History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS1E12KrustyGetsBusted

** With later episodes like "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E15BartTheFink Bart the Fink]]" revealing that Krusty has been doing everything from robbing millions of dollars through tax evasion to sexually harassing women to not supporting any of the children he's fathered injuring and potentially ''killing'' people with his crappy merchandise, proving his innocence in this episode feels a lot less poignant. Lisa's comment that "all those hours [she and Bart] spent staring at Krusty...were staring at a crook" was much truer than she originally thought.

** With "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E15BartTheFink Bart the Fink]]" revealing that Krusty has been effectively robbing millions of dollars through tax evasion for years, proving his innocence in this episode feels a lot less poignant. Lisa's comment that "all those hours [she and Bart] spent staring at Krusty...were staring at a crook" was much truer than she originally thought.

* TheWoobie: Krusty, who nearly lost his freedom and career due to Sideshow Bob's FrameUp. Plus, Creator/DanCastellaneta's empathetic portrayal of him (particularly in him earnestly telling Bart that he didn't do the robbery) adds onto this.

** This episode represents Krusty as a sympathetic character who thanks Bart for his help, far from the UngratefulBastard that {{Flanderization}} would turn him into, not to mention how he's later revealed to be everyting from a BadBoss to a DirtyOldMan to TheGamblingAddict to a sexual harasser so bad he had to get "Ms. No Means No" as his court-appointed TV sidekick.

** This episode represents Krusty as a sympathetic character who thanks Bart for his help, far from the UngratefulBastard that {{Flanderization}} would turn him into.

** Krusty's heart attack mid-performance and nearly dying is eerily similar to that of Music/TheWiggles member Greg Page nearly 30 years after the episode's first airing.[[note]]Page suffered a cardiac arrest while performing a benefit concert for the 2020 Australian brushfires, albeit just offstage, but still in view of some of the horrified audience, but miraculously survived thanks to an off-duty nurse who attended the show and witnessed Greg's collapse.[[/note]]

** Krusty's heart attack mid-performance and nearly dying is eerily similar to that of children's musician [[Music/TheWiggles Greg Page]] 30 years after the episode's airing. Page suffered a cardiac arrest while performing a benefit concert for the 2020 Australian brushfires, albeit just offstage, but still in view of some of the horrified audience, but miraculously survived thanks to an off duty nurse who attended the show and witnessed Greg's collapse.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Krusty having a heart attack live, on-air? Horrifying. The children in the audience laughing at this? Hysterical. No wonder Kent Brockman describes it as one of television's most-beloved bloopers.