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* [[Alliteration]]:
{{quote|'''Mr. Burns:''' You clinking, clattering, cacaphony of colligenous cogs and camshifts...}}
*** This is also a [[Shout-Out]] to [[The Wizard of Oz (film)|The Wizard of Oz]]
* [[Advice Backfire]]: In "The Love-Matic Grampa" (part of "Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"), Abe tells Moe to tell his date that her rump is as big as the queen's, and twice as fragrant. Moe reluctantly does so, and in the [[Gilligan Cut|next cut]], he's covered in food dumped on him by his date.
* [[Aesop Ju Jitsu]]: Most episodes which appear to have morality lessons end up devolving into this.
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* [[Ascended Meme]]: "D'oh!" was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
** As was "meh" (an adjective describing something boring or mediocre or an interjection expressing boredom or indifference), "[[Perfectly Cromulent Word|cromulent]]" (an adjective describing something that's valid, adequate, or appropriate for a certain situation), and "embiggen" (a verb meaning "to empower or raise someone's spirits").
** A critic once wrote a negative article on the subject of
* [[Ascended to Carnivorism]]: In "Helter Shelter", the retirement home residents are watching a nature show about elderly animals. An elderly lion runs out of energy, whereupon the zebra turns around and takes a bite out of it.
* [[Ashes to Crashes]]: Homer's mom wants him to spread her ashes at a certain place at a certain time; it turns out it was her last act of uncivil disobedience, as her ashes interfere with the launch of a missile sending nuclear waste from the power plant to the Amazon rain forest.
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* [[Big Damn Movie]]: ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' is about rescuing Springfield from ecological destruction.
* [[Big Eater]]: Homer, of course.
* [[Bigger Than Jesus]]: In the episode "Homer's Barbershop Quartet," Homer's titular band with a history that very much resembles that of [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] is alleged to have frequently [[Blasphemous Boast|boasted]] to be "bigger than Jesus" and even titled their sophomore album as such with a cover that shows the band [[Walking on Water|Walking On Water]] in the [[Abbey Road Crossing]] pose.
** A later episode referenced [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] controversy when it turns out that Ned Flanders has a huge collection of Beatles memorabilia. Why? Because they were bigger than Jesus!
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Done frequently with Bumblebee Man sketches; whilst they're always non-sequiturs, what is gibberish to the layman becomes funny gibberish to the bilingual:
{{quote|Original "¿Dónde Está Justice?" transcript:
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* [[Courtroom Episode]]: "Bart Gets Hit by a Car", "The Boy Who Knew Too Much".
** There are also numerous episodes that feature court scenes, even if they aren't the main focus of the episode, such as "Krusty Gets Busted", "The Monkey Suit", "Marge in Chains", "Sideshow Bob Roberts", "The Great Money Caper", the list goes on.
* [[Covered in Mud]]: In a [[Treehouse of Horror]] episode parodying [[Orson Welles]]' ''[[The War of the Worlds (radio)|The War of the World]]'' broadcast: Springfield is terrified of being invaded by Martians. Sideshow Mel tells everyone to take off their clothes and wallow in the mud. That way the Martians will leave them alone, not realizing that they're people.
* [[Cover Identity Anomaly]]: Homer pretends to be Mr. Burns. This is made more difficult as he doesn't know Mr. Burns' first name.
* [[Cover Version]]: "Twist and Shout" plays in "Behind the Laughter", and it's sung by someone other than [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] (while they didn't create the song, their rendition was arguably the most famous).
* [[Cowboy Episode]]: "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]:
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{{quote|'''Burns:''' Oh, I should be resisting this, but I'm paralyzed with rage...and island rhythms!}}
* [[Crossover]]:
** ''[[The Critic (animation)|The Critic]]'''s Jay Sherman (Jon Lovitz) appears in "A Star Is Burns", and makes a cameo in "Hurricane Neddy" and "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner."
** ''[[King of the Hill]]'' 's core cast make a surprise appearence in "Bart Star"...a surprise ruined on the episode's premire by Fox's advance promotions.
{{quote|'''Hank Hill''': We came all the way from Arlen for THIS?}}
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'''Agnes''': No, I have one stranger and one fraud! }}
* [[I Lied]]: From "The Bart Wants what it Wants":
{{quote|'''Ranier Wolfcastle''' (to a pie): "Remember when I said I'd eat you last? [[Commando (film)|I lied!]]"}}
** Also this in the Tracy Ullman shorts:
{{quote|'''Bart''': Family therapy? What the hell is this?
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{{quote|Behold, I am Captain Kirk from ''[[Series/Star Trek The Motion Picture|Star Trek One]]''! [girdle gives way] ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Two]]''. [girdle gives way] ''[[Star Trek V: The Final Frontier|Five]]'' [girdle gives way] ''[[Star Trek Generations|Generations]]'' [girdle gives way completely] ''[[Boston Legal]]''.}}
* [[Inflation Negation]]: Bart has to do some chores for some old lady, ends up battered and bleeding from all the chores, and only receives a quarter from her.
** Mr. Burns on ''
{{quote|'''Mr. Burns:''' "Don't poo-poo a nickel, Lisa! A nickel can buy you a steak and kidney pie, a cup of coffee, a slice of cheesecake, and a newsreel with enough change left over to ride the trolley from Battery Park to the Polo Grounds!"
'''Lisa:''' "...There's a can." }}
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