Breaking conventions!

If I tried to list every single instance of a classic convention of story telling being broken on this show, I'd probably get laughed at. So, for the record, I know of only 2 convention breakers: 1. Lisa's Wedding: Ever seen those movies where a guy who hasn't said anything for the whole film finally says something clever at the end (e.g., Gone in 60 Seconds and Scrooged)? That's more of a cliche than a convention, but it gets broken here... Maggie hasn't spoken at all for the whole ep (her phone call's interrupted and she's told not to talk with her mouth full), and at the end, she's told to sing "Amazing Grace", and then Lisa suddenly interrupts before she even starts. (Off topic here) This situation is quite different from Rugrats' All Growed Up special where Dil (who normally hardly talks, as he's just 3 months old) blabs a lot as a "growed-up" (he's 10 in that ep). (Now back to the current topic) 2. The Day the Violence Died: You've probably seen those films where a character finds a big piece of knowledge, which is withheld from the viewer, and later shows it to someone (as well as the viewer) to serve a certain big purpose. Here, Lisa spots something in a law book and races to I&S... but we never find out what it is as we see that the studio has already been saved (so, no use for their plan, whatever it was). "That is so unsettling" says Bart. Same as my attitude to this convention breaker. Then again, the whole point of many Simpsons eps are to break conventions... It's called "satire" (or was it "spoofing"? Never mind, it's the same idea).