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*** Lisa turns 8-years-old, and nobody pays attention. In the end, Michael & Bart write a song for her.
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*** Lisa turns 8-years-old, and nobody pays attention. In the end, Michael "Michael Jackson" & Bart write a song for her.
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*** In the same episode , Bart and Lisa watch a birthday-themed [[ShowWithinAShow "Itchy & Scratchy" cartoon]] where [[DiedOnTheirBirithday Itchy kills Scratchy at his birthday party]].
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*** In the same episode , Bart and Lisa also watch a birthday-themed episode of [[ShowWithinAShow "Itchy & Scratchy" cartoon]] Scratchy"]] where [[DiedOnTheirBirithday [[DiedOnTheirBirthday Itchy kills Scratchy at his birthday party]].
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** In the Music/MichaelJackson episode, Lisa turns 8. Nobody pays attention. In the end, Michael & Bart write a song for her.
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** In the Music/MichaelJackson episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E1StarkRavingDad Stark Raving Dad]]":
*** Lisa turns8. Nobody 8-years-old, and nobody pays attention. In the end, Michael & Bart write a song for her.
--->Lisa ---->Lisa it's your birthday\\
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** There's an indirect example in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E11OnAClearDayICantSeeMySister On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister]]" where the HollywoodRestrainingOrder Lisa has against Bart prevents him from being within 200 feet of her. This means Bart can't even live in the same house as her, and thus, he can't use the bathroom while she's there. Bart eventually settles for NatureTinkling instead.
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** Played for BlackComedy in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E8HomerSimpsonInKidneyTrouble Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble']]". Grandpa Simpson has to use the bathroom, but he can't because his son Homer won't stop the car. This [[ArtisticLicenseBiology makes his kidneys explode]].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E2122ShortFilmsAboutSpringfield 22 Short Films About Springfield]]", Milhouse goes into Comic Book Guy's store to use his bathroom, but Comic Book Guy says it's for paying customers only. Mulhouse buys a comic, but his father walks in and mistakenly thinks his son lied about needing to go so he could purchase something. Comic Book Guy refuses to say anything in his defense, and Milhouse is dragged out.
** Played for BlackComedy in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E8HomerSimpsonInKidneyTrouble Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble']]". Grandpa Simpson has to use the bathroom, but he can't because his son Homer won't stop the car. This [[ArtisticLicenseBiology makes his kidneys explode]].
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E2122ShortFilmsAboutSpringfield 22 Short Films About Springfield]]", Milhouse goes into Comic Book Guy's store to use his bathroom, but Comic Book Guy says it's for paying customers only. Mulhouse buys a comic, but his father walks in and mistakenly thinks his son lied about needing to go so he could purchase something. Comic Book Guy refuses to say anything in his defense, and Milhouse is dragged out.
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* AcquaintanceDenial: One episode opens with Bart and Lisa watching Krusty's show and remarking on how he's trying to distance himself from his Jewish heritage. Then [[BumblingDad Homer]] runs in with a plunger stuck to his head and Bart and Lisa discuss what names they're going to take to distance themselves from him.
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* AsianStoreOwner:
** Apu (who is from India), Apu's Korean counterpart in "Lemon of Troy", and a man who looks like Apu if he were from the Middle East in "Summer of 4'2''".
** Apu even has a counterpart in ''India''.
** Apu (who is from India), Apu's Korean counterpart in "Lemon of Troy", and a man who looks like Apu if he were from the Middle East in "Summer of 4'2''".
** Apu even has a counterpart in ''India''.
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* BareYourMidriff: Marge has a surprisingly high amount of these kinds of scenes.
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* [[AluminumChristmasTrees/TheSimpsons Aluminum Christmas Trees]]
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* AnswerToPrayers:
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF Bart Gets an F]] Bart prays for a miracle to help him get a passing grade on a test, or he'll be held back. The next day is a snow day, giving Bart more study time. When Bart is about to go play in the snow, Lisa stops him, pointing out that this is the miracle he'd asked for, and that he shouldn't waste it, to which Bart agrees. After he passes the test by the skin of his teeth and his parents are putting his test on the refrigerator, he says, "You know, part of this D- belongs to God."
** PlayedForLaughs in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star Is Burns]] . Todd Flanders falls into a river and is being swept away. Ned Flanders drops to his knees and immediately prays, "Flanders to God, Flanders to God; Get off your duff and save my Todd!" Instantly, a tree falls over, barring the river and allowing Todd to cling to it and pull himself to safety. When Flanders gives thanks, a giant hand comes out of the clouds making the OK sign, and a booming voice says "Okely Dokely!"
** [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF Bart Gets an F]] Bart prays for a miracle to help him get a passing grade on a test, or he'll be held back. The next day is a snow day, giving Bart more study time. When Bart is about to go play in the snow, Lisa stops him, pointing out that this is the miracle he'd asked for, and that he shouldn't waste it, to which Bart agrees. After he passes the test by the skin of his teeth and his parents are putting his test on the refrigerator, he says, "You know, part of this D- belongs to God."
** PlayedForLaughs in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E18AStarIsBurns A Star Is Burns]] . Todd Flanders falls into a river and is being swept away. Ned Flanders drops to his knees and immediately prays, "Flanders to God, Flanders to God; Get off your duff and save my Todd!" Instantly, a tree falls over, barring the river and allowing Todd to cling to it and pull himself to safety. When Flanders gives thanks, a giant hand comes out of the clouds making the OK sign, and a booming voice says "Okely Dokely!"
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** In S14 E11 ("[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E11BartingOver Barting Over]]"), Lisa starts reading something in a musty old tome when [[SummoningRitual a demon begins taking form]] behind her, only for her to abandon the book for Mad Libs and [[IdiotHero unwittingly abort the creature's summoning]].
** S26 E4 ("[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXV Treehouse of Horror XXV]]") sees Bart summon not just a demon but [[WelcomeToHell the entirety of Hell]] by running an Aramaic phrase through Lisa's translation app.
** In S14 E11 ("[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E11BartingOver Barting Over]]"), Lisa starts reading something in a musty old tome when [[SummoningRitual a demon begins taking form]] behind her, only for her to abandon the book for Mad Libs and [[IdiotHero unwittingly abort the creature's summoning]].
** S26 E4 ("[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXV Treehouse of Horror XXV]]") sees Bart summon not just a demon but [[WelcomeToHell the entirety of Hell]] by running an Aramaic phrase through Lisa's translation app.
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** Another episode has Lisa feeling insecure about her appearance. Marge tries to console her with the story of the ugly duckling, which Lisa interprets as confirmation that she's ugly. Marge then tries to backtrack and say that Lisa represents one of the other ducklings, before realizing that this would make Lisa a bully and thus is no less questionable a moral.
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* AbortedArc: Most episodes since some years (season 8) ago begin narrating a story, and after the first minutes the story moves to a completely different direction. Sometimes the original story [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse is not mentioned again]], other times the characters lampshade that there's SomethingWeForgot.
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* AbortedArc: Most episodes since some years (season 8) ago (it's been used on and off since around season 3, but has become near-ubiquitous since around season 8) begin narrating a story, and after the first minutes the story moves to a completely different direction. Sometimes the original story [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse is not mentioned again]], other times the characters lampshade that there's SomethingWeForgot.
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!!Tropes with their own pages
[[index]]
* [[AesopAmnesia/TheSimpsons Aesop Amnesia]]
* [[AluminumChristmasTrees/TheSimpsons Aluminum Christmas Trees]]
* [[TheArtifact/TheSimpsons The Artifact]]
* [[BaitAndSwitch/TheSimpsons Bait-and-Switch]]
* [[BerserkButton/TheSimpsons Berserk Button]]
* [[Bowdlerise/TheSimpsons Bowdlerise]]
* [[BrokenAesop/TheSimpsons Broken Aesop]]
[[/index]]
!!Other Tropes
[[index]]
* [[AesopAmnesia/TheSimpsons Aesop Amnesia]]
* [[AluminumChristmasTrees/TheSimpsons Aluminum Christmas Trees]]
* [[TheArtifact/TheSimpsons The Artifact]]
* [[BaitAndSwitch/TheSimpsons Bait-and-Switch]]
* [[BerserkButton/TheSimpsons Berserk Button]]
* [[Bowdlerise/TheSimpsons Bowdlerise]]
* [[BrokenAesop/TheSimpsons Broken Aesop]]
[[/index]]
!!Other Tropes
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* BorrowedWithoutPermission: A RunningGag throughout the series is Homer "borrowing" various items from Ned Flanders, without ever giving them back.
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* BeastInTheBuilding:
** In "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song", Bart brings his dog Santa's Little Helper to show and tell at school. The dog soon escapes into the air ducts, leading to a chain of events that leads to Principal Skinner getting fired.
** In "Jazzy and the Pussycats", Lisa gets depressed when Bart's drumming skills land him a gig in the jazz band she wanted to be in, so she copes by adopting abandoned animals (including some from a circus) and hiding them in the attic... which just happens to be where Bart and his pals like to practice, leading to a tiger cub biting Bart in his drumming arm. The next day, Lisa is told by Chief Wiggum that she has to sell the animals within 24 hours or they'll be seized and put down; Bart manages to raise money for surgery to fix his arm, but he feels bad for Lisa and decides to use the money to build a homeless animal sanctuary named in her honor.
** In "My Octopus and a Teacher", Lisa makes a documentary about an octopus that ends with it seemingly eaten by a shark. It turns out, however, that Lisa saved the octopus and took it home, hiding it from the family. The octopus, however, keeps getting out of its tank and wandering around the house, narrowly avoiding danger on several occasions. Through a complicated series of events, the octopus latches on to Bart's face during a school assembly, leading to him accidentally wreaking havoc.
** In "Whacking Day", Bart and Lisa hide all the snakes in Springfield in the Simpson house to keep them from being killed during the titular holiday.
** A brief gag on "Marge vs. the Monorail" has Marge finding a family of possums living in the fire extinguisher compartment of the monorail engine.
---> '''Homer''': I call the big one Bitey.
** In "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song", Bart brings his dog Santa's Little Helper to show and tell at school. The dog soon escapes into the air ducts, leading to a chain of events that leads to Principal Skinner getting fired.
** In "Jazzy and the Pussycats", Lisa gets depressed when Bart's drumming skills land him a gig in the jazz band she wanted to be in, so she copes by adopting abandoned animals (including some from a circus) and hiding them in the attic... which just happens to be where Bart and his pals like to practice, leading to a tiger cub biting Bart in his drumming arm. The next day, Lisa is told by Chief Wiggum that she has to sell the animals within 24 hours or they'll be seized and put down; Bart manages to raise money for surgery to fix his arm, but he feels bad for Lisa and decides to use the money to build a homeless animal sanctuary named in her honor.
** In "My Octopus and a Teacher", Lisa makes a documentary about an octopus that ends with it seemingly eaten by a shark. It turns out, however, that Lisa saved the octopus and took it home, hiding it from the family. The octopus, however, keeps getting out of its tank and wandering around the house, narrowly avoiding danger on several occasions. Through a complicated series of events, the octopus latches on to Bart's face during a school assembly, leading to him accidentally wreaking havoc.
** In "Whacking Day", Bart and Lisa hide all the snakes in Springfield in the Simpson house to keep them from being killed during the titular holiday.
** A brief gag on "Marge vs. the Monorail" has Marge finding a family of possums living in the fire extinguisher compartment of the monorail engine.
---> '''Homer''': I call the big one Bitey.
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** The {{Crossover}} cameos with [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill the Hills]], WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones, and the [[ComicBook/ArchieComics the Riverdale gang]][[note]] as seen in "Bart Star", the CouchGag for "Kamp Krusty" and "Sideshow Bob Roberts", respectively[[/note]] has each in the style of their actual series.
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* ActingForTwo: [[invoked]] This trope is lampshaded in "The Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie Show", where the same voice actress was revealed to do the voices of both Itchy and Scratchy. Ironically, in real life Itchy and Scratchy AREN'T played by the same actor, as Creator/Dan astellaneta voices Itchy and Creator/HarryShearer voices Scratchy.
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** The "Death Tome" segment in "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" was animated by Creator/DRMovie.
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** Played UpToEleven in "The Sweetest Apu", when Homer catches Apu having an affair at the Kwik-E-Mart and walks backward all the way to his house. The scene is repeated at the end, when Homer spies on Apu and Manjula having sex in their apartment and hops back home on his stilts.
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** Played UpToEleven in In "The Sweetest Apu", when Homer catches Apu having an affair at the Kwik-E-Mart and walks backward all the way to his house. The scene is repeated at the end, when Homer spies on Apu and Manjula having sex in their apartment and hops back home on his stilts.
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* AngerIsHealthyAesop:
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E8HurricaneNeddy Hurricane Neddy]]" shows that Ned has had behavioral problems since he was a child and the method used to control Ned's anger overcorrected it and caused Ned to bottle up any feeling of anger, no matter how justified he is to be angry. After a series of unpredictable tragedies, Ned has a breakdown and berates the entire town for failing to help him in his time of need (despite a well-intentioned but ultimately flawed attempt of rebuilding his house). The lesson of the episode is that expressing anger isn't automatically evil, it just needs to be controlled and done appropriately.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E18IAmFuriousYellow I am Furious Yellow]]": After learning that his anger has made him the laughing stock of the town after Bart bases a webcomic on his many outbursts, Homer decides to overcorrect himself by suppressing all of his anger for the rest of his life. Bart forms a prank to set him off but changes his mind, unfortunately, Homer falls victim to the prank and finally loses it and goes on a rampage that somehow results in millions of dollars in damages. Before Marge can punish Bart, Hibbert informs her that Bart had just saved Homer's life by making him angry as his suppressed anger was forming into boils that would have otherwise fatally overwhelmed his system.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E8HurricaneNeddy Hurricane Neddy]]" shows that Ned has had behavioral problems since he was a child and the method used to control Ned's anger overcorrected it and caused Ned to bottle up any feeling of anger, no matter how justified he is to be angry. After a series of unpredictable tragedies, Ned has a breakdown and berates the entire town for failing to help him in his time of need (despite a well-intentioned but ultimately flawed attempt of rebuilding his house). The lesson of the episode is that expressing anger isn't automatically evil, it just needs to be controlled and done appropriately.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E18IAmFuriousYellow I am Furious Yellow]]": After learning that his anger has made him the laughing stock of the town after Bart bases a webcomic on his many outbursts, Homer decides to overcorrect himself by suppressing all of his anger for the rest of his life. Bart forms a prank to set him off but changes his mind, unfortunately, Homer falls victim to the prank and finally loses it and goes on a rampage that somehow results in millions of dollars in damages. Before Marge can punish Bart, Hibbert informs her that Bart had just saved Homer's life by making him angry as his suppressed anger was forming into boils that would have otherwise fatally overwhelmed his system.
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* AfterlifeOfService: "Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E18BurnsHeir": Following a near death experience as he has no children or living family members, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr Burns]] begins to worry about who will inherit his wealth and carry on his legacy when he dies. Smithers suggests himself, only for Burns to reveal that he has made preparations for "a far greater reward," upon his death Smithers shall be BuriedAlive with him (showing him a model revealing his corpse will use Smithers as a footstool) so that he may carry on serving him in the afterlife.
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E3PleaseHomerDontHammerEm Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em]]", as Bart has Principal Skinner at his mercy with a peanut tied to a stick, Skinner wakes up tied to a bed where Bart refers to a full trash can as his "breakfast in bed," suggesting he's going to force Skinner to eat garbage.
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** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E14PostcardsFromTheWedge Postcards From the Wedge]]", after Homer and Marge resolve their differences, Marge treats Homer to a romantic breakfast in bed.
--> '''Homer:''' Awesome breakfast, Marge. Breakfast in bed is ''so'' much better than breakfast in a chair.
--> '''Homer:''' Awesome breakfast, Marge. Breakfast in bed is ''so'' much better than breakfast in a chair.
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* BreakfastInBed:
** The episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E9LifeOnTheFastLane "Life on the Fast Lane"]] begins with Bart and Lisa preparing breakfast in bed for Marge for her birthday. When they surprise her in bed, Homer initially thinks it's ''his'' birthday but quickly realizes that he forgot Marge's birthday. Homer hurries out of the house and winds up buying Marge a bowling ball for a present.
** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E7BrawlInTheFamily "Brawl in the Family"]], after Homer and Ned's "Vegas Wives" return, Ned, Rod, and Todd wake up Ginger in the morning with a breakfast in bed, but she finds the Flanders' extremely nice, religious, and pious outlook almost sickening, and she snaps at them in response.
** At the beginning of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E6SeeHomerRun "See Homer Run"]], Homer is treated to a breakfast in bed for Father's Day. Bart and Lisa give him gifts, only he upsets Lisa when he's not that fond of her gift, as it was homemade.
** At the end of Marge's segment in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E8TheFightBeforeChristmas "The Fight Before Christmas"]], Marge wakes up from a dream on Christmas Day to find that the rest of the family has brought her breakfast in bed... only to raise the lid off the tray to reveal breakfast ''ingredients''. The rest of the family's attempts to make breakfast went awry, so Marge still has to make the breakfast herself.
** The episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E9LifeOnTheFastLane "Life on the Fast Lane"]] begins with Bart and Lisa preparing breakfast in bed for Marge for her birthday. When they surprise her in bed, Homer initially thinks it's ''his'' birthday but quickly realizes that he forgot Marge's birthday. Homer hurries out of the house and winds up buying Marge a bowling ball for a present.
** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS13E7BrawlInTheFamily "Brawl in the Family"]], after Homer and Ned's "Vegas Wives" return, Ned, Rod, and Todd wake up Ginger in the morning with a breakfast in bed, but she finds the Flanders' extremely nice, religious, and pious outlook almost sickening, and she snaps at them in response.
** At the beginning of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E6SeeHomerRun "See Homer Run"]], Homer is treated to a breakfast in bed for Father's Day. Bart and Lisa give him gifts, only he upsets Lisa when he's not that fond of her gift, as it was homemade.
** At the end of Marge's segment in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E8TheFightBeforeChristmas "The Fight Before Christmas"]], Marge wakes up from a dream on Christmas Day to find that the rest of the family has brought her breakfast in bed... only to raise the lid off the tray to reveal breakfast ''ingredients''. The rest of the family's attempts to make breakfast went awry, so Marge still has to make the breakfast herself.
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* BareBottomedMonkey: In "Black-Eyed, Please", Flanders has a NightmareSequence about dying and going to a personalized version of Hell that features various FauxHorrific things, including "those monkeys with the red butts".
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* AbsenteeActor: Only Homer, Marge and Lisa appear in every episode (but the latter two had non speaking cameos at least once).
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** It usually averts this trope, however. "Fear of Flying" was Marge's phobia mixing with other [[AdultFear rational fears like someone hurting her child]]. Contrast regular character Mr. Smithers; [[Creator/JohnWaters John]], in "Homer's Phobia"; or [[Creator/HarveyFierstein Karl]] in "Simpson and Delilah", to name a few.
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** "Homer's Odyssey" -- Homer loses his job, fails to find a new one, slips into a deep depression, and [[DrivenToSuicide tries to kill himself]]. And [[NightmareFuel Marge is the one]] [[TearJerker who finds his suicide note]].
** "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" -- Due to several misunderstandings, child welfare accused Homer and Marge of negligence and their children are taken away from them. It was particularly heartbreaking when Homer and Marge wander in their house to each of their kids' empty bedrooms. And when Marge and Homer heard Bart's signature ring, they rushed down to the front door, faces joyful, only to see nobody was there.
** There was the episode where Homer's mother Mona dies. Homer has been reunited with his mother for the first time in a while, after being abandoned by her ''again'', and he's genuinely angry at that. So he tells her that he doesn't want to forgive her, and goes away... only to find, later that night when he comes down to apologize to her, that poor Mona died in her sleep. For many adults, the realization that they are ''highly'' likely to see their parents die, and the idea of a parent (or any loved one really) dying after an argument is... sobering.
** The episode where Lisa finds a beached whale and tries desperately to save it hits us with the "not every life can be saved and parents can't solve everything" message, made even more painful by Lisa's HopeSpot dream where BumblingDad Homer of all people rescues the whale by organizing a ton of different people for the sole purpose of making Lisa happy.
** "500 Keys" -- Maggie is locked alone in the car. [[spoiler: She's smart enough to get out on her own, but it's still pretty scary]].
** Parodied when Lisa tricks Homer into letting her go downtown by herself on the bus. He casually tells Lenny and Carl this, and they're horrified. Cue Homer making up a story about how Lisa is so smart she overloaded a computer, which Lenny and Carl don't fall for, and Homer finally running off to save Lisa.
** "Alone Again, Natura-Diddly" -- Ned and Maude Flanders go to a racetrack and Maude, naturally offended by Homer's inevitable antics, gets up to go get her family some hot dogs. They look away, and [[DistractedFromDeath Maude dies in a freak accident moments later]].
** "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" -- Homer and Marge look back with regret when Bart runs away because of their rather harsh punishment of him. Topped off with Homer lamenting "Will we ever see him again?".
** "Today, I Am a Clown" starts with the family finding Maggie locked in the bathroom. Homer and Bart attempt to get the door open with a coat hanger, and not only do they almost hit Maggie with it several times, but the hanger ends up knocking the contents of a cabinet (pills, razors, combs and scissors) into the ground, in Maggie's easy reach. Pink shampoo leaks through the door, which Homer mistakes for baby blood.
** Bart's disappearance in "Gone Boy" is taken surprisingly seriously, despite the newscast in the middle. We feel Marge's hopelessness and lack of faith in the police, along with his friends' worry about finding him.
** "Homer's Odyssey" -- Homer loses his job, fails to find a new one, slips into a deep depression, and [[DrivenToSuicide tries to kill himself]]. And [[NightmareFuel Marge is the one]] [[TearJerker who finds his suicide note]].
** "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" -- Due to several misunderstandings, child welfare accused Homer and Marge of negligence and their children are taken away from them. It was particularly heartbreaking when Homer and Marge wander in their house to each of their kids' empty bedrooms. And when Marge and Homer heard Bart's signature ring, they rushed down to the front door, faces joyful, only to see nobody was there.
** There was the episode where Homer's mother Mona dies. Homer has been reunited with his mother for the first time in a while, after being abandoned by her ''again'', and he's genuinely angry at that. So he tells her that he doesn't want to forgive her, and goes away... only to find, later that night when he comes down to apologize to her, that poor Mona died in her sleep. For many adults, the realization that they are ''highly'' likely to see their parents die, and the idea of a parent (or any loved one really) dying after an argument is... sobering.
** The episode where Lisa finds a beached whale and tries desperately to save it hits us with the "not every life can be saved and parents can't solve everything" message, made even more painful by Lisa's HopeSpot dream where BumblingDad Homer of all people rescues the whale by organizing a ton of different people for the sole purpose of making Lisa happy.
** "500 Keys" -- Maggie is locked alone in the car. [[spoiler: She's smart enough to get out on her own, but it's still pretty scary]].
** Parodied when Lisa tricks Homer into letting her go downtown by herself on the bus. He casually tells Lenny and Carl this, and they're horrified. Cue Homer making up a story about how Lisa is so smart she overloaded a computer, which Lenny and Carl don't fall for, and Homer finally running off to save Lisa.
** "Alone Again, Natura-Diddly" -- Ned and Maude Flanders go to a racetrack and Maude, naturally offended by Homer's inevitable antics, gets up to go get her family some hot dogs. They look away, and [[DistractedFromDeath Maude dies in a freak accident moments later]].
** "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" -- Homer and Marge look back with regret when Bart runs away because of their rather harsh punishment of him. Topped off with Homer lamenting "Will we ever see him again?".
** "Today, I Am a Clown" starts with the family finding Maggie locked in the bathroom. Homer and Bart attempt to get the door open with a coat hanger, and not only do they almost hit Maggie with it several times, but the hanger ends up knocking the contents of a cabinet (pills, razors, combs and scissors) into the ground, in Maggie's easy reach. Pink shampoo leaks through the door, which Homer mistakes for baby blood.
** Bart's disappearance in "Gone Boy" is taken surprisingly seriously, despite the newscast in the middle. We feel Marge's hopelessness and lack of faith in the police, along with his friends' worry about finding him.
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* ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: In "A Star Is Torn", Homer asks for a change for $1 to call the police at the Kwik-E-Mart. However, payphones do not require payment for 911 emergency calls--which an armed robbery in progress would definitely qualify for.
