History Recap / TheSimpsonsS7E2122ShortFilmsAboutSpringfield

Episode - 3F18\\
First Aired - 4/14/1996

JustForFun/TheOneWith [[MemeticMutation Steamed Hams.]]

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Ian asks Nelson if he should be laughed at for owning a small car, Nelson, afraid of Ian but either not understanding the question, or simply unable to not insult him, defeatedly says "I guess so".

---> ''(Nelson sees Lisa's new hairstyle after she got gum out of it)''\\

--> '''Chalmers:''' SEYYYYYYYYYYYYMOUUUUUUUUUURRRRR!!

--> '''Chalmers:''' Yes, I should be--''(sees Seymour's kitchen on fire through the door)'' '''[[OhCrap GOOD LORD!]]''' WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THERE?!

--> '''Ian:''' Would you like it if I laughed at ''YOUR'' misfortune? Huh!? Maybe we should find out! ''(pulls Nelson's pants down around his ankles)'' Now march! ''(Nelson with his pants down is forced to march ahead of Ian's car who honks to get all the bystanders' attention)'' Hey everybody! Look at this! It's that boy who laughs at everyone! Let's laugh at him!
--> '''Springfieldians:''' Ha ha!

--> '''Chalmers:''' Well, Seymour, I made it... ''Despite'' your directions.

-> '''Agnes:''' Seymour! The TV Tropes Wiki is on fire!\\

* AdultFear: Homer getting Maggie stuck inside a newspaper vendor. His panic is not helped by a newspaper article headlined, "Deadbeat Dad Beat Dead".

* ButtMonkey: Bumblebee Man just as much at home as on his show. He suffers assorted accidents, his wife leaves him, and his house collapses on him.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: A VignetteEpisode-cum-''Film/PulpFiction'' parody.

* ParrotExpoWhat:

* BlatantLies: Skinner tells some ''exceptionally'' bold-faced lies during the "Skinner and the Superintendent" short.

* CringeComedy: Principal Skinner's lunch with Superintendent Chalmers, bluffing his way through claiming that the Krusty Burgers he serves are homemade "[[MemeticMutation steamed hams]]". And then saying that the fire in his kitchen is the aurora borealis.

* LastResortTakeout: In one of the most famous (or at least [[MemeticMutation memetic]]) examples of this trope, Principal Skinner [[DinnerWithTheBoss has Superintendent Chalmers over for lunch]] and manages to burn the roast, so he climbs out the window and gets burgers from the local Krusty Burger, calling them "steamed hams". ([[BlatantLies It's an Albany expression]].)

-->'''Chalmers:''' Aurora Borealis? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized ''entirely'' within your kitchen!?!
** Which results in a BluntYes from Skinner.

* DinnerWithTheBoss: Principal Skinner has Superintendent Chalmers over for dinner. Except Skinner's roast catches fire and he comes up with one {{Blatant Lie|s}} after another -- from claiming the smoke is "steam from the steamed clams we're having" to passing off Krusty Burgers as "steamed hams" to saying that the fire in his kitchen is the aurora borealis[[note]]"At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, ''localized entirely within your kitchen?!''"[[/note]] -- to avoid disappointing Chalmers.

* EpicFail: Skinner is so concerned about salvaging his dinner with Chalmers that ''he neglects to so much as turn the oven off'' as his roast is ''literally on fire''. Cue the oven setting the house on fire. In fact, the fact that Skinner is so inattentive that his roast ''catches on fire in the first place'' (not an easy feat unless a lot of grease is involved) would normally be enough for this trope.

* FawltyTowersPlot: Principal Skinner accidentally burns the dinner he hoped to impress Superintendent Chalmers with and tries to pass off fast food hamburgers as his own cooking. ("I thought we were having steamed clams." "Oh, no, I said steamed hams. That's what I call hamburgers.") It ends with him trying to pass off a kitchen fire as the Aurora Borealis. Subverted in the sense that it actually works. Chalmers walks away believing everything Skinner said... [[PyrrhicVictory but Skinner now has to call the fire department to deal with the house fire]].

TheOneWith [[MemeticMutation Steamed Hams.]]

--->'''Lou:''' You know, I went to the UsefulNotes/McDonalds in Shelbyville on Friday night--\\

* PottyEmergency: Milhouse's story when he's at the Comic Book Guy's store and the antique shop where Snake and Chief Wiggum are held hostage.

* TheFreelanceShameSquad: Nelson, laughing at everything, including Lisa's new hairdo and Mrs. Glick after she trips over a trash can. He then sees a Volkswagen Beetle, the driver of whom is cramped inside and seated awkwardly in such a way that his knees rise above his head, and laughs. Suddenly, the car stops and the driver comes out ... and after revealing himself to be quite tall, Nelson realizes the man is coming after him and, after doing an "OhCrap," tries to run. But the man is too fast, and after catching him, explains that he cannot afford to drive a nicer car. He then makes him pull down his shorts and walk down Main Street, the car following close behind. Everyone laughs at Nelson, just as he did to them so many times in the past during their misfortune, while Bart and Milhouse splatter ketchup and mustard on him from atop an overpass, where they are watching the events unfold.

--> '''Ian:''' Would you like it if I laughed at ''YOUR'' misfortune? Huh!? Maybe we should find out! ''(pulls Nelson's pans down around his ankles)'' Now march! ''(Nelson with his pants down is forced to march ahead of Ian's car who honks to get all the bystanders' attention)'' Hey everybody! Look at this! It's that boy who laughs at everyone! Let's laugh at him!

-->"[[StunnedSilence Uh...]] [[HesitationEqualsDishonesty Y-y'know... One thing I should]]... [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere 'scuse me for a second." (bolts through the kitchen door)]]

-->'''Lou:''' You know, I went to the UsefulNotes/McDonalds in Shelbyville on Friday night--\\

'''Skinner:''' No, Mother, it's just the {{Red Link}}s.\\

* ThemeTuneCameo: Right before hitting Chief Wiggum with his car, Snake is listening to a Film/PulpFiction-esque surf rock remix of the show's theme.

* BlatantLies: Skinner tells some during the "Skinner and the Superintendent" short.

* ThrowTheDogABone: After many episodes of being [[ButtMonkey tormented]] by [[TheBully Nelson]], Milhouse finally manages to get one over him when he (alongside Bart) splashes him with condiments from a bridge while he's being forced to walk around with his pants around his ankles [[LaserGuidedKarma by a tall man that he laughed at]].