Back yard
Plot
Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.
Both terms in one sentence
- Lampshaded again in the episode "A Tale of Two Springfields", which was about a badger invading the Simpsons' back yard, until Homer tried to call animal control, at which point the plot became about area codes.
Source: Halfway Plot Switch -
Artifact Title: Originally, the plot of the episode "Try to Remember the Night He Dismembered" involved Roy tricking the others into digging a space for his hot tub by telling them, while apparently hypnotized, that he had dismembered his late wife and buried her in his back yard.
Source: Series / Wings -
Has a lampshade hung on it by Mark Twain in the afterword to Pudd'nhead Wilson, where he explains that the solution to the convoluted original plot was to drop the original characters down a well in the back yard, which only ceased when it seemed likely the well would fill up.
Source: Kill 'em All
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