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Marge reprimands Bart for provoking Homer and causing the damages, but Dr. Hibbert arrives and states that Bart unknowingly saved Homer's life by enraging him. He explains the lumps on Homer's neck were actually boils caused by suppressed rage and would have otherwise killed Homer by overwhelming his nervous system if Bart's prank hadn't set ...
With Homer looking on from the couch, Lisa reminds Bart that "cartoons don't have to be 100% realistic" as a second Homer wanders past the living-room window. Koenigsberger said that "this moment and many others like it reveal a strong sense of self-awareness within the show, an awareness especially characteristic of high modernism."
In the episode, Homer plays a series of practical jokes on Bart, and to get even, Bart shakes up a can of Homer's beer with a paint shaker. Homer opens the can, resulting in a huge explosion that lands him in the hospital, where he goes into a coma. At Homer's bedside, the Simpson family reminisce, mainly about moments relevant to Homer's life.
Times really have changed. Homer Simpson has, according to the animated character, stopped strangling his son Bart – bringing to an end a long-running (and outdated) gag on the show.
The Simpsons have subtly retired the long-running gag of Homer strangling Bart, because “times have changed”. For decades, the cartoon father was regularly seen squeezing his son's throat so ...
The last time Homer was depicted strangling Bart was in season 31 (2019-2020). However, the topic of parent-child violence had been covered on several occasions before that.
The Simpsons attend a Brad Goodman lecture, hoping they will learn how to curb Bart's unruly behavior. When Bart interrupts the lecture, Brad Goodman, who acts more like a director than a psychiatrist, praises him as an example of a well-adjusted person and encourages the town to adopt Bart's irreverent and carefree attitude. Soon the whole ...
When Bart says "I didn't do it," he instantly becomes famous for his catchphrase. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Susie Dietter, which was the first episode of the series to be directed by her. Many characters from the show have catchphrases, and the episode mocks the use of catchphrase-based humor.