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This doesn't explain how Mona is meant to be sympathetic.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The episode could've been better if it was just Homer climbing the mountain to spread his mother's ashes. It could've been an emotional episode too if Homer reflected and compared his parenting skills to hers. Instead, it turns into a James Bond parody with Mona orchestrating one last scheme against Burns.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The reason many fans despise this episode is due to how they've felt this could've been better if it was just Homer climbing the mountain to spread his mother's ashes. It could've been an emotional episode too if Homer reflected and compared his parenting skills to hers. Instead, it turns into a James Bond parody with Mona orchestrating one last scheme against Burns.
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** Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
** Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
**UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
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From the last part of what was written here, this was clearly not unintentional.
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** Lisa was given a simple, and quite meaningful, request from Mona as her last Will: to carry on their shared love of social activism. Lisa didn't liked the fact that Mona didn't left her anything material, so she stole Mona's diamond earrings from her nightstand (a fact she brings up with a nervous laugh when Marge notices her wearing them in the final act).
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** Lisa was given a simple, and quite meaningful, request from Mona as her last Will: to carry on their shared love of social activism. Lisa didn't liked the fact that Mona didn't left her anything material, so she stole Mona's diamond earrings from her nightstand (a fact she brings up with a nervous laugh when Marge notices her wearing them in the final act).
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** Lisa was given a simple, and quite meaningful, request from Mona as her last Will: to carry on their shared love of social activism. Lisa didn't liked the fact that Mona didn't left her anything material, so she stole Mona's diamond earrings from her nightstand (a fact she brings up with a nervous laugh when Marge notices her wearing them in the final act).act).
* TheWoobie: Homer, hands down. He's understandably tired of his mother not being able to be part of his life because she can't stop her vendetta against Mr. Burns and even uses her son in those schemes from time to time. It hurts even more when he tells her this and it winds up being the last thing he ever said to her...and then it turns out that she ''still'' put her vendetta over her son. Much as Homer has changed, this is simply something he truly does not deserve: having the one parent who did love him be revealed to be just as bad, if not worse, than his abusive father.
* TheWoobie: Homer, hands down. He's understandably tired of his mother not being able to be part of his life because she can't stop her vendetta against Mr. Burns and even uses her son in those schemes from time to time. It hurts even more when he tells her this and it winds up being the last thing he ever said to her...and then it turns out that she ''still'' put her vendetta over her son. Much as Homer has changed, this is simply something he truly does not deserve: having the one parent who did love him be revealed to be just as bad, if not worse, than his abusive father.
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** Lisa was given a simple, and quite meaningful, request from Mona as her last Will: to carry on their shared love of social activism. Lisa didn't liked the fact that Mona didn't left her anything material, so she stole Mona's diamond earrings from her purse (a fact she brings up with a nervous laugh when Marge notices her wearing them in the final act).
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** Lisa was given a simple, and quite meaningful, request from Mona as her last Will: to carry on their shared love of social activism. Lisa didn't liked the fact that Mona didn't left her anything material, so she stole Mona's diamond earrings from her purse nightstand (a fact she brings up with a nervous laugh when Marge notices her wearing them in the final act).
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quiteunderstandable.understandable.
** Lisa was given a simple, and quite meaningful, request from Mona as her last Will: to carry on their shared love of social activism. Lisa didn't liked the fact that Mona didn't left her anything material, so she stole Mona's diamond earrings from her purse (a fact she brings up with a nervous laugh when Marge notices her wearing them in the final act).
** Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite
** Lisa was given a simple, and quite meaningful, request from Mona as her last Will: to carry on their shared love of social activism. Lisa didn't liked the fact that Mona didn't left her anything material, so she stole Mona's diamond earrings from her purse (a fact she brings up with a nervous laugh when Marge notices her wearing them in the final act).
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this trope is more for one-shot characters that are only created to put across one viewpoint and Ned isn't really that, also trimming some natter
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* StrawCharacter: Ned - "Nobody comes back as anything except our Lord who came back as a bread!". Suddenly reverts back to his {{Flanderized}} self in one line.
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** Tell us Lisa... maybe you weren't happy with carrying on Mona's GranolaGirl lifestyle, but how are we supposed to see things your way by stealing earrings from her nightstand?
** Tell us Lisa... maybe you weren't happy with carrying on Mona's GranolaGirl lifestyle, but how are we supposed to see things your way by stealing earrings from her nightstand?
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
** Tell us Lisa... maybe you weren't happy with carrying on Mona's GranolaGirl lifestyle, but how are we supposed to see things your way by stealing earrings from her nightstand?understandable.
** Tell us Lisa... maybe you weren't happy with carrying on Mona's GranolaGirl lifestyle, but how are we supposed to see things your way by stealing earrings from her nightstand?
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.understandable.
** Tell us Lisa... maybe you weren't happy with carrying on Mona's GranolaGirl lifestyle, but how are we supposed to see things your way by stealing earrings from her nightstand?
** Tell us Lisa... maybe you weren't happy with carrying on Mona's GranolaGirl lifestyle, but how are we supposed to see things your way by stealing earrings from her nightstand?
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Lisa didn't steal the earrings off Mona's corpse. She found them on the night stand.
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** Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
** Lisa. Even though they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgive the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't like the fact that her grandmother hadn't left her anything of actual physical value.
** Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
** Lisa. Even though they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgive the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't like the fact that her grandmother hadn't left her anything of actual physical value.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
**UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
** Lisa. Even though they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgive the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't like the fact that her grandmother hadn't left her anything of actual physical value.understandable.
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** Lisa. Even though they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgive the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't like the fact that her grandmother hadn't left her anything of actual physical value.
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* StrawCharacter: Ned - "Nobody comes back as anything except our Lord who came back as a bread!". Suddenly reverts back to his {{Flanderized}} self in one line.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The episode could've been better if it was just Homer climbing the mountain to spread his mother's ashes. It could've been an emotional episode too if Homer reflected and compared his parenting skills to hers. Instead, it turns into a James Bond parody with Mona orchestrating one last scheme against Burns.
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** Lisa. Even they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgives the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't liked the fact her grandmother hadn't left her anything of actual physical value.
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** Lisa. Even though they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgives forgive the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't liked like the fact that her grandmother hadn't left her anything of actual physical value.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The idea of a relative using the order to spread their ashes to achieve a goal becomes a lot more funny when ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' had a near identical plot to this episode.
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** Lisa. Even they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgives the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't liked the fact her grandmother hadn't left her anything of actual physical value.
* HilariousInHindsight: The idea of a relative using the order to spread their ashes to achieve a goal becomes a lot more funny when ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' had a near identical plot to this episode.
* HilariousInHindsight: The idea of a relative using the order to spread their ashes to achieve a goal becomes a lot more funny when ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' had a near identical plot to this episode.
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** Lisa. Even they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgives the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't liked the fact her grandmother hadn't left her anything of actual physical value.
* HilariousInHindsight: The idea of a relative using the order to spread their ashes to achieve a goal becomes a lot more funny when ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' had a near identical plot to this episode.value.
* HilariousInHindsight: The idea of a relative using the order to spread their ashes to achieve a goal becomes a lot more funny when ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' had a near identical plot to this episode.
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Mona Simpson dies (and it's left up in the air whether it was a natural death or a suicide) and exploits her son's grief to send him onto a mission that may get him ''and'' his family hurt or even killed in order to give the finger to Burns one last time. Understandably, not a lot of people love this episode (or at least this one particular twist).
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** Lisa. Even they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgives the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't liked the fact she hadn't inherited anything of actual physical value.
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** Lisa. Even they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgives the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't liked the fact she her grandmother hadn't inherited left her anything of actual physical value.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The idea of a relative using the order to spread their ashes to achieve a goal becomes a lot more funny when GodOfWar4 had a near identical plot to this episode.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The idea of a relative using the order to spread their ashes to achieve a goal becomes a lot more funny when GodOfWar4 ''VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4'' had a near identical plot to this episode.
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** Lisa. Even they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgives the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't liked the fact she hadn't inherited anything of actual physical value.
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** Lisa. Even they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgives the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't liked the fact she hadn't inherited anything of actual physical value.value.
* HilariousInHindsight: The idea of a relative using the order to spread their ashes to achieve a goal becomes a lot more funny when GodOfWar4 had a near identical plot to this episode.
* HilariousInHindsight: The idea of a relative using the order to spread their ashes to achieve a goal becomes a lot more funny when GodOfWar4 had a near identical plot to this episode.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: UnintentionallyUnsympathetic:
** Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quiteunderstandable.understandable.
** Lisa. Even they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgives the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't liked the fact she hadn't inherited anything of actual physical value.
** Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite
** Lisa. Even they turned out to be a ChekhovsGun and it was a BatmanGambit from Mona, it still doesn't forgives the fact that the earrings Lisa "inherited" were ''stolen from a corpse'' because she didn't liked the fact she hadn't inherited anything of actual physical value.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her was him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In regards to Mona's demise, since she dies offscreen, it is possible she may have died out of old age, or, on a somewhat more grim note, feeling that Homer would never love her again, likely killed herself to put her final plan against Burns in motion.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to herwas were him being fed up with her constantly coming and going and occasionally using him for her GranolaGirl schemes)... and then it turns out that her last will and testament was all part of a scheme to screw over Burns again from doing damage to the environment ''by using her own ashes''. Homer's quick burst of anger at figuring out that Mona used him ''again'' is quite understandable.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Mona Simpson dies (and Homer regrets that his final words to her
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