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* AdaptationDecay: In-universe, who ever did the ''Planet of the Apes'' musical was clearly familiar with ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', but did not really care about being faithful.
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* AdaptationDecay: In-universe, who ever whoever did the ''Planet of the Apes'' musical was clearly familiar with ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', but did not really care about being faithful.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: An in-story example. The stage version of Zira in [[ShowWithinAShow the Planet of the Apes musical]] is depicted as an attractive nurse rather than the matronly scientist she was in the movie.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: An in-story example. The stage version of Zira in [[ShowWithinAShow AdaptationDecay: In-universe, who ever did the Planet ''Planet of the Apes musical]] Apes'' musical was clearly familiar with ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', but did not really care about being faithful.
** AdaptationalAttractiveness or HotterAndSexier: Dr. Zira isdepicted as replaced by an attractive nurse rather than ape compared to the matronly scientist she was in the movie.movie.
** AdaptationalVillainy: The aforementioned Zira replacement is scared of Taylor's ability to talk and requests Dr. Zaius's protect her from him. In the film, Zira was delighted to see Taylor talking and championed for him to be recognized as an intelligent being by the ape society, coming into conflict with Dr. Zaius over it. Furthermore, the ending can be interpreted as ''all'' apes being aware of the Statue of Liberty's existence and apparently involved in hiding it from Taylor as some sick prank on him, rather than just Zaius and a few others being aware.
-->Taylor: Guess you finally made a monkey...
-->Ape chorus: Guess we finally made a monkey...
-->All: YES! You/we finally made a monkey out of me/him!
** AdaptationalModesty: In this version, Taylor never loses his spacesuit.
** AdaptedOut: Presumably happens to Nova, who is not present at the musical's climax. Zira and Cornelius may have been also AdaptedOut or changed so much as to be unrecognizable.
** {{Bowdlerise}}: The musical omits the cursing that was present in the 1968 film.
-->'''George Taylor''': Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! \\
'''Troy [=McClure=]''': Take your paws off me, you dirty ape!
** AdaptationalAttractiveness or HotterAndSexier: Dr. Zira is
** AdaptationalVillainy: The aforementioned Zira replacement is scared of Taylor's ability to talk and requests Dr. Zaius's protect her from him. In the film, Zira was delighted to see Taylor talking and championed for him to be recognized as an intelligent being by the ape society, coming into conflict with Dr. Zaius over it. Furthermore, the ending can be interpreted as ''all'' apes being aware of the Statue of Liberty's existence and apparently involved in hiding it from Taylor as some sick prank on him, rather than just Zaius and a few others being aware.
-->Taylor: Guess you finally made a monkey...
-->Ape chorus: Guess we finally made a monkey...
-->All: YES! You/we finally made a monkey out of me/him!
** AdaptationalModesty: In this version, Taylor never loses his spacesuit.
** AdaptedOut: Presumably happens to Nova, who is not present at the musical's climax. Zira and Cornelius may have been also AdaptedOut or changed so much as to be unrecognizable.
** {{Bowdlerise}}: The musical omits the cursing that was present in the 1968 film.
-->'''George Taylor''': Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! \\
'''Troy [=McClure=]''': Take your paws off me, you dirty ape!
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* {{Bowdlerise}}: In-universe, this appears to be the case for the musical production of ''Planet of the Apes'', which omits the cursing that was present in the 1968 film.
-->'''George Taylor''': Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! \\
'''Troy [=McClure=]''': Take your paws off me, you dirty ape!
-->'''George Taylor''': Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape! \\
'''Troy [=McClure=]''': Take your paws off me, you dirty ape!
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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: After the wedding, Troy and Selma get into a a car with "JUST MARRED" written on it, likely to indicate how Troy really feels about the whole thing.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The Muppets Go Medieval, Troy's "latest" film he takes her to a screening of, is around ''two decades old''.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The ''The Muppets Go Medieval, Medieval'', Troy's "latest" film he takes her to a screening of, is around ''two two decades old''.old.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The Muppets Go Medieval, Troy's "latest" film he takes her to a screening of, is around "two decades old".
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The Muppets Go Medieval, Troy's "latest" film he takes her to a screening of, is around "two ''two decades old".old''.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The Muppets Go Medieval, Troy's "latest" film he takes her to a screening of, is around [[two decades old]].
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The Muppets Go Medieval, Troy's "latest" film he takes her to a screening of, is around [[two "two decades old]].old".
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The Muppets Go Medieval, Troy's "latest" film he takes her to a screening of, is around two decades old.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The Muppets Go Medieval, Troy's "latest" film he takes her to a screening of, is around two [[two decades old.old]].
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The Muppets Go Medieval, Troy's "latest film" he takes her to a screening of, is around two decades old.
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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The Muppets Go Medieval, Troy's "latest film" "latest" film he takes her to a screening of, is around two decades old.
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* PopCulturalOmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The Muppets Go Medieval, Troy's "latest film" he takes her to a screening of, is around two decades old.
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* PopCulturalOmosisFailure: PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: Selma doesn't seem to be aware that The Muppets Go Medieval, Troy's "latest film" he takes her to a screening of, is around two decades old.
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* CompressedVice: Troy's career-ruining fetish for marine wildlife comes out of nowhere, and it never comes up again.
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* CompressedVice: Troy's career-ruining fetish for marine wildlife comes out of nowhere, and it never comes up again. This may be a JustifiedTrope, as it's the first (and only) time he's ever had a main role in an episode beyond informercials and promotional videos.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After Troy's BaitAndSwitch with Selma about the "amusing anecdote", Selma replies she had a date with a movie star.
-->'''Troy''': Which one? Is it Creator/GeorgeSegal? I hear he plays the banjo.
-->'''Troy''': Which one? Is it Creator/GeorgeSegal? I hear he plays the banjo.
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* NoodleIncident: Troy [=McClure=]'s unseen fish fetish. Whatever it entails, it has him banned from Sea World and can be described as him "sleeping with the fishes".
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* NoodleIncident: Troy [=McClure=]'s unseen fish fetish. Whatever it entails, it has him banned from Sea World the aquarium and can be described as him "sleeping with the fishes".
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* ShoutOut: The musical ''Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!'', in addition to being a parody of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' and the stage musical ''Theatre/StopTheWorldIWantToGetOff'', also contains the number "Dr. Zaius", set to Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus". See also PunnyName above.
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* ShoutOut: The musical ''Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!'', in addition to being a parody of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' and the stage musical ''Theatre/StopTheWorldIWantToGetOff'', ''[[Creator/AnthonyNewley Stop the World - I Want to Get Off]]'', also contains the number "Dr. Zaius", set to Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus". See also PunnyName above.
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* CirclingBirdies: After bumping his head into Troy's car, Chief Wiggum says that he sees stars, but Troy says, "Nope. Just me."
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* PublicityStuntRelationship: Marge's sister Selma gets married to Troy McClure, mostly for Troy to boost his career on his agent's advice. However, she draws the line at having children: a loveless marriage is one thing, but to bring up a child in a loveless marriage is too far.
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* PublicityStuntRelationship: Marge's sister Selma gets married to Troy McClure, [=McClure=], mostly for Troy to boost his career on his agent's advice. However, she draws the line at having children: a loveless marriage is one thing, but to bring up a child in a loveless marriage is too far.
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-->'''Troy''': Hi, I'm Troy [=McClure=]! You might remember me from such dates as last night's dinner!
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* ShoutOut: The musical ''Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!'', in addition to being a parody of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', also contains the number "Dr. Zaius", set to Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus". See also PunnyName above.
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* ShoutOut: The musical ''Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off!'', in addition to being a parody of ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'', ''Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968'' and the stage musical ''Theatre/StopTheWorldIWantToGetOff'', also contains the number "Dr. Zaius", set to Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus". See also PunnyName above.
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--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Oh my god! [[DullSurprise i was wrong]]; it was Earth, all along. You've finally made a monkey -
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--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Oh my god! [[DullSurprise i I was wrong]]; it was Earth, all along. You've finally made a monkey -
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* BadBadActing: Impressively, the animators manage to convey this in the performance of whoever was supposed to be playing Dr. Zaius in the musical. He has a tendency to go over-the-top in his body language, like when he drops his jaw after Troy says he couldn't play the piano before. Meanwhile, Troy's performance is more of a case of TookTheBadFilmSeriously.
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* BadBadActing: Impressively, the animators manage to convey this in the performance of whoever was supposed to be playing Dr. Zaius in the musical. He has a tendency to go over-the-top in his body language, like when he drops his jaw after Troy says he couldn't play the piano before. Meanwhile, Troy's performance is more of a an InUniverse case of TookTheBadFilmSeriously.
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* CareerResurrection: Troy starts getting more requests and is about to be cast in a big Hollywood film thanks to dating, and then marrying Selma.
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* CareerResurrection: InUniverse. Troy starts getting more requests and is about to be cast in a big Hollywood film thanks to dating, and then marrying Selma.
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: When Fat Tony starts to explain what he meant when he said Troy "sleeps with the fishes", Louie tells him to stop because "I just ate a whole plate of ''dingamagoo''," which in truth does not exist; it's just Italian-sounding gibberish.
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* ObligatoryJoke: "Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off", as a StylisticSuck ShowWithinAShow is made of this trope, from the title (which is an obligatory joke if one is deeply-immersed enough in theatrical naming conventions) to the [[EnforcedTrope enforced]] [[MandatoryTwistEnding ending]]. Specific jokes:
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' What's wrong with me?
--> '''Dr. Zaius:''' I think you're crazy!
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Want a second opinion!
--> '''Dr. Zaius:''' You're also lazy.
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Can I play the piano anymore?
--> '''Dr. Zaius:''' Of course you can!
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Well I couldn't before.
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' ''demonstrates his newfound proficiency''
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Oh my god! [[DullSurprise i was wrong]]; it was Earth, all along. You've finally made a monkey -
--> '''Chorus:''' Yes, we've finally made a monkey -
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Yes, you've finally made a monkey out of me!
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' What's wrong with me?
--> '''Dr. Zaius:''' I think you're crazy!
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Want a second opinion!
--> '''Dr. Zaius:''' You're also lazy.
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Can I play the piano anymore?
--> '''Dr. Zaius:''' Of course you can!
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Well I couldn't before.
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' ''demonstrates his newfound proficiency''
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Oh my god! [[DullSurprise i was wrong]]; it was Earth, all along. You've finally made a monkey -
--> '''Chorus:''' Yes, we've finally made a monkey -
--> '''Troy [=McClure=]:''' Yes, you've finally made a monkey out of me!
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* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: After Homer reveals what Troy told him at the bar, he simply turn off the lights and Marge eyes, wide-open over the surprise, can still be seen. Which was lampshaded.
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* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: After Homer reveals what Troy told him at the bar, he simply turn turns off the lights and Marge Marge's eyes, wide-open wide open over the surprise, can still be seen. Which seen, which was lampshaded.
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Removing chained sinkhole. Adding context to some examples. Removing Earth All Along example since it is just mentioning the title. Removing Hypocritical Humor example as this was not referenced onscreen. Removing Jerkass Has A Point misuse.
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* BrutalHonesty: Troy doesn't flinch at all when Selma confronts him about the problem with their marriage.
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* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: "Marge, could you close your eyes? I'm trying to sleep."
* CareerResurrection: In-Universe. Troy undergoes one after marrying Selma.
* CharacterDevelopment: The entire point of the episode was to provide this for Troy.
* CompressedVice: Troy's [[BrokenPedestal career-ruining]] [[BestialityIsDepraved fetish for marine wildlife]] comes out of nowhere, and it never comes up again.
* CareerResurrection: In-Universe. Troy undergoes one after marrying Selma.
* CharacterDevelopment: The entire point of the episode was to provide this for Troy.
* CompressedVice: Troy's [[BrokenPedestal career-ruining]] [[BestialityIsDepraved fetish for marine wildlife]] comes out of nowhere, and it never comes up again.
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* ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes: After Homer reveals what Troy told him at the bar, he simply turn off the lights and Marge eyes, wide-open over the surprise, can still be seen. Which was lampshaded.
--> "Marge, could you close your eyes? I'm trying to sleep."
* CareerResurrection:In-Universe. Troy undergoes one after starts getting more requests and is about to be cast in a big Hollywood film thanks to dating, and then marrying Selma.
%% * CharacterDevelopment: The entire point of the episode was to provide this for Troy.
* CompressedVice: Troy's[[BrokenPedestal career-ruining]] [[BestialityIsDepraved career-ruining fetish for marine wildlife]] wildlife comes out of nowhere, and it never comes up again.
--> "Marge, could you close your eyes? I'm trying to sleep."
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* CompressedVice: Troy's
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Troy [=McClure=] and Selma. The Simpsons do appear, but they're pretty much the supporting cast.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Troy [=McClure=] and Selma.Selma are the focus of the whole episode, even giving more information about Troy's life. The Simpsons do appear, but they're pretty much the supporting cast.
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* EarthAllAlong: A line from ''[[Film/PlanetOfTheApes1968 Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off]]'' is the TropeNamer.
-->Oh my God! I was wrong! It was Earth, all a-long!
-->Oh my God! I was wrong! It was Earth, all a-long!
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* TheFantasticTropeOfWonderousTitles: ''The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel'' currently provides this trope's page image.
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* TheFantasticTropeOfWonderousTitles: At the end of the episode, Troy is working on a personal project called: ''The Contrabulous Fabtraption of Professor Horatio Hufnagel'' currently provides this trope's page image.Hufnagel''.
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* HypocriticalHumor:
** Flagrant hypocrisy from Troy.
--->'''Parker:''' Paramount wants you to star in a buddy comedy with Creator/RobLowe and Creator/HughGrant.
--->'''Troy:''' Those ''sick '''freaks?!'''''[[note]]For those who don't get the joke, Rob Lowe caught heat for recording a sex tape with a minor and Hugh Grant was caught receiving oral sex in his car on Sunset Boulevard from a prostitute named Divine Brown. The fact that Troy calls them out for being freaks is hypocritical, as Troy has been accused of being sexually attracted to fish[[/note]]
** The line "You're also lazy" in "Dr. Zaius" also counts, since "crazy" and "lazy" is an extremely lazy rhyme.
** Flagrant hypocrisy from Troy.
--->'''Parker:''' Paramount wants you to star in a buddy comedy with Creator/RobLowe and Creator/HughGrant.
--->'''Troy:''' Those ''sick '''freaks?!'''''[[note]]For those who don't get the joke, Rob Lowe caught heat for recording a sex tape with a minor and Hugh Grant was caught receiving oral sex in his car on Sunset Boulevard from a prostitute named Divine Brown. The fact that Troy calls them out for being freaks is hypocritical, as Troy has been accused of being sexually attracted to fish[[/note]]
** The line "You're also lazy" in "Dr. Zaius" also counts, since "crazy" and "lazy" is an extremely lazy rhyme.
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* HypocriticalHumor:
** Flagrant hypocrisy from Troy.
--->'''Parker:'''HypocriticalHumor: When Troy's agent told him Paramount wants you him to star in a buddy comedy with Creator/RobLowe and Creator/HughGrant.
--->'''Troy:''' Those ''sick '''freaks?!'''''[[note]]For those who don't getCreator/HughGrant. Troy response was that they are some sick freaks. These two were involved in some sexual scandals at the joke, Rob time, (Rob Lowe caught heat for recording a sex tape with a minor and Hugh Grant was caught receiving oral sex in his car on Sunset Boulevard from a prostitute named Divine Brown. Brown). The fact that Troy calls them out for being freaks is hypocritical, as Troy has been accused of being sexually attracted to fish[[/note]]
** The line "You're also lazy" in "Dr. Zaius" also counts, since "crazy" and "lazy" is an extremely lazy rhyme.fish.
** Flagrant hypocrisy from Troy.
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--->'''Troy:''' Those ''sick '''freaks?!'''''[[note]]For those who don't get
** The line "You're also lazy" in "Dr. Zaius" also counts, since "crazy" and "lazy" is an extremely lazy rhyme.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Troy is able to win over Selma by talking about the benefits she gets out of the sham marriage.
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* ContinuityNod: A lot of the portraits at The Pimento Grove are of actual celebrities who made guest appearances in past episodes.
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** A lot of the portraits at The Pimento Grove are of actual celebrities who made guest appearances in pastepisodes.episodes.
** During the wedding, Lovejoy refers to Selma as "Selma Bouvier-Terwilliger-Bouvier", referring to her previous marriage to Sideshow Bob in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E21BlackWidower Black Widower]]".
** A lot of the portraits at The Pimento Grove are of actual celebrities who made guest appearances in past
** During the wedding, Lovejoy refers to Selma as "Selma Bouvier-Terwilliger-Bouvier", referring to her previous marriage to Sideshow Bob in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E21BlackWidower Black Widower]]".
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This isn’t true. When Muppets Go Medieval is first shown, Bart comments that Troy looks like he’s made of leather and Marge mentions his time as 70s teen heartthrob; other scenes establish Troy has been out of work for 12 years and the Muppets movie was his most recent release - putting the film’s release in the mid-80s.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' didn't release [[Film/TheMuppetMovie their first movie]] until 1979. This episode suggests there was a movie called ''The Muppets Go Medieval'' that was released in 1977[[note]]this episode aired one month after the release of ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland''[[/note]].
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First Aired - 3/24/1996
First Aired - 3/24/1996
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First Aired - 3/24/1996
'''Original air date:''' 3/24/1996
'''Production code:''' 3F15
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* TheUnreveal: Troy's "abnormality" is purposefully alluded to but never spelled out, most likely due to censorship reasons. Though Fat Tony's line about Troy [=McClure=] "sleeping with the fishes" -- which, in this case, doesn't mean that Troy was drowned by the Mafia -- is about as close to alluding to Troy's sexual fetish as primetime TV will allow. ''The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield'' featured a paparazzi photo with a drunk Troy and a fish in a compromising position.
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* TheUnreveal: Troy's "abnormality" is purposefully alluded to but [[NothingIsFunnier never spelled out, most likely due to censorship reasons.out]]. Though Fat Tony's line about Troy [=McClure=] "sleeping with the fishes" -- which, in this case, doesn't mean that Troy was drowned by the Mafia -- is about as close to alluding to Troy's sexual fetish as primetime TV will allow. ''The Simpsons: Virtual Springfield'' featured a paparazzi photo with a drunk Troy and a fish in a compromising position.
