History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS11E2BrothersLittleHelper

* HilariousInHindsight: Chief Wiggum calling Bart [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "Drugs Bunny"]] after the end of his Focusyn-fuelled destruction spree. Coincidentally, Bugs himself previously underwent a drastic (and drug-aided) personality change in the 1956 cartoon "[[WesternAnimation/HareBrush Hare Brush]]" (which, similar to this episode, was written as a TakeThat on the [[AllPsychologyIsFreudian prevailing trends in psychoanalysis]] of the day). Modern viewers, however, will much sooner associate Wiggum's line with Bugs' [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything growing dependence]] on the unsafe energy drink Spargle, culminating with a SanitySlippage rampage not dissimilar to Bart's, in [[Recap/TheLooneyTunesShowS1E19OffDutyCop an episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''.

* ValuesDissonance: During the fire safety assembly, Bart gets a kick out of Principal Skinner saying the names of various firefighting implements. One of them was "Retardant," which Bart found funny because it sounded like "Retarded," which is now generally considered to be at best, a very rude term for mentally disabled people, and at worst, a slur.

** The revelation that Major League Baseball was spying on Springfielders for market research can get rather uncomfortable considering the enormous market that's grown (especially on social media) around mass-collecting personal information for advertising purposes.

* HilariousInHindsight: Chief Wiggum calling Bart [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny “Drugs Bunny”]] after the end of his Focusyn-fuelled destruction spree. Coincidentally, Bugs himself previously underwent a drastic (and drug-aided) personality change in the 1956 cartoon “[[WesternAnimation/HareBrush Hare Brush]]” (which, similar to this episode, was written as a TakeThat on the [[AllPsychologyIsFreudian prevailing trends in psychoanalysis]] of the day). Modern viewers, however, will much sooner associate Wiggum’s line with Bugs’ [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything growing dependence]] on the unsafe energy drink Spargle, culminating with a SanitySlippage rampage not dissimilar to Bart’s, in [[Recap/TheLooneyTunesShowS1E19OffDutyCop an episode]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow ''.

* InformedWrongness: Taking into account the fact that Bart was ''[[ProperlyParanoid right]]'' about the baseball satellite, stealing the tank wasn't even an extreme reaction by his standards, so whether Focusyn really had a negative effect on him is debatable. Of course, Marge only takes him off the "psychotropic hayride" in question to [[DistinctionWithoutADifference put him on Ritalin]].

* InformedWrongness: Taking into account the fact that Bart was ''[[ProperlyParanoid right]]'' about the baseball satellite, stealing the tank wasn't even an extreme reaction by his standards.

* ValuesDissonance: During the fire safety assembly, Bart gets a kick out of Principal Skinner saying the names of various firefighting implements. One of them was "Retardant," which Bart found funny because it sounded like "Retarded," which is now generally considered to be a very rude term for mentally disabled people (with some even considering it a slur)

* FunnyAneurysmMoment:

* ValuesResonance: The episode actually has some relevance today, as there is still concern over giving kids medication for attention deficit disorders ''and'' that companies in the age of the internet are aggressive in seeking out personal data for the sake of targeted advertising. Instead of being seen as crazy had this episode aired today, everyone would just take it as a given that companies and the government are spying on them with tech for petty reasons, though there are still attempts to curb their power.

* ValuesResonance: The episode actually has some relevance today, as there is still concern over giving kids medication for attention deficit disorders.

* ValuesResonance: The episode actually has some relevance today, as there is still concern over giving kids medication for attention deficit disorder (and issue of how people today rely on prescription pills [particularly the kind for mood and mental disorders], despite their adverse side effects).

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The revelation that Major League Baseball was spying on Springfielders has become less amusing after the full revelation of the NSA's spying on Americans in 2013. Likewise Major League Baseball and Mark [=McGwire=] covering up a scandal became less funny after the revelations that he and other famous players like Barry Bonds were involved in Steroid abuse.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment[=/=]HarsherInHindsight: The revelation that Major League Baseball was spying on Springfielders has become less amusing after the full revelation of the NSA's spying on Americans in 2013. Likewise Major League Baseball and Mark [=McGuire=] covering up a scandal became less funny after the revelations that he and other famous players like Barry Bonds were involved in Steroid abuse.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment[=/=]HarsherInHindsight: The revelation that Major League Baseball was spying on Springfielders has become less amusing after the full revelation of the NSA's spying on Americans in 2013. Likewise Major League Baseball and Mark McGuire covering up a scandal became less funny after the revelations that him and other famous players like Barry Bonds were involved in Steroid abuse.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment[=/=]HarsherInHindsight: The revelation that Major League Baseball was spying on Springfielders has become less amusing after the full revelation of the NSA's spying on Americans in 2013.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment / HarsherInHindsight: The revelation that Major League Baseball was spying on Springfielders has become less amusing after the full revelation of the NSA's spying on Americans in 2013.

* ValuesResonance: The episode actually has some relevance today, as there is still concern over giving kids medication for attention deficit disorder (and issue of how people today rely on prescription pills, despite their adverse side effects).

* ValuesResonance: Marge is shown questioning the use of prescription drugs to treat {{Ambiguous Disorder}}s in children, which is still subject to debate today.