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* ForegoneConclusion: Homer's soulmate is Marge. Try to contain your surprise. The writers admitted that it was obvious what the conclusion would be, but that the purpose of this story is to see Homer struggle and realize it instead of just taking it for granted.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Homer's soulmate is Marge. Try to contain your surprise. The writers admitted that it was obvious what the conclusion would be, but that the purpose of this story is [[EarnYourHappyEnding to see Homer struggle and realize it instead of just taking it for granted.granted]].
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Ralph Wiggum is surprisingly intelligent in this one, trying to caution Homer against drinking hot wax, then showing concern when the chilli causes him to hallucinate.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Ralph Wiggum is surprisingly intelligent in this one, trying to caution Homer against drinking hot wax, then showing concern when the chilli causes him to hallucinate. Then again, compared to Homer, who actually drinks said wax... it may just be relative.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Homer and Marge make up in the end.
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* HopeSpot: Homer was going to give up searching for his soul mate until he sees the lighthouse run by "Earl". Homer goes inside, thinking "Earl" must be lonely, but discovers "Earl" is really "E.A.R.L.", the "Electronic Automatic Robotic Lighthouse".
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* MenAreFromMarsWomenAreFromVenus: Mentioned in reverse order towards the end.
-->'''Homer:''' Wow, Marge, you really do understand me. See, I thought we weren't soulmates because...
-->'''Marge:''' ...we had a fight?
-->'''Homer:''' Right, and we don't like the same things. It's like you're from Venus...
-->'''Marge:''' ...and you're from Mars.
-->'''Homer:''' Oh, sure, give me the one with all the monsters.
-->'''Homer:''' Wow, Marge, you really do understand me. See, I thought we weren't soulmates because...
-->'''Marge:''' ...we had a fight?
-->'''Homer:''' Right, and we don't like the same things. It's like you're from Venus...
-->'''Marge:''' ...and you're from Mars.
-->'''Homer:''' Oh, sure, give me the one with all the monsters.
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* BaitAndSwitch: See Freudian Couch below.
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* {{Jerkass}}[=/=]ItsAllAboutMe: Marge. She tries to stop Homer from going to the Chilli Carnival just so she wouldn't be embarrassed.
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* TheBlank: On top of the pyramid, Homer sees what he thinks is Marge from behind and runs to her, but as he walks around the figure it's revealed that it has no face, just her backside all around.
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* ThisIsSomethingHeHasToDoHimself: A very bizarre version, when Homer starts hallucinating and runs off. Ralph calls after him, only to be stopped by Otto.
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* ThisIsSomethingHeHasToDoHimself: ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: A very bizarre version, when Homer starts hallucinating and runs off. Ralph calls after him, only to be stopped by Otto.
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* NonStandardCharacterDesign: To emphasize his otherworldly nature, the Coyote was deliberately given an angular and boxy appearance so unlike everyone else in ''The Simpsons''.
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* ArtShift: One of the most famous in Simpsons history, when Homer hallucinates in being in some fantasy world.
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* ArtShift: One of the most famous in Simpsons history, when Homer hallucinates in being in some fantasy world. Reportedly, David Silverman did that sequence's animation himself rather than outsource it to Korea as usual, in order to get the precise look he wanted.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Ralph Wiggum is surprisingly intelligent in this one, trying to caution Homer against drinking hot wax, then showing concern when the chilli causes him to hallucinate.
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* LaughingMad: After taking out the light in the lighthouse, Homer briefly giggles insanely to himself.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Marge is furious when she believes Homer got drunk, even yelling at him.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Homer could've saved himself a lot of bother if he'd just said he'd eaten some chilli peppers that had made him hallucinate, or better yet just said he'd never touched a drop of beer. Instead he tells Marge he went to a strange fantasy world, which she obviously isn't going to believe.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Homer could've saved himself a lot of bother if he'd just said he'd eaten some chilli peppers that had made him hallucinate, or better yet just said he'd never touched a drop of beer. Instead he tells Marge he went to a strange fantasy world, which she obviously isn't going to believe.
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* ThisIsSomethingHeHasToDoHimself: A very bizarre version, when Homer starts hallucinating and runs off. Ralph calls after him, only to be stopped by Otto.
-->'''Otto:''' Let him go, Ralph. He knows what he's doing.
-->'''Otto:''' Let him go, Ralph. He knows what he's doing.
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* BlatantLies: Subverted. Homer ''really'' wasn't going to drink. He only grabbed a beer in front of Marge because his tongue was burning from the pepers, and his antics were the result of his hallucinations. Marge however, believes he broke his promise, and is not happy with him, which only enforces Homer's need to find a soul mate.
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'''Bart:''' Either that or
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Homer ''really'' wasn't going to drink. He only grabbed a beer in front of Marge because his tongue was burning from the peppers, and his antics were the result of his hallucinations. Marge however, believes he broke his promise, and is not happy with him, which only enforces Homer's need to find a soul mate.
* ProductPlacement: Near of the end of the episode, when the lighthouse's bulb burns out and Homer has to change it the replacement bulb is taken from a box with ''Sylvania'' written on it-Sylvania -- Sylvania is a RealLife lamp manufacturer-.manufacturer.
* ProductPlacement: Near of the end of the episode, when the lighthouse's bulb burns out and Homer has to change it the replacement bulb is taken from a box with ''Sylvania'' written on it
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* {{Jerkass}}[=/=]ItsAllAboutMe: Marge. She tries to stop Homer from going to the Chilli Carnival just so she wouldn't be embarassed.embarrassed.
* LopsidedDichotomy: When Bart and Lisa see Homer's silhouette from the lighthouse.
-->''' Lisa:''' Is that Dad?
-->'''Bart:''' Either that or Batman's really let himself go.
* LopsidedDichotomy: When Bart and Lisa see Homer's silhouette from the lighthouse.
-->''' Lisa:''' Is that Dad?
-->'''Bart:''' Either that or Batman's really let himself go.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: When Homer starts hallucinating after eating too many spicy peppers, that's not just a GRatedDrug. Eating sufficiently spicy food really ''can'' cause hallucinations. Now, the Merciless Peppers of Quetzalacatenango that Homer ate, those are fictional. Ridiculously spicy peppers exist though. The currently highest contender is the "ghost chili" which is cultivated in India. For reference, it's described to be ten times hotter than habanero.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: When Homer starts hallucinating after eating too many spicy peppers, that's not just a GRatedDrug. Eating sufficiently spicy food really ''can'' cause hallucinations. Now, the Merciless Peppers of Quetzalacatenango that Homer ate, those are fictional. Ridiculously spicy peppers exist though. The currently highest contender is the "ghost chili" which is cultivated in India. For reference, it's described to be ten times hotter than habanero. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBQ8tixQYyI This]] video of a 11 year old eating one by accident should give you an idea of how spicy it is.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: When Homer starts hallucinating after eating too many spicy peppers, that's not just a GRatedDrug. Eating sufficiently spicy food really ''can'' cause hallucinations. Now, the Merciless Peppers of Quetzalacatenango that Homer ate, those are fictional. Ridiculously spicy peppers exist though. The currently highest contender is the "ghost chili" which is cultivated in India. For reference, [[UpToEleven it's described to be ten times hotter than habanero]].habanero.
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** Captain [=McCallister=] says: "Jonathan Livingston Seagull! We're on a collison course!", in reference to ''Film/JonathanLivingstonSeagull''.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the DVD commentary, this episode was originally planned for season three, but the animators, writers, and producers felt it would be too weird (and the technology they had back then would have ruined it).
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This episode would be recreated as a level in ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions'' 18 years later, albeit heavily modified.
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* ProductPlacement: Near of the end of the episode, when the lighthouse's bulb burns out and Homer has to change it the replacement bulb is taken from a box with ''Sylvania'' written on it -Sylvania is a RealLife lamp manufacturer-.
* PyramidPower: Homer has to climb a Mayan pyramid in his hallucination.
* PyramidPower: Homer has to climb a Mayan pyramid in his hallucination.
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* TurtlePower: A turtle leads Homer to the pyramid. However, Homer soon gets tired of its slowness and kicks it into the distance. When he reaches the pyramid and is about to climb it, it suddenly becomes much higher, and he asks the turtle if it was punishment for kicking it. The turtle nods yes.
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* TurtlePower: A turtle tortoise leads Homer to the pyramid. However, Homer soon gets tired of its slowness and kicks it into the distance. When he reaches the pyramid and is about to climb it, it suddenly becomes much higher, and he asks the turtle tortoise if it was punishment for kicking it. The turtle tortoise nods yes.
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* WrittenSoundEffect: When Homer says "D'oh!" in his hallucination, the dust around him forms the word.
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* WrittenSoundEffect: When Homer says "D'oh!" in his hallucination, hallucination after the tortoise spells out "Follow the Tortoise", the dust around him forms the word.
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* AppleOfDiscord: Marge spends the episode angry at Homer because Helen Lovejoy made her think he got drunk rather than trip out on peppers.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After the Coyote explains to Homer that a soulmate is someone he shares an unspoken and profound bond with.
-->'''Homer:''' Well, that's Marge. Big deal. [[SarcasmMode Great spiritual quest, wolfie!]] My soulmate is Marge!\\
'''Coyote:''' Is it?
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'''Coyote:''' Is it?
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* ForegoneConclusion: Homer's soulmate is Marge. Try to contain your surprise. The writers admitted that it was obvious what the conclusion would be, but that the purpose of this story is to see Homer struggle and realize it instead of just taking it for granted.
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* MyInstinctsAreShowing: The Coyote starts biting Homer's leg, after just giving him some wise insight. Homer kicks him away, then the coyote apologizes, claiming that it's just instinct.
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* MyInstinctsAreShowing: The Coyote starts biting Homer's leg, after just giving him some wise insight. Homer kicks him away, then the coyote apologizes, claiming that it's just instinct.he ''is'' a coyote.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to the DVD commentary, this episode was originally planned for season three, but the animators, writers, and producers felt it would be too weird (and the technology they had back then would have ruined it).
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* ThreeDMovie: The butterfly in Homer's hallucination was created with 3D computer animation.
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* ContinuityNod: The coyote would reappear in the episode ''[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E7BlazedAndConfused Blazed And Confused]]'', during one of Marge's hallucinations.
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"'''El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)'''" is the ninth episode of the eight season of The Simpsons.
Marge reluctantly takes Homer to the town's chili cook-off, on the grounds that Homer doesn't drink and make an ass of himself like he did the previous year. This year, however, Chief Wiggum has a secret ingredient to defeat Homer's discerning taste buds during the chili contest: Guatemalan insanity peppers, which cause Homer to lose his mind...and end up on a spirit quest (led by a space coyote who is voiced by Music/JohnnyCash) to find his soulmate.
!!Tropes Are:
* AdventuresInComaland: It is implied that Homer hallucinated everything while lying unconscious outside whole night long.
* AlphaBitch: Helen Lovejoy. She mocks Marge's trust in Homer, and later gossips about his behavior at the festival to Marge, not knowing or caring that he was under the influence of strong peppers, causing friction between Marge and Homer.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: When Homer starts hallucinating after eating too many spicy peppers, that's not just a GRatedDrug. Eating sufficiently spicy food really ''can'' cause hallucinations. Now, the Merciless Peppers of Quetzalacatenango that Homer ate, those are fictional. Ridiculously spicy peppers exist though. The currently highest contender is the "ghost chili" which is cultivated in India. For reference, [[UpToEleven it's described to be ten times hotter than habanero]].
* AndYouWereThere: After he stops hallucinating, Homer finds himself in a golf course, and starts recognizing elements of his vision.
-->'''Homer:''' Maybe the desert was just this sand trap. Oh, and I bet that crazy pyramid was just the pro shop. And that talking coyote was just a talking dog.\\
'''Talking Dog:''' Hi, Homer. Find your soul mate.\\
'''Homer:''' Hey, wait a minute! There's no such thing as a talking dog!\\
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'''Homer:''' Damn straight!
* AnimationBump: Some of the hallucination scenes are more fluidly animated than the show was at the time.
* ArtShift: One of the most famous in Simpsons history, when Homer hallucinates in being in some fantasy world.
* BadassBaritone: Music/JohnnyCash's voice for the coyote.
* BatSignal: Spoofed when Homer stands in front of the lighthouse.
-->'''Lisa:''' Hey, look! Is that dad?\\
'''Bart:''' Either that or Batman has really let himself go.
** Later, a silhouette of Marge and Homer kissing appears in the final shot of the episode.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Homer comes to believe that he and Marge are not destined to be after he realizes they don't have much in common. Marge, however, proves him wrong when she finds him at the lighthouse due to knowing him so well.
* BlatantLies: Subverted. Homer ''really'' wasn't going to drink. He only grabbed a beer in front of Marge because his tongue was burning from the pepers, and his antics were the result of his hallucinations. Marge however, believes he broke his promise, and is not happy with him, which only enforces Homer's need to find a soul mate.
* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: The Guatemalan Insanity Pepper, the tip of which causes Homer to flip out. Ingesting it causes his hallucination.
* DancePartyEnding: At the end the town gathers to dance as they loot the lost shipment of short shorts, as the song "Who Wears Short Shorts?" plays.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Electronic Automatic Robotic Lighthouse.
* DerangedAnimation: The hallucination scenes.
* TheDreaded: At the chili festival, Homer's tongue is unmatched in its ability to sample spicy chilies. The Insanity Pepper is itself a dreaded among spices:
--> '''Chief Wiggum''': The merciless peppers of Quetzlzacatenengo, grown deep in the jungles primeval by the inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum.
* DreamSequence and NightmareSequence: At first Homer's hallucination is close to a nightmare, with a lot of scary imagery going on. After a while he starts to get used to it and it becomes more a normal dream.
* EnnioMorriconePastiche: A brief musical quote of ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'''s soundtrack is heard when Homer approaches the chili stand in a badass pose.
* FalseSoulmate: Homer assumes Marge is not his true soulmate, but in the end he is proven wrong.
* FireBreathingDiner: One touch of the pepper of Quetzlzacatenego causes Homer's tongue to give out smoke. Later invoked as the crowd watches Homer gulp down the chili.
-->'''Dr. Hibbert:''' By all medical logic, steam should be coming out of his ears.\\
'''Krusty:''' [[{{Fartillery}} His ears if we're lucky!]]
* FreudianCouch: Parodied when Homer is talking about his problems, lying on the couch... which turns out to be in a furniture store.
-->''"This... really goes beyond my training as a furniture salesman, sir. Now, if you don't want the couch, I'm going to have to ask you to leave."''
* FunWithAcronyms: Earl, who Homer believes is the lonely lighthouse keeper, actually is a automated lighthouse system called E.A.R.L., short for Electronic Automatic Robotic Lighthouse.
* GratuitousSpanish: The episode title.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Homer tries to find a soul mate in his drinking buddies, but they tell him otherwise:
-->'''Homer''': Hey, Barney! Soul mate! Let me buy you a beer.
-->'''Barney''': Okay, but I'm not your soul mate. I'm really more of a chum.
-->'''Homer''': Well, what about you, Lenny?
-->'''Lenny''': I'm a crony.
-->'''Homer''': Carl?
-->'''Carl''': I'd say acquaintance.
--> (The camera pans to other patrons.)
-->'''Larry''': Colleague.
-->'''Sam''': Sympathizer.
-->'''Bumblebee Man''': [[GratuitousSpanish Compadre]].
-->'''Kearney''': Associate.
-->'''Dr. Hibbert''': Contemporary.
-->'''Moe''': I'm a well-wisher, in that I don't wish you any specific harm.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Homer's entire experience balances between a hallucinatory dream or a real encounter with a magical coyote who can talk and offer spiritual advice.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Invoked. Homer thinks the lonely lighthouse operator could be his soul mate, but discovers that it is an automated lighthouse system.
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: The Coyote starts biting Homer's leg, after just giving him some wise insight. Homer kicks him away, then the coyote apologizes, claiming that it's just instinct.
* NightmareFace: There are quite a few in this episode, all caused by Homer's hallucination.
* RandomSmokingScene: Marge smokes a cigarette to distract Homer from the chili festival in town. Her plan backfires because Homer knows "she doesn't smoke". Later Homer dismisses her with the words: "Sheesh, why don't you have a cigarette or something?" whereupon Marge concludes: "Mm, I suppose I could."
* RogerRabbitEffect: Kind of. Some of the clouds in Homer's dream are live-action footage.
* PyramidPower: Homer has to climb a Mayan pyramid in his hallucination.
* ShoutOut:
** The story was inspired by the novels of author Carlos Castaneda, which often tell tales of spiritual journeys through peyote.
** When Homer arrives with a chilli spoon in hand the music quotes from Music/EnnioMorricone's soundtrack for ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
** When Homer starts hallucinating Mrs. Krabappel's voice sounds like the trombone sounds used when adults talk in ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.
** Jasper's voice sounds like "Goo-Goo-Ga-Joob", similar to the refrain of Music/TheBeatles' song "I Am The Walrus" from ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'', while Ned Flanders' "Gabba Gabba Hey" references Music/TheRamones' catchphrase.
** The scene near the end of Homer's hallucination, when the train heads towards him references the opening titles of ''Series/SoulTrain''.
** When Homer walks through the town "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian plays on the soundtrack.
** The shot of Homer walking aimlessly at night against black with signs fading in and out over the top is a reference to ''Film/TheLostWeekend''.
** The projection of Homer's silhouette in the lighthouse looks like [[Series/{{Batman}} the Bat signal]].
** The lighthouse keeper who is actually a computer is a reference to the ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "The Old Man in the Cave".
** Captain [=McCallister=] says: "Jonathan Livingston Seagull! We're on a collison course!", in reference to ''Film/JonathanLivingstonSeagull''.
** Everybody dances to "Short Shorts" by The Royal Teens near the end.
* SpiritAdvisor: The Coyote.
* TalkingAnimal: The coyote in Homer's hallucination. When he wakes up he assumes it was all a dream, and thinks he mistook a normal dog for the talking coyote. The dog then tells Homer to find his soulmate, which surprises him, but then the animal just barks and Homer's suspicion disappears.
* ThreeDMovie: The butterfly in Homer's hallucination was created with 3D computer animation.
* ThoseWilyCoyotes: Homer's spirit animal, voiced by Music/JohnnyCash.
* TurtlePower: A turtle leads Homer to the pyramid. However, Homer soon gets tired of its slowness and kicks it into the distance. When he reaches the pyramid and is about to climb it, it suddenly becomes much higher, and he asks the turtle if it was punishment for kicking it. The turtle nods yes.
* VisionQuest: The coyote in Homer's dream tells him to search for his soul mate.
* WomanScorned: Marge doesn't look Homer in the eye after the festival, reminding Homer of how she looked in his hallucination, which drives Homer to find his soul mate.
* WrittenSoundEffect: When Homer says "D'oh!" in his hallucination, the dust around him forms the word.
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"'''El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)'''" is the ninth episode of the eight season of The Simpsons.
Marge reluctantly takes Homer to the town's chili cook-off, on the grounds that Homer doesn't drink and make an ass of himself like he did the previous year. This year, however, Chief Wiggum has a secret ingredient to defeat Homer's discerning taste buds during the chili contest: Guatemalan insanity peppers, which cause Homer to lose his mind...and end up on a spirit quest (led by a space coyote who is voiced by Music/JohnnyCash) to find his soulmate.
!!Tropes Are:
* AdventuresInComaland: It is implied that Homer hallucinated everything while lying unconscious outside whole night long.
* AlphaBitch: Helen Lovejoy. She mocks Marge's trust in Homer, and later gossips about his behavior at the festival to Marge, not knowing or caring that he was under the influence of strong peppers, causing friction between Marge and Homer.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: When Homer starts hallucinating after eating too many spicy peppers, that's not just a GRatedDrug. Eating sufficiently spicy food really ''can'' cause hallucinations. Now, the Merciless Peppers of Quetzalacatenango that Homer ate, those are fictional. Ridiculously spicy peppers exist though. The currently highest contender is the "ghost chili" which is cultivated in India. For reference, [[UpToEleven it's described to be ten times hotter than habanero]].
* AndYouWereThere: After he stops hallucinating, Homer finds himself in a golf course, and starts recognizing elements of his vision.
-->'''Homer:''' Maybe the desert was just this sand trap. Oh, and I bet that crazy pyramid was just the pro shop. And that talking coyote was just a talking dog.\\
'''Talking Dog:''' Hi, Homer. Find your soul mate.\\
'''Homer:''' Hey, wait a minute! There's no such thing as a talking dog!\\
[dog barks]\\
'''Homer:''' Damn straight!
* AnimationBump: Some of the hallucination scenes are more fluidly animated than the show was at the time.
* ArtShift: One of the most famous in Simpsons history, when Homer hallucinates in being in some fantasy world.
* BadassBaritone: Music/JohnnyCash's voice for the coyote.
* BatSignal: Spoofed when Homer stands in front of the lighthouse.
-->'''Lisa:''' Hey, look! Is that dad?\\
'''Bart:''' Either that or Batman has really let himself go.
** Later, a silhouette of Marge and Homer kissing appears in the final shot of the episode.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Homer comes to believe that he and Marge are not destined to be after he realizes they don't have much in common. Marge, however, proves him wrong when she finds him at the lighthouse due to knowing him so well.
* BlatantLies: Subverted. Homer ''really'' wasn't going to drink. He only grabbed a beer in front of Marge because his tongue was burning from the pepers, and his antics were the result of his hallucinations. Marge however, believes he broke his promise, and is not happy with him, which only enforces Homer's need to find a soul mate.
* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: The Guatemalan Insanity Pepper, the tip of which causes Homer to flip out. Ingesting it causes his hallucination.
* DancePartyEnding: At the end the town gathers to dance as they loot the lost shipment of short shorts, as the song "Who Wears Short Shorts?" plays.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: The Electronic Automatic Robotic Lighthouse.
* DerangedAnimation: The hallucination scenes.
* TheDreaded: At the chili festival, Homer's tongue is unmatched in its ability to sample spicy chilies. The Insanity Pepper is itself a dreaded among spices:
--> '''Chief Wiggum''': The merciless peppers of Quetzlzacatenengo, grown deep in the jungles primeval by the inmates of a Guatemalan insane asylum.
* DreamSequence and NightmareSequence: At first Homer's hallucination is close to a nightmare, with a lot of scary imagery going on. After a while he starts to get used to it and it becomes more a normal dream.
* EnnioMorriconePastiche: A brief musical quote of ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly'''s soundtrack is heard when Homer approaches the chili stand in a badass pose.
* FalseSoulmate: Homer assumes Marge is not his true soulmate, but in the end he is proven wrong.
* FireBreathingDiner: One touch of the pepper of Quetzlzacatenego causes Homer's tongue to give out smoke. Later invoked as the crowd watches Homer gulp down the chili.
-->'''Dr. Hibbert:''' By all medical logic, steam should be coming out of his ears.\\
'''Krusty:''' [[{{Fartillery}} His ears if we're lucky!]]
* FreudianCouch: Parodied when Homer is talking about his problems, lying on the couch... which turns out to be in a furniture store.
-->''"This... really goes beyond my training as a furniture salesman, sir. Now, if you don't want the couch, I'm going to have to ask you to leave."''
* FunWithAcronyms: Earl, who Homer believes is the lonely lighthouse keeper, actually is a automated lighthouse system called E.A.R.L., short for Electronic Automatic Robotic Lighthouse.
* GratuitousSpanish: The episode title.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Homer tries to find a soul mate in his drinking buddies, but they tell him otherwise:
-->'''Homer''': Hey, Barney! Soul mate! Let me buy you a beer.
-->'''Barney''': Okay, but I'm not your soul mate. I'm really more of a chum.
-->'''Homer''': Well, what about you, Lenny?
-->'''Lenny''': I'm a crony.
-->'''Homer''': Carl?
-->'''Carl''': I'd say acquaintance.
--> (The camera pans to other patrons.)
-->'''Larry''': Colleague.
-->'''Sam''': Sympathizer.
-->'''Bumblebee Man''': [[GratuitousSpanish Compadre]].
-->'''Kearney''': Associate.
-->'''Dr. Hibbert''': Contemporary.
-->'''Moe''': I'm a well-wisher, in that I don't wish you any specific harm.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Homer's entire experience balances between a hallucinatory dream or a real encounter with a magical coyote who can talk and offer spiritual advice.
* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Invoked. Homer thinks the lonely lighthouse operator could be his soul mate, but discovers that it is an automated lighthouse system.
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: The Coyote starts biting Homer's leg, after just giving him some wise insight. Homer kicks him away, then the coyote apologizes, claiming that it's just instinct.
* NightmareFace: There are quite a few in this episode, all caused by Homer's hallucination.
* RandomSmokingScene: Marge smokes a cigarette to distract Homer from the chili festival in town. Her plan backfires because Homer knows "she doesn't smoke". Later Homer dismisses her with the words: "Sheesh, why don't you have a cigarette or something?" whereupon Marge concludes: "Mm, I suppose I could."
* RogerRabbitEffect: Kind of. Some of the clouds in Homer's dream are live-action footage.
* PyramidPower: Homer has to climb a Mayan pyramid in his hallucination.
* ShoutOut:
** The story was inspired by the novels of author Carlos Castaneda, which often tell tales of spiritual journeys through peyote.
** When Homer arrives with a chilli spoon in hand the music quotes from Music/EnnioMorricone's soundtrack for ''Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly''.
** When Homer starts hallucinating Mrs. Krabappel's voice sounds like the trombone sounds used when adults talk in ''WesternAnimation/ACharlieBrownChristmas''.
** Jasper's voice sounds like "Goo-Goo-Ga-Joob", similar to the refrain of Music/TheBeatles' song "I Am The Walrus" from ''Music/MagicalMysteryTour'', while Ned Flanders' "Gabba Gabba Hey" references Music/TheRamones' catchphrase.
** The scene near the end of Homer's hallucination, when the train heads towards him references the opening titles of ''Series/SoulTrain''.
** When Homer walks through the town "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian plays on the soundtrack.
** The shot of Homer walking aimlessly at night against black with signs fading in and out over the top is a reference to ''Film/TheLostWeekend''.
** The projection of Homer's silhouette in the lighthouse looks like [[Series/{{Batman}} the Bat signal]].
** The lighthouse keeper who is actually a computer is a reference to the ''Series/TheTwilightZone'' episode "The Old Man in the Cave".
** Captain [=McCallister=] says: "Jonathan Livingston Seagull! We're on a collison course!", in reference to ''Film/JonathanLivingstonSeagull''.
** Everybody dances to "Short Shorts" by The Royal Teens near the end.
* SpiritAdvisor: The Coyote.
* TalkingAnimal: The coyote in Homer's hallucination. When he wakes up he assumes it was all a dream, and thinks he mistook a normal dog for the talking coyote. The dog then tells Homer to find his soulmate, which surprises him, but then the animal just barks and Homer's suspicion disappears.
* ThreeDMovie: The butterfly in Homer's hallucination was created with 3D computer animation.
* ThoseWilyCoyotes: Homer's spirit animal, voiced by Music/JohnnyCash.
* TurtlePower: A turtle leads Homer to the pyramid. However, Homer soon gets tired of its slowness and kicks it into the distance. When he reaches the pyramid and is about to climb it, it suddenly becomes much higher, and he asks the turtle if it was punishment for kicking it. The turtle nods yes.
* VisionQuest: The coyote in Homer's dream tells him to search for his soul mate.
* WomanScorned: Marge doesn't look Homer in the eye after the festival, reminding Homer of how she looked in his hallucination, which drives Homer to find his soul mate.
* WrittenSoundEffect: When Homer says "D'oh!" in his hallucination, the dust around him forms the word.
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