Line #7 Recap/TheSimpsonsS29E20ThrowGrampaFromTheDane


1	After receiving an insurance payout, the Simpson family decide to take Grampa to Denmark so that he can benefit from the country's free healthcare.
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5	* AdaptationDisplacement: InUniverse: Bart is surprised to learn ''The Little Mermaid'' was not invented by Disney but based on a fairy tale from Denmark.
6	* AskAStupidQuestion: When Homer sees the "Mona" tattoo Grandpa has, he asks if it's about his mother. Grandpa reponds "no, Mona Malloy", before slapping Homer for his stupidity.
7	* ArtisticLicenseLaw: American tourists can't receive free healthcare in Denmark. Generally, they would get treated, but would have to pay for it themselves.
8	* BaitAndSwitch: Homer and Abe are seen riding bicycles. They're tied on a car.
9	* BaitAndSwitchComment: When Homer reaches for his crotch and says he has Lisa's research right there, he actually means a printed research.
10	* BigBrotherInstinct: In Lisa’s fantasy about falling in love and getting married to a Danish prince, Bart inserts himself saving Lisa from an assassin.
11	* BilingualBonus: In Lisa's fantasy she's seen writing an e-mail to Prince Christian. The text is in perfect Danish and is mostly about Lisa confessing her love for the prince while trying to goad him into confessing back at her.
12	* TheCameo: [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Bender]] casually floats around in the water when the house is flooded. This also counts as a ContinuityNod to "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E6Simpsorama Simpsorama]]", showing that Bender's still waiting in their basement.
13	* EpicFail: Gil can't figure out how cell phone batteries are recharged.
14	* HehHehYouSaidX: Homer forces the Denmark tour to stop so he could laugh at a sign saying "fartkontrol", even after their tour guide explains it means "speed change" in Danish.
15	-->'''Marge:''' I apologize for my husband. In our language, that sign means something else.\
16	'''Tour guide:''' Yes, I know -- I'm speaking to you in your language.
17	* ImagineSpotting:
18	** The Simpsons consider staying in the Van Houtens' Airbnb, an idea Lisa doesn't like, imagining Milhouse bothering her while she tries to sleep. Bart then says he doesn't like the idea either because he doesn't want to be in a room where "guys walked around with their dinguses out." His image of this gets as far as a FeetFirstIntroduction before Marge disperses his thought balloon with her hands.
19	--->'''Marge:''' No! No, don't imagine that!
20	** Lisa imagines herself romantically involved with a prince. Bart imagines himself as a ninja saving their lives.
21	--->''(before fantasy)''\
22	'''Lisa:''' Oh, no. Here it comes. The fantasy about becoming a princess that no girl can resist.\
23	''(after fantasy)''\
24	'''Lisa:''' Bart, get out of my fantasy!\
25	'''Bart:''' Ah, geez, I saved your life. How about a "you're welcome"?
26	* MistakenForCheating: Marge sees Homer dancing with a Danish woman and assumes he was cheating on her.
27	* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: From Homer describing US healthcare as the third-best in North America to various jabs at then-president UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump, America comes up short in every way to Denmark throughout the episode. This gets reversed near the end with the family discovering Denmark's various drawbacks, cumulating in the tattoo artist who covers Abe's tattoo for free noting that the country just went bankrupt and making a break for Norway.
28	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Happens twice to Grandpa:
29	** First, after his visit to Dr. Nick, he returns to his family while still dressed in [[EmbarrassingHospitalGown only his hospital gown]], exposing his bare butt.
30	** Later, while trying to get an "accident" in the ''Literature/TheSnowQueen'' exhibit of the Hans Christian Anderson museum, it only results in him losing his clothes and landing naked in the exhibit for ''Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes''.
31	* NotSoAboveItAll: Lisa can't help but chuckle over the unintended meaning behind the "fart kontrol" sign.
32	* ReplacementGoldfish: Marge initially refuses to leave with Homer, causing him to say "[[TemptingFate The kids can't just replace me!]]" They've already glommed on to [[BigFun an endearingly big, chubby cat]] in their Airbnb.
33	-->'''Lisa:''' He's so cozy! ''He'' can sleep with Mom!
34	-->'''Bart:''' Can I get you a beer?
35	* TheReveal: The operation Grampa needs is to remove a tattoo of Mona.
36	* SarcasmMode: Grampa's answer when Homer asks if the Mona the tattoo is about Homer's mother.
37	* SecondActBreakup: Marge won't return to America with Homer. He tries to go home but comes back vowing to stay with her to find [[StatusQuoIsGod she's getting sick of Denmark anyway]].
38	* ShoutOutToShakespeare: Homer gives a hilarious paraphrasing of the soliloquy from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.
39	-->'''Homer:''' Tubby or not tubby? That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to withstand the wings and nachos of outrageous portions, or just have fish and end it. Aye, there's the rub! Brisket rub, Memphis rub, all the rubs I'll miss when I shuffle off from Buffalo mozzarella…
40	* SomethingWeForgot: Homer feels like he and his family forgot something. They forgot Grampa.
41	* TakeThat: Bart claims that Sebastian the Crab was the only funny character in ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', and Homer agrees with him.
42	* UglyAmericanStereotype: Homer, as always:
43	-->'''Marge:''' Think about how happy we'd be here. It's healthy, it's clean, it's incredibly civilized, and everything is done in moderation.
44	-->'''Homer:''' You're not describing a country. You're describing everything that's the opposite of me.
45	* TechnologicallyBlindElders: Subverted and Inverted. Gil needs help with his computer and it's provided by someone older than him but he insists on speaking of her like she's younger than him.

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