1 | '''Original air date:''' 5/6/2007 |
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3 | '''Production code:''' JABF-13 |
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5 | Maggie wreaking havoc over having her pacifier taken away leads Homer to sleepwalk thanks to some prescription medication, and later, Homer joins the town's fire-fighting force, where he, Apu, and Moe make a killing stealing items from burning buildings. |
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7 | !! Tropes: |
8 | * BaitAndSwitch: Towards the end of the episode, a woman outside a burning building shouts, "My baby!", and follows it with, "...Could do worse than grow up to be like you, sir." |
9 | * BlandNameProduct: Nappien the prescription sleep medication is a send-up of Ambien. |
10 | * BuffySpeak: Homer lamenting his financial situation. |
11 | --> '''Homer''': Aw, I have three kids and no money. Why can't I have no kids and three money? |
12 | * CallBack: During Homer's sleepwalking montage Bart had him participate in a street fight where he soaks every hit and lightly punch the guy out after he is tired, like he used to do as a professional boxer. |
13 | * CardCarryingVillain: Moe literally has a card describing him as a villain. His face appears in a DastardlyWhiplash style. He also had a hero card in the back of his villain card. |
14 | * TheCorrupter: Moe leads the other volunteers into becoming looters. |
15 | * DopeSlap: Homer does this to Bart when Bart somewhat impolitely asks him why he can't just stop taking the sleeping pills instead of locking himself in the bedroom. |
16 | -->'''Homer:''' Because I'm filled with ''STRESS!'' |
17 | * FaceHeelTurn: Homer, Apu and Moe change from being real heroes to taking advantage of their positions as volunteer firefighters to rob the people they're supposed to help. |
18 | * GenreSavvy: When Moe says he'll also become a firefighter, he explains his wording by saying he's sure he's not the first one. |
19 | * LastSecondWordSwap: Lisa narrowly avoids saying the real-life sleep medication Ambien by interrupting herself halfway through with the fictional Napien. |
20 | * MoralityChain: Seeing the sad faces of his children once they learned the truth is what made Homer regret stealing from those he was supposed to help. |
21 | * MyBelovedSmother: Marge reads a magazine called "Smothering Mother". |
22 | * NotSoInnocentWhistle: Bart after he and Milhouse dress the sleepwalking Homer up as a woman and push him into Moe's, only for Moe to emerge with a lustful grin and put up the "Closed" sign. |
23 | * OutOfCharacterMoment: Averted; when Mr. Burns stiffs the firefighters who saved him, Moe grumbles, "I can't believe he acted completely in character!" |
24 | * SecretOtherFamily: An ad for a medication has a list of stress sources with "secret other family" in it. |
25 | * SideEffectsInclude: Sleepia causes foot fattening and elbow stink. |
26 | * SkewedPriorities: Kent Brockman interviews a man who's stuck inside his burning house: |
27 | --> '''Brockman''': Sir, how does it feel knowing that no one is coming to save you?\ |
28 | '''Man''': [[AssholeVictim Oh, not as bad as knowing that somewhere, gays are marrying each other. That's the real emergency, Kent.]]\ |
29 | '''Brockman''': Once again, crisis has brought out the best in us. |
30 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Mr. Burns' only role in the story is to be the only ungrateful person among those rescued by the volunteer firefighters but that's what turns them into thieves. |
31 | * SoundDefect: Even though everyone refers to the signal to alert the firefighters of an emergency as a "fire siren," it actually makes the noise of a loud bell ringing (sounding like the school bell/fire alarm at Springfield Elementary School) instead of a siren. |
32 | * TakeThat: Homer compares himself to 80% of America: [[MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting "Whacked out on prescription drugs."]] |
33 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Principal Skinner is the one volunteer not to become corrupted by greed. Sadly, Homer drowns him out with the various noises the fire engine makes to silence him. |
34 | * UngratefulBastard: Mr. Burns. His ungratefulness towards the volunteer firefighters was what turned them into thieves. |
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