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* RightForTheWrongReasons: Lisa dismisses Tito Puente as a suspect out of hand because she's a fan of his music, and Chief Wiggum accepts that he's innocent because of his claim that the only revenge he wants on Burns is to write a slanderous mambo, which doesn't actually prove anything, but both are ultimately correct that he is not the shooter.
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** Lisa dismisses Tito Puente as a suspect out of hand because she's a fan of his music, and Chief Wiggum accepts that he's innocent because of his claim that the only revenge he wants on Burns is to write a slanderous mambo, which doesn't actually prove anything, but both are ultimately correct that he is not theshooter.shooter.
** Lisa correctly identifies Maggie as the shooter based on the fact that Burns pointed to "M and S" when he collapsed on the sundial, interpreting this as him leaving a clue. Burns claims this was actually a coincidence, and that he really used his last ounce of strength to swallow his gold fillings so the paramedics couldn't steal them.
** Lisa dismisses Tito Puente as a suspect out of hand because she's a fan of his music, and Chief Wiggum accepts that he's innocent because of his claim that the only revenge he wants on Burns is to write a slanderous mambo, which doesn't actually prove anything, but both are ultimately correct that he is not the
** Lisa correctly identifies Maggie as the shooter based on the fact that Burns pointed to "M and S" when he collapsed on the sundial, interpreting this as him leaving a clue. Burns claims this was actually a coincidence, and that he really used his last ounce of strength to swallow his gold fillings so the paramedics couldn't steal them.
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** Subverted. Compared to how the police force are normally portrayed, this episode sees them do a competent job of trying to solve Mr. Burns' attempted murder. While Homer is falsely arrested, it's due to a misunderstanding more than anything else (namely, Mr. Burns saying "Homer Simpson" when asked who shot him). Chief Wiggum even points out that he can't arrest Maggie for the shooting because she is a baby.
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** Subverted. Compared to how the police force are normally portrayed, this episode sees them do a competent job of trying to solve Mr. Burns' attempted murder. While Homer is falsely arrested, it's due to a misunderstanding more than anything else the evidence (namely, Mr. Burns saying "Homer Simpson" when asked who shot him). Chief Wiggum even points out that he can't arrest Maggie for the shooting because she is a baby.
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** Similarly, if the audience was paying careful attention at the end of Part 1, they'll know during Act Two that the SPD are wrong and that Homer ''can't'' be the shooter. Aside from such a development threatening the show's status quo, Burns clearly recognized his attacker -- thereby eliminating Home since Burns ''always'' forgets his name.
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** Similarly, if the audience was paying careful attention at the end of Part 1, they'll know during Act Two that the SPD are wrong and that Homer ''can't'' be the shooter. Aside from such a development threatening the show's status quo, Burns clearly recognized his attacker -- thereby eliminating Home Homer since Burns ''always'' forgets his name.
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* LetsGetDangerous: Although the plot eventually demonstrates that the "iron-clad" evidence was the product of a bunch of highly circumstantial coincidences, Wiggum still manages to pull off a decent enough investigation (with some help from Lisa) when prompted that Homer's (wrongful) conviction was almost sure.
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* LetsGetDangerous: Although the plot eventually demonstrates that the "iron-clad" evidence was the product of a bunch of highly circumstantial coincidences, Wiggum still manages to pull off a decent enough investigation (with some help from Lisa) when prompted that Homer's (wrongful) conviction was almost sure. Before he arrests Homer, Wiggum also investigates many of the other suspects, eliminating them one by one once he interviews them and confirms their alibis.
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*** Similarly, Skinner confessed to attempted murder when questioned by Wiggum, but he's not charged.
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** Similarly, if the audience was paying careful attention at the end of Part 1, they'll know during Act Two that the SPD are wrong and that Homer ''can't'' be the shooter. Aside from such a development threatening the show's status quo, Burns clearly recognized his attacker -- thereby eliminating Home since Burns ''always'' forgets his name.
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* NotMeThisTime: Homer impulsively steals Wiggum's gun and points it at Burns, threatening to shoot him if he keeps saying he shot him... before.
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* EmbarrassingAlibi: Seymore Skinner's alibi is that he was setting out to shoot Burns and was applying warpaint in the school bathroom when Burns was shot. The embarrassing part is that he had mistakenly applied his mother's makeup, and Superintendent Chalmers happened to walk in. Skinner tells the police that Chalmers can vouch for his whereabouts, but "everything else he says is a filthy lie."
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* EmbarrassingAlibi: Seymore Skinner's alibi is that he was setting out to shoot Burns and was applying warpaint in the school bathroom when Burns was shot. The embarrassing part part, which is shown in flashback but he presumably doesn't mention, is that he had mistakenly applied his mother's makeup, and Superintendent Chalmers happened to walk in. Skinner tells the police that Chalmers can vouch for his whereabouts, but "everything else he says is a filthy lie."
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The video of Moe's Lie Detector example is listed at the bottom of the page, which proves this isn't an example of the trope. Removing accordingly. Funny enough, this was the example given during the TLP process for the trope, and not Skinner's.
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* EmbarrassingAlibi: While being subjected to (and repeatedly failing) a lie detector test, Moe Szyslak's alibi for the titular shooting gets progressively more embarrassing until he finally admits that he was "[[PoorMansPorn ogling the ladies in the Sears catalog]]".
-->'''Moe:''' Can I go now? I don't deserve this kinda shabby treatment! [''the lie detector goes off'']
** Seymore Skinner's alibi is that he was setting out to shoot Burns and was applying warpaint in the school bathroom when Burns was shot. The embarrassing part is that he had mistakenly applied his mother's makeup, and Superintendent Chalmers happened to walk in. Skinner tells the police that Chalmers can vouch for his whereabouts, but "everything else he says is a filthy lie."
-->'''Moe:''' Can I go now? I don't deserve this kinda shabby treatment! [''the lie detector goes off'']
** Seymore Skinner's alibi is that he was setting out to shoot Burns and was applying warpaint in the school bathroom when Burns was shot. The embarrassing part is that he had mistakenly applied his mother's makeup, and Superintendent Chalmers happened to walk in. Skinner tells the police that Chalmers can vouch for his whereabouts, but "everything else he says is a filthy lie."
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* EmbarrassingAlibi: While being subjected to (and repeatedly failing) a lie detector test, Moe Szyslak's alibi for the titular shooting gets progressively more embarrassing until he finally admits that he was "[[PoorMansPorn ogling the ladies in the Sears catalog]]".
-->'''Moe:''' Can I go now? I don't deserve this kinda shabby treatment! [''the lie detector goes off'']
**Seymore Skinner's alibi is that he was setting out to shoot Burns and was applying warpaint in the school bathroom when Burns was shot. The embarrassing part is that he had mistakenly applied his mother's makeup, and Superintendent Chalmers happened to walk in. Skinner tells the police that Chalmers can vouch for his whereabouts, but "everything else he says is a filthy lie."
-->'''Moe:''' Can I go now? I don't deserve this kinda shabby treatment! [''the lie detector goes off'']
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* SmartBall: The normally incompetent Chief Wiggum grabs it when he asks why no one reported Smithers shooting Jasper. The answer is that Smithers got him in the prosthetic leg.
-->'''Wiggum:''' [[DumbassHasAPoint Wait a second, if another old geezer got shot, how come nobody reported it]]?
-->'''Wiggum:''' [[DumbassHasAPoint Wait a second, if another old geezer got shot, how come nobody reported it]]?
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** Seymore Skinner's alibi is that he was setting out to shoot Burns and was applying warpaint in the school bathroom when Burns was shot. The embarrassing part is that he had mistakenly applied his mother's makeup, and Superintendent Chalmers happened to walk in. Skinner tells the police that Chalmers can vouch for his whereabouts, but "everything else he says is a filthy lie."
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* EmbarrassingAlibi: While being subjected to (and repeatedly failing) a lie detector test, Moe Szyslak's alibi for the titular shooting gets progressively more embarrassing until he finally admits that he was "[[PoorMansPorn ogling the ladies in the Sears catalog]]".
-->'''Moe:''' Can I go now? I don't deserve this kinda shabby treatment! [''the lie detector goes off'']
-->'''Moe:''' Can I go now? I don't deserve this kinda shabby treatment! [''the lie detector goes off'']
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** When it's revealed that Burns really ''did'' try to take candy from a baby, Yes Man or not, Smithers just glares at his beloved boss with disapproval.
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The shooting of Mr. Burns leads to a massive manhunt... And Homer is the prime suspect.
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* DumbAssHasAPoint: Lisa says that Tito could not have shot Mr Burns because he is famous. Wiggum goes to talk anyway either BECAUSE he's famous or because everyone who had a motive needed to be questioned anyway. After a few real life celebrities have been involved in crimes, Wiggum and co were not wrong to question Tito.
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* ContinuityCavalcade: The FreezeFrameBonus of names in the DNA computer includes the family names of nearly every character to have appeared in the series to date, mixed in with [[CreatorCameo those of the show's staff]].
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