History Recap / TheSimpsonsS10E6DohInTheWind

* AlanSmithee: In-universe. The pseudonym Burns uses for his director credit on the terrible instructional video Homer, Lenny and Carl act in.

* MysteriousMiddleInitial: Until this episode, the viewers didn't know what the "J" in Homer J. Simpson was for. It was a mystery even for Homer. Actually, his father didn't know either.

** TheArtifact: It was originally a {{shout out}} to [[WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle Bullwinkle J. Moose and Rocket J. Squirrel]].

* FutureMeScaresMe[=/=]ImagineSpot: ''Even the painting of Past Homer'' isn't too pleased with Present Homer:

* FutureMeScaresMe: ''Even the painting of Past Homer'' isn't too pleased with Present Homer:

* ExtremeDoormat: Implied by Skinner's response to Hippie!'s proclamation of "this conformity factory [Springfield Elementary, as] ''closed''."

!!Tropes:

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Abe is shown booing Music/JimiHendrix while waiting for Music/ShaNaNa to perform. In reality, Hendrix performed far after Sha Na Na did, as he was the headliner.
** It's possible he probably wanted Sha Na Na back on there so he was probably just booing Hendrix for the sake of booing Hendrix. [[UnreliableNarrator But this being Abe...]]

-->'''Homer:''' For all those reasons and more, let us choose an [[{{Pun}} electrifying]] career in ... [''{{Beat}}''] Line?
-->'''Burns:''' Nuclear power.
-->'''Homer:''' [''Imitating Burns''] Nuclear power.

* ExtremeDoormat: Implied by Skinner's response to Hippie!Homer's proclamation of "this conformity factory [Springfield Elementary, as] ''closed''."

* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: Parodied.
-->'''Marge:''' Doctor, will he be all right?
-->'''Dr. Hibbert:''' Yes, he was lucky. If that had been a gladiola, he'd be dead right now.
-->'''Bart:''' Why don't you just pull it out?
-->'''Hibbert:''' [''Laughing''] I'm a doctor, not a gardener!
-->'''Homer:''' Can't you just prune some of the leaves so I can watch TV?
-->'''Hibbert:''' [''Dead serious''] What did I just say?

-->'''Kent Brockman:''' And, in business news, Groovy Grove Juice Corporation has announced it will miss delivery on its third-quarter shipment. A spokesman attributed the production shutdown to a half-witted oaf.
-->'''Homer:''' Aww, it was sweet of those guys to blame an oaf. But really, it was my fault.

* TheUnReveal: The J in "Homer J. Simpson" stands for Jay.

-->''Uptown girl...''
-->''She's my uptown girl...''
-->''I know that I'm in love...''
-->''With an uptown girl...''
-->''[[Music/MagicalMysteryTour I buried Flanders...]]''

* {{Hypocrite}}: Munchie calls out Homer for his hypocrisy when he berates then for having jobs.

* AlanSmithee: The pseudonym Burns uses for his director credit on the terrible instructional video Homer, Lenny and Carl act in.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Abe might have been harsh on his son in the flashback, but he was right about how trends change and whats 'it' to one generation won't be 'it' for the next.

* AnachronismStew: Homer attempts to be helpful in the "hippie freak out" ... by playing "Uptown Girl", a song made in ''1983''. Then again, it is PlayedForLaughs.

-->'''Homer:''' [''Unwittingly imitating Burns''] Nuclear power.

-->'''Hibbert:''' [''laughing''] I'm a doctor, not a gardener!

* MushroomSamba: A good chunk of the town gets unintentionally stoned, and Groundskeeper Willie, Ned Flanders, and Barney fall victim to this (although [[StartXToStopX Barney starts up another]] MushroomSamba to stop the first using beer to summon a friendlier {{pink elephant|s}} hallucination).

** While stoned, Grandpa Simpson and Jasper laugh like WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead.
** As he gets stoned, Ned sees the Music/TheGratefulDead dancing bears and skeletons, the Music/PinkFloyd [[Music/TheWall marching hammers]], followed by Music/TheRollingStones lips saying "Pucker up, Ned!"

* TroubledProduction: The film Burns made to advertise the Plant had script problems from day one. Namely that no one even read the script.

After starring in an instructional video for the nuclear plant, Homer discovers while filling out his Screen Actors' Guild form that he doesn't know what the "J" in his middle name means, so Homer goes to a hippie commune (headed by two hippies turned businessmen named Seth and Munchie) and finds his answer on a mural his mom painted -- and discovers that he should be as free and wild as the hippies of the 1960s were.

* AnachronismStew: Homer attempts to be helpful in the "hippie freak out"... by playing Uptown Girl, a song made in ''1983''. Then again, it is PlayedForLaughs.

-->'''Homer:''' For all those reasons and more, let us choose an electrifying career in... ({{Beat}}) Line?\\
'''Burns:''' Nuclear power.\\
'''Homer:''' (unwittingly imitating Burns) Nuclear power.
* BaitAndSwitch: Homer is shot by the police in the climax; [[https://frinkiac.com/video/S10E06/6TIMRnMpCQebj7c6JDojp5awes4=.gif the next shot is of the cemetery... followed quickly by a pan right to the hospital, where Homer is being treated for being shot in the head with the flower he put in one of the cop's guns.]]

-->'''Marge:''' Doctor, will he be all right?\\
'''Dr. Hibbert:''' Yes, he was lucky. If that had been a gladiola, he'd be dead right now.\\
'''Bart:''' Why don't you just pull it out?\\
'''Hibbert:''' (''laughing'') I'm a doctor, not a gardener!\\
'''Homer:''' Can't you just prune some of the leaves so I can watch TV?\\
'''Hibbert:''' (''dead serious'') What did I just say?

* LiteralMetaphor: Munchie says that, in a way, the 60s ended the day they sold their hippie bus...which occurred on December 31st, 1969.
* MushroomSamba: A good chunk of the town gets unintentionally stoned, and Willy, Ned Flanders, and Barney fall victim to this (although [[StartXToStopX Barney starts up another]] MushroomSamba to stop the first using beer to summon a friendlier {{pink elephant|s}} hallucination. ).

--> "How should I know? It was your mother's job to name you and love you and such. I was mainly in it for the spanking."

-->'''Brockman:''' And, in business news, Groovy Grove Juice Corporation has announced it will miss delivery on its third quarter shipment. A spokesman attributed the production shutdown to a half-witted oaf.

* OhCrap: Seth and Munchie's realisation that Homer used their 'personal vegetables' to complete the juice order.

* ShoutOut: While stoned, Grandpa Simpson and Jasper laugh like WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead.

* BaitAndSwitch: Homer is shot by police in the climax; [[https://frinkiac.com/video/S10E06/6TIMRnMpCQebj7c6JDojp5awes4=.gif the next shot is of the cemetery... followed quickly by a pan right to the hospital, where Homer is being treated for being shot in the head with the flower he put in one of the cop's guns.]]

* MushroomSamba: A good chunk of the town gets unintentionally stoned, and Willy, Ned Flanders, and Barney fall victim to this (although Barney starts up another MushroomSamba to stop the first using beer to summon a friendlier {{pink elephant|s}} hallucination. ).

* SpecialGuest: Martin Mull and Creator/GeorgeCarlin as Seth and Munchie.

* BaitAndSwitch: Homer is shot by police in the climax; [[https://frinkiac.com/video/S10E06/6TIMRnMpCQebj7c6JDojp5awes4=.gif the next shot is of the cemetery... followed quickly by a pan right to the hospital, where Homer is being treated for being shot in the head with the flower he put in one of the cop's gun.]]

-->'''Homer:''' For all those reasons and more, let us choose an electrifying career in... ({{Beat}}) Line?
-->'''Burns:''' Nuclear power.
-->'''Homer:''' (unwittingly imitating Burns) Nuclear power.

-->'''Marge:''' Doctor, will he be all right?
-->'''Dr. Hibbert:''' Yes, he was lucky. If that had been a gladiola, he'd be dead right now.
-->'''Bart:''' Why don't you just pull it out?
-->'''Hibbert:''' (''laughing'') I'm a doctor, not a gardener!
-->'''Homer:''' Can't you just prune some of the leaves so I can watch TV?
-->'''Hibbert:''' (''dead serious'') What did I just say?

* TheUnreveal: The J in "Homer J. Simpson" stands for Jay.

-->''[[Music/MagicalMysteryTour I bury Flanders...]]''

-->'''Brockman:'''And, in business news, Groovy Grove Juice Corporation has announced it will miss delivery on its third quarter shipment. A spokesman attributed the production shutdown to a half-witted oaf.
-->'''Homer:'''Aww, it was sweet of those guys to blame an oaf. But really, it was my fault.

-->'''Homer:''' For all those reasons and more, let us choose an electrifying career in... (Beat) Line?

* AlanSmithee: The pseudonym Burns uses for his director credit on the terrible instructional video Homer, Lennie and Carl act in.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Seth and Muncie announced that their inability to supply the ordered amount of juice was caused by an "oaf", Homer is glad that they decided to blame it on "an oaf" but that he still feels guilty.