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* ColorblindCasting: The Indian Apu takes part in an American Civil War reenactment as Stonewall Jackson. Doubles as an InUniverse FakeAmerican.
-->'''Apu:''' [[MadLibsCatchphrase The South shall come again]].
-->'''Apu:''' [[MadLibsCatchphrase The South shall come again]].
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* RunningGagged: The songs Sharry sings to the Simpsons are reaffirming (well, in a way) cutesy things that teach them to change their lives around. When their laziness and dysfunction comes roaring back, they stop her from singing and order her around. Notably the two lines she sings in the final act are one when she is drunk and despairing (which the Simpsons notice, leading them to singing to her "Happy Just the Way We Are") and her final line in the latter song (and the episode) where she tells the Simpsons [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere they're a bunch of apes and she is leaving]].
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* RiddleForTheAges: The moment Shary leaves the Simpsons' house, Homer is once again back to choking out Bart, Lisa goes around clanging a pot, and the curtains are now on fire with Maggie trying to put it out. What caused these incidents in the first place is anyone's guess.
* RunningGagged: The songsSharry Shary sings to the Simpsons are reaffirming (well, in a way) cutesy things that teach them to change their lives around. When their laziness and dysfunction comes roaring back, they stop her from singing and order her around. Notably the two lines she sings in the final act are one when she is drunk and despairing (which the Simpsons notice, leading them to singing to her "Happy Just the Way We Are") and her final line in the latter song (and the episode) where she tells the Simpsons [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere they're a bunch of apes and she is leaving]].
* RunningGagged: The songs
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* WitchWithACapitalB: Kearney calls Marge a "blue-haired witch" when he applies for the nanny job and gets rejected (to which Marge replies, "IHeardThat").
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* WitchWithACapitalB: Kearney calls Marge a "blue-haired witch" when he applies for the nanny job and gets rejected (to which Marge replies, "IHeardThat")."IHeardThat!").
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* WitchWithACapitalB: Kearney calls Marge a "blue-haired witch" when he applies for the nanny job and gets rejected.
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* WitchWithACapitalB: Kearney calls Marge a "blue-haired witch" when he applies for the nanny job and gets rejected.rejected (to which Marge replies, "IHeardThat").
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* BabysittersNightmare: [[ExaggeratedTrope The entire Simpson family]] becomes this to Bobbins.
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* IAmWhatIAm: The final song of the episode, "Happy Just The Way We Are", is the Simpsons affirming this to Shary Bobbins. It's [[LyricalDissonance a cheery song]] in which they affirm that they are content with being a destructively dysfunctional family and [[StatusQuoIsGod trying to change them was a useless effort]]. And [[BlackComedy it's supposed to be them breaking it gently to Bobbins]].
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* RunningGagged: The songs Sharry sings to the Simpsons are reaffirming (well, in a way) cutesy things that teach them to change their lives around. When their laziness and dysfunction comes roaring back, they stop her from singing and order her around. Notably the two lines she sings in the final act are one when she is drunk and despairing (which the Simpsons notice, leading them to singing to her "Fine Just the Way We Are") and her final line in the latter song (and the episode) where she tells the Simpsons [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere they're a bunch of apes and she is leaving]].
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* RunningGagged: The songs Sharry sings to the Simpsons are reaffirming (well, in a way) cutesy things that teach them to change their lives around. When their laziness and dysfunction comes roaring back, they stop her from singing and order her around. Notably the two lines she sings in the final act are one when she is drunk and despairing (which the Simpsons notice, leading them to singing to her "Fine "Happy Just the Way We Are") and her final line in the latter song (and the episode) where she tells the Simpsons [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere they're a bunch of apes and she is leaving]].
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* RunningGagged: The songs Sharry sings to the Simpsons are reaffirming (well, in a way) cutesy things that teach them to change their lives around. When their laziness and dysfunction comes roaring back, they stop her from singing and order her around. Notably the two lines she sings in the final act are one when she is drunk and despairing (which the Simpsons notice, leading them to singing to her "Fine Just the Way We Are") and her final line in the latter song (and the episode) where she tells the Simpsons [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere they're a bunch of apes and she is leaving]].
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: Doubles as an OverlyLongTitle, an obvious reference to the song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
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* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: Doubles as an OverlyLongTitle, an An obvious reference to the song "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" from ''Film/MaryPoppins''.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: When Bart asks Shary what she would do if she caught him looking at a Playdude magazine, she responds by saying she'd make him read every article in it "including Norman Mailer's latest claptrap about his waning libido." Bart looks worried and Homer is impressed.
-->'''Homer''': Ooooh, she ''is'' tough.
-->'''Homer''': Ooooh, she ''is'' tough.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: When it seems like her work is done, Shary is melancholy to have to leave the Simpsons, since she believes she will never see them again. However, not two seconds after she steps out the door, chaos immediately erupts in the house, prompting her to go back and continue trying to help them.
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* HopeSpot: After Shary spends enough time with the Simpsons, it seems like they've finally cleaned up their act and become a more functional family. However, the moment the magical nanny leaves, they go back to being dysfunctional and Marge's hair is falling out in clumps. Worse, they're completely apathetic to Shary's help, as if they've grown bored of her.
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Mr. Burns says "D'oh!" when he is struck by lightning.
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** Mr. Burns says "D'oh!" when he is struck bylightning.lightning.
** Shary Bobbins says "D'oh, re, mi, fa, so..." under her breath when Homer tells her to get him a beer.
** Mr. Burns says "D'oh!" when he is struck by
** Shary Bobbins says "D'oh, re, mi, fa, so..." under her breath when Homer tells her to get him a beer.
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* FaceOnAMilkCarton: Shary Bobbins appears on a milk carton in the Kwik-E-Mart during her song about cutting corners when tasked with cleaning up messes.
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* OverlyLongName: A young Rainier Wolfcastle rattles one off while starring in a bratwurst commercial.
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* OverlyLongName: A young Rainier Wolfcastle rattles one off handily spells out an exceptionally lengthy name while starring in a bratwurst commercial.commercial. It's so long that he's audibly losing his breath by the end of it.
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* AesopAmnesia: An extreme case--The Simpsons forget everything Shary taught them ''the moment she leaves the house''.
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* AesopAmnesia: An extreme case--The The Simpsons forget everything Shary taught them ''the ''[[ExaggeratedTrope the moment she leaves the house''.house]]''.
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* DownerEnding: Not only does the family lose interest in improving and return to their old bad habits, but Shery ends up being sucked into a turbine.
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* DownerEnding: Not only does the family lose interest in improving and return to their old bad habits, but Shery Shary ends up being sucked into a turbine.
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* SpellingSong: "Mein bratwurst has a first name, it's F-R-I-T-Z. Mein bratwurst has a second name, it's S-C-H-N-A-C-K-E-N-P-F-E-F-F-E-R-H-A-U-S-E-N..."
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* BabysitterFromHell: Kearney would have been this had he been hired. His only lines during his job interview are him saying that he will beat up kids and asking Marge where they keep the liquor.
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* BabysitterFromHell: Kearney would have been this had he been hired. His only lines during his job interview are him saying that he will beat up kids and asking Marge where they keep the liquor. [[DamnedByAFoolsPraise Homer liked him.]]
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* WayPastTheExpirationDate: This episode reveals that Apu sells products that are over a decade old. One of the lines in the "Cut Every Corner" song is "''And the clerk who runs the store, can charge a little more, for meat, (for meat,) and milk, (and milk,) from 1984!''"
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* NeverMyFault: When the Simpsons realize they've "crushed [Shary's] gentle spirit," Bart chides the family with "You people should be ashamed of yourselves!" before going right back to the very activity that broke her (throwing cupcakes at the wall).
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* ParodySue: Like her inspiration, Shary Bobbins charms everyone she encounters down to antagonists like Nelson and Burns, and even tames the Simpsons themselves. Trouble is, [[AesopAmnesia her magic doesn't last past the point where her back is turned]].
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'''Homer:''' Oh yeah! ''[back to Shary]'' So, you worked for Carl, eh?
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'''Homer:''' Oh yeah! ''[back to Shary]'' [[SustainedMisunderstanding So, you worked for Carl, eh?eh?]]
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** The Simpsons ultimately conclude that they're all happier not attempting to improve themselves or their situation in any way.
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* LazyBum: For the sake of the episode, Bart and Lisa become uncharacteristically lazy. So much so that they would rather call Marge while she's at the doctor's office to get them a glass of milk rather than get it themselves. The third act brings it UpToEleven by having the whole family acting like this and using Bobbins as their manservant.
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* LazyBum: For the sake of the episode, Bart and Lisa become uncharacteristically lazy. So much so that they would rather call Marge while she's at the doctor's office to get them a glass of milk rather than get it themselves. The third act brings it UpToEleven up to eleven by having the whole family acting like this and using Bobbins as their manservant.
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'''Shary Bobbins:''' No! I definitely did not! [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I’m an original creation]] like Rickey Rouse and Monald Muck.
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'''Shary Bobbins:''' No! I definitely did not! [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I’m an original creation]] like Rickey Rouse and Monald Muck.Muck.
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* OverlyLongName: A young Rainier Wolfcastle rattles one off while starring in a bratwurst commercial.
-->''Mein bratwurst has a first name\\
It's F-R-I-T-Z\\
Mein bratwurst has a second name\\
It's S-C-H-N-A-C-K-E-N-P-F-E-F-F-E-R-H-A-U-S-E-N''
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It's F-R-I-T-Z\\
Mein bratwurst has a second name\\
It's S-C-H-N-A-C-K-E-N-P-F-E-F-F-E-R-H-A-U-S-E-N''
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Episode - 3G03\\
First Aired - 2/7/1997
First Aired - 2/7/1997
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First Aired - 2/7/1997
'''Original air date:''' 2/7/1997 ''(produced in 1996)''
'''Production code:''' 3G03
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* CuttingCorners: While it's more about cleaning their room than saving money, Shary Bobbins sings an entire song parodying "A Spoonful of Sugar" about cutting corners. Though at one point in the song, she does sing about Apu increasing his prices for long-expired meat and milk.
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* CuttingCorners: While it's more about cleaning their room general laziness than saving money, Shary Bobbins sings an entire song parodying "A Spoonful of Sugar" about cutting corners. Though at one point in the song, she does sing about Apu increasing his prices for long-expired meat and milk.
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* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Not only was this a musical episode, but this was one of a few ''Simpsons'' episodes to get a G-rating in America [[note]]Usually, ''The Simpsons'' is rated PG. The "Treehouse of Horror" episodes get the TV-14 rating due to violence and bloody gore, but some canon episodes have gotten the rating due to drug humor, strong crude language, or sexual and non-sexual themes that are too much for a TV-PG rating[[/note]] and it originally aired on a Friday (from season six to now, ''The Simpsons'' always came on Sundays. Prior to that, it ping-ponged between Thursday nights and Sunday nights).
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Look closely and you'll see Bart strangling Homer too.
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''(Homer breaks through the window strangling Bart)''\\
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''(Homer breaks through the window in a strangling match with Bart)''\\
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: When asked if it's legal for Principal Skinner to sell Jimbo, Skinner says "Only here and in Mississippi".
