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* StoryArc: The events of this episode have a direct influence on [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E14MyFareLady the second]] [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E15ThePrincessGuide and third]] episodes after this one, making a rare episode-to-episode (not counting [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E13WalkingBigAndTall the very next episode]]) story arc not often seen on this show.
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* StoryArc: The events of this episode have a direct influence on [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E14MyFareLady the second]] [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E15ThePrincessGuide and third]] episodes after this one, making a rare episode-to-episode (not counting [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E13WalkingBigAndTall the very next episode]]) story arc not often seen on this show.show.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The aforementioned arc is that, while StatusQuoIsGod applied for ''most'' of the town following the Musk fiasco, Burns still lost a significant amount of money on the endeavor, and it is the only example where Status Quo ''Wasn't'' God, with Burns needing to get a cash infusion and being forced to layoff several employees as a result, showing even the most wealthy people can still run into financial issues they have trouble recovering from.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The aforementioned arc is that, while StatusQuoIsGod applied for ''most'' of the town following the Musk fiasco, Burns still lost a significant amount of money on the endeavor, and it is the only example where Status Quo ''Wasn't'' God, with Burns needing to get a cash infusion and being forced to layoff several employees as a result, showing even the most wealthy people can still run into financial issues they have trouble recovering from.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: Early synopses stated that the plot would be Musk outright stealing Burns’ fortune, with the latter chasing him to get it back.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Bart decides to steal the Simpsons' new hybrid at the climax to perform a prank that will destroy Musk's local company offices, Lisa tries to prevent it by telling Bart that Musk placed a password on the car. Bart instantly figures out that the password is "Musk Rulez".
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Bart decides to steal the Simpsons' new hybrid at the climax to perform a prank that will destroy Musk's local company offices, Lisa tries to prevent it by telling Bart that Musk placed a password his “master password” on the car. Bart instantly figures out that the password is "Musk Rulez".
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** Urged to come up with an "insanely, unbelievably great" name for a bald eagle, the best Bart can do is "Squawky," similar to his elephant Stampy. This leads Homer to comment that Bart also named Maggie.
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** Urged to come up with an "insanely, unbelievably great" name for a bald eagle, the best Bart can do is "Squawky," similar to evoking his elephant Stampy. This leads Homer to comment that Bart also named Maggie.
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* KidnappingBirdOfPrey: The eagle the family will name "Squawky" first gets on the wrong side of Homer when he snatches Maggie.
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* HypocrisyNod: Musk is a clean energy advocate but, as someone points out, the rocket he uses to travel must burn lots of fuel.
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* HypocrisyNod: Musk is a clean energy advocate but, as someone Lisa points out, the rocket he uses to travel must burn lots of fuel.
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** Bart apparently has a SignatureStyle when it comes to names as, urged to name a bald eagle, he comes up with "Squawky," similar to his elephant "Stampy." This leads Homer to comment that Bart also named Maggie.
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** Bart apparently has a SignatureStyle when it comes Urged to names as, urged to come up with an "insanely, unbelievably great" name for a bald eagle, he comes up with the best Bart can do is "Squawky," similar to his elephant "Stampy." Stampy. This leads Homer to comment that Bart also named Maggie.
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* ContinuityNod: In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E13TheSeeminglyNeverEndingStory The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]", when Mr. Burns and Rich Texan plucked Homer's two lines of hair, he bought a wig that looks like his usually almost bald head. That wig is seen again after an eagle plucks Homer's hair.
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E13TheSeeminglyNeverEndingStory The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]", when Mr. Burns and Rich Texan plucked Homer's two lines of hair, he bought a wig that looks like his usually almost bald head. That wig is seen again after an eagle plucks Homer'shair.hair.
** Bart apparently has a SignatureStyle when it comes to names as, urged to name a bald eagle, he comes up with "Squawky," similar to his elephant "Stampy." This leads Homer to comment that Bart also named Maggie.
** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E13TheSeeminglyNeverEndingStory The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]", when Mr. Burns and Rich Texan plucked Homer's two lines of hair, he bought a wig that looks like his usually almost bald head. That wig is seen again after an eagle plucks Homer's
** Bart apparently has a SignatureStyle when it comes to names as, urged to name a bald eagle, he comes up with "Squawky," similar to his elephant "Stampy." This leads Homer to comment that Bart also named Maggie.
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* MythologyGag: In the final scene, Elon Musk's computer screen shows footage from ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut''.
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* MythologyGag: In the final scene, Elon Musk's computer screen shows gameplay footage from ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut''.
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* MythologyGag: In the final scene, Elon Musk's computer screen, which appears to show a live camera overlooking Springfield, actually shows footage from ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut''.
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* MythologyGag: In the final scene, Elon Musk's computer screen, which appears to show a live camera overlooking Springfield, actually screen shows footage from ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut''.
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* MythologyGag: In the final scene, Elon Musk's computer screen, which appears to show a live camera overlooking Springfield, actually shows footage from ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsTappedOut''.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: This episode can be considered this to Season 23's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E22LisaGoesGaga Lisa Goes Gaga]]". Both episodes involve celebrities who come to Springfield with the intention of making the town's lives better, but while Gaga is portrayed whimsically and her ForHappiness intentions brought no negative consequences, Musk is more down to Earth, and his crusade to improve Springfield's energy efficiency leads to mass unemployment, incurring the wrath of Mr. Burns.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: This episode can be considered this to Season 23's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E22LisaGoesGaga Lisa Goes Gaga]]". Both episodes involve celebrities who come to Springfield with the intention of making the town's lives better, but while Gaga is portrayed whimsically and her ForHappiness intentions brought no negative consequences, Musk is more down to Earth, and his crusade to improve Springfield's energy efficiency leads to mass unemployment, incurring the wrath of Mr. Burns.Burns.
* StoryArc: The events of this episode have a direct influence on [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E14MyFareLady the second]] [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E15ThePrincessGuide and third]] episodes after this one, making a rare episode-to-episode (not counting [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E13WalkingBigAndTall the very next episode]]) story arc not often seen on this show.
* StoryArc: The events of this episode have a direct influence on [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E14MyFareLady the second]] [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E15ThePrincessGuide and third]] episodes after this one, making a rare episode-to-episode (not counting [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E13WalkingBigAndTall the very next episode]]) story arc not often seen on this show.
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* EurekaMoment: Any of Homer's crazy ideas end up inspiring Elon to create actually very good ideas. [[GoneHorriblyRight This starts to become too good for everyone's good.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: Elon's revolutionary ideas, despite being very beneficial, become too much for Mr. Burns.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Elon's revolutionary ideas, despite being very beneficial, become too much for Mr. Burns.
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* EurekaMoment: Any of Homer's crazy ideas end up inspiring Elon to create actually very good ideas. [[GoneHorriblyRight This starts to become too good for everyone's good.Burns when Elon's ideas make Burns lose money.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: Elon's revolutionary ideas, despite being very beneficial, become too much for Mr.Burns.Burns (only because Musk's ideas have a good effect on the environment and it makes Burns lose money).
* GoneHorriblyRight: Elon's revolutionary ideas, despite being very beneficial, become too much for Mr.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Bart decides to steal the Simpsons' new hybrid at the climax to perform a prank that will destroy Musk's local company offices, Lisa tries to prevent it by telling Bart that she placed a password on the car. Bart instantly figures out that the password Lisa set is "Elon Musk is Awesome".
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Bart decides to steal the Simpsons' new hybrid at the climax to perform a prank that will destroy Musk's local company offices, Lisa tries to prevent it by telling Bart that she Musk placed a password on the car. Bart instantly figures out that the password Lisa set is "Elon Musk is Awesome"."Musk Rulez".
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* RecurringRiff: Any time Elon gets an EurekaMoment, a music track plays.
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* GoneHorriblyGood: Elon's ideas become too much for Mr. Burns.
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* GoneHorriblyGood: GoneHorriblyRight: Elon's ideas revolutionary ideas, despite being very beneficial, become too much for Mr. Burns.
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* EurekaMoment: Any of Homer's crazy ideas end up inspiring Elon to create actually very good ideas. [[GoneHorriblyRight This starts to become too good for everyone's good.]]
* GoneHorriblyGood: Elon's ideas become too much for Mr. Burns.
* GoneHorriblyGood: Elon's ideas become too much for Mr. Burns.
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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Bart decides to steal the Simpsons' new hybrid at the climax to perform a prank that will destroy Musk's local company offices, Lisa tries to prevent it by telling Bart that she placed a password on the car. Bart instantly figures out that the password Lisa set is "Elon Musk is Awesome".
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* AdamWesting: Elon Musk
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* AdamWesting: Elon MuskMusk.
* AutomatedAutomobiles: Elon gives them to the people of Springfield.
* AutomatedAutomobiles: Elon gives them to the people of Springfield.
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* ShownTheirWork: Squawky, the bald eagle the family briefly takes in at the beginning, makes noises more like a real bald eagle rather than screeching like a red-tailed hawk.
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* ContinuityNod: In a past episode, when Mr. Burns and Rich Texan plucked Homer's two lines of hair, he bought a wig that looks like his usually almost bald head. That wig is seen again after an eagle plucks Homer's hair.
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* ContinuityNod: In a past episode, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E13TheSeeminglyNeverEndingStory The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]", when Mr. Burns and Rich Texan plucked Homer's two lines of hair, he bought a wig that looks like his usually almost bald head. That wig is seen again after an eagle plucks Homer's hair.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: This episode can be considered this to Season 23's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E22LisaGoesGaga Lisa Goes Gaga]]". Both episodes involve celebrities who come to Springfield with the intention of making the town's lives better, but while Gaga is portrayed whimsically and her ForHappiness intentions brought no negative consequences, Musk is more down to Earth, and his crusade to imrpove Springfield's energy efficiency leads to mass unemployment, incuring the wrath of Mr. Burns.
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* SpiritualAntithesis: This episode can be considered this to Season 23's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E22LisaGoesGaga Lisa Goes Gaga]]". Both episodes involve celebrities who come to Springfield with the intention of making the town's lives better, but while Gaga is portrayed whimsically and her ForHappiness intentions brought no negative consequences, Musk is more down to Earth, and his crusade to imrpove improve Springfield's energy efficiency leads to mass unemployment, incuring incurring the wrath of Mr. Burns.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Because of Musk's plan to improve the world, Mr. Burns had to fire his employees.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Because of Musk's plan to improve the world, Mr. Burns had to fire his employees.employees.
* SpiritualAntithesis: This episode can be considered this to Season 23's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E22LisaGoesGaga Lisa Goes Gaga]]". Both episodes involve celebrities who come to Springfield with the intention of making the town's lives better, but while Gaga is portrayed whimsically and her ForHappiness intentions brought no negative consequences, Musk is more down to Earth, and his crusade to imrpove Springfield's energy efficiency leads to mass unemployment, incuring the wrath of Mr. Burns.
* SpiritualAntithesis: This episode can be considered this to Season 23's "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E22LisaGoesGaga Lisa Goes Gaga]]". Both episodes involve celebrities who come to Springfield with the intention of making the town's lives better, but while Gaga is portrayed whimsically and her ForHappiness intentions brought no negative consequences, Musk is more down to Earth, and his crusade to imrpove Springfield's energy efficiency leads to mass unemployment, incuring the wrath of Mr. Burns.
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* HypocrisyNod: Musk is a clean energy advocate but, as someone points out, the rocket he uses to travel must burn lots of fuel.
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South-African born Canadian-American business magnate Elon Musk guest stars as himself in this episode that sees himself and Homer become fast friends and revolutionize the town's nuclear plant. But when Musk goes overboard and Mr. Burns wants him removed, Homer must figure out a way to stop him.
!! Tropes:
* ContinuityNod: In a past episode, when Mr. Burns and Rich Texan plucked Homer's two lines of hair, he bought a wig that looks like his usually almost bald head. That wig is seen again after an eagle plucks Homer's hair.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: During a heartwarming scene between Homer and Musk, some violin music could be heard. It's eventually revealed that one of Musk's machines is playing a violin.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Because of Musk's plan to improve the world, Mr. Burns had to fire his employees.
!! Tropes:
* ContinuityNod: In a past episode, when Mr. Burns and Rich Texan plucked Homer's two lines of hair, he bought a wig that looks like his usually almost bald head. That wig is seen again after an eagle plucks Homer's hair.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: During a heartwarming scene between Homer and Musk, some violin music could be heard. It's eventually revealed that one of Musk's machines is playing a violin.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Because of Musk's plan to improve the world, Mr. Burns had to fire his employees.
