History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS9E22TrashOfTheTitans

* StrawmanHasAPoint: While he retaliates to a detrimentally spiteful level, Homer was right to be unimpressed by the garbage collectors' attitudes. They brushed him off when he was in clear sight with his garbage, only coming back to threaten him after he snapped at them in response ([[{{Hypocrite}} and complain about his lack of civility after Love Day]]) before [[DisproportionateRetribution beating him up and permanently cutting his house off their service]]. Homer could have easily complained about the unprofessional behaviour to Patterson or outright sued for public assault, rather than following Marge's direction of apologising to ''them'' or his own direction of [[DisproportionateRetribution stealing Patterson's career]]. In both Marge and Patterson's defence, Homer wasn't exactly clear about what started the fight, and from [[NotHelpingYourCase the moronic way he makes his case]], he made it sound like he pissed them off for no reason.

** Homer agrees to have cities pay him to bury their trash for them because he desperately wanted to avoid a garbage workers' strike, and this ''literally'' blows up in everybody's faces, with Springfield getting so badly trashed that they relocate the entire town five miles away. So, this sends the message that strikes are a ''good'' thing because they force much-needed change. If Homer and Mayor Quimby had to deal with striking workers, they would've gotten to a solution that wouldn't have endangered Springfield.

* {{Squick}}: Krusty throws out a box labelled "''used-up'' porno".

* {{Squick}}: Krusty throws out a box labelled "'''used-up''' porno".

* HilariousInHindsight: Patty and Selma being in the sex offender registry line becomes prophetic considering their actions in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E17KissKissBangBangalore Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore]]", wherein they kidnap Creator/RichardDeanAnderson.

* StrawmanHasAPoint: While he retaliates to a detrimentally spiteful level, Homer was right to be unimpressed by the garbage collectors' attitudes. They brushed him off when he was in clear sight with his garbage, only coming back to threaten him after he snapped at them in response ([[{{Hypocrite}} and complain about his lack of civility after Love Day]]) and later beat him up, while also refusing to collect his trash. Homer could have easily complained about the negligence to Patterson or outright sued for public assault, rather than following Marge's direction of apologising to ''them'' or his own direction of [[DisproportionateRetribution stealing Patterson's career]]. In Marge's defense, Homer wasn't exactly clear about what started the fight, and from the way he described it he made it sound like he pissed them off for no reason.

* ValuesResonance: Besides its GreenAesop (which WordOfGod says was [[AccidentalAesop unintentional]]), the episode seems like a satire of the Tea Party when viewed today without context, as Homer spews angry rhetoric at a respected politician with little thought of how he would do better if elected, and after being elected, messes up so horribly everyone hates him. Ray Patterson's lines "Nobody wants to hear the nonsensical ravings of a loudmouthed malcontent!" and "the American people have never tolerated incompetence from its elected officials." hit harder than ever in light of how badly-received the Tea Party-dominated Congress has been, having the lowest all-time approval ratings throughout TheNewTens, and how unpopular UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump has been as a president.

** One could also see it as AnAesop against petty grudges or standoffish behaviour, with Homer's fanatically spiteful retaliation towards one slight doing far more damage to him, his family and the whole town, when just amicably filing a complaint could have likely quickly solved things.

* FanonDiscontinuity: Because of Homer's Jerkass attitude and the wacky direction the show was going in season nine (not to mention the fact that this was the 200th episode), this episode (to most fans) feels like a good place to stop watching ''The Simpsons''. On top of that, most family sitcoms do end with the characters moving away. Since ''The Simpsons'' is a parody of those type of sitcoms, they decided to turn it UpToEleven and have the whole town move.

* ValuesResonance: Besides its GreenAesop (which WordOfGod says was [[AccidentalAesop unintentional]]), the episode seems like a satire of the Tea Party when viewed today without context, as Homer spews angry rhetoric at a respected politician with little thought of how he would do better if elected, and after being elected, messes up so horribly everyone hates him. Ray Patterson's lines "Nobody wants to hear the nonsensical ravings of a loudmouthed malcontent!" and "the American people have never tolerated incompetence from its elected officials." hit harder than ever in light of how badly-received the Tea Party-dominated Congress has been, having the lowest all-time approval ratings throughout the 2010s, and how unpopular Donald Trump has been as a president.

* ValuesResonance: Besides its GreenAesop (which WordOfGod says was [[AccidentalAesop unintentional]]), the episode seems like a satire of the Tea Party when viewed today without context, as Homer spews angry rhetoric at a respected politician with little thought of how he would do better if elected, and after being elected, messes up so horribly everyone hates him. Ray Patterson's lines "Nobody wants to hear the nonsensical ravings of a loudmouthed malcontent!" and "the American people have never tolerated incompetence from its elected officials." hit harder than ever in light of how badly-received the Tea Party-dominated Congress has been, having the lowest all-time approval ratings throughout the 2010s, and how unpopular Donald Trump has been as a president.
** This episode chastises the trend of style over substance, particularly in politics, as Homer only wins by insulting his opponent and making outlandish promises [[DidntThinkThisThrough that he fails to see are absolutely impractical]].