History Recap / TheSimpsonsS6E19LisasWedding

* BitingTheHandHumor: Marge's comment about how Creator/{{Fox}} has become a [[UsefulNotes/SafeHarbor hardcore sex network]] by 2010.

* AdaptationalNameChange: In the Latin American Spanish dub, Hugh's name is changed to John, for some reason.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The episode features a look at the year 2010, which was at the time of the episode's airing 15 years into the future. The changes are a bit hard to detail, but perhaps the funniest change is that Moe now has an eyepatch, and when he says to Hugh that the Americans saved the British's "arse" back in WWII, Hugh retorts, "we saved your arse in WorldWarIII." And Big Ben is a digital clock that nobody has figured out how to set (i.e. it still blinks 12:00).

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: On hearing Lisa, his girlfriend with whom he experienced a bad breakup with, is getting married to someone else, an angry Milhouse tells Homer he's going to go write Homer's evaluation right that minute. Homer, naturally, starts smiling optimistically.

-->'''Lisa:''' Beautiful dinnerware, Mrs. Parkfield.
-->'''Mrs. Parkfield:''' Thank you, Lisa. They were made for the finest family in Britain.
-->'''Mr. Parkfield:''' I don't know how ''we'' ended up with them.
-->'''Lisa:''' [in her head] Uh-oh. Should I laugh? Was that dry British wit or subtle self-pity? Ugh, they're staring at me, better respond. [awkwardly giggles out loud]
-->'''Mr. Parkfield:''' Oh it's good to hear a boisterous American laugh!

** In Lisa's bedroom, we can see a poster of Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} ''Steel Wheelchair'' Tour, a parody of their ''Music/SteelWheels'' tour.

** Old Krusty was modelled on [[Creator/TheMarxBrothers Groucho Marx]].

--> '''Female Librarian:''' Hmmm. First they hate each other, now all of a sudden they love each other. Oh, it doesn't make any sense to me

* BelligerentSexualTension: At first, Lisa and Hugh quarrel over a book in the library, but the pair eventually fall madly in love.

-->'''Moe:''' We saved your ass in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.\\
'''Hugh:''' And we saved ''your'' arse in WorldWarIII.\\
'''Moe:''' True.

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: At first Hugh seems to be a mild JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Sure, he makes his fair share of [[DeadpanSnarker snarky comments]], but they're never really mean spirited, and he acts perfectly willing to deal with the Simpsons' shenanigans due to his love for Lisa, so the audiences believe he's really a NiceGuy at heart. Then Lisa discovers that he's not wearing the generational cuff links that Homer gave him to wear for the wedding, even though Hugh promised he would. Sure, they were embarrassingly childlike and Hugh didn't realize that part before agreeing, but it's clear that he's hurt Homer's feelings in doing so, and unlike Homer's previous actions towards High, which InnocentlyInsensitive, Hugh is very well aware of what he's doing and just doesn't seem to care. Then this seems to be {{Subverted}}, as Lisa convinces him to put them on, once again making us believe he's a good guy whose willing to look a little silly if it makes Lisa and her father happy. Then this is DoubleSubverted when he then notes that once he and Lisa go off to England, he has no intention of letting her see her family again, making it clear that he cares more about his own happiness than that of Lisa's and especially her family's.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The episode features a look at the year 2010, which was at the time of the episode's airing 15 years into the future. The changes are a bit hard to detail, but perhaps the funniest change is that Moe now has an eyepatch, and when he says to Hugh that the Americans saved the British's "arse" back in WWII, Hugh retorts, "we saved your arse in WorldWarThree." And Big Ben is a digital clock that nobody has figured out how to set (i.e. it still blinks 12:00).

* CryoSickness: Between "[[FloatingTimeline Now"]] and when the episode is predicted to happen, Mr. Burns was cryonically preserved and cured of "37 stab wounds to the back." He's very fragile (even more so than the old man who was once nearly drowned by a wet sponge placed on his head weighing him down like a millstone), breaking both legs just trying to sit down.

* ButtMonkey: When Lisa says she shouldn't wear white because her past relationship with Milhouse, Marge says that doesn't count. They both then start laughing.

* AmericaWonWorldWarII / WorldWarIII: {{Parodied|Trope}} indirectly with this exchange.

'''Hugh:''' And we saved ''your'' arse in World War III.\\

* TheGreatOffscreenWar: In this episode, World War III took place at some point between 1995 to 2010.

** In Lisa's bedroom, we can see a poster of Music/TheRollingStones ''Steel Wheelchair'' Tour, a parody of their ''Music/SteelWheels'' tour.

--->'''Bart:''' Anyway, Hugh, there's more to my life than just the wrecking ball. I also crush cars into cubes. On the side, I promote local tough-man contests. I'm getting out all my aggression till I go to law school.

** Bart, fairly popular in elementary school and proud of his position in the school food chain, is a wrecking ball operator and a double divorcee in his mid-twenties who hits strip clubs to meet girls. (He's pretty happy with his job, though.) He does plan to get to law school. In a previous episode, he does end up [[ContinuityNod becoming a Supreme Court justice]].