Ned Flanders begins dating Mrs. Krabappel after saving her from a prank gone bad — until Flanders realizes that Mrs. Krabappel has left a trail of tears behind her from the men she dated before (including Aerosmith drummer, Joey Kramer).
* FlippantForgiveness: Homer convinces Ned that Edna's previous sexual encounters should not break Ned and Edna up when they were such a perfect couple. Ned invites Edna over to his place to apologize for freaking out, and then announces his forgiveness. They come down to a MakeUpOrBreakUp and...that's the end of the season. The viewers vote for which happens. [[spoiler:The viewers voted that they should stay together]].
* LeastRhymableWord: Ned's claims of being able to find rhymes for any words fell through that trope.
* LoopholeAbuse: Ned told Edna that he and Maude had a Doctor named Stork help with the births of Rod and Todd so technically they'd be able to tell the kids a "stork" brought them to the world without it being a lie.
* WickedStepmother: Bart planned to trick Ned's sons into thinking Mrs. Krabappel would be this to them.