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* FridgeBrilliance: Homer asks himself "How can anyone make a word out of these lousy letters?" when he has OXIDIZE on his rack. With [[https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-67u95J5tjB0jwAC5S98q_ubDagVFTe2MJT8h2S6KZKaIglfD6RV-koLa2vxobYZpI5gSKui_PUJlCDr1PWdqB8NxaT1pZXV8afucE7dGRydc-Wkcq9YiR1ZSlDpwpehspsCJgL44yE/s1600/Simpsons+2.png the way the board was set up]], he couldn't legally use that word anyway.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Homer initially dislikes going to the opera. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E2HomerOfSeville Homer of Seville]]", Homer actually becomes an opera singer.

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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Homer's line "Now go on, boy, and pay attention. Because if you do, one day you may achieve something that we Simpsons have dreamed about for generations: you may outsmart someone." Bart will, of course, go on to meet that goal [[GuileHero many times over]]. ([[FridgeBrilliance In fact, he's done it already]].)

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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: HeartwarmingInHindsight:
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Homer's line "Now go on, boy, and pay attention. Because if you do, one day you may achieve something that we Simpsons have dreamed about for generations: you may outsmart someone." Bart will, of course, go on to meet that goal [[GuileHero many times over]]. ([[FridgeBrilliance In fact, he's done it already]].))
** Additionally "Bart Carny", where Homer outwits two carnival workers who stole the Simpson home, ends with Bart congratulating Homer specifically for outsmarting someone. Homer achieved the family dream.
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* MemeticMutation: The frame when Skinner looks down on scene who did a spray grafitti is [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/022/017/thumb.jpg used with caption "pathetic"]], although the line itself [[BeatMeUpScotty wasn't said by Skinner at all]].

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* MemeticMutation: The frame when Skinner looks down on scene who did a spray grafitti is [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/022/017/thumb.jpg used with caption "pathetic"]], although the line itself [[BeatMeUpScotty [[BeamMeUpScotty wasn't said by Skinner at all]].
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* MemeticMutation: The frame when Skinner looks down on scene who did a spray grafitti is [[https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/022/017/thumb.jpg used with caption "pathetic"]], although the line itself [[BeatMeUpScotty wasn't said by Skinner at all]].
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** Was Homer's response to Bart's confession the result of Bart lying to him or because he found out that Bart wasn't a genius?

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** Was Homer's response to Bart's confession the result of Bart lying to him or because he found out that Bart wasn't a genius?genius? [[TakeAThirdOption Or both]]?
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Homer's line "Now go on, boy, and pay attention. Because if you do, one day you may achieve something that we Simpsons have dreamed about for generations: you may outsmart someone." Bart will, of course, go on to meet that goal [[GuileHero many times over]].

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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Homer's line "Now go on, boy, and pay attention. Because if you do, one day you may achieve something that we Simpsons have dreamed about for generations: you may outsmart someone." Bart will, of course, go on to meet that goal [[GuileHero many times over]]. ([[FridgeBrilliance In fact, he's done it already]].)
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Homer's line "Now go on, boy, and pay attention. Because if you do, one day you may achieve something that we Simpsons have dreamed about for generations: you may outsmart someone." Bart will, of course, go on to meet that goal [[GuileHero many times over]].
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** Principal Skinner repeatedly insists on Bart retaking the intelligence test, but stops as soon as Dr. Pryor suggests sending him to another school. Did he see this as an opportunity to be rid of the infamous troublemaker, or did he too want to teach Bart a lesson by sending him to a school he can't handle in order to make him confess?

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** Principal Skinner repeatedly insists on Bart retaking the intelligence test, but stops as soon as Dr. Pryor suggests sending him to another school. Did he see this as an opportunity to be rid of the infamous troublemaker, or did he too want to teach Bart a lesson by sending him to a school he can't handle in order to make him confess?
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** Principal Skinner repeatedly insists on Bart retaking the genius test, but stops as soon as Dr. Pryor suggests sending him to another school. Did he see this as an opportunity to be rid of the infamous troublemaker, or did he too want to teach Bart a lesson by sending him to a school he can't handle in order to make him confess?

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** Principal Skinner repeatedly insists on Bart retaking the genius intelligence test, but stops as soon as Dr. Pryor suggests sending him to another school. Did he see this as an opportunity to be rid of the infamous troublemaker, or did he too want to teach Bart a lesson by sending him to a school he can't handle in order to make him confess?

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Was Homer's response to Bart's confession the result of Bart lying to him or because he found out that Bart wasn't a genius?

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** Did Dr. Pryor actually believe that Bart was a genius, or [[TricksterMentor did he know from the start that that wasn't the case, and simply found sending him to the gifted school as a way to make him confess, knowing it would be too much for the boy]]?
** Principal Skinner repeatedly insists on Bart retaking the genius test, but stops as soon as Dr. Pryor suggests sending him to another school. Did he see this as an opportunity to be rid of the infamous troublemaker, or did he too want to teach Bart a lesson by sending him to a school he can't handle in order to make him confess?
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Was Homer's response to Bart's confession the result of Bart lying to him or because he found out that Bart wasn't a genius?
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* HumorDissonance: Bart defrauds his way into a school for the gifted. The teacher writes the equation y = (r^3)/3 on the board and asks the students to calculate the derivative. Everyone except Bart does and finds it hilarious. The solution is given as "RDRR" or "har de har har". Even though that's not the proper way to write the solution (it should be dy/dr = r^2), apparently gifted children find it funny? (Then again, anyone familiar with engineering jokes can tell you that for "smart people", [[InJoke humor value is often secondary to getting the joke.]])
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