenGoodCop: Marge is the only competent and law-abiding cop in the Springfield Police ([[NotSoAboveItAll except for dodging Lisa's question]]). This leads to Marge deciding to quit the service when she figures it out.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Homer thinks that being married to a cop means he's above the law. Marge shows him that's not the case.
** Even if Herman's jeans weren't counterfeit they would still make for a lousy zipline and quickly rip.
** Average people aren't going to try and run down a criminal, potentially getting stabbed or shot in the process, over a few dollars that aren't theirs.
** Homer thinks that being married to a cop means he's above the law. Marge shows him that's not the case.
** Even if Herman's jeans weren't counterfeit they would still make for a lousy zipline and quickly rip.
** Average people aren't going to try and run down a criminal, potentially getting stabbed or shot in the process, over a few dollars that aren't theirs.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Marge ends up the one genuinely noble and law-abiding officer on duty while working for the Springfield PD.
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* InTheStyleOf: The end credits music has the theme song played like the ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' theme.
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* BondGunBarrel: The CouchGag for this episode (recycled from "And Maggie Makes Three").
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* OffModel: In two different scenes, Chief Wiggum's hair is black, not unlike his earliest appearances on the show.
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* SoapboxSadie: One more point for Lisa: When Marge gives her a tour of the police station, Lisa asks her a question about why it would not be better to defund the police and divert the money to cultural pursuits. [[NotSoAboveItAll Marge decides to dodge answering it]].
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* SoapboxSadie: One more point for Lisa: When Marge gives her a tour of the police station, Lisa asks her a question about why is it would not be better to defund that the police and divert the money don't do more to cultural pursuits.educate people instead of arresting them. [[NotSoAboveItAll Marge decides to dodge answering it]].
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* SoapboxSadie: One more point for Lisa: When Marge gives her a tour of the police station, Lisa asks her a question about why it would not be better to defund the police and divert the money to cultural pursuits. [[NotSoAboveItAll Marge decides to dodge answering it]].
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* BrickJoke: Homer attempts to shame Herman’s operatives for creating counterfeit jeans by listing the people who suffer, like Gloria Vanderbilt. When Marge bursts in, one of them assumes Vanderbilt has come “back for revenge”.
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* TriggerHappy: One of the recruits in Marge's police group is there to get a gun for some awful purpose and storms off in a rage when Wiggum, in a rare moment of smarts, refuses to give it to him unless he provides his real name.
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* ApatheticCitizens: The people watching Snake's card games are outraged when he's discovered to be cheating, but take no effort to stop or chase after him once he flees, only staring blankly at Marge when she suggests they do something. Then again, they're residents of the bad part of town.
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* ApatheticCitizens: The people watching Snake's card games are outraged when he's discovered to be cheating, but take no effort to stop or chase after him once he flees, only staring blankly at Marge when she suggests they do something. Then again, they're residents of the bad part of town.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Marge may be a very lawful ByTheBookCop in contrast to the rest of the Springfield Police, but when [[SoapboxSadie Lisa]] asks her a very loaded political question that involves shaking the police's status quo, Marge dodges answering it.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: A rare InUniverse example when Hans Moleman asks if it's legal for the local jail of Springfield to have a death row[[note]]it isn't -- executions are carried out in Federal prisons[[/note]] and [[ButtMonkey is ordered to shut up by Reverend Lovejoy]] and [[TheyKilledKennyAgain taken to the chair]].
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: A rare InUniverse example when Hans Moleman asks if it's legal for the local jail of Springfield to have a death row[[note]]it isn't -- executions are carried out in Federal State prisons[[/note]] and [[ButtMonkey is ordered to shut up by Reverend Lovejoy]] and [[TheyKilledKennyAgain taken to the chair]].
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: A rare InUniverse example when Hans Moleman asks if it's legal for the local jail of Springfield to have a death row[[note]]it isn't -- executions are carried out in Federal prisons[[/note]] and [[ButtMonkey is ordered to shut up by Reverend Lovejoy]] and [[TheyKilledKennyAgain taken to the chair]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: Homer, who parks across three handicapped spaces and refuses to move, uses police equipment to do whatever he likes, and steals a man's last meal.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Homer, who parks across three handicapped spaces and refuses to move, uses police equipment to do whatever he likes, and steals a eats another man's [[PrisonersLastMeal last meal.meal]].
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* NoodleIncident: What ''did'' Hans Moleman do to earn the death penalty, and how did his last meal end up being eaten by Homer? Plus, since he ''was'' apparently on death row, why would Homer be housed with him in the exact same cell?
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* NoodleIncident: What ''did'' Hans Moleman do to earn the death penalty, and how did his [[PrisonersLastMeal last meal meal]] end up being eaten by Homer? Plus, since he ''was'' apparently on death row, why would Homer be housed with him in the exact same cell?
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* PrisonersLastMeal: Homer, while in jail for harassing Marge after she had become a Springfield police officer, eats Hans Moleman's last meal--lobster tail and raspberry tort--as Reverend Lovejoy delivered to Hans the last rites.
--> '''Rev. Lovejoy''': Alright, Hans, time to go.
--> '''Moleman''': But he ate my last meal!
--> '''Rev. Lovejoy''': Well, if that's the worst thing that happens to you today, consider yourself lucky!
--> '''Moleman''': Are you really allowed to execute people in a local jail?
--> '''Rev. Lovejoy''': From this point on, no talking.
--> '''Rev. Lovejoy''': Alright, Hans, time to go.
--> '''Moleman''': But he ate my last meal!
--> '''Rev. Lovejoy''': Well, if that's the worst thing that happens to you today, consider yourself lucky!
--> '''Moleman''': Are you really allowed to execute people in a local jail?
--> '''Rev. Lovejoy''': From this point on, no talking.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Herman attempts to escape capture, using his counterfeit jeans as a zipline. Due to the shoddy stitching on the jeans, they rip apart and send Herman falling.
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* ChangeTheUncomfortableSubject: When Lisa points out that it's better to address the causes of social inequality instead of simply putting people into prisons, Marge tries to switch the subject with a sockpuppet.
-->'''Marge:''' Look, Lisa, it's [=McGriff=] the crime dog! (''in deep voice'') Hello, Lisa. Help me bite crime! Ruff-ruff!
-->'''Marge:''' Look, Lisa, it's [=McGriff=] the crime dog! (''in deep voice'') Hello, Lisa. Help me bite crime! Ruff-ruff!
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* NeverMyFault: Homer gets angry at Marge for arresting him, despite it being her job. Considering Homer parked across ''multiple'' handicapped spots, bought alcohol for underage teens, illegally used her police equipment, and stole her hat (even refusing to give it back, despite being warned), he's lucky he was even let out of the jail cell at all.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Defied. Homer, thinking that he's above the law now that Marge is a cop, tries to park in three handicapped places, buy beer for the three bullies (even though Kearney is said to be of the legal age to drink in America), and steal Marge's hat. He gets thrown in jail. He becomes angry with Marge afterwards, but later apologizes.
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Defied. Homer, thinking that he's above the law now that Marge is a cop, tries to park in three handicapped places, buy beer for the three bullies (even though Kearney is said to be of the legal age to drink in America), underage bullies, and steal Marge's hat. He gets thrown in jail. He becomes angry with Marge afterwards, but later apologizes.
