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* BilingualBonus: Maison Derrière, whose name is never properly translated, means "Butt House".
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* NotQuiteTheRightThing: So your son broke someone's statue? Having him work for her to pay the costs of the damages sounds like a stock punishment most sitcom parents would give out. Too bad that, in this case, the property owner runs a burlesque house.

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* DelayedReaction: When Belle drags Bart back to the door, she immediately sets about informing Homer about what happened. It takes her a few seconds to realize Homer's answered the door in a grocery bag.

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** When Skinner enters the house, unaware who the doorman is.
--> '''Skinner''': ''(enters)'' Oh I hope I didn’t miss the floor show!
--> '''Bart''': Nope
--> '''Skinner''': Is Roxanne back?
--> '''Bart''': Yep.
--> '''Skinner''': Did she, uh, get my flowers?
--> '''Bart''': She did.
--> '''Skinner''': Tha- ''(Finally notices Bart)'' ... Hello, Bart.
--> '''Bart''': Hello, Principal Skinner!
--> '''Skinner''': ....... This is the National Air and Space Museum, isn’t it?

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* BrokenGlassPenalty: Or more specifically, Broken Gargoyle Penalty. Bart accidentally destroys one of Belle's gargoyles and is ordered to work for her to pay for the damages.


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* BrokenGlassPenalty: Or more specifically, Broken Gargoyle Penalty. Bart accidentally destroys one of Belle's gargoyles and is ordered to work for her to pay for the damages. At the end, Marge accidentally destroyed a part of the Maison Derriere when she left the bulldozer in gear. She’s forced to work for Belle as a stage comedian to pay for the damages. Considering how bad Marge’s ventriloquist act was, it will be a long time.

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* HarmfulToMinors: Downplayed. While Belle admits she wouldn't have let Bart work at the Maison Derrière if Homer hadn't been so insistent, nothing there is overly sexualized. Of course, the town's moral guardians insist it's far worse than it actually is.

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* HarmfulToMinors: Downplayed. While Belle admits she wouldn't have let Bart work at the Maison Derrière if Homer hadn't been so insistent, nothing there is overly sexualized. The jobs he gets more or less keep him from being exposed to the dancers from cleaning toilets to working the door and even the performance he does is just him reciting relatively tame jokes off of cue cards. Of course, the town's moral guardians insist it's far worse than it actually is.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Belle of all people is possibly the most reasonable person in this episode, especially highlighted when she steers Bart away from his initial job request of sorting out bras by saying it's "too advanced" for him and he's actually happy as a clam rather than mouthy. It's very clear she doesn't want to expose a minor to anything that would be deemed too inappropriate since Homer reportedly insisted that Bart work there.
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--> '''Homer''': Don't worry honey, there's lots more oil where that came from.

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--> '''Homer''': Don't worry worry, honey, there's lots more oil where that came from.



--> '''Belle''': Your son was trespassing on my property and destroyed a very valuable stone gargoyle a- ''({{Beat}})'' ... Are you wearing a grocery bag?

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--> '''Belle''': Your son was trespassing on my property and destroyed a very valuable stone gargoyle a- ''({{Beat}})'' ... Are you wearing a grocery bag?

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--> '''Belle''': Your son was trespassing on my property and destroyed a very valuable stone gargoyle a- ''({{Beat}})'' ... Are you wearing a grocery bag?



* DistractedByTheSexy: Homer attempts to chastise Belle for allowing Bart to work at her establishment, but has difficulty doing so while watching Princess Kashmir.

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--> '''Marge''': Springfield doesn't want places like this!
--> '''Belle''': I think I know what Springfield wants, Sugar.
--> '''Marge''': Oh? I've lived in this town for 37 years!
--> '''Belle''': I've lived here 52 years.
--> '''Marge''': I'm third generation!
--> '''Belle''': Sixth.
--> '''Marge''': ''({{Beat}})'' Get out of my town!
* DistractedByTheSexy: Homer attempts to chastise Belle for allowing having Bart to work late at her establishment, but has difficulty doing so while watching Princess Kashmir.



** Homer also tells Bart that working to repay the damage he caused is "responsibility". He then immediately drives into a lamppost, then flees.

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** Homer also tells Bart that working to repay the damage he caused is "responsibility". He then immediately drives into a lamppost, Belle's mailbox, then screams and flees.
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** After a few days scrubbing off rocks, Lisa declares it's unsatisfying. Marge agrees, but they made a commitment, and should see it through. Then the organiser shows up to say they'll be watching Johnny Arvik, the "Eskimo comedian". The next scene is Marge and Lisa fleeing as fast as they can.

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** After a few days scrubbing off rocks, Lisa declares it's unsatisfying. Marge agrees, but they made a commitment, and should see it through. Then the organiser organizer shows up to say they'll be serving kelp burgers and watching Johnny Arvik, the "Eskimo comedian". The next scene is Marge and Lisa fleeing as fast as they can.
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* JerkassBall: Marge is at her worst pre-{{Flanderization}} here, acting more like Helen Lovejoy by forcing her views on the town of Springfield because she has a problem with the house existing, rather than her underage son working there (which would have caused Belle to get arrested and the entire place to get shut down, if the show followed reality).

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* JerkassBall: Marge is at her worst pre-{{Flanderization}} here, acting more like Helen Lovejoy by forcing her views on the town of Springfield because she has a problem [[SkewedPriorities with the house existing, rather than her underage son working there there]] (which would have caused Belle to get arrested and the entire place to get shut down, if the show followed reality).
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While Lisa and Marge spend the day cleaning rocks after Captain [=MacCallister=] runs his ship aground ''a la'' the ''Exxon Valdez'' incident in 1989, Bart gets in trouble for breaking the gargoyle of an old house, and the owner wants Bart to work for her to pay for it -- by making him her right-hand man for her burlesque house.

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While Lisa and Marge spend the day cleaning rocks after Captain [=MacCallister=] runs his ship aground ''a la'' the ''Exxon Valdez'' incident in 1989, Bart gets in trouble for breaking the gargoyle of an old house, and the owner wants Bart to work for her to pay for it -- by making him her right-hand man for her burlesque {{burlesque}} house.
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* MamaBear: Averted. Marge is more concerned over the fact that Springfield has a burlesque house (never mind the fact that past episodes, such as "Homer's Night Out" and "Last Exit to Springfield", show that Springfield has a red-light district and have worse sex entertainment than a burlesque house, such as mud-wrestling and foxy boxing. The worst the Maison Derriere has is risque stand-up that was shocking in the 1950s and early 1960s, but isn't in the 1990s and beyond and the kind of stripper stage shows[[note]]like showgirls in a kickline or Princess Kashmir's fan dancing[[/note]] that were also shocking back in the 1950s and early 1960s, but aren't so much in the 1990s and beyond)

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* MamaBear: Averted. Marge is more concerned over the fact that Springfield has a burlesque house (never mind the fact that past episodes, such as "Homer's Night Out" and "Last Exit to Springfield", show that Springfield has a red-light district and have worse sex entertainment than a burlesque house, such as mud-wrestling and foxy boxing. The worst the Maison Derriere has is risque stand-up that was shocking in the 1950s and early 1960s, but isn't in the 1990s and beyond and the kind of stripper stage shows[[note]]like showgirls in a kickline or Princess Kashmir's fan dancing[[/note]] that were also shocking back in the 1950s and early 1960s, but aren't so much in the 1990s and beyond)beyond) than the fact that Bart is working there, thanks to Homer's less-than-stellar fathering skills.



* NeverMyFault: When Marge demands why Homer in his right mind would make their ten-year-old child work at a burlesque house, Homer counters that he was only following Marge's advice on how to discipline Bart if he misbehaved while she was away...which makes him rationalize that Marge is culpable for the current predicament due to giving him parenting advice in the first place and claims that it his her mess to clean up, not his.

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* NeverMyFault: When Marge demands why Homer in his right mind would make their ten-year-old child work at a burlesque house, Homer counters that he was only following Marge's advice on how to discipline Bart if he misbehaved while she was away...which makes him rationalize that Marge is culpable for the current predicament due to giving him parenting advice in the first place and claims that it his this is her mess to clean up, not his.
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* MamaBear: Averted. Marge never says a word edgewise regarding the fact that her son was working at Maison Derriere, [[SkewedPriorities implying that the reason for her vendetta with the burlesque house (and Belle) is more important than this fact.]]

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* MamaBear: Averted. Marge never says a word edgewise regarding is more concerned over the fact that her son was working at Maison Derriere, [[SkewedPriorities implying that the reason for her vendetta with the Springfield has a burlesque house (and Belle) is more important (never mind the fact that past episodes, such as "Homer's Night Out" and "Last Exit to Springfield", show that Springfield has a red-light district and have worse sex entertainment than this fact.]]a burlesque house, such as mud-wrestling and foxy boxing. The worst the Maison Derriere has is risque stand-up that was shocking in the 1950s and early 1960s, but isn't in the 1990s and beyond and the kind of stripper stage shows[[note]]like showgirls in a kickline or Princess Kashmir's fan dancing[[/note]] that were also shocking back in the 1950s and early 1960s, but aren't so much in the 1990s and beyond)



* NiceGirl: Belle. Despite Marge's trying to force her out of town and then accidentally demolishing part of the house, Belle is nothing but polite and friendly the whole time and tries to be understanding towards Homer when he's upset that Bart's working so late and then comps him for the night.

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* NiceGirl: Belle. Despite Marge's trying to force her out of town and then accidentally demolishing part parts of the house, Belle is nothing but polite and friendly the whole time and tries to be understanding towards Homer when he's upset that Bart's working so late and then comps him for the night.



* PoliceAreUseless: Officer Eddie is seen taking part in the angry mob's demolition and looting of the house. Thus committing criminal damage. ''Whilst in his uniform''.

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* PoliceAreUseless: Officer Eddie is seen taking part in the angry mob's demolition and looting of the house. Thus committing criminal damage. ''Whilst damage...while in his uniform''.uniform. Also, Chief Wiggum twice visiting the burlesque house while in uniform.
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* NeverMyFault: When Marge demands why Homer in his right mind would make their ten-year-old child work at a burlesque, Homer counters that he was only following Marge's advice on how to discipline Bart if he misbehaved while she was away...which makes him rationalize that Marge is culpable for the current predicament due to giving him parenting advice in the first place.

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* NeverMyFault: When Marge demands why Homer in his right mind would make their ten-year-old child work at a burlesque, burlesque house, Homer counters that he was only following Marge's advice on how to discipline Bart if he misbehaved while she was away...which makes him rationalize that Marge is culpable for the current predicament due to giving him parenting advice in the first place.place and claims that it his her mess to clean up, not his.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Officer Eddie is seen taking part in the angry mob's demolition and looting of the house. Thus committing criminal damage. ''Whilst in his uniform''.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Marge is forced to work at Maison Derriere to pay off the damages she unintentionally caused at the end of the episode by making a bulldozer destroy a part of the house.
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* MamaBear: Averted. Marge never says a word edgewise regarding the fact that her son was working at Maison Derriere, implying that the reason for her vendetta with the burlesque house (and Belle) is more important than this fact.

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* MamaBear: Averted. Marge never says a word edgewise regarding the fact that her son was working at Maison Derriere, [[SkewedPriorities implying that the reason for her vendetta with the burlesque house (and Belle) is more important than this fact.]]

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* JerkassHasAPoint: When Marge angrily demands why Homer in his right mind would send their son to work someplace as obscene as a burlesque house, Homer defends his actions on the grounds that he didn't realize what was going on in the house when he first sent Bart there to work off the damages he caused and he was acting on Marge's advice to discipline Bart as she would if he got into trouble while she was away with Lisa and Maggie.
* LampshadeHanging: After Marge hears about the song, she asks if they can see it again, only for everyone to get sheepish, explaining it as a "spur of the moment" decision.



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* JerkassHasAPoint: NeverMyFault: When Marge demands why Homer in his right mind would make their ten-year-old child work at a burlesque, Homer counters that he was only following Marge's advice on how to discipline Bart if he misbehaved while she was away...which makes him rationalize that Marge is culpable for the current predicament due to giving him parenting advice in the first place.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: When Marge angrily demands why Homer in his right mind would send their son to work someplace as obscene as a burlesque house, Homer defends his actions on the grounds that he didn't realize what was going on in the house when he first sent Bart there to work off the damages he caused and he was acting on Marge's advice to discipline Bart as she would if he got into trouble while she was away with Lisa and Maggie.


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* MoralGuardians: Marge, because she thinks that Springfield does not want a burlesque house, despite everyone else's views. It's not "Springfield doesn't want a burlesque house", it's [[{{Jerkass}} "Marge Simpson doesn't want a burlesque house, and is forcing everyone to follow her view".]]

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* MoralGuardians: Marge, because she thinks that Springfield does not want a burlesque house, despite everyone else's views. It's not "Springfield doesn't want a burlesque house", it's [[{{Jerkass}} [[JerkassBall "Marge Simpson doesn't want a burlesque house, and is forcing everyone to follow her view".]]
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* [[BrokenGlassPenalty Broken Gargoyle Penalty]]

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* [[BrokenGlassPenalty BrokenGlassPenalty: Or more specifically, Broken Gargoyle Penalty]]Penalty. Bart accidentally destroys one of Belle's gargoyles and is ordered to work for her to pay for the damages.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Lisa and Maggie are the only characters that are missing when Marge arrives at the front door after cleaning rocks. They are also not in the family car in the background and are entirely absent for the second half of the episode.
** It could be possible that they were dropped off at Aunt Patty and Selma's place and remained there for the rest of the episode.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: One of the dancers looks like Cookie Kwan, who later would became a recurring character.



* SgtPeppersShoutOut: The CouchGag is [[http://www.creativegames.org.uk/modules/Art_Technology/Pop/Sgt_%20Pepper_Album_files/simps.jpg a parody of the album cover.]] An alternate version is used as the cover of their music album, [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/The_Yellow_Album.PNG "The Yellow Album"]] (the name, of course, a takeoff of [[Music/TheWhiteAlbum another Beatles album]]). And like ''Sgt Pepper'', the early Simpsons are in suits and the current ones in fatigues.



* ShoutOut:
** Belle could possibly be named after Belle Watling, the owner of the burlesque house in ''Film/GoneWithTheWind''.
** The musical number instigated by Homer (accompanied by Belle and her backup dancers) convincing the town not to destroy the house is a parody of ''Film/TheBestLittleWhorehouseInTexas''. However, unlike the episode, the "chicken ranch" is forced out of business.
** Mayor Quimby and the Quimby family, throughout Simpsons history, have been made to resemble JFK and the Kennedy family. In this particular episode, Mayor Quimby's wife is seen wearing a dress similar to one of Jackie Kennedy's dresses.
** In her effort to reconvince the town that the burlesque house is bad, Marge begins singing an off-key parody of [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic "My Favorite Things"]] - although the bulldozer cuts her off before she can sing the title phrase.



* WholePlotReference: A lot of the episode's plot is based on ''Film/TheBestLittleWhorehouseInTexas''.

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* BittersweetEnding: Maison Derrière is ultimately saved, but, unfortunately, Marge lets her bulldozer on, which promptly marches towards the house and destroys a good chunk of it, forcing her to work as a ventriloquist to pay the damage she caused.



* BittersweetEnding: Maison Derrière is ultimately saved, but, unfortunately, Marge lets her bulldozer on, which promptly marches towards the house and destroys a good chunk of it, forcing her to work as a ventriloquist to pay the damage she caused.
* {{Cameo}}: Princess Kashmir appears, doing a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_dance Fan Dance]].

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* BittersweetEnding: Maison Derrière is ultimately saved, but, unfortunately, Marge lets her bulldozer on, which promptly marches towards the house and destroys a good chunk of it, forcing her to work as a ventriloquist to pay the damage she caused.
* {{Cameo}}:
TheCameo: Princess Kashmir appears, doing a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_dance Fan Dance]].



* CluelessAesop: {{Subverted}}. When Marge finds out Bart was forced to work as a door man at a burlesque club as Homer's way of punishing him for damaging its property, she joins with the local MoralGuardians and works the town into a fury over the club's presence. However, it's clear that Marge is overreacting, and the club's owner — an elegant older woman — actually confronts her; Belle argues that she's been in Springfield for over fifty years and that she and her dancers have every right to be there. If anything makes this episode wander into "CluelessAesop" territory, it's the heavy implication that the club is actually a ''brothel'', in which case Marge's anger would be much more justified.



* NoodleIncident: During the "We Put the Spring in Springfield" musical number, Grampa and Jasper sing that the burlesque house has given them the most fun "since March of 1961".



* SpontaneousChoreography: With those who are gathered to tear down the burlesque house and people sing 'We Put the Spring in Springfield' ... except Marge who was out renting the bulldozer. She asks if they can sing it again but Ned Flanders tells her it really was one of those spur-of-the-moment type things.

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* SpontaneousChoreography: With those who are gathered to tear down the burlesque house and people sing 'We "We Put the Spring in Springfield' ...Springfield" ... except Marge who was out renting the bulldozer. She asks if they can sing it again but Ned Flanders tells her it really was one of those spur-of-the-moment type things.



* WaxingLyrical: Reverend Lovejoy's line, "This house is a very, very, very fine house", is a reference to the Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung song "Our House".

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* WaxingLyrical: When the Springfieldians decide to keep their beloved burlesque house, the Maison Derriere, Reverend Lovejoy's line, "This Lovejoy paraphrases the Music/CrosbyStillsAndNash song, "Our House":
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* WaxingLyrical: Reverend Lovejoy's line, "This house is a very, very, very fine house", is a reference to the Music/CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung song "Our House".
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* DelayedReaction: When Belle drags Bart back to the door, she immediately sets about informing Homer about what happened. It takes her a few seconds to realise Homer's answered the door in a grocery bag (he misplaced his pants).

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* DelayedReaction: When Belle drags Bart back to the door, she immediately sets about informing Homer about what happened. It takes her a few seconds to realise realize Homer's answered the door in a grocery bag (he bag.
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* AmbiguousSyntax: During a town meeting, Marge announces that she's sharing her moral outrage over "a certain house in our town". The others assume the problem is with the house itself, not what's happening in it

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* AmbiguousSyntax: During a town meeting, Marge announces that she's sharing her moral outrage over "a certain house in our town". The others assume the problem is with the house itself, not what's happening in itit.



* BlatantLies: Principal Skinner's attempts to claim he's not a customer at Maison Derrière. When he enters the place and asks Bart about specific girls, he eventually realizes who he's talking to and tries to convince Bart that he expected to find a museum there. Later, when the Lovejoys and Flanderses tell Homer about Bart working at a burlesque house and that they learned it from Skinner, he shows up to claim that he only entered there to ask for directions to get ''out'' of there.

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* BlatantLies: Principal Skinner's attempts to claim he's not a customer at Maison Derrière. When he enters the place and asks Bart about a specific girls, girl, he eventually realizes who he's talking to and tries to convince Bart that he expected to find a museum there. Later, when the Lovejoys and Flanderses tell Homer about Bart working at a burlesque house and that they learned it from Skinner, he shows up to claim that he only entered there to ask for directions to get ''out'' of there.



* BrickJoke: When the townsfolk are tearing down the house, Moleman is seen with a [[ArrowsOnFire flaming arrow;]] and begs them to "please hurry..." When Marge comes in with the bulldozer and demands she be allowed to sing a CrowdSong of her own; said flaming arrow is seen embedding itself in the tree.

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* BrickJoke: When the townsfolk are tearing down the house, Moleman is seen with a [[ArrowsOnFire flaming arrow;]] arrow]] and begs them to "please hurry..." When Marge comes in with the bulldozer and demands she be allowed to sing a CrowdSong of her own; own, said flaming arrow is seen embedding itself in the tree.
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'''Abe:''' No, the burlesque house! Now keep yer mouth shut!

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'''Abe:''' No, the burlesque house! [[SayingTooMuch Now keep yer mouth shut!shut]]!
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* MamaBear: Averted. Marge never says a word edgewise regarding the fact that her son was working at Maison Derriere, implying that the reason for her vendetta with the burlesque house (and Belle) are more important that this fact.

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* MamaBear: Averted. Marge never says a word edgewise regarding the fact that her son was working at Maison Derriere, implying that the reason for her vendetta with the burlesque house (and Belle) are is more important that than this fact.

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* GetOut: When Marge and Belle finally get to talk, every attempt by Marge to be the one with the moral high point is undermined by Belle's sensible answers. Marge ends the conversation by [[SuddenlyShouting yelling "get out of my town!"]]



* MamaBear: Averted. Marge never says a word edgewise regarding the fact that her son was working at Maison Derriere.

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* MamaBear: Averted. Marge never says a word edgewise regarding the fact that her son was working at Maison Derriere.Derriere, implying that the reason for her vendetta with the burlesque house (and Belle) are more important that this fact.
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* FeelingOpressedByTheirExistence: The moment Marge discovers the existence of Maison Derriere, she goes on the warpath, even strong-arming the rest of the town to take it down. Bear in mind, Bart is working there and she never says a single word that

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* FeelingOpressedByTheirExistence: FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: The moment Marge discovers the existence of Maison Derriere, she goes on the warpath, even strong-arming the rest of the town to take it down. Bear in mind, Bart is working there and she never says a single word that she's mad about that.

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