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* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E23MuchApuAboutNothing Much Apu About Nothing]]": Ned Flanders spots a bear outside his house, which creates a panic around town about the alleged bear threat. This leads the town to start a Bear Patrol, which costs a lot in taxes and further angers the town. So Mayor Quimby blames the high taxes on illegal immigrants and proposes stricter immigration laws, inviting the main plot of Homer helping Apu become a legal citizen.
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* "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E23MuchApuAboutNothing Much Apu About Nothing]]": Ned Flanders spots a bear outside his house, which creates a panic around town about the alleged bear threat. This leads the town to start a Bear Patrol, which costs a lot in taxes and further angers the town. So Mayor Quimby blames the high taxes on illegal immigrants and proposes stricter immigration laws, inviting the main plot of Homer helping Apu become a legal citizen.citizen.
* [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS29E16KingLeer King Leer]]: The plot starts with Marge attempting to get Bart into playing a musical instrument and the school loaning them an expensive violin. Upon learning that Homer will have to pay for the violin if it's broken, Bart takes the opportunity to torment Homer by making repeated attempts to destroy it until Homer reaches his RageBreakingPoint and destroys it himself, at which point he goes to Moe's and the matter of the broken violin never comes up again as the plot switches focus to Moe.
* [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS29E16KingLeer King Leer]]: The plot starts with Marge attempting to get Bart into playing a musical instrument and the school loaning them an expensive violin. Upon learning that Homer will have to pay for the violin if it's broken, Bart takes the opportunity to torment Homer by making repeated attempts to destroy it until Homer reaches his RageBreakingPoint and destroys it himself, at which point he goes to Moe's and the matter of the broken violin never comes up again as the plot switches focus to Moe.
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* One of the very earliest examples is Season 2's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness Brush With Greatness]]", where the first act is about a disastrous trip to the theme park Mt. Splashmore, which leads Homer to [[DietEpisode resolve to go on a diet]] at the end of the act... and that turns out only to be the B story; the main plot, about Marge reviving her ambition to be a painter, doesn't start until part of the way through Act 2.
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* One of the very earliest examples is Season 2's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness Brush With Greatness]]", where the first act is about a disastrous trip to the theme park Mt. Splashmore, which leads Homer to [[DietEpisode resolve to go on a diet]] at the end of the act... and that his diet turns out only to be the B story; the main plot, about Marge reviving her ambition to be a painter, doesn't start until part of the way through Act 2.
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* One of the very earliest examples is Season 2's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness Brush With Greatness]]", where the first act is about a disastrous trip to the theme part Mt. Splashmore, which leads Homer to resolve to go on a diet at the end of the act... and that turns out only to be the B story; the main plot, about Marge reviving her ambition to be a painter, doesn't start until part of the way through Act 2.
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* One of the very earliest examples is Season 2's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness Brush With Greatness]]", where the first act is about a disastrous trip to the theme part park Mt. Splashmore, which leads Homer to [[DietEpisode resolve to go on a diet diet]] at the end of the act... and that turns out only to be the B story; the main plot, about Marge reviving her ambition to be a painter, doesn't start until part of the way through Act 2.
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* One of the very earliest examples is Season 2's "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness Brush With Greatness]]", where the first act is about a disastrous trip to the theme part Mt. Splashmore, which leads Homer to resolve to go on a diet at the end of the act... and that turns out only to be the B story; the main plot, about Marge reviving her ambition to be a painter, doesn't start until part of the way through Act 2.
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* One of the very earliest examples is Season 2's "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness Brush With Greatness]]", where the first act is about a disastrous trip to the theme part Mt. Splashmore, which leads Homer to resolve to go on a diet at the end of the act... and that turns out only to be the B story; the main plot, about Marge reviving her ambition to be a painter, doesn't start until part of the way through Act 2.
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* One of the very earliest examples is Season 2's ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness]]'', where the first act is about a disastrous trip to the theme part Mt. Splashmore, which leads Homer to resolve to go on a diet at the end of the act... and that turns out only to be the B story; the main plot, about Marge reviving her ambition to be a painter, doesn't start until Act 2.
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* One of the very earliest examples is Season 2's ''[[https://tvtropes."[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness]]'', php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness Brush With Greatness]]", where the first act is about a disastrous trip to the theme part Mt. Splashmore, which leads Homer to resolve to go on a diet at the end of the act... and that turns out only to be the B story; the main plot, about Marge reviving her ambition to be a painter, doesn't start until part of the way through Act 2.
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* One of the very earliest examples is Season 2's ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E18BrushWithGreatness]]'', where the first act is about a disastrous trip to the theme part Mt. Splashmore, which leads Homer to resolve to go on a diet at the end of the act... and that turns out only to be the B story; the main plot, about Marge reviving her ambition to be a painter, doesn't start until Act 2.
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* An early episode involving a switch is "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E7BartsInnerChild Bart's Inner Child]]". Homer getting the trampoline is only the instigator for Marge to get angry enough to spend the night at her sisters and learn about Brad Goodman. The third act switches again when everybody acts like Bart, which annoys him.
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* An early episode involving a switch is "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E7BartsInnerChild Bart's Inner Child]]". Homer getting the trampoline is only the instigator for Marge to get angry enough to spend the night at her sisters and learn about Brad Goodman. The third act switches again when everybody acts impulsive like Bart, which annoys him.
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''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is to the HalfwayPlotSwitch as ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[CutawayGag/FamilyGuy is to]] {{Cutaway Gag}}s.
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''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is to the HalfwayPlotSwitch as ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[CutawayGag/FamilyGuy is to]] {{Cutaway Gag}}s.Gag}}s, with many episodes beginning with lengthy sequences existing mainly to set up loosely connected main plots.
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''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is to the HalfwayPlotSwitch as ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is to {{Cutaway Gag}}s.
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''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' is to the HalfwayPlotSwitch as ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' [[CutawayGag/FamilyGuy is to to]] {{Cutaway Gag}}s.
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* Another early and very convoluted example: "[[Recap/ThesimpsonsS3E22TheOttoShow The Otto Show]]" begins with Bart and Milhouse going to a Spinal Tap concert, which inspires Bart to aspire to be a rockstar. He gets a guitar which the bus driver Otto proves to be great at playing. So Otto performs a guitar concert on the school bus when he should be driving, and he has to drive very quickly and recklessly to get to school on time. He ends up crashing, and a police interrogation reveals that he doesn't even have a driver's license. Thus, Otto loses his job and appartment, and only then does the main plot of Otto staying with the Simpson family begin.
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* Another early and very convoluted example: "[[Recap/ThesimpsonsS3E22TheOttoShow The Otto Show]]" begins with Bart and Milhouse going to a Spinal Tap concert, which inspires Bart to aspire to be a rockstar. He gets a guitar which the bus driver Otto proves to be great at playing. So Otto performs a guitar concert on the school bus when he should be driving, and he has to drive very quickly and recklessly to get to school on time. He ends up crashing, and a police interrogation reveals that he doesn't even have a driver's license. Thus, Otto loses his job and appartment, apartment, and only then does the main plot of Otto staying with the Simpson family begin.
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* Another early and very convoluted example: "[[Recap/ThesimpsonsS3E22TheOttoShow The Otto Show]]" begins with Bart and Milhouse going to a Spinal Tap concert, which inspires Bart to aspire to be a rockstar. He gets a guitar which the bus driver Otto proves to be great at playing. So Otto performs a guitar concert on the school bus when he should be driving, and he has to drive very quickly and recklessly to get to school on time. He ends up crashing, and a police interrogation reveals that he doesn't even have a driver's license. Thus, Otto loses his job and appartment, and only then does the main plot of Otto staying with the Simpson family begin.
