History Recap / TheSimpsonsS7E12TeamHomer

** Chalmers is ready to give Springfield Elementary a ''perfect ten'' rating on his inspection. He writes the zero on his paper ... then a horde of children, instigated by Bart's "Down with Homework" shirt, trample him.

* TheAlmightyDollar: This trope, a higher power or deity of wealth, is named and [[ParodiedTrope parodied]] during this episode. Homer tried a magazine folding trick to answer the question: "What higher power do TV evangelists worship?"
->'''Homer:''' "The 'all-ighty ollar"'? I get it.

* AntiSchoolUniformsPlot: Springfield Elementary institutes a uniform policy. This is depicted as a negative thing that turns the kids listless and depressed. The uniforms policy was instituted following Bart wearing a T-shirt that had a "Down with homework" iron-on from an issue of ''Magazine/{{MAD}} Magazine''. The policy was lifted when rain washed out the grey color of the school uniforms, turning them rainbow-colored and returning the children's playful spirits.

* CallBack: One of the bowling teams Homer's team competes against is called "[[MeaningfulName The Home Wreckers]]" and consists of the three women and one man who tried to break up Homer and Marge's marriage to each other: Shauna Tifton (the belly-dancing stripper known as "Princess Kashmir" from "Homer's Night Out"), Lurleen Lumpkin (the country singer from "Colonel Homer"), Mindy Simmons (the sexy DistaffCounterpart of Homer on "The Last Temptation of Homer"), and Jacques (the French bowler Marge almost slept with on "Life in the Fast Lane").

* EpicFail: Moe's attempt at crippling Mr. Burns's bowling performance actually ''improves'' it.

-->'''Principal Skinner''': I don't understand; I bought them the same place I buy Mother's dresses — ''Oh dear God, Mother's in the park!''

* GilliganCut: Homer declares the Pin Pals don't need the trophy, they've got each other. Then they hug. Cut to Homer breaking into Burns's mansion to get the trophy anyway.
* GuiltByAssociationGag: At the assembly where the school will now have to wear uniforms due to [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Bart's prank]], as Lisa models the girl's uniform, she gets pelted with the same trash and spare shoe that her brother gets due to being related to him.

* {{Jerkass}}: Mr. Burns, angry that he gave Homer $500 for bowling, joins his team as revenge. He provides to be a poor bowler by always getting gutter balls, but then shows a kind side by giving his entire team new tee shirts and winning the match (because of Otto breaking a nearby machine by accident). Of course, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk he takes the trophy for himself and sends his hounds to attack his teammates when they try to take it back]].

** Homer stealing a Best Supporting Actor Oscar from Dr. Haing S. Ngor, who won it for ''The Killing Fields'' (or Creator/DonAmeche, who won it for ''Cocoon'', if you're watching the edited reruns on TV or on DVD) for unknown reasons.
** Mr. Burns missing out on his monthly boweling, and the end result being "unpleasant for all concerned."
** What will happen to Principal Skinner's mom if she wears a dress made from the same material as the uniforms (which turn tye-dye in the rain)?
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Otto converting his 7-10 split. To do this, it's required to bounce one pin off of the side or back wall of the pit to hit the other pin.
* PassThePopcorn: Upon Principal Skinner's realization that his mother is in the park wearing a dress that will turn tye-dye when rained on and change her behaviour...

** "The Pin Pals": Homer (nuclear technician), Moe (bartender), Apu (convenience store keeper) and Otto (bus driver and TheStoner). Otto was later replaced with Mr. Burns (CorruptCorporateExecutive)
** "The Home Wreckers": Jacques (professional bowler), Princess Kashmir (belly dancer/stripper), Mindy Simmons (nuclear power plant worker) and Lurleen Lumpkin (country singer)
** "The Stereotypes": Cletus (a hick), Luigi (Italian chef), Groundskeeper Willie (Scottish school janitor), and Captain [=MacCallister=] (sea captain and restaurant owner).

-->'''Martin:''' ''(while playing tag, Martin trudges over to Lisa)'' You're it.\\
'''Lisa:''' ''(trudges over to Milhouse)'' Now you are the one who is it.\\
'''Milhouse:''' Understood.
* SubvertedCatchPhrase: As the uniforms start breaking the students' spirits, Nelson forgets his SignatureLaugh mid-sentence. "Haw... ho?"
* TemptingFate: After Homer tells his family nothing will stop his team, we get a scene of Mr. Burns finding a check about bowling. [[SubvertedTrope Smithers explains it's about "boweling"]]. [[DoubleSubverted Then he spots the true bowling check]].

-->'''Moleman:''' [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Oh no, my brains]].

* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Hans Moleman requests 17 dollars from Mr. Burns to fix his push broom. Mr. Burns, however, is high on ether and hallucinates him as the Lucky Charms leprechaun, and in order to get "his Lucky Charms", ''takes a power drill to his skull''.
-->Oh no... My brains...!

-->'''Hans:''' Oh no, my brains.

* SubvertedCatchPhrase: As the uniforms start breaking the students' spirits, Nelson forgets his SignatureLaugh mid-sentence. "Haw... huh?"

--> '''Homer:''' Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I've seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.

* {{Jerkass}}: Mr. Burns, angry that he gave Homer $500 for bowling, joins his team as revenge. He provides to be a poor bowler by always getting gutter bowls, but then shows a kind side by giving his entire team new tee shirts and winning the match (because of Otto breaking a nearby machine by accident). Of course, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk he takes the trophy for himself and sends his hounds to attack his teammates when they try to take it back]].

-->'''Martin:''' ''(while playing "it", Martin trudges over to Lisa)'' You're it.\\

!!This episode contains examples of (YMMV tropes can be found [[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS7E12TeamHomer here]]):

-->'''Hans:''' Oh no, my brains.

* SpringtimeForHitler and EpicFail: Moe's attempt at crippling Mr. Burns's bowling performance actually ''improves'' it.
** It also counts as a NiceJobBreakingItHero; though, from Mr. Burns' point of view, it's actually a NiceJobFixingItVillain.

** Homer stealing a Best Supporting Actor Oscar from Dr. Haing S. Ngor, who won it for ''The Killing Fields'' (or Don Ameche, who won it for ''Cocoon'', if you're watching the edited reruns on TV or on DVD) for unknown reasons.

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* CallBack: One of the bowling teams Homer's team competes against is called "[[MeaningfulName The Home Wreckers]]" and consists of the three women and one man who tried to break up Homer and Marge's marriage to each other: Shauna Tifton (the belly-dancing stripper known as "Princess Kashmir" from "Homer's Night Out"), Lurleen Lumpkin (the country singer from "Colonel Homer" and later, "Papa Don't Leech," though "Marge vs. the Monorail" showed that Lurleen has become a drugged-out mess following Homer offering Lurleen to another manager), Mindy Simmons (the sexy DistaffCounterpart of Homer on "The Last Temptation of Homer," though "Another Simpsons Clip Show" revealed that Mindy became an alcoholic and got fired from her job at the nuclear plant[[note]]whether this was a rumor or Mindy got clean and sober and has since been reinstated is not known[[/note]]), and Jacques (the French bowler Marge almost slept with on "Life in the Fast Lane." Prior to this episode, he was seen in the hospital waiting room on "Homer's Triple Bypass" and was in the single losers' line at the Monster Mart on "Homer and Apu").

* TemptingFate: After Homer told his family nothing would stop his team, we got a scene of Mr. Burns finding a check about bowling. [[SubvertedTrope Smithers explained it was about "boweling"]]. [[DoubleSubverted Then he spots the true bowling check]].

** It also counts as a NiceJobBreakingItHero; though from Mr. Burns' point of view it's actually a NiceJobFixingItVillain.
* TemptingFate: After Homer told his Family nothing would stop his team, we got a scene of Mr. Burns finding a check about bowling. [[SubvertedTrope Smithers explained it was about "boweling"]]. [[DoubleSubverted Then he spots the true bowling check]].

* TemptingFate: After Homer told his Family nothing would stop his team, we got a scene of Mr. Burns finding a check about bowling. [[SubvertedTrope Smithers explained it was about "boweling"]]. [[DoubleSubverted Then he spots the true bowling check]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Now thanks to the school's new uniform policy, Bart instantly goes from hero to zero.

--> '''Homer:''' Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked. I've seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: No thanks to the school's new uniform policy, Bart instantly goes from hero to zero.

* HonorBeforeReason: A funny version. [[ItsUpToYou Homer takes it upon himself]] to get all $500 to start the bowling team, [[MundaneSolution instead of each member pitching in $125]].

* ClothesMakeTheManiac: The drab and monochromatic school uniforms turn the kids at Springfield Elementary into IncrediblyLameFun-having zombies who don't even know what colors are. The uniforms turning multicolored in the rain (they weren't colorfast) [[{{Deprogram}} turns them back to normal]].

In order to play on League Night at Barney's Bowl-A-Rama, Homer assembles a ragtag group of bowlers (Apu, Moe, and Otto the bus driver) to play, but when he can't pony up the $500 fee, he asks Mr. Burns for the money, who is so high that he thinks Homer is The Pillsbury Doughboy (Poppin' Fresh). Meanwhile, Bart buys the latest issue of ''MADMagazine'' and finds an iron-on T-shirt decal, which he wears to school -- and the ensuing riot leads Springfield Elementary to implement a uniforms-only dress code.

* DepartmentOfRedundancy: One of the most memorable examples.

* HypocriticalHumor: When Marge is impressed by the fact that Otto converted a 7-10 split, Homer states that the individual doesn't matter because it was a team effort and ''he'' came up with the idea of making a team.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Homer wants the credit for the Pin Pals' first victory, when it was Otto who scored the 7-10 split.

* CallBack: One of the bowling teams Homer's team competes against is called "[[MeaningfulName The Home Wreckers]]" and consists of the three women and one man who tried to break up Homer and Marge's marriage to each other: Shauna Tifton (the belly-dancing stripper known as "Princess Kashmir" from "Homer's Night Out"), Lurleen Lumpkin (the country singer from "Colonel Homer" and later, "Papa Don't Leech," though "Marge vs. the Monorail" showed that Lurleen has become a drugged-out mess following Homer offering Lurleen to another manager), Mindy Simmons (the sexy DistaffCounterpart of Homer on "The Last Temptation of Homer," though "Another Simpsons Clip Show" revealed that Mindy became an alcoholic and got fired from her job at the nuclear plant[[note]]whether this was a rumor or Mindy got clean and sober and has since been reinstated is not known[[/note]]), and Jacques (the French bowler Marge almost slept with on "Life in the Fast Lane." Prior to this episode, he was seen in the hospital waiting room on "Homer's Triple Bypass" and was in the single losers' line at the Monster Mart on "Homer and Apu")

* ItsAllAboutMe: Homer wants the credit for his team's first victory, when it was Otto who scored the 7-10 split.