History Recap / TheSimpsonsS8E11TheTwistedWorldOfMargeSimpson

* DealWithTheDevil: Fat Tony does Homer the favor of helping Marge's business succeed, but only in return for getting all the money.

* JapanesePoliteness: "Forgiveness, please!"

* {{Yakuza}}

* {{Yakuza}}
* YouHave48Hours: Fat Tony's ultimatum to Marge.
-->'''Fat Tony:''' You have 24 hours to give us our money. And to show you we're serious... you have 12 hours. See you at 6 a.m..

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Fat Tony proves why he's in charge of the mafia effortlessly punching out two Yakuza goons. When a third lands a hit, he just growls "Come here you little squirt."

'''Marge''': Listen to your mother, kids: Aim low. Aim ''so'' low, no one will care if you succeed. Dinner's in the oven. If you want some butter, it's under my face.

* {{Introdump}}: Parodied with Cletus having bought 300 pretzels to feed his children, and then proceeds to call them all out of the house by name... [[OverlyLongGag all twenty-six of them.]]

-->'''Homer:''' ''(kneeling in a church)'' I've never reached to you before but my wife is in her hour of need. Your help could make all the difference in the world.\\

* ShoutOut: Two of Cletus' children are Rumer and Scout, that are also the names of two of Creator/BruceWillis and Creator/DemiMoore's daughters.

* TickerTapeParade: Marge stages a fake tickertape parade (with Lisa as an astronaut) to avoid littering laws when she throws flyers for her pretzel business off the buildings.

* ShoutOut: Two of Cletus' children are Rumer and Scout, that also the names of two of Creator/BruceWillis and Creator/DemiMoore's daughters.

-->''Fat Tony:'' You have 24 hours to give us our money. And to show you we're serious... you have 12 hours. See you at 6 a.m..

* TookALevelInJerkass: The Investorettes, especially [[{{AlphaBitch}} Helen Lovejoy]]. They hate Marge to the point of hiring the Yakuza to kill her, [[WouldHurtAChild her family]], and the Springfield Mafia after the latter destroys their business (which was Homer's fault). Then again Helen could have died in that truck explosion and they don't know Marge isn't involved

* VillainyFreeVillain: the Investorettes weren't really doing anything wrong by kicking Marge out of their investment group (Marge herself admitted she didn't like "the whole idea of 'investing'"), and they were well within their rights to compete with her when they both started up mobile snack businesses. But they're such ''[[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk jerks]]'' about it that you're not sad at all when Marge's Mafia goons [[LaserGuidedKarma blow up their truck]].
** Keep in mind, Marge ''didn't'' know about Homer getting the Mafia involved at first, but didn't have much choice to go along with it to save both their necks when they wanted their cut. The Investorettes on the other hand, ''[[MoralEventHorizon knowingly]]'' hired the Yakuza to compete, take down, and ''kill'' Marge. It should be noted that they ''don't'' know Marge isn't behind the Mafia goons and h think they are just trying to beat her at her own game.

-->"You have 24 hours to give us our money. And to show you we're serious... you have 12 hours. See you at 6 a.m.."

** The show runs on NegativeContinuity.

* TookALevelInJerkass: The Investorettes, especially [[{{AlphaBitch}} Helen Lovejoy]]. They hate Marge to the point of hiring the Yakuza to kill her, [[WouldHurtAChild her family]], and the Springfield Mafia after the latter destroys their business (which was Homer's fault). Then again Helen culd have died in that truck explosion and they don't know Marge isn't involved

* TookALevelInJerkass: The Investorettes, especially [[{{AlphaBitch}} Helen Lovejoy]]. They hate Marge to the point of hiring the Yakuza to kill her, [[WouldHurtAChild her family]], and the Springfield Mafia after the latter destroys their business (which was Homer's fault).

** Keep in mind, Marge ''didn't'' know about Homer getting the Mafia involved at first, but didn't have much choice to go along with it to save both their necks when they wanted their cut. The Investorettes on the other hand, ''[[MoralEventHorizon knowingly]]'' hired the Yakuza to compete, take down, and ''kill'' Marge.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Homer initially seeks out the help of Frank Ormand, the man behind Marge's pretzel franchise, only to learn that he recently died. Homer decides to talk with the executor of Ornmand's estate, only to learn that ''he'' just died too. "They were in the same car."

* LongList: Cletus calls all of his children outside: Tiffany, Heather, Cody, Dillon, Dermott, Jordan, Taylor, Brittany, Wesley, Rumor, Scout, Cassidy, Zoe, Chloe, Max, Hunter, Kendall, Caitlan, Noah, Sasha, Morgan, Kira, Ian, Lauren, [[VideoGame/QBert Q-Bert]], and Phil.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Investorettes' feud with Marge would have been settled when the Springfield Mafia dealt with her, but they inadvertently saved her life when they sicced the Yakuza onto them.

* {{Bowdlerize}}: The gorier descriptions of the Yakuza and the end fight on the lawn have been edited on the UK's Sky One channel.

* TookALevelInJerkass: The Investorettes, especially [[{{AlphaBitch}} Helen Lovejoy]].
** [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Jerks With Hearts of Jerks]]: The Investorettes hate Marge to the point of hiring the Yakuza to kill her, [[WouldHurtAChild her family]], and the Springfield Mafia after the latter destroys their business (which was Homer's fault).

Marges falls out with the Springfield Investorettes over their risky practices, and she invests in a fledging pretzel franchise out of spite, However, she struggles to stay in business, and Homer resorts to desperate measures to help her.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Maude Flanders. She's a huge bitch when she's not around her family.

* StartMyOwn: Marge takes Lisa's advice to join a franchise to beat her former friends at their own game.

* VillainyFreeVillain: the Investorettes weren't really doing anything wrong by kicking Marge out of their investment group (Marge herself admitted she didn't like "the whole idea of 'investing'"), and they were well within their rights to compete with her when they both started up mobile snack businesses. But they're such ''jerks'' about it that you're not sad at all when Marge's Mafia goons [[LaserGuidedKarma blow up their truck]].
** Keep in mind, Marge ''didn't'' know about Homer getting the Mafia involved at first, but didn't have much choice to go along with it to save both their necks when they wanted their cut. The Investorettes on the other hand, ''[[MoralEventHorizon knowingly]]'' hired the Yakuza to compete and take down Marge.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In the beginning of the episode, Marge is kicked out of her friends' group and becomes their [[ArchEnemies arch enemy]], but in the next episode that features her with them, they are all friends once more. Do they even resolve their differences in the end or what? And who won against the Springfield Mafia and Yakuza?