History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS9E1TheCityOfNewYorkVsHomerSimpson

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: There are many people who don’t find the fact that the episode consist of Homer going through a HumiliationConga for an entire day to be enjoying.

* FunnyAnuerysmMoment: The infamous "They stick all the jerks in tower one!" line, followed by the men in opposite buildings arguing rudely with each other until a third interrupts them, revealing all three men were jerks.

* HarsherInHindsight: The infamous "They stick all the jerks in tower one!" line.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: A holdover from Season 8, Homer's JerkAss behavior in this episode may have began his eventual Flanderization.

* CounterpartComparison: This episode is often compared to the book ''Literature/AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay'', only instead of a silver lining at the end of the end of it like in the book, we get garbage thrown in our faces.

* CounterpartComparison: This episode is often compared to the book AlexanderAndTheTerribleHorribleNoGoodVeryBadDay only instead of a silver lining at the end of the end of it like in the book we get garbage thrown in our faces.

* HarsherInHindsight:
** The infamous "They stick all the jerks in tower one!" line.

** The "Kickin' It" musical that Bart, Lisa, Maggie and Marge go to stars a man who's an {{Expy}} of Creator/CharlieSheen. Many years later, Sheen is still dealing with problems involving drugs and run-ins with the law.

* ValuesResonance: The Betty Ford Clinic musical about celebrities going to rehab for their erratic, criminal behavior is still relevant today, thanks to the likes of Creator/BritneySpears, Creator/LindsayLohan, Creator/CharlieSheen, Amanda Bynes, Tara Reid, Creator/ParisHilton, and others getting the same treatment (in fact, the main character of the musical even looks a little like Charlie Sheen, even if he was based on Creator/RobertDowneyJr).

* BaseBreakingCharacter: There are many people who don’t find the fact that the episode consist of Homer going through a HumiliationConga for an entire day to be enjoying.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: There are many people who don’t find the fact that the episode consist of homer going through a HumiliationConga for an entire day to be enjoying.

* HilariousInHindsight: As punishment for his car being left in New York City, [[DisproportionateRetribution Homer's car will be thrown into the East River]], which was known for its parasitic and hazardous conditions in 1997. Nowadays, the river has been cleaned up considerably and ironically enough, it would be far worse to throw it into the ''Hudson'' River, whose quality has severely declined in the years since this episode first aired.

* BaseBreaker: There are many people who don’t find the fact that the episode consist of homer going through a HumiliationConga for an entire day to be enjoying.

* HarsherInHindsight: The infamous "They stick all the jerks in tower one!" line.

** The "Checkin In" musical that Bart, Lisa, Maggie and Marge go to stars a man who's an {{Expy}} of Creator/CharlieSheen. Many years later, Sheen is still dealing with problems involving drugs and run-ins with the law.
* HilariousInHindsight: As [[DisproportionateRetribution punishment for his car being left in New York City]], Homer's car will be thrown in the East River, which was known for its parasitic and hazardous conditions in 1997. Nowadays, the river has been cleaned up considerably and ironically enough, it would be far worse to throw it into the ''Hudson'' River, whose quality has declined in the years since this episode first aired.

* ValuesResonance: On the flipside, the Betty Ford Clinic musical about celebrities going to rehab for their erratic, criminal behavior is still relevant today, thanks to the likes of Creator/BritneySpears, Creator/LindsayLohan, Creator/CharlieSheen, Amanda Bynes, Tara Reid, Creator/ParisHilton, and others getting the same treatment (in fact, the main character of the musical even looks a little like Charlie Sheen, even if it was based on Creator/RobertDowneyJr).

* FunnyAneurysmMoment / HarsherInHindsight: Thanks to the 9/11 attacks, this episode (which mostly takes place around the World Trade Center and includes a line about Tower 1 containing jerks) is not that fun to watch (though most people have claimed it was like that already thanks to Homer being a {{Jerkass}} in this episode). Even the writers on the DVD commentary acknowledge that watching this in the post-9/11 world is depressing.
* HilariousInHindsight [=/=] ValuesResonance: On the flipside, the Betty Ford Clinic musical about celebrities going to rehab for their erratic, criminal behavior is still relevant today, thanks to the likes of Creator/BritneySpears, Creator/LindsayLohan, Creator/CharlieSheen, Amanda Bynes, Tara Reid, Creator/ParisHilton, and others getting the same treatment (in fact, the main character of the musical even looks a little like Charlie Sheen, even if it was based on Creator/RobertDowneyJr).

* HilariousInHindsight [=/=] ValuesResonance: On the flipside, the Betty Ford Clinic musical about how celebrities go to rehab instead of jail for their erratic, criminal behavior is still relevant today, thanks to the likes of Creator/BritneySpears, Creator/LindsayLohan, Creator/CharlieSheen, Amanda Bynes, Tara Reid, Creator/ParisHilton, and others getting the same treatment (in fact, the main character of the musical even looks a little like Charlie Sheen, even if it was based on Creator/RobertDowneyJr).

* DudeNotFunny: Even without the WTC stuff, all the stuff Homer puts up with gets old, to the point where his orneriness is all but entirely justified.

* HilariousInHindsight [=/=] ValuesResonance: On the flipside, the Betty Ford Clinic musical about how celebrities go to rehab instead of jail for their erratic, criminal behavior is still relevant today, thanks to the likes of Creator/BritneySpears, Creator/LindsayLohan, Creator/CharlieSheen, Amanda Bynes, Tara Reid, Creator/ParisHilton, and others getting the same treatment (in fact, the main character of the musical even looks a little like Charlie Sheen, even if it was based on Creator/RobertDowneyJr).

* HilariousInHindsight: On the flipside, the Betty Ford Clinic musical about how celebrities go to rehab instead of jail for their erratic, criminal behavior is still relevant today, thanks to the likes of Creator/BritneySpears, Creator/LindsayLohan, Creator/CharlieSheen, Amanda Bynes, Tara Reid, Creator/ParisHilton, and others getting the same treatment (in fact, the main character of the musical even looks a little like Charlie Sheen, even if it was based on Creator/RobertDowneyJr).

* HilariousInHindsight: On the flipside, the Betty Ford Clinic musical about how celebrities go to rehab instead of jail for their erratic, criminal behavior is still relevant today, thanks to the likes of BritneySpears, LindsayLohan, CharlieSheen, Amanda Bynes, Tara Reid, ParisHilton, and others getting the same treatment. (In fact, the main character of the musical even looks a little like Charlie Sheen.)

* HilariousInHindsight: On the flipside, the Betty Ford Clinic musical about how celebrities go to rehab instead of jail for their erratic, criminal behavior is still relevant today, thanks to the likes of Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen, Amanda Bynes, Tara Reid, Paris Hilton, and others getting the same treatment. (In fact, the main character of the musical even looks a little like Charlie Sheen.)

* HilariousInHindsight: On the flipside, the Betty Ford Clinic musical about how celebrities go to rehab instead of jail for their erratic, criminal behavior is still relevant today, thanks to the likes of Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen, Amanda Bynes, Tara Reid, Paris Hilton, and others getting the same treatment.

* HilariousInHindsight: On the flipside, the Betty Ford Clinic musical about how celebrities go to rehab instead of jail is still relevant today, thanks to the likes of Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen, Amanda Bynes, Tara Reid, Paris Hilton, and others.