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* TheGhost: Ned Flanders doesn't appear in this episode, but he is mentioned once.
-->'''Homer:''' I learn that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead.
-->'''Homer:''' I learn that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead.
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* {{Irony}}: The worlds first conveniance store is in a horribly inconveniant location.
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* {{Irony}}: The worlds world's first conveniance store is in a horribly inconveniant location.
-->'''James:''' Do I sound like a laid-back convenient store kind of guy?\\
'''Jimbo:''' Actually, I thought it sounded a little labored. You gotta lose yourself in the moment, man.
'''Jimbo:''' Actually, I thought it sounded a little labored. You gotta lose yourself in the moment, man.
* OhCrap: When Apu accidentally slips that he sells bad food.
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* RiddleForTheAges: When James Woods was talking at the phone to his manager, he asked how his upcoming movie was the same if his character was retconned from a store clerk to a "jittery eskimo firefighter". He never learned the answer but whatever it was, Woods accepted it.
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* RiddleForTheAges: When James Woods was talking at the phone to his manager, he asked how his upcoming movie was the same if his character was retconned from a store clerk to a "jittery eskimo firefighter". He We never learned the answer but whatever it was, Woods accepted it.
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* TheScapegoat: Kwik-E-Mart policy is to make one of these when something goes wrong.
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* TheScapegoat: Kwik-E-Mart policy is to make one of these (and a sacrificial lamb) when something goes wrong.wrong.
-->'''Apu:''' [[LiteralMinded And if I can acquire both of these animals for you?]]
-->'''Apu:''' [[LiteralMinded And if I can acquire both of these animals for you?]]
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* MethodActing: In-Universe, James Woods takes Apu's job at the Kwik-E-Mart to prepare for his upcoming role as a store clerk.
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**Grampa once recorded and released an album that Homer finds to be just as disturbing as Lisa playing the shenai.
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* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Apu is fired, the Kwik-E-Mart CEO tears the "Ask about our fried pickles" badge from his uniform.
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* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Apu is fired, the Kwik-E-Mart CEO official tears the off his name tag and "Ask about our fried pickles" badge from his uniform. uniform.
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* TurnInYourBadge: After the InsigniaRipOffRitual mentioned above:
-->'''Official:''' Now... turn in your pricing gun.
-->'''Apu:''' ''[takes gun out of shoulder holster and hands it over]''
-->'''Official:''' The other one too.
-->'''Apu:''' ''[takes gun out of ankle holster and hands it over]''
-->'''Official:''' Now... turn in your pricing gun.
-->'''Apu:''' ''[takes gun out of shoulder holster and hands it over]''
-->'''Official:''' The other one too.
-->'''Apu:''' ''[takes gun out of ankle holster and hands it over]''
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* TakingTheBullet: The example from this episode is the trope image!
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* BigNo: Apu does this when taking a bullet for James Woods near the end.
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** Earlier in the episode, Apu watches Homer through the window and says, "This is all because of Homer Simpson! It's time to settle the score!" When Homer answers the door, Apu comes at him with his hands stretched out, causing a terrified scream from Homer. After the commercial break, it turns out that Apu was merely doing an Indian forgiveness custom and wasn't intending to choke Homer.
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* WhiteDudeBlackDude: The subject of a black comedian's stand-up.
--> '''Comedian''': Black guys, we drive a car like this... ''(leaning back and humming)'' yeah but white guys, they drive a car like this... ''(leans forward and hums in a dorky tone of voice)''\\
'''Homer''': ''(laughs)'' It's true! It's true! We're so lame!
--> '''Comedian''': Black guys, we drive a car like this... ''(leaning back and humming)'' yeah but white guys, they drive a car like this... ''(leans forward and hums in a dorky tone of voice)''\\
'''Homer''': ''(laughs)'' It's true! It's true! We're so lame!
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* MushroomSamba: The incredibly spicy Indian food Apu cooks for the Simpsons has this effect on Lisa.
-->'''Lisa:''' I can see through time!
-->'''Lisa:''' I can see through time!
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[EarWorm Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart? I do!!]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[EarWorm Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart? I do!!]]]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Whether the armed robber that shot Apu escaped or was apprehended is not delved upon.
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* DoWrongRight: The Kwik-E-Mart official chastises Apu, not for selling dangerously inedible stock (that was in fact the company's standard procedure), but that he failed to place the blame on a suitable scapegoat.
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-->'''Manager:''' NO, APU! IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!
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-->'''Manager:''' NO, APU! IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!
-->'''Apu:''' I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE!!!
-->'''Apu:''' I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE!!!
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* RuleOfThree: When Apu and Homer met the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain to ask for Apu's job back, he said they'd only be allowed three questions. Apu only wants to ask one, but Homer wasted all of them asking if [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment that guy really owned the Kwik-E-Mart]]. [[WhatAnIdiot And the answers weren't enough for him]].
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* RuleOfThree: When Apu and Homer met the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain to ask for Apu's job back, he said they'd only be allowed three questions. Apu only wants to ask one, but Homer wasted all of them asking if [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment that guy really owned the Kwik-E-Mart]]. [[WhatAnIdiot And the answers weren't enough for him]].him.
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* TooDumbToLive and WhatAnIdiot: Homer ''still'' buys bad food from the Kwik-E-Mart even after he got sick from it twice. He even goes in and orders a hot dog immediatley after he saw the disgusting close-up of a hot dog that fell on the floor being put back on the rack.
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* TooDumbToLive and WhatAnIdiot: TooDumbToLive: Homer ''still'' buys bad food from the Kwik-E-Mart even after he got sick from it twice. He even goes in and orders a hot dog immediatley after he saw the disgusting close-up of a hot dog that fell on the floor being put back on the rack.
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* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Apu is fired, the Kwik-E-Mart CEO tears the "Ask about our fried pickles" badge from his uniform.
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* NoodleIncident: Barney has apparently killed someone by accident before, or at least thinks he has.
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* NoodleIncident: Barney has apparently killed someone (possibly a woman) by accident before, or at least thinks he has.has and it was similar to knocking over the oversized Mrs. Butterworth bottle. This ''might'' be a {{callback}} to when Barney accidentally shot a woman after Homer slammed the door in his face on "Rosebud," but, considering how this series doesn't really care about continuity, it might have been an unseen incident.
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* AllForNothing: Apu and Homer travel all the way to India, and from there several hundred miles, through mountain ranges, to find the first Kwik-E-Mart... and Homer blows Apu's chance of getting his job back.
* JustFollowingOrders: Apu's defence when confronted by a senior Kwik-E-Mart official. The man turns it around him by doing the exact same thing seconds later.
* NoodleIncident: Barney has apparently killed someone by accident before, or at least thinks he has.
* NotHelpingYourCase: The traditional form of apology in Apu's village involves slowly approaching someone with your arms outstretched. As Apu puts it, many have died needlessly because of it.
** Also, Apu when trying to defend his store's policies on TV.
* NoodleIncident: Barney has apparently killed someone by accident before, or at least thinks he has.
* NotHelpingYourCase: The traditional form of apology in Apu's village involves slowly approaching someone with your arms outstretched. As Apu puts it, many have died needlessly because of it.
** Also, Apu when trying to defend his store's policies on TV.
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* RiddleForTheAges: When James Woods was talking at the phone to his manager, he asked how his upcoming movie was the same if his character was retconned from a store clerk to an eskimo. He never learned the answer but whatever it was, Woods accepted it.
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* RiddleForTheAges: When James Woods was talking at the phone to his manager, he asked how his upcoming movie was the same if his character was retconned from a store clerk to an eskimo.a "jittery eskimo firefighter". He never learned the answer but whatever it was, Woods accepted it.
* TheScapegoat: Kwik-E-Mart policy is to make one of these when something goes wrong.
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* TooDumbToLive and WhatAnIdiot: Homer ''still'' buys bad food from the Kwik-E-Mart even after he got sick from it twice. He even goes in and orders a hot dog immediatley after he saw the disgusting close-up of a hot dog that fell on the floor being put back on the rack.
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* TooDumbToLive and WhatAnIdiot: Homer ''still'' buys bad food from the Kwik-E-Mart even after he got sick from it twice. He even goes in and orders a hot dog immediatley after he saw the disgusting close-up of a hot dog that fell on the floor being put back on the rack.rack.
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* TooDumbToLive and WhatAnIdiot: Homer ''still'' buys bad food from the Kwik-E-Mart even after he got sick from it twice. After he saw the disgusting close-up of a hot dog that fell on the floor being put back on the rack...he goes in and orders a hot dog.
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* TooDumbToLive and WhatAnIdiot: Homer ''still'' buys bad food from the Kwik-E-Mart even after he got sick from it twice. After He even goes in and orders a hot dog immediatley after he saw the disgusting close-up of a hot dog that fell on the floor being put back on the rack...he goes in and orders a hot dog.rack.
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* {{Irony}}: The worlds first conveniance store is in a horribly inconveniant location.
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* TooDumbToLive and WhatAnIdiot: Homer ''still'' buys bad food from the Kwik-E-Mart even after he got sick from it twice and saw the disgusting close-up of the hot dog that fell on the floor on the smashed hat cam.
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* TooDumbToLive and WhatAnIdiot: Homer ''still'' buys bad food from the Kwik-E-Mart even after he got sick from it twice and twice. After he saw the disgusting close-up of the a hot dog that fell on the floor being put back on the smashed hat cam.rack...he goes in and orders a hot dog.
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* RuleOfThree: When Apu and Homer met the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain to ask for Apu's job back, he said they'd only be allowed three questions. Homer wasted all of them asking if [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment that guy really owned the Kwik-E-Mart]]. [[WhatAnIdiot And the answers weren't enough for him]].
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* RuleOfThree: When Apu and Homer met the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain to ask for Apu's job back, he said they'd only be allowed three questions. Apu only wants to ask one, but Homer wasted all of them asking if [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment that guy really owned the Kwik-E-Mart]]. [[WhatAnIdiot And the answers weren't enough for him]].
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*ClusterFBomb: James Woods' cursing a blue streak as he's scraping melted cheese off the microwave walls.
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* RiddleForTheAges: When James Woods was talking at the phone to his manager, he asked how his upcoming movie was the same if his character was retconned from a store clerk to an eskimo. He never learned the answer but whatever it was, Woods accepted it.
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* IncrediblyObviousBug: The hidden camera cowboy hat not only obviously has the camera lens sticking out, but makes a loud buzzing sound.
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Apu is fired from the Kwik-E-Mart (thanks to Homer working with Kent Brockman to rat him out) and agrees to stay at the Simpsons' house. Meanwhile, James Woods is hired as the new Kwik-E-Mart clerk.
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Apu is fired from the Kwik-E-Mart (thanks to Homer working with Kent Brockman to rat him out) out after Homer gets sick from bad Kwik-E-Mart food) and agrees to stay at the Simpsons' house. Meanwhile, James Woods is hired as the new Kwik-E-Mart clerk.
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*AmbulanceCut: The two times Homer gets sick from eating bad Kwik-E-Mart food (the expired ham and the two buckets of shrimp that aren't frozen and smell funny).
* {{Retirony}}: Kent tells Homer that the hidden cam hat he smashed was a day away from retirement.
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* TooDumbToLive: Homer buying food from Kwik-E-Mart even after all that happened to him.
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* TooDumbToLive: TooDumbToLive and WhatAnIdiot: Homer buying ''still'' buys bad food from the Kwik-E-Mart even after all he got sick from it twice and saw the disgusting close-up of the hot dog that happened to him.fell on the floor on the smashed hat cam.
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* ShoutOut: The scene with the Indian train being so crowded that passengers are hanging on the outside spoofs a similar scene in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}''.
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* DrivenToSuicide[=/=]AvertedSuicide: When Apu was fired for getting caught selling rotten food, he tried to kill himself by eating Kwik-E-Mart food. His boss prevented him from doing so.
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* DrivenToSuicide[=/=]AvertedSuicide: DrivenToSuicide[=/=]InterruptedSuicide: When Apu was fired for getting caught selling rotten food, he tried to kill himself by eating Kwik-E-Mart food. His boss prevented him from doing so.
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* DrivenToSuicide[=/=]FailedSuicide: When Apu was fired for getting caught selling rotten food, he tried to kill himself by eating Kwik-E-Mart food. His boss prevented him from doing so.
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* DrivenToSuicide[=/=]FailedSuicide: DrivenToSuicide[=/=]AvertedSuicide: When Apu was fired for getting caught selling rotten food, he tried to kill himself by eating Kwik-E-Mart food. His boss prevented him from doing so.
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* DrivenToSuicide[=/=]FailedSuicide: When Apu was fired for getting caught selling rotten food, he tried to kill himself by eating Kwik-E-Mart food. His boss prevented him from doing so.
* RuleOfThree: When Apu and Homer met the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain to ask for Apu's job back, he said they'd only be allowed three questions. Homer wasted all of them asking if [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment that guy really owned the Kwik-E-Mart]]. [[WhatAnIdiot And the answers weren't enough for him]].
* RuleOfThree: When Apu and Homer met the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain to ask for Apu's job back, he said they'd only be allowed three questions. Homer wasted all of them asking if [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment that guy really owned the Kwik-E-Mart]]. [[WhatAnIdiot And the answers weren't enough for him]].
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Apu is fired from the Kwik-E-Mart (thanks to Homer working with Kent Brockman to rat him out) and agrees to stay at the Simpsons' house. Meanwhile, James Woods is hired as the new Kwik-E-Mart clerk.
!! Tropes:
* BaitAndSwitch: When Homer learned how far India was from Springfield, it cut to a scene with him and Apu riding donkeys... to ''Springfield Airport''. They spent so much money on the plane tickets they couldn't pay for a cab ride.
* BrickJoke: When Apu gave the impression he wanted to strangle Homer for getting him fired, he was actually trying to apologize. When Apu did want to strangle him, Homer thought it was another apology.
* TooDumbToLive: Homer buying food from Kwik-E-Mart even after all that happened to him.
!! Tropes:
* BaitAndSwitch: When Homer learned how far India was from Springfield, it cut to a scene with him and Apu riding donkeys... to ''Springfield Airport''. They spent so much money on the plane tickets they couldn't pay for a cab ride.
* BrickJoke: When Apu gave the impression he wanted to strangle Homer for getting him fired, he was actually trying to apologize. When Apu did want to strangle him, Homer thought it was another apology.
* TooDumbToLive: Homer buying food from Kwik-E-Mart even after all that happened to him.
