Loophole Abuse/Western Animation: Difference between revisions

*:* A similar scenario occurs when Homer [[Animal Athlete Loophole|trains a horse to be a football player]]. He then reads the rulebook which says they can't play in the NFL.

*:* And parodied by a mock movie trailer for "Soccer Mummy". Ain't no rule that says a centuries old Egyptian mummy can't play soccer!

*:* When a secret society Homer is made leader of wants to reform without him in they become the society of "No Homers". When he complains that they already let ''another'' guy named Homer in, they respond, "It says 'No Homer''s''.' We're allowed to have ''one''."

*:* But perhaps the funniest example occurred in an early "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween episode, where Lisa dreams that she and her family purchase a magical Moroccan "monkey's paw" that grants four wishes but also finds some way to totally screw the wisher over while adhering to the wording of the wish. After the second and third wishes result in unmitigated disasters, Homer declares that he has thought of a completely foolproof wish: "I want a turkey sandwich....on rye bread....with mustard - and - ''and'' - I don't want any zombie-turkeys, and I don't want to turn into a turkey myself, and I don't want any other weird surprises. ''Got it?!''" Homer's sandwich then appears as requested, and he promptly bites into it....and then throws a tantrum because the turkey is a little dry. (See, [[Jerkass Genie|he said he didn't want any WEIRD surprises]].)

*:* Invoked by Homer in another "Treehouse of Horror" where he sells his soul for a donut. He eventually figures that if he didn't finish the donut, he wouldn't have to go to Hell. It works...until Homer sleepwalks to the kitchen later that night and eats it.

*:** In the same episode, Homer is on trial for his soul. He's saved when Marge shows a picture of them on the back of which Homer wrote that his soul belongs to Marge. Apparently, this is legally-binding and, thus, supercedes the agreement between Homer and Ned the Devil.

*:* In a flashback episode showing Marge pregnant with Maggie, Marge was afraid of Homer's reaction to the pregnancy so she asked her sisters to promise not to tell him about it and they agreed. Since they promised not to tell ''Homer'' about the pregnancy, they told other people so THEY would tell him.

*:* That's how Cletus Spuckler could get so many pretzels (for everyone of his many children) from Marge, who was giving coupons valid for a free sample. She forgot to state that she would accept only '''one coupon per customer'''. At least this helped her to know the name of every Cletus' child...

*:* “Lisa's Date with Density”: Lisa complains about her [[Writing Lines|punishment]] for being amused by Nelson’s antics against Willie. When Nelson sees this, he tells her to use the multiple chalk holder that’s she’ll be done faster. Lisa tells him off, but she does take his advice since there wasn’t rule against using such device.

*:* "Opposites A-Frack": Homer informs Patty and Selma about a smoking ban including smoke alarms, in reality he just don't want them in his home while their place is being treated for mold. Patty and Selma tried E-Cigarettes before realizing that there wasn't any smoke alarms in the downstairs washroom. This ended up being '''subverted''' when they tried to cover up their smoking by turning on the water, that resulted in their plan exploding in front of them, {{spoiler| thanks to the hydrofracking operation done by Mr. Burns.}}