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The Springfield Files/References

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== Cultural references ==
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*References to the television series ''[[The X-Files]]'' are found throughout the episode:
**The title is a reference to the name of series.
**[[Bart]] writes "The truth is not out there" in the opening scene on the chalkboard. This is a reference to a tagline of the series which is "The truth is out there".
**[[Mulder]] and [[Scully]] are FBI agents from the series, and are voiced by their respective actors.
**The Cigarette Smoking Man from the show also appears.
**The show's theme song plays whenever the "[[Burns' Alien|alien]]" appears.
**The photo of Mulder in a speedo shown in his FBI badge is a reference to an episode of the series where Mulder is shown wearing one.
*After [[Homer]] drinks ten bottles of [[Red Tick Beer]], the breathalyser at [[Moe's Tavern]] registers his drunkenness level as "{{W|Boris Yeltsin}}", a reference to Yelstin's longtime struggles with alcoholism. "{{W|The Song of the Volga Boatmen}}" is played by the breathalyser.
*When Homer mentions "a movie about a bus that had to speed around the city, keeping its speed over fifty", he is referring to the 1994 action film ''{{W2|Speed|1994 film}}''.
*When Homer says, "So, I says, blue M&M, red M&M, they all wind up the same color in the end," he is referring to the introduction of blue M&M's to the lineup of M&M's colors, and the commercials announcing this, as part of the 1995 M&M's Color Campaign, a contest in which blue, purple, or pink would be selected as the new color.
*Homer describes the alien as similar to {{W|Steve Urkel}} on ''{{W|Family Matters}}''.
*When Homer is asked to identify which alien he saw, the line-up includes [[Marvin the Martian]] ({{W|Warner Bros.}}), [[Gort]] (from ''{{W|The Day the Earth Stood Still}}''), [[Chewbacca]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'', either [[Kang]] or [[Kodos]], and [[ALF]].
*After Homer is been examined by Scully and Mulder, a view of Moe's Tavern is shown with a brief description, after which the text "ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY" text is repeatedly typed on-screen. This references a famous scene from the 1980 film ''[[The Shining]]'' by [[Stanley Kubrick]].
*Mulder mentions the unsolved mysteries of ''{{W|Unsolved Mysteries}}'', a show premised on mysterious cases that remained unsolved.
*''[[Psycho]]'': The busload of musicians that Homer encounters while in the woods play the music from the shower scene.
*The {{W|Budweiser Frogs}} appear in the lake near the woods before getting eaten by a gator that says "{{W|Coors Brewing Company|Coors}}!" which is the name of another beer company.
*Leonard Nimoy's narration of the story references the TV show ''{{W2|In Search Of...|TV series}}'', which he hosted.
*[[Milhouse]] is seen playing an arcade game based on [[Kevin Costner]]'s movie ''[[Kevin Costner's Waterworld|Waterworld]]''. The game is over only a few seconds after it starts, and he calls the game a ripoff. This is a reference to {{W|Waterworld|the movie}} being extensively hyped, but turning out to be mediocre.

== Trivia ==
*The first episode written by [[Reid Harrison]].
*This is the first non-Halloween episode appearance of [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]].
*Originally aired on the same date as The X Files episode "El Mundo Gira".
*Homer's infamous scream when he first encounters the alien is re-used in {{W|Lego Dimensions}}.

== Goofs ==
*[[Grampa]] calls a tortoise a turtle. However, this may be due to his senility, not a goof.
*After the scenes with the T-shirts, when the alien arrives, Marge's "Homer is a dope" shirt disappears and she has her normal dress on.
*At the kitchen table, when Homer talks about being mocked on his own birthday, they're eating breakfast. But when Marge, Lisa, Bart and Maggie all go to pet Santa's Little Helper, the breakfast has vanished.
*When the 'alien' is seen on the news, it is shown on the film Bart made coming out of the trees, but earlier on, when the alien came out of the woods, Bart is seen not holding his video camera.
*Homer's only been working at Springfield Nuclear Power Plant since 1980. The tape of Homer working appears to be from the mid to late 70s. Also, Homer's only been a safety technician in sector 7-G since 1990.
*Homer tells Wiggum that the alien appears every Friday night, even though he saw it only once.
*The writing on Moe's breathalizer changes between scenes.
*Lisa's "Junior Skeptic" magazine appears out of thin air.
*For some reason, the lights appear to be on in [[King Toot's Music Store]] next door to [[Moe's Tavern]] at 1 am.
*Despite having the funds to hire the best medical care, Burns has [[Dr. Nick]] on his medical staff.
*Apu, a vegetarian, is seen standing in line at a hot dog stand. However, it's possible that the stand also sells vegetarian hot dogs.
*Mr. Burns has been seen at night several times (both before and after this episode) without glowing.
*When Mulder talks about the inevitability of the existence of aliens, he briefly has yellow eyes.
*In the crowd scene outside of Homer's door, [[Lenny Leonard]] does not have his beard.
*When Homer is at Moe's with Mulder and Scully, the beer bottle he's holding sounds mostly empty when shaken, but when he slams the beer down it fizzes out an amount more in line with a full bottle.
*In the final scene, Kent Brockman has gray hair instead of his usual white hair.

== Continuity ==
*[[Mrs. Glick]] now lives in the Springfield Retirement Castle instead of her house she previously lived in.
*Moe seems to have a penchant for black-and-white endangered species. He was previously seen smuggling pandas in "[[Cape Feare]]".

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The Last Temptation of Homer

2025-11-17T22:00:42Z

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{{Episode
|image= The Last Temptation of Homer promo.png
|number=90
|season=5
|snumber=9
|prodcode= [[Production season 1F|1F07]]
|airdate=December 9, [[1993]]
|blackboard="All work and no play makes Bart a dull boy"
|couchgag=The Simpsons sit on the couch and find themselves on the set of ''The Late Show with David Letterman''.
|guests= [[Werner Klemperer]] as [[Colonel Klink]]<br>[[Michelle Pfeiffer]] as [[Mindy Simmons]]
|showrunner1= David Mirkin
|writer=[[Frank Mula]]
|director=[[Carlos Baeza]]
|DVD features = yes
}}

"'''The Last Temptation of Homer'''" is the ninth episode of [[Season 5|broadcast season 5]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the ninetieth episode overall. It originally aired on December 9, [[1993]]. The episode was written by [[Frank Mula]] and directed by [[Carlos Baeza]]. It guest stars [[Werner Klemperer]] as [[Colonel Klink]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]] as [[Mindy Simmons]].

== Synopsis ==
[[File:The Last Temptation of Homer.png|thumb|left|Mindy and Homer]]
{{Synopsis|[[Homer]] finds himself attracted to the new female employee at the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], [[Mindy Simmons]]. Determined not to have an affair, he does all he can to keep them apart, despite the universe pushing them together. Meanwhile, a series of medical treatments turns [[Bart]] into a nerd.}}

== Plot ==
Bart plays a prank on the teachers by making all the parking space lines too close to each car and therefore not leaving enough space for the teachers to get out of their cars. Afterwards, [[Mrs. Krabappel]] blames Bart for what happened and Bart is forced to answer every question for the rest of the year as punishment. Mrs. Krabappel then tells Bart to read the word 'photosynthesis' on the chalkboard and Bart cannot do it.

[[File:The Last Temptation of Homer (1).png|thumb|left|Homer when seeing Mindy for the first time.]]Meanwhile, Homer, [[Lenny]], [[Carl]], and [[Charlie]] use a claw to grab a worker's bottom; however, the worker is working on something important and a nuclear meltdown occurs when he is grabbed. The nuclear meltdown becomes a potentially fatal disaster when they discover that the emergency exit is actually painted on a wall. After they narrowly escape, Charlie asks Mr. Burns to install a real emergency exit. Mr. Burns decides to fire him instead and Charlie is deported to an unknown land (possibly [[Saudi Arabia]]), where he is forced to dance for the people. [[Doctor Hibbert]] tells [[Marge]] that Bart has a lazy eye and many other disorders which is why he is an underachiever. In the process of addressing Bart's array of maladies, he is turned into a nerd, with orthopedic shoes and thick glasses. Bart then becomes a stereotypical nerd and is picked on by the bullies.

In the meantime, [[Mr. Burns]] hired an illegal "alien" named [[Zutroy]] to replace Charlie. After Zutroy is arrested by the Department of Labor and deported to his native country, they demand that Mr. Burns to make changes in the Power Plants' policies including hire at least one female worker. Mr. Burns then hires [[Mindy Simmons]], an attractive redhead who Homer quickly develops feelings for. We see Homer suffering from hallucinations involving Mindy, and obsesses over her hinting that he is falling in love with her. Homer goes to Moe's and [[Barney]] tells Homer to try to split up with Mindy after reading a bar napkin with the advice. Homer tries to split up with Mindy but fails when he finds out she likes doughnuts, beer, TV, and even makes noises similar to Homer's. It doesn't help when Homer's conscience fails to help when he shows both his 'and' Marge's lives would be better if Homer married Mindy.

Meanwhile, Bart is losing his cool and [[Martin]] is able to show Bart the hideout where all nerds go to in order to escape bullies. Mr. Burns is now trying to find out which two employees will go to the energy convention in [[Capital City]] but all of them are getting along terribly except for Homer and Mindy and to make matters worse they have to go together. Back at home, Marge tells Bart his two weeks of nerdiness are up and Bart goes back to school, but the bullies still beat him up anyway.

In Capital City, Homer and Mindy share a hotel room. At the convention, Homer and Mindy are crowned King and Queen of Energy and win a prize to [[Madame Chao's|Madame Chao's Chinese Restaurant]] the "sexiest Chinese restaurant in Capital City". There Homer gets a fortune cookie saying 'you will find happiness with a new love', and Homer fears he will dump Marge and marry Mindy. Back at the hotel Mindy and Homer have a long talk and Homer confesses his fear. Mindy says it is okay and then Homer falls asleep. Marge comes to the hotel (Mindy left in the meantime). Homer sings a song to Marge, interrupted by a hotel worker whom Homer knocks out.

== Production ==
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