The worsening of relations between a declining America and an internally troubled Mexico could even give rise to a particularly ominous phenomenon: the emergence, as a major issue in nationalistically aroused Mexican politics, of territorial claims justified by history and ignited by cross-border incidents.
Big Nose Thug: [sings] Tor would like to quit and be a florist.
Vlad: [sings] Gunther does interior design.
Thug 2: [sings] Ulf is into mime.
Big Nose Thug: [sings] Attila's cupcakes are sublime.
Big Nose Thug, Thug 2: [sung together] Bruiser knits, Killer sews,
Fang does little puppet shows.
Hook Hand Thug: [sings] And Vladimir collects ceramic u-ni-corns...
[Vladimir smiles with a sinister, ominous look]
Homer Simpson: [noticing a glow] Uh, what's that ominous glow in the distance?
Angry Mob: [wielding torches] Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill...
Homer Simpson: [looking out the window] Marge, look! Those idiots don't even know where we *live*!
Angry Mob: [looking round, seeing Homer]
Kill, kill, kill, kill...
Homer Simpson: D'oh!
Kent Brockman: Kent Brockman here reporting on a crisis so serious it has its own name and theme music.
[graphic shows the domed Springfield on a styrofoam cup labeled "Trappuccino" as ominous music plays]
Kent Brockman: The dome has put an end to life as we know it. The town is running low on supplies of everything from gasoline to Botox.
[Kent's face droops]
Kent Brockman: Moment, please.
[clips skin on back of neck]
Kent Brockman: And, as always, we end our broadcast with news on the lighter side.
[the words "The Lighter Side" appear on the same small screen as the Trappuccino graphic did]
Kent Brockman: It's the time of year when the swallows
return to Springfield.
[cut to swallows crashing into dome, as hungry cats await below]
Raoul Duke: There's one thing you should probably understand... *Can you hear me?* Good. I want you to have all the background. This is a very ominous assignment, with overtones of extreme personal danger. I'm a Doctor of Journalism! This is important, goddammit! This is a fucking true story!
Maudeline Everglot: [singing] It's a terrible day.
Finnis Everglot: Now, don't be that way.
Maudeline Everglot: It's a terrible day for a wedding.
Finnis Everglot: It's a sad, sad state of affairs we're in.
Maudeline Everglot: That has led to this ominous wedding.
Finnis
Everglot: How could our family have come to this?
Maudeline Everglot, Finnis Everglot: To marry off our daughter to the nouveau riches?
Maudeline Everglot: They're so common.
Finnis Everglot: So coarse.
Maudeline Everglot: Oh it couldn't be worse!
Finnis
Everglot: Couldn't be worse? I'm afraid I disagree. They could be land-rich bankrupt aristocracy without a penny to their name. Just like you and me.
Maudeline Everglot: [speaking] Oh, dear!
Maudeline Everglot, Finnis Everglot: [singing] And that's why everything, every last little thing, every single tiny microscopic
little thing must go...
Maudeline Everglot: According to plan!
Finnis Everglot: Our daughter will wed.
Maudeline Everglot: According to plan!
Finnis Everglot: And our family led...
Maudeline Everglot, Finnis Everglot: From the depths of deepest poverty...
Maudeline Everglot: To the noble realm...
Finnis Everglot: Of our ancestry.
Maudeline Everglot, Finnis Everglot: And who would've guessed in a million years, that our daughter with the face...
Finnis Everglot: Of an otter in disgrace...
Maudeline
Everglot, Finnis Everglot: Would provide our tickets to our rightful place?