History YMMV / TheSimpsonsS5E22SecretsOfASuccessfulMarriage

** While exiled from the house, Homer goes a little mad and uses a potted plant as a replacement for his wife. He then accidentally drops it from the treehouse and starts panicking about having "killed" her. In the following season, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E1BartOfDarkness Bart of Darkness]]" Ned would kill a plant as well and have a similar reaction, leading Bart to think he killed his wife.

* HarsherInHindsight: This episode takes the ParentingTheHusband dynamic between Marge and Homer to extremes, showing Marge to be a LivingEmotionalCrutch for Homer as well as a caretaker. Later episodes introducing the character of his mother, Mona Simpson, give him a hell of a FreudianExcuse by showing that his development was pretty much stalled at the point where she left him at a young age.

** While exiled from the house, Homer goes a little mad and uses a potted plant as a replacement for his wife. He then accidentally drops it from the treehouse and starts panicking about having "killed" her. In the following season, "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E1BartOfDarkness Bart of Darkness]]" Ned would kill a plant as well and have a similar reaction, leading Bart to think he killed his wife.

** Homer goes to apply to teach a class. The instructor asks what special talents he has; Homer says "I can tell the difference between butter and I Can't Believe It's Not Butter", to which he is told, "No, you can't, Mr. Simpson! No one can!" Replacing Homer's line with something else seemingly impossible has been done often.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Once again, we're meant to side with Marge on an issue relating to hers and Homer's relationship while forgetting that Marge herself has badmouthed Homer in public repeatedly multiple times. Homer's comments about Marge are more InnocentlyInsensitive compared to how she blatantly has stated to hate nearly everything about him. It's basically a case of Marge again being unable to handle even half of what she can dish out and everyone taking her side over Homer's again.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: Of a potential quadruplet to Flanderization, Jerkass Homer, Jerkass Marge, and their Jerkass Marriage Problem scenario. For the second former, Homer decides to do something that is noble and benevolent, but simply for his own ego, while at the same time not being qualified for it at all, both things that end up tripping him in the long run, in this case, being a community center course teacher. For the third former, Marge has long henpecked Homer freely, and in this case, can't take what she's been dishing out to Homer when push comes to shove while acting way much more out of proportion, something she'd not do in past episodes, A Streetcar Named Marge being one major example. Finally for the latter, their marital problems come off as extremely artificial in this case, as it doesn't bother to tie into any related aspect that their marital problems actually stem from in past episodes, other than Homer just doing something stupid and getting into wacky misadventures, which by now, she would know too well that they are a staple of everyday life in the Simpson household. In this case overall, many would recognize that these patterns of behavior aren't natural to their characterization from the past, making for a bizarre attempt for continuity that feels contrived for the sake of pushing out drama to entertain, and even then, it doesn't go far.

--->'''Homer''': Ohhhhh...How'm I supposed to last ''five days'' without shooting something?

** Homer obliviously finding a terrified Moe in his house has also become a popular template.

** Homer laments that he doesn't go to museums or read books because he's addicted to television ("It's those TV networks, Marge. They won't let me; one quality show after another, each one fresher and more brilliant than the last. If they only stumbled once, just gave us thirty minutes to ourselves. But they won't! They won't let me live!"). Of course, the joke was that in the early 90s, TV was experiencing a low point and most shows were crap (cable back then was a "dumping ground" for old shows and movies, and "premium" networks were still a rarity), meaning Homer will basically watch anything, regardless of quality. But TV soon began to raise its standards substantially in the 2000s and 2010s, and nowadays there's so MUCH TV out there (on traditional TV, cable/satellite, and Internet streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, etc.) that it's impossible to keep up.

** Homer laments that he doesn't go to museums or read books because he's addicted to television ("It's those TV networks, Marge. They won't let me; one quality show after another, each one fresher and more brilliant than the last. If they only stumbled once, just gave us thirty minutes to ourselves. But they won't! They won't let me live!"). Of course, the joke was that in the early 90s, TV was experiencing a low point and most shows were crap (cable back then was a "dumping ground" for old shows and movies, and "premium" networks were still a rarity), meaning Homer will basically watch anything, regardless of quality. But TV soon began to raise its standards substantially in the 2000s and 2010s, and nowadays there's so MUCH TV out there (both on traditional TV, cable/satellite, and Internet streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, etc.) that it's impossible to keep up.

** Homer laments that he doesn't go to museums or read books because he's addicted to television ("It's those TV networks, Marge. They won't let me; one quality show after another, each one fresher and more brilliant than the last. If they only stumbled once, just gave us thirty minutes to ourselves. But they won't! They won't let me live!"). Of course, the joke was that in the early 90s, TV was experiencing a low point and most shows were crap (cable back then was a "dumping ground" for old shows and movies, and "premium" networks were still a rarity). [[DontExplainTheJoke Thus, Homer was basically watching anything]]. But TV soon began to raise its standards substantially, and nowadays there's so MUCH TV out there (both on traditional TV and streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, etc.) that it's impossible to keep up.

* MemeticMutation: Moe's dancing for self defense gag has become an insanely popular meme. With the clip, dialogue, and dance moves being parodied to hell and back.

* MemeticMutation: Moe's dancing for self defense gag has become an insanely popular meme. With the clip, dialogue, and dance moves being parodied to hell and back.

** The [[CouchGag chalkboard gag]] for this episode is "Five days is not too long to wait for a gun." Four seasons later, [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS9E5TheCartridgeFamily The Cartridge Family]] involved Homer struggling to get through the five-day waiting period to get his own gun.

* HilariousInHindsight: Homer laments that he doesn't go to museums or read books because he's addicted to television ("It's those TV networks, Marge. They won't let me; one quality show after another, each one fresher and more brilliant than the last. If they only stumbled once, just gave us thirty minutes to ourselves. But they won't! They won't let me live!"). Of course, the joke was that in the early 90s, TV was experiencing a low point and most shows were crap (cable back then was a "dumping ground" for old shows and movies, and "premium" networks were still a rarity). [[DontExplainTheJoke Thus, Homer was basically watching anything]]. But TV soon began to raise its standards substantially, and nowadays there's so MUCH TV out there (both on traditional TV and streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, etc.) that it's impossible to keep up.

* HilariousInHindsight: Homer laments that he doesn't go to museums or read books because he's addicted to television ("It's those TV networks, Marge. They won't let me; one quality show after another, each one fresher and more brilliant than the last. If they only stumbled once, just gave us thirty minutes to ourselves. But they won't! They won't let me live!"). Of course, the joke was that in 1993, most TV was crap and Homer was basically watching anything. But TV has raised its standards substantially since then, and nowadays there's so MUCH TV out there (both over the air and the streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, etc.) that it's impossible to keep up.