History Recap / TheSimpsonsS8E15HomersPhobia

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* QueerPeopleAreFunny: Everyone at the steel mill.

* DudeNotFunny: In-universe, Home strangely reacts poorly when John jokes about a mistake Jacqueline Kennedy made in a TV Guide crossword.

* ShutUpHannibal:
** The mill workers.
--->'''Homer:''' ''(to the gay steel workers)'' You people are sick!\\
'''Worker:''' ''(mockingly)'' Oh, be nice!
** The European Spanish dub makes it even greater (though it features an InsultBackfire {{Pun}} that is sadly untranslatable to English).
--->'''Homer:''' You are all crazy!\\
'''Worker:''' You're crazier, bald woman![[note]]The Spanish word for crazy is "loco", but the same word in female form, "loca", can also mean "CampGay". Therefore, the worker replies to Homer's accusation of craziness ("estáis todos locos") by calling Homer a gay like them ("para loca tú, calva"), all with the same word.[[/note]]

Bart organizes a lottery with numbered balls using the family's dryer, which winds up breaking that and the gas line. To pay for the steep repair bill (and after an attempt by Homer to mail the gas company a huge jar full of coins from the retirement fund ends with the jar sinking to the center of Earth), Marge decides to sell an old figurine of a Confederate soldier that belonged to her grandmother. The family then goes to "Cockamamies", an antique shop at the mall, whose owner John (voiced by B-movie director Creator/JohnWaters) tells them the heirloom is actually a decorative whiskey bottle from the early 1970s, but nevertheless takes it, as his store is full of campy merchandise, ranging from an issue of ''TV Guide'' that belonged to Jacqueline Onassis with ''Laverne and Shirley'' on the cover to a 1950s-style sci-fi board game. Homer takes a liking to him and invites him over to their house, where John is entertained by the camp value of their possessions, although Homer seems unaware of what John's campy demeanor implies.

At the tavern, Moe and Barney convince Homer that the world is turning gay, and that the only way to keep Bart straight is to take him hunting. Unable to find any deer (as they have long moved out of the woods), the entourage intrudes on a Christmas village, where they force a tearful Bart to shoot one of the reindeer, but the reindeer soon begin to attack them. They are saved in the nick of time, however, when John brings his Japanese Santa Claus robot and scares the reindeer away. While Moe and Barney are dismayed at the thought of being rescued by a homosexual, Homer thanks John for saving his life and tells Bart he will love him regardless of his choices. Lisa then tells a confused Bart that Homer thinks he's gay.

** Homer tries to mail the gas company a huge water cooler bottle full of coins heavy enough to force him to walk in a crouch one step at a time to move it. When he finally manages to carry it out of his house and sets it down on his lawn, it promply sinks into the ground deep enough to create a massive hole, causing Homer to yell into it to [[DiggingToChina ask the Chinese for help.]]

Bart organizes a lottery with numbered balls using the dryer, which winds up breaking that and the gas line. To pay for the steep repair bill (and after an attempt by Homer to mail the gas company a huge jar full of coins from the retirement fund ends with the jar sinking to the center of Earth), Marge decides to sell an old figurine of a Confederate soldier that belonged to her grandmother. The family then goes to "Cockamamies", an antique shop at the mall, whose owner John (voiced by B-movie director Creator/JohnWaters) tells them the heirloom is actually a decorative whiskey bottle from the early 1970s, but nevertheless takes it, as his store is full of campy merchandise, ranging from an issue of ''TV Guide'' that belonged to Jacqueline Onassis with ''Laverne and Shirley'' on the cover to a 1950s-style sci-fi board game. Homer takes a liking to him and invites him over to their house, where John is entertained by the camp value of their possessions, although Homer seems unaware of what John's campy demeanor implies.

Bart organizes a race between the washing machine and the dryer, which ends up with both appliances breaking the gas line. To pay for the steep repair bill (and after an attempt by Homer to mail the gas company a huge jar full of coins from the retirement fund ends with the jar sinking to the center of Earth), Marge decides to sell an old figurine of a Confederate soldier that belonged to her grandmother. The family then goes to "Cockamamies", an antique shop at the mall, whose owner John (voiced by B-movie director Creator/JohnWaters) tells them the heirloom is actually a decorative whiskey bottle from the early 1970s, but nevertheless takes it, as his store is full of campy merchandise, ranging from an issue of ''TV Guide'' that belonged to Jacqueline Onassis with ''Laverne and Shirley'' on the cover to a 1950s-style sci-fi board game. Homer takes a liking to him and invites him over to their house, where John is entertained by the camp value of their possessions, although Homer seems unaware of what John's campy demeanor implies.

* TheAlcoholic: It turns out the figurine Marge's grandma owned was actually a liquor bottle in disguise. Marge figures it'll serve as a testament to "Grandma's secret drinking problem."

* NWordPrivileges: Homer berates John for using the word "queer" because "That's our word for making fun of you! We need it!"

* CureYourGays: Homer attempts this on Bart.

-->'''John''': She thought Mindy lived with "Mark."
-->'''Homer''': Give her a break! [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Her husband]] was killed!
-->'''John''': Oh I know, wasn't that awful?

-->'''Homer:''' We gotta have [John] and his wife over for drinks sometime.\\

-->'''Homer''': Give her a break! [[Creator/JohnFKennedy Her husband]] was killed!

-->'''Homer''': Give her a break! Her husband was killed!