Herman's Head: Difference between revisions

* [[Bait and Switch Credits]]: The original opening has a narrator telling us that "sometimes [the insiders] agree... usually they don't," while showing them all arguing loudly. But in most episodes they usually ''do'' agree, except for Angel and Animal, and even then, their discussions are more in the form of sarcastic sniping than loud arguments.

* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Jay

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Any given episode would usually start with Herman doing something wrong, then [[Hilarity Ensues]] as he runs about trying to resolve the situation, with an [[Aesop]] over not having done it in the first place. Some of the third season episodes would have Herman fail to "fix" things (such as when he cheated on his [[Girl of the Week]]) presumably in order to reinforce the Aesop.

* [[Christmas Episode]]: "A Charlie Brown Fitzer"

* [[Different for Girls]]: in one episode

* [[Freudian Trio]]: Literally: Animal (Id), Angel (Ego), Genius (Superego). It's not surprising Wimp faded into the background in later episodes.

* [[Ghost in The Machine]]

* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]]

* [[Greek Chorus]]

* [[Half-Hour Comedy]]

** And the boss is played by Jason Bernard, who played Elias' father Caleb in ''[[V]]''.

** Parodied in one episode, where Louise (Smith's character) tells off an old friend ([[The Brady Bunch|Maureen McCormick]]) of the boss without realizing who it is. When the boss confronts the staff about it, not knowing who spoke to Maureen but knowing that she sounded "like a cartoon character", Louise gets an [[Oh Crap]] moment -- only for the boss to turn and start yelling at another woman, who protests in a [[Betty Boop]] voice.

** Averted by Hank Azaria, who doesn't sound like any of his ''Simpsons'' characters.

* [[Orphaned Punchline]]: Louise's [[Mister Roberts|"Captain, it is I -- Ensign Pulver -- and I've just thrown your stinking palm tree overboard!"]]

* [[Professionals Do It On Desks]]: Herman and Heddy have sex on Mr Bracken's desk.

** A [[Running Gag]] involved Louise being mistaken for Lisa Simpson every time she talked to someone on the phone.

** Eventually it got shouted out on ''The Simpsons'', as well, with Lisa covering up a sinister laugh by saying she was "thinking of something funny I saw on ''Herman's Head''."