History Trivia / TheSimpsonsS5E3HomerGoesToCollege

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** DeanBitterman
** ZanyScheme
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** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays, it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sites would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again (unless the animation company was very damn tough and thorough blocking the streaming... and then again, maybe they would just sell it themselves after sitting on it for a while as a MissingEpisode... [[ZigZaggedTrope unless they decided to]] ''keep'' it "missing", as there have been cases of media that has been permanently banned and is now considered "lost" forever at worst or just ''really'' hard to find at best[[note]]some examples include the ''South Park'' episodes "Super Best Friends," "Cartoon Wars" (parts 1 and 2), "200", and "201", several British TV shows that had Jimmy Savile on them due to his child molestation scandal, and even ''The Simpsons'' has had one: season three's "Stark Raving Dad", which was banned due to the ''Leaving Neverland'' documentary restarting the accusations of Michael Jackson being a child-molesting sex offender[[/note]]).

** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays, it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sites would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again (unless the animation company was very damn tough and thorough blocking the streaming... and then again, maybe they would just sell it themselves after sitting on it for a while as a MissingEpisode... [[ZigZaggedTrope unless they decided to]] ''keep'' it "missing", as there have been cases of media that has been permanently banned and is now considered "lost" forever at worst or just ''really'' hard to find at best[[note]]some examples include the ''South Park'' episodes "Super Best Friends," "Cartoon Wars" (parts 1 and 2), "200", and "201", several British TV shows that had Jimmy Savile on them due to his child molestation scandal, and even ''The Simpsons'' has had one: season three's "Stark Raving Dad", which was banned due to the ''Leaving Neverland'' documentary that revealed that Michael Jackson was, all along, a child-molesting sex offender[[/note]]).

** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays, it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sites would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again (unless the animation company was very damn tough and thorough blocking the streaming... and then again, maybe they would just sell it themselves after sitting on it for a while as a MissingEpisode... [[ZigZaggedTrope unless they decided to]] ''keep'' it "missing", as there have been cases of media that has been permanently banned and is now considered "lost" forever at worst or just ''really'' hard to find at best[[note]]some examples include the ''South Park'' episodes "Super Best Friends," "Cartoon Wars" (parts 1 and 2), "200", and "201", several British TV shows that had Jimmy Savile on them due to his child molestation scandal, and even ''The Simpsons'' has had one: season three's "Stark Raving Dad", which was banned due to the ''Leaving Neverland'' documentary that revealed that Michael Jackson was, all along, a child-molesting KarmaHoudini[[/note]]).

** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays, it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sites would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again (unless the animation company was very damn tough and thorough blocking the streaming... and then again, maybe they would just sell it themselves after sitting on it for a while as a MissingEpisode... [[ZigZaggedTrope unless they decided to]] ''keep'' it "missing", as there have been cases of media that has been permanently banned and is now considered "lost" forever at worst or just ''really'' hard to find at best[[note]]some examples include the ''South Park'' episodes "Super Best Friends," "Cartoon Wars" (parts 1 and 2), "200", and "201", several British TV shows that had Jimmy Savile on them due to his child molestation scandal, the anime ''Sazae-san'' which has a policy of no reruns, and even ''The Simpsons'' has had one: season three's "Stark Raving Dad", which was banned due to the ''Leaving Neverland'' documentary that revealed that Michael Jackson was, all along, a child-molesting KarmaHoudini[[/note]]).

** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays, it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sites would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again (unless the animation company was very damn tough and thorough blocking the streaming... and then again, maybe they would just sell it themselves after sitting on it for a while as a MissingEpisode... [[ZigZaggedTrope unless they decided to]] ''keep'' it "missing", as there have been cases of media that has been permanently banned and is now considered "lost" forever at worst or just ''really'' hard to find at best[[note]]some examples include the ''South Park'' episodes "Super Best Friends," "Cartoon Wars" (parts 1 and 2), "200", and "201", several British TV shows that had Jimmy Savile on them due to his child molestation scandal, and the anime ''Sazae-san'' which has a policy of no reruns[[/note]]).

** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sites would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again (unless the animation company was very damn tough and thorough blocking the streaming... and then again, maybe they would just sell it themselves after sitting on it for a while as a MissingEpisode... [[ZigZaggedTrope unless they decided to]] ''keep'' it "missing", as there have been cases of media that has been permanently banned and is now considered "lost" forever at worst or just ''really'' hard to find at best[[note]]some examples include the original cut of the ''South Park'' episode "201" and the anime ''Sazae-san'' which has a policy of no reruns[[/note]]).

** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sites would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again (unless the animation company was very damn tough and thorough blocking the streaming... and then again, maybe they would just sell it themselves after sitting on it for a while as a MissingEpisode... [[ZigZaggedTrope unless they decided to]] ''keep'' it "missing", as there have been cases of media that has been permanently banned and is now considered "lost" forever at worst or just ''really'' hard to find at best[[note]]some examples include the original cut of the ''South Park'' episode "201", the anime ''Sazae-san'' which has a policy of no reruns or the season three premiere of ''The Simpsons'' where Homer gets committed to a mental hospital and meets a big, bald mental patient who thinks he's Michael Jackson[[/note]]).

** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sites would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again (unless the animation company was very damn tough and thorough blocking the streaming... and then again, maybe they would just sell it themselves after sitting on it for a while as a MissingEpisode... [[ZigZaggedTrope unless they decided to]] ''keep'' it "missing", as there have been cases of media that has been permanently banned and is now considered "lost" forever at worst or just ''really'' hard to find at best[[note]]some examples include the original cut of the ''South Park'' episode "201" or the season three premiere of ''The Simpsons'' where Homer gets committed to a mental hospital and meets a big, bald mental patient who thinks he's Michael Jackson[[/note]]).

** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sites would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again (unless the animation company was very damn tough and thorough blocking the streaming... and then again, maybe they would just sell it themselves after sitting on it for a while as a MissingEpisode... [[ZigZaggedTrope unless they decided to]] ''keep'' it "missing"...).

** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sites would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again (unless the animation company was very damn tough me thorough blocking the streaming... and then again, maybe they would just sell it themselves).

** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sites would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again.

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Creator/ConanOBrien based Homer's three nerdy tutors on a trio of nerds who lived in his dorm when he was at Harvard. He said he remembered that they would drop phone books on the floor at night so that girls who lived on the floor below would come up to complain wearing their nightgowns.

* ThrowItIn: Homer's line "S-M-R-T, I mean S-M-A-R-T" was actually a flub by Creator/DanCastellaneta, but the creators felt it was too perfectly in-character for Homer to fix.

* ThrowItIn: The line "S-M-R-T, I mean S-M-A-R-T" was actually a mistake made by Homer's voice actor (DanCastellaneta) , but it was so him that they decided to keep it.

** Bart and Lisa's missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy; it would have been difficult, though probably not impossible (see KeepCirculatingTheTapes) for them to find another copy of the episode at the time when this story first aired. Nowadays it'd be a minor inconvenience at most, as most video streaming and torrent sides would be inundated with copies moments after Krusty announced that they'd never show the episode again.

** Bart and Lisa missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy would be impossible today (unless Krusty made it legally possible for the episode to never be shown again, like he did when he got rid of Poochie the Dog), as most TV shows can legally (or illegally) be found online, courtesy of TV show websites, video websites, and torrent sites, or they could just wait for the DVD release, unless there is some kind of official statement saying the episode will never be released on home media (much like the original ''Hawaii Five-O'' episode "Bored, She Hung Herself", which was banned for showing a yoga move that was copied by a viewer who committed suicide from autoerotic asphyxiation and has never been seen after its first-run, not even in home media releases).

** This was the first episode to reference the Internet, as Marge hears "crazy noises" on her phone. Back then, Internet connection used phone lines and modems.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: This was the first episode to reference the Internet, as Marge hears "crazy noises" on her phone. Back then, Internet connection used phone lines and modems.
** Bart and Lisa missing the episode where Scratchy finally gets Itchy would be impossible today (unless Krusty made it legally possible for the episode to never be shown again, like he did when he got rid of Poochie the Dog), as most TV shows can legally (or illegally) be found online, courtesy of TV show websites, video websites, and torrent sites.
*** Or they could just wait for the DVD release, unless there is some kind of official statement saying the episode will never be released on home media (much like the original ''Hawaii Five-O'' episode "Bored, She Hung Herself", which was banned for showing a yoga move that was copied by a viewer who committed suicide from autoerotic asphyxiation and has never been seen after its first-run, not even in home media releases).

*** Or they could just wait for the DVD release.

*** Or they could just wait for the DVD release.