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* LawfulStupid: Marge installs a new doorbell in her house but she refuses to ring it herself, so she waits for someone else to do it (to her misfortune, nobody does. She even calls for pizza delivery but the guy ''knocks'' instead and drives away when Marge is halfway through saying that she won't pay for the pizzas but will pay for ringing the bell). Lisa, fed up, rings the doorbell herself... [[IncessantMusicMadness and the hell gets stuck]].

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* LawfulStupid: Marge installs a new doorbell in her house but she refuses to ring it herself, so she waits for someone else to do it (to her misfortune, nobody does. She even calls for pizza delivery but the guy ''knocks'' instead and drives away when Marge is halfway through saying that she won't pay for the pizzas but will pay for ringing the bell). Lisa, fed up, rings the doorbell herself... [[IncessantMusicMadness and the hell bell gets stuck]].
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* UnionsSuck: It's revealed mid way through the Trucker's union is running a scam where they've secretly installed "[[AutomatedAutomobiles auto-drives]]" in all the trucks. Whilst originally designed to take over in an emergency when the driver was incapacitated, all the truckers have gotten lazy and are using the Auto-drives to do all the work, whilst still receiving their full payment for the jobs. When Homer and Bart's antics nearly expose the scam, they truckers flat out try to murder them. At the end after witnessing Homer do an impossible stunt, one of them is inspired to go back to doing the actual work themselves, only for the others to dismiss the suggestion and move onto a new scam.
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* EarWorm: When the doorbell gets stuck, in the beginning Marge does not minds because she loves the song[[note]]The Carpenters' "(They Long to Be) Close to You" is mentioned repeatedly to be hers and Homer's wedding song[[/note]]. A few hours later, [[IncessantMusicMadness she has changed her mind]].
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* BeyondTheImpossible: At the climax, Homer tries to prevent his truck from ramming into the other truckers by pulling to the left on his steering wheel real hard… which makes the truck jump straight up into the air and flip over the truckers' blockade before landing on the other side and keep on rolling. The other truckers are astonished by Homer's stunt.

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* BeyondTheImpossible: At the climax, Homer tries to prevent his truck from ramming into the other truckers by pulling to the left on his steering wheel real hard… which makes the truck turn and seemingly begin to flip only to jump straight up into the air and flip barrel roll over the truckers' blockade before landing on the other side and keep on rolling. The other truckers are astonished by Homer's stunt.
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* BeyondTheImpossible: At the climax, Homer tries to prevent his truck from ramming into the other truckers by pulling to the left on his steering wheel real hard… which makes the truck jump straight up into the air and flip over the truckers' blockade before landing on the other side and keep on rolling. The other truckers are astonished by Homer's stunt.

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* ContinuityNod: The doorbell Marge and Lisa buy plays the melody from "(They Long To Be) Close To You" by The Carpenters, a song that was repeatedly featured in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E12TheWayWeWas "The Way We Was"]] when Marge and Homer first met (which ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' would later show they played at their wedding).

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* CallBack: When Lisa reads Homer's postcard, she says "Dad and Bart have been everywhere! They've eaten submarine sandwiches, grinders, ''and'' hoagies.", echoing Homer's speech from "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E11FearOfFlying Fear Of Flying]]" ("I'm sick of eating hoagies! I want a grinder, a sub, a foot-long hero! I want to ''live'', Marge!").
* ContinuityNod: The doorbell Marge and Lisa buy plays the melody from "(They Long To Be) Close To You" by The Carpenters, a song that was repeatedly featured in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E12TheWayWeWas "The "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E12TheWayWeWas The Way We Was"]] Was]]" when Marge and Homer first met (which ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'' would later show they played at their wedding).
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* NitroExpress: Napalm, but the principle is the same. Homer and Bart choose to drive one of these for their BoringReturnJourney to Springfield.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: [[http://frinkiac.com/img/S10E17/1029060.jpg The list of CB radio codes]] contains [[PoliceCodeForEverything codes]] such as "10-33: Actual bear in air", "10-36: Ghost truck on highway", and "10-39: I love you, gay buddy".

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* FreezeFrameBonus: [[http://frinkiac.com/img/S10E17/1029060.jpg The list of CB radio codes]] contains [[PoliceCodeForEverything codes]] such as "10-33: Actual [[LiteralMetaphor Actual]] bear in air", "10-36: Ghost truck on highway", and "10-39: I love you, gay buddy".

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* TheAtoner: Ashamed he indirectly caused Red's death, Homer decides to complete Red's shipment for him.



* BoringReturnJourney: Homer and Bart are last seen boarding a train destined to deliver napalm to Springfield.

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* BoringReturnJourney: Homer and Bart are give up Red's truck once they complete its last seen boarding delivery, and their return to Springfield is explained by an ending gag where they see a train destined man refusing to deliver a train full of napalm to Springfield.



* FellAsleepDriving: Homer at one point falls asleep behind the wheel alongside an already sleeping Bart. [[spoiler:They're only saved because all trucks happen to [[AutomatedAutomobiles have an Autodrive computer]] and truckers are only there to earn a paycheck.]]

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* FellAsleepDriving: Homer at one point falls asleep behind the wheel alongside an already sleeping Bart. [[spoiler:They're They're only saved because all trucks happen to [[AutomatedAutomobiles have an Autodrive computer]] and truckers are only there to earn a paycheck.]]computer]].


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* MustMakeAmends: Ashamed he indirectly caused Red's death, Homer decides to complete Red's shipment for him.

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