Line #16 Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E7BlazedAndConfused


1	Bart does battle with his bully of a new fourth grade teacher (voiced by Creator/WillemDafoe). Said battle, plus Homer forgetting to book a Labor Day campsite one year in advance, leads the family to attend a Burning Man parody called "Blazing Guy".
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6	* {{Bowdlerise}}: An interesting variation that also doubles as EditedForSyndication. When Lassen is being interviewed by Skinner and he brings up a scar he got, there are two versions of the scene - one where he grabs a letter opener on Skinner's desk and uses it to cut his right cheek open, and a version where he simply removes a plaster on his cheek (which appears between scenes) to reveal the scar underneath (although the sound effects remain unchanged, and you can still hear the sound of the blood dripping onto Skinner's desk if you listen carefully enough). Disney+ uses the 'cheek cutting' version whilst some networks like Sky Showcase use the 'plaster' version. This is played straight on Channel 4's broadcast - since they only got the 'cheek cutting' version, the scene awkwardly cuts from Lassen's line about 'duct-taping children to the wall' to Skinner hiring him.
7	* BreakTheHaughty: Lassen does this to Nelson and then Bart, though that doesn't stop the latter from finding ways to get back at him (and finally succeeding).
8	* BringMyBrownPants: When Bart shows him the prank he has planned for the teacher, Milhouse says "It's good, but it doesn't make me pee my pants." Then the teacher comes in and Milhouse wets his pants.
9	* CallBack: The Coyote SpiritAdvisor from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E9ElViajeMisteriosoDeNuestroJomer El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Jomer]]" appears in one of Marge's hallucinations.
10	* CreatorCameo: The guy with the flaming sousaphone at Blazing Guy is long-time[[note]]as in "ever since the Tracey Ullman days"[[/note]] animation director David Silverman, who routinely attends the real Burning Man under the name "Tubatron."
11	* ContinuityNod: Mr. Lassen calls Nelson "Smellson", causing him to break down and say that he hoped nobody would've thought of that. However, in "New Kids on the Blecch", Nelson finds the name amusing when it's used in a MAD Magazine article. L.T. Smash protests that he could've come up with it.
12	* DartboardOfHate: Sideshow Bob has one of Bart in his cell.
13	* TheDreaded: Mr. Lassen, considering Superintendent Chalmers said "God have mercy" when he saw which teacher was coming to Springfield Elementary.
14	* DudeNotFunny: Milhouse interrupts Lisa's history report with a reference to ''Film/TheShining''. She isn't amused.
15	* EmbarrassingNickname: The new teacher nicknames Nelson "Smellson".
16	-->'''Nelson''': I prayed no one would ever think of that!
17	* EveryoneHasStandards:
18	** Chalmers is horrified when he learned that Mr. Lassen will be teaching Bart’s fourth class at Springfield Elementary School. And later fires him after learning he tried to burn one of his students, something that the school board isn't usually allowed to do.
19	** Nelson is appalled at Lassen forcing Bart to touch an electric orb (which dial is set to "agonizing").
20	--->"Even ''I'' think this is too far."
21	* HeresJohnnyHomage: when Jack Lassen sees the insult Bart wrote on the chalkboard, he punches the board hard enough to knock a hole in the wall between his class and Lisa's. Afterwards, Millhouse peeks through the hole and shouts "Here's Millie!".
22	* KickTheDog: Mr. Lassen kicks a cat as he walks by it.
23	* LoggingOntoTheFourthWall: A ProductPlacement joke, where Milhouse talks about the production of ''Film/TheHobbit'', is followed by on-screen text that reads "NEW ZEALAND (THE MILHOUSE OF AUSTRALIA) www.nzfilmhere.nz). As of July 2021, visiting this URL redirects you to the Simpsons page on the FOX website.
24	* MaliciousMisnaming: Nelson's EmbarrassingNickname mentioned above.
25	* MushroomSamba: Marge after taking some "tea" at Blazing Guy.
26	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Lassen and Sideshow Bob try to form an alliance against Bart but it fails because Bob refuses the idea of sharing the role of killing Bart.
27	* PunBasedTitle: To the Music/LedZeppelin song "Dazed And Confused" from ''[[Music/LedZeppelin1969 Led Zeppelin I]]''
28	* {{Revenge}}: Bart gets this on how his new teacher humiliated him in front of his peers, and does this by humiliating him at Blazing Guy by putting fire retardant on the statue.
29	* SadTrombone: Played on the aforementioned flaming sousaphone.
30	* SadistTeacher: Bart's new teacher Mr. Lassen, who would harm to torture students. A trait even the other teachers and staff members wouldn’t cross.
31	* SeriesContinuityError: Superintendent Chalmers claims that "they" (meaning either Springfield Elementary or the school district) have never fired a teacher before Jack Lassen, although they've fired at least two: Edna Krabappel (before hiring her back) and her replacement Zachary Vaughn in the episode "Bart Gets a Z."
32	* ShamefulStrip: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], as when Lassen fails to put the Blazing guy on fire, others participants bring shame on him by ''putting his clothes back on him''.
33	* ShoutOut:
34	** The title is a reference to the Music/LedZeppelin song "Dazed And Confused".
35	** While trying to book a place for his family's camping trip, Homer asks for the place with [[Franchise/FridayThe13th the killer who wears a hockey mask]].
36	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E6TreehouseOfHorrorV Heeeerrrrrrrreeeeeeeee's]] [[Film/TheShining MILLIE!]]"
37	* TheSociopath: Lassen is described as one of the "sociopathic [[ChildHater child-haters]]" by Chalmers. The fact that he doesn't do anything to prove him wrong is an {{Understatement}}.
38	* TraumaticHaircut: One of Lassen's punishments that he inflicts upon Bart.
39	* VillainTeamUp: Subverted in the ending. Apparently, Lassen and Sideshow Bob don't make a good team at all if they can't take turns gutting Bart.
40	* WouldHurtAChild: Lassen has no problem trying to burn Bart to a crisp after he ruined his ceremony. He was also willing to team up with Sideshow Bob to kill him near the end of the episode.

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