History Recap / TheSimpsonsS8E3TheHomerTheyFall

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Even with his ability to resist pain and take a beating, Homer stands absolutely no chance against a trained professional boxer like Tatum, due to Homer not having any real training or anywhere near a healthy diet, and is nearly knocked unconscious or beaten to death in the first round. Moe even points out when the idea is first suggested that Homer has no chance against Tatum, and after the match Homer is badly concussed. Even Homer's attempt at a dramatic turnaround punch fails, because it turns out that resolve and determination won't save you when you're nowhere near as skilled as your opponent. That said, Homer ''did'' outlast every other opponent of Tatum's, who was knocked out after the first punch. Homer withstanding multiple punches and making it far enough into the fight to attempt to mount a counteroffensive is in itself a moral victory of sorts.

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Real nice of Dr. Hibbert to explain that Homer has a concussion-proof skull, but why did he felt it was a good idea to ''try to whale on Homer with a two-by-four to prove it'' (even if he never does because he was expecting another appointment)?

* RedBaron: Tatum's coat when he enters the climactic boxing match proudly labels him as "Mr. Armageddon". Paroided with Homer - his own coat only reads "Opponent", he never gets a nickname as a boxer, and the commenters' label of him as an "immovable object" is brutally defied by Tatum.

** In just the first 5 seconds of his fight against Drederick Tatum, Homer gets severely beaten.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Even with his ability to resist pain and take a beating, Homer stands absolutely no chance against a trained professional boxer like Tatum, due to Homer not having any real training or anywhere near a healthy diet, and is nearly knocked unconscious or beaten to death in the first round. Moe even points out when the idea is first suggested that Homer has no chance against Tatum, and after the match Homer is badly concussed. Even Homer's attempt at a dramatic turnaround punch fails, because it turns out that resolve and determination won't save you when you're nowhere near as skilled as your opponent.

* TranquilFury: Parodied: Tatum puts a stop to a prison riot (to the point where [[UpToEleven the prisoners retreat to their cells and even the guards apologize]]) merely by telling them to shut up (since it was distracting him from his Jello). In the press ring before the match, he also very calmly says that he has no beef with Homer, but [[ImpliedDeathThreat he's going to turn his children into orphans]] (Homer he'll kill himself, Marge will suffer DeathByDespair).

Episode - 4F03\\
First Aired - 11/10/1996

* CallBack: Drederick Tatum and Lucius Sweet previously appeared in the boxing match Homer saw by stealing cable in "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E13HomerVsLisaAndThe8thCommandment Homer vs Lisa and the 8th Commandment]]".

* ExpyCoexistence: Homer lampshades the trope by pointing out the similarities between fictional boxing manager Lucius Sweet and real boxing manager Don King. To confuse the issue further, Lucius Sweet is voiced by Paul Winfield, who played Don King in the TV movie ''Tyson''.

* NoSell: Thanks to a rare medical anomaly that renders Homer near-invulnerable to knockout punches. Since he has weak boxing skills, Moe advises Homer to absorb everything these boxers can throw at them … and then eventually wear them out before Homer simply uses a weak punch or a push to beat his opponents. The trope flies completely out the window when it quickly becomes clear the fearsome Drederick Tatum is far stronger and more capable of punishing Homer than any of his opponents.
* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: When Homer faced off against homeless guys, he earned a reputation of invincibility as his thicker than average skull prevented him from receiving any real damage when he got punched in the face, and just pushed his opponents down when they got tired. Lucius Sweet then convinces Moe to have Homer fight Tatum, as he may be the only one to stand a chance for an exciting fight. Fighting malnourished homeless boxers was absolutely nothing compared to the experienced, well trained, physically fit, heavy weight champion Tatum, who gave Homer a serious concussion seconds into the fight, and would have beaten him to death had Moe not intervened.

* RealityEnsues: Even with his ability to resist pain and take a beating, Homer stands absolutely no chance against a trained professional boxer like Tatum, due to Homer not having any real training or anywhere near a healthy diet, and is nearly knocked unconscious or beaten to death in the first round. Moe even points out when the idea is first suggested that Homer has no chance against Tatum, and after the match Homer is badly concussed. Even Homer's attempt at a dramatic turnaround punch fails, because it turns out that resolve and determination won't save you when you're nowhere near as skilled as your opponent.

* RealityEnsues: Even with his ability to resist pain and take a beating, Homer stands absolutely no chance against a trained professional boxer like Tatum, due to Homer not having any real training or anywhere near a healthy diet, and is nearly knocked unconscious or beaten to death in the first round. Moe even points out when the idea is first suggested that Homer has no chance against Tatum, and after the match Homer is badly concussed.
* RedBaron: Tatum's coat when he enters the climactic boxing match proudly labels him as "Mr. Armaggeddon". Paroided with Homer - his own coat only reads "Opponent", he never gets a nickname as a boxer, and the commenters' label of him as an "immovable object" is brutally defied by Tatum.

* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: Used to describe the boxing bout between Homer (who has been discovered to have a reinforced brain case and is theoretically knockout-proof) and returning heavyweight champion Friedrich Tatum. Ultimately, this trope is defied — Tatum is capable of punching so hard that Homer is on the verge of being knocked out (or even getting pummeled to death) ''within ten seconds of the first round starting''.