Line #4 Recap/TheSimpsonsS28E1MontyBurnsFleeingCircus


1	Mr. Burns puts on a variety show at the Springfield Bowl, only for his traumatic memories of the 1913 Pee-Wee Pageant to resurface during auditions. It's up to Lisa, hired as Mr. Burns' partner and personal assistant, to convince him to go through with the show. Meanwhile, the nuclear plant workers decide to have fun in Mr. Burns' absence, leaving Homer responsible to remotivate them to go back to work.
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3	!!Tropes:
4	* AmusingInjuries: Kirk van Houten got dismembered by the new Lard Lad statue's out of control beams, but seems more annoyed than anything. Mayor Quimby just tells him they'll grow back.
5	* ArtShift: The CouchGag has the characters done in the style of ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime''.
6	* BaitAndSwitchComment: After receiving a phone call from Mr. Burns, Carl gravely says he'll tell the workers... he then acquires a happier tone and says the pizzas arrived.
7	* BrickJoke:
8	** While canvasing the site of the Lard Lad statue's disappearance, Chief Wiggum mentions another famous statue, but can't remember its name. He's still thinking it over during the replacement statue's unveiling, surprised that they're all doing something else.
9	** Homer plans to "Arnold Palmer" someone at work. He later suffers it himself.
10	* ComesGreatResponsibility: In Homer's case, with bigger than average height.
11	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Mr. Burns says women will be allowed to enter his show with written permission from their husbands, fathers and ministers.
12	* DrivenToSuicide: When the sunbeam strikes some people waiting for laser eye surgery, their vision is fixed and they leave the surgeon's office, driving him to pull out a gun and point it at his head.
13	* EurekaMoment: Barney's offhanded remark about thinking helps Chief Wiggum remember the name of the statue he was trying to remember.
14	* FanDisservice: Mr. Burns' bare ass.
15	* {{Irony}}: Homer decides to actually step up and do his job as safety inspector, only to find it was too little too late. He even laments that he was actually TRYING to do his job this time.
16	* TheMole: Lisa agrees to become Mr. Burns' assistant so she'll have a chance to find out what he's up to.
17	* MonumentalTheft: The episode's plot is kicked off when the Lard Lad statue disappears.
18	* MythologyGag: Homer was imagining his ancestors getting cursed by God after the Virgin Mary does the ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' pose. The same pose was done by Bart, portraying Jesus, in the previous episode, Simpsons Christmas Stories.
19	* NegativeContinuity: Homer assumes that there are other safety inspectors around to cover for him and is highly alarmed when Marge tells him that he is, and to her belief has always been, the only one ("I've never seen another.") The episode "Bart's New Friend" two seasons earlier opened with the revelation that another safety inspector, Don Bookner, had been covering for Homer for years, causing the whole job to fall to a terrified Homer when Bookner retired.
20	* PersonAsVerb: Homer fills a super soaker with lemonade and explains to Marge that the plan is for Carl to fill one with iced tea so they can "Arnold Palmer" Lenny.
21	* SelectiveObliviousness: As far as Marge is concerned the family is having a nice outing together, and not looking for where Homer forget he parked the car.
22	* ShoutOut: The title is a play on ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.
23	* SignsOfDisrepair: Among the burning destruction caused by the replacement Lard Lad statue reflecting a sunbeam around town, the Springfield sign on the hill now reads '[[{{Pun}} S-I-N-G-E-D]]'.
24	* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: The (poorly made) replacement Lard Lad statue ends up reflecting the sunlight and burns the majority of Springfield.
25	* ThatsAllFolks: Ralph ends off the episode saying the famous catchphrase.
26	* ThinkerPose: Chief Wiggum goes into the pose and even says 'thinking' ironically while trying to remember the statue's name.
27	* TimeSkip: Six months after the townsfolk agreed to rebuild Springfield, the town remains "S-I-N-G-E-D".

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