Line #6 Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E11PorkAndBurns


1	Marge is inspired by a Japanese book on minimalism to adapt to a new way of living, so the Simpsons have to part with items that no longer bring them joy, which includes Homer finding a new home for the family pig.
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3	!! This episode provides examples of:
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5	* AccidentalTruth: Plopper really ''does'' serve the proper function of a therapy animal to Homer, making him happier with life and putting his emotions on a more even keel.
6	* AnythingButThat: Homer's reaction to Marge's ultimatum:
7	-->'''Marge:''' If you don't find a home for that pig, I'm going to withhold...\
8	'''Homer:''' No, whatever you're going to withhold... anything but that! I'll find him a home!
9	* BerserkButton: Marge is impressed when Bart turns over a gravy boat and [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Homer is unfazed]], noting that spilled gravy is in his "top three [[RunningGag strangulation triggers]]."
10	* BehindTheBlack: When Lisa donates her fad-based Malibu Stacys to Comic Book Guy, she walks off screen, and Comic Book Guy (who just told her they were worth nothing) immediately starts putting expensive price tags on them. [[SubvertedTrope Then Lisa catches him in the act, since she never actually left the store.]]
11	* TheBusCameBack: Or in this case, possibly never left at all: it turns out that Plopper, who has only made sporadic appearances around Springfield in the decade following TheMovie, has been living in the family's backyard for some time, which has never come up because Marge is the only one who takes care of him. Bart is surprised to discover that they still have a pig at all.
12	* CaptionHumor:
13	-->SO THE PIG, [[BaitAndSwitchComparison AND PLOPPER]], WERE REUNITED. [[BrattyHalfPint CHYRON BY BART]].
14	* ContinuityNod: The family's tossed-out possessions include Homer's Mr. Plow jacket. Not to worry: [[StatusQuoIsGod Marge secretly saved everything the family "threw out" in a storage unit]], where we also see a "Gnome in Your Home" from the previous episode (apparently Marge managed to spare at least one from Maggie's rampage).
15	* EveryoneHasStandards: Even [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E14LisaVsMalibuStacy the creator of Lisa Lionheart]] is happy to get rid of "Businesswoman Malibu Stacy, Plus-Size Malibu Stacy, and Non-Gender-Normative Malibu Stacy."
16	-->'''Lisa:''' Your attempts to enter the 21st century brought joy to no one.
17	* ForgetfulJones: Homer on the word "wallow":
18	-->'''Marge:''' ''(discussing Plopper)'' Look, I'm the only one who feeds him, cleans him, and maintains his wallow.\
19	'''Homer:''' I am grateful beyond words.\
20	'''Marge:''' I bet you didn't even know it was called a wallow.\
21	'''Homer:''' I certainly did!\
22	'''Marge:''' Then tell me what it's called.\
23	'''Homer:''' What ''[[ParrotExpoWhat what]]'' was called?\
24	'''Marge:''' The word I just said.\
25	'''Homer:''' Marge, I don't know what the word is. Let's not [[AccidentalPun wallow]] in this all day.\
26	''(Marge groans)''
27	* MeadowRun: PlayedForLaughs with Homer and Plopper's reunion at the end.
28	* MoralityPet: Homer won't strangle Bart in front of Plopper and in fact [[FuzzTherapy has no desire to]].
29	* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: Marge describes the storing business as the only growing industry in America.
30	* NegativeContinuity: Smithers mentions having figured out that Bart is El Barto, which, as of "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart," should no longer be a secret.
31	* {{Recut}}: The August 27, 2017 airing of this episode replaced the TitleSequence with a blinded Homer making a public announcement about the recent solar eclipse.
32	* ObfuscatingDisability: Homer fakes the symptoms of anxiety and receives a diagnosis so that Plopper can become his therapy animal, albeit [[AccidentalTruth he ends up having an actual anxiety attack when the pig is injured by Burns' hounds]].
33	* OhCrap: When Lisa says she thought the family meeting was about reducing the carbon footprint of her college fund, Homer tells her he just did. When she asks why it was so easy to do, she realizes it's because she doesn't 'have' a college fund.
34	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Homer is so desperate to keep Plopper that he's willing to give up beer. Marge agrees to this deal ''instantly''.
35	* PetTheDog: After telling Lisa he understands what it's like to believe that life is horrible because [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E10LisasFirstWord he felt that way when she was born]], Bart hijacks the school's P.A. system to play one of her jazz compositions, reviving her love for her art.
36	* SequelEpisode: To ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', showing that the family still has Plopper (alias Spider-Pig), and having to decide what to do with him.
37	* StatusQuoIsGod: Homer gets the family pig back and the items the Simpsons parted with were actually stored away.
38	* ThinkOfTheChildren: Spoofed:

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