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-->'''Apu:''' I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ANYMORE!!!\\
'''Official:''' GIVE ME THAT WEINER! NO, APU! IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!\\
'''Apu''': NO, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE, SIR!
'''Official:''' GIVE ME THAT WEINER! NO, APU! IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!\\
'''Apu''': NO, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE, SIR!
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'''Official:''' GIVE ME THAT
'''Apu''':
'''Apu:''' NO, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE,
'''Official:''' NO, APU! IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!\\
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* RiddleForTheAges: When James Woods is talking on the phone to his manager, he asks how his upcoming movie was the same if his character was retconned from a store clerk to a "jittery eskimo firefighter". We never learn the answer but whatever it was, Woods accepted it.
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* RiddleForTheAges: When James Woods is talking on the phone to his manager, he asks how his upcoming movie was the same if his character was retconned rewritten from a store clerk to a "jittery eskimo firefighter". We never learn the answer but whatever it was, Woods accepted it.
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* IndestructibleEdible: A disgruntled customer crushes a pack of Twinkies. Apu screams that he can't "hurt a Twinkie". Then the Twinkies inflate back to their original shape, and Apu puts them back on the shelves.
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* IndestructibleEdible: A disgruntled customer crushes a pack of Twinkies.Twinkies ("This is what I think of your store!") and walks out. Apu screams that he can't "hurt a Twinkie". Then the The Twinkies then inflate back to their original shape, shape and Apu puts them back on the shelves.
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''(Pan out to the Kwik-E-Mart, where Apu and a customer with her kids are watching the interview on TV.)''\\
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'''Customer:''' [[YouMonster Monster]]! Run, children!
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'''Customer:''' [[YouMonster Monster]]! Monster!]] Run, children!
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''(Pan out to the Kwik-E-Mart, where Apu and a customer are watching the interview on TV.)''\\
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''(Pan out to the Kwik-E-Mart, where Apu and a customer with her kids are watching the interview on TV.)''\\
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* {{Retirony}}: Kent tells Homer that the hidden cam hat he smashed was a day away from retirement.
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* {{Retirony}}: Kent tells Homer that the hidden cam hat he smashed was a day away from retirement. But it still manage to catch Abu on the act.
-->'''Kent:''' Homer, that hat has been with the station for 20 years.
-->'''Kent:''' Homer, that hat has been with the station for 20 years.
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* Indestructibly Edible: A disgruntled customer squish and twists a packet of Twinkies. Apu screams that he can't "hurt a Twinkie". Then they inflate back to their original shape, and Apu puts them back on the shelves.
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* Indestructibly Edible: IndestructibleEdible: A disgruntled customer squish and twists crushes a packet pack of Twinkies. Apu screams that he can't "hurt a Twinkie". Then they the Twinkies inflate back to their original shape, and Apu puts them back on the shelves.
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-->'''Apu:''' Wait!(pass another mountain)Now we are!
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-->'''Apu:''' Wait!(pass Wait! ''(pass another mountain)Now mountain)'' Now we are!
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* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Apu is fired, the Kwik-E-Mart official tears off his name tag and "Ask about our fried pickles" badge from his uniform.
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* Indestructibly Edible: A disgruntled customer squish and twists a packet of Twinkies. Apu screams that he can't "hurt a Twinkie". Then they inflate back to their original shape, and Apu puts them back on the shelves.
* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Apu is fired, the Kwik-E-Mart official tears off his name tag and the "Ask about our fried pickles" badge from his uniform.
* InsigniaRipOffRitual: When Apu is fired, the Kwik-E-Mart official tears off his name tag and the "Ask about our fried pickles" badge from his uniform.
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** 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.
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** The traditional form of apology in Apu's village involves slowly approaching someone with your arms outstretched. As Apu puts it, realizing how easily confusing it is, many have died needlessly because of it.
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* AreWeThereYet: Homer keeps on asking Apu on the plane if they are in India yet.
-->'''Apu:''' Wait!(pass another mountain)Now we are!
-->'''Apu:''' Wait!(pass another mountain)Now we are!
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->'''Marge:''' Their floors are Stick-E-Mart!\\
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* PainfulRhyme: Referenced when Apu gets the rest of the Simpsons to rhyme "Kwik-E-Mart" with him, saying its a "tricky part". They offer the following:
->'''Marge:''' Their floors are Stick-E-Mart!\\
'''Lisa:''' They make Dad Sick-E-Mart!\\
'''Bart:''' Let's hurl a Brick-E-Mart!\\
'''Homer:''' The Kwik-E-Mart is real... [[LampshadeHanging D'oh]]!
->'''Marge:''' Their floors are Stick-E-Mart!\\
'''Lisa:''' They make Dad Sick-E-Mart!\\
'''Bart:''' Let's hurl a Brick-E-Mart!\\
'''Homer:''' The Kwik-E-Mart is real... [[LampshadeHanging D'oh]]!
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[EarWorm Who needs the Kwik-E-Mart? I do!!]]]]
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Apu is fired from the Kwik-E-Mart (thanks to Homer working with Kent Brockman to rat him out after Homer gets sick from bad Kwik-E-Mart food) and agrees to stay at the Simpsons' house. Meanwhile, Creator/JamesWoods is hired as the new Kwik-E-Mart clerk.
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"Homer and Apu" is the thirteenth episode from the fifth season of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. It features shopkeeper
Apuis bonding with Homer and his family after being fired from the Kwik-E-Mart (thanks to (after Homer working with Kent Brockman to rat him out exposes Apu after Homer gets getting sick from bad Kwik-E-Mart food) and agrees to stay at the Simpsons' house. Meanwhile, with expired food), while Creator/JamesWoods is hired as his replacement.
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!!Episode Summary
It's business as usual at thenew Kwik-E-Mart, with Apu grossly overcharging items to disgruntled customers, one of whom tries to crush a pack of Twinkies. Upon retrieving it, the shopkeeper finds a pack of ham that expired in ''February 1989'' and proceeds to '''mark the expiration date out and put it on a bargain bin'''. Before long, Homer buys and eats the ham and gets sick. When he complains about the store's bad food, Apu '''''offers him expired shrimp, which Homer eats, getting sick again'''''.
After watching the "Bite Back" investigation segment on the news, Lisa tells Homer he should expose the Kwik-E-Mart. Kent Brockman gives Homer an oversized hat with a camera inside, but Homer destroys it after Apu thinks the buzzing camera is a bee. Anyway, the camera manages to capture Apu placing a dirty frankfurter back in the cooker. After an embarrassing TV interview, Apu is fired by the Kwik-E-Mart's management, but not because of his misdemeanors, but because they needed a scapegoat after the P.R. snafu. After a series of unsatisfactory prospects, they pick James Woods, who is doing research for an upcoming movie role, as a replacement.
After thinking the world is laughing at him (including the river--when it was actually two hobos tickling each other with feathers), Apu atones for his deeds and decides to go to the Simpson residence, where Homer mistakes a bizarre apology ritual for a strangling attempt by Apu, who in fact wants to settle his karma debt by helping him. While Homer rebuffs him, Apu declines to budge and the rest of the family feels gratified by this gesture and Apu breaks into a song, proclaiming he doesn't need the Kwik-E-Martclerk.
!! Thisanymore. But as soon Homer thinks the episode is over, they find Apu crying on the roof thinking of his old job.
The one way Apu can get his job back is by consulting the head office of the Kwik-E-Mart Corp., established... atop a high mountain in India. There, the leader gives them three questions, which ''Homer blows by asking him if he was the head of the Kwik-E-Mart''. After Apu strangles Homer (who thinks he was trying to apologize again), he decides to "face his demons" and go to the Kwik-E-Mart, where Woods is none too happy with the fact his character has been changed to a nervous Eskimo (meaning he will have to move to an igloo). While they talk about Apu once working 96 straight hours (although by the end, he thought he was a hummingbird), a robber shoots Woods, but Apu takes the bullet. At the hospital, Dr. Hibbert informs that Apu survived because the bullet dislodged another from a previous robbery. A grateful Woods gives Apu his job back and leaves to "battle aliens in the sky". Seeing that there are a few seconds left to the episode, the family hugs Apu.
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Apu
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!!Episode Summary
It's business as usual at the
After watching the "Bite Back" investigation segment on the news, Lisa tells Homer he should expose the Kwik-E-Mart. Kent Brockman gives Homer an oversized hat with a camera inside, but Homer destroys it after Apu thinks the buzzing camera is a bee. Anyway, the camera manages to capture Apu placing a dirty frankfurter back in the cooker. After an embarrassing TV interview, Apu is fired by the Kwik-E-Mart's management, but not because of his misdemeanors, but because they needed a scapegoat after the P.R. snafu. After a series of unsatisfactory prospects, they pick James Woods, who is doing research for an upcoming movie role, as a replacement.
After thinking the world is laughing at him (including the river--when it was actually two hobos tickling each other with feathers), Apu atones for his deeds and decides to go to the Simpson residence, where Homer mistakes a bizarre apology ritual for a strangling attempt by Apu, who in fact wants to settle his karma debt by helping him. While Homer rebuffs him, Apu declines to budge and the rest of the family feels gratified by this gesture and Apu breaks into a song, proclaiming he doesn't need the Kwik-E-Mart
!! This
The one way Apu can get his job back is by consulting the head office of the Kwik-E-Mart Corp., established... atop a high mountain in India. There, the leader gives them three questions, which ''Homer blows by asking him if he was the head of the Kwik-E-Mart''. After Apu strangles Homer (who thinks he was trying to apologize again), he decides to "face his demons" and go to the Kwik-E-Mart, where Woods is none too happy with the fact his character has been changed to a nervous Eskimo (meaning he will have to move to an igloo). While they talk about Apu once working 96 straight hours (although by the end, he thought he was a hummingbird), a robber shoots Woods, but Apu takes the bullet. At the hospital, Dr. Hibbert informs that Apu survived because the bullet dislodged another from a previous robbery. A grateful Woods gives Apu his job back and leaves to "battle aliens in the sky". Seeing that there are a few seconds left to the episode, the family hugs Apu.
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* {{Irony}}: The world's first conveniance store is in a horribly inconvenient location. Homer even points it out.
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* {{Irony}}: The world's first conveniance convenience store is in a horribly inconvenient location. Homer even points it out.out.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: Before this episode, Apu was pretty much an impossibly cheap grocer who didn't care for his customers (Homer's food poisoning wasn't the first incident between the Simpsons and the Kwik-E-Mart). After being fired however, he atoned for his old behavior and his character became a hard-working, patriotic BollywoodNerd from this point.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: Before this episode, Apu was pretty much an impossibly cheap grocer who didn't care for his customers (Homer's food poisoning wasn't the first incident between the Simpsons and the Kwik-E-Mart). After being fired however, he atoned for his old behavior and his character became a hard-working, patriotic BollywoodNerd from this point.
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* VoodooDoll: [[ObnoxiousInLaws Patty and Selma]] keep one of these of Homer.
-->'''Dr. Hibbert''': Well, sir, Homer's illness was either caused by ingesting spoiled food, or, heh heh, some sort of voodoo curse.
-->'''Patty''': Hey: we've just been working the eyes. ''(holds up a Homer doll with [[EyeScream pins in the eyes]])''
-->'''Dr. Hibbert''': Well, sir, Homer's illness was either caused by ingesting spoiled food, or, heh heh, some sort of voodoo curse.
-->'''Patty''': Hey: we've just been working the eyes. ''(holds up a Homer doll with [[EyeScream pins in the eyes]])''
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: In a BrickJoke to his method acting, James Woods says he is leaving to go fight aliens on a distant planet.
* IOweYouMyLife: As thanks for saving him from a bullet, James Woods gets Apu his job back.
* IOweYouMyLife: As thanks for saving him from a bullet, James Woods gets Apu his job back.
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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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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: After the big song, Homer observes that everything has wrapped up, even checking his watch and saying it was much faster than usual. Happens again at the end of the episode, where the family hugs Apu. Homer then checks his watch and says there's still time, so they hug him again right before the Executive Producer credits.
* MethodActing: In-Universe, James Woods takes Apu's job at the Kwik-E-Mart to prepare for his upcoming role as a store clerk. He says he previously worked in a law firm for two months to prepare for ''Film/TrueBeliever'' and apparently traveled through time to prepare for a role in ''Film/{{Chaplin}}''.
* MethodActing: In-Universe, James Woods takes Apu's job at the Kwik-E-Mart to prepare for his upcoming role as a store clerk. He says he previously worked in a law firm for two months to prepare for ''Film/TrueBeliever'' and apparently traveled through time to prepare for a role in ''Film/{{Chaplin}}''.
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* SayMyName: James Woods's shout of "Apu!" when Apu takes the bullet meant for the former.
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* SittingOnTheRoof: Apu does this after the "Who Needs The Kwik-E-Mart" song. The family hear him crying and go outside to find him sitting on the roof of the house and looking at the Kwik-E-Mart in the distance. Though one does have to raise the question of how he got up there in the first place...
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* VerbalBackspace: Homer says that going to India with Apu is the least he can do, before correcting himself and saying that no, the least he can do is nothing at all.
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* 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.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: 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.
** 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.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Homer learns how far India was from Springfield, it cuts 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.
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* BaitAndSwitch: BaitAndSwitch:
** When Homer learns how far India was from Springfield, it cuts 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.
** When Homer learns how far India was from Springfield, it cuts 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.
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* 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 immediately after he saw the disgusting close-up of a hot dog that fell on the floor being put back on the rack.
** Him wasting all three allowed questions he and Apu got ''on the same one'' when talking to the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain also counts.
** Him wasting all three allowed questions he and Apu got ''on the same one'' when talking to the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain also counts.
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* 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 immediately after he saw the disgusting close-up of a hot dog that fell on the floor being put back on the rack.
**rack. Him wasting all three allowed questions he and Apu got ''on the same one'' when talking to the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain also counts.
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* SmartBall: Homer corrects Apu on the nature of karma, using somewhat more complex words than usual.
-->'''Homer:''' You're selling what now?
-->'''Apu:''' I'm selling only the concept of karmic realignment.
-->'''Homer:''' You can't sell that! Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos! (slams the door in Apu's face)
-->'''Apu:''' ...he's got me there.
-->'''Homer:''' You're selling what now?
-->'''Apu:''' I'm selling only the concept of karmic realignment.
-->'''Homer:''' You can't sell that! Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos! (slams the door in Apu's face)
-->'''Apu:''' ...he's got me there.
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* SpyCam: The hidden camera that Homer is asked to carry to tape Apu's mishandling of food. Although it's "hidden" only in the sense that it's inside of a gigantic novelty cowboy hat, because it weights so much that it can damage a man's spine if worn too long and makes a very loud buzzing sound when it's adjusting its lens that Apu (and [[IdiotHero Homer]]) confuse for that of a bee.
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* SpyCam: The hidden camera that Homer is asked to carry to tape Apu's mishandling of food. Although it's "hidden" [[IncrediblyObviousBug only in the sense that it's inside of a gigantic novelty cowboy hat, because hat]], it weights so much that it can damage a man's spine if worn too long and makes a very loud buzzing sound when it's adjusting its lens that Apu (and [[IdiotHero Homer]]) confuse for that of a bee.
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* SpyCam: The hidden camera that Homer is asked to carry to tape Apu's mishandling of food. Although it's "hidden" only in the sense that it's inside of a gigantic novelty cowboy hat, because it weights so much that it can damage a man's spine if worn too long and makes a very loud buzzing sound when it's adjusting its lens that Apu (and [[IdiotHero Homer]]) confuse for that of a bee.
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!! Tropes:
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!! Tropes:This episode provides examples of:
* AnAesop: Marge delivers the moral, "I guess happiness is wherever you find it," when the Simpsons assume the episode is ending on the second act.
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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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* ClusterFBomb: ClusterBleepBomb: James Woods' cursing a blue streak as he's scraping melted cheese off the microwave walls.
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-->'''Homer''': ...You're selling what now?\\
'''Apu''': I'm ''selling'' only the concept of karmic realignment.\\
'''Homer''': [[LiteralMinded You can't sell that]]! Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos! ''(slams door)''\\
'''Apu''': He's got me there.
'''Apu''': I'm ''selling'' only the concept of karmic realignment.\\
'''Homer''': [[LiteralMinded You can't sell that]]! Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos! ''(slams door)''\\
'''Apu''': He's got me there.
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-->'''Apu''': Now, this is just between me and you, smashed hat.
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--->'''Brockman''': Apu, will you ever stop selling spoiled meat?\\
'''Apu''': ''(sweating profusely)'' No. I mean yes. I mean... oh, dear.\\
'''Apu''': ''(turns the TV off)'' I think I come off rather well.\\
'''Customer''': [[YouMonster Monster]]! Run, children!
'''Apu''': ''(sweating profusely)'' No. I mean yes. I mean... oh, dear.\\
'''Apu''': ''(turns the TV off)'' I think I come off rather well.\\
'''Customer''': [[YouMonster Monster]]! Run, children!
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'''Apu:''' ''(turns the TV off)'' I think I come off rather well.\\
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--->'''James Woods''': But as for me, I'm off to battle aliens on a far away planet.\\
'''Marge''': That sounds like a good movie.\\
'''James Woods''': Yes...yes, a movie.
'''Marge''': That sounds like a good movie.\\
'''James Woods''': Yes...yes, a movie.
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--->'''James Woods''': Woods:''' But as for me, I'm off to battle aliens on a far away planet.\\
'''Marge''': '''Marge:''' That sounds like a good movie.\\
'''JamesWoods''': Woods:''' Yes...yes, a movie.
'''James
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* 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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* 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 immediately 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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-->'''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]''
-->'''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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-->'''Official:''' Now... turn in your pricing gun.
-->'''Apu:''' ''[takesgun.\\
''(Apu takes gun out of shoulder holster and hands itover]''
-->'''Official:'''over)''\\
'''Official:''' The other onetoo.
-->'''Apu:''' ''[takestoo.\\
''(Apu takes gun out of ankle holster and hands itover]''over)''
-->'''Apu:''' ''[takes
''(Apu takes gun out of shoulder holster and hands it
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'''Official:''' The other one
-->'''Apu:''' ''[takes
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--> '''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!
'''Homer''': ''(laughs)'' It's true! It's true! We're so lame!
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--> '''Comedian''': '''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''': '''Homer:''' ''(laughs)'' It's true! It's true! We're so lame!
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Apu is fired from the Kwik-E-Mart (thanks to Homer working with Kent Brockman to rat him 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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Apu is fired from the Kwik-E-Mart (thanks to Homer working with Kent Brockman to rat him out after Homer gets sick from bad Kwik-E-Mart food) and agrees to stay at the Simpsons' house. Meanwhile, James Woods Creator/JamesWoods is hired as the new Kwik-E-Mart clerk.
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* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Apu decides no-one is stupid enough to buy expired ham from him... until Homer walks into the Kwik-E-Mart.
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-->'''Homer:''' I learn that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead.
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-->'''Homer:''' I learn I've learned that life is one crushing defeat after another until you just wish Flanders was dead.
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*SureLetsGoWithThat:
--->'''James Woods''': But as for me, I'm off to battle aliens on a far away planet.\\
'''Marge''': That sounds like a good movie.\\
'''James Woods''': Yes...yes, a movie.
--->'''James Woods''': But as for me, I'm off to battle aliens on a far away planet.\\
'''Marge''': That sounds like a good movie.\\
'''James Woods''': Yes...yes, a movie.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Apu.
** This is technically the first episode having him as a main character instead of being relegued to a side-character like usual.
** This is technically the first episode having him as a main character instead of being relegued to a side-character like usual.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Apu. \n** This is technically the first episode having to have him as a main character instead of being relegued to a side-character like usual.side-character.
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* 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.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Homer learned learns how far India was from Springfield, it cut cuts 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.
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* 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.
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* BrickJoke: When Apu gave gives the impression he wanted wants to strangle Homer for getting him fired, he was he's actually trying to apologize. When Apu did does want to strangle him, Homer thought it was thinks it's another apology.
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* 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[=/=]InterruptedSuicide: When Apu was is fired for getting caught selling rotten food, he tried tries to kill himself by eating Kwik-E-Mart food. His boss prevented prevents him from doing so.
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* {{Irony}}: The world's first conveniance store is in a horribly inconvenient location.
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* {{Irony}}: The world's first conveniance store is in a horribly inconvenient location. Homer even points it out.
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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". We never learned the answer but whatever it was, Woods accepted it.
* 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]]. 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. Apu only wants to ask one, but Homer wasted all of them asking if [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment that guy really owned the Kwik-E-Mart]]. And the answers weren't enough for him.
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* RiddleForTheAges: When James Woods was is talking at on the phone to his manager, he asked asks how his upcoming movie was the same if his character was retconned from a store clerk to a "jittery eskimo firefighter". We never learned learn the answer but whatever it was, Woods accepted it.
* RuleOfThree: When Apu and Homermet meet the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain to ask for Apu's job back, he said says they'd only be allowed three questions. Apu only wants to ask one, but Homer wasted wastes all of them asking if [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment that guy really owned the Kwik-E-Mart]]. And the answers weren't still aren't enough for him.
* RuleOfThree: When Apu and Homer
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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).
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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 "frozen" shrimp that aren't frozen and smell funny).
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* BigNo: Apu does this when taking a bullet for James Woods near the end.
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* BigNo: Apu does this in slow-motion when taking a bullet for James Woods near the end.
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-->'''Official:''' GIVE ME THAT WEINER! 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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'''Official:''' GIVE ME THAT WEINER! NO, APU! IT'S NOT WORTH IT!!!\\
'''Apu''': NO, I DON'T WANT TO LIVE, SIR!
* DumbassHasAPoint
-->'''Homer''': ...You're selling what now?\\
'''Apu''': I'm ''selling'' only the concept of karmic realignment.\\
'''Homer''': [[LiteralMinded You can't sell that]]! Karma can only be portioned out by the cosmos! ''(slams door)''\\
'''Apu''': He's got me there.
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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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* IncrediblyObviousBug: The hidden camera cowboy hat not only obviously has the camera lens sticking out, but makes a loud buzzing sound. Apu not only falls for it (he assumes that the noise is caused by a bee, [[TooDumbToLive as does Homer when Apu mentions this]]), but directly talks to the camera after Homer stomps on it.
-->'''Apu''': Now, this is just between me and you, smashed hat.
-->'''Apu''': Now, this is just between me and you, smashed hat.
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* {{Irony}}: The world's first conveniance store is in a horribly inconveniant location.
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* {{Irony}}: The world's first conveniance store is in a horribly inconveniant inconvenient location.
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-->'''James:''' Do I sound like a laid-back convenient store kind of guy?\\
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-->'''James:''' Do I sound like a laid-back convenient convenience store kind of guy?\\
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-->'''Lisa:''' I can see through time!
* NoodleIncident: Barney has apparently killed someone (possibly a woman) by accident before, or at least thinks he 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 in "Rosebud" but, considering how this series doesn't really usually care about continuity, it might have been an unseen incident.
* NoodleIncident: Barney has apparently killed someone (possibly a woman) by accident before, or at least thinks he 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 in "Rosebud" but, considering how this series doesn't really usually care about continuity, it might have been an unseen incident.
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-->'''Lisa:''' ''(strained voice)'' I can see through time!
*NoodleIncident: MustMakeAmends: Apu decides to move into the Simpsons' house and do chores for them to atone for causing Homer's illness.
* NoodleIncident:
** Barney has apparently killed someone (possibly a woman) by accident before, or at least thinks he 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 in "Rosebud" but, considering how this series doesn't really usually care about continuity, it might have been an unseen incident.
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* NoodleIncident:
** Barney has apparently killed someone (possibly a woman) by accident before, or at least thinks he 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 in "Rosebud" but, considering how this series doesn't really usually care about continuity, it might have been an unseen incident.
--->'''Brockman''': Apu, will you ever stop selling spoiled meat?\\
'''Apu''': ''(sweating profusely)'' No. I mean yes. I mean... oh, dear.\\
'''Apu''': ''(turns the TV off)'' I think I come off rather well.\\
'''Customer''': [[YouMonster Monster]]! Run, children!
'''Apu''': ''(sweating profusely)'' No. I mean yes. I mean... oh, dear.\\
'''Apu''': ''(turns the TV off)'' I think I come off rather well.\\
'''Customer''': [[YouMonster Monster]]! Run, children!
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-->'''Apu:''' [[LiteralMinded And if I could obtain for you these animals?]]
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-->'''Apu:''' [[LiteralMinded And Uh-huh, and if I could obtain for you these animals?]]
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* YouMonster: A woman calls Apu a monster after he's exposed for selling spoiled meat.
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** Also, him wasting all three allowed questions ''on the same one'' when talking to the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain also counts.
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** Also, him Him wasting all three allowed questions he and Apu got ''on the same one'' when talking to the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain also counts.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Apu.
** This is technically the first episode having him as a main character instead of being relegued to a side-character like usual.
** This is technically the first episode having him as a main character instead of being relegued to a side-character like usual.
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* NoodleIncident: Barney has apparently killed someone (possibly a woman) by accident before, or at least thinks he 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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* NoodleIncident: Barney has apparently killed someone (possibly a woman) by accident before, or at least thinks he 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," in "Rosebud" but, considering how this series doesn't really usually care about continuity, it might have been an unseen incident.
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** Also, him wasting all three allowed questions ''on the same one'' when talking to the owner of the Kwik-E-Mart chain also counts.
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* TheScapegoat: Kwik-E-Mart policy is to make one of these (and a sacrificial lamb) when something goes 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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* TheScapegoat: Kwik-E-Mart policy is to make use one of these (and (or a sacrificial lamb) when something goes wrong.
-->'''Apu:''' [[LiteralMinded And if Ican acquire both of could obtain for you these animals for you?]]animals?]]
-->'''Apu:''' [[LiteralMinded And if I
