History Recap / TheSimpsonsS18E22YouKentAlwaysSayWhatYouWant

* TruthInTelevision: Sadly, there are MoralGuardians who are just as obsessed with indecency as Ned Flanders and the Comic Book Guy's line about people under 70 getting their news through the Internet is true as well.

* TheUnreveal: The swear [[note]](though it's pretty obvious that the horrible swear word uttered by Brockman is "motherfucker")[[/note]] and Fox's secret.

* YouNeedToGetLaid: It says a lot about how overzealous of a MoralGuardian Ned Flanders has become that ''his own sons' tell him this.

'''Lisa''': No! I mean Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, right here in the dental plaza!

* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Rod and Todd feel that Ned's constant vigilance for their well-being by reporting Kent to the FCC is too much. Also, Bart, a youthful hellraiser, is just as shocked by Kent's swearing as Marge and Lisa.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Even Rod and Todd feel that Ned's constant vigilance for their well-being by reporting Kent to the FCC is too much.

* DaywalkingVampire: Dracula is just fine in the outdoors when the Republican Party rehires Kent, though whether he's actually a vampire of just some wacko who thinks he's one is unclear.

* TheUnreveal: The swear [[note]](though it's pretty obvious that the horrible swear word uttered by Brockman is motherfucker)[[/note]] and Fox's secret

--> Homer: [in full motocross gear] Hey, suckers! Check it out! Marge is taking me to ride dirt bikes around the cemetery!\\
Lisa: You're going to the dentist too, Dad.\\
Homer: "Why the cemetery", I wondered. But my dreams were too strong.

-->'''Homer''': I don't even have a special tooth problem! This is just a routine check-up!

* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When Lisa tells him about {{Media Watchdog}}s who look through TV shows to complain about them, Bart asks "Who'd be lame enough to do that?". GilliganCut to Flanders in front of his set recording programs and sorting them out as "Naughty" and "Nice". The latter pile consiting only of ''Series/The700Club'' and a test pattern.

This was the last episode to air before the theatrical release of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''.

In the 400th episode, written by Tim Long, Homer wins the 1,000,000th ice cream cone and gets interviewed by Kent Brockman, who had to sacrifice his editorial on the War in Iraq to do it because Channel 6's sponsor is the ice cream shop from which Homer bought the ice cream, but Kent ends up demoted when he blurts a horrible curse word live on air after Homer spills some coffee on his lap and then gets fired when his boss accuses him of being a drug addict. After moving in with the Simpsons, Lisa encourages him to stand up to mainstream media.

** Ludacris threatens to shoot a dentist since the embarrassing commercial he was in aired outside Canada and multiple times. He is seen later coming back with a gun to make good on his threat

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Not only is this episode a DayInTheLimelight for Kent Brockman and the 400th episode overall, but it's the first time since season seven's "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" to feature a ''[[Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow Tracey Ullman Show]]'' Simpsons short.

* ADayInTheLimelight: For Kent Brockman.

* RuleOfThree: Bart's kicks to Skinner's face

In the 400th episode written by Tim Long, Homer wins the 1,000,000th ice cream cone and gets interviewed by Kent Brockman, who had to sacrifice his editorial on the War in Iraq to do it because Channel 6's sponsor is the ice cream shop from which Homer bought the ice cream, but Kent ends up demoted when he blurts a horrible curse word live on air after Homer spills some coffee on his lap and then gets fired when his boss accuses him of being a drug addict. After moving in with the Simpsons, Lisa encourages him to stand up to mainstream media.

* TakeThat: Not only the episode does feature the most intense [[BitingTheHandHumor jabs at Fox (and Fox News)]] the series has ever done, but it also takes several shots at the FCC's excessive censorship and the power politics and MediaWatchdogs have on the organization.

* TakeThat: Not only the episode does feature the most intense [[BitingTheHandHumor jabs at Fox (and Fox News)]] the series has ever done, but it also takes several shots at the FCC's excessive censorship and the power politics have on the organization.

* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: When Lisa tells him about {{Media Watchdog}}s who look through TV shows to complain about them, Bart asks "Who'd be lame enough to do that?". GilliganCut to Flanders in front of his set recording programs and sorting them out as "Naughty" and "Nice".

* MoneyDearBoy: InUniverse. Lisa and Kent get to the conclusion that the Fox network deliberately makes indecent programs to pay huge fines to the FCC, dominated (at the time of broadcast) by the Republican Party, which would profit from them.

-->'''Rod:''' Daddy, what are you doing.

* {{Japandering}}: The commercial Ludacris made was originally only meant to be shown once in Canada.

-->'''Lisa''': This film is against tooth decay, but it also kind of glamorizes it.

* MoneyDearBoy: Lisa and Kent get to the conclusion that the Fox network deliberately makes indecent programs to pay huge fines to the FCC, dominated (at the time of broadcast) by the Republican Party, which would profit from them.