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Bart the Daredevil/References

2012-09-06T02:27:02Z

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== Debut appearances ==
*[[Dr. Julius Hibbert]]
*[[Lance Murdock]]

== Cultural references ==
*The Russian wrestler, Rasputin, is named after Grigori Rasputin.
*The [[Springfield Elementary]] band plays Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.
*Werner Von Brawn, one of the wrestlers in the match, is probably named after Wernher von Braun.
*[[Bart Simpson|Bart]] appearing at [[Springfield Gorge]] in the distance is based on Omar Sharif's entrance in Lawrence of Arabia.
*The monster truck at the rally, Truck-o-saurus, is a parody to the famous monster truck, Robosaurus.
*Movie "Jaws" parodied in the way the lion leaps out to attack Captain Lance Murdoch.
*[[Captain Lance Murdock|Lance Murdock]] is a parody of famous daredevil such as Evel Knievel.
*This episode contains the music video for "Do the Bartman" single which was omitted in some UK broadcasts of this episode.
*Captain Murdock is a reference to the A-Team's Captain H.M. Murdock.
*Lance Murdock coincidentally shares the same last name of another fictional daredevil, Matt Murdock, who is the [[Marvel Comics]] superhero {{w|Daredevil (Marvel Comics)|Daredevil}}.

== Trivia ==
*This is the fifth episode to have Bart's name somewhere in the title.
*During [[Captain Lance Murdock|Lance Murdock's]] stunt, everyone but [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] covered their eyes.
*The champagne bottle Marge is given is labeled "Truckasaurus Private Reserve".
*The scene of Homer falling down [[Springfield Gorge]] has been often used in flashbacks. It is shown again (with additional footage) in "[[So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]" and "[[Behind the Laughter]]" and is referenced in episodes such "[[The Blunder Years]]" and ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' where Homer's ambulance is seen still crashed into the tree.
*The video for "[[Do the Bartman]]" premiered after the episode's original airing.
*A short titled "[[Nazis on Tap]]" was planned to air after the episode, but was never produced.

== Goofs ==
*When the kids are saying "Booo! Boooo!" to the TV, [[Lewis]]' skin changes color from black to yellow.
*[[Homer]] is driving the car and if you look closely, the car has two mirrors.
*When Homer dashes up the hill to catch Bart, he is from the car. But when Bart skateboards, Homer is back to the original position.

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Bart the Daredevil/References

2012-09-06T01:34:24Z

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== Debut appearances ==
*[[Dr. Julius Hibbert]]
*[[Lance Murdock]]

== Cultural references ==
*The Russian wrestler, Rasputin, is named after Grigori Rasputin.
*The [[Springfield Elementary]] band plays Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.
*Werner Von Brawn, one of the wrestlers in the match, is probably named after Wernher von Braun.
*[[Bart Simpson|Bart]] appearing at [[Springfield Gorge]] in the distance is based on Omar Sharif's entrance in Lawrence of Arabia.
*The monster truck at the rally, Truck-o-saurus, is a parody to the famous monster truck, Robosaurus.
*Movie "Jaws" parodied in the way the lion leaps out to attack Captain Lance Murdoch.
*[[Captain Lance Murdock|Lance Murdock]] is a parody of famous daredevil such as Evel Knievel.
*This episode contains the music video for "Do the Bartman" single which was omitted in some UK broadcasts of this episode.
*Captain Murdock is a reference to the A-Team's Captain H.M. Murdock.
*Lance Murdock coincidentally shares the same last name of another daredevil, Matt Murdock, who is the [[Marvel Comics]] superhero {{w|Daredevil (Marvel Comics)|Daredevil}}.

== Trivia ==
*This is the fifth episode to have Bart's name somewhere in the title.
*During [[Captain Lance Murdock|Lance Murdock's]] stunt, everyone but [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] covered their eyes.
*The champagne bottle Marge is given is labeled "Truckasaurus Private Reserve".
*The scene of Homer falling down [[Springfield Gorge]] has been often used in flashbacks. It is shown again (with additional footage) in "[[So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]" and "[[Behind the Laughter]]" and is referenced in episodes such "[[The Blunder Years]]" and ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' where Homer's ambulance is seen still crashed into the tree.
*The video for "[[Do the Bartman]]" premiered after the episode's original airing.
*A short titled "[[Nazis on Tap]]" was planned to air after the episode, but was never produced.

== Goofs ==
*When the kids are saying "Booo! Boooo!" to the TV, [[Lewis]]' skin changes color from black to yellow.
*[[Homer]] is driving the car and if you look closely, the car has two mirrors.
*When Homer dashes up the hill to catch Bart, he is from the car. But when Bart skateboards, Homer is back to the original position.

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Bart the Daredevil/References

2012-09-06T01:33:42Z

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== Debut appearances ==
*[[Dr. Julius Hibbert]]
*[[Lance Murdock]]

== Cultural references ==
*The Russian wrestler, Rasputin, is named after Grigori Rasputin.
*The [[Springfield Elementary]] band plays Schubert's Unfinished Symphony and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture.
*Werner Von Brawn, one of the wrestlers in the match, is probably named after Wernher von Braun.
*[[Bart Simpson|Bart]] appearing at [[Springfield Gorge]] in the distance is based on Omar Sharif's entrance in Lawrence of Arabia.
*The monster truck at the rally, Truck-o-saurus, is a parody to the famous monster truck, Robosaurus.
*Movie "Jaws" parodied in the way the lion leaps out to attack Captain Lance Murdoch.
*[[Captain Lance Murdock|Lance Murdock]] is a parody of famous daredevil such as Evel Knievel.
*This episode contains the music video for "Do the Bartman" single which was omitted in some UK broadcasts of this episode.
*Captain Murdock is a reference to the A-Team's Captain H.M. Murdock.
*Lance Murdock coincidentally shares the same last name of another daredevil, Matt Murdock, who is the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] superhero {{w|Daredevil (Marvel Comics)|Daredevil}}.

== Trivia ==
*This is the fifth episode to have Bart's name somewhere in the title.
*During [[Captain Lance Murdock|Lance Murdock's]] stunt, everyone but [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] covered their eyes.
*The champagne bottle Marge is given is labeled "Truckasaurus Private Reserve".
*The scene of Homer falling down [[Springfield Gorge]] has been often used in flashbacks. It is shown again (with additional footage) in "[[So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]" and "[[Behind the Laughter]]" and is referenced in episodes such "[[The Blunder Years]]" and ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' where Homer's ambulance is seen still crashed into the tree.
*The video for "[[Do the Bartman]]" premiered after the episode's original airing.
*A short titled "[[Nazis on Tap]]" was planned to air after the episode, but was never produced.

== Goofs ==
*When the kids are saying "Booo! Boooo!" to the TV, [[Lewis]]' skin changes color from black to yellow.
*[[Homer]] is driving the car and if you look closely, the car has two mirrors.
*When Homer dashes up the hill to catch Bart, he is from the car. But when Bart skateboards, Homer is back to the original position.

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Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"

2012-08-21T23:29:08Z

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"'''Raging Abe Simpson and his Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"'''" is the twenty-second episode of [[season 7]]. It originally aired on April 28, 1996. The episode was written by [[Jonathan Collier]] and directed by [[Jeffrey Lynch]]. It is also the 150th episode overall.

== Synopsis ==
Buried World War II treasure is the prize in a tontine, in which [[Abraham Simpson|Grandpa Simpson]] and [[Charles Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] are the last two surviving members. But Burns is determined that he'll be the one who collects the prize.

== Plot ==
When [[Abraham Simpson|Grandpa Simpson]] comes to [[Springfield Elementary School]] for Grandparent's day, Abe embarrasses [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] in front of his classmates. When Abe gets back to his retirement home, he finds out that someone called [[Asa Phelps]] has died.

When [[Reverend Timothy Lovejoy|Reverend Lovejoy]] holds a funeral, Abe Simpson and [[Charles Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] are the only people there. They open a safe with keys and pull out a piece of paper with names on; they cross Asa Phelps name which leaves Grandpa Simpson's name and Monty Burns'. Mr. Burns and Abe Simpson then start discussing the 'Hellfish Bonanza' (while doing so Abe humiliates himself 3 times).

When back at his mansion, Mr. Burns orders assassin [[Fernando Vidal]] to murder Abe Simpson so he can get his key to the safe. Several attempts at killing Abe Simpson fail including a Simpsons family impersonation. Grandpa runs to the Simpsons house and comes in. He tells the family the story of his near deaths without explaining why. [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] and [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] agree that he will stay in Bart's room, much to his disappointment. In Bart's room, Abe Simpson describes to Bart why Mr. Burns is trying to kill him.

Abe Simpson tells a story about the Hellfish Bonanza and the agreement that the survivor would inherit some ancient paintings. When Mr. Burns crashes through Bart's room, Abe hands over his key in fright. Bart jumps up to him on his crane (which crashed through Bart's room with Mr. Burns on) and asks if he can come but Mr. Burns rejects due to the "Child Labor people watching [Burns] like a hawk." He then leaves the house laughing (although not before accidentally smashing the adjoining wall into Lisa's room). Bart then reveals that he stole the keys from Mr. Burns.

After some persuasion, Bart finally convinces Abe to get the treasure. When they tell Homer what they are doing, he asks if he can come but Abe convinces him not to. When Bart and Abe find their safe at the graveyard. A light on the top of the memorial points out to the sea. Bart goes to 'borrow' some diving equipment while Abe steals a Speedboat from the Flanders House (although Flanders' reaction implied that he loaned it to them willingly).

They race out in a Speedboat towards the light. When they arrive at the light, Grandpa tells Bart to tug on the rope '63 times if he's out of air' and '64 times if he's got the treasure'. Bart finds the treasure and tugs the rope 64 times. Grandpa opens the treasure and finds the treasure. Suddenly, Mr Burns arrives on the boat and steals the paintings. He kicks Bart into the crate which then falls to the bottom of the sea. Grandpa goes down and successfully saves Bart. They then chase down Monty and catch him on the shore. Grandpa gets the paintings but then the State Department intervene and take the paintings away for [[Baron von Herzenberger]], their rightful owner.

Grandpa tells Bart "That at least he got to show he wasn't always a pathetic old kook". Bart replies by saying, "You never were". They then embrace as the episode ends (though the Baron stops to tell them to "get a room").

==Production==
The episode was written by Jonathan Collier and directed by Jeffrey Lynch. Jonathan Collier got the idea of the episode after reading about how famous paitings have been rediscovered years after their so-called disappearance. Jeffrey Lynch had assistance with the episode from [[Brad Bird]], a former animation director who worked on the Simpsons who is now known for his work with Pixar Animation Studios and his films ''The Incredibles'' and the ''Iron Giant''.

The episode was heavily praised for its animtion, most of which was under-water. The "ripple" effects were added in post-production.

==Reception==
The authors of the book ''I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide'', Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, wrote that the episode is "notable for Mr Burns' impersonation of Marge, some spectacular action sequences, and some good underwater scenes - but it is not especially brilliant"

== See also ==
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* [[Flying Hellfish]]

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Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda/References

2012-08-20T04:06:55Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title refers to [[Ned]]'s and [[Edna Krabappel|Edna]]'s having married and formed a {{w|blended family}}.
*Homer mentions reading something on the Internet from a guy with a Darth Maul avatar, who Homer calls the second best Darth, a reference to ''[[Star Wars]]''.
*The ''[[Passion Play]]'' is {{W|Passion play|a traditional part of}} {{W|Lent}}.

== Trivia ==
*The [[chalkboard gag]], "Call your mother during the commercials", refers to the episode's having originally aired on Mother's Day.
*The thing inside the [[Scratchy]] costume in the video for Itchy & Scratchy weddings is obviously not a person.
*[[Homer]]'s [[Twitter|tweet]] seen during the episode, "ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO EAT THOSE STICKERS ON APPLES? I’M GUESSING YES.", was tweeted by the real world [[HomerJSimpson]] account during the episode's original broadcast.<ref>[https://twitter.com/#!/HomerJSimpson/status/201824526277939200 @HomerJSimpson] on [https://twitter.com Twitter]</ref>
*This episode was previously known as "Ned 'n' Edna's Blend Agenda".

== Continuity ==
*[[Chazz Busby]] makes a return appearance as the director of the play. ("[[Smoke on the Daughter]]")
*"[[Everyone Loves Ned Flanders]]", which plays during the closing credits, was previously used as the theme song for ''[[The Adventures of Ned Flanders]]'' in "[[The Front]]".
*Homer was last struck by lightning by [[God]] as a punishment in "[[Pray Anything]]".
*The last time Jesus was portrayed by a Simpson was in "[[Simpsons Christmas Stories]]".
*Ned's parents last appeared in "[[Hurricane Neddy]]". However, Mona Flanders first appeared in "[[Lisa's First Word]]". She looked totally different to what she does now, had crazy hair and seemed like a different person, in what is a horrible lack of continuity.
*The last time a Flanders considered calling adults by their first names impolite occurred in "[[Children of a Lesser Clod]]".
*The last time Homer became annoyed by Bart calling him by his first name occurred in "[[Lisa's First Word]]".
*Ned thinks that a talking dog is the work of the devil. In "[[Bart the Lover]]", [[Todd]] thinks that a talking dog is blasphemous.

== Goofs ==
[[File:Marge face error.png|200px|thumb|right|Marge's face error.]]
*[[Edna Flanders|Edna]] pulls [[Rod]] and [[Todd]] out of a Christian school and puts them in [[Springfield Elementary]]. The Flanders family seems to act as that Rod and Todd are newcomers to Springfield Elementary, however, they have been seen at the school in previous episodes.
**These previous school cameos are probably the goofs, not this one. Large crowd scenes like that usually have many cameos, often by people who wouldn't usually be in the scene.
**There is also the fact that Rod and Todd were seen at home during Homer's segment in [[Trilogy of Error]] whereas the other children had already left for school.
*In [[Fête Accompli]], where there is a stand with videos of Extreme Weddings, in the middle there is a Zero-G wedding. Later on where [[Marge]] and [[Lisa]] look at the stand, Zero-G has been replaced with a video of an Itchy and Scratchy wedding, with the title of the video on the stand changing as well.
**An employee could have changed the video and title.
**Lisa and Marge could have looked at a different stand.
**If the display was automated, the screen could simply have switched to showing a different wedding. This can be done using presentation software such as PowerPoint.
***However, the title changed as well.
*In the scene where Marge is telling [[Helen]] about the canapes, her mouth disappears for a frame.
*During the ''[[Passion Play]]'', [[Hans Moleman]] is seen in the audience. He is then seen on a cross to the left of Homer.

== References ==
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Wedding for Disaster

2012-08-02T14:53:55Z

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|blackboardText = My piggy bank is not entitled to TARP funds
|couchGag = The Simpsons are a four-course dinner (with Maggie being a mint) at a fancy restaurant that get eaten up by The Comic Book Guy.
|billboardGag = Support Your Local Bullies ([[Jimbo]], [[Dolph]], and [[Kearney]])
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"'''Wedding For Disaster'''" is the fifteenth episode of [[season 20]].

==Synopsis==
It turns out that [[Reverend Lovejoy]] didn't have a valid license to perform weddings when he presided over [[Homer]] and [[Marge]]'s wedding (remember that he married them after their divorce in "[[A Milhouse Divided]]"), so they have to get married again, but just when the wedding is about to start, Homer disappears, and the only clue is a key attached to a keychain marked "SB"...but is it Sideshow Bob? No! Guess who...

== Plot ==
At church, [[Reverend Lovejoy]] announces that the Parson will be coming to town. [[Ned Flanders]] faints, and [[Homer]] leaves to go get "Smelling Salts" (although this was actually an excuse to leave church early). The parson arrives and informs the Reverend that, for a period of 3 months, Reverend Lovejoy was not an official minister, due to a bureaucratical error, and all official things he did during this time are were invalid, such as holding Jasper's wife's funeral, blessing Captain McAllister's ship, and blessing Cletus's house.

When Homer and Marge’s [[A Milhouse Divided|re-marriage]] turns out to be invalid because [[Reverend Lovejoy]] was not licensed at the time, Homer asks Marge to marry him again. Marge takes over as the wedding planner, becoming more and more irritable and lashing out at Homer for whatever he does (demanding non existent blue roses, saying she wants a lemon frosted cake when she told Homer he could pick the frosting, (and he chooses chocolate) and yelling at him when he let [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] come). When Homer mysteriously disappears on their wedding day, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] search for answers and are led on a cryptic trail of clues, and find some keys with a keychain that has the initials S.B., leading them to [[Sideshow Bob]] (Kelsey Grammer). However, Sideshow Bob has an alibi as he was with [[Krusty the Clown|Krusty]].

Meanwhile, in a parody of ''Saw, ''Homer finds himself chained to a pipe in a dark room. When a mysterious voice tells him that the key (which is not the key but the 'hotter sauce') is the 'hotter to unlock his chains is inside a lollipop, he frantically eats it only to discover the lollipop is made of fiery hot sauce and he is tormented as Bart and Lisa race to save him. It turns out that the initials S.B. actually stand for ''Selma Bouvier'', as his kidnappers are Marge's sisters [[Patty]] and [[Selma]], using a voice modulator who are monitoring and laughing at him while at the DMV and ignoring applicants at their workstation (including ignoring [[Apu]] who was waiting in line). They plan to keep Homer cooped up until Marge forgets about him. However, they later release him after they hear the vows Homer was going to say to Marge. But afterwards, Bart and Lisa use the keychain to trace them and confirm the twins were behind the kidnapping when the keys fit perfectly in the door lock to their apartment just after the twins destroy the rest of the evidence. Lisa threatens to tell Marge unless they pay for their parent's remarriage ceremony, which they reluctantly do.

==Production==
The episode was written by [[Joel H. Cohen]] and directed by [[Chuck Sheetz]]. [[Kelsey Grammer]] reprised his role as [[Sideshow Bob]].

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The Book Job/References

2011-12-08T02:57:02Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a reference to the heist films ''{{w|The Italian Job}}'', which was originally made in 1969 and {{w|The Italian Job (2003 film)|remade}} in 2003, and ''{{w|The Bank Job}}'', which was made in 2008 as a portrayal of the {{w|Baker Street robbery|1971 Baker Street robbery}}.
*The episode plot is a parody of the ''{{W|Ocean's Trilogy}}''.
*[[Milhouse Van Houten]] is seen holding a {{W|Barney the Dinosaur}} doll.
*''[[Shaun White: Snow Vampire]]'' is a reference to the ''{{W|Shaun White Snowboarding}}'' game.
*''The Bourne Continuation'' is a reference to the {{W|Jason Bourne}} series of books.
*The books seen on {{Ch|Neil Gaiman}}'s stand are all real books.
**''[[The Absolute Death]]''
**''[[The Absolute Sandman]]''
**''[[American Gods]]''
**''[[Coraline]]''
**''[[The Graveyard Book]]''
**''[[Neverwhere]]''
**''[[Stardust]]''
*There are several ''[[Harry Potter]]'' references in the episode:
**The ''[[Angelica Button (series)|Angelica Button]]'' series is seen again, a parody of the ''Harry Potter'' series.
**[[Homer]] says that [[Patty]] has read enough fiction to strangle a {{W|Hippogriff}}.
**Patty speaks in Parseltongue.
**[[Comic Book Guy]] is seen dressed up as a {{W|Rubeus Hagrid}} type character.
**The story they came up with about an orphan who went to a magical school is a reference to ''Harry Potter''.
*Homer says that Patty is also fluent in {{W|Dothraki language|Dothraki}}.
*The ''{{W|Twilight (series)|Twilight series}}'' was said to have originally been about a girl who fell in love with a [[Male Golem|golem]].
*''[[Prince of Persia: Beverly Hills]]'' is a reference to ''{{W|The Prince of Persia}}'' and ''{{W|Beverly Hills}}''.
*''[[The Babybiters Club]]'' is a parody of ''{{W|The Baby-sitters Club}}'' series of books.
*The name of the book ''[[Tru Blood]]'' is a reference to ''{{W|True Blood}}'', a vampire TV series.
*The dinosaurs smoking at the ''[[Sitting with Dinosaurs]]'' play is a reference to one of {{w|Gary Larson}}'s, ''{{w|The Far Side}}'' comics.
*The game ''[[Fruit Shoot]]'' could be named after {{w|Fruit Shoot}} a juice drink in real life. It is also a parody of the game ''{{W|Fruit Ninja}}''.

== Trivia ==
*There is no [[opening sequence]] in this episode, making it the second episode in a row to not have one.

== Continuity ==
*The [[Male Golem]] is seen in a picture. ("[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]")

== Goofs ==
[[File:The Haw-Hawed Couple Francis.png|thumb|T. R. Francis in "[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]"]]
*[[T. R. Francis]] was previously depicted in "[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]" as an old lady.

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Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?

2011-10-24T02:09:39Z

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|Episode Number = 229
|productionCode = AABF21
|originalAirdate = October 24, 1999
|blackboardText = "I am not the Last Don"
|couchGag = The Simpsons sit down as normal. Marge notices the name “[[Matt Groening]]” written on the carpet, gets up, and wipes the name off. A caricature of Matt Groening (wearing a tacky orange and yellow Hawaiian shirt) comes in and rewrites his name on the floor.
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"'''Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?'''" is the third episode of [[Season 11]]. It aired on October 24, 1999. The episode was written by [[Al Jean]] and was directed by [[Nancy Kruse]]. [[Ed Asner]] guest stars as the [[Lifeways Editor]].

== Synopsis ==
[[Homer]] gets the perfect side job when he becomes the chief restaurant critic for [[The Springfield Shopper]] newspaper. He loves the perks, but can barely write a complete sentence. When [[Lisa]] helps out by ghosting his columns, Homer becomes the most powerful—and feared—critic in town. Soon Homer earns the wrath of every restaurant owner in [[Springfield]] and they join together in a plot to kill him with a poisonous éclair. Can Homer survive this death by chocolate (and butter, and custard)?

== Plot ==
The kids of [[Springfield Elementary School]] take a trip to [[The Springfield Shopper]] headquarters. Homer is accompanying [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] on the tour, but wanders off on his own when he smells food, and ends up crashing the newspaper food critic's retirement party. Homer eats the food at the party and sings a song about it; the editor is so impressed he hires Homer to be a food critic. Homer starts by writing an example review on the typewriter, but it's terrible. Lisa decides to help - She takes the nonsense Homer dictates to her and translates it into eloquent reviews, typing them up on her computer then giving them to Homer to send in (just like Bart and Lisa did with [[Grandpa]] in "[[The Front]]").

Homer gives all the restaurants good reviews, resulting in a massive surge in obesity of town residents including the [[Flanders family|Flanders]], [[Lenny]] and [[Mr. Burns]] (whose shins break under his new weight). He later talks to his fellow critics who say they sometimes have to give bad reviews. Homer being how he is takes this too seriously and gives every restaurant (and Marge) bad reviews. An angry Lisa quits ghost writing for Homer, while his unjust reviews anger every restaurant owner in [[Springfield]], making them want to kill him. Their plan is that a French chef/assassin will bake a poison éclair for Homer, who will eat it once he reaches the man's stand at an upcoming eat-off event. When the day comes, during the competition, Bart overhears the chefs talking about their plot and informs Marge and Lisa. Homer sees the éclair, but Lisa tells him it is going to kill him. Homer declares he would rather die than not eat the pastry, but then Lisa says it is low fat. Homer screams in horror and drops it into [[Hans Moleman|Moleman's]] gruel, then destroys the eat-off, and everyone chases him.

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The Falcon and the D'ohman/References

2011-09-26T03:22:37Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The title is a pun on the film ''{{w|The Falcon and the Snowman}}''.
*MyTube is a parody of the popular Internet video streaming site YouTube.
==Trivia==
*[[Moe]] has a "brine" beer tap so he can put brine in pickled egg jars.

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Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing/References

2011-08-22T03:45:49Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the song "{{w|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)|Love is a Many-Splendored Thing}}".

== Trivia==
*The prank call text that Bart texted with a cell phone to Moe '''I.M.A. Wiener''' was previously used by Bart at [[Springfield Gorge]] in [[The Simpsons Movie]] against [[Russ Cargill]].
{{Season 22 R}}

[[Category:Cultural references]]

Bart's prank calls

2011-08-22T03:41:54Z

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[[File:PhonePrankInProgress.jpg|thumb|right|250px|One of Bart's prank calls in progress.]]'''Bart's Prank Calls''' occur when [[Bart Simpson]] makes a prank phone call to someone. Occasionally other people are involved as well.

[[Moe]] is the frequent target of Bart's prank phone calls. Usually Bart calls [[Moe's Tavern]] and asks for an individual by his or her name. Unbeknownst to Moe, the name is a pun or double entendre, which Bart hides by saying the last name first when he tells Moe who he's calling for. The joke is revealed when Moe calls the person's name aloud, saying their first name (or initials) first, and the last name last.

Sometimes Bart plays the pranks by methods other than over the phone, but the general idea is the same.

==Calls==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 800px"
| style="text-align: center"|'''Name'''
| style="text-align: center"|'''Pun'''
| style="text-align: center"|'''Notes'''
|-
|Amanda Hugginkiss
|A man to hug and kiss.<ref name="[[New Kid on the Block]]">"[[New Kid on the Block]]"</ref>
|
Bart played the prank in order to ruin [[Jimbo Jones]]'s date with [[Laura Powers]]. When Moe realized it was a prank and demanded to know who was calling, Bart told him Jimbo's name and the address where he and Laura were having their date. Moe ran to the house and burst in brandishing a knife, effectively ending the date.
|-
|Ivana Tinkle
|I wanna tinkle.<ref name="[[New Kid on the Block]]">"[[New Kid on the Block]]"</ref>
|Laura Powers actually made this prank call, with help from Bart.
|-
|[[Hugh Jass]]
|Huge ass.<ref name="[[Flaming Moe's]]">"[[Flaming Moe's]]"</ref>
|Backfired, because there really was a person in the bar named Hugh Jass.
|-
|Anita Bath
|I need a bath.<ref name="[[The PTA Disbands]]">"[[The PTA Disbands]]"</ref>
|Roll-call prank. [[Moe]] was substitute-teaching in Bart's class. Bart added the prank names to the list of students in the class, and when Moe called the roll, the effect was the same as when he calls out the names in the bar.
|-
|Maya Buttreeks
|My butt reeks.<ref name="[[The PTA Disbands]]">"[[The PTA Disbands]]"</ref>
|Another roll-call prank, as above.
|-
|I.P. Freely
|I pee freely.<ref name="[[Homer's Odyssey]]">"[[Homer's Odyssey]]"</ref>
|This prank was later reused by drunken fraternity boys in a prank call to [[Kent Brockman]] about a fight in [[Springfield]] involving a giant lizard. Brockman didn't realize he'd been had until he said the caller's name on the air.<ref name="[[Brother from the Same Planet]]">"[[Brother from the Same Planet]]"</ref>
|-
|Jacques Strap
|Jockstrap.<ref name="[[Moaning Lisa]]">"[[Moaning Lisa]]"</ref>
|
|-
|Al Coholic
|Alcoholic.<ref name="[[Some Enchanted Evening]]">"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"</ref>
|The show's first prank call.
|-
|Oliver Klozoff
|All of her clothes off.<ref name="[[Some Enchanted Evening]]">"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"</ref>
|
|-
|Seymour Butz
|See more butts.<ref name="[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]">"[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]"</ref>
|
|-
|Homer Sexual
|Homosexual.<ref name="[[Principal Charming]]">"[[Principal Charming]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank when he was in Principal Skinner's office and was supposed to call [[Homer]]. When Homer misunderstood the situation, he suspected that Skinner was gay.
|-
|Mike Rotch
|My crotch.<ref name="[[Blood Feud]]">"[[Blood Feud]]"</ref>
|The only prank call to be cut when the episode was edited to air in syndication, though was not cut when the clip was used in [[Another Simpsons Clip Show]].
|-
|Bea O'Problem
|B. O. problem.<ref name="[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]">"[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]"</ref>
|In this context, "B.O." is short for "body odor".
|-
|Haywood U. Cuddleme
|Hey, would you cuddle me?<ref name="[[Helter Shelter]]">"[[Helter Shelter]]"</ref>
|The Simpsons were in [[The 1895 Challenge|a reality TV show]] where they were living with 19th-century technology, so Bart played the prank via telegraph (sending it in Morse code).
|-
| N/A
|I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and I like to kiss my own butt.<ref name="[[Treehouse of Horror II]]">"[[Treehouse of Horror II]]"</ref>
| The prank took place during a [[Treehouse of Horror Series|Treehouse of Horror]] story where Bart had vast mind powers and could make everyone do whatever he wanted -- including, in Moe's case, going along with a blindingly obvious prank call.
|-
|Eura Snotball
|You're a snotball.<ref name="[[Bart on the Road]]">"[[Bart on the Road]]"</ref>
|Homer actually attempted this prank, but it backfired when Moe repeated the name while he was still on the phone.
|-
|Ollie Tabooger
|I'll eat a booger.<ref name="[[Homer the Moe]]">"[[Homer the Moe]]"</ref>
|Moe was away and Homer was tending the bar. Bart tried to prank Homer with this call. It backfired, however, when Homer immediately recognized the call as a prank and didn't understand what he was supposed to do.
|-
|Ahmed Adoudi
|I made a doodie.<ref name="[[24 Minutes]]">"[[24 Minutes]]"</ref>
|[[Jack Bauer]] was the victim of this prank.
|-
|Maya Normousbutt
|My enormous butt.<ref name="[[Lost Verizon]]">"[[Lost Verizon]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank while calling Hawaii on a stolen cell phone.
|-
|Drew P. Wiener
|Droopy wiener.<ref name="[[Lost Verizon]]">"[[Lost Verizon]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank while calling [[Australia]] on a stolen cell phone.
|-
|Olav Myfriendsaregay
|All of my friends are gay.<ref name="[[Lost Verizon]]">"[[Lost Verizon]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank while calling [[Sweden]] on a stolen cell phone.
|-
|Yuri Nator
|Urinator.<ref name="[[Donnie Fatso]]">"[[Donnie Fatso]]"</ref>
|Not actually a prank call. [[Fat Tony]] was looking for his Russian associate Yuri and called Moe's to see if Yuri was in the bar. Then, to his bewilderment, Tony said, Moe started "lecturing me like I was a ten-year-old kid."
|-
|I.M.A. Wiener
|I am a Wiener.<ref name="[[Love is a Many Strangled Thing]]">"[[Love is a Many Strangled Thing]]"</ref>
|Not an actual call, instead Bart used a cell phone to text Moe. In Moe's attempt to text an angry response, he accidentally donates $20 to Haiti. This gag was previously used in [[The Simpsons Movie]] against [[Russ Cargill]] when he confronted Homer and Bart at [[Springfield Gorge]] and Bart mentioned the "Treasure of Ima Weiner".
|}

==Aftermath==
When [[Moe]] realizes that it's actually a prank, he gets mad and gives the caller threats like:
*"It's you, isn't it, you cowardly little runt. When I get a hold of you, I'm gonna gut you like a fish and drink your blood!"
*"I'll shove a sausage down your throat and stick starving dogs in your butt!"
*"Listen to me, you, when I catch you, I'm gonna pull out your eyes and shove 'em down your pants so you can watch me kick the crap out of you, okay, then I'm gonna use your tongue to paint my boat!"
*"When I get a hold of you, I'm gonna use your head for a bucket and paint my house with your brains!"
*"Listen to me, you little scum sucking pus bucket, when I get my hands on you, I'm gonna pull out your eyes with a cork screw!"
*"You rotten little punk! If I ever get a hold of you, I'll stick my teeth into your cheek and rip your face off!"
On one occasion, [[Bart]] played a phone prank from his house, and right after Moe realized the call was a prank, [[Marge]] happened to pick up the phone and got an earful of Moe's threat. Bewildered by the harsh language that came over the phone as soon as she picked up the handset, Marge concluded that it must have been a crossed line<ref name="[[Some Enchanted Evening]]">"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"</ref>.

[[Homer]] attempted to phone-prank Moe and it backfired, due to Moe repeating the name ("Eura Snotball") back to Homer. Homer, in typical fashion, interpreted it as an insult and threatened Moe: "If I find out who this is, I'll stick an American flag up your butt, and mail you to Iran."<ref name="[[Bart on the Road]]">"[[Bart on the Road]]"</ref>

Another time when Bart had just finished a prank call, Marge told him to go to Moe's and pick up Homer. Moe didn't recognize Bart as the phone prankster, but he did think that Bart's voice sounded familiar.<ref name="[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]">"[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]"</ref>

== References ==
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Futurama

2011-08-22T03:19:11Z

Adv193: /* Futurama in The Simpsons */

{{Title|''Futurama''}}
{{Realworld}}
:''For the Futurama show in [[The Simpsons]], see [[Futurama (TV show)]].''
{{The Simpsons
|name = Futurama
|image = [[File:Futurama.jpg|250px]]
|Genre = Science-Fiction Animation Comedy Sitcom Satire 
|Created By = [[Matt Groening]]
|Developed By = Matt Groening [[David X. Cohen]]
|Voices of = Billy West Katey Sagal John DiMaggio Tress MacNeille Maurice LaMarche Lauren Tom Phil LaMarr David Herman
|Theme music composer = Christopher Tyng
|Opening Theme = "Futurama Theme"
|Composer(s) = Christopher Tyng
|Country of Origin = United States
|Language(s) = English
|No. of Seasons = 6
|No. of episodes = 101
|Executive Producer(s) = Matt Groening David X. Cohen Ken Keeler
|Running Time = 22 minutes
|Production Company = The Curiosity Company 20th Century Fox Television
|Original Channel = [[FOX]]
|Picture Format = SD: 480i/576i (1999–2003) HD: 1080p (2007–present)
|Audio Format = Dolby Surround (1999–2003) Dolby Digital 5.1 (2007–present)
|Original run = March 28, 1999 (1999-03-28) – August 10, 2003 (2003-08-10) March 23, 2008 (2008-03-23) – present
|website = http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/futurama/index.jhtml
}}

'''''Futurama''''' is an animated science-fiction comedy show, that was also created by [[Matt Groening]]. Numerous references have been made to the show throughout the run of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' as well as Futurama making references to The Simpsons. Many people have compared the Futurama main characters with the main Simpsons characters such as [[Bender]] is Futurama's [[Homer]].

A running joke is that on The Simpsons, Futurama is a fictional cartoon show on Futurama, however, it is ''The Simpsons'' that is a fictional cartoon show.

== ''Futurama'' in ''The Simpsons'' ==
*"[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]": [[David X. Cohen]]'s pseudnoymn is David "Watch Futurama" Cohen.
*"[[Mayored to the Mob]]": [[Uter]] wears a ''Futurama'' T-shirt at the "Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con". This episode aired three months before ''Futurama'' started.
*"[[Missionary: Impossible]]": [[Bender]] appears in FOX telethon.
*"[[HOMЯ]]": In the couch gag, The Simpsons come out from tubes, like in ''Futurama'', and a yellow Fry comes from one of them.
*"[[Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade]]": Bender is one of the TV characters [[Bart]] hallucinates and sees the kids turns into.
*"[[Helter Shelter]]": a model of the {{w|Planet Express Ship}} can be seen in [[Comic Book Guy]]'s shelf.
*"[[I, D'oh-Bot]]": Bender's name appears on a videotape fighting Killhammad Aieee.
*"[[My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]": [[Matt Groening]] appears as himself at the Comic Book convention, billed as the creator of ''Futurama''.
*"[[Fraudcast News]]": [[Squeaky Voiced Teen]] yells: "Why did they have to cancel ''Futurama''?!" before jumping off a mountain.
*"[[Catch 'em If You Can]]": In the video store, there's a poster for Futurama in the background
*"[[Future-Drama]]": Bender appears when [[Homer]] and Bart pass through the tunnel; John DiMaggio guest stars as the voice of Bender. The episode's title is a reference to ''Futurama'' as well.
*"[[Homerazzi]]": [[Sideshow Mel]] eats the American Flag just as Dr. Zoidberg did in "[[Wikipedia:A Taste of Freedom|A Taste of Freedom]]".
*"[[That 90's Show]]": [[Homer]] says that [[Matt Groening]] created [[Wikipedia:Futurama|Futurama]] at the time.
*"[[Helter Shelter]]": One of the figurines sitting on [[Comic Book Guy|Comic Book Guy's]] shelf is a model of the [[Wikipedia:Planet Express Ship|Planet Express Ship]].
*"[[Treehouse of Horror XIX]]": Bart, when looking for a present for Lisa, picks up a bottle with a crude picture of Fry being hanged on the side of it.
*"Bart Simpsons comics": in an issue, Bart has taken over Comic Book Guy's stall, the comic convention suddenly opens thousands of kids come rush at Bart asking him to trade their comics with him (since the stall was a kinda Comic trade center). One of them being a kid who wants to trade his Futurama comic which his cat "peed on".
*"[[Treehouse of Horror XX]]": [[Hubert Wong]], a reference to {{IS|Amy Wong}}, is seen.
*"[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]": in this video game, Leela and Bender are among the public in [[Kang and Kodos]] spaceship.
*"[[The Simpsons Game]]": in this video game, [[Bender]] and [[Zoidberg]] appear as enemies in the level "[[Five Characters in Search of an Author]]". One of the achievements for the game is called "Back to the Futurama" with Bender as the picture.
*"[[Love is a Many-Strangled Thing]]": The [[title screen gag]] does a parody of the Futurama opening sequence where the Planet Express ship flies across the screen while a small piece of music from the Futurama opening theme is played before the Simpsons theme takes over.

== ''The Simpsons'' in ''Futurama'' ==
In return, there have been a few references to ''The Simpsons'' on ''Futurama''.
*"{{IS|Space Pilot 3000}}": when Fry passes through an underwater tube, [[Blinky]] briefly appears in the water below him. Also, in an early storyboard of this episode, Fry is watching The Simpsons.
*"{{IS|My Three Suns}}": one of Bender's badges at the bottom of his sash has a profile of Homer.
*"{{IS|A Big Piece of Garbage}}": on the trash asteroid, a pile of Bart Simpson dolls can be seen. Bender picks up one and hears Bart say his catchprase, "[[Eat My Shorts!|Eat my shorts]]". Bender complies and eat them and mimics Homer in saying "[[Mmm...]] shorts". [[Nancy Cartwright]] voiced the Bart Simpson doll.
*"{{IS|Hell Is Other Robots}}": when Fry and Leela open the door to the Robot Hell, a heart with an arrow through reads "H.S. 4 M.B.". This means "Homer Simpson for [[Marge Simpson|Marge Bouvier]]" (later Simpson).
*"{{IS|Mars University}}": [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] toys appear as prizes at the "Coney Island College".
*"{{IS|Fry and the Slurm Factory}}": Bart, [[Lisa]], and [[Maggie]] appear in the opening sequence on the TV screen in one of the [[Tracey Ullman Shorts]].
*"{{IS|Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?}}": the opening subtitle is "From the network that brought you 'The Simpsons'."
*"{{IS|Anthology of Interest II}}": the clothes Bender wears as a human resemble Homer's.
*"{{IS|Luck of the Fryish}}": Bart's head appears on the shelf.
*"{{IS|Leela's Homeworld}}": Bart's face appears in as part of the hot air balloon the main characters use to escape the sewers.
*"{{IS|Jurassic Bark}}": the hole of the miniature windmill is closed until further notice due to someone being inconsiderate and creating an unsanitary condition. This this is a reference to "[[Natural Born Kissers]]" in which Homer and Marge have sex at a minigolf windmill.
*"{{IS|Bender's Big Score}}": [[Apu]] and [[Manjula]]'s heads appear in the head museum.
*"{{IS|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}": the end credits show the actor's name, together with an array of pictures of the characters they voiced. This is similar to [[The Simpsons Movie]].
*"{{IS|In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela}}": Bender mentions that a censor chip cancelled shows like "The Pimpsons".
*"{{IS|Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences}}": Bender asks Matt Groening's head when the second Simpsons Movie is coming out, and after being shot, he shouts "[[D'oh!]]".
*[[Dan Castellaneta]] and [[Hank Azaria]] were guest stars on the show as {{IS|Robot Devil}} and {{IS|Harold Zoid}} characters respectively. [[Tress MacNeille]], [[Maurice LaMarche]], and [[Frank Welker]] are recurring voice actors on both shows.
*In reference to the longevity of the show, it was stated that in the year 3000 ''The Simpsons'' are still on the air and keep producing original episodes even over one thousand seasons.
*"{{IS|Hostile Makeover}}": The wig Amy puts on Leela about halfway through the comic is the same style as Marge's from the simpsons.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Futerdrama.jpg|Bender's cameo in ''Future-Drama''
File:FryBlinky.jpg|Blinky's cameo in the ''Futurama'' pilot
</gallery>

== External links ==
*[http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/futurama/index.jhtml Official website]
*{{IMDB|title/tt0149460/}}
*{{Wikipedialink|Futurama}}
*{{Infosphere|Futurama}}

[[Category:Television Parodies]]
[[Category:Cartoon parodies]]

Futurama

2011-08-22T03:15:36Z

Adv193: /* Futurama in The Simpsons */

{{Title|''Futurama''}}
{{Realworld}}
:''For the Futurama show in [[The Simpsons]], see [[Futurama (TV show)]].''
{{The Simpsons
|name = Futurama
|image = [[File:Futurama.jpg|250px]]
|Genre = Science-Fiction Animation Comedy Sitcom Satire 
|Created By = [[Matt Groening]]
|Developed By = Matt Groening [[David X. Cohen]]
|Voices of = Billy West Katey Sagal John DiMaggio Tress MacNeille Maurice LaMarche Lauren Tom Phil LaMarr David Herman
|Theme music composer = Christopher Tyng
|Opening Theme = "Futurama Theme"
|Composer(s) = Christopher Tyng
|Country of Origin = United States
|Language(s) = English
|No. of Seasons = 6
|No. of episodes = 101
|Executive Producer(s) = Matt Groening David X. Cohen Ken Keeler
|Running Time = 22 minutes
|Production Company = The Curiosity Company 20th Century Fox Television
|Original Channel = [[FOX]]
|Picture Format = SD: 480i/576i (1999–2003) HD: 1080p (2007–present)
|Audio Format = Dolby Surround (1999–2003) Dolby Digital 5.1 (2007–present)
|Original run = March 28, 1999 (1999-03-28) – August 10, 2003 (2003-08-10) March 23, 2008 (2008-03-23) – present
|website = http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/futurama/index.jhtml
}}

'''''Futurama''''' is an animated science-fiction comedy show, that was also created by [[Matt Groening]]. Numerous references have been made to the show throughout the run of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' as well as Futurama making references to The Simpsons. Many people have compared the Futurama main characters with the main Simpsons characters such as [[Bender]] is Futurama's [[Homer]].

A running joke is that on The Simpsons, Futurama is a fictional cartoon show on Futurama, however, it is ''The Simpsons'' that is a fictional cartoon show.

== ''Futurama'' in ''The Simpsons'' ==
*"[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]": [[David X. Cohen]]'s pseudnoymn is David "Watch Futurama" Cohen.
*"[[Mayored to the Mob]]": [[Uter]] wears a ''Futurama'' T-shirt at the "Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con". This episode aired three months before ''Futurama'' started.
*"[[Missionary: Impossible]]": [[Bender]] appears in FOX telethon.
*"[[HOMЯ]]": In the couch gag, The Simpsons come out from tubes, like in ''Futurama'', and a yellow Fry comes from one of them.
*"[[Bart vs. Lisa vs. The Third Grade]]": Bender is one of the TV characters [[Bart]] hallucinates and sees the kids turns into.
*"[[Helter Shelter]]": a model of the {{w|Planet Express Ship}} can be seen in [[Comic Book Guy]]'s shelf.
*"[[I, D'oh-Bot]]": Bender's name appears on a videotape fighting Killhammad Aieee.
*"[[My Big Fat Geek Wedding]]": [[Matt Groening]] appears as himself at the Comic Book convention, billed as the creator of ''Futurama''.
*"[[Fraudcast News]]": [[Squeaky Voiced Teen]] yells: "Why did they have to cancel ''Futurama''?!" before jumping off a mountain.
*"[[Catch 'em If You Can]]": In the video store, there's a poster for Futurama in the background
*"[[Future-Drama]]": Bender appears when [[Homer]] and Bart pass through the tunnel; John DiMaggio guest stars as the voice of Bender. The episode's title is a reference to ''Futurama'' as well.
*"[[Homerazzi]]": [[Sideshow Mel]] eats the American Flag just as Dr. Zoidberg did in "[[Wikipedia:A Taste of Freedom|A Taste of Freedom]]".
*"[[That 90's Show]]": [[Homer]] says that [[Matt Groening]] created [[Wikipedia:Futurama|Futurama]] at the time.
*"[[Helter Shelter]]": One of the figurines sitting on [[Comic Book Guy|Comic Book Guy's]] shelf is a model of the [[Wikipedia:Planet Express Ship|Planet Express Ship]].
*"[[Treehouse of Horror XIX]]": Bart, when looking for a present for Lisa, picks up a bottle with a crude picture of Fry being hanged on the side of it.
*"Bart Simpsons comics": in an issue, Bart has taken over Comic Book Guy's stall, the comic convention suddenly opens thousands of kids come rush at Bart asking him to trade their comics with him (since the stall was a kinda Comic trade center). One of them being a kid who wants to trade his Futurama comic which his cat "peed on".
*"[[Treehouse of Horror XX]]": [[Hubert Wong]], a reference to {{IS|Amy Wong}}, is seen.
*"[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]": in this video game, Leela and Bender are among the public in [[Kang and Kodos]] spaceship.
*"[[The Simpsons Game]]": in this video game, [[Bender]] and [[Zoidberg]] appear as enemies in the level "[[Five Characters in Search of an Author]]". One of the achievements for the game is called "Back to the Futurama" with Bender as the picture.
*"[[Love is a Many-Strangled Thing]]": The [[title screen gag]] does a parody of the Futurama opening sequence where the Planet Express ship flies across the screen while a small piece of music from the Futurama opening theme is played.

== ''The Simpsons'' in ''Futurama'' ==
In return, there have been a few references to ''The Simpsons'' on ''Futurama''.
*"{{IS|Space Pilot 3000}}": when Fry passes through an underwater tube, [[Blinky]] briefly appears in the water below him. Also, in an early storyboard of this episode, Fry is watching The Simpsons.
*"{{IS|My Three Suns}}": one of Bender's badges at the bottom of his sash has a profile of Homer.
*"{{IS|A Big Piece of Garbage}}": on the trash asteroid, a pile of Bart Simpson dolls can be seen. Bender picks up one and hears Bart say his catchprase, "[[Eat My Shorts!|Eat my shorts]]". Bender complies and eat them and mimics Homer in saying "[[Mmm...]] shorts". [[Nancy Cartwright]] voiced the Bart Simpson doll.
*"{{IS|Hell Is Other Robots}}": when Fry and Leela open the door to the Robot Hell, a heart with an arrow through reads "H.S. 4 M.B.". This means "Homer Simpson for [[Marge Simpson|Marge Bouvier]]" (later Simpson).
*"{{IS|Mars University}}": [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] toys appear as prizes at the "Coney Island College".
*"{{IS|Fry and the Slurm Factory}}": Bart, [[Lisa]], and [[Maggie]] appear in the opening sequence on the TV screen in one of the [[Tracey Ullman Shorts]].
*"{{IS|Why Must I Be a Crustacean in Love?}}": the opening subtitle is "From the network that brought you 'The Simpsons'."
*"{{IS|Anthology of Interest II}}": the clothes Bender wears as a human resemble Homer's.
*"{{IS|Luck of the Fryish}}": Bart's head appears on the shelf.
*"{{IS|Leela's Homeworld}}": Bart's face appears in as part of the hot air balloon the main characters use to escape the sewers.
*"{{IS|Jurassic Bark}}": the hole of the miniature windmill is closed until further notice due to someone being inconsiderate and creating an unsanitary condition. This this is a reference to "[[Natural Born Kissers]]" in which Homer and Marge have sex at a minigolf windmill.
*"{{IS|Bender's Big Score}}": [[Apu]] and [[Manjula]]'s heads appear in the head museum.
*"{{IS|The Beast with a Billion Backs}}": the end credits show the actor's name, together with an array of pictures of the characters they voiced. This is similar to [[The Simpsons Movie]].
*"{{IS|In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela}}": Bender mentions that a censor chip cancelled shows like "The Pimpsons".
*"{{IS|Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences}}": Bender asks Matt Groening's head when the second Simpsons Movie is coming out, and after being shot, he shouts "[[D'oh!]]".
*[[Dan Castellaneta]] and [[Hank Azaria]] were guest stars on the show as {{IS|Robot Devil}} and {{IS|Harold Zoid}} characters respectively. [[Tress MacNeille]], [[Maurice LaMarche]], and [[Frank Welker]] are recurring voice actors on both shows.
*In reference to the longevity of the show, it was stated that in the year 3000 ''The Simpsons'' are still on the air and keep producing original episodes even over one thousand seasons.
*"{{IS|Hostile Makeover}}": The wig Amy puts on Leela about halfway through the comic is the same style as Marge's from the simpsons.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Futerdrama.jpg|Bender's cameo in ''Future-Drama''
File:FryBlinky.jpg|Blinky's cameo in the ''Futurama'' pilot
</gallery>

== External links ==
*[http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/futurama/index.jhtml Official website]
*{{IMDB|title/tt0149460/}}
*{{Wikipedialink|Futurama}}
*{{Infosphere|Futurama}}

[[Category:Television Parodies]]
[[Category:Cartoon parodies]]

The Falcon and the D'ohman

2011-08-06T03:39:55Z

Adv193: /* Plot */

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'''The Falcon and the D'Ohman''' is an upcoming episode of [[Season 23]] and will feature a [[Jack Bauer]]-like character arriving in Springfield.<ref name="spoilertv">http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/02/simpsons-season-23-guest-stars.html</ref><ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News/Kecks-Exclusives-Jane-1028753.aspx</ref>. It is planned as the first episode of Season 23 on September 25, 2011.<ref>http://twitter.com/#!/mxedtr/status/96372582386909184</ref><ref>http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/07/27/behind-the-scenes-the-simpsons/</ref>

== Plot ==
Kiefer Sutherland plays a Jack Bauer-type character who is no longer working and goes to Springfield, where he will be safe of people trying to kill him. He befriends The Simpsons, but one of the guys who wants to kill him sees him on YouTube foiling a robbery at Moe's Tavern.<ref name="spoilertv"/>

==References==
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Season 23

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It was announced by [[FOX]] on November 11, 2010 that ''[[The Simpsons]]'' was renewed for '''season 23'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z176z4z8&ID=7219 |title=STILL ANIMATED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! |publisher=[[Fox]] Flash |date=November 11, 2010 |accessdate=November 11, 2010}}</ref> It is scheduled to air from September 25 2011<ref>The Simpsons on Facebook</ref> to Spring, 2012. The cast of "The Simpsons" will begin recording for Season 23 on March 3, 2011.<ref name="spoilertv">[http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/02/simpsons-season-23-guest-stars.html Spoiler TV]</ref>

The season will have least two more Banksy-eseque gags.<ref name="comicon">[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/07/23/simpsons-comic-con-season-23/ Inside TV]</ref>

== Official description ==
''Entering its 23rd season and approaching its milestone 500th episode in 19 February 2012, in the upcoming season, America's favorite family continues to entertain us with their wild and outlandish adventures as Marge becomes a popular food blogger, Homer and Bart write a fantasy novel in the hopes of capitalizing on Tween culture and Krusty gets his own show on a premium cable channel. Guest stars paying Springfield a visit this season include Michelin-starred celebrity chef and MASTERCHEF judge Gordon Ramsay, legendary comic and talk show host Joan Rivers and Academy Award nominee Andy Garcia.''<ref name="Fox">[http://www.fox.com/programming/shows/?sh=the-simpsons Fox.com]</ref>

== Episodes ==
*NABF16 - "[[The Falcon and the D'ohman]]" <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Pau003517336&Search_Code=REGS&PID=NKs-cA-MtUUmX9_wDrk091sbV0v&SEQ=20110730154026&CNT=25&HIST=1 U.S. Copyright Records database]</ref> An out-of-work agent similar to [[Jack Bauer]] (who is portrayed by [[Kiefer Sutherland]]) goes to Springfield to escape from people trying to kill him, however a YouTube video of him foiling a robbery brings him to the attention of an assailant.<ref name="spoilertv"/> The episode ill reveal the results of the [[2011 Fox Simpsons fan initiative]] and whether Ned & Edna remain a couple.
*NABF17 - "[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]"<ref>http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=pau003503591&Search_Code=REGS&PID=O7HIDMMhwPCwfeUTEl5DPYRZLaaX&SEQ=20110730162736&CNT=25&HIST=1 U.S. Copyright Records database</ref> - [[Superintendent Chalmers]] hero is [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (whose voice will be taken from a 1918 speech and be credited)<ref name="comicon"/>
*NABF20 - "[[The Food Wife]]" - Marge and the kids write a blog about food, leaving Homer feeling left out.<ref>[http://thesimpsonscommunity71818.yuku.com/topic/7265/t/Simpsons-Table-Read-The-Food-Wife-November-11-2010.html Simpsons Collector Sector]</ref>
*NABF22 - "[[The Book Job]]" - Homer and some other Springfieldians have to perpetrate an ''Ocean's Eleven''-style heist in the world of children's fantasy book publishing. [[Andy Garcia]] and [[Neil Gaiman]] guest star.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/28/simpsons-andy-garcia-to-guest/ Inside TV]</ref>
*PABF01 - "[[The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants]]" <ref>[http://twitpic.com/4x3vas Twitpic]</ref>
*PABF02 - "[[The Ten-Per-Cent Solution]]" - Guest stars [[deadmau5]].<ref>[http://lockerz.com/s/83018204 Lockerz]</ref>

*"[[Treehouse of Horror XXII]]" - October 25 2011 - Has a parody of the ''{{W|Dexter (TV series)|Dexter}}'' opening credits starring Ned Flanders.<ref name="comicon"/>
*"[[Holidays of Future Passed]]"<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=pau003521429&Search_Code=REGS&PID=ME5HF7XscmmecqSsMWsz_Mbje0J&SEQ=20110730152837&CNT=25&HIST=1 U.S. Copyright Records database]</ref> Christmas 2011 - The 2011 Christmas special where we will see [[Simpson family|The Simpsons]] 30 years in the future in which [[Bart]], [[Lisa]] and [[Maggie]] bring their own kids over to [[Homer]] and [[Marge]]'s for Christmas.<ref name="tvsquad">[http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/07/24/comic-con-animation-highlights-family-guy-cleveland-show/ TV Squad]</ref>
*"[[Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson]]" - [[Ted Nugent (character)|Ted Nugent]] runs for president. Guest starring [[Ted Nugent]] as himself. <ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/05/04/ted-nugent-the-simpsons-president/ Inside TV]</ref>
*"[[Replaceable You]]" - Homer's assistant (voiced by [[Jane Lynch]]) tries to undermine him every step of the way and gets his job.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/12/14/simpsons-jane-lynch-guest-star/ Inside TV]</ref>
*"[[The D'oh-cial Network]]" - Lisa creates a social networking site in Springfield and gives too much credit to everybody. [[Armie Hammer]] guest stars as the [[Winklevoss twins]], who row in the Olympics against [[Patty]] and [[Selma]]. <ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/07/22/armie-hammer-simpsons/ Inside TV]</ref>
*"[[The Daughter Also Rises]]" - [[Nick]] ([[Michael Cera]]), a seemingly gallant boy who is a new student of Springfield Elementary, falls in love with Lisa.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/02/michael-cera-the-simpsons/ Inside TV]</ref>
*500th episode - February 19 2012 - The Simpsons sneak into a secret town meeting to which they aren't invited and discover it's about whether to ban the family from [[Springfield]].<ref name="comicon"/>

=== Known plots ===
*The family will journey to Antarctica <ref name="comicon"/>
*Mr. Burns has an iPad app called “Angry Burns.”<ref name="comicon"/>
*One episode show follows the saga of [[Moe’s bar rag]] (voiced by [[Jeremy Irons]]) over hundreds of years.<ref name="comicon"/>
*Krusty gets his own show on a premium cable channel.<ref name="Fox"/>

=== Other known guest stars ===
*[[Gordon Ramsay]] <ref name="Fox"/>
*[[Joan Rivers]]<ref name="Fox"/>
*[[Karl Pilkington]]<ref>[http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/863763-karl-pilkington-lands-role-in-the-simpsons Metro]</ref>
*[[Jonah Hill]]<ref name="tvsquad"/>
*[[Tim Heidecker]]<ref name="comicon"/>
*[[Eric Wareheim]]<ref name="comicon"/>

== References ==
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[[Category:Seasons|23]]
[[Category:Upcoming Episodes]]

Donald Sutherland

2011-08-05T19:44:50Z

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|Claim to Fame = Actor
|Character = [[Hollis Hurlbut]]
|Appearance = "[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]"
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'''Donald Sutherland''' is an American actor. He guest starred as the voice of [[Hollis Hurlbut]], the curator of the [[Springfield Historical Society]] in "[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]". His son [[Kiefer Sutherland]] appeared in the episodes "[[G.I.D'oh]]", "[[24 Minutes]]", and [[The Falcon and the D'Ohman]].

== External links ==
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*{{Wikipedialink|Donald Sutherland}}

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The Falcon and the D'ohman/References

2011-08-05T18:48:22Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The title is a pun on the film ''{{w|The Falcon and the Snowman}}''.

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The Falcon and the D'ohman

2011-08-05T18:47:56Z

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'''The Falcon and the D'Ohman''' is an upcoming episode of [[Season 23]] and will feature a [[Jack Bauer]]-like character arriving in Springfield.<ref name="spoilertv">http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/02/simpsons-season-23-guest-stars.html</ref><ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News/Kecks-Exclusives-Jane-1028753.aspx</ref>. It is planned as the first episode of Season 23 on September 25, 2011.<ref>http://twitter.com/#!/mxedtr/status/96372582386909184</ref><ref>http://arts.nationalpost.com/2011/07/27/behind-the-scenes-the-simpsons/</ref>

== Plot ==
Kiefer Sutherland plays an Jack Bauer-type character who is no longer working and goes to Springfield, where he will be safe of people trying to kill him. He befriends The Simpsons, but one of the guys who wants to kill him sees him on YouTube foiling a robbery at Moe's Tavern.<ref name="spoilertv"/>

==References==
<references/>

{{Season 23}}
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2011-08-05T18:34:50Z

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! colspan="3" style="background: #ffffff"| [[The Falcon and the D'Ohman]] '''•''' [[Bart Stops to Smell The Roosevelts]] '''•''' [[The Food Wife]] '''•''' [[Holidays of Future Passed]] '''•''' [[Replaceable You]] '''•''' [[The Book Job]] '''•''' [[Treehouse of Horror XXII]]
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! colspan="3" style="background: #ffffff"| [[Moe Goes From Rags to Riches]] '''•''' [[The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants]] '''•''' [[The Ten-Per-Cent Solution]] '''•''' [[Politically Inept, With Homer Simpson]] '''•''' [[The D'oh-cial Network]] '''•''' [[The Daughter Also Rises]]
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Season 23

2011-08-05T18:31:21Z

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It was announced by [[FOX]] on November 11, 2010 that ''[[The Simpsons]]'' was renewed for '''season 23'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z2z176z4z8&ID=7219 |title=STILL ANIMATED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! |publisher=[[Fox]] Flash |date=November 11, 2010 |accessdate=November 11, 2010}}</ref> It is scheduled to air from September 25 2011<ref>The Simpsons on Facebook</ref> to Spring, 2012. The cast of "The Simpsons" will begin recording for Season 23 on March 3, 2011.<ref name="spoilertv">[http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/02/simpsons-season-23-guest-stars.html Spoiler TV]</ref>

The season will have least two more Banksy-eseque gags.<ref name="comicon">[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/07/23/simpsons-comic-con-season-23/ Inside TV]</ref>

== Official description ==
''Entering its 23rd season and approaching its milestone 500th episode in 19 February 2012, in the upcoming season, America's favorite family continues to entertain us with their wild and outlandish adventures as Marge becomes a popular food blogger, Homer and Bart write a fantasy novel in the hopes of capitalizing on Tween culture and Krusty gets his own show on a premium cable channel. Guest stars paying Springfield a visit this season include Michelin-starred celebrity chef and MASTERCHEF judge Gordon Ramsay, legendary comic and talk show host Joan Rivers and Academy Award nominee Andy Garcia.''<ref name="Fox">[http://www.fox.com/programming/shows/?sh=the-simpsons Fox.com]</ref>

== Episodes ==
*NABF16 - "[[The Falcon and the D'ohman]]" <ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Pau003517336&Search_Code=REGS&PID=NKs-cA-MtUUmX9_wDrk091sbV0v&SEQ=20110730154026&CNT=25&HIST=1 U.S. Copyright Records database]</ref> An out-of-work agent similar to [[Jack Bauer]] goes to Springfield to escape from people trying to kill him, however a YouTube video of him foiling a robbery brings him to the attention of an assailant.<ref name="spoilertv"/> The episode ill reveal the results of the [[2011 Fox Simpsons fan initiative]] and whether Ned & Edna remain a couple.
*NABF17 - "[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]"<ref>http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=pau003503591&Search_Code=REGS&PID=O7HIDMMhwPCwfeUTEl5DPYRZLaaX&SEQ=20110730162736&CNT=25&HIST=1 U.S. Copyright Records database</ref> - [[Superintendent Chalmers]] hero is [[Theodore Roosevelt]] (whose voice will be taken from a 1918 speech and be credited)<ref name="comicon"/>
*NABF20 - "[[The Food Wife]]" - Marge and the kids write a blog about food, leaving Homer feeling left out.<ref>[http://thesimpsonscommunity71818.yuku.com/topic/7265/t/Simpsons-Table-Read-The-Food-Wife-November-11-2010.html Simpsons Collector Sector]</ref>
*NABF22 - "[[The Book Job]]" - Homer and some other Springfieldians have to perpetrate an ''Ocean's Eleven''-style heist in the world of children's fantasy book publishing. [[Andy Garcia]] and [[Neil Gaiman]] guest star.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/28/simpsons-andy-garcia-to-guest/ Inside TV]</ref>
*PABF01 - "[[The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants]]" <ref>[http://twitpic.com/4x3vas Twitpic]</ref>
*PABF02 - "[[The Ten-Per-Cent Solution]]" - Guest stars [[deadmau5]].<ref>[http://lockerz.com/s/83018204 Lockerz]</ref>

*"[[Treehouse of Horror XXII]]" - October 25 2011 - Has a parody of the ''{{W|Dexter (TV series)|Dexter}}'' opening credits starring Ned Flanders.<ref name="comicon"/>
*"[[Holidays of Future Passed]]"<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=pau003521429&Search_Code=REGS&PID=ME5HF7XscmmecqSsMWsz_Mbje0J&SEQ=20110730152837&CNT=25&HIST=1 U.S. Copyright Records database]</ref> Christmas 2011 - The 2011 Christmas special where we will see [[Simpson family|The Simpsons]] 30 years in the future in which [[Bart]], [[Lisa]] and [[Maggie]] bring their own kids over to [[Homer]] and [[Marge]]'s for Christmas.<ref name="tvsquad">[http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/07/24/comic-con-animation-highlights-family-guy-cleveland-show/ TV Squad]</ref>
*"[[Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson]]" - [[Ted Nugent (character)|Ted Nugent]] runs for president. Guest starring [[Ted Nugent]] as himself. <ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/05/04/ted-nugent-the-simpsons-president/ Inside TV]</ref>
*"[[Replaceable You]]" - Homer's assistant (voiced by [[Jane Lynch]]) tries to undermine him every step of the way and gets his job.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/12/14/simpsons-jane-lynch-guest-star/ Inside TV]</ref>
*"[[The D'oh-cial Network]]" - Lisa creates a social networking site in Springfield and gives too much credit to everybody. [[Armie Hammer]] guest stars as the [[Winklevoss twins]], who row in the Olympics against [[Patty]] and [[Selma]]. <ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/07/22/armie-hammer-simpsons/ Inside TV]</ref>
*"[[The Daughter Also Rises]]" - [[Nick]] ([[Michael Cera]]), a seemingly gallant boy who is a new student of Springfield Elementary, falls in love with Lisa.<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/06/02/michael-cera-the-simpsons/ Inside TV]</ref>
*500th episode - February 19 2012 - The Simpsons sneak into a secret town meeting to which they aren't invited and discover it's about whether to ban the family from [[Springfield]].<ref name="comicon"/>

=== Known plots ===
*The family will journey to Antarctica <ref name="comicon"/>
*Mr. Burns has an iPad app called “Angry Burns.”<ref name="comicon"/>
*One episode show follows the saga of [[Moe’s bar rag]] (voiced by [[Jeremy Irons]]) over hundreds of years.<ref name="comicon"/>
*Krusty gets his own show on a premium cable channel.<ref name="Fox"/>

=== Other known guest stars ===
*[[Gordon Ramsay]] <ref name="Fox"/>
*[[Joan Rivers]]<ref name="Fox"/>
*[[Karl Pilkington]]<ref>[http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/863763-karl-pilkington-lands-role-in-the-simpsons Metro]</ref>
*[[Jonah Hill]]<ref name="tvsquad"/>
*[[Tim Heidecker]]<ref name="comicon"/>
*[[Eric Wareheim]]<ref name="comicon"/>

== References ==
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{{Season 23}}

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[[Category:Upcoming Episodes]]

Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily/References

2011-07-21T18:48:29Z

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==Trivia==
*The statue of the man riding a horse says "Swartzwelder," which is the name of one of The Simpsons' writers.
*We learn that Maggie's real name is Margaret.
*When Child Protective Services races out to rescue Bart and Lisa, they run over a child's tricycle.
*In the commentary it says that the Child Protective Services Male was based on a teacher they had,
* In the original airing Milhouse mentioned the box with the infected monkey came from Pier 1 Imports. Because this joke offended the people at Pier 1, it was edited in the syndicated version to a fictional company Trader Pete's. In the DVD releases, the Pier 1 reference is kept in, though the subtitles state it as Trader Pete's.

==Movie Moments==
*Maggie's head turns 180 degrees a la ''[[wikipedia:The Exorcist|The Exorcist]]''. Maggie's head also spun around more than a normal range of motion in [[Treehouse of Horror]].
==Errors==
*When Ned is going to baptise the Simpson children, Bart is wearing a white gown instead of a tux.
*When Principal Skinner burns Bart's clothes, Bart is not wearing his underwear.

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Selma Bouvier

2011-07-21T04:32:34Z

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|image= [[File:Selma Bouvier.png|250px]]
|name= Selma Bouvier-Terwilliger-Hutz-McClure-Stu-Simpson-D'Amico
|gender= {{Female}}
|hair= Gray, naturally sandy blond<ref>"[[The Blue and the Gray]]"</ref>
|age=
|status = Alive
|job= [[Department of Motor Vehicles|Springfield DMV Employee]]
|relatives= '''Parents:''' [[Jacqueline Bouvier]] [[Clancy Bouvier]] '''Grandmother:''' [[Alvarine Bisque]] '''Siblings:''' [[Patty Bouvier]] [[Marge Simpson]] [[Arthur Bouvier]] '''Ex-husbands:'''[[Sideshow Bob|Robert Terwilliger]], [[Lionel Hutz]], [[Troy McClure]], [[Disco Stu]], [[Abraham Simpson]] & [[Fat Tony (actual)|Fat Tony]] '''Adoptive-daughter:''' [[Ling Bouvier]] '''Nephew:''' [[Bart Simpson]] '''Nieces:''' [[Lisa Simpson]] [[Maggie Simpson]] '''Brother-in-law:''' [[Homer Simpson]]
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{{Quote|Single? Well, he passes the Selma test!|Selma Bouvier|Monty Can't Buy Me Love}}

'''Selma Bouvier-Terwilliger-Hutz-McClure-Stu-Simpson-D'Amico''' (née '''Bouvier''') is one of [[Marge Simpson|Marge]]'s older chain-smoking twin sisters, who works at the [[Department of Motor Vehicles|DMV]] and possess a strong dislike for her brother-in-law, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]]. Selma is the adoptive mother of [[Ling Bouvier|Ling]].
==Biography==
Selma Bouvier was born two minutes before Patty. Due to a childhood bottle rocket accident, she lost the sense of taste and smell.<ref>[[Black Widower]]</ref> Selma's favorite film actor was reportedly [[Troy McClure]], to whom she was briefly married before discovering it was just a publicity stunt by McClure. She was willing to live a sham for a while, but broke it off when she realized she couldn't bring a child into a loveless marriage.<ref>[[A Fish Called Selma]]</ref> According to Marge, Selma is "the one who likes Police Academy movies and Hummel figurines, and walking through the park on clear autumn days."<ref>[[Principal Charming]]</ref> Selma inherited her deceased aunt's iguana, Jub-Jub, instead of her mother, [[Jacqueline Bouvier|Jacqueline]], due to Jacqueline's apparent dislike of Jub-Jub. Unlike Patty, Selma has shown brief moments of sympathy for Homer, primarily due to his unwavering loyalty to his family. In fact, Selma is responsible for reuniting Homer with Marge after they had split up, despite an agreement with Patty not to do so.<ref>[[I Married Marge]]</ref> Homer has also demonstrated moments of kindness towards Selma such as offering advice and sympathy, when she began to question her own ability to be a mother after attempting to take care of Bart and Lisa for an afternoon. Later, Homer was convinced by Marge to act as Selma's husband so that she could adopt a Chinese baby and did all he could to make sure that Selma got to keep said baby.<ref>[[Goo Goo Gai Pan]]</ref> He also helped her and Patty keep their jobs after they were caught smoking at work (although this was more for Marge's sake). However, these instances are still very few and far between.Unlike Patty, Selma is very desperate to find love after seeing her Aunt Gladys' tape. She also asks Marge for advice to find love, saying that Patty is 2 minutes more beautiful than she is.

Selma's favorite brand of cigarettes is identified as "Laramie Hi-Tars" while Patty's favorite brand of cigarettes is "Lady Laramie 100s"; they have been claimed by their mother to "have started smoking even before birth". They share an apartment at the Spinster Arms apartment complex and work at the [[Department of Motor Vehicles]] (DMV). They have on numerous occasions acted unprofessionally in the course of their jobs.

=== Personality ===
Selma lacks the senses of taste and smell due to a childhood bottle rocket accident (one shot up her nose).<ref>[[Black Widower]]</ref> Both twin sisters tend to be cynical and are noted for their addiction to tobacco smoking. They have a strong, mutual (and reciprocated) dislike for their [[Homer Simpson|brother-in-law]]. She (along with her sister) are shown to be older than Homer and Marge, but a birthdate has not been given. It is presumed they are in their mid to late 40s.

Unlike Homer, who usually makes a perfunctory (if not particularly sincere or committed) effort to be polite to his sisters-in-law out of respect for his [[Marge Simpson|wife]], Patty and Selma have no hesitation in treating Homer with open rudeness and contempt. There were several instances where they did not seem to care when Homer faced a life-threatening situation. For instance, when Marge rushes to the hospital after receiving a telephone call that Homer had suffered a heart attack at work, Patty and Selma — instead of going to the hospital and comforting Marge in her time of need — remained seated at the kitchen table, continuing their activity of cutting coupons, gasping in amazement at a five cent discount and behaving as though nothing was wrong.<ref>[[Homer's Triple Bypass]]</ref> They later attempted to set up Marge with a (rather sleazy) friend as a replacement for Homer, regardless of the fact that Homer was still very much alive.

When Homer faked his death to get out of work, Patty and Selma showed up at the Simpsons house holding a tombstone inscribed with "Homer J. Simpson. We are richer for having lost him." This gift as well as the fact that they been saving for this since Marge's wedding causes her to angrily throw them out.<ref>[[Mother Simpson]]</ref>

Her bad traits have not gone unnoticed by the populace of Springfield and even their family, her mother even stated that "[they're] a sort of evil", having raised them her whole life.

===Relationships===
Despite being identical twins, Patty and Selma have very different track records when it comes to finding dates. According to Marge, Patty chose a life of celibacy, while Selma had celibacy thrust upon her. Her standards are extremely low, as evidenced by her comments on Mr. Burns: "Single, eh? Well, he passes the Selma Test."

Selma has actively sought out a husband, having been married a total of six times. Her current name has evolved into Selma Bouvier-Terwilliger-Hutz-McClure-Stu-Simpson-D'Amico, after failed marriages to [[Sideshow Bob]], [[Lionel Hutz]], [[Troy McClure]], [[Disco Stu]], [[Abraham Simpson]], and [[Fat Tony (second)|Fat Tony]]. One person Selma refused to marry was [[Apu Nahasapeemapetilan]], because she said her collection of last names was long enough without Nahasapeemapetilan added to it. However in season 20 there is photographic evidence that she slept with Apu after Homer and Marge's second wedding. Selma later began dating and later married Grandpa Simpson, who had previously dated her mother. Eventually however, they realized that they just cannot make it work because of his age and her career and called it quits. Selma has also dated [[Hans Moleman]], [[Moe Szyslak]], and pitifully, [[Barney Gumble]].

Unable to find companionship in a husband, Selma has also sought to have children. At one point she was considering using a sperm donor. After babysitting Bart and Lisa for a day, she realized that although she wanted someone to love, she was not ready to have children and wound up adopting Jub-Jub, her Aunt Gladys' pet iguana. Later however, a very menopausal Selma adopted a Chinese baby, [[Ling Bouvier]]. During the adoption process, Selma pretended to be married to Homer, since the Chinese government only allows children to be adopted by married couples. When the fraud was exposed, Selma managed to keep the baby, as a Chinese dignitary who had also been raised by a single parent became sympathetic.

=== Other ===
As children, Selma and her sister [[Patty Bouvier]] were apparently domineering towards Marge and ridiculed her ambition of becoming an astronaut. Their relationship seems to have improved over the years. As adults, the Bouvier twins have a friendly relationship with their sister and frequently visit the Simpsons. They seem relatively fond of their nieces and nephew, but seem to like them more when they are young: ''"The older they get, the cuter they ain't."'' They have, on occasion, watched the kids when their parents were out of town. However, Bart and Lisa would rather not be around when their aunts' visit. Their idea of bonding with Lisa includes tutoring her in the belief that men are pigs, using Homer as the prime example.

Their relationship with Homer remains one of mutual dislike (although Selma gradually grows to become more tolerant towards Homer and often experiences brief moments of kindness from both Homer and Selma) which involves a continuous exchange of insults from day one. They unfavorably compare their brother-in-law to a caveman, suggesting him capable of trading Maggie for beer and a nudie magazine.

Selma and Patty have occasionally expressed their common hope that Marge will eventually divorce Homer. They are often quick in pointing out his attempts at infidelity, and have unsuccessfully offered to help Marge find a replacement for Homer (although Selma eventually gave in and helped Marge find Homer after seeing how truly unhappy she was without him). The twins went so far as to have a billboard built trying to convince voters to have Homer kicked out of Springfield.<ref>[[Three Gays of the Condo]]</ref>

Their dislike towards Homer has even led to push Homer off a bridge, although they half-heartedly claim they did this in order to get him to his surprise party, which was conveniently on a boat passing beneath the bridge at the time.<ref>[[Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind]]</ref>

Although Homer dislikes Selma and Patty, he has shown occasional bouts of kindness towards them, and Selma in particular (much to the Twin's surprise), although, he often does this more because of his love for Marge than for any love for his in-laws.

Selma once took the Simpson children on a disastrous trip to the Duff Gardens theme park. Unable to control the children, Bart manhandles several animatronic characters and Lisa goes on a psychedelic trip after drinking "water" from an ''It's a Small World'' - like boat ride (later swimming naked in the Fermentarium and exclaiming "I am the lizard queen!"). After that, however, Selma returned home with the children and asked Homer how he does it, referring to raising children. She mentioned children and they exchanged a hug, implying that Selma is slightly more capable of overcoming her dislike of Homer than Patty.<ref>[[Selma's Choice]]</ref>

==Non Canon Appearance==
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=== Future ===
Selma threatens to stuff [[Edna Krabappel|Edna Krabappel's]] hat down her throat if she catches the bouquet at [[Lisa's Wedding]].
===The Simpsons Game===
Patty and Selma appear in the level [[NeverQuest]] in the form of a two-headed dragon who attack the Hobbit-like forms of [[Rod Flanders]], [[Todd Flanders]], and [[Ralph Wiggum]]. They also appear earlier on in [[Mob Rules]] as people Marge can use to protest the sales of the ''Grand Theft Scratchy'' videogame to minors.

==Behind the Laughter==
[[Matt Groening]] has said that he named the Simpsons after his own parents and two younger sisters; he has an older sister named Patty who is an art dealer. Julie Kavner has said that she had difficulty coming up with the voices for Marge's sisters, until producer [[James L. Brooks]] suggested that she voice Patty and Selma as characters "that suck the joy out of everything."

==Trivia==
*As shown in the intro to [[To Surveil With Love]], Selma is a hula dancer.

== Appearances ==
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*{{Ep|The Telltale Head}}
*{{Ep|Life on the Fast Lane}}
*{{Ep|Krusty Gets Busted}}
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*{{Ep|Simpson and Delilah}}
*{{Ep|Dancin' Homer}}
*{{Ep|Bart vs. Thanksgiving}}
*{{Ep|The Way We Was|(flashback)}}
*{{Ep|Principal Charming}}
*{{Ep|Brush With Greatness|(flashback)}}
*{{Ep|The War of the Simpsons}}
*{{Ep|Three Men and a Comic Book|(flashback)}}
*{{Ep|Black Widower}}
*{{Ep|Selma's Choice}}
*{{Ep|Lisa's First Word|(flashback)}}
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*{{Ep|Bart's Inner Child}}
*{{Ep|Homer the Vigilante}}
*{{Ep|Deep Space Homer}}
*{{Ep|A Fish Called Selma}}
*{{Ep|The Frying Game}}
*{{Ep|The Fool Monty}}
*{{Ep|The Krusty Book}}
*{{Bk|Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20}}
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== See also ==
* [[Bouvier family]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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*[http://www.thesimpsons.com/bios/bios_family_selma.htm Selma Bouvier's profile] at TheSimpsons.com

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The Book Job/References

2011-07-16T16:57:23Z

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== Cultural References ==
*The episode title is a reference to the heist films ''{{w|The Italian Job}}'', which was originally made in 1969 and {{w|The Italian Job (2003 film)|remade}} in 2003, and the ''{{w|The Bank Job}}'', which was made in 2008 as a portrayal of the {{w|Baker Street robbery|1971 Baker Street robbery}}.
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The Book Job/References

2011-07-16T16:53:39Z

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== Cultural References ==
*The episode title is a reference to the heist films ''{{w|The Italian Job}}'', which was originally made in 1969 and {{w|The Italian Job (2003 film)|remade}} in 2003, and the ''{{w|The Bank Job}}'', which was made in 2008 as a portrayal of the {{w|1971 Baker Street robbery}}.
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The Way We Was/References

2011-07-14T21:46:22Z

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== Cultural References ==
*When Homer is driving his car, he is disappointed to hear ''{{w|(They Long to Be) Close to You|They Long to Be Close to You}}'' by the Carpenters, but is in better spirits when he changes the station to hear ''{{w|Space Cowboy}}'' by the Steve Miller Band, to which he sings along. However, ''They Long to be Close to You'', plays in Homer's mind when he first lays eyes on Marge, indicating love at first sight. ''Space Cowboy'' plays over the closing credits.
*The television show they are watching in the beginning is a parody of the television series ''{{w|At the Movies (U.S. TV series)|Siskel and Ebert and The Movies}}''.

== Trivia ==
*Grandpa and Homer dined on a bucket of Shakespeare Fried Chicken.
*This is the first episode where we see Homer smoking (he smokes cigarettes in the bathroom as a teen). He would also smoke cigars and pipes in later episodes.
*The articles in "Ms. Magazine" are: "Why all men are bad," "Hating and Dating: Do they mix?" and "25 reasons not to shave your armpits"
*The Larry Davis Experience (from 7G01) play at the prom.
*Mr. Seckofsky (the shop teacher) is missing a finger.
*Homer has posters of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
*Marge says they were seniors in high school together, so that would mean that they are the same age. However, it has been established that Homer is 39, and Marge is 34. Is it possible that Homer got held back in school five times? He sure didnt look 23 when he was a senior. This is just one of the many weird things in the show about Homer aging, but nobody else.

== Goofs ==
*Homer's guidance counselor's door reads M-Z, but the counselor says N-Z.

== Continuity ==
*Homer dismisses English class as worthless because "I am never going to go to [[England]]!" However, Homer tours England in "[[The Regina Monologues]]".
*A brief scene of "[[I Married Marge]]" is shown, but it would not be until the following season that the story would be told in its entirety.
*Although they think it is the first time they met, Marge and Homer will find out that when they were little kids they met at a summer camp in [[The Way We Weren't]].
*''They Long to Be Close to You'' is heard again in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' when Homer watches his wedding video.
*When Homer is given the pamphlet about the Power Plant he is told it does not need collage education yet in Homer Goes To Collage he does.

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Bart's prank calls

2011-06-10T07:24:27Z

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[[File:PhonePrankInProgress.jpg|thumb|right|250px|One of Bart's prank calls in progress.]]'''Bart's Prank Calls''' occur when [[Bart Simpson]] makes a prank phone call to someone. Occasionally other people are involved as well.

[[Moe]] is the frequent target of Bart's prank phone calls. Usually Bart calls [[Moe's Tavern]] and asks for an individual by his or her name. Unbeknownst to Moe, the name is a pun or double entendre, which Bart hides by saying the last name first when he tells Moe who he's calling for. The joke is revealed when Moe calls the person's name aloud, saying their first name (or initials) first, and the last name last.

Sometimes Bart plays the pranks by methods other than over the phone, but the general idea is the same.

==Calls==
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Name'''
| style="text-align: center"|'''Pun'''
| style="text-align: center"|'''Notes'''
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|Amanda Hugginkiss
|A man to hug and kiss.<ref name="[[New Kid on the Block]]">"[[New Kid on the Block]]"</ref>
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Bart played the prank in order to ruin [[Jimbo Jones]]'s date with [[Laura Powers]]. When Moe realized it was a prank and demanded to know who was calling, Bart told him Jimbo's name and the address where he and Laura were having their date. Moe ran to the house and burst in brandishing a knife, effectively ending the date.
|-
|Ivana Tinkle
|I wanna tinkle.<ref name="[[New Kid on the Block]]">"[[New Kid on the Block]]"</ref>
|Laura Powers actually made this prank call, with help from Bart.
|-
|[[Hugh Jass]]
|Huge ass.<ref name="[[Flaming Moe's]]">"[[Flaming Moe's]]"</ref>
|Backfired, because there really was a person in the bar named Hugh Jass.
|-
|Anita Bath
|I need a bath.<ref name="[[The PTA Disbands]]">"[[The PTA Disbands]]"</ref>
|Roll-call prank. [[Moe]] was substitute-teaching in Bart's class. Bart added the prank names to the list of students in the class, and when Moe called the roll, the effect was the same as when he calls out the names in the bar.
|-
|Maya Buttreeks
|My butt reeks.<ref name="[[The PTA Disbands]]">"[[The PTA Disbands]]"</ref>
|Another roll-call prank, as above.
|-
|I.P. Freely
|I pee freely.<ref name="[[Homer's Odyssey]]">"[[Homer's Odyssey]]"</ref>
|This prank was later reused by drunken fraternity boys in a prank call to [[Kent Brockman]] about a fight in [[Springfield]] involving a giant lizard. Brockman didn't realize he'd been had until he said the caller's name on the air.<ref name="[[Brother from the Same Planet]]">"[[Brother from the Same Planet]]"</ref>
|-
|Jacques Strap
|Jockstrap.<ref name="[[Moaning Lisa]]">"[[Moaning Lisa]]"</ref>
|
|-
|Al Coholic
|Alcoholic.<ref name="[[Some Enchanted Evening]]">"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"</ref>
|The show's first prank call.
|-
|Oliver Klozoff
|All of her clothes off.<ref name="[[Some Enchanted Evening]]">"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"</ref>
|
|-
|Seymour Butz
|See more butts.<ref name="[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]">"[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]"</ref>
|
|-
|Homer Sexual
|Homosexual.<ref name="[[Principal Charming]]">"[[Principal Charming]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank when he was in Principal Skinner's office and was supposed to call [[Homer]]. When Homer misunderstood the situation, he suspected that Skinner was gay.
|-
|Mike Rotch
|My crotch.<ref name="[[Blood Feud]]">"[[Blood Feud]]"</ref>
|The only prank call to be cut when the episode was edited to air in syndication, though was not cut when the clip was used in [[Another Simpsons Clip Show]].
|-
|Bea O'Problem
|B. O. problem.<ref name="[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]">"[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]"</ref>
|In this context, "B.O." is short for "body odor".
|-
|Haywood U. Cuddleme
|Hey, would you cuddle me?<ref name="[[Helter Shelter]]">"[[Helter Shelter]]"</ref>
|The Simpsons were in [[The 1895 Challenge|a reality TV show]] where they were living with 19th-century technology, so Bart played the prank via telegraph (sending it in Morse code).
|-
| N/A
|I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and I like to kiss my own butt.<ref name="[[Treehouse of Horror II]]">"[[Treehouse of Horror II]]"</ref>
| The prank took place during a [[Treehouse of Horror Series|Treehouse of Horror]] story where Bart had vast mind powers and could make everyone do whatever he wanted -- including, in Moe's case, going along with a blindingly obvious prank call.
|-
|Eura Snotball
|You're a snotball.<ref name="[[Bart on the Road]]">"[[Bart on the Road]]"</ref>
|Homer actually attempted this prank, but it backfired when Moe repeated the name while he was still on the phone.
|-
|Ollie Tabooger
|I'll eat a booger.<ref name="[[Homer the Moe]]">"[[Homer the Moe]]"</ref>
|Moe was away and Homer was tending the bar. Bart tried to prank Homer with this call. It backfired, however, when Homer immediately recognized the call as a prank and didn't understand what he was supposed to do.
|-
|Ahmed Adoudi
|I made a doodie.<ref name="[[24 Minutes]]">"[[24 Minutes]]"</ref>
|[[Jack Bauer]] was the victim of this prank.
|-
|Maya Normousbutt
|My enormous butt.<ref name="[[Lost Verizon]]">"[[Lost Verizon]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank while calling Hawaii on a stolen cell phone.
|-
|Drew P. Wiener
|Droopy wiener.<ref name="[[Lost Verizon]]">"[[Lost Verizon]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank while calling [[Australia]] on a stolen cell phone.
|-
|Olav Myfriendsaregay
|All of my friends are gay.<ref name="[[Lost Verizon]]">"[[Lost Verizon]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank while calling [[Sweden]] on a stolen cell phone.
|-
|Yuri Nator
|Urinator.<ref name="[[Donnie Fatso]]">"[[Donnie Fatso]]"</ref>
|Not actually a prank call. [[Fat Tony]] was looking for his Russian associate Yuri and called Moe's to see if Yuri was in the bar. Then, to his bewilderment, Tony said, Moe started "lecturing me like I was a ten-year-old kid."
|}

==Aftermath==
When [[Moe]] realizes that it's actually a prank, he gets mad and gives the caller threats like:
*"It's you, isn't it, you cowardly little runt. When I get a hold of you, I'm gonna gut you like a fish and drink your blood!"
*"I'll shove a sausage down your throat and stick starving dogs in your butt!"
*"Listen to me, you, when I catch you, I'm gonna pull out your eyes and shove 'em down your pants so you can watch me kick the crap out of you, okay, then I'm gonna use your tongue to paint my boat!"
*"When I get a hold of you, I'm gonna use your head for a bucket and paint my house with your brains!"
*"Listen to me, you little scum sucking pus bucket, when I get my hands on you, I'm gonna pull out your eyes with a cork screw!"
*"You rotten little punk! If I ever get a hold of you, I'll stick my teeth into your cheek and rip your face off!"
On one occasion, [[Bart]] played a phone prank from his house, and right after Moe realized the call was a prank, [[Marge]] happened to pick up the phone and got an earful of Moe's threat. Bewildered by the harsh language that came over the phone as soon as she picked up the handset, Marge concluded that it must have been a crossed line<ref name="[[Some Enchanted Evening]]">"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"</ref>.

[[Homer]] attempted to phone-prank Moe and it backfired, due to Moe repeating the name ("Eura Snotball") back to Homer. Homer, in typical fashion, interpreted it as an insult and threatened Moe: "If I find out who this is, I'll stick an American flag up your butt, and mail you to Iran."<ref name="[[Bart on the Road]]">"[[Bart on the Road]]"</ref>

Another time when Bart had just finished a prank call, Marge told him to go to Moe's and pick up Homer. Moe didn't recognize Bart as the phone prankster, but he did think that Bart's voice sounded familiar.<ref name="[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]">"[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]"</ref>

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Lady Bouvier's Lover

2011-05-08T15:18:06Z

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"'''Lady Bouvier's Lover'''" is the twenty-first episode of [[Season 5]]. It originally aired on May 12, 1994. The episode was written by [[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]] and [[Wes Archer]] directed.

[[Abraham Simpson|Grampa Simpson]] falls in love with Marge's mother, [[Jackie Bouvier|Jackie]], but [[Charles Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] woos her away from him. Grampa is broken hearted when learning Jackie is going to marry Burns.
== Plot ==
Maggie has her first birthday, and coming to celebrate are Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Grampa, Patty and Selma, and Gramma Bouvier. At the party, Grampa is feeling lonely, and when he is bored, Marge suggests she set up a date for him with her mother. They do well until when on a night on the town, Mrs. Bouvier goes dancing with Mr. Burns, whom she finds to be more dashing. Meanwhile, Bart hears about an Itchy & Scratchy animation cel which costs $350 when he is watching a TV shopping channel. He buys one with one of Homer's credit cards. He then endures a long and painful wait for its delivery on delivery day (both figuratively and literally, as Bart had to endure punches in the face from irate townspeople for things that Homer Simpson did while waiting for the delivery.) before acquiring it, which to his dismay was just Scratchy's severed arm. Mr. Burns declares that he is in love with Mrs. Bouvier, against both Smithers and Marge's interests. Bart gets $350 from Mr. Burns to pay Homer back.

It is the day of the wedding, and Mr. Burns and Marge's mother attempt to marry. Only minutes before Mrs. Bouvier becomes Mrs. Montgomery Burns, in a scene similar to one from The Graduate, Grampa crashes the ceremony by arguing that Mrs. Bouvier not be married to Mr. Burns. She declares that she does not want to marry either man, and they hop on a bus and look anxious about their future.

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Patty and Selma Bouvier

2011-03-06T18:08:20Z

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#REDIRECT [[Patty and Selma]]

Wedding for Disaster

2011-03-06T05:12:29Z

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|productionCode = LABF05
|originalAirdate = March 29, 2009
|blackboardText = My piggy bank is not entitled to TARP funds
|couchGag = The Simpsons are a four-course dinner (with Maggie being a mint) at a fancy restaurant that get eaten up by The Comic Book Guy.
|billboardGag = Support Your Local Bullies ([[Jimbo]], [[Dolph]], and [[Kearney]])
|specialGuestVoices = [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]]
|Written By = [[Joel H. Cohen]]
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"'''Wedding For Disaster'''" is the fifteenth episode of [[Season 20]].

==Synopsis==
It turns out that [[Reverend Lovejoy]] didn't have a valid license to perform weddings when he presided over [[Homer]] and [[Marge]]'s wedding (remember that he married them after their divorce in "[[A Milhouse Divided]]"), so they have to get married again, but just when the wedding is about to start, Homer disappers, and the only clue is a key attached to a keychain marked "SB"...but is it Sideshow Bob? No! [[Selma Bouvier|Guess who...]]

== Plot ==
At church, [[Reverend Lovejoy]] announces that the Parson will be coming to town. [[Ned Flanders]] faints, and [[Homer]] leaves to go get "Smelling Salts" (although this was actually an excuse to leave church early). The parson arrives and informs the Reverend that, for a period of 3 months, Reverend Lovejoy was not an official minister, due to a bureaucratical error, and all official things he did during this time are were invalid, such as holding Jasper's wife's funeral, blessing Captain McAllister's ship, and blessing Cletus's house.

When Homer and Marge’s [[A Milhouse Divided|re-marriage]] turns out to be invalid because [[Reverend Lovejoy]] was not licensed at the time, Homer asks Marge to marry him again. Marge takes over as the wedding planner, becoming more and more irritable and lashing out at Homer for whatever he does (demanding non existent blue roses, saying she wants a lemon frosted cake when she told Homer he could pick the frosting, (and he chooses chocolate) and yelling at him when he let [[Lenny]] and [[Carl]] come). When Homer mysteriously disappears on their wedding day, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] search for answers and are led on a cryptic trail of clues, and find some keys with a keychain that has the initials S.B., leading them to [[Sideshow Bob]] (Kelsey Grammer). However, Sideshow Bob has an alibi as he was with [[Krusty the Clown|Krusty]].

Meanwhile, in a parody of ''Saw, ''Homer finds himself chained to a pipe in a dark room. When a mysterious voice tells him that the key (which is not the key but the 'hotter sauce') is the 'hotter to unlock his chains is inside a lollipop, he frantically eats it only to discover the lollipop is made of fiery hot sauce and he is tormented as Bart and Lisa race to save him. It turns out that the initials S.B. actually stand for ''Selma Bouvier'', as his kidnappers are Marge's sisters [[Patty]] and [[Selma]], using a voice modulator who are monitoring and laughing him while at the DMV and ignoring applicants at their workstation (including ignoring [[Apu]] who was waiting in line). They plan to keep Homer cooped up until Marge forgets about him. However, they later release him after they hear the vows Homer was going to say to Marge. But afterwards, Bart and Lisa use the keychain to trace them and confirm the twins were behind the kidnapping when the keys fit perfectly in the door lock to their apartment just after the twins destroy the rest of the evidence. Lisa threatens to tell Marge unless they pay for their parent's remarriage ceremony, which they reluctantly do.

==Production==
The episode was written by [[Joel H. Cohen]] and directed by [[Chuck Sheetz]]. [[Kelsey Grammer]] reprised his role as [[Sideshow Bob]].

==Gallery==
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Angry Dad: The Movie/References

2011-02-21T20:48:06Z

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== Cultural references ==
*[[Banksy]]'s name is written around the building where the Oscars are being held. This is a reference to the recent Banksy paintings in Hollywood in the run up to the Oscars.
* Mixar is an obvious parody of [[W|Pixar]].
*[[You've Got an Enemy]] is a parody of the song from ''{{W|Toy Story}}'' {{W|You've Got a Friend in Me}}.
*[[WALL-E]] makes another appearance.
*The carrot guy is a parody of {{W|Mr. Potato Head}} from ''Toy Story''.
*The lamp is a parody of the lamp from the Pixar short ''{{W|Luxo Jr.}}''
*The movie posters on the walls of the animation studio are all parodies of real movies:
**Monsters Ltd. ({{W|Monsters Inc.}})
**The Lyin King ({{W|The Lion King}})
**Kung Fu Koala ({{W|Kung Fu Panda}})
**The Not-So Incredibles ({{W|The Incredibles}})

== Continuity ==
*The episode seems to be based on the continuation of [[Angry Dad]]. ("[[I Am Furious Yellow]]")

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The Fool Monty/References

2011-02-14T23:33:57Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The episode title is a pun on the film ''{{w|The Full Monty}}'' and a reference to [[Mr. Burns]]' nickname of "Monty".
*The [[couch gag]] is a parody of the flim ''{{W|Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar}}'':
**The couch gag begins with the family entering four chambers that slide into the wall. The technician has to make an extra effort to close [[Homer]]'s chamber door.
**After a bright flash, we see the Simpsons as they would appear as {{w|Na'vi}}.
**In a re-creation of the scene where Jake Sully tries to capture his own Ikran, the Simpsons run to a cliffside where they see that the skies are filled with flying couches.
**Homer jumps from the cliff and fails to catch one of the flying couches. [[Bart]] makes an attempt and succeeds.
**After the rest of the family climbs aboard the couch, it settles in front of a television and the family puts on 3-D glasses (except for Bart).
**Bart sticks Homer's ponytail into a wall outlet, shocking him, and then puts on his own 3-D glasses.
*After an executive disembarks from the {{w|Fox News Channel|Fox News}} helicopter, the copter wobbles and crashes while the pilot cries out, "We're unbalanced! It's not fair!", punning the channel's slogan "Fair & balanced".
*When [[Kent Brockman]] breaks the news of the [[House Cat Flu]] on [[Channel 6 News]], the graphics cards accompanying the story read "Apocalypse Meow" and "The Purrfect Storm", punning the movies ''{{w|Apocalypse Now}}'' and ''{{w|The Perfect Storm (film)|The Perfect Storm}}''.
*In the vaccination line, [[Comic Book Guy]] is dressed as {{w|Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine}}, wearing an {{w|X-Men}} uniform.
*The band that Burns hires to play at his "I'm dying" announcement is called [[The Grave Matthews Band]], a pun on the {{w|Dave Matthews Band}}.
*The scene where [[Mr. Burns]] hides in [[Bart]]'s closet is a reference to the movie ''{{w|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial}}''. Also, E.T. is seen in the closet amongst the other stuffed animals.
*After Marge leaves the room, Mr. Burns is shown chewing on a doll of [[Binky]] from ''[[Life in Hell]]''.
*At the bar, [[Smithers]] says that his new boss [[Dick Cheney]] likes to stack naked men, a reference to the {{w|Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse|Abu Ghraib}} incident during the {{w|Iraq War}}.
*When Smithers leaves Cheney's employ to return to working for Mr. Burns, Cheney zaps him with a "neuralyzer", a memory-erasing device from the ''{{w|Men in Black (film)|Men in Black}}'' movies.
*Mr. Burns says he got the idea to enclose [[Springfield]] in a dome from the {{w|Stephen King}} novel ''{{w|Under the Dome}}''.
*[[Nelson]] and [[Lisa]] appear in a [[Springfield Elementary School]] production of the {{w|Edward Albee}} play ''{{w|Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?}}''.
*The music playing over the end credits is "{{w|Powerhouse (song)|Powerhouse}}", composed by {{w|Raymond Scott}}. The song is commonly heard in "assembly line" scenes in animated cartoons, particularly those made by {{w|Warner Bros. Cartoons|Warner Brothers}}.

== Trivia ==
*References to [[Smithers]]' sexuality:
**[[Mr. Burns]] says that love is something that one man can't pay another for. Smithers starts to contradict him, but is cut off when Burns continues talking.
**Smithers says that Burns was more than a friend to him, but his new boss [[Dick Cheney]] likes to stack naked men, and adds, "That's a start."
*The day this episode aired, ''[[Futurama]]'' also had an appearance of {{IS|Dick Cheney's head}}.

== Continuity ==
*[[Mr. Burns]] threatens to lower a [[dome]] on [[Springfield]] again. This has been done before. (''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'')
**Also, [[Lou]] states that they could just dig a way out if he did lower the dome. Ever since the movie was released, a very common question among ''Simpsons'' fans has been why no one in town thought of digging a way out from under the [[EPA]]'s dome.
*[[Maggie]] points a gun at Mr. Burns again, wanting to kill him. ("[[Who Shot Mr. Burns?]]")
*Mr. Burns manages to get the whole town to resent him, also similar to "Who Shot Mr. Burns?".

== Goofs ==
* It had been mentioned before that Mr. Burns had multiple illnesses ("[[The Mansion Family]]") and that he was indestructible because the diseases canceled each other out.

== Cuts ==
In a re-run of this episode on November 28, 2010 on Sky1 in the UK, the scene where Otto uses Mr. Burns as a {{w|Bong|bong}} was cut.

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The Blue and the Gray/References

2011-02-14T20:30:03Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The title is a reference to the song "{{w|The Blue and the Gray (song)|The Blue and the Gray}}".

== Trivia ==
*This episode reveals that [[Patty Bouvier|Patty]] and [[Selma Bouvier|Selma's]] hair is only gray due to ash and smoke and that Patty is a redhead, while Selma is a blond.
*Homer and Bart's superhero alter-egos [[Pie Man]] and the [[Cupcake Kid]] appear in the [[Title screen gag|title screen gag]].

== Goofs ==
*Though in the episode it was revealed that Marge had been gray for years without her knowing, the error in continuity lies in the knowledge: according to "Helter Shelter" and "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" (when Homer told his Learning Annex class that Marge has been gray as a mule since she was 17), Homer and Marge had both already known of Marge's "hair troubles". The 1991 book "The Simpsons Family Album" also includes what is apparently Marge's first gray hair.
*The fact that Patty and Selma's hair isn't really grey is also a continuity error.

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The Blue and the Gray/Appearances

2011-02-14T20:29:23Z

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== Characters ==

*[[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]
*[[Patty Bouvier]]
*[[Selma Bouvier]]
*[[Eva Braun]]
*[[Charles Montgomery Burns]]
*[[Burns' wingman]]
*[[Carl Carlson]]
*[[Carl's sister]]
*[[Gary Chalmers]]
*[[Comic Book Guy]]
*[[Crazy Cat Lady]]
*[[Crazy dog man]]
*[[Judi Dench]]
*[[European female Moe]]
*[[Ned Flanders]]
*[[Professor Frink]]
*[[Gerald]]
*[[Auric Goldfinger]]
*[[Barney Gumble]]
*[[Gil Gunderson]]
*[[Bernice Hibbert]]
*[[Adolf Hitler]]
*[[Jaws]]
*[[Jimbo Jones]]
*[[Dr. Kissingher]]
*[[Edna Krabappel]]
*[[Lenny's sister]]
*[[Lenny Leonard]]
*[[Luigi]]
*[[Horatio McCallister]]
*[[Hans Moleman]]
*[[Mrs. Muntz]] (mentioned)
*[[Nelson Muntz]]
*[[Oddjob]]
*[[J. Loren Pyror]]
*[[Raphael]]
*[[Sarcastic doorman]]
*[[Sherri]]
*[[Sherri and Terri's triplet]] (mentioned)
*[[Agnes Skinner]] (image)
*[[Seymour Skinner]]
*[[Abraham Simpson]] (mentioned)
*[[Homer Simpson]]
*[[Jessica Simpson]] (image)
*[[Marge Simpson]]
*[[Bart Simpson]]
*[[Lisa Simpson]]
*[[Maggie Simpson]]
*[[Squeaky Voiced Teen]]
*[[Dolph Starbeam]]
*[[Disco Stu]]
*[[Moe Syzlak]]
*[[Terri]]
*[[Dr. Therabear]]
*[[Luann Van Houten]]
*[[Milhouse Van Houten]]
*[[Count von Count]] (mentioned)
*[[Ralph Wiggum]]
*[[Willie]]
*[[Kearney Zzyzwicz]]

== Locations ==
*[[742 Evergreen Terrace]]
*[[Club Zipless]]
*[[Hairy Shearers]]
*[[King Toots]]
*[[Lard Lad's Donuts]]
*[[Luigi's]]
*[[Moe's Tavern]]
*[[One Night Stan's]]
*[[Springfield Airport]]
*[[Springfield Airport Motor Lodge]]
*[[Springfield Elementary School]]
*[[Springfield Grocery Store]]
*[[Springfield Retirement Castle]] (mentioned)
*[[Statue of Liberty]] (mentioned)

== Vehicles ==
*[[Orange Station Wagon]]
*[[Pink Sedan]]
*[[Police Car]]

== Media ==
*[[From Loser to User]]
*[[Love Tester]]
*[[Peephole]]
*[[Sesame Street]] (mentioned)
*[[Springfield Shopper]] (mentioned)
*[[World at War]]

== Other ==
*[[Duff]]
*[[Ma Haggerly's Old Time Saratoga Pickles]]

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The Blue and the Gray/References

2011-02-14T20:15:06Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The title is a reference to the song "{{w|The Blue and the Gray (song)|The Blue and the Gray}}".

== Trivia ==
*This episode reveals that [[Patty Bouvier|Patty]] and [[Selma Bouvier|Selma's]] hair is only gray due to ash and smoke and that Patty is a redhead, while Selma is a blond.
*Bart and Homer's superhero alter-egos [[Pie Man]] and the [[Cupcake Kid]] appear in the [[Title screen gag|title screen gag]].

== Goofs ==
*Though in the episode it was revealed that Marge had been gray for years without her knowing, the error in continuity lies in the knowledge: according to "Helter Shelter" and "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" (when Homer told his Learning Annex class that Marge has been gray as a mule since she was 17), Homer and Marge had both already known of Marge's "hair troubles". The 1991 book "The Simpsons Family Album" also includes what is apparently Marge's first gray hair.
*The fact that Patty and Selma's hair isn't really grey is also a continuity error.

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The Blue and the Gray/References

2011-02-14T20:12:50Z

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== Cultural references ==
*The title is a reference to the song "{{w|The Blue and the Gray (song)|The Blue and the Gray}}".

== Trivia ==
*This episode reveals that Patty and Selma's hair is only gray due to ash and smoke and that Patty is a redhead, while Selma is a blond.
*Bart and Homer's superhero alter-egos [[Pie Man]] and the [[Cupcake Kid]] appear in the [[Title screen gag|title screen gag]].

== Goofs ==
*Though in the episode it was revealed that Marge had been gray for years without her knowing, the error in continuity lies in the knowledge: according to "Helter Shelter" and "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" (when Homer told his Learning Annex class that Marge has been gray as a mule since she was 17), Homer and Marge had both already known of Marge's "hair troubles". The 1991 book "The Simpsons Family Album" also includes what is apparently Marge's first gray hair.
*The fact that Patty and Selma's hair isn't really grey is also a continuity error.

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Cupcake Kid

2011-02-14T07:53:59Z

Adv193: /* Appearances */ Cameos in the opening sequence for this episode.

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|name= Cupcake Kid ([[Bart Simpson]])
|image= [[File:Cupcake kid.png|150px]]
|powers= Unknown
|appearance= "[[Simple Simpson]]"
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'''Cupcake Kid''' is the superhero alias used by [[Bart Simpson]], and is a sidekick to masked vigilante [[Pie Man]], who is in fact [[Homer]], throwing pies at [[Springfield]]'s miscreants. When [[Mr. Burns]] finds out Homer's alias, he asks him to pie his enemies instead. But when one of them turns out to be the [[wikipedia:Dalai Lama|Dalai Lama]], Homer decides to unmask himself. Cupcake Kid and Pie Man have been released as a figure set by [[wikipedia:McFarlane Toys|McFarlane Toys]].
==Comic books==

Pie Man and Cupcake kid have appeared in ''The Simpson's Super Spectacular #1'', where Pie Man was framed, when it turned out to be Krusty, and in ''Super Spectacular #5'', where Pie Man and him swap ages due to Professor Frink, turning them into Captain Cupcake and Pieboy. With the help of Lisa, they then manage to trick Frink into reverting themselves to their normal ages.

== Appearances ==
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Pie Man

2011-02-14T07:52:44Z

Adv193: /* Appearances */ Cameos in the opening sequence for this episode.

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|name= Pie Man ([[Homer Simpson]])
|image= [[File:Simple Simpson promo.jpg|200px]]
|powers= None
|appearance= "[[Simple Simpson]]"
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'''Pie Man''' is a ridiculous 'so-called' superhero that Homer made up when the [[Rich Texan]] was taunting [[Lisa]] at the county fair. He had been previously warned by the police that he'd go to jail if he committed another assault, so he used a quilt as a cape and an empty pie tin with eye and mouth holes cut out for a disguise to avoid recognition and then hit him with a pie to humiliate him. From that point on, he smashed pies in wrongdoers' faces as 'Pie Man'. [[Chief Wiggum]] wanted to kill him, and when he shot him, Lisa discovered Pie Man was actually Homer. Later, [[Mr. Burns]] discovered it too and told him to smash pies on people he hates, otherwise he would reveal his identity to the police. During a visit of Dalai Lama, Homer revealed himself, but nobody believed him, except [[Marge]]. [[Bart]] later acted as his sidesick, "[[Cupcake Kid]]".

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|Simple Simpson}}
*{{ep|The Blue and the Gray}}
{{Series Superheroes}}
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The Blue and the Gray/References

2011-02-14T07:44:20Z

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== Cultural References ==
*The title is a reference to the song "{{w|The Blue and the Gray (song)|The Blue and the Gray}}".

==Trivia==
*This episode reveals that Patty and Selma's hair is only gray due to ash and smoke and that Patty is a redhead, while Selma is a blond.
*Bart and Homer's superhero alter-egos [[Pieman]] and the [[Cupcake Kid]] make a cameo appearance at the beginning of the opening credits.
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The Blue and the Gray/References

2011-02-14T07:38:34Z

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== Cultural References ==
*The title is a reference to the song "{{w|The Blue and the Gray (song)|The Blue and the Gray}}".

==Trivia==
*This episode reveals that Patty and Selma's hair is only gray due to ash and smoke and that Patty is a redhead, while Selma is a blond.
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Murderpuss

2011-01-18T23:50:38Z

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'''Murderpuss'' was a fighting robot entered into ''[[Robot Rumble]]'' by Rev. [[Timothy Lovejoy]] and his daughter [[Jessica Lovejoy|Jessica]].

== History ==
Murderpuss was approximately the same size and shape as a hot water heater. It rolled on three wheels and had eight boxing glove fists, which it apparently used to pummel its opponents. Rev. Lovejoy and his daughter Jessica entered it into ''Robot Rumble'', and it was handily defeated by [[Chief Knock-A-Homer]] by destroying it's remote control.

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|I, D'oh-Bot}}

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Flaming Moe/References

2011-01-18T20:45:15Z

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== Cultural References ==
* Moe's run for office is an homage to the plot of the film ''Milk''.
* [[Mr. Burns]] signs his will as Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns, which implies that he is related to Adolf Hitler and a descendant of the House of Plantagenet.
* [[Moe]]'s line "Everybody vogue!" is a reference to the Madonna song "Vogue" as it plays in the background.
* Neil Patrick Hairless is a pun on the actor [[Neil Patrick Harris]]' name.
*After his half hour of mental competence elapses, Mr. Burns imagines himself as part of the 1914 prototypical cartoon "{{w|Gertie the Dinosaur}}".
*The song heard when [[Skinner]] imagines himself frolicking with [[Ms. Juniper]] and repeated during the closing credits is "{{w|Jennifer Juniper}}."
*At school, [[Bart]] is playing with a {{w|Buzz Lightyear}} toy.
*The scene where the day and late shifts of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant fight plays the song "{{w|Sing, Sing, Sing}}".
*The picture of "Tom of Shelbyville" which Moe hung up is a reference to the gay comic art of Tom of Finland.
*Skinner walks at the school singing "{{w|I'm Walking on Sunshine}}".

== Trivia ==
*The title is similar to the [[Season 3|third season]] episode "[[Flaming Moe's]]".
*The late shift workers that [[Homer]], [[Lenny]], and [[Carl]] fight with partially resemble each them with only a few differences (ex. the Carl clone wearing glasses, the Homer clone having hair on the back of his head, and the Lenny clone having a different hair color and style).

== Continuity ==
*[[Moe]] shows pictures of his bar after previous makeovers:
**The Nag and Weasel ("[[Mommie Beerest]]")
**M ("[[Homer the Moe]]")
**Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag ("[[Bart Sells His Soul]]")

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Flaming Moe/References

2011-01-18T20:44:42Z

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== Cultural References ==
* Moe's run for office is an homage to the plot of the film ''Milk''.
* [[Mr. Burns]] signs his will as Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns, which implies that he is related to Adolf Hitler and a descendant of the House of Plantagenet.
* [[Moe]]'s line "Everybody vogue!" is a reference to the Madonna song "Vogue" as it plays in the background.
* Neil Patrick Hairless is a pun on the actor [[Neil Patrick Harris]]' name.
*After his half hour of mental competence elapses, Mr. Burns imagines himself as part of the 1914 prototypical cartoon "{{w|Gertie the Dinosaur}}".
*The song heard when [[Skinner]] imagines himself frolicking with [[Ms. Juniper]] and repeated during the closing credits is "{{w|Jennifer Juniper}}."
*At school, [[Bart]] is playing with a {{w|Buzz Lightyear}} toy.
*The scene where the day and late shifts of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant fight plays the song "{{w|Sing, Sing, Sing}}".
*The picture of "Tom of Shelbyville" which Moe hung up is a reference to the gay comic art of Tom of Finland.
*Skinner walks at the school singing "{{w|I'm Walking on Sunshine}}".

== Trivia ==
*The title is similar to the [[Season 3|third season]] episode "[[Flaming Moe's]]".
*The late shift workers that [[Homer]], [[Lenny]], and [[Carl]] fight with partially resemble each them with only a few differences (ex. the Carl clone wearing glasses, the Homer clone having hair on the back of his head, and the Lenny clone having a different hair color and style)
== Continuity ==
*[[Moe]] shows pictures of his bar after previous makeovers:
**The Nag and Weasel ("[[Mommie Beerest]]")
**M ("[[Homer the Moe]]")
**Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag ("[[Bart Sells His Soul]]")

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Bart's prank calls

2011-01-04T08:36:58Z

Adv193: /* Calls */ Made a minor note on the only prank call that was cut in syndication.

[[File:PhonePrankInProgress.jpg|thumb|right|250px|One of Bart's prank calls in progress.]]'''Bart's Prank Calls''' occur when [[Bart Simpson]] makes a prank phone call to someone. Occasionally other people are involved as well.

[[Moe]] is the frequent target of Bart's prank phone calls. Usually Bart calls [[Moe's Tavern]] and asks for an individual by his or her name. Unbeknownst to Moe, the name is a pun or double entendre, which Bart hides by saying the last name first when he tells Moe who he's calling for. The joke is revealed when Moe calls the person's name aloud, saying their first name (or initials) first, and the last name last.

Sometimes Bart plays the pranks by methods other than over the phone, but the general idea is the same.

==Calls==
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| style="text-align: center"|'''Pun'''
| style="text-align: center"|'''Notes'''
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|Amanda Hugginkiss
|A man to hug and kiss.<ref name="[[New Kid on the Block]]">"[[New Kid on the Block]]"</ref>
|
Bart played the prank in order to ruin [[Jimbo Jones]]'s date with [[Laura Powers]]. Bart then told Moe Jimbo's name and address, and Moe ran to the house and burst in brandishing a knife, effectively ending the date.
|-
|Ivana Tinkle
|I wanna tinkle.<ref name="[[New Kid on the Block]]">"[[New Kid on the Block]]"</ref>
|Laura Powers actually made this prank call, with help from Bart.
|-
|[[Hugh Jass]]
|Huge ass.<ref name="[[Flaming Moe's]]">"[[Flaming Moe's]]"</ref>
|Backfired, because there really was a person in the bar named Hugh Jass.
|-
|Anita Bath
|I need a bath.<ref name="[[The PTA Disbands]]">"[[The PTA Disbands]]"</ref>
|Roll-call prank. [[Moe]] was substitute-teaching in Bart's class. Bart added the prank names to the list of students in the class, and when Moe called the roll, the effect was the same as when he calls out the names in the bar.
|-
|Maya Buttreeks
|My butt reeks.<ref name="[[The PTA Disbands]]">"[[The PTA Disbands]]"</ref>
|Another roll-call prank, as above.
|-
|I.P. Freely
|I pee freely.<ref name="[[Homer's Odyssey]]">"[[Homer's Odyssey]]"</ref>
|This prank was later reused by drunken fraternity boys in a prank call to [[Kent Brockman]] about a fight in [[Springfield]] involving a giant lizard. Brockman didn't realize he'd been had until he said the caller's name on the air.
|-
|Jacques Strap
|Jockstrap.<ref name="[[Moaning Lisa]]">"[[Moaning Lisa]]"</ref>
|
|-
|Al Coholic
|Alcoholic.<ref name="[[Some Enchanted Evening]]">"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"</ref>
|The show's first prank call.
|-
|Oliver Klozoff
|All of her clothes off.<ref name="[[Some Enchanted Evening]]">"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"</ref>
|
|-
|Seymour Butz
|See more butts.<ref name="[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]">"[[One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish]]"</ref>
|
|-
|Homer Sexual
|Homosexual.<ref name="[[Principal Charming]]">"[[Principal Charming]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank when he was in Principal Skinner's office and was supposed to call [[Homer]]. When Homer misunderstood the situation, he suspected that Skinner was gay.
|-
|Mike Rotch
|My crotch.<ref name="[[Blood Feud]]">"[[Blood Feud]]"</ref>
|Only prank call to be cut when the episode was edited to air in syndication.
|-
|Bea O'Problem
|B. O. problem.<ref name="[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]">"[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]"</ref>
|In this context, "B.O." is short for "body odor".
|-
|Haywood U. Cuddleme
|Hey, would you cuddle me?<ref name="[[Helter Shelter]]">"[[Helter Shelter]]"</ref>
|The Simpsons were in a reality show where they were living with 19th-century technology, so Bart played the prank via telegraph (sending it in Morse code).
|-
| N/A
|I'm a stupid moron with an ugly face and a big butt and my butt smells and I like to kiss my own butt.<ref name="[[Treehouse of Horror II]]">"[[Treehouse of Horror II]]"</ref>
| The prank took place during a [[Treehouse of Horror Series|Treehouse of Horror]] story where Bart had vast mind powers and could make everyone do whatever he wanted -- including, in Moe's case, going along with a blindingly obvious prank call.
|-
|Eura Snotball
|You're a snotball.<ref name="[[Bart on the Road]]">"[[Bart on the Road]]"</ref>
|Homer actually attempted this prank, but it backfired when Moe repeated the name while he was still on the phone.
|-
|Ollie Tabooger
|I'll eat a booger.<ref name="[[Homer the Moe]]">"[[Homer the Moe]]"</ref>
|Moe was away and Homer was tending the bar. Bart tried to prank Homer with this call. It backfired, however, when Homer immediately recognized the call as a prank and didn't understand what he was supposed to do.
|-
|Ahmed Adoudi
|I made a doodie.<ref name="[[24 Minutes]]">"[[24 Minutes]]"</ref>
|[[Jack Bauer]] was the victim of this prank.
|-
|Maya Normousbutt
|My enormous butt.<ref name="[[Lost Verizon]]">"[[Lost Verizon]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank while calling Hawaii on a stolen cell phone.
|-
|Drew P. Wiener
|Droopy wiener.<ref name="[[Lost Verizon]]">"[[Lost Verizon]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank while calling [[Australia]] on a stolen cell phone.
|-
|Olav Myfriendsaregay
|All of my friends are gay.<ref name="[[Lost Verizon]]">"[[Lost Verizon]]"</ref>
|Bart played this prank while calling [[Sweden]] on a stolen cell phone.
|-
|Yuri Nator
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|Not actually a prank call. [[Fat Tony]] was looking for his Russian associate Yuri and called Moe's to see if Yuri was in the bar. Then, to his bewilderment, Tony said, Moe started "lecturing me like I was a ten-year-old kid."
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==Aftermath==
When [[Moe]] realizes that it's actually a prank, he gets mad and gives the caller threats like:
*"It's you, isn't it, you cowardly little runt. When I get a hold of you, I'm gonna gut you like a fish and drink your blood!"
*"I'll shove a sausage down your throat and stick starving dogs in your butt!"
*"Listen to me, you, when I catch you, I'm gonna pull out your eyes and shove 'em down your pants so you can watch me kick the crap out of you, okay, then I'm gonna use your tongue to paint my boat!"
*"When I get a hold of you, I'm gonna use your head for a bucket and paint my house with your brains!"
*"Listen to me, you little scum sucking pus bucket, when I get my hands on you, I'm gonna pull out your eyes with a cork screw!"
*"You rotten little punk! If I ever get a hold of you, I'll stick my teeth into your cheek and rip your face off!"
On one occasion, [[Bart]] played a phone prank from his house, and right after Moe realized the call was a prank, [[Marge]] happened to pick up the phone and got an earful of Moe's threat. Bewildered by the harsh language that came over the phone as soon as she picked up the handset, Marge concluded that it must have been a crossed line<ref name="[[Some Enchanted Evening]]">"[[Some Enchanted Evening]]"</ref>.

[[Homer]] attempted to phone-prank Moe and it backfired, due to Moe repeating the name ("Eura Snotball") back to Homer. Homer, in typical fashion, interpreted it as an insult and threatened Moe: "If I find out who this is, I'll stick an American flag up your butt, and mail you to Iran."<ref name="[[Bart on the Road]]">"[[Bart on the Road]]"</ref>

Another time when Bart had just finished a prank call, Marge told him to go to Moe's and pick up Homer. Moe didn't recognize Bart as the phone prankster, but he did think that Bart's voice sounded familiar.<ref name="[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]">"[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]"</ref>

== References ==
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Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song

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"'''Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song'''" is the nineteenth episode of [[Season 5]]. It first aired on April 28, 1994. The episode was written by [[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. The episode is the 100th episode to be produced.

==Synopsis==
[[Superintendent Chalmers]] fires [[Seymour Skinner|Principal Skinner]] after a disaster at the elementary and Skinner re-enlists in the Army. [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], feeling partially responsible for Skinner's firing, helps to get his old principal his job back.

==Plot==
It is show-and-tell day at [[Springfield Elementary School]], and seeing how most kids have geodes or other random items, Bart brings his dog, [[Santa's Little Helper]]
to school. Everyone is excited to see Bart's dog, but Santa's Little Helper shortly makes his way through the school vents, when he is put away in a closet.
[[Groundskeeper Willie]] is greased up and sent inside the vents and retrieves the dog, but Superintendent Chalmers shows up, in detest after hearing about the dog.
Shortly afterwards, he fires Principal Skinner on the spot, and Bart feels guilty because of his dog.

Skinner rejoins the army, but manages to gain a friendly relationship with Bart, even going out to [[Luigi's]] to eat. During these events, [[Ned Flanders]] becomes
the new principal, and is very lax with the rules. Due to this, the school breaks out in chaos and the kids vandalize, tag and even lock [[Martin Prince]] up in a cage. Bart feels bad for Skinner, and wants to try to get Flanders fired. Superintendent Chalmers shows up to do another inspection of the school, and Bart convinces him to fire Flanders because of the chaos the kids can make with impunity. Chalmers then hears Flanders say "bless the lord" on the intercom, and because you're not allowed to teach religion in public school, Flanders is fired, and Skinner becomes principal again. Skinner and Bart know they can no longer be friends now that Skinner is principal again, so they say goodbye and walk away, feeling good.

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Springfield Department of Motor Vehicles

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The '''Department of Motor Vehicles''', or '''DMV''', is the place where people in [[Springfield]] get their drivers license. [[Patty and Selma]] work there testing the drivers. The lines are often a mess since when the red cables that separates the two lines was broken, all the people mixed and started arguing, plus Patty and Selma sometimes don't let the line move in the entire day. The driving tests are made in the back of the building.

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*{{ep|Bart on the Road}}
*{{ep|The Old Man and the Key}}
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I Love Lisa/References

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==Revealed in this Episode:==
*[[Ralph]] is [[Chief Wiggum]]'s son.
==Cultural References==
*The episode title is an obvious play on ''{{w|I Love Lucy}}''.
*[[Ned Flanders]] serenades [[Maude]] with a considerably cleaned-up version of the {{w|Rod Stewart}} song "{{w|Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?}}".
*The candy valentine hearts that have love messages on them are seen in this episode. The only difference is the ones Bart uses were sprayed with messages by him with insults such as ''U Stink''.
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The PTA Disbands

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"'''The PTA Disbands'''" is the twenty-first episode of [[Season 6]]. It originally aired on April 16, 1995. The episode was written by [[Jennifer Crittenden]] and directed by [[Swinton O. Scott III]].

[[Bart]] pushes the teachers to strike. Local [[Springfield]]ians take over the teaching positions, so Bart must find a way to fix things between the teachers and [[Principal Skinner]].
== Plot ==
After a failed attempt at a school field trip, which appears to have claimed the life of [[Uter Zorker|Üter]], [[Edna Krabappel]] calls an emergency strike on behalf of the Teachers' Union of Springfield Elementary, to protest [[Seymour Skinner|Principal Skinner's]] miserly spending on school supplies and activities.

The various student characters respond to the sudden turn of events in their own ways: [[Lisa]] becomes increasingly obsessive in her desire to be graded, [[Milhouse]] is forced by his parents to take private tutoring lessons, [[Jimbo Jones]] finds himself immersed in the intricacies of daytime soaps, and [[Bart]] revels in his newfound afternoon freedom. In particular, Bart does what he can to keep the union and Principal Skinner at odds with each other. The two sides are at an impasse, the union wanting a restoration of funding and Skinner maintaining that even with the spending reductions he's made, government budget cuts have squeezed the school dry.

After some prompting from an exasperated [[Marge Simpson]], the parents of Springfield eventually decide to take matters into their own hands, and recruit volunteers from the community to take over as temporary teachers. This turns out to be even worse for the students than before the strike, especially as Marge becomes Bart's new teacher. Due to her excessive mothering, Bart grudgingly resolves to force the strike negotiations forward. Together with Milhouse whose tutoring has been quite successful, he tricks both Ms. Krabappel and Principal Skinner in to entering Skinner's office, which he then locks behind them. After spending several hours trapped together "like prisoners" in their own school, the two are mutually inspired with an idea to create extra revenue for more school spending. Things return to normal with the old teachers in charge, however with the school cloakrooms having been rented to the Springfield Prison. Each classroom now features several full prison cells at the back, which have the added benefit of keeping the more troublesome students in line (although it is clear from the last line that Bart intends to help free [[Snake Jailbird]], who is in the cell directly behind Bart's desk).

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Fear of Flying/References

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==Trivia==
*The name of the lesbian bar is SHE-SHE Lounge.
*The man who looks very similar to Homer is named "Guy Incognito" who later appears in [[The Simpson's Movie]].
*Homer's favorite song is revealed to be ''"It's Raining Men".''
* Homer's co-workers [[Lenny Leonard]] and [[Carl Carlson]] become regular patrons at Moe's Tavern in this episode, though they were seen there once before in [[Flaming Moe's]].

== Cultural References ==
*The episode's title is a reference to Erica Jong's novel ''[[wikipedia:Fear_of_Flying_(novel)|Fear of Flying]]''.
*One of the bars that Homer visits is the bar from the sitcom [[wikipedia:Cheers|Cheers]]. All of the characters are voiced by the actors who played them in Cheers, with the exception of Frasier Crane who remains silent. Despite the fact that Kelsey Grammer has made multiple appearances on the Simpsons as [[Sideshow Bob]], he does not lend his voice to this episode.
* [[Abe Simpson|Grampa]] being left on a plane and proceeding to slap his hands on his face and yell is a reference to the movie [[wikipedia:Home_Alone|Home Alone]].
*The films Homer rents are [[wikipedia:Hero_(1992_film)|Hero]], [[wikipedia:Fearless_(1993_film)|Fearless]], and ''[[wikipedia:Alive_(1993_film)|Alive]]'', the latter of which Marge watches. All of them involve plane crashes.
*[[Marge]]'s recurring dream is that she is in TV series [[wikipedia:Lost_in_Space|Lost in Space]]: She is Mrs. Robinson, [[Homer]] is Dr. Smith, and [[Lisa]] is the Robot.
*The flashback where Marge and [[Jaqueline Bouvier|her mother]] have a biplane shooting at them in a cornfield is a parody of Alfred Hitchcock's film [[wikipedia:North_by_Northwest|North by Northwest]].
*Marge calls [[Dr. Zweig]] "Lowenstein", a reference to Barbara Streisand's character in the film ''[[wikipedia:The_Prince_of_Tides|The Prince of Tides]]''.

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Moe's Tavern

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'''Moe's Tavern''' is the local tavern in [[Springfield]]. The bar is named after its owner, [[Moe Szyslak]]. It is the only known tavern in Springfield (maybe because, like Krusty and Krusty Burger, Moe pays Fat Tony money to make sure that there is no competition), though there is a [[Joe's Tavern|Joe's Tavern]] in Shelbyville. It is located right next to [[King Toot's Music Store|King Toot's]].
==Profile==
===Interior===
The bar was described by [[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]]'s daughter as smelling "like tinkle". The inside of the bar is dank and scant with red and green diamond windows. The bar serves Duff Beer, Henry K. Duff's Private Reserve, Tuborg; "The Beer Of Danish Kings", and Red Tick Beer, a beer flavored with dogs. It is also shown that they serve a drink to lose the memory, which Homer uses in order to forget that we was going to have a secret party.
The bar may actually be an illegal speakeasy, as the bar's liquor license expired in 1973, was valid only in Rhode Island and was signed by Moe himself (although Moe had intended to get it updated to the current year, the [[Springfield's state|correct state]], and real) <ref>[[Pygmoelian]]</ref>.[[File:Moe4.jpg|thumb|Inside Moe's Tavern]]

His bar features a few pool tables (to which [[Barney Gumble]] once "made sweet love" and then "befouled," in that order), a dartboard, the occasional rat, a love tester machine, a bull-riding machine, a racing washing machine and dryer sold to him by [[Herb Powell]], a cigarette vending machine, and a jukebox. A jar of pickled eggs perpetually sits on the bar counter.

As female customers are so rare, [[Moe Szyslak|Moe]] uses the women's restroom as an office. Moe claims that there "haven't been any ladies at Moe's since 1979"

Moe's back room has often been the site of numerous illegal operations. Among these are: smuggling Pandas <ref>[[Cape Feare]]</ref>, Kidnapping Shamu <ref>[[The Springfield Files]]</ref>, and running a ''Deer Hunter''-style Russian Roulette game.

It is also shown that there is a back room in the bar which is apparently Moe's bedroom. It's implied in that same scene that Moe lives in the bar, saying "I bet if I didn't sell booze, they wouldn't even come here"

Moe's Tavern always closes on Wednesdays, as Moe performs charity work by reading to the homeless at the same refuge where Ned Flanders serves soup.<ref>[[Homer Loves Flanders]]</ref>

===Incarnations===

Moe's Tavern has been reinvented a few times over the years. During these times, at least, he had many more customers, including women:

* The tavern was originally called '''Meaux's Tavern''', and later on,''' Moe's Cavern'''<ref>[[Three Gays of the Condo]]</ref>.
* Moe renamed his tavern '''Flaming Moe's''' when Homer's cocktail drink became popular.<ref>[[Flaming Moe's]]</ref>
[[File:Tavern.gif|thumb|Moe answers a prank call from Bart.]]
* Moe's was briefly converted into a family restaurant called '''Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag''' but it was reverted it when he was unable to tolerate the family atmosphere.<ref>[[Bart Sells His Soul]]</ref>
* It appeared that Moe has moved to a new location on the Squidport named '''Moe's Brewing Co.''' Homer is amazed that Moe's moved to a fancier place, even though it was actually a long tunnel that lead to the original Moe's. A visitor remarked, "Hey, this isn't faux dive. This is a dive," to which Moe replies "You're a long way from home, yuppie-boy. I'll start a tab."<ref>[[My Sister, My Sitter]]</ref>
* During a brief period of Prohibition in Springfield, Moe's Tavern was converted into a speakeasy. The sign on the front read '''Moe's Pet Shop''', and the bar and booths flipped over to display pet cages whenever federal agents show up to bust the speakeasy.<ref>[[Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment]]</ref>
* Moe transformed his tavern into a nightclub for yuppie hipsters, renaming the bar '''M'''. Homer was upset because the M didn't have Duff Beer, so he opened his own tavern in his garage.<ref>[[Homer the Moe]]</ref>
* When Homer took a mortgage on his house to save Moe's, [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] partnered up with Moe to revamp the bar as an English pub called '''The Nag & Weasel'''. The pub's sign indicated that Marge is the nag and Moe is the weasel.<ref>[[Mommie Beerest]]</ref>
* When Homer convinced the town that the Rapture was coming, Moe sold his bar to Japanese businessmen who converted it into a sushi restaurant named '''Tokyo Roe's'''.<ref>[[Thank God It's Doomsday]]</ref>
* During the 90's, Moe's Tavern was allegedly turned into a Cigar bar. At one point, after Barney expelled tons of smoke, Moe tried to use the opportunity to steal a fellow patron's watch, but the smoke dissipated before he could successfully steal it. He then tried to make an alibi that he was just "coming on to him", but the alibi backfired when the patron invites him to his apartment (implying that he was gay). [[File:1_Moe_Szyslak.png|thumb|Moe, the bartender]]

===Regular customers===
It appears that Moe's tavern has only six regular patrons, Homer, Barney, Lenny, Carl, [[Sam]] and [[Larry (barfly)|Larry]]. Moe pointed out that due to their frequent habit of drunk-driving, "91% of all traffic accidents in this city are caused by you six guys."<ref>[[The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson]]</ref> In earlier episodes, circa season 5, many other customers are shown at the bar, although most are unnamed characters that play no role but as background.

Barney's bar tab was so large that Moe had to send it to NASA to get it calculated. It totalled to $14 billion. Initially, it was believed to be $70 billion, but that was revealed to be the cost of the Voyager space craft.

====Other regulars====
You may also occasionally see [[Charlie]], one of Homer's colleagues at the nuclear power plant. Moe's is usually the place where Homer takes new found friends to hang out, such as Principal Skinner before his marriage. [[Ruth Powers]] is the only girl regular in the bar and is usually a background character.
The two barflies usually seen are Sam and Larry. Sam always wears a cap and Larry has a balding head.

===Other Patrons===
* [[Aerosmith]] <ref>[[Flaming Moe's]]</ref>
* [[Stephen Hawking]] <ref>[[They Saved Lisa's Brain]]</ref><ref>[[Don't Fear the Roofer]]</ref>
* [[U2]] <ref>[[Trash of the Titans]]</ref>
* [[wikipedia:Red Hot Chili Peppers|Red Hot Chili Peppers]] <ref>[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]</ref>
* [[Jay Leno]] <ref>[[The Last Temptation of Krust]]</ref>
* [[wikipedia:Wade Boggs|Wade Boggs]] <ref>[[Homer at the Bat]]</ref>
* [[Johnny Carson]] <ref>[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]</ref>
* [[wikipedia:Joe Frazier|Joe Frazier]] <ref>[[Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]</ref>
* [[wikipedia:Jamie Farr|Jamie Farr]] <ref>[[Fear of Flying (Simpsons)|Fear of Flying]]</ref>" (An autographed photo with the Legend: 'To Moe, the Inspiration for Corporal Klinger...now where's my beer?')
* [[R.E.M (band)|R.E.M]] <ref>[[Homer the Moe]]</ref>
*The owner of [[King Toots]]
*A man with glasses that are out of focus
*[[Hugh Jass]] (a man who coincidentally has the same name that Bart uses for a prank call)
*An unnamed person who has a cowlick and easily passes out
*A gay man who was under the impression that Moe's Tavern was a gay bar
*[[Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo]] <ref>[[The Last Temptation of Homer]]</ref> whose name Homer uses as an alias. When Moe insults the name, Shabadoo bursts into tears and runs out of the bar; Barney calls out sympathetically after him, "Hey! Joey Joe Joe!")
*A potential patron was [[Guy Incognito]], a man who looked like Homer and talked in a voice similar to his but had a mustache and wore a top hat and tails. Guy wanted to order a drink one time, but Moe thought it was Homer (Homer was temporarily banned from Moe's at the time) in disguise and kicked him out not realizing his error. Homer sees this man lying in the gutter out the front of Moe's and realises he looks just like him but instead of investigating this further, Homer chases after a dog with a puffy tail.
*An unknown character who thinks Homer's name is Bill.
*Barney's dog Shaggy was seen joining the regulars. When Moe commented that he was sick of hearing "shaggy dog stories", Shaggy left in a huff.

===Performances===
A small stage stands at one end and has been host to a few performances
* [[Aerosmith]] <ref>[[Flaming Moe's]]</ref>
* [[Red Hot Chilli Peppers]] <ref>[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]</ref>
* [[The Be Sharps]] <ref>[[Homer's Barbershop Quartet]]</ref>
* [[Krusty the Clown]] (during his "rebel comic" phase)<ref>[[The Last Temptation of Krust]]</ref>

===Location, Address and phone number===
Moe's Tavern is located on Walnut Street, next to [[King Toot's Music Store]]. Across the street is the Moeview Hotel and factory once owned by [[Bart Simpson]].

The phone number varies from time to time. Mr. Burns once tried to call [[Waylon Smithers|Smithers]] but did not know his phone number. He tried the buttons marked with the letters for Smithers (764-8437(7)) and called Moe's <ref>[[Homer the Smithers]]</ref>. Bart is asked to call Homer by [[Principal Skinner]], the number visible on the card is WORK: KLondike 5-6832 HOME: KLondike 5-6754 MOE'S TAVERN: KLondike 5-1239, Moe answers the phone and Bart asks for Homer Sexual <ref>[[Principal Charming]]</ref>. However, in another occasion, Homer phones the bar at 355-1337.<ref>[[Bonfire of the Manatees]]</ref>

==Behind the Laughter==
Moe's Tavern is based on a real bar called Moe's by Loyola Marymount in Playa Del Rey, CA on Culver Street. The owner of Moe's actually bears a striking resemblance to the Simpson's Moe.

A bar called Moe's Tavern can be seen opposite the bank in the film ''Dog Day Afternoon''. [[Hank Azaria]] stated that Moe's voice was based on that of Al Pacino's character in the same film.

On the Middle East Broadcasting Center on the Arab version of the show, where ''The Simpsons'' is known as ''Al Shamshoon'', the characters drink soda at Moe's Tavern because alcoholic beer is forbidden in Islam.

A DVD featurette on [[The Complete Tenth Season]] features a clip collection of these prank calls from Seasons 1 through 7.

In [[The Simpsons Movie]] it is called Moe's Bar instead of Moe's Tavern.

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Trilogy of Error/References

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== Cultural References ==
*The plot of this episode is based on the film ''[[w:Run_Lola_Run|Run Lola Run]]''.
*The innovative story telling style shown in this episode was also used in an episode of [[w:Malcolm_in_the_Middle|Malcolm in the Middle]]. The seventh episode of the seventh season ("Blackout") Involved the same series of events being seen from several different view points. The character of [[Thelonius]] is voiced by [[Frankie Muniz]], who played the titular Malcolm.
*The 2003 Patrick Swayze movie ''[[w:11:14|11:14]]'' is another example of this type of story-telling.
*The 1999 film [[Wikipedia: Go (1999 film)|Go]] is another example of this type of story-telling, and elements from this film were even used in this episode such as when Rainier Wolfcastle smashed Marge's Car with golf clubs due to their ramming into his car by accident, which was based on when Jack Nicholson's character performs a very similar action to what Rainier Wolfcastle did.
*Ned reads a modified book of [[Harry Potter]] where Harry and his friends go to Hell for practicing Witchcraft, which is a reference to how many individuals in organized religion dislike the Harry Potter series for their magic theme because of magic often being associated with the occult and satanism.

== Errors ==
*When [[Lisa]] is looking at the bus, one can see [[Milhouse]] sitting on it, even though he is with [[Bart]].
*During Lisa's segment time seems to move really quickly. When she leaves Thelonius she says it's 11am, but when she goes to [[Moe's Tavern]] a few seconds later it's noon, and then when she is at [[Dr. Nick]]'s it is 2:45pm.
*Time during [[Bart]]'s segment seems to move even faster: When they Fat Tony and his gang found out that Bart was wearing a wire it was noon, and when Bart gets hit by the truck [[Marge]] and Lisa stole from [[Cletus]] it's almost 3pm.
*In Bart's segment, Bart counts two of his keys as the same one.
*In Lisa's segment, Homer gets drunk as soon as Lisa leaves the tavern, showing time goes very quickly.
*Rod and Todd Flanders are seen at home in Homer's segment when they are supposed to be in school.
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