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3	'''Original air date:''' 1/4/1998 ''(produced in 1997)''
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5	'''Production code:''' 5F24 [[note]]This is a special production code, which clip shows are assigned with. The episode in question was not produced after the rest of the 5F production line.[[/note]]
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7	It's yet another ''Simpsons'' clip show episode. In this one, Homer and Bart rent the Creator/ClintEastwood[=/=]Creator/LeeMarvin musical ''Film/PaintYourWagon''; however, they're under the impression that it's a gritty spaghetti Western. Upset over the turn of events, Homer voices his dislike for musicals and singing, and the rest of the family show them (with the help of some conveniently-obtained videos) that a lot of The Simpsons' memories include singing and big musical numbers -- which gets interrupted when resident criminal Snake Jailbird holds the family hostage.
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9	This is the first of [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E13TheJoyOfSect two episodes]] to be produced by David Mirkin (seasons 5–6 showrunner) instead of current showrunner Mike Scully.
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12	!!Sequences/songs highlighted:
13	* "[[https://youtu.be/EVRcmnVYlLI Baby on Board]]" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E1HomersBarbershopQuartet Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]"
14	* "[[https://youtu.be/GF63MLEApE4 We Put the Spring in Springfield]]" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E5BartAfterDark Bart After Dark]]"
15	* "[[https://youtu.be/PshxGXH0xRc Springfield, Springfield]]" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E8BoyScoutzNTheHood Boy-Scouts 'N the Hood]]"
16	* "[[https://youtu.be/7s7YR9wS8eg Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?]]" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E13HomerAndApu Homer and Apu]]"
17	* "[[https://youtu.be/SzLHU6S4oic Send in the Clowns]]" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E22KrustyGetsKancelled Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"
18	* "[[https://youtu.be/TyWVaZsUQjc See My Vest]]" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E20TwoDozenAndOneGreyhounds Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]]"
19	* "[[https://youtu.be/ZDOI0cq6GZM The Monorail Song]]" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E12MargeVsTheMonorail Marge Vs. the Monorail]]"
20	* "[[https://youtu.be/ulDC1w1ydLI In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida]]" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E4BartSellsHisSoul Bart Sells His Soul]]"
21	* "[[https://youtu.be/dSpOjj4YD8c We Do (The Stonecutters' Song)]]" from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E12HomerTheGreat Homer the Great]]"
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24	!!Tropes featured:
25	* BaitAndSwitch: What Homer and Bart get from ''Paint Your Wagon'', but especially this moment, when Lee Marvin appears:
26	-->'''Lee Marvin:''' Hey, what the ''hell's'' going on in my town?\
27	'''Clint Eastwood:''' We're just painting this wagon. You got a problem with that?\
28	'''Lee Marvin:''' As a matter of fact, I ''do''........ you missed a spot.\
29	'''Clint Eastwood:''' Well, grab a brush, and join in!
30	* BringMyBrownPants: When Snake first shows up:
31	-->'''Marge:''' ''(singing)'' It's a desperate criminal on the run from the law. Please, spare my family...\
32	'''Homer:''' ''(singing)'' And their damp-trousered pa.
33	* ClipShow: Mixed with MusicalEpisode and BottleEpisode.
34	* CouchGag: The floor is a treadmill with Marge, Lisa, Bart, and Maggie running in place before sitting on the couch, while Homer falls and gets stuck on it yelling, "[[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons Marge, stop this crazy thing!]]"
35	* CulturalTranslation:
36	** In Spain, the line "[[UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball the point after touch-down!]]" in the song "We put the spring in Springfield" is changed to "[[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball the great goal on extra-time!]]" (funnily, almost all songs were untranslated and just subbed for their original episodes, but the studio figured they couldn't leave this one almost completely in English and redid all in Spanish this time).
37	** "The cheese on your cake" is changed to "the cherry on your cake", perhaps because cheesecake is not as popular.
38	* DisproportionateRetribution: Snake Jailbird decides to try to shoot the Simpsons (twice) because he is annoyed with their singing. He also shoots at Marge when she starts humming before cutting to credits and silences the credits music [[RuleOfThree thrice]] - twice the Danny Elfman music and then [[LogoJoke the production company jingle]] - by shooting and hollering it to be quiet.
39	* EarWorm: The family's singing proves to be so catchy that it gets a tune stuck in Snake's head, which annoys him to the point of wanting to kill them.
40	* ExcusePlot:
41	** In the video, the wagon is just an excuse for the characters to start singing.
42	** The episode itself. Homer and Bart rent a musical by mistake and the family remember songs they sang in the past. That's it.
43	* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: By the end of the episode, Snake is so fed up with music that he shoots the orchestra who plays the ending theme, even targeting the performers of the Gracie Films theme.
44	* FreezeFrameBonus: One of the performers in ''Paint Your Wagon'' greatly resembles Troy [=McClure=].
45	* HopeSpot: Homer hopes Lee Marvin's appearance will get things back on track. Instead, he sings about oil-based paint and pine.
46	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Marge remarks that, when singing, Bart sounds like [[Creator/NancyCartwright a girl]].
47	* LogoJoke: Snake, who was already getting annoyed by the end credits music, shoots the Gracie Films logo.
48	-->'''Snake:''' You too, Gracie music dude! Gaw!
49	* MoodWhiplash: What is supposed to be a happy musical-based clip show becomes this when Snake breaks in the family's house and threatens them with his gun.
50	* MusicalEpisode: The episode highlights musical numbers throughout the first eight seasons. Almost all the framing sequences are entirely in song.
51	* NegativeContinuity: The Simpsons got all of their possessions back, despite the Springfielders taking them away at the end of the previous episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E10MiracleOnEvergreenTerrace Miracle on Evergreen Terrace]]". But that's assuming the show has a continuity at all.
52	* PottyFailure:
53	-->'''Snake:''' ''(singing)'' I'm back, so resume wetting your pants!\
54	'''Homer:''' ''(speaking)'' Okay.
55	* RageBreakingPoint: The moment that causes Homer to eject the tape out of the VCR straight into a trash can is when Marge and Lisa start gushing over Lee Marvin's singing and dancing.
56	* SameContentDifferentRating: This episode originally aired with a TV-G rating. Despite this, mild profanities like "hell" are present (particularly in the song "Springfield, Springfield" from "Boy Scoutz n’ the Hood") and the wraparound plot involves Snake holding the entire family at gunpoint.
57	* SelfDeprecation: In the grand finale of the songs
58	-->'''Lisa:''' There is something worse...\
59	'''Bart:''' ...And it really does blow....\
60	'''Family:''' ...When a long running series does a cheesy clip shoooow!
61	* SeriesContinuityError: In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E20TwoDozenAndOneGreyhounds Two Dozen and One Greyhounds]]", Bart claimed that "See My Vest" was "[[ActuallyQuiteCatchy pretty catchy]]" and even hummed along with the tune. Here, the bit alongside Mr. Burns showing affection for "Little Monty" was removed (it goes from Burns and Smithers's "I really like the vest" conversation after the song to Bart saying, "We got to get the dogs out of here,") and in the FramingDevice, Bart claims that "it wasn't worth Burns' song and dance."
62	* ShoutOut: Beyond the clips and their inspirations, other films and musicals are name-dropped, including ''Film/WaitingToExhale'', ''Film/{{Emma}}'' and ''Theatre/LesMiserables''.
63	* SongParody: The song Snake sings while speaking with the Simpson family is a parody of "Zanzibar" by Music/BillyJoel.
64	* StunnedSilence: Bart and Homer's initial reaction to seeing the singing and dancing that makes up ''Paint Your Wagon'' is to stare in opened mouth shock.
65	* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: The clip segments showcasing Homer and Bart singing and dancing are framed as the Simpsons' home videos, no matter how improbable the context. The remaining segments, on the other hand, are straightforward flashbacks.
66	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In-universe, Homer complains that so much singing ruined the story about the wagon.
67	* TooKinkyToTorture: Snake lampshades this, and it scares him out of the Simpson home.
68	-->'''Snake:''' ''(singing)'' A singing family?!? It's worse than I feared! For hostage purposes, you're just too weird! Bye! ''(Exit: living room window)''
69	* WhamLine: Snake arrives out of nowhere in the middle of a sung discussion of Bart's performance in "Springfield, Springfield," which he's embarrassed about.
70	-->'''Marge:''' I think you move like a young Baryshnikov!
71	-->'''Snake:''' Nobody move or I'll blow your heads off!
72	* WouldHurtAChild: Snake threatens the lives of the entire Simpson family multiple times. He goes so far as to point his shotgun at the heads of Bart, Lisa and even Maggie, pulling the trigger while the shotgun is aimed at each individual child's head. Thankfully, the gun wasn't loaded.
73	* YankTheDogsChain: Lisa asks Homer if he got ''Film/{{Emma}}''. Homer chuckles and tells her, "Whoa whoa, calm down little lady, take it easy", suggesting that he was able to get a copy. But then he answers: "No."

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