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Moral Event Horizon has to signify a character crossing into being irredeemable. None of those characters are really treated as any more irredeemably selfish after this episode AFAIK.
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* MoralEventHorizon: The Investorettes go from {{Jerkass}} [[TheRival Rivals]] to [[RivalTurnedEvil outright villains]] in the third act, when they hire the Yakuza to kill the Simpsons and the Springfield Mafia. Though the reason to do so was slightly justified, considering their van was destroyed, but the group was ''[[ThePowerOfHate still]]'' willing to kill the family even after seeing the [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Mafia]] turn against Marge and Homer with implications that [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou they want the satisfaction of doing it to Marge themselves]].
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** The Fleet-A-Pita saleswoman desperately trying to rename all the Middle Eastern food to sound American, such as calling pita "pocket bread" and tabbouleh "a Ben Franklin." Nowadays, this looks like a satire of the 2003 incident in which the White House cafeteria renamed French fries "freedom fries" due to France protesting the invasion of Iraq.
** The last two children Cletus calls out of his house are Q-Bert and Phil. This comes across as a retroactive ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' reference, given Cubert Farnsworth and Philip J. Fry are (distant) relatives. It helps that both have red hair, a common trait among the Spuckler kids.
** The last two children Cletus calls out of his house are Q-Bert and Phil. This comes across as a retroactive ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' reference, given Cubert Farnsworth and Philip J. Fry are (distant) relatives. It helps that both have red hair, a common trait among the Spuckler kids.
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** The short Yakuza member that Homer insists on wanting to watch instead of running away because he hasn't done anything yet and expects him to do something awesome wears a suit similar in design and color to the one worn by [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]], the main protagonist of the titular series who's known for his unmatched fighting ability. As a bonus, he also apologizes to Homer after he's thrown through their kitchen window and Kiryu is also known for being a NiceGuy despite his previous occupation as a member of the Yakuza.
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** The short Yakuza member that Homer insists on wanting to watch instead of running away because he hasn't done anything yet and expects him to do something awesome wears a suit similar in design and color to the one worn by [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} [[Characters/LikeADragonKazumaKiryu Kazuma Kiryu]], the main protagonist of the titular ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series who's known for his unmatched fighting ability. As a bonus, he also apologizes to Homer after he's thrown through their kitchen window and Kiryu is also known for being a NiceGuy despite his previous occupation as a member of the Yakuza.
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** The usage of the stock music piece "The Lineman" [[https://youtu.be/V65aRyU55Zc?si=ao_KDWpYqHHSeN4z during the montage of Marge making pretzels and the mobsters assisting her]] became this, considering how it became famous as the theme for [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]] just a couple of years after the episode was made.
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** The Investorettes food truck plays [[Music/FleetwoodMac Fleetwood Mac's]] [[Music/Rumours "Don't Stop"]], a song that was on an upswing in the 90s as UsefulNotes/BillClinton used it as his campaign theme but now is just a reference that flies over the heads of the young.
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** The Investorettes food truck plays [[Music/FleetwoodMac Fleetwood Mac's]] [[Music/Rumours "Don't Stop"]], Stop", a song that was on an upswing in the 90s as UsefulNotes/BillClinton used it as his campaign theme but now is just a reference that flies over the heads of the young.
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** The Investorettes food truck plays [[Music/FleetwoodMac Fleetwood Mac's]] [[Music/Rumours "Don't Stop"]], a song that was on an upswing in the 90s as UsefulNotes/BillClinton used it as his campaign theme but now is just a reference that flies over the heads of the young.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Disco Stu's platform shoes with live (well, [[ForgotToFeedTheMonster initially]]) goldfish in them? [[http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/goldfish/discoshoes.php Real.]] As you might've guessed, the goldfish typically didn't live through one trip to the disco.
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This moment feels more like a "Nobody kills Marge but us" kind of moment
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* MoralEventHorizon: The Investorettes go from {{Jerkass}} [[TheRival Rivals]] to [[RivalTurnedEvil outright villains]] in the third act, when they hire the Yakuza to kill the Simpsons and the Springfield Mafia. Though the reason to do so was slightly justified, considering their van was destroyed, but the group was ''[[ThePowerOfHate still]]'' willing to kill the family even after seeing the [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Mafia]] turn against Marge and Homer.Homer with implications that [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou they want the satisfaction of doing it to Marge themselves]].
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: At the Springfield Isotopes game, Springfielders are so angry at Mr. Burns winning the raffle that they start throwing Marge's pretzels, littering the field and hurting Whitey Ford. During a 2001 NFL game with the Jacksonville Jaguars vs. the Cleveland Browns, the NFL referees controversially overturned a potentially game-winning play for Cleveland, making Cleveland fans so angry that they threw bottles and other objects at them, leading to the game being dubbed "[[{{Scandalgate}} Bottlegate]]".
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: At the Springfield Isotopes game, Springfielders are so angry at Mr. Burns winning the raffle that they start throwing Marge's pretzels, littering the field and hurting Whitey Ford. During a 2001 NFL game with the Jacksonville Jaguars vs. the Cleveland Browns, the NFL referees controversially overturned a potentially game-winning play for Cleveland, making Cleveland fans so angry that they threw bottles and other objects at them, leading to the game being dubbed "[[{{Scandalgate}} Bottlegate]]".
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** Disco Stu's trying to promote a vinyl record business is meant to be another example of his DiscoDan nature due to records falling off in popularity during the 80s and 90s in favor of [=CDs=]. The 2010s saw the "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_revival Vinyl Revival]]" as audiophiles started buying more records due to their sound quality meaning Stu's business could in fact be successful again.
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** The main plot of the episode concerning the two rival snack food franchises was selected because at the time of production, pita bread and pretzels were "becoming popular". Josh Weinstein expressed his wish that the ideas had been changed to something more "fun", as both snacks have since "gone out of fashion". That said, Pita and Pretzels might still be novelty snacks depending on where you live, seen as "exotic" Middle Eastern and European food.
** One scene centers on an OverlyLongGag where Cletus calls for his many children to come out of the house, and their names are all ones that were trendy at that specific time.
** The main plot of the episode concerning the two rival snack food franchises was selected because at the time of production, pita bread and pretzels were "becoming popular". Josh Weinstein expressed his wish that the ideas had been changed to something more "fun", as both snacks have since "gone out of fashion". That said, Pita and Pretzels might still be novelty snacks depending on where you live, seen as "exotic" Middle Eastern and European food.
** One scene centers on an OverlyLongGag where Cletus calls for his many children to come out of the house, and their names are all ones that were trendy at that specific time.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The short Yakuza member that Homer insists on wanting to watch instead of running away because he hasn't done anything yet and expects him to do something awesome wears a suit similar in design and color to the one worn by [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]], the main protagonist of the titular series who's known for his unmatched fighting ability. As a bonus, he also apologizes to Homer after he's thrown through their kitchen window and Kiryu is also known for being a NiceGuy despite his previous occupation as a member of the Yakuza.
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** The short Yakuza member that Homer insists on wanting to watch instead of running away because he hasn't done anything yet and expects him to do something awesome wears a suit similar in design and color to the one worn by [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]], the main protagonist of the titular series who's known for his unmatched fighting ability. As a bonus, he also apologizes to Homer after he's thrown through their kitchen window and Kiryu is also known for being a NiceGuy despite his previous occupation as a member of theYakuza.Yakuza.
** The episode ends with a [[MobWar big gang fight]] between the Springfield Mafia and the Yakuza. Many years later, a very similar scenario would play out on an episode of the show ''Series/DeadliestWarrior''.
** The short Yakuza member that Homer insists on wanting to watch instead of running away because he hasn't done anything yet and expects him to do something awesome wears a suit similar in design and color to the one worn by [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]], the main protagonist of the titular series who's known for his unmatched fighting ability. As a bonus, he also apologizes to Homer after he's thrown through their kitchen window and Kiryu is also known for being a NiceGuy despite his previous occupation as a member of the
** The episode ends with a [[MobWar big gang fight]] between the Springfield Mafia and the Yakuza. Many years later, a very similar scenario would play out on an episode of the show ''Series/DeadliestWarrior''.
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* TheScrappy: This episode shows Maude Flanders and Helen Lovejoy [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk at their worst]], and spend the entire episode antagonizing Marge, even [[RivalTurnedEvil trying to kill her]] in the final act. Seeing their van [[TakeThatScrappy get blown up in the third act has made many satisfied.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: The short Yakuza member that Homer insists on wanting to watch instead of running away because he hasn't done anything yet and expects him to do something awesome wears a suit similar in design and color to the one worn by [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]], the main protagonist of the tituar titular series who's known for his unmatched fighting ability. As a bonus, he also apologizes to Homer after he's thrown through their kitchen window and Kiryu is also known for being a NiceGuy despite his previous occupation as a member of the Yakuza.
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* TheScrappy: This episode shows Maude Flanders and Helen Lovejoy [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk at their worst]], and spend the entire episode antagonizing Marge, even [[RivalTurnedEvil trying to kill her]] in the final act. Seeing their van [[TakeThatScrappy get blown up in the third act has made many satisfied.]]]]
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** Then again, the van bomb could have killed Helen and they really don't know the context of how much the Simpsons were involved.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: At the Springfield Isotopes game, Springfielders are so angry at Mr. Burns winning the raffle that they start throwing Marge's pretzels, littering the field and hurting Whitey Ford. During a 2001 NFL game with the Jacksonville Jaguars vs. the Cleveland Browns, the NFL officials controversially overturned a potentially game-winning play for Cleveland, making Cleveland fans so angry that they threw bottles and other objects at them, leading to the game being dubbed "[[{{Scandalgate}} Bottlegate]]".
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: At the Springfield Isotopes game, Springfielders are so angry at Mr. Burns winning the raffle that they start throwing Marge's pretzels, littering the field and hurting Whitey Ford. During a 2001 NFL game with the Jacksonville Jaguars vs. the Cleveland Browns, the NFL officials referees controversially overturned a potentially game-winning play for Cleveland, making Cleveland fans so angry that they threw bottles and other objects at them, leading to the game being dubbed "[[{{Scandalgate}} Bottlegate]]".
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: At the Springfield Isotopes game, Springfielders are so angry at Mr. Burns winning the raffle that they start throwing Marge's pretzels, littering the field and hurting Whitey Ford. During a 2001 NFL game with the Jacksonville Jaguars vs. the Cleveland Browns, the NFL officials controversially overturned a potentially game-winning play for Cleveland, making Cleveland fans so angry that they threw bottles and other objects at them, leading to the game being dubbed "[[{{Scandalgate}} Bottlegate]]".
* HilariousInHindsight: The short Yakuza member that Homer insists on wanting to watch instead of running away because he hasn't done anything yet and expects him to do something awesome wears a suit similar in design and color to the one worn by [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]], the main protagonist of the tituar series who's known for his unmatched fighting ability. As a bonus, he also apologizes to Homer after he's thrown through their kitchen window and Kiryu is also known for being a NiceGuy despite his previous occupation as a member of the Yakuza.
* HilariousInHindsight: The short Yakuza member that Homer insists on wanting to watch instead of running away because he hasn't done anything yet and expects him to do something awesome wears a suit similar in design and color to the one worn by [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]], the main protagonist of the tituar series who's known for his unmatched fighting ability. As a bonus, he also apologizes to Homer after he's thrown through their kitchen window and Kiryu is also known for being a NiceGuy despite his previous occupation as a member of the Yakuza.
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** Then again the van bomb could have killed Helen and they really don't know the context of how much the Simpsons were involved.
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** Then again the van bomb could have killed Helen and they really don't know the context of how much the Simpsons were involved.
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* TheScrappy: This episode shows Maude Flanders and Helen Lovejoy [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk at their worst]], and spend the entire episode antagonizing Marge. Seeing their van [[TakeThatScrappy get blown up in the third act has made many satisfied.]]
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* TheScrappy: This episode shows Maude Flanders and Helen Lovejoy [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk at their worst]], and spend the entire episode antagonizing Marge.Marge, even [[RivalTurnedEvil trying to kill her]] in the final act. Seeing their van [[TakeThatScrappy get blown up in the third act has made many satisfied.]]
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* TheScrappy: This episode shows Maude Flanders and Helen Lovejoy [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk at their worst]], and spend the entire episode antagonizing Marge. Seeing their van get blown up in the third act has made many satisfied.
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* TheScrappy: This episode shows Maude Flanders and Helen Lovejoy [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk at their worst]], and spend the entire episode antagonizing Marge. Seeing their van [[TakeThatScrappy get blown up in the third act has made many satisfied.]]
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* MoralEventHorizon: The Investorettes go from {{Jerkass}} [[TheRival Rivals]] to [[RivalTurnedEvil outright villains]] in the third act, when they hire the Yakuza to kill the Simpsons and the Springfield Mafia. Though the reason to do so was slightly justified, considering their van was destroyed, but the group was ''[[ThePowerOfHate still]]'' willing to kill the family even after seeing the [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Mafia]] turn against Marge and Homer.
* TheScrappy: This episode shows Maude Flanders and Helen Lovejoy [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk at their worst]], and spend the entire episode antagonizing Marge. Seeing their van get blown up in the third act has made many satisfied.
* TheScrappy: This episode shows Maude Flanders and Helen Lovejoy [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk at their worst]], and spend the entire episode antagonizing Marge. Seeing their van get blown up in the third act has made many satisfied.
