History Recap / TheSimpsonsS8E16BrotherFromAnotherSeries

* MilitaryMoonshiner: After prison, Bob will be happy with any wine that ''doesn't'' taste like orange drink fermented under a radiator. "[[TakeThat That would be the Latour, then...]]"

* HumiliationConga: It looks like Bob might snap back to villainy thanks to having to work with at the dam with Cecil's gang of incompetent workers, which is clearly straining his nerves.

* EmbarrassingDampSheets: A subversion occurs when a dam breaks and floods Springfield. Ralph floats by on his bed and says, "I think I wet the bed," though it is unclear whether or not he really wet his bed.

* FlawExploitation: Bart attempts his standard tactic for dealing with Bob—stalling him by playing to his ego—on Cecil. [[SubvertedTrope It doesn't]] [[NoNonsenseNemesis work]].

* DisproportionateRetribution: Cecil is willing to frame Bob and devastate Springfield simply because Bob was made Krusty's sidekick, which he ''hated'', instead of Cecil.

* EvilAllAlong: Cecil Terwilliger. Not only is he an embezzler but he's willing to [[KillEmAll flood the entire town of Springfield with no remorse]] ''and'' set up said brother for it because he wanted to get rich (and, off the record, because Bob got to be Krusty's assistant). The only thing he succeeds with is taking Bob to prison with him and even that's more because Chief Wiggum is so incompetent that he thought the brothers were working together [[StatusQuoIsGod so Bob goes to jail anyway]].

** In their discussion, Cecil and Bob agree that the only civilization in history that would consider chief hydrological and hydrodynamical engineer a calling were the Capadocians (they were big on underground cities, and water-works).

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: On revealing he's the embezzeler, Cecil says he'll never be suspected thanks to that criminal with the grudge against Springfield working at the dam. Bob thinks he's talking about Cousin Merle, who "ain't quite right" and has been having cash problems lately.
* TheComicallySerious: This is why Bob, who drove Cecil to his audition for the "sideshow" role but had no intention of trying out himself, was hired by Krusty instead of him.

* AlternateCatchphraseInflection: Bob yells a cheery "Hello, Bart!" when he catches him spying on him at the dam construction site, causing Bart to retreat into the bushes.

* AlternateCatchphraseInflection: Bob yells a cheery "Hello, Bart!" when he catches him spying on him at the waterfall, causing Bart to retreat into the bushes.

* ReformedButRejected: Double-subverted. Bart and Lisa naturally assume Bob's up to no good, but after he foils Cecil's scheme, they accept that he has truly reformed and are even willing to vouch for him to Chief Wiggum. [[MiscarriageOfJustice But he's still put back in prison]]. Ouchies!

--> '''Bob:''' You wanted to be Krusty's sidekick since you were five. What about the buffoon lessons, the four years at clown college?\\

* HypocriticalHumor: A lot of it from Bob, who describes Bart as "psychotic" for stalking him and gravely tells Cecil that he's "brought shame to this family" after he's arrested.

-->'''Bart''': Don't you see what you've done! Sideshow Bob hasn't reformed, he's pure evil! Oh, if only you knew what he was thinking.
-->''(cut to Sideshow Bob in car)''
-->'''Bob''': ''(thinking)'' I hope they still make that shampoo I like.