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--> '''Homer''': [directly towards mirror] Aw that's it, you just can't insult this guy. You call him a moron and he just sits there, grinning moronly.\\
'''Flanders''': [to mirror] Hi, neighbor!\\
'''Homer''': You know what your problem is, Flanders? You're afraid to be human.\\
'''Flanders''': Ho ho, now why would I be afraid of that?\\
'''Homer''': Because [[HumansAreFlawed humans are obnoxious, sometimes. Humans hate things]].\\
'''Flanders''': Well, maybe a few of them do... back East.



-->'''Ned''': Now calm down, Nedilly-diddly-diddly-diddly-doodly, they did their best, shodilly-iddly-iddly-diddly. Gotta be nice, hostility-ility-biddly-diddly... AW, HELL-DIDDLY-DING-DONG-'''CRAP! CAN'T YOU MORONS DO ''ANYTHING'' RIGHT?!''' ''[everyone gasps]''

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-->'''Ned''': -->'''Ned:''' Now calm down, Nedilly-diddly-diddly-diddly-doodly, they did their best, shodilly-iddly-iddly-diddly. Gotta be nice, hostility-ility-biddly-diddly... AW, HELL-DIDDLY-DING-DONG-'''CRAP! CAN'T YOU MORONS DO ''ANYTHING'' RIGHT?!''' ''[everyone gasps]''



* CheatedDeathDiedAnyway: A gag during the hurricane scene shows a [[DeathRow condemned murderer]] about to be executed in the electric chair. Seconds before the warden pulls the switch, the roof is blown off the death chamber in a huge gust of wind, which also causes the straps to come off. The criminal is blown into the air, and he snarls at the prison staff, "So long, suckers!" However, his freedom is very short-lived, as he is blown into [[HighVoltageDeath high-voltage wires and killed instantly.]]



* CowardiceCallout: Homer does this in frustration with Ned trying to laugh off his attempts at insults, accusing him of being afraid to be human and feel a negative emotion for any reason.



-->'''Marge''': Ned, Maude! You've got to go back to your house. Something incredible has happened.\\
'''Ned''': Oh, what happened now? Did the rubble burn down?
* DeathRow: A gag during the hurricane scene shows a condemned murderer about to be executed in the electric chair. Seconds before the warden pulls the switch, the roof is blown off the death chamber in a huge gust of wind, which also causes the straps to come off. The criminal is blown into the air, and he snarls at the prison staff, "So long, suckers!" However, his freedom is very short-lived, as he is blown into [[HighVoltageDeath high-voltage wires and killed instantly.]]

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-->'''Marge''': -->'''Marge:''' Ned, Maude! You've got to go back to your house. Something incredible has happened.\\
'''Ned''': '''Ned:''' Oh, what happened now? Did the rubble burn down?
* DeathRow: A gag during the hurricane scene shows a condemned murderer about to be executed in the electric chair. Seconds before the warden pulls the switch, the roof is blown off the death chamber in a huge gust of wind, which also causes the straps to come off. The criminal is blown into the air, and he snarls at the prison staff, "So long, suckers!" However, his freedom is very short-lived, as he is blown into [[HighVoltageDeath high-voltage wires and killed instantly.]]
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* ExtremeDoormat: [[DeconstructedCharacterArchetype Deconstructed extensively.]] This episode reveals Ned was actually an unruly and troublesome brat as a child until his psychiatrist gave him a spanking treatment designed to prevent him from having an angry or violent response to anything. While Ned is a NiceGuy naturally, him not being able to be angry or clap back at others, even if warranted, resulted in him becoming a ticking timebomb just waiting for the right set of negative circumstances to push him to breaking point, at which stage he loses all control and starts slinging vitriol in every direction (except his family) until he finally calms down enough to drive himself to a mental hospital for treatment. Near the end of the episode, Homer, frustrated with Ned's refusal to take his scripted insults as what they are, goes so far as to accuse Ned of being a moral coward who's so scared of having a human response to a bad situation that he'd let someone call him a moron to his face and smile back at them.



* GrewASpine: By the end of the episode, Ned vows to no longer repress his anger [[ALessonLearnedTooWell and to run over anyone who pisses him off with his car]].

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* GrewASpine: By the end of the episode, Ned vows to no longer repress his anger anger... [[ALessonLearnedTooWell and to run over anyone who pisses him off with his car]].



-->'''Kent''': Try looking in the back.
* TheLastStraw: Ned's rebuilt house was shoddy all around, but what brings it down is Homer patting it.

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-->'''Kent''': -->'''Kent:''' Try looking in the back.
* TheLastStraw: Ned's rebuilt house was is shoddy all around, but what brings it down is Homer patting it.



* MadeOfIron: Rod was apparently blown through a tree trunk during the hurricane. Somehow, his skull wasn't caved in from that kind of impact.

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* MadeOfIron: Rod was apparently blown through a tree trunk during the hurricane. Somehow, his skull wasn't caved in from that kind of impact.



-->'''Rod''': [[{{Understatement}} I have a headache.]]

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-->'''Rod''': -->'''Rod:''' [[{{Understatement}} I have a headache.]]



** Ned gives an ''absolutely'' harsh one to the people of Springfield.

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** Ned gives an ''absolutely'' ''incredibly'' harsh one to the people of Springfield.

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