YMMV / The Simpsons S 7 E 13 Two Bad Neighbors

• Hilarious in Hindsight: Homer's old jacket was supposed to say "Disco Stud" on the back, but instead, it's printed "Disco Stu" because he ran out of space. In 2017, CBS ordered some T-shirts to promote Star Trek: Discovery, but instead, they were printed as "Star Trek: Disco" because they specified the wrong font size, thereby running out of space on the shirts.
• Jerkass Woobie: Bush resents and gets into a violent war with Homer and Bart because they wouldn't let him have peace.
• Unintentional Period Piece:
  • The main plot became this when Barbara Bush died in April 2018, followed by George's own death seven months later. The ending where Homer becomes friends with Gerald Ford had already become this when Ford died in December 2006. Mikhail Gorbachev's impromptu appearance with a housewarming gift became this after his passing in August 2022.
  • Additionally, the fact that Bush is referred to simply as "George Bush" rather than "George H.W. Bush", "Bush 1", or "Bush Senior" to differentiate him from his son (whose name drop in this episode was a coincidence) firmly dates the episode to pre-2000.
• Unintentionally Sympathetic: Bush. He is tortured by Bart and Homer all because he spanked Bart two times lightly, to the point of being nothing more than a pat. Bush becomes violent due to everyone getting mad and not discussing it with him, so it's hard not to feel bad for him.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not Political?: This episode wasn't meant to be a political attack against George H. W. Bush and was merely inspired by Bush's public condemnations of the show during his time in office. However, since George and Barbara had criticized The Simpsons during its early years for contributing to the alleged downfall of American society, a lot of viewers have stated that this episode had political undertones.
  Bill Oakley: It's not a political attack, it's a personal attack.
• Woolseyism: In Brazil, Homer says his disco jacket is supposed to say "estupendo"^note stupendous instead of "Disco Stud", making it more hilarious that Homer failed to notice he picked a wrong font size.

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