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While the rest of the town is ecstatic, and Homer takes a course under Lanley in hopes of becoming the monorail's conductor, Marge has her suspicions -- especially when the monorail appears to be severely in need of repair (there's a nest of possums in its inner workings, for instance). Finally, sneaking into his trailer, she discovers that Lanley intends to take the millions alloted for the monorail and head for the tropics...leaving the Springfieldians to a firey doom.
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Marge and the engineer are able to contact Homer and the latter advises him to find an anchor. Prying a big metal "M" from the outside of the train and tying a length of chain around it, he heaves it outside, and it finally gets caught up in a giant donut shop sign, which proves enough to bring the monorail to a halt. As for Lyle Lanley, his flight to Tahiti is "unexpectedly" forced to make a stopover in North Haverbrook, where an angry mob promptly boards the plane to pay him back for his crimes.
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* [[But Now I Must Go]]: Parodied, after the monorail crisis is resolved:
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'''Barney''': Whaddaya mean, 'your work is done'? ''You'' didn't do anything.
'''Leonard Nimoy''': [''Chuckles knowingly.''] Didn't I? [''[[Star Trek|beams away]].''] }}
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Lyle Lanley is one of Harold Hill, the protagonist of ''[[The Music Man]]'' -- but Hill's phony promises of a spectacular marching band didn't put innocent lives at risk, whereas Lanley is heartlessly aware of the carnage his old, poorly-made monorails will wreak.
* [[Cut the Juice]]: Two guys discuss the out-of-control monorail:
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'''Guy 2:''' No such luck. It's solar-powered.
'''Guy 1:''' Solar power. When will people learn!? }}
* [[Ghost Town]]: Marge goes to North Haverbrook, the town Lyle Lanley sold a monorail to before Springfield. She finds the town nearly deserted after their monorail crashed on its maiden voyage.
* [[Meat
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Mr. Burns attempts to get his money back by disguising himself with a [[Paper-Thin Disguise|fake mustache]] at the town meeting and calling himself "Mr. Snrub". Surprisingly, it fails instantly.
* [[Shipped in Shackles]]: C. Montgomery Burns is given the Hannibal Lecter mask treatment when he is dragged into court.
* [[Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass]]: Marge's closing narration: "And that was the only folly the people of Springfield ever embarked upon. Except for the Popsicle stick skyscraper. And the 50-foot magnifying glass. [''the sun focused through the magnifying glass sets the Popsicle stick skyscraper on fire''] And that escalator to nowhere."
* [[Sustained Misunderstanding]]:
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'''Homer:''' Batman?!
'''Marge:''' No, he's a scientist.
'''Homer:''' Batman's a scientist!?
'''Marge:''' It's not Batman! }}
* [[Total Eclipse of the Plot]]: The runaway monorail, which is solar-powered, halts briefly due to a total solar eclipse which nobody realised/remembered was due in Springfield that day — only to start up again as the eclipse passes totality. This is realistically portrayed as taking under a minute (real-life solar eclipses can last any time from an eyeblink to, under the most favourable circumstances, about 7-8 minutes).
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* [[Villain Song]]: "The Monorail Song" turns out to be one.
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