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* CouchGag: The couch is a giant Whack-A-Mole game with the Simpsons as the moles.
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Helen Lovejoy's always horrible, she's just SLIGHTLY more Machiavellian than Agnes
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* JerkassBall: Helen Lovejoy and Maude Flanders clutch this ''hard'' through most of the episode to the point where they're just as bad as the unpleasant and abusive Agnes Skinner while Edna and Luanne are a bit more downplayed than usual.
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* JerkassBall: Helen Lovejoy and Maude Flanders clutch clutches this ''hard'' through most of the episode to the point where they're she's just as bad as the unpleasant and abusive Agnes Skinner and Helen Lovejoy while Edna and Luanne are a bit more downplayed than usual.
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* CompetitionCouponMadness: [[DidNotThinkThisThrough Backfires big time on Marge]], because she didn't thought on placing a "only worth one free pretzel '''per customer'''" label on some coupons she printed out for her business, Cletus manages to swindle her out of ''three hundred'' pretzels to feed his (absurdly large) family (even if she did think of placing that label, Cletus would have still gotten thirty or so free pretzels from her).
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* CompetitionCouponMadness: [[DidNotThinkThisThrough Backfires big time on Marge]], because she didn't thought on placing a think to place an "only worth one free pretzel '''per customer'''" label on some the coupons she printed out for her business, Cletus manages to swindle her out of ''three hundred'' pretzels to feed his (absurdly large) family (even if she did think of placing that label, Cletus would have still gotten thirty or so free pretzels from her).
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Homer ultimately ends up starting [[MobWar a war between the Springfield Mafia and the Yakuza]] by going to Fat Tony for help, who then tried to kill Marge and Homer when they wouldn't hand over all the money they made selling pretzels, and who were (accidentally) saved by the Investorettes who hired the Yakuza to kill Homer and Marge after Fat Tony's men blew up their food truck.
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* {{Yakuza}}: The Investorettes unwittingly utilize them as a ConflictKiller when they unleash them onto the Simpsons just as Fat Tony was going to do whatever he was going to do because Marge wasn't going to give him the pretzel money.
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* {{Yakuza}}: The Investorettes unwittingly utilize them as a ConflictKiller when they unleash them onto the Simpsons just as Fat Tony was going to do whatever he was going to do because Marge wasn't going to give him the pretzel money.money.
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My 3rd correction is changing "dome" to "do" as I read through the page & noticed a mistake in "Villainous Rescue."
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* VillainousRescue: The Investorettes showcase how vile they are by hiring the Yakuza to kill Marge and her family in revenge for their Fleet-A-Pita truck being blown up by the Springfield Mafia (not knowing that Marge had nothing to do with it), just as Fat Tony and his crew are going to dome something unpleasant to the Simpsons because Marge will not pay. The resulting MobWar saves the Simpsons' lives.
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* VillainousRescue: The Investorettes showcase how vile they are by hiring the Yakuza to kill Marge and her family in revenge for their Fleet-A-Pita truck being blown up by the Springfield Mafia (not knowing that Marge had nothing to do with it), just as Fat Tony and his crew are going to dome do something unpleasant to the Simpsons because Marge will not pay. The resulting MobWar saves the Simpsons' lives.
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This is my 2nd correction of a proper verb tense over the past half-hour.
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* CompetitionCouponMadness: [[DidNotThinkThisThrough Backfires big time on Marge]], because she didn't thought on placing a "only worth one free pretzel '''per customer'''" label on some coupons she printed out for her business, Cletus manages to swindle her out of ''three hundred'' pretzels to feed his (absurdly large) family (even if she did thought of placing that label, Cletus would have still gotten thirty or so free pretzels from her).
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* CompetitionCouponMadness: [[DidNotThinkThisThrough Backfires big time on Marge]], because she didn't thought on placing a "only worth one free pretzel '''per customer'''" label on some coupons she printed out for her business, Cletus manages to swindle her out of ''three hundred'' pretzels to feed his (absurdly large) family (even if she did thought think of placing that label, Cletus would have still gotten thirty or so free pretzels from her).
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* ConflictKiller: The third act is the build-up to the confrontation between the Simpson family and the Springfield Mafia... which abruptly ends when the Investorettes barge in and announce that they made a deal with the Yakuza to get even for the Fleet-A-Pita truck's explosion, unleashing them at the Mafia.
* ConflictKiller: The third act is the build-up to the confrontation between the Simpson family and the Springfield Mafia... which abruptly ends when the Investorettes barge in and announce that they made a deal with the Yakuza to get even for the Fleet-A-Pita truck's explosion, unleashing them at the Mafia.
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* {{Expy}}: Frank Ormand was based on Shelley Leven from ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss'', who was also played by Creator/JackLemmon.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's made obvious that Marge's investing in the pretzel business is going to suck when she eagerly asks Frank Ormand what's her franchise territory and Ormand, [[OhCrap with some hesitation]], makes an uplifting speech that Marge will be anywhere that people need snacks.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's made obvious that Marge's investing in the pretzel business is going to suck when she eagerly asks Frank Ormand what's her franchise territory and Ormand, [[OhCrap with some hesitation]], makes an uplifting speech that Marge will be anywhere that people need snacks.
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* {{Expy}}: Frank Ormand was based on Shelley Leven from ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss'', [[ActorAllusion who was also played by by]] Creator/JackLemmon.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's made obvious that Marge's investing in the pretzel business is going to suck when she eagerly asks Frank Ormandwhat's what her franchise territory is and Ormand, [[OhCrap with some hesitation]], makes an uplifting speech that Marge will be anywhere that people need snacks.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's made obvious that Marge's investing in the pretzel business is going to suck when she eagerly asks Frank Ormand
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* NotSoInnocentWhistling: Bart does it after he short-circuits Investo, the franchise fair's robot mascot, with his drink.
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* NotSoInnocentWhistling: NotSoInnocentWhistle: Bart does it after he short-circuits Investo, the franchise fair's robot mascot, with his drink.
* VillainousRescue: The Investorettes showcase how vile they are by hiring the Yakuza to kill Marge and her family in revenge for their Fleet-A-Pita truck being blown up by the Springfield Mafia (not knowing that Marge had nothing to do with it), just as Fat Tony and his crew are going to dome something unpleasant to the Simpsons because Marge will not pay. The resulting MobWar saves the Simpsons' lives.
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* VillainousRescue: The Investorettes showcase how vile they are by hiring the Yakuza to kill Marge and her family in revenge for their Fleet-A-Pita truck being blown up by the Springfield Mafia (not knowing that Marge had nothing to do with it), just as Fat Tony and his crew are going to dome something unpleasant to the Simpsons because Marge will not pay. The resulting MobWar saves the Simpsons' lives.
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* AccidentalHero: Of all things, the Investorettes hiring the Yakuza ends up saving the Simpson family in the end, as their sudden intrusion causes the Mafia to shift priorities from them to the Yakuza. Had they not interfered, it's likely Fat Tony would have killed Homer and Marge.
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* BusCrash: Within the [[WeHardlyKnewYe same episode he's introduced]], no less! Frank Ormand initially shows up to kickstart Marge's pretzel business, only to vanish from the plot immediately afterwards. When Homer tries to get his help later on, it turns out he (and the executor of his estate) abruptly died in a car crash off-screen.
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* KilledOffScreen: Frank Ormand dies in a car crash off-screen at some point after giving Marge the idea to start a pretzel business.
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* JerkassBall: Helen Lovejoy and Maude Flanders clutch this ''hard'' through most of the episode to the point where they're just as bad as the unpleasant and abusive Agnes Skinner while Edna and Luanne are a bit more downplayed than usual.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Fat Tony's ultimatum to Marge.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Fat Tony's ultimatum to Marge.Marge spoofs the standard warning.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's made obvious that Marge's investing in the pretzel business is going to suck when she eagerly asks Frank Ormand what's her franchise territory and Ormand, [[OhCrap with some hesitation]], makes an uplifting speech that Marge will be anywhere that people need snacks.
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* CompetitionCouponMadness: [[DidNotThinkThisThrough Backfires big time on Marge]], because she didn't thought on placing a "only worth one free pretzel '''per customer'''" label on some coupons she printed out for her business, Cletus manages to swindle her out of ''two hundred'' pretzels to feed his (absurdly large) family (even if she did thought of placing that label, Cletus would have still gotten thirty or so free pretzels from her).
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* CompetitionCouponMadness: [[DidNotThinkThisThrough Backfires big time on Marge]], because she didn't thought on placing a "only worth one free pretzel '''per customer'''" label on some coupons she printed out for her business, Cletus manages to swindle her out of ''two ''three hundred'' pretzels to feed his (absurdly large) family (even if she did thought of placing that label, Cletus would have still gotten thirty or so free pretzels from her).
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* CompetitionCouponMadness: [[DidNotThinkThisThrough Backfires big time on Marge]], because she didn't thought on placing a "only worth one free pretzel '''per customer'''" label on some coupons she printed out for her business, Cletus manages to swindle her out of ''two hundred'' pretzels to feed his (absurdly large) family (even if she did thought of placing that label, Cletus would have still gotten thirty or so free pretzels from her).
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* StupidEvil: When Fat Tony goes to Marge demanding money in exchange for the aid the Mafia had been giving her business, without her knowledge, he demands a hundred percent of the profits she is making. He doesn't consider that doing this could bleed Marge's business dry and eventually leave him with no money to extort.
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* MisterBig: A brief appearance in ''The Simpsons: Tapped Out'' lists the "little guy" Homer was expecting something amazing from as "Yakuza Boss".
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Throw what in?
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* NoEnding: The episode ends abruptly in the middle of the mob war.
** According to the audio commentary, the writers decided to ThrowItIn, as they were stumped for an ending.
** According to the audio commentary, the writers decided to ThrowItIn, as they were stumped for an ending.
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* NoEnding: The episode ends abruptly in the middle of the mob war.
** According towar. In the audio commentary, the writers decided to ThrowItIn, as outright admitted they were stumped for an ending.
** According to
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* BlatantLies: Principal Skinner claiming he injured his hands in a boating accident (it's fairly obvious he's been whacked by the Mafia to buy pretzels off Marge)
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* BlatantLies: Principal Skinner claiming he injured his hands in a boating accident (it's fairly obvious he's been whacked beaten by the Mafia to buy pretzels off Marge)
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* AluminuimChristmasTrees: Disco Stu's platform shoes with live (well, [[ForgotToFeedTheMonster initially]]) goldfish in them? [[http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/goldfish/discoshoes.php Real.]] As you might've guessed, the goldfish typically didn't live through one trip to the disco.
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* AluminuimChristmasTrees: AluminiumChristmasTrees: Disco Stu's platform shoes with live (well, [[ForgotToFeedTheMonster initially]]) goldfish in them? [[http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/goldfish/discoshoes.php Real.]] As you might've guessed, the goldfish typically didn't live through one trip to the disco.
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* OffscreenInertia: Averted when Marge notes that the cat in a tree that is the subject of her motivational poster ("Hang In There, Baby!") "must be long dead" because, even if it didn't fall, the poster was made decades ago.
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!!This episode contains examples of ([[YMMV/TheSimpsonsS8E11TheTwistedWorldOfMargeSimpson YMMV Here]]):
* AluminuimChristmasTrees: Disco Stu's platform shoes with live (well, [[ForgotToFeedTheMonster initially]]) goldfish in them? [[http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/goldfish/discoshoes.php Real.]] As you might've guessed, the goldfish typically didn't live through one trip to the disco.
* {{Expy}}: Frank Ormand was based on Shelley Leven from ''Film/GlengarryGlenRoss'', who was also played by Creator/JackLemmon.
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* JapanesePoliteness: "Forgiveness, please!", said after crashing through the Simpsons' kitchen window.
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* JapanesePoliteness: "Forgiveness, please!", said after crashing A {{yakuza}} man is chucked through the Simpsons' family's kitchen window.window because of a MobWar on the lawn, and he bows politely and asks forgiveness before rushing out the door and rejoining the fight.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome / StrollingThroughTheChaos: The little guy in the Yakuza who is standing perfectly still as the fight rages around him. Homer wants to see him fight and knows it'll be good, but the second Marge gets him to come inside, we hear a barrage of screaming and punching. The episode ends with him coming crashing through the family's kitchen window; he [[JapanesePoliteness apologizes]] to them before hurrying back outside.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome / StrollingThroughTheChaos: OffscreenMomentOfAwesome[=/=]StrollingThroughTheChaos: The little guy in the Yakuza who is standing perfectly still as the fight rages around him. Homer wants to see him fight and knows it'll be good, but the second Marge gets him to come inside, we hear a barrage of screaming and punching. The episode ends with him coming crashing through the family's kitchen window; he [[JapanesePoliteness apologizes]] to them before hurrying back outside.
* OverlyLongGag: Cletus Spuckler introduces his 26 children to Marge and Homer.
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* ShoutOut: Two of Cletus' children are Rumer and Scout, which are also the names of two of Creator/BruceWillis and Creator/DemiMoore's daughters.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Two of Cletus' children are Rumer and Scout, which are also the names of two of Creator/BruceWillis and Creator/DemiMoore'sdaughters.daughters.
** The scene in which the Springfield Mafia destroy all of the competition to "Pretzel Wagon" is based on a scene from ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''.
** Frank Ormand's "You'll be there" speech mirrors that of Tom Joad from ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''.
** Two of Cletus' children are Rumer and Scout, which are also the names of two of Creator/BruceWillis and Creator/DemiMoore's
** The scene in which the Springfield Mafia destroy all of the competition to "Pretzel Wagon" is based on a scene from ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''.
** Frank Ormand's "You'll be there" speech mirrors that of Tom Joad from ''Literature/TheGrapesOfWrath''.
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* TickerTapeParade: Marge stages a fake ticker tape parade (with Lisa as an astronaut) to avoid littering laws when she throws flyers for her pretzel business off the buildings.
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* TickerTapeParade: Marge stages The family hold a fake ticker tape parade (with Lisa as an astronaut) so they can drop leaflets for Marge's pretzel-selling business. Marge stages a tickertape parade to avoid littering laws when she throws flyers for her pretzel business off the buildings.
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* TemptingFate: After Marge tells her family about no longer being one of the [[FiveBadBand Investorettes]], Homer tells her that she doesn't need to worry about that for as long as he can provide for them. Right after that, he hits one of his eyes with a hot dog he's trying to eat and it makes him unable to work.
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* TemptingFate: After Marge tells her family about no longer being one of the [[FiveBadBand Investorettes]], Investorettes, Homer tells her that she doesn't need to worry about that for as long as he can provide for them. Right after that, he hits one of his eyes with a hot dog he's trying to eat and it makes him unable to work.
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* BlatantLies: Principal Skinner claiming he injured his hands in a boating accident (it's fairly obvious he's been whacked by the Mafia to buy pretzels off Marge)
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-->'''Helen Lovejoy''': '''What''' are those men doing under my van?! ''[said men flee the van]''
-->'''Wiggum''': Look, lady, if I was you, I would just leap into the air as I am preparing to do.
-->'''Wiggum''': Look, lady, if I was you, I would just leap into the air as I am preparing to do.
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[[caption-width-right:250:"Here you go: free Pretzel Wagon pretzels for everyone. One bite, and you'll be hooked."]]
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* HopeSpot: Marge manages to give away a pretzel to every single person that goes to a baseball game and Bart even mentions that the moment they get a taste of the pretzel, they will not stop asking for more. The very split second before everybody takes a bite, Mr. Burns wins a raffle giving away a 1997 Pontiac Astrowagon and every single person in the stadium tosses their pretzels at Burns in disgust.
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* HopeSpot: Marge manages to give away a pretzel to every single person that goes to a baseball game and Bart she even mentions that the moment they get a taste of the pretzel, they will not stop asking for more. The very split second before everybody takes a bite, Mr. Burns wins a raffle giving away a 1997 Pontiac Astrowagon and every single person in the stadium tosses their pretzels at Burns in disgust.
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* HopeSpot: Marge manages to give away a pretzel to every single person that goes to a baseball game and Bart even mentions that the moment they get a taste of the pretzel, they will not stop asking for more. The very split second before everybody takes a bite, Whitey Ford is paraded through the playing field and every single person in the stadium tosses their pretzels at Ford in disgust.
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* HopeSpot: Marge manages to give away a pretzel to every single person that goes to a baseball game and Bart even mentions that the moment they get a taste of the pretzel, they will not stop asking for more. The very split second before everybody takes a bite, Whitey Ford is paraded through the playing field Mr. Burns wins a raffle giving away a 1997 Pontiac Astrowagon and every single person in the stadium tosses their pretzels at Ford Burns in disgust.
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* ProducePelting: Marge tries to sell her pretzels at a ballgame, but the sports fans end up hurling them at Whitey Ford.
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* ProducePelting: Marge tries to sell her pretzels at a ballgame, but the sports fans end up hurling them at Mr. Burns and Whitey Ford.
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Five Bad Band is to be cut. See this thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1532488931034738600&page=3#58
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Marges falls out with the [[FiveBadBand Springfield Investorettes]] =Springfield Investorettes over their risky practices, and she invests in a fledging pretzel franchise out of spite, However, she struggles to stay in business, and Homer resorts to desperate measures to help her.
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* FiveBadBand: The Investorettes serve as the [[BigBadDuumvirate main antagonists]] of the episode, and the end outright has them cross into villainy because of Homer hiring the Springfield Mafia.
** BigBad: Helen Lovejoy
** TheDragon: Maude Flanders
** TheBrute: Agnes Skinner
** TheEvilGenius: Edna Krabappel
** TheDarkChick: Luanne Van Houten
** SixthRanger: The Yakuza
** BigBad: Helen Lovejoy
** TheDragon: Maude Flanders
** TheBrute: Agnes Skinner
** TheEvilGenius: Edna Krabappel
** TheDarkChick: Luanne Van Houten
** SixthRanger: The Yakuza
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* HopeSpot: Marge manages to sell give away a pretzel to every single person that goes to a baseball game and Bart even mentions that the moment they get a taste of the pretzel, they will not stop asking for more. The very split second before everybody takes a bite, Whitey Ford is paraded through the playing field and every single person in the stadium tosses their pretzels at Ford in disgust.