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** Similarly, Lisa is nothing but reluctant to work with Bart, but when he stops responding to her radio transmissions, she cries out in fear for him.

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** Similarly, Lisa is nothing but reluctant to work with Bart, but when he stops responding to her radio transmissions, she cries out in fear for him.him.
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* NoodleIncident: Bart's introductory chyron notes that he's "two months sober."
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* ShaggyDogStory: While our heroes succeed in defusing the bullies' stink bomb before ''it'' can ruin the bake sale, they do it at the cost of not only swamping the area in 30-year-old hot dog water but getting multiple CTU units called to the gym. No word on how this affected sales numbers.

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* ShaggyDogStory: While our heroes succeed in defusing the bullies' stink bomb before ''it'' can ruin the bake sale, they do it at the cost of not only swamping the area in 30-year-old hot dog water but getting multiple CTU units called to the gym. No word on how this either one affected sales numbers.
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* ShaggyDogStory: While our heroes succeed in defusing the bullies' stink bomb before ''it'' can ruin the bake sale, they do it at the cost of not only swamping the area in 30-year-old hot dog water but getting multiple CTU units called to the gym. No word on how this affected sales numbers.
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* RecruitingTheCriminal: On Lisa's advice, Skinner pulls Bart out of detention to help him figure out what the bullies are up to.
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'''Original air date:''' 5/20/2007

'''Production code:''' JABF-14

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* IAmBigBoned: Kearney was "bulking up for football".

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* IAmBigBoned: The bullies mock Homer's weight, which he fires back that Kearney was is equivalently overweight, he responds that he's "bulking up for football".


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* StacysMom: Though they're not shown onscreen, Jimbo's mom interrupts the bullies' planning while topless. Jimbo implores her to put her top back over her implants, while Dolph and Kearney both stare and smile in silence.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Spoofed when Martin appears to hang himself out of guilt from helping the bullies. In truth he only wedgied himself on a coat hanger.


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* HisNameIs: Exaggerated when Bart really draws out revealing that Martin is a mole for the bullies, which inevitably leads to him being silenced before he can actually say it.


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* TurbineBlender: To short out a ventilation fan, Bart has Lisa open a water pipe in the room they're in. Next to the risk of drowning, they're also rising towards the razor sharp fan, Willy Wonka-style. Lampshaded when Willie complains he just sharpened those blades.
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* [[IHaveYourWife We Have Your Wife]]: The bullies have Martin's ant farm.
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* KarmaHoudini: Yes, Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney's plan has been foiled, but the trio are not punished onscreen for nearly unleashing a volatile stink bomb on the gym. Unless one assumes they were caught and punished [[OffscreenKarma offscreen]].
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* IHaveYourWife: The bullies coerce Martin into helping them by taking his ant farm hostage. Comically, one of them apparently pulled a FaceHeelTurn and joined them.
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** After Martin's guilt trip, it appears he's going to climb up a ladder and [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]]. It turns out he just wedgied himself.

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** BaitAndSwitchSuicide: After Martin's guilt trip, it appears he's going to climb up a ladder and [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]].suicide. It turns out he just wedgied himself.

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* BaitAndSwitch: When Skinner asked "Lord" for guidance, he was asking for directions from someone whose surname was ''Lord''.
** Also, after Martin's guilt trip, it appears he's going to climb up a ladder and [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]]. It turns out he just wedgied himself.

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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
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When Skinner asked "Lord" for guidance, he was asking for directions from someone whose surname was ''Lord''.
** Also, after After Martin's guilt trip, it appears he's going to climb up a ladder and [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]]. It turns out he just wedgied himself.



* DarkReprise: Martin sadly sings "Skip to My Loo" (which he sang when passing Nelson earlier) as he proceeds to give himself a wedgie.
** He also hums it to himself after he knocks out Bart with his brass instrument and pulls his unconscious body away.

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* DarkReprise: Martin sadly sings "Skip to My Loo" (which he sang when passing Nelson earlier) as he proceeds to give himself a wedgie.
** He also hums it to himself after he
knocks out Bart with his brass instrument and pulls his unconscious body away.away, and again later when he proceeds to give himself a wedgie.



* SeriousBusiness: The bake sale and an attempt to disrupt it is treated by the hall monitors as a ''24''-level threat. JustifiedTrope on the bake sale (see AsYouKnow above) and the stink bomb because it is something ''obscenely'' powerful.

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* SeriousBusiness: SeriousBusiness:
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The bake sale and an attempt to disrupt it is treated by the hall monitors as a ''24''-level threat. JustifiedTrope on the bake sale (see AsYouKnow above) and the stink bomb because it is something ''obscenely'' powerful.



* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Marge puts no small amount of effort into concealing the inedibility of her cake, but when Bart is in danger she instantly smashes a window with it to save him.
-->[[MamaBear "Leave this to me!"]]

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: WhatYouAreInTheDark:
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Marge puts no small amount of effort into concealing the inedibility of her cake, but when Bart is in danger she instantly smashes a window with it to save him.
-->[[MamaBear "Leave --->'''Marge:''' [[MamaBear Leave this to me!"]]me!]]
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* {{Bowdlerisation}}: The scene where Bart scratches the words "Homework Sucks" onto his shoulder was edited out in some broadcasts.

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* {{Bowdlerisation}}: The scene where Bart scratches the words "Homework Sucks" "Death Before Homework" onto his shoulder was edited out in some broadcasts.

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A ''Series/TwentyFour'' parody, featuring Bart and Lisa trying to stop a bake sale attack.

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A ''Series/TwentyFour'' parody, featuring Bart and Lisa trying teaming up to stop a bake sale attack.






* AsYouKnow: 90% of the school's income comes from the annual bake sale. The viewers learned this when Lisa believed Principal Skinner needed a reminder.
* BaitAndSwitch: When Principal Skinner asked "Lord" for guidance, he was asking for directions from someone whose surname was ''Lord''.

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* AsYouKnow: 90% of the school's income comes from the annual bake sale. The viewers learned learn this when Lisa believed Principal Skinner needed a reminder.
* BaitAndSwitch: When Principal Skinner asked "Lord" for guidance, he was asking for directions from someone whose surname was ''Lord''.



* DarkReprise: Martin sadly sings "Skip To My Loo" (which he sang when passing Nelson earlier) as he proceeds to give himself a wedgie.

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* DarkReprise: Martin sadly sings "Skip To to My Loo" (which he sang when passing Nelson earlier) as he proceeds to give himself a wedgie.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Martin Prince after regretting being TheMole.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Martin Prince after regretting being TheMole.



* PreviouslyOn: Parodied. As part of another allusion to "24", this episode starts with a narrator treating it as a sequel to a previous episode. The narrator even mistakenly calls the cartoon "24" before correcting himself.
* SeriousBusiness: The bake sale and an attempt to disrupt it is taken by the hall monitors as a ''24''-style threat. JustifiedTrope on the bake sale (see AsYouKnow above) and the stink bomb because it is something ''obscenely'' powerful.
** Jack Bauer ends up calling in every CTU field agent away from a nuclear threat in Shelbyville to arrest Bart for his earlier [[BrickJoke prank call.]]

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* PreviouslyOn: Parodied. As part of another allusion to "24", ''24'', this episode starts with a narrator treating it as a sequel {{sequel}} to a previous episode. The narrator even mistakenly calls the cartoon "24" ''24'' before correcting himself.
* SeriousBusiness: The bake sale and an attempt to disrupt it is taken treated by the hall monitors as a ''24''-style ''24''-level threat. JustifiedTrope on the bake sale (see AsYouKnow above) and the stink bomb because it is something ''obscenely'' powerful.
** Jack Bauer ends up calling in every CTU field agent away from a nuclear threat in Shelbyville to arrest Bart for his earlier [[BrickJoke prank call.]]call]].
* SpecialGuest: Both Creator/KieferSutherland and Creator/MaryLynnRajskub guest star as their ''24'' characters.
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-->[[MamaBear "Leave this to me!"]]

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-->[[MamaBear "Leave this to me!"]]me!"]]
** Similarly, Lisa is nothing but reluctant to work with Bart, but when he stops responding to her radio transmissions, she cries out in fear for him.
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* {{Squick}}: The bullies throw some rather gross ingredients into their stink bomb, including a possum placenta, a bottle of farts, sweat from a GoofySuit and to top it off, some moldy yogurt they stole from Homer earlier.
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* WeHaveYourWife: The bullies have Martin's ant farm.

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* WeHaveYourWife: [[IHaveYourWife We Have Your Wife]]: The bullies have Martin's ant farm.
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* FirstWorldProblems: The narrator snarks that Marge is unemployed after she freaks out over forgetting a school bake sale- the implication being that only someone with too much time on their hands would worry about that.



* TemptingFate: Moe says his attempt to be his own dentist will hurt but he'll be able to withstand it.

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* TemptingFate: Moe says his attempt to be his own dentist will hurt but he'll be able to withstand it.it.
* WeHaveYourWife: The bullies have Martin's ant farm.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Marge puts no small amount of effort into concealing the inedibility of her cake, but when Bart is in danger she instantly smashes a window with it to save him.
-->[[MamaBear "Leave this to me!"]]
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* DoomItYourself: Moe tries to be his own dentist using a mirror and a drill.



* MediumAwareness: During a phone conversation between Martin and Jimbo, the latter is aware of the split screens and tells Martin to close his.



* StinkBomb: One which is powerful enough to be considered an InUniverse ''terrorist threat''.

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* StinkBomb: One which is powerful enough to be considered an InUniverse ''terrorist threat''.threat''.
* TemptingFate: Moe says his attempt to be his own dentist will hurt but he'll be able to withstand it.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: After being ordered by Mr. Burns to clear all the garbage in his work station and take it somewhere else, Homer cheers "Woo-hoo! Business trip!"
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A ''Series/TwentyFour'' parody, featuring Bart and Lisa trying to stop a bake sale attack.

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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: The Springfielders once Jack Bauer reassures them the town that got blown up was Shelbyville.
* AsYouKnow: 90% of the school's income comes from the annual bake sale. The viewers learned this when Lisa believed Principal Skinner needed a reminder.
* BaitAndSwitch: When Principal Skinner asked "Lord" for guidance, he was asking for directions from someone whose surname was ''Lord''.
** Also, after Martin's guilt trip, it appears he's going to climb up a ladder and [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide]]. It turns out he just wedgied himself.
* BorrowedCatchPhrase: "I'm Jack Bauer, who the hell are you?"
* {{Bowdlerisation}}: The scene where Bart scratches the words "Homework Sucks" onto his shoulder was edited out in some broadcasts.
* BoxedCrook: Skinner springs Bart from detention because he's the only one who can stop the bullies' plan.
* DarkReprise: Martin sadly sings "Skip To My Loo" (which he sang when passing Nelson earlier) as he proceeds to give himself a wedgie.
** He also hums it to himself after he knocks out Bart with his brass instrument and pulls his unconscious body away.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Jack Bauer pulled several agents from [[SkewedPriorities other assignments]] to find and capture Bart for a prank call.
* EnhanceButton: Parodied when Skinner asks for a picture of desk grafitti to be enhanced, but when it turns out to read "Seymour Sucks" he hastily asks for it to be dehanced.
* IAmBigBoned: Kearney was "bulking up for football".
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Bart parodies this in one scene after he observes Nelson [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness ''not'' beating up Martin]]. To get the word that Martin's working for Jimbo, Bart whacks Nelson over the head with a trash can, puts it over his head, then starts punching it. He gets the response he wants, but [[BecauseImGoodAtIt does it again anyway just to get Nelson to say "yes, sir"]].
* TheMole: Martin Prince.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Martin Prince after regretting being TheMole.
* OvenLogic: Marge's cake was so hard it broke a bullet-proof glass.
* PreviouslyOn: Parodied. As part of another allusion to "24", this episode starts with a narrator treating it as a sequel to a previous episode. The narrator even mistakenly calls the cartoon "24" before correcting himself.
* SeriousBusiness: The bake sale and an attempt to disrupt it is taken by the hall monitors as a ''24''-style threat. JustifiedTrope on the bake sale (see AsYouKnow above) and the stink bomb because it is something ''obscenely'' powerful.
** Jack Bauer ends up calling in every CTU field agent away from a nuclear threat in Shelbyville to arrest Bart for his earlier [[BrickJoke prank call.]]
* {{Squick}}: The bullies throw some rather gross ingredients into their stink bomb, including a possum placenta, a bottle of farts, sweat from a GoofySuit and to top it off, some moldy yogurt they stole from Homer earlier.
* StinkBomb: One which is powerful enough to be considered an InUniverse ''terrorist threat''.

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