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When Springfield radiation scare thanks to Burns having Smithers put a plutonium rod in Homer’s bag, who then leaves it at the train station, closed-circuit TV surveillance is put in place and Flanders becomes Big Brother. At the same time, Lisa is prejudiced against all because she’s blonde, which forces her to expose the truth.
 
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* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: Bart’s reactions to Krusty’s blonde jokes.
{{Quote| '''Bart''': He sure nailed you, Lis. <br />
'''Lisa''': You’re Blond too… <br />
'''Bart''': Blond guys aren’t dumb. They’re evil like in the[[The Karate Kid|The Karate Kid]] and [[World War II]].}}
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Unless you count Ned Flanders and Marge Simpson, how is Lisa’s going to get a fair say without the prejudices towards blondes.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The florists are being targeted by the British police for being an annoyance, causing the CCTV system in London.
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Orwell Surveillance EST. 1984… that sounds [[Nineteen Eighty-Four (Literature)| familiar.]]
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Van Houtens, Helen Lovejoy, Julius Hibbert, and Elizabeth Hoover were among the citizens chosen to monitor the CCTV system. However, they later disappeared, leaving Ned Flanders and Marge Simpson.
 
 
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