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2023-09-02T04:26:27Z

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== Simpsorama ==
Hi, please see [[Talk:Simpsorama|the episode's talk page]] for canon discussion regarding this episode. [[User:Solar Dragon|The]] [[User talk:Solar Dragon|Solar]] [[Special:Contributions/Solar Dragon|Dragon]] 06:57, August 31, 2023 (EDT)

Thanks for the explanation! [[User:TheStarLlama|TheStarLlama]] ([[User talk:TheStarLlama|talk]]) 00:26, September 2, 2023 (EDT)

Simpsorama

2023-08-31T04:15:09Z

TheStarLlama:

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{{Quote|Bite my shiny metal ass!|[[Bender]]}}
{{Quote|A robot! With a catchphrase!|[[Homer]]}}
{{Noncanon Episode}}
{{Episode
|image=Simpsorama promo 2.jpg
|number= 558
|season=26
|snumber=6
|prodcode= SABF16
|airdate= November 9, [[2014]]
|couchgag= The couch turns into [[Hedonismbot]], all the Simpsons stand up except [[Homer]] who gets comfortable lying on Hedonismbot.
|titlescreen= A ''Futurama''-style title screen with the title "Simpsorama" and the quote "A Show out of ideas teams up with a Show out of episodes"
|guests= [[Billy West]] as [[Philip J. Fry]], [[Professor Farnsworth]] and [[Zoidberg]] [[Katey Sagal]] as [[Leela]] [[John DiMaggio]] as [[Bender Rodríguez]] [[Phil LaMarr]] as [[Hermes Conrad]] [[Maurice LaMarche]] as [[Morbo]] and [[Hedonismbot]] [[Lauren Tom]] as [[Amy Wong]] [[Frank Welker]] as [[Nibbler]] [[David Herman]] as [[Scruffy]]
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]]
|writer= [[J. Stewart Burns]]
|director= [[Bob Anderson]]
}}

"'''Simpsorama'''" is the sixth episode of [[season 26]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the five-hundred and fifty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on November 9, [[2014]]. The episode was written by [[J. Stewart Burns]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]]. It guest stars [[Billy West]] as [[Philip J. Fry]], [[Professor Farnsworth]] and [[Zoidberg]], [[Katey Sagal]] as [[Leela]], [[John DiMaggio]] as [[Bender Rodríguez]], [[Phil LaMarr]] as [[Hermes Conrad]], [[Maurice LaMarche]] as [[Morbo]] and [[Hedonismbot]], [[Lauren Tom]] as [[Amy Wong]], [[Frank Welker]] as [[Nibbler]] and [[David Herman]] as [[Scruffy]].

"Simpsorama" is a crossover between ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Futurama]]''.

== Summary ==
{{Desc|A crossover with ''[[Futurama]]'', the Planet Express team comes to [[Springfield]].}}

== Plot ==
At the [[Springfield Elementary School]], [[Principal Skinner]] announces a time capsule project, with everyone putting an item into the time capsule, which is to be dug up 1000 years later. [[Milhouse]] puts his lucky rabbit's foot into the capsule, whilst [[Bart]] puts a half-eaten sandwich which he sneezed into in the capsule. The capsule was then buried in the [[Springfield Town Square]], with radioactive ooze bubbling up into the hole. When it starts storming, everyone leaves for home.

That night, the storm picks up and then the Simpsons hear a large bang outside. In the night, [[Marge]] hears noises coming from downstairs. Homer and Bart go to investigate and Homer uses Bart as bait. When the mysterious figure goes to drink Homer's beer, Homer attacks him. The figure then reveals himself to be [[Bender]]. When Bart questions Homer, Homer attacks Bart, who is dangling upside down. Bender then joins in and Homer and Bender start to bond. Bender tells them that he's a robot from the future, although everyone doesn't believe him. Homer then takes Bender to [[Moe's Tavern]], then to [[Barney's Bowlarama]] before ending up back at home.

The family takes Bender to see [[Professor Frink]] to see if he can find out why Bender came to the past. Professor Frink turns Bender off and on again to get his mission protocol back. Bender then reveals that he's there to kill Homer Simpson and pulls out weapons. However, since he bonded with Homer, Bender can't go through with killing Homer. Just then, [[Leela]] contacts Bender from the future and asks if Bender's killed Homer yet, as the [[New New York creatures]] were going out of control. [[Philip J. Fry]] and [[Professor Farnsworth]] then tell Bender to hurry up and kill Homer. [[Hermes Conrad]] and [[Dr. Zoidberg]] also talk to the people in the past before Leela, Fry, and Farnsworth all go to the past to finish the job themselves. Professor Frink then suggests that they could team up to find a solution. Farnsworth then sends Leela and Fry to explore the time period and find out why people would pay for freemium games.

Professor Farnsworth explains to Lisa and Frink that they got to the past through a singularity that he had quantum entangled to Bender, whilst Bender got to the past via a time machine. Later at the Simpsons house, the science team arrives and tells everyone that half of the DNA in the creatures came from Marge, so it was one of Homer and Marge's children. Farnsworth then suggests killing all the children. At that moment, a news bulletin from the future comes through from [[Channel √2 News]], with [[Morbo]] saying that the creatures had begun metamorphosing. One of the creatures then eats [[Linda van Schoonhoven]] and transforms to look like Bart. The Bart creatures are then seen destroying [[New New York]]. Bart then realizes that the time capsule is the cause of the creatures, with the rabbit foot and Bart's sandwich mixing with the radioactive ooze.

Everyone goes to dig up the time capsule and stop the mutants. Before they could do so, [[Amy Wong]] contacts them to tell them that the creatures got [[Scruffy]]. Scruffy then says that they just got his mustache, but a life without a mustache isn't worth living, so he shoots his head off. The creatures then destroy the portal, bringing everyone, except Bender and [[Maggie]], to the future. Bender and Maggie then go to the [[Springfield Downs]] to bet on horse races.

In the future, Homer strangles each of the creatures to death until he gets to Bart. Professor Farnsworth decides to give up whilst Homer and Fry try to fix the portal to get the Simpsons home. [[Hedonismbot]] then shows up for end-of-the-world debauchery. Lisa then comes up with a plan to get the creatures into [[Madison Cube Garden]] so that the Planet Express crew could shoot them into space. Meanwhile, in the past, Bender bets on a horse called [[Bender's Bounty]], even though he remembered the horse died during the race. When the horse was losing, Bender shot and killed it. In the future, Lisa tells the creatures that Madison Cube Garden is filled with [[Butterfinger]] bars and that people are laying their fingers over them. This lures them all to the Garden so the [[Planet Express ship]] could pick it up and send it into space. Everyone cheers the deaths of millions of Bart's children before the Simpsons go home after Fry and Homer fix the portal. Back at home, Bender takes money out of Maggie's diaper before he gives her a cut. Bender then puts himself into sleep mode for a thousand years and Homer takes his sleeping body down to the basement. Homer then pours some beer into Bender's head.

On [[Omicron Persei 8]], Madison Cube Garden had crash landed, with all the creatures running amok there. [[Ndnd]] gets annoyed at [[Lrrr]] as the Garden would have disintegrated in the atmosphere if Lrrr hadn't turned it off. [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] then arrive as Lrrr and Ndnd argue. When Lrrr burps up a creature's head, Ndnd runs off crying. Lrrr then asks the one of the Johnsons that's female to go console Ndnd, and both Kang and Kodos go after her.

Homer then sings the "[[Futurama theme]]" whilst a mashup of the two opening sequences plays over the end credits.

== Production ==
''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama'' were both created by [[Matt Groening]]. There are several cast and crew members who have been on both shows, notably [[Tress MacNeille]] as various voices, [[Dan Castellaneta]] who voiced the {{IS|Robot Devil}} in all but one of his appearances and [[Maurice LaMarche]] as various voices again. [[John DiMaggio]] previously appeared as [[Bender]] in the episode "[[Future-Drama]]" and ''[[The Simpsons Game]]'' whilst [[Billy West]] appeared as [[Zoidberg]] in ''The Simpsons Game''. During an event called "The Mathematical Secrets of The Simpsons and Futurama" in the Science Museum of London, a clip from the episode featuring Homer and Bender hitting Bart was shown.<ref>[http://instagram.com/p/tbLOD1kxdn/ Instagram Video]</ref>

The recording started on September 19, 2013.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VJNu-jfGJY</ref> Some scenes were based on the comic ''[[Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis]]''.<ref name="EWComic-con">[http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/07/20/the-simpsons-futurama-crossover-epsidoe/ Inside TV - "'The Simpsons' to join forces with 'Futurama' for crossover episode"]</ref>

It is considered a canon episode.<ref name="Al Jean's Twitter">[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/651083690676744193 Al Jean's Twitter]</ref>

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File:Simpsorama production script.png|Production script for the episode.
File:SABF16 Script.png|Script for the Episode
</gallery>

== Reception ==
In its original airing, "Simpsorama" had 6.70 million viewers, making it the most watched show on Fox that night.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184801/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/11/11/sunday-final-ratings-the-simpsons-brooklyn-nine-nine-adjusted-up/326064/ TV by the Numbers - "Sunday Final Ratings: 'The Simpsons' & 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' Adjusted Up"]</ref>

Max Nicholson of {{W|IGN}} said that "Simpsorama" "was poised to be a match made in heaven". However, he complained that the episode didn't have enough time to explore different character interactions.<ref>[https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/09/the-simpsons-simpsorama-review IGN - "The Simpsons: "Simpsorama" Review"]</ref>

Zack Handlen and Dennis Perkins of {{W|The A.V. Club}} gave the episode a B- rating Nicholson said that the episode's "benign niceness just evaporated like a losing racehorse hit by Bender's death ray while I was watching it" and felt the episode was underwhelming. Handlen said about the episode that it was "Not particularly inspired, but never grossly offensive, with just enough laughs to keep you from feeling like the whole thing was a total waste of time."<ref>[https://tv.avclub.com/the-simpsons-simpsorama-1798182079 The A.V. Club - "The Simpsons: "Simpsorama""]</ref>

Darren Franich of {{W|Entertainment Weekly}} said that "In a weird way, the crossover felt overplotted". He then went on to say that ""Simpsorama" wasn't a great episode of The Simpsons or of Futurama, but it was a lovely little celebration".<ref>[https://ew.com/article/2014/11/09/the-simpsons-futurama-crossover/ Entertainment Weekly - "The 'Simpsons'/'Futurama' crossover: Two great tastes that go pretty well together"]</ref>

Sound mixers [[Mark Linden]] and [[Tara A. Paul]] received a nomination for a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation}} in the {{W|67th Primetime Emmy Awards}} for the episode. However it lost to "{{W|Connection Lost}}" from ''{{W|Modern Family}}''.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2015/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-a-comedy-or-drama-series-half-hour-and-animation Television Academy - "Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation - 2015"]</ref>

As of October [[2020]], the episode as a 7.9 rating on {{W|IMDb}}<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3144282/ IMDb - "Simpsorama"]</ref> and an 8.6 rating on {{W|TV.com}}.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/simpsorama-3053173/ TV.com - "Simpsorama"]</ref>

== International airdates ==
{{Airdates
|esLAdate= May 3, 2015<ref>[http://www.excelsio.net/2015/04/este-domingo-fox-estrena-la-nueva.html Este domingo Fox estrena la nueva temporada de Los Simpson]</ref>
|esLAchannel= {{W|Fox Latin America|Fox Latin America}}
|esLAnote=
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== Promotional images ==
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File:Simpsorama promo 1.jpg
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File:Simpsorama promo 4.jpg
File:Simpsorama promo 5.jpg
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== See also ==
*"[[The Simpsons Guy]]"

== Promotional clips ==
*{{Youtube|LHjtlcLuggM|Couch Gag from "Simpsorama"}}
*{{Youtube|cZ5AJ7gbe5U|Futurama meets The Simpsons from "Simpsorama"}}

== External links ==
*{{Infosphere|Simpsorama}}

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Super Franchise Me

2023-08-30T19:10:23Z

TheStarLlama:

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{{EpisodePrevNext|The Wreck of the Relationship|Treehouse of Horror XXV}}
{{Episode
|image= Super Franchise Me promo 2.jpg
|number= 555
|season=26
|snumber=3
|prodcode= SABF19
|airdate= October 12, [[2014]]
|couchgag= A parody of the cover of the 1970 {{W|Cat Stevens}} album ''{{W|Tea for the Tillerman}}'', with its opening track playing over it.
|titlescreen= [[Fruit Bat Man]] swings across the screen on a rope
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]]
|writer=[[Bill Odenkirk]]
|director= [[Mark Kirkland]]
}}

"'''Super Franchise Me'''" is the third episode of [[season 26]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the five-hundred and fifty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on October 12, [[2014]]. The episode was written by [[Bill Odenkirk]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Marge]] opens a sandwich franchise store after her sandwiches become a huge hit at [[Springfield Elementary]]. But running day-to-day at the store proves challenging, especially when the same franchise opens another location across the street.}}

== Production ==
<gallery>
File:SABF19 Script.png|Script Cover for the Episode
</gallery>

== Reception ==
The episode had 7.34 million viewers and scored 3.3/9 on the 18-49 Rating/Share.<ref>[http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/10/13/tv-ratings-sunday-once-upon-a-time-resurrection-revenge-fall-the-simpsons-rises/313351/ Zap2it - TV Ratings]</ref>

== International airdates ==
{{Airdates
|esLAdate= April 26, 2015<ref>[http://www.excelsio.net/2015/04/este-domingo-fox-estrena-la-nueva.html Este domingo Fox estrena la nueva temporada de Los Simpson]</ref>
|esLAchannel= {{W|Fox Latin America|Fox Latin America}}
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== Gallery ==
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File:Super Franchise Me promo 1.jpg
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== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Images|ep=yes}}
{{Season 26}}

[[Category:2014]]
[[Category:Marge episodes]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Bill Odenkirk]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Mark Kirkland]]

Brick Like Me

2023-08-30T02:19:05Z

TheStarLlama: Removed "non-canon" tag, I'd assume it's maked as such because most of it happens in Lego world, but wasn't it just a dream? The part where they build mini Lego world and they go to the thater being canon?

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{{Episode
|image= Brick Like Me promo 3.jpg
|number= 550
|season=25
|snumber=20
|prodcode= RABF21
|airdate= May 4, [[2014]]
|showrunner= [[Matt Selman]] [[Al Jean]]
|writer= [[Brian Kelley]]
|director= [[Matthew Nastuk]]
}}

"'''Brick Like Me'''" is the twentieth episode of [[season 25]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the five-hundred and fiftieth episode overall. It originally aired on May 4, [[2014]]. The episode was written by [[Brian Kelley]] and directed by [[Matthew Nastuk]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Homer]] wakes up in a world where his family and everyone in Springfield are made of [[LEGO]] and must "put together" how he got there to get home.}}

== Plot ==
Homer awakens in a utopian Springfield where everything and everyone is made out of Lego. While visiting the Lego Comic Book Guy's store to pick up a toy set for Lisa's birthday, Homer has a vision upon touching the box where he sees his normal cartoon self giving the gift to Lisa and helping her build it, which disturbs Lego Homer. Although Lego Marge tells him it was just a dream, Homer begins to have hallucinations of being flesh-based everywhere he goes. Meanwhile, Lego Bart inadvertently destroys the school building while chasing a skunk brought by Milhouse for "share day". Principal Skinner sentences Bart to rebuild the school, suppressing all creative attempts Bart makes at remodeling the building.

Homer continues to see himself and other Lego Springfieldians as ordinary people, which culminates with his hands turning into flesh while attending church for all to see. Going to the Android's Dungeon for answers, Homer touches the toy box again and has another vision of his cartoon self building a Lego model of Springfield with Lisa for a Lego construct contest, elated that he has found a common interest with her. However, Lisa instead decides to go see the new Survival Games movie (a spoof of The Hunger Games) with older girls, forcing Homer to enter the contest by himself. As Homer wishes he could live in the Lego Springfield he created with her, where "everything fits together and no one gets hurt", Comic Book Guy's giant Lego construct of Kendah Wildwill (a parody of Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games) falls on Homer, knocking him unconscious. After being told by Lego Comic Book Guy that their world is a fantasy where Homer can live out his desire to spend time with Lisa forever, Homer accepts the false reality.

While playing with Lego Lisa, Homer realizes that he will never experience her or the rest of his family living out their lives, and decides he must return to reality. Homer returns to the Android's Dungeon and learns that opening the toy box will end his fantasy. However, Lego Comic Book Guy reveals himself as the part of Homer's psyche that prefers the Lego world over the real world. He proceeds to fortify his store and sets Lego pirates and ninjas on Homer to keep him from reaching the box. Hearing Homer's cries for help, Lego Bart builds a giant robot from various play-sets and takes down the pirates and ninjas before crashing onto the store. Homer finds the box in the rubble and opens it, changing back to his normal cartoon self. He kisses Lego Marge goodbye before jumping into the box.

Homer regains consciousness at the Lego contest and reunites with Lisa, who had come after feeling bad about leaving him. He tells Lisa about his dream and the lessons he has learned about parenting. When Lisa starts to compare his dream to the plot of The Lego Movie, Homer quotes "No, this is a new plot" as life-sized constructs of the movie's characters Emmet and Wyldstyle are carted in the background. Homer allows Lisa to see the Survival Games movie, telling her he can't stop her from growing up. Soon after, Homer and Marge sit behind Lisa and her friends at The Survival Games, with Homer complaining about the movie while Marge enjoys it and repeatedly shushes him.

== Production ==
On February 16, 2014 it was revealed that the episode would air on May 4, 2014 and serve as the show's 550th episode.<ref name="eonline">http://uk.eonline.com/news/511135/the-simpsons-goes-lego-get-the-scoop-on-the-special-550th-episode-brick-like-me E! Online - "News/The Simpsons Goes Lego! Get the Scoop on the Special 550th Episode "Brick Like Me"</ref> The episode was frequently stated to be 2 years in the making by [[Matt Selman]], who served as the [[showrunner]] for this episode.<ref>[http://www.tvguide.com/News/Simpsons-Lego-Episode-b-1080496.aspx TV Guide - "Exclusive: Inside The Simpsons' Very Special LEGO Episode"]</ref>

When ''{{W|The Lego Movie}}'' came out, writer [[Brian Kelley]] watched the film and realized the plot was similar in some ways to "Brick Like Me"'s plot. As a result, cameo appearances by ''The Lego Movie'' characters [[Emmet Brickowski]] and [[Wyldstyle]] were added into the 2D world later during production at the end of the episode, as well as a joke about the plots being similar. Also, a few scenes were edited out. Homer was supposed to go between worlds via a magical tunnel and there was a similar tunnel in ''The Lego Movie''. A short construction scene was also left out as Emmet from ''The Lego Movie'' was a construction worker and there was a large construction scene in the movie.<ref name="InsideTVP3">[http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/05/05/simpsons-lego-episode-inside-jokes/3/ Inside TV Entertainment Weekly - "'Simpsons' Lego episode: Behind the writers' favorite inside jokes Page 3"]</ref>

Matt Selman consulted with ''[[The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets]]'' writer [[Simon Singh]] for the final joke of the episode. He wanted to be totally sure on the age of the universe and number of pieces (the number of observable atoms in the universe) as he thought "The fans would never forgive us, if we did not have the accurate number of plastic molecules in our Philip K. Dick-ian meta-universe."<ref name="InsideTVP3"/>

<gallery>
File:RABF21 Script.png|Script for the Episode
File:RABF21 Script Cover.png|A "LEGO-styled" script cover for the episode
</gallery>

== Reception ==
The episode was watched by a total of 4.39 million viewers, making it the second most watched show on [[FOX]]'s Animation Domination segment that night, beating ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'' and ''{{W|American Dad!}}'' but losing to ''[[Family Guy]]''.<ref>[http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/05/06/sunday-final-ratings-once-upon-a-time-the-simpsons-dateline-the-good-wife-adjusted-down/260783/ TVbytheNumbers - "Sunday Final Ratings: 'Once Upon a Time', 'The Simpsons', 'Dateline' & 'Resurrection' Adjusted Up; 'The Good Wife' Adjusted Down"]</ref>

"Brick Like Me" received critical acclaim. [http://www.avclub.com/ The A.V Club] described it as, "a miracle of an episode, a heartfelt, inventive, exquisitely performed, and tightly written half-hour that reinforces what I've been saying all season—there's no reason why ''The Simpsons'' can't be good again." Praising writers Matt Salman and Brian Kelly, A.V Club ultimately awarded the episode an A- rating, the highest of the season.<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/simpsons-brick-me-204182 A.V Club - By Dennis Perkins, May 4, 2014 - "The Simpsons: "Brick Like Me" Season 25, Episode 20 - This should not work as well as it does"]</ref>
[http://uk.ign.com/ IGN] offered similar opinion. Giving the episode a 8.2/10 "Great" rating, IGN summed up, "The similarities to ''{{W|The Lego Movie}}'' are unfortunate, but there's still a lot of fun to be had in this latest Simpsons milestone episode. [...] There's plenty of entertainment value in seeing a LEGO-ized Springfield and its blocky inhabitants. And the headier themes and story elements should connect with anyone who grew up playing with LEGOs. Now the only question is what the producers will cook up for a 600th episode celebration..."<ref>[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/05/04/the-simpsons-brick-like-me-review IGN.com - Jesse Schedeen - "The Simpsons: "Brick Like Me" Review: "It's not selling out. It's co-branding!"]</ref>
[http://time.com/ Time] lauded the episode and wrote, "Brick Like Me" shows that ''The Simpsons'' can still be inspired, weird, and sincere, when all the pieces fall into place. [The episode] demonstrates that ''The Simpsons'' still has it, at least sometimes. Afterward, you and the kids can pop in the [[season 3]] DVD and compare. Or put together the Lego Simpsons House–only $199.99, Brik-E-Mart not included."<ref>[http://time.com/84782/simpsons-lego-episode-review/ Time - Entertainment Television - James Poniewozik, May 2, 2014 - "REVIEW: The Simpsons' Lego Episode: Appetite for Deconstruction"]</ref>
[http://www.tv.com/ TV.com], while critical of the episode's plotting, ultimately described "Brick Like Me" as, "a stunner [...] rebuilding Springfield in bright, brick-by-brick 3D, and that's what the episode will forever be known for."<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/community/post/the-simpsons-season-25-episode-20-brick-like-me-review-139905291358/ TV.com - By Tim Surette/May 05, 2014 - "The Simpsons "Brick Like Me" Review: Different on the Outside, Same on the Inside"]</ref>

The episode was met with a similar reaction from fans. On [http://www.nohomers.net/forum.php No Homers], a fan forum dedicated to Simpsons discussion, the episode received a 5/5 majority poll rating. Many fans praised the episode, with some naming it, "the strongest episode of Season 25", "one of the 'HD era's best" and even "the best episode in the last 10 years." Several fans agreed that "Brick Like Me", combined with other recent efforts such as "[[Steal This Episode]]", is "conclusive proof that Matt Selman should be the next showrunner for ''The Simpsons''." Despite this praise, not all fans shared mutual critiques. A frequent complaint was the episode's narrative being "semi-derivative of ''{{W|The LEGO Movie}}''." The animation-style also divided opinion.<ref>[http://www.nohomers.net/showthread.php?104673-Rate-and-Review-quot-Brick-Like-Me-quot-%28RABF21%29&s=1eeef20a17f3d4cae6c6cfeda5c8a98a NoHomers.net Fan forum - "Episode discussion: R&R: Brick Like Me"]</ref>

The episode currently has a 7.6/10 IMDb rating and a 8.6/10 rating on TV.com.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2967634/ IMDb "Brick Like Me" episode page]</ref><ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/brick-like-me-3009517/ TV.com The Simpsons - "Brick Like Me"]</ref>

In the United Kingdom, official BARB figures show this episode was watched by 924,000 viewers from 7:30pm on [[Sky|Sky1]], with an additional 50,000 on +1, the most-watched programmes of the week on both channels, and serving up the highest ratings for a new episode on the channel since "[[The Day the Earth Stood Cool]]" from April [[2013]].<ref>[http://www.barb.co.uk/whats-new/weekly-top-10? BARB - Weekly - Top 10s]</ref>

"Brick Like Me" won the [[2015]] Writers Guild of America award in Animation.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2015/1/ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2015 Awards"]</ref>

== International airdates ==
{{Airdates
|UKdate=August 9, [[2014]]
|UKchannel=Sky1
|UKnote=
|esLAdate= September 7, [[2014]];<ref>[http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Vigesimoquinta_temporada_de_Los_Simpson Anexo:Vigesimoquinta temporada de Los Simpson]</ref>
|esLAchannel= {{W|Fox Latin America|Fox Latin America}}
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== Gallery ==
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</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[LEGO]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{Youtube|AYGSpOfIr9Y|"Brick Like Me" full trailer}}
*{{Youtube|bBorckuyaPs|Clip - There's Something Different from "Brick Like Me"}}
*{{Youtube|UdgLZ1gW75E|Clip - Nothing Can Go Wrong in Homer's Playground from "Brick Like Me"}}
*{{Youtube|P3QIeQcyij0|Clip - Springfield Elementary Collapses, Brick-by-Brick from "Brick Like Me"}}

{{Images|Brick Like Me}}
{{Season 25}}

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[[Category:Episodes written by Brian Kelley]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Matthew Nastuk]]

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Land Expansions

2023-07-30T02:09:42Z

TheStarLlama: /* Springfield and Springfield Heights */

{{TOCU title}}
In '''''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]'', Land Expansion''' is a field of land, 16x16 squares, where players can place buildings, decorations, roads, pavement, rivers and monorail tracks on. Many expansions also contains debris and on three rare occasions a free premium Burning Bush. The player starts in a free space of 4 properties (32x32). Land can be bought using {{Cash|}}Cash.

On certain, rare occasions, mostly at the beginning of events, EA adds one or more rows or columns of land.

One of the biggest change was the addition of Squidport, expanding the land onto the ocean with 42 new plots, adding the Boardwalk Sections to place items on.

Krustyland was then introduced, introducing a whole new map with a much smaller area to work with, with the cash being replaced by {{KT|}}Krustyland Tickets.

== Springfield and Springfield Heights ==
The further away one goes from the starting plot, the more the expansions costs, with vertical costing more than horizontal spaces. The cost of plots (usually) don't change over time, the increase caused by the distance from the original plot.

The biggest release of land since the launch of the game was with the [[The Simpsons: Tapped Out Destination Springfield, Football 2017 and Valentine's 2017 content update/Destination Springfield|Destination Springfield]] event, releasing two columns, one row and one ocean row, for a total of 100 plots. The second biggest release of land in one update occurred on the release of the {{TOCU|Springfield Heights}} expansion, releasing 6 rows and 9 columns over the mountains, in a whole new section, still usable by Springfield items.

During the latest big events, a prize called [[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]Free Land Token could be won. The user can use it when unlocking a plot of land to unlock it for free. If all land was bought before unlocking the prize, it'll stay in the inventory till new land is added.

During the {{TOCU2|Bart Royale and Valentine's Day 2018|Bart Royale}} event, 2 rows were added with all squares requiring Free Land Tokens to unlock. During {{TOCU|Itchy & Scratchy Land}} event, 7 columns were added, once again all requiring Free Land Tokens to unlock. During {{TOCU|Moe's Ark}} and {{TOCU|Treehouse of Horror XXIX}}, 9 land blocks each were unlocked by placing the main item of the event.

During {{TOCU|Northward Bound}}, a new collectible called [[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]Land Deed can be obtained and unlocks the new land in Springfield Heights that now expand to the same length of Springfield.

As of June 2023, Land expansions go as follows (40 deep x 40 wide):
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{{TB|[[File:Pharmaceutical.png|20px]]15}}
{{TB|[[File:Pharmaceutical.png|20px]]20}}
{{TB|[[File:Pharmaceutical.png|20px]]20}}
{{TB|[[File:Pharmaceutical.png|20px]]30}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]20}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]35}}
{{TB|[[File:Hollywood Award.png|15px]]100}}
{{TB|[[File:Pharmaceutical.png|20px]]100}}
{{TB|New Frontier Canyon Waterfall}}
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{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
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{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]7}}
{{TBT|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]75}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]50}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]50}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]100}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]65}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]45}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]30}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]20}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]20}}
{{TB|[[File:Pharmaceutical.png|20px]]45}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]15}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]40}}
{{TB|[[File:Pharmaceutical.png|20px]]75}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]100}}
{{TRs|New Frontier Canyon|2}}
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{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]7}}
{{TBT|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]50}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]25}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]25}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]50}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]15}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]15}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]15}}
{{TB|[[File:Pharmaceutical.png|20px]]65}}
{{TB|[[File:Hollywood Award.png|15px]]15}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]60}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]75}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]100}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
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{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]7}}
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{{TB|[[File:Latte.png|20px]]50}}
{{TB|[[File:Latte.png|20px]]100}}
{{TB|[[File:Latte.png|20px]]20}}
{{TB|[[File:Latte.png|20px]]15}}
{{TB|[[File:Latte.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]20}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]15}}
{{TB|[[File:Hollywood Award.png|15px]]15}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]20}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]65}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]75}}
{{TB|[[File:Latte.png|20px]]150}}
{{TB|New Frontier Canyon Bridge}}
{{TB|Prospector Shack}}
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{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]7}}
{{TBT|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]75}}
{{TB|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]50}}
{{TB|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]50}}
{{TB|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]100}}
{{TB|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]10}}
{{TB|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Latte.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]30}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]15}}
{{TB|[[File:Hollywood Award.png|15px]]20}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]30}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]70}}
{{TB|[[File:Latte.png|20px]]100}}
{{TB|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]200}}
{{TRs|New Frontier Canyon|2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]7}}
{{TBT|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]75}}
{{TB|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]50}}
{{TB|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]50}}
{{TB|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]100}}
{{TB|FREE}}
{{TB|FREE}}
{{TB|[[File:Latte.png|20px]]15}}
{{TB|[[File:Smart Device.png|20px]]45}}
{{TB|[[File:Yoga Mat.png|20px]]30}}
{{TB|[[File:Hollywood Award.png|15px]]30}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]45}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]80}}
{{TB|[[File:Furniture.png|20px]]150}}
{{TB|[[File:Tapped Out AdS.png|20px]]100}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]2}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]3}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]4}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]5}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]6}}
{{TB|[[File:Land Deed.png|20px]]7}}
{{TBT|50,000}}
{{TB|44,850}}
{{TB|FREE}}
{{TCs|MOUNTAINS|37}}
{{TBT|43,000}}
{{TB|39,000}}
{{TB|35,000}}
{{TB|33,000}}
{{TB|9,100}}
{{TB|2,600}}
{{TB|610}}
{{TB|610}}
{{TB|2,600}}
{{TB|9,100}}
{{TB|19,000}}
{{TB|33,000}}
{{TB|35,000}}
{{TB|39,000}}
{{TB|44,000}}
{{TB|50,000}}
{{TB|56,000}}
{{TB|82,000}}
{{TB|96,000}}
{{TB|110,000}}
{{TB|124,000}}
{{TB|138,000}}
{{TB|152,000}}
{{TB|162,000}}
{{TB|162,000}}
{{TB|176,000}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TBT|37,000}}
{{TB|35,000}}
{{TB|33,000}}
{{TB|19,000}}
{{TB|1,200}}
{{TB|150}}
{{TB|FREE}}
{{TB|FREE}}
{{TB|150}}
{{TB|1,200}}
{{TB|5,400}}
{{TB|14,000}}
{{TB|26,000}}
{{TB|33,000}}
{{TB|37,000}}
{{TB|42,000}}
{{TB|47,000}}
{{TB|72,000}}
{{TB|86,000}}
{{TB|100,000}}
{{TB|114,000}}
{{TB|128,000}}
{{TB|142,000}}
{{TB|149,000}}
{{TB|149,000}}
{{TB|162,000}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TBT|37,000}}
{{TB|35,000}}
{{TB|33,000}}
{{TB|19,000}}
{{TB|1,200}}
{{TB|150}}
{{TB|FREE}}
{{TB|FREE}}
{{TB|150}}
{{TB|1,200}}
{{TB|5,400}}
{{TB|14,000}}
{{TB|26,000}}
{{TB|33,000}}
{{TB|37,000}}
{{TB|42,000}}
{{TB|47,000}}
{{TB|72,000}}
{{TB|86,000}}
{{TB|100,000}}
{{TB|114,000}}
{{TB|128,000}}
{{TB|142,000}}
{{TB|149,000}}
{{TB|149,000}}
{{TB|162,000}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TBT|43,000}}
{{TB|39,000}}
{{TB|35,000}}
{{TB|19,000}}
{{TB|9,100}}
{{TB|2,600}}
{{TB|610}}
{{TB|610}}
{{TB|2,600}}
{{TB|9,100}}
{{TB|19,000}}
{{TB|33,000}}
{{TB|35,000}}
{{TB|39,000}}
{{TB|44,000}}
{{TB|50,000}}
{{TB|56,000}}
{{TB|82,000}}
{{TB|96,000}}
{{TB|110,000}}
{{TB|124,000}}
{{TB|138,000}}
{{TB|152,000}}
{{TB|162,000}}
{{TB|162,000}}
{{TB|176,000}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TBT|49,000}}
{{TB|44,000}}
{{TB|39,000}}
{{TB|33,000}}
{{TB|19,000}}
{{TB|9,100}}
{{TB|2,600}}
{{TB|2,600}}
{{TB|9,100}}
{{TB|19,000}}
{{TB|33,000}}
{{TB|35,000}}
{{TB|39,000}}
{{TB|44,000}}
{{TB|50,000}}
{{TB|56,000}}
{{TB|62,000}}
{{TB|90,000}}
{{TB|105,000}}
{{TB|120,000}}
{{TB|135,000}}
{{TB|150,000}}
{{TB|165,000}}
{{TB|176,000}}
{{TB|176,000}}
{{TB|191,000}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
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{{TB|336,000}}
{{TB|349,000}}
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{{TB|405,000}}
{{TB|512,000}}
{{TB|526,000}}
{{TB|540,000}}
{{TB|554,000}}
{{TB|568,000}}
{{TB|582,000}}
{{TB|596,000}}
{{TB|1,000,000}}
{{TB|1,250,000}}
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{{TB|100,000}}
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{{TB|437,500}}
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{{TB|597,000}}
{{TB|608,500}}
{{TB|620,000}}
{{TB|631,500}}
{{TB|643,000}}
{{TB|654,500}}
{{TB|666,000}}
{{TB|2,000,000}}
{{TB|1,450,000}}
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{{TBT|494,000}}
{{TB|451,500}}
{{TB|409,000}}
{{TB|300,000}}
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{{TB|150,000}}
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{{TB|100,000}}
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{{TB|400,000}}
{{TB|500,000}}
{{TB|540,000}}
{{TB|682,000}}
{{TB|691,000}}
{{TB|700,000}}
{{TB|709,000}}
{{TB|718,000}}
{{TB|727,000}}
{{TB|736,000}}
{{TB|2,200,000}}
{{TB|1,450,000}}
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{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
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{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
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{{TBT|1,050,000}}
{{TB|750,000}}
{{TB|450,000}}
{{TB|300,000}}
{{TB|200,000}}
{{TB|150,000}}
{{TB|100,000}}
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{{TB|500,000}}
{{TB|550,000}}
{{TB|750,000}}
{{TB|850,000}}
{{TB|950,000}}
{{TB|1,050,000}}
{{TB|1,150,000}}
{{TB|1,250,000}}
{{TB|1,350,000}}
{{TB|2,400,000}}
{{TB|3,250,000}}
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{{TBT|2,100,000}}
{{TB|1,500,000}}
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{{TB|200,000}}
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{{TB|2,500,000}}
{{TB|2,750,000}}
{{TB|3,000,000}}
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{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TBT|2,100,000}}
{{TB|1,500,000}}
{{TB|900,000}}
{{TB|600,000}}
{{TB|400,000}}
{{TB|300,000}}
{{TB|200,000}}
{{TB|200,000}}
{{TB|200,000}}
{{TB|300,000}}
{{TB|400,000}}
{{TB|500,000}}
{{TB|600,000}}
{{TB|700,000}}
{{TB|800,000}}
{{TB|1,000,000}}
{{TB|1,150,000}}
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{{TB|1,750,000}}
{{TB|2,000,000}}
{{TB|2,250,000}}
{{TB|2,500,000}}
{{TB|2,750,000}}
{{TB|3,000,000}}
{{TB|3,250,000}}
{{TB|3,500,000}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
{{TB|[[File:Free Land Token.png|20px]]1}}
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</div>

== Krustyland ==
The expansions in Krustyland worked in a similar way, with the exception of using tickets to buy them. When Krustyland is blown up in the {{TOCU|Itchy & Scratchy Land}} event, the area becomes inaccessible.
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{{TB|587}}
{{TBT|{{YogaM|}}Yoga Mats}}
{{TB|705}}
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{{TBT|{{PharmaceuticaL|}}Pharmaceuticals}}
{{TB|390}}
{{TBT|[[File:Hollywood Award.png|15px]]Hollywood Awards}}
{{TB|350}}
{{TBT|{{AD|}}Ads}}
{{TB|580}}
{{TBT|[[File:Free Land Token.png|30px]]Free Land Tokens}}
{{TB|592}}
{{TBT|[[File:Land Deed.png|30px]]Land Deeds}}
{{TB|454}}
}}

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National Bank of Springfield

2023-07-14T00:24:17Z

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{{Location
|name= National Bank of Springfield
|image= [[File:National Bank of Springfield.png|250px]]
|district=
|town= [[Springfield]]
|use= Bank
|owner=
|employees=
|appearance= "[[The Lastest Gun in the West]]"
}}

The '''National Bank of Springfield''' is a bank in [[Springfield]].

== History ==
When the police in [[Springfield]] could not stop the robbers at the National Bank of Springfield disarm [[Buck McCoy]] them instead with his lasso.<ref>"[[The Old Man and the Key]]"</ref>

== Non-canon ==
{{Noncanon}}
=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out buildings/Miscellaneous buildings (premium)|BankOfSpringfield}}

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|The Lastest Gun in the West}}
*{{ep|Dark Knight Court}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Banks}}
{{Tapped Out buildings|miscprem=yes}}
{{Springfield}}

[[Category:Recurring locations]]

Lake Springfield

2023-07-13T23:16:05Z

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{{Location
|name = Lake Springfield
|image = [[File:Lakespringfield.png|225px]]
|town = [[Springfield]]
|use = Water sports '''Formerly:''' Discarding pollution
|appearance = "[[Dead Poets Society]]"
}}

'''Lake Springfield''', formerly '''Cess Hole 17A''', is a lake in [[Springfield]]. It is highly polluted, and as such has spawned [[Blinky|mutated fish]].

== Geography ==
The lake contains rapids and rocks. It also has a waterfall on one end.<ref>"[[Gone Fishin']]"</ref>

== History ==
[[Homer]] once took his family and the [[Flanders family]] on a trip to the lake.<ref>"[[Homer Loves Flanders]]"</ref> According to [[Lisa]], the lake once caught on fire.<ref>"[[Lemon of Troy]]"</ref>

The lake was a huge source of pollution, being the dumping site for waste from the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|nuclear power plant]], and eventually the entire town. The polluted lake claimed the lives of at least one [[Green Day|rock band]]. An effort to clean up the lake by Lisa and [[Colin]] succeeded, and a shoulder-height concrete barrier was constructed by [[Mayor Quimby]] to prevent any "idiot" from dumping into the lake. However, the wall didn't stop Homer, who re-polluted the lake with his and [[Plopper|his pet pig]]'s waste, causing [[Multi-Eyed Squirrel|some animal life]] and the entire lake to mutate, and forcing the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] to intervene by [[Trappuccino|trapping Springfield inside a giant glass dome]], however, it did stop [[Cletus Spuckler]] from dropping his waste in the lake.<ref>''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''</ref>

== Non-canon ==
{{Noncanon}}
=== The Simpsons: Tapped Out ===
{{TranscludeSection|The Simpsons: Tapped Out decorations/Nature decorations|SpringfieldLake}}

== Appearances ==
*{{Ul|Gone Fishin'}}
*{{ep|Dead Putting Society}}
*{{ep|Old Money}}
*{{ep|Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington|(seen on map)}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
*{{ep|Flaming Moe's}}
*{{ep|Homer Loves Flanders}}
*{{ep|Lemon of Troy|(Mentioned only)}}
*{{ep|When You Dish Upon a Star}}
*{{ep|Half-Decent Proposal|(seen on map)}}
*{{ep|The Fat Blue Line|(seen on map)}}
*{{mov}}
*{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out}}
*{{merch|Creepy Classics}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Rapids.jpg|The rapids
File:Waterfall.jpg|The waterfall
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Tapped Out decorations|nature=yes}}
{{Springfield}}

[[Category:Lakes]]
[[Category:Natural landmarks]]
[[Category:Recurring locations]]

Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?

2023-07-12T22:30:24Z

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{{quote|This is what you get. I forgive you. You can call me brother, and I can do the same.|[[Herb]] reconciles with [[Homer]]}}
{{Episode
|name= Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
|image=Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes promo.jpg
|number=59
|season=3
|snumber=24
|prodcode=8F23
|airdate=August 27, [[1992]]
|blackboard="I will not fake seizures"
|couchgag=The family cartwheel and land on the couch
|guests=[[Danny DeVito]] as [[Herb Powell]] [[Joe Frazier]] as {{Ch|Joe Frazier|himself}}
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer=[[John Swartzwelder]]
|director=[[Rich Moore]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?'''" is the twenty-fourth and final episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fifty-ninth episode overall. The episode was written by [[John Swartzwelder]] and directed by [[Rich Moore]]. It guest stars [[Danny DeVito]] as [[Herb Powell]] and [[Joe Frazier]] as {{Ch|Joe Frazier|himself}}.

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Homer]]'s half-brother [[Herb]] has been living as a bum since losing his car company. When he gets an idea for an [[Baby translator|invention]] that can make him rich again, he goes to [[Springfield]] and asks the Simpsons' help to develop it, using award money that Homer received from [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]].}}

== Plot ==
[[Homer]] and the rest of the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]] employees are summoned for the annual company physical. Homer's sperm count comes back as incredibly low, due to the radiation at the plant. Realizing that the plant could be sued for millions, Burns considers options for escaping that liability. He and his lawyers settle on the idea of tricking Homer into signing a waiver by pretending that it is an award, given in a hastily-concocted ceremony for "The [[First Annual Montgomery Burns Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence]]". Homer receives $2000 as the award.

Meanwhile, [[Herb Powell]], now bankrupt and sleeping on the streets, discusses how he lost his fortune due to his half-brother Homer's stupidity (as shown in "[[Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?]]") with other homeless people, one of whom claims to be the creator of ''[[New Coke]]''. After boldly claiming that all a person needs is a good idea, Herb sees a woman struggling to understand her baby and seizes on the idea of developing a [[baby translator]]. When Herb's fellow bums tell him that even with an idea, he's still a bum, Herb changes his claim to saying that all a person needs is an idea '''and''' some money to get it off the ground. Herb finds a newspaper with a photo of Homer winning the Burns award (and accepting the cash prize), and decides to pay him a visit to ask for a chance to make his money back.

[[File:Spinemelter 2000 Homer.png|thumb|left|250px|[[Homer]] tries out the Spinemelter 2000.]]Homer, though, has other plans for the award money. After [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] destroy the couch during a session of "broom vaulting" in the "living room Olympics", Homer finds a store selling a [[Spinemelter 2000|vibrating chair]] for $2000, which he immediately falls in love with. [[Marge]] talks him out of making the purchase. Meanwhile, Herb, looking for the Simpsons, accidentally goes to the [[Flanders Family|Flanders]]' house next door. They take him in, bathe him and give him a new suit. Herb then goes to [[742 Evergreen Terrace|the Simpson home]]. When Homer answers the door, Herb punches him in the face and walks in.

Herb asks them for a second chance and explains his baby translator idea. Marge, Bart, and Lisa convince Homer to give him the money, even though he's still skeptical about the translator. Now with the money as well as the idea, Herb goes to work on his baby translator. After much work with Maggie, he unveils the translator to the family, who are quite overwhelmed by it despite its clunky appearance. However, the device does work, and Herb takes it to a [[Baby Expo|Baby convention]], where he is innundated by orders and an offer from a baby goods store to stock thousands of his translators. Herb believes that he has made his fortune back again.

As Herb leaves the Simpsons, he repays Homer the $2000, then gives everyone gifts. To Lisa, he gives a subscription to "Great Books of Western Civilization"; to Bart, a membership in the {{W|National Rifle Association}}; to Maggie, a promise to get her something nice when the baby translator says she wants what the dog is eating; and to Marge, a replacement washer and dryer, plus $50 which he made from selling the old ones. Finally, to Homer, two gifts: his forgiveness and acceptance as a brother, plus the vibrating chair that he wanted so much. Homer is immensely pleased by this gift.

== Production ==
This episode aired later than most episodes, in August. This was because Fox wanted an extra episode during Summer so they could become "the biggest network" on television. As a result of this, the crew all had to work extra hours in order to get the episode ready.<ref name="GroeningCom">{{com|Groening, Matt|Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?|Third|2003}}</ref> The scenes with the [[Spinemelter 2000]] were written after one of the writers bought a vibrating chair to relax after working 20 hours a day on the episode.<ref name="BrooksCom">{{com|Brooks, James L.|Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?|Third|2003}}</ref>

The script was originally too long at 53 pages, therefore some scenes were cut.<ref name="GroeningCom"/> One of the cut scenes had Herb running after a train and asking which Springfield it was going to. This scene was later used in "[[Burns, Baby Burns]]" with [[Larry Burns]] instead of Herb.<ref>{{com|Reiss, Mike|Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?|Third|2003}}</ref> There was also originally a joke about predicting the [[Soviet Union]] breakdown but since it occurred when the script was being written, it was scrapped.<ref name="BrooksCom"/>

<gallery>
File:8F23_Script.jpg
</gallery>

== Reception ==
"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" finished 31st in the ratings for the week of August 24–30 in 1992, with a Nielsen rating of 10.7, equivalent to approximately 9.76 million viewing households. The episode currently has a 7.6 rating on IMDb<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701076/?ref_=fn_ep_tt_1 "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" IMDb page]</ref> and a 9.0 rating on {{W|TV.com}}.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/brother-can-you-spare-two-dimes-1344/ "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" TV.com page]</ref>

== In other languages ==
{{LanguageBox
|de=yes
|deName=Der vermisste Halbbruder
|deTrans=The missing half-brother
|br=yes
|brName=Me Dá Um Dinheiro Aí
|brTrans=Give Me Some Money Yo
|jp=yes
|jpName=ハーブおじさんは発明家
|jpTrans=Uncle Herb the Inventor
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Images|ep=yes}}
{{Season 3}}

[[Category:1992]]
[[Category:Homer episodes]]
[[Category:Season finales]]
[[Category:Episodes written by John Swartzwelder]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Rich Moore]]

[[sv:Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]

Bart's Friend Falls in Love

2023-07-12T22:28:44Z

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{{EpisodePrevNext|The Otto Show|Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?}}
{{Quote|How could this happen? We started out like Romeo and Juliet but it ended up in tragedy!|[[Milhouse]]}}
{{Episode
|name= Bart's Friend Falls in Love
|image= Bart's Friend Falls in Love.png
|number= 58
|season=3
|snumber=23
|prodcode= 8F22
|airdate= May 7, [[1992]]
|blackboard= "I will not snap bras"
|couchgag= The couch falls backwards with the Simpsons on it, and they fall through the wall.
|guests= [[Kimmy Robertson]] as [[Samantha Stanky]] [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]]
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[Jay Kogen]] [[Wallace Wolodarsky]]
|director= [[Jim Reardon]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''Bart's Friend Falls in Love'''" is the twenty-third episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally aired on May 7, [[1992]]. The episode was written by [[Jay Kogen]] and [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] and directed by [[Jim Reardon]]. It guest stars [[Kimmy Robertson]] as [[Samantha Stanky]] and [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Milhouse]]'s relationship with a new student in Springfield Elementary, Samantha Stankey, spend all of their free time together, him without spending time with Bart, much to his friend's irritation and their friendship becomes more distant in the process. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] tries to lose weight by listening to a subliminal tape.}}

== Plot ==
[[File:Indiana Jones Homer.png|left|thumb|Bart escaping from Homer, who is falling down the stairs, ''Indiana Jones'' style]]
After a close encounter ({{W|Indiana Jones}} style), [[Bart]] manages to retrieve [[Homer]]'s jar of change to take to school. Despite Homer's efforts Bart is able to get out of the house and board the school bus with the change jar, leaving Homer angrily shouting on the lawn. His best friend, [[Milhouse]], has his Magic 8 ball with him. Bart asks the ball whether he and Milhouse will still be friends by the end of the day, and the ball predicts 'no'. Both are puzzled by how this could happen.

A new girl from [[Phoenix]] called [[Samantha Stanky]] starts at [[Springfield Elementary School]], and Milhouse falls in love with her. To Bart's dismay and anger, Samantha reciprocates, and the couple spend all of their free time kissing in Bart's treehouse. They ignore Bart, leaving nothing for him to do but leave. In order to restore the previous status quo, Bart tells Samantha's father and lets him know what's happening; Mr. Stanky rushes to Bart's treehouse and takes her away before she can even explain. She is sent to [[Saint Sebastian's School for Wicked Girls]], an all-girls convent school. Bart lets Milhouse know that he told on him and Samantha and they fight over Bart's actions and Milhouse's parents sees him very pleased to see already he feel better and ignore what he is doing to Bart. Bart manages to stop their fight by hitting Milhouse with the Magic 8 ball destroying it in the process. Milhouse visits Samantha at the convent school and Bart apologizes to her, but she say it's OK - she loves Saint Sebastian's. However, she still has feelings for Milhouse and gives him a goodbye kiss, despite her knowingly violating school rules.

Meanwhile, [[Lisa]] is watching a documentary on the health problems of obesity. She is fearful that Homer's obesity will lead to an early death. On Lisa's suggestion, [[Marge]] orders a subliminal weight-loss tape for Homer. Humorously enough, the company is out of the tapes and sends Homer a "Vocabulary Builder" tape instead. Homer ends up eating more than ever, but his vocabulary is through the roof. When he realizes that the tape is not helping him he gets rid of it, and his vocabulary quickly returns to normal.

== In other languages ==
{{LanguageBox
|de=yes
|deName=Liebe und Intrige
|deTrans=Love and conspiracy
|br=yes
|brName=O Amigo de Bart se Apaixona
|brTrans=Bart's Friend Falls in Love
|jp=yes
|jpName=ミルハウスの初恋
|jpTrans=Milhouse's First Love
}}

{{Images|ep=yes}}
{{Season 3}}

[[Category:1992]]
[[Category:Milhouse episodes]]
[[Category:Bart episodes]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Jay Kogen]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Wallace Wolodarsky]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jim Reardon]]

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The Otto Show

2023-07-12T22:27:48Z

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{{Quote|Well, that tears it. Until you get a license and wear your own underwear, mister, you are suspended without pay.|[[Principal Skinner]] to [[Otto Mann]]}}
{{Episode
|name= The Otto Show
|image= 8f21.gif
|number= 57
|season=3
|snumber=22
|prodcode= 8F21
|airdate= April 23, [[1992]]
|blackboard= "I will not spin the turtle"
|couchgag= Santa's Little Helper is on the couch and growls when the family approach it. The family back off.
|guests= [[Christopher Guest]] as [[Nigel Tufnel]] [[Michael McKean]] as [[David St. Hubbins]]
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[Jeff Martin]]
|director= [[Wes Archer]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''The Otto Show'''" is the twenty-second episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fifty-seventh episode overall. It originally aired on April 23, [[1992]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Martin]] and directed by [[Wes Archer]]. It guest stars [[Christopher Guest]] as [[Nigel Tufnel]] and [[Michael McKean]] as [[David St. Hubbins]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Otto]] loses his job driving the school bus, partially because he doesn't have a driver's license, and, after being kicked out of his apartment, goes to live with the Simpsons.}}

== Plot ==
[[File:Break Like the Wind.png|thumb|left|{{Chs|Spinal Tap}} perform "[[Break Like the Wind]]".]]
[[Bart]] gets ready to go to a {{Chs|Spinal Tap}} concert, with [[Homer]] taking him, digging out his old concert jacket to do so. On their way, they pick [[Milhouse]] up and arrive at the [[Springfield Coliseum]], where Homer waits in the car as Bart and Milhouse attend the concert. Backstage, Spinal Tap have an interview with {{ap|Bill|KBBL}} and [[Marty]] of [[KBBL]] before going on stage and performing "[[Break Like the Wind]]" to the audience. During the performance, they have several problems, including puddles on the stage and the inflatable devil deflating. The band decides to end early and leaves, with the audience starting a riot in response.

The rest of the family watch the news about the riot on TV, with [[Marge]] getting worried. Homer and Bart then return home, which leaves Marge relieved. Bart then tells Homer and Marge that he wants to be a rock star. When Marge asks how Milhouse is, Homer rushes back to the concert to find him. Homer and Marge discuss Bart wanting to be a rock star and decide to buy him an expensive guitar to practice on. However, Bart isn't any good and thinks the guitar is broken. When he gives it to [[Otto]] on the school bus to try out, Otto rocks out, to Bart's surprise, saying that it was all he did in high school. Otto then puts on a performance for the kids, causing traffic and having the students become late for school. Otto then rushes to school and crashes the bus. When the police ask to see Otto's license, Otto tells them he doesn't have one. Otto then gets fired by Skinner, with [[Principal Skinner]] taking over as the bus driver.

Bart is shocked to find that Skinner is now the driver, whilst the rest of the kids are fine with it, singing "[[Hail to the Bus Driver]]". Skinner then gets stuck at an intersection to a busy road for a long time, with nobody letting him out. Meanwhile, Otto goes to take his bus driver test but fails, scoring a 0. Back at the intersection, several hours have passed and Skinner gets angry at [[Ralph]]. Otto then returns home to find that he has been evicted by his landlord for not paying his rent. As Bart goes to the [[Kwik-E-Mart]], he is given a special [[Squishee]] that he doesn't like, so he throws it into a trash can, which Otto was currently living in. Bart then invites Otto to live in his garage, not telling Homer and Marge.

Homer and Marge are woken up in the night by Otto and Bart performing rock songs. After talking it through, they decide to let Otto stay with them until he gets back on his feet. However, all Otto does is sit around watching TV, which annoys Marge. Otto also clogs the drains with his hair and annoys Homer in the process. Homer and Marge then decide to kick him out, with Otto scaring Lisa being the final straw.

Angry at being kicked out and insulted by Homer, Otto goes back to the [[DMV]] to take the bus test again. [[Patty]] agrees to let him do so after Otto said he wanted to staple his license to Homer's big, bald head, with Patty giving Otto the answers to the test. As Otto takes the driving part of the test, the two of them talk about Homer and laugh about him. Patty then passes Otto due to their hatred of Homer. Otto then turns up as the school bus driver the next day and the kids sing "Hail to the Bus Driver", as Skinner watches the bus go off.

== Production ==
The episode title is a pun on "{{W|auto show}}".<ref name="Martin">{{Com|Martin, Jeff|The Otto Show|Third|(2003).}}</ref> [[Fox]] were unhappy with Spinal Tap being chosen as the band for the episode, as part of the reason was nobody had heard of them and the crew had forgotten to clear the songs until the episode was already animated, and they were charged a lot of money.<ref name="Jean">{{Com|Jean, Al|The Otto Show|Third|(2003).}}</ref> Fox also thought that they could have gotten a real band for the amount of money spent.<ref name="Reiss">{{Com|Reiss, Mike|The Otto Show|Third|(2003).}}</ref> In the concert, the crowd were drawn with really long bangs so the animators didn't have to draw eyes for everyone. There was also a scene where the drummer exploded, but it was cut.<ref name="Archer">{{Com|Archer, Wes|The Otto Show|Third|(2003).}}</ref>

The scene of Homer singing "[[Spanish Flea]]" was going to be cut, as the song was expensive to license. However, it got a really big laugh at the table read so they kept it in and bought the song rights.<ref name="Martin"/> [[Jay Kogen]] had to pull some strings to get the rights to the song.<ref name="Brooks">{{Com|Brooks, James L.|The Otto Show|Third|(2003).}}</ref> During the dream sequence of Bart as a rockstar, Bart says "slag off". The producers tried to get "piss off" and "sod off" said instead, but the censor disallowed it.<ref name="Jean"/> The scene with Spinal Tap's bus going over the cliff and going up in flames was not originally in the script, but the producers felt that the bus going up the hill was too mild.<ref name="Groening">{{Com|Groening, Matt|The Otto Show|Third|(2003).}}</ref> The line about Otto wanting a book written from the vampire's point of view came from Jeff Martin being next to a guy on a plane who was telling him about a book he liked as it was written from the vampire's point of view.<ref name="Martin"/> Jay Kogen and [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] wanted Otto's last name to be "Mechanic", but the animators put "Mann" on his license instead.<ref name="Reiss"/>

== Reception ==
Nathan Rabin of {{W|The A.V. Club}} said that "The Otto Show" "has a lot of fun with the cornball rituals of the rock concert". He then goes on to say that the episode "gets much of its mojo from ''{{W|This Is Spinal Tap}}''". Rabin later said that with this episode, "''The Simpsons'' stretched its legs a little and devoted much of an episode to a one-note supporting character".<ref>[https://tv.avclub.com/the-simpsons-classic-the-otto-show-1798169394 The A.V. Club - "The Simpsons (Classic): "The Otto Show""]</ref>

As of January [[2020]], the episode has a 7.8 rating on {{W|IMDb}}<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701254/ IMDb - "The Otto Show"]</ref> and a 8.6 rating on {{W|TV.com}}.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/the-otto-show-1342/ TV.com - "The Otto Show"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
{{LanguageBox
|de=yes
|deName=Der Fahrschüler
|deTrans=The learner driver
|br=yes
|brName=Show de Otto
|brTrans=Otto Show
|jp=yes
|jpName=オットーの免許証
|jpTrans=Otto's Driver's License
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Images|ep=yes}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Otto Show, The}}

[[Category:1992]]
[[Category:Bart episodes]]
[[Category:Principal Skinner episodes]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Jeff Martin]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Wes Archer]]

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Black Widower

2023-07-12T22:27:20Z

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{{Quote|The wedding was very tough on you. And the honeymoon is going to be...murder!|[[Sideshow Bob]]}}
{{Episode
|name= Black Widower
|image=Black Widower.png
|number=56
|season=3
|snumber=21
|prodcode=8F20
|airdate=April 9, [[1992]]
|blackboard="Funny noises are not funny"
|couchgag=Two thieves are stealing the couch. The family sit on it, but are tipped off and it is taken away.
|guests=[[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]]
|showrunner=[[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer='''Teleplay:''' [[Jon Vitti]] '''Story:''' [[Sam Simon]] and [[Thomas Chastain]]
|director=[[David Silverman]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''Black Widower'''" is the twenty-first episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fifty-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on April 9, [[1992]]. The teleplay was written by [[Jon Vitti]], the story was written by [[Sam Simon]] and [[Thomas Chastain]] and the episode was directed by [[David Silverman]]. It guest stars [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]].

== Synopsis ==
{{desc|[[Selma]] decides to marry her prison pen-pal, [[Sideshow Bob]]. When he gets out of prison, he convinces the [[Simpson family]] he has changed for the better, but [[Bart]] remains skeptical and is determined to find out what Bob is really up to.}}

== Plot ==
The Simpsons are having dinner with [[Selma]] and her new boyfriend, but it turns out it is Bart's enemy [[Sideshow Bob]]. During dinner, he tells the story of his terrible time at the prison. He wins an Emmy that gets taken away. He tells he wanted to kill [[Bart]], but also he changed. Then he tells the story of how he and Selma met, which was during a prison pen-pal program. He supposedly turns a new leaf after he met Selma. He was released from the prison, and the story ends. Everyone enjoyed it except Bart. Then Sideshow Bob asks Selma to marry him, and she eagerly accepts.

Sideshow Bob makes an appearance in the Krusty telethon, and he tells [[Krusty]] there are no hard feelings. Bart is terrified of his soon-to-be new uncle, since Bob swore he'd get revenge on Bart for having him sent to prison for framing Krusty for robbery, and he would never trust him. The wedding is almost cancelled when Sideshow Bob admits he hates Selma's favorite show, [[MacGyver]], but is saved by [[Homer]] when he says when [[Marge]] watches her shows he goes for a walk or drinks some beers and comes back still in love. Bob decides he will go for a walk when MacGyver is on TV, and all is resolved.

During the wedding, everyone is happy, that is except Bart. However, everyone encourages him to let go of the past. Selma and Bob send Patty and the Simpsons a honeymoon video during which Bob goes crazy toward one of the staff demanding a room with a fireplace. During the honeymoon, while MacGyver is on, Bart realizes Bob is about to try and murder Selma.

At the hotel, Bob is walking around when his room explodes. After making a 'tearful' call to the front desk, he returns to the burnt out room expecting to see Selma's remains waiting for him, only to find Bart waiting with the police. Selma slaps Bob for trying to kill her, and tells him she wants a 'separation'. Bob asks how Bart worked out his plan. Bart explains, in Selma's video, Bob was eager to have a fireplace in their room and Bart noticed the gas tap. Bob turned the gas on before going for a walk knowing Selma wouldn't be able to smell it as she had lost her senses of smell and taste due to a bottle rocket accident as a child. Knowing she would smoke following MacGyver and the match would be enough to cause an explosion, he ran and told Homer... and after several failed attempts to explain it to him, he told Marge instead and they raced to the hotel just in time.

Bob is confused as to why the room exploded if Selma was stopped. Chief Wiggum admits they were having celebratory cigars outside the room when he threw a match into the gas-filled room accidentally. Bob is taken away, swearing to get out the next time the Democrats are in power. Everyone admits Bob had fooled nearly everyone, and thanked Bart for never losing his distrust.

== Production ==
"Black Widower" was written by [[Jon Vitti]] and directed by [[David Silverman]]. For a long time, the show's writers had wanted to craft an episode revolving around a "mystery", and so executive producer [[Sam Simon]] consulted Thomas Chastain, from the New-York based Mystery Writers of America group, to help.<ref name="Reiss">{{cite video | people=Reiss, Mike |year=2003|title=The Simpsons season 3 DVD commentary for the episode "Black Widower"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> With the assistance of Chastain, the writers were able to include a number of small clues and details into the episode so that the viewers would be able to solve the mystery before it's conclusion.<ref name="Jean">{{cite video | people=Jean, Al |year=2003|title=The Simpsons season 3 DVD commentary for the episode "Black Widower"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>

The character of Sideshow Bob returns in this episode, after last being seen in [[season 1]]'s "[[Krusty Gets Busted]]", in which he was arrested and imprisoned. Bob's animation model was revamped and updated for this episode in order to reflect the style of [[Brad Bird]].<ref name="Silverman">{{cite video | people=Silverman, David |year=2003|title=The Simpsons season 3 DVD commentary for the episode "Black Widower"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> [[Kelsey Grammer]] guest starred and returned to voice Bob.<ref name="Jean"/> Grammer initially expected Bob to be a one-time role, but it eventually became one the most popular roles he ever played, as well as one of the show's most iconic characters, and thus became a recurring role.<ref name="Grammer">{{cite video | people=Grammer, Kelsey |year=2003|title=The Simpsons season 3 DVD commentary for the episode "Black Widower"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
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File:Black Widower promo.jpg|Promotional image
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== In other languages ==
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|jpName=名探偵バート
|jpTrans=Detective Bart
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Colonel Homer

2023-07-12T22:26:24Z

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{{Episode
|name= Colonel Homer
|image= Colonel Homer promo.gif
|number= 55
|season=3
|snumber=20
|prodcode= 8F19
|airdate= March 26, [[1992]]
|blackboard= "I will not conduct my own fire drills"
|couchgag= The family sink into the couch when they sit on it.
|guests= [[Beverly D'Angelo]] as [[Lurleen Lumpkin]]
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[Matt Groening]]
|director= [[Mark Kirkland]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''Colonel Homer'''" is the twentieth episode of [[Season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fifty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on March 26, [[1992]]. The episode was written by [[Matt Groening]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Beverly D'Angelo]] as [[Lurleen Lumpkin]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|After a particularly bad movie experience, [[Homer]] drives to a bar where he discovers a singer named [[Lurleen Lumpkin]]. Homer becomes her manager (calling himself "Colonel Homer") and helps her launch her musical career. Lurleen's success causes problems in the Simpson household, however, when Homer's manager role causes him to spend large amounts of time away from home and when [[Marge]] realizes that Lurleen is attracted to Homer.}}

== Plot ==
Homer and Marge go see ''[[The Stockholm Affair]]'' at the [[Springfield Googolplex Theatres]] after finding out that ''[[Look Who's Oinking]]'' is sold out. Homer keeps talking throughout the film and angers the audience by revealing the end of the movie. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] go to watch ''{{ap|Space Mutants|films}}'' and Lisa gets scared. After coming out of the theater, Homer is angry at the reaction from Marge and the audience and after dropping off the family, Homer goes for a drive to [[Spittle County]].

After a long drive through Spittle County, Homer finds [[The Beer -N- Brawl]] redneck bar. He orders a [[Fudd Beer]] from here after finding that they do not serve [[Duff]] and then listens to Lurleen Lumpkin's song "[[Your Wife Don't Understand You]]". After her song, he speaks to her and introduces himself. Lurleen thanks Homer for complimenting her and they both leave. Back home, Homer is happier than ever because of Lurleen's song and is in a great mood.

Homer eventually goes back to see Lurleen in the [[Royal King Trailer Park]]. He then takes Lurleen to record her song at [[Lucky's Records]] where the employee, [[Wade]], then asks them if they want to take her CD to [[KUDD Radio]] for them to play it. When KUDD plays the song, it is heard all over [[Springfield]] and has the same effect as it did on Homer. Fights and quarrels stop all over town and the participants are happy and make up with each other. The song even defuses a prison riot. At [[Moe's Tavern]], [[Moe]] says that drinks are on the house. However, Moe's offer rings hollow when the bar proves to be empty except for [[Barney]], who was in the toilets at the time and didn't even hear the offer.

After the success with KUDD, Lurleen asks Homer to be his manager and he accepts. After getting Homer a new outfit at [[The Corpulent Cowboy]], Lurleen starts to record songs at [[Hicksville U.S.A. Recording Studio]]. However, Marge isn't happy with all the time Homer is spending with Lurleen, or with Homer's paying a huge amount of money to the recording studio. When the first song Lurleen records is "[[Bagged Me a Homer]]", Marge becomes even angrier and gnashes her teeth so loudly that the noise interferes with the recording. The session is still a success, as Lurleen becomes a hit and her record sells so well that Homer has the kids help with the production.

Homer informs Lurleen that she has gotten a deal to appear on the TV show ''[[Ya Hoo!]]'' and Lurleen states that she wants to sing new songs on it. She then sings "[[Bunk with Me Tonight]]", in a sly attempt to seduce Homer. When Homer doesn't get the meaning, she tells him to pay closer attention and re-sings the chorus, placing special emphasis on the lyrics. After he realizes what she is asking, he rejects Lurleen and drives off.

In spite of the seduction attempt, Homer and Lurleen go through with the TV appearance on ''Ya Hoo!''. During the show, Lurleen gets Homer in her dressing room and makes a more blatant attempt, this time kissing him. During the kiss, Homer experiences an {{W2|epiphany|feeling}} and realizes that if he takes Lurleen up on her offer, he'll lose his family. He then beats a hasty retreat from the dressing room, sells his ownership of Lurleen's contract to another agent for $50, and leaves the ''Ya Hoo!'' studio. He goes home to Marge, apologizes and gets into bed with her just in time to see the end of the show on TV. A tearful Lurleen sings a new song, "[[Stand By Your Manager]]", which she had just written on the spot. The song describes her attempt to seduce Homer and how he turned her down to return to his family. When she sings the closing lyric, "I hope that Marge knows just how lucky she is", Marge tells Homer that she does.

== Production ==
"Colonel Homer" was written by Matt Groening, the only individual writing credit he has received on the show. "Colonel Homer" was partly based on the 1980 film ''{{W|Coal Miner's Daughter}}'', which tells the story of country music singer {{W|Loretta Lynn}} Groening said he had always wanted to write an episode in which Homer is offered a better life but then chooses his family over glamor at the end. He pitched the idea to the writers of the show, who suggested the parody of ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' and also that Homer should become a manager for a country singer.

The episode's director, Mark Kirkland, said he enjoyed directing the episode because the characters' emotions throughout it are "very human and real". He believed many viewers watching the episode would recognize the emotions from experiences in their own lives, and would feel sympathy for the characters.

American singer and actress Beverly D'Angelo guest starred in the episode as Lurleen Lumpkin. D'Angelo wrote two songs for the episode: "[[Your Wife Don't Understand You]]" and "[[Bagged Me a Homer]]". Unlike most other guest stars on The Simpsons who record their lines and then leave to accommodate their schedule, D'Angelo stayed with the production team all day and pitched several jokes for the episode.

== In other languages ==
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|deTrans=Homer gone astray
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|esTrans=Colonel Homer
|la=yes
|laName=Homero, el campirano
|laTrans=Homer the countryman
|fr=yes
|frName=Imprésario de mon cœur
|frTrans=Impresario of my heart
|qu=yes
|quName=Colonel Homer
|quTrans=Colonel Homer
|it=yes
|itName=Il colonnello Homer
|itTrans=The Colonel Homer
|br=yes
|brName=Coronel Homer
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|ukName=Полковник Гомер
|ukTrans=Colonel Homer
|jp=yes
|jpName=魅惑のカントリー歌手
|jpTrans=The Enchanting Country Singer
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== Reception ==
In its original broadcast, "Colonel Homer" finished twenty-second in the ratings for the week of March 23–29, [[1992]], with a Nielsen rating of 14.8, equivalent to about 16.63 million viewers. It was the highest-rated show on the Fox network that week. The episode has received mainly positive reviews.

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Dog of Death

2023-07-12T22:26:00Z

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{{Episode
|name= Dog of Death
|image=Dog of Death promo.jpg
|number=54
|season=3
|snumber=19
|prodcode=8F17
|airdate=March 12, [[1992]]
|blackboard="I saw nothing unusual in the teacher's lounge"
|couchgag=Homer runs to the couch first and lays down on it. When the rest of the family come to sit down, they sit on him.
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer=[[John Swartzwelder]]
|director=[[Jim Reardon]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''Dog of Death'''" is the nineteenth episode of [[Season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fifty-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on March 12, [[1992]]. The episode was written by [[John Swartzwelder]] and directed by [[Jim Reardon]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|When [[Santa's Little Helper]] suffers from a twisted stomach, the Simpsons cut corners wherever possible in order to pay for a life saving operation. However, when the family's morale suffers from the cuts, the dog runs away, and quickly becomes one of [[Mr. Burns]]' hounds.}}

== Plot ==
Springfield is "in the grip of lottery fever" with a $130 million jackpot and, as a result, an ailing [[Santa's Little Helper]] is ignored.

Once he is discovered to be sick, the family rushes him to the hospital to undergo an emergency operation. [[Homer]] is saddened to tell [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] that they just can't afford the $750 for the operation, but seeing how much everyone, including himself, loves the dog, he resolves to finding a way to pay for it.

To save up the money, the family cuts corners, having everyone give up their small luxuries. Among other things, Homer has to give up beer, [[Marge]] has to forgo her weekly lottery ticket, Bart has to have his hair cut for free at the Springfield Barber College, Lisa has to forgo the 4th edition of Encyclopedia Generica: Copernicus to Elephantiasis, and [[Maggie]]'s clothes have to last a little longer.

Things begin to fall apart after it is found that Marge's regular numbers would have won $40,000, and the family begin to resent the dog for forcing them to lose out on the things they enjoy, as Homer is reduced to singing at [[Moe's]] for petty money, Maggie's clothes rip, Bart suffers from an awful haircut, and Lisa coincidentally has a school report on Copernicus.

After Santa's Little Helper is saddened by the family's angry behaviour toward him, he runs away from home and goes off in an adventure, only to be adopted by [[Mr. Burns]], who trains him to become one of his vicious attack hounds. After a long brainwashing process, which includes having him watch a film reel consisting of nothing but people being abusive to dogs, and being trained to attack [[Smithers]] wearing a protection suit, Santa's Little Helper in turn becomes a bloodthirsty killer.

In the meantime, the family, feeling remorse for their behaviour, decide to bring him back. While putting out posters, Bart passes Mr. Burn's mansion as well, only to discover Santa's Little Helper amongst the other vicious dogs. When the dog leaps forward to attack, he suddenly remembers all the good times they had, and snaps out of his brainwashed state. Briefly embracing each other in joy, Santa's Little Helper then turns to the other dogs, still bent on attacking Bart. As he growls, the other dogs cower back in fear, and run off. Bart and Santa's Little Helper then return home, greeted by their loving family.

The episode ends with a disclaimer: "No dogs were harmed in the filming of this episode. A cat got sick and somebody shot a duck, but that's it."

== In other languages ==
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|de=yes
|deName=Auf den Hund gekommen
|deTrans=Gone to the dogs
|br=yes
|brName=Cão da Morte
|brTrans=Dog of Death
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|jpName=リトルヘルパーは疫病神!
|jpTrans=Little Helper is a Pest!
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Separate Vocations

2023-07-12T22:25:38Z

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{{Quote|Some of you may discover a wonderful vocation you'd never even imagined. Others may find out life isn't fair, in spite of your Masters from Bryn Mawr, you might end up a glorified babysitter to a bunch of dead-eyed fourth graders while your husband runs naked on a beach with your marriage counselor!|[[Edna Krabappel]]}}
{{Episode
|name= Separate Vocations
|image=Separate Vocations.png
|number=53
|season=3
|snumber=18
|prodcode=8F15
|airdate=February 27, [[1992]]
|blackboard="I will not barf unless I'm sick"
|couchgag=Bart jumps onto everyones lap.
|guests=[[Steve Allen]] as Bart's warped courtroom voice
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer=[[George Meyer]]
|director=[[Jeffrey Lynch]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''Separate Vocations'''" is the eighteenth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fifty-third episode overall. It originally aired on February 27, [[1992]]. The episode was written by [[George Meyer]] and directed by [[Jeffrey Lynch]]. It guest stars [[Steve Allen]] as [[Bart]]'s warped courtroom voice.

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|After taking the Career Aptitude Normalization Test, or CANT test, [[Lisa]] finds out she's more suited to be a homemaker, while [[Bart]] is more suited to be a police officer. While Bart enjoys his taste of authority, Lisa turns into a bad kid.}}

== Plot ==
Bart feels dubious about the results of a career aptitude test indicating a future for him as a police officer, but Lisa is heartbroken when the test indicates her ideal occupation to be a homemaker. Determined to prove the test wrong, Lisa goes to a local music teacher to get his opinion on whether or not she should pursue a career as a jazz musician. He informs that her, having inherited her father's stubby fingers, she can never be a professional saxophone player. Meanwhile, Bart rides along with Officers Lou and Eddie to get a feel for the hob. During the ride, he assists in apprehending a suspect.

When Principal Skinner discovers Bart's new interest in law enforcement, he enlists him as a hall monitor. Soon, Bart has brought order to the school. As her brother excels, Lisa quits the school band and loses interest in being a good student. A pep talk from Marge fails to restore the girl's shattered dreams, and Lisa begins to hang out with a bad crowd.

Punished repeatedly for sassing Miss Hoover, Lisa enacts her revenge by stealing the [[Teacher's Edition]]s of the entire faculty's schoolbooks, thus rendering the staff answerless. Bart tracks down the thief, locker by locker. When he discovers that Lisa has stolen the books, he takes the rap for her because he believes in her and does not want her to ruin her life. Bart is stripped of his hall monitor sash and given six hundred days of detention. Back on track and thankful to her brother, Lisa plays her saxophone outside his classroom to entertain him while he serves his time.

== Reception ==
[[Nancy Cartwright]] won a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance}} in the {{W|44th Primetime Emmy Awards}} for voicing [[Bart Simpson]] in this episode.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-voice-over-performance Television Academy - "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - 1992"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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|deName=Der Eignungstest
|deTrans=The aptitude test
|br=yes
|brName=Vocações Diferentes
|brTrans=Different Vocations
|jp=yes
|jpName=不良少女リサ
|jpTrans=Delinquent Girl Lisa
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Homer at the Bat

2023-07-12T22:24:54Z

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{{Episode
|name= Homer at the Bat
|image= Homer at the Bat promo.jpg
|number= 52
|season=3
|snumber=17
|prodcode= 8F13
|airdate= February 20, [[1992]]
|blackboard= "I will not aim for the head"
|couchgag= The family knock each other out by running into each other. Maggie however gets to the couch.
|guests= [[Wade Boggs]] as {{Ch|Wade Boggs|himself}} [[José Canseco]] as {{Ch|José Canseco|himself}} [[Roger Clemens]] as {{Ch|Roger Clemens|himself}} [[Ken Griffey, Jr.]] as {{Ch|Ken Griffey, Jr.|himself}} [[Don Mattingly]] as {{Ch|Don Mattingly|himself}} [[Steve Sax]] as {{Ch|Steve Sax|himself}} [[Mike Scioscia]] as {{Ch|Mike Scioscia|himself}} [[Ozzie Smith]] as {{Ch|Ozzie Smith|himself}} [[Darryl Strawberry]] as {{Ch|Darryl Strawberry|himself}} [[Terry Cashman]] as "[[Talkin' Softball]]" singer
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[John Swartzwelder]]
|director= [[Jim Reardon]]
|DVD features = yes
}}

"'''Homer at the Bat'''" is the seventeenth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fifty-second episode overall. It originally aired on February 20, [[1992]]. It was written by [[John Swartzwelder]] and directed by [[Jim Reardon]]. It guest stars [[Wade Boggs]] as {{Ch|Wade Boggs|himself}}, [[José Canseco]] as {{Ch|José Canseco|himself}}, [[Roger Clemens]] as {{Ch|Roger Clemens|himself}}, [[Ken Griffey, Jr.]] as {{Ch|Ken Griffey, Jr.|himself}}, [[Don Mattingly]] as {{Ch|Don Mattingly|himself}}, [[Steve Sax]] as {{Ch|Steve Sax|himself}}, [[Mike Scioscia]] as {{Ch|Mike Scioscia|himself}}, [[Ozzie Smith]] as {{Ch|Ozzie Smith|himself}}, [[Darryl Strawberry]] as {{Ch|Darryl Strawberry|himself}} and [[Terry Cashman]] as "[[Talkin' Softball]]" singer.

The show was honored for this episode at the {{W|National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|National Baseball Hall of Fame}} in May, [[2017]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/834209300138455040 Al Jean's Twitter]</ref> A documentary about the episode called ''[[Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson]]'' was also released.

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Mr. Burns]] bets $1,000,000 that his company team can beat a competing plant's team. In order to do so, he replaced the regular company team with new security guard {{Ch|Roger Clemens}}, new janitor {{Ch|Wade Boggs}}, lunchroom cashier {{Ch|Ken Griffey, Jr.}}, and other new employees, such as {{Ch|Steve Sax}}, {{Ch|Don Mattingly}}, {{Ch|Ozzie Smith}}, {{Ch|Darryl Strawberry}}, {{Ch|José Canseco}}, and {{Ch|Mike Scioscia}}.}}

== Plot ==
The [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team]] has gone through their season undefeated, and in the championship game, they will face the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant. Homer is the team's leading hitter, thanks to his homemade [[Wonder Bat]] (a takeoff of the plot of the film The Natural).

Mr. Burns makes a million dollar bet with Aristotle Amadopoulos, owner of the Shelbyville plant, that his team will win. To secure victory in the game, Mr. Burns wants to hire major league stars, but Smithers tells Mr. Burns that the players he picked are all dead (they were alternately active from 1857–1937). Thus Mr. Burns orders Smithers to find some current superstar players and hires several Major League Baseball players to work at the plant (Roger Clemens, Wade Boggs, Ken Griffey, Jr., Steve Sax, Ozzie Smith, José Canseco, Don Mattingly, Darryl Strawberry and Mike Scioscia) and to play on the team, much to the dismay of the plant workers who got the team to the championship game in the first place.

However, the night before the game, all the players but Strawberry have different incidents that don't allow them to play. Because of this, Mr. Burns must use actual employees, but keeps Homer on the bench because Strawberry plays his position. Homer does get in, though, with the score tied and bases loaded in the 9th inning, when Burns wants a right-handed hitter against a left-handed pitcher. The very first pitch hits Homer in the head, rendering him unconscious and forcing in the winning run. Homer is then paraded as a hero, still unconscious.

During the credits, Terry Cashman, who wrote the song "Talkin' Baseball", sings a take on his hit, "[[Talkin' Softball]]".

== Production ==
The episode was written by John Swartzwelder (a ''huge'' baseball fan) and directed by Jim Reardon. According to the crew, the episode took longer than most episodes to produce.

Up until this point, ''The Simpsons'' didn't usually have tons of guest stars and never had more than four in a single episode. [[Roger Clemens]], [[Wade Boggs]], [[Ken Griffey Jr.]], [[Steve Sax]], [[Ozzie Smith]], [[José Canseco]], [[Don Mattingly]], [[Darryl Strawberry]], [[Mike Scioscia]] and [[Terry Cashman]] all guest star as themselves. {{W|Ryne Sandberg}} and [[Carlton Fisk]] rejected guest spots in the episode,<ref>{{cite news|title=Hairy problem dogs mattingly Don gets a 'toon-up' on 'Simpsons' tonight|accessdate=2008-02-19|date=1992-02-20|author=Tim Kaiser|page=C2|publisher=The Evansville Courier}}</ref> as did [[Barry Bonds]] and {{W|Nolan Ryan}}.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/02/19/homer-at-the-bat-simpsons-baseball/</ref>

The writers and producers had to wait throughout the season for players to play the Los Angeles [[Dodgers]] or the California [[Angels]] to record their lines. Some plot lines had to be rewritten quickly. José Canseco's scene originally called for him and [[Mrs. Krabappel]] to engage in {{W|Bull Durham}}-inspired extramarital shenanigans. However, Canseco's wife rejected the scene and the staff had to do a quick rewrite when Oakland came south on a mid-August road trip.<ref>http://deadspin.com/5886723/the-making-of-homer-at-the-bat-the-episode-that-conquered-prime-time-20-years-ago-tonight</ref>

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== Reception ==
The episode has received overwhelming positive reviews from critics and it is often included in lists of the best episodes of the show. "Homer at the Bat" was tuned in by more American homes than ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' or the [[Winter Olympics]] from Albertville, [[France]], resulting in Fox's first primetime victory, over NBC and CBS.<ref>http://deadspin.com/5886723/the-making-of-homer-at-the-bat-the-episode-that-conquered-prime-time-20-years-ago-tonight</ref>

== In other languages ==
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|deName=Der Wunderschläger
|deTrans=The miracle bat
|br=yes
|brName=Homer Batedor
|brTrans=Batter Homer
|jp=yes
|jpName=大リーガーがやって来た!
|jpTrans=The Major Leaguers have Arrived!
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== Promo Videos ==
*{{Youtube|CGFeXMtJwEY|Baseball Hall Of Fame: Mr. Burns Tries To Add Ringers To His Team}}
*{{Youtube|Tm7LpRyKa1A|Baseball Hall Of Fame: Homer Wins The Game!}}

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Bart the Lover

2023-07-12T22:24:21Z

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|name= Bart the Lover
|image= Bart the Lover.png
|number= 51
|season=3
|snumber=16
|prodcode= 8F16
|airdate= February 13, [[1992]]
|couchgag= An alien sits on the couch, but mysteriously vanishes before the Simpsons walk into the living room.
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[Jon Vitti]]
|director= [[Carlos Baeza]]
|DVD features = yes
}}

"'''Bart the Lover'''" is the sixteenth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fifty-first overall. It aired on February 13, [[1992]]. The episode was written by [[Jon Vitti]] and directed by [[Carlos Baeza]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Mrs. Krabappel]]'s new pen pal has the name of the 28th president, the face of Gordie Howe, and the lines of a food-obsessed Frenchman. Is he the perfect lover, or [[Bart]]'s latest practical joke? Meanwhile, [[Homer]] starts building a doghouse, and learns to give up swearing.}}

== Plot ==
A yo-yo craze sweeps through [[Springfield Elementary School]], much to [[Edna Krabappel]]'s annoyance. At the same time, she is feeling increasingly lonely and places a personal ad in the newspaper, ending with "Object: SAVE ME." [[Bart]], who has been given one month of detention for killing the [[Stinky and Wrinkles|classroom fish]] with a yo-yo stunt, discovers the ad and, realizing it is Mrs. Krabappel's, decides to pull a prank and answer her ad. Bart builds an adult male alter-ego for himself, called "[[Woodrow]]", named after former President [[Woodrow Wilson]]. For romantic writing to send to Edna, Bart borrows a couple of lines from [[Homer]]'s old love letters to [[Marge]] and later watches old romantic movies on TV. Bart also listens to things that Edna says for ideas, for example, having Woodrow say in his first letter to Edna that he hated yo-yos. A chain of romantic correspondence follows, where Edna sends Woodrow a sexy photo of herself and Bart reciprocates by sending her a picture of ice hockey player [[Gordie Howe]], claiming that it's a photo of Woodrow.

Edna takes the next step, asking if she and Woodrow can meet in person, have dinner, and return to her apartment for some "home cookin'". Bart decides it's time to end the prank and, as Woodrow, writes a letter making a date to meet at [[The Gilded Truffle]] for dinner, and Edna is excited at the prospect of meeting Woodrow. Bart, however, has no intention of keeping the date, and while Edna waits in vain for Woodrow at The Gilded Truffle, Bart goes to the movies. Later, he comes out of the movie theatre, laughing after watching ''[[Ernest Needs a Kidney]]'', and then is upset and guilty when he sees Edna crying while sitting at a table by herself. Remorseful, Bart tells the family what he has done, and Marge tells him, "You did a very cruel thing." [[Lisa]] suggests they write a letter to tell Edna good-bye without hurting her feelings, and after several attempts they produce a romantically diplomatic letter where Woodrow says he must go, but will always remember Edna. The letter is a success: Edna is left feeling sorry that Woodrow is gone, but happy with how things ended.

Meanwhile, Homer attempts to cut down on his cursing after receiving a complaint from [[Ned Flanders]] about [[Todd]] picking up profanity by overhearing Homer. Homer tries to criticize Flanders in return, but can't find anything to criticize him for except his moustache, which Ned promises to shave off in return for Homer's cutting back on the swearing. Homer begins putting money in a "swear jar"—25 cents for each curse—and Homer's constant cursing rapidly fills the jar, although he does gradually curse less and less. Eventually, Homer becomes frustrated while building a doghouse, loses his cool and kicks the doghouse to pieces—but manages to avoid swearing. Marge and Lisa then surprise Homer with a brand new doghouse, easily bought and paid for with the money from the swear jar.

== Reception ==
[[Marcia Wallace]] won a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance}} in the {{W|44th Primetime Emmy Awards}} for voicing [[Edna Krabappel]] in this episode.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-voice-over-performance Television Academy - "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - 1992"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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|deTrans=The personal ad
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|brName=Bart, O Amante
|brTrans=Bart the Lover
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Homer Alone

2023-07-12T22:23:49Z

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{{Episode
|name= Homer Alone
|image= Homer Alone promo.jpg
|number= 50
|season=3
|snumber=15
|prodcode= 8F14
|airdate= February 6, [[1992]]
|blackboard= "I will not spank others"
|couchgag= The Simpsons form a pyramid
|guests= [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]]
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[David M. Stern]]
|director= [[Mark Kirkland]]
|DVD features = yes
}}

"'''Homer Alone'''" is the fifteenth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fiftieth episode overall. It originally aired on February 6, [[1992]]. The episode was written by [[David M. Stern]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|When the family causes [[Marge]] to flip out, she takes a vacation from it all at [[Rancho Relaxo]], leaving [[Lisa]] and [[Bart]] with [[Patty]] and [[Selma]], and [[Homer]] alone with Maggie. Then, [[Maggie]] goes searching for Marge.}}

== Plot ==
Marge Simpson has been under a lot of stress at home and the family takes her for granted, causing her to lash out by clogging up traffic at the Springfield Memorial Bridge, and causing all of Springfield to see when it is placed on the news (although there is plenty of bumbling as [[Kent Brockman]] is bonked around and [[Arnie Pie]] drops his bagel). She is placed under arrest by [[Chief Wiggum]], but [[Mayor Quimby]], in a political gambit, pardons her. Later on, Marge sees a TV commercial for a resort spa called "[[Rancho Relaxo]]", and decides that she needs a vacation. Marge puts Bart and Lisa into the care of Patty and Selma, but Maggie cries and clings to Homer when she is about to be deposited at her aunts. [[Maggie]] then stays home with Homer Simpson.

Bart and Lisa are having pain in the care of Patty and Selma, as they are fed tongue sandwiches and have a limited choice of between clamato, Pibb Xtra (formerly Mister Pibb), and soy milk. Bart has to sleep with Patty, who snores, as Lisa has to sleep with Selma. Homer finds it troublesome feeding Maggie, and changes Maggie's diaper by closing it with a staple gun. As for entertainment, Homer tries to make Maggie laugh through a puppet show, only to scare Maggie, and have [[Santa's Little Helper]] attack both the puppets and Homer. Maggie then applauds and laughs.

Homer later invites [[Barney Gumble]] over to help him, but realizes how much he needs Marge to take care of things, especially when the following morning Homer finds Maggie has gone missing. Maggie left the Simpson house by herself as she was distressed at the absence of Marge. Homer and Barney then look for Maggie, but can't find her. Homer calls the Department of Missing Babies, goes to Marge's sisters to ask Bart and Lisa if they have seen Maggie. They haven't, but try to make it clear they're desperate to get away, after being put into slavery having to rub the sister's feet. After a long search from Homer and Barney, Homer calls the police to help him. Marge, having thoroughly enjoyed her vacation, calls it quits, and calls Homer. Telling him she is feeling much better, Homer then asks how she would feel if Santa's Little Helper would have run away. Marge then retorts saying that would be awful, after which Homer tells her the "good news" - the dog hadn't run away. Relieved, Marge reveals she's coming back and Homer should pick her up in one hour at the train station.

Maggie is then found on the edge of the top of an ice-cream shop by the police. [[Chief Wiggum]] thinks she is trying to commit suicide, but she is actually sleeping next to the statue of an ice-cream cone that looks like Marge's head.

Not knowing the police have found Maggie, Homer prepares to apologise to Marge. He first talks to himself, saying: "Marge, Maggie was very young. It's not like we got so attached to her...", but doesn't agree with it. Chief Wiggum then reveals himself from behind the door and returns Maggie to Homer. Homer then duct-tapes Maggie to her car seat, securing her tightly, and makes his way over to Patty and Selma, to pick up Bart and Lisa. Overjoyed with his presence, they cling onto his feet, having Homer kick them into the backseat.

On the train, Marge glances at a photo of her family, comparing it to the lesser-good looking family that greets her. In the evening, Marge says she appreciates Homer helping her around the house, to which Homer gladly agrees. Marge then continues staying her requests, upon which Bart interrupts her, showing the kids are sleeping in with their parents. The family then calls it quits, and goes to sleep.

== Production ==
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== In other languages ==
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|deTrans=When mother strikes
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|brTrans=Playing the Babysitter
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Lisa the Greek

2023-07-12T22:22:13Z

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{{Episode
|name= Lisa the Greek
|image= Greek.png
|number= 49
|prodcode= 8F12
|season=3
|snumber=14
|airdate= January 23, [[1992]]
|couchgag= Homer accidentally sits on Santa's Little Helper
|guests= [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Smooth Jimmy Apollo]] and [[Larry]]
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[Jay Kogen]] [[Wallace Wolodarsky]]
|director= [[Rich Moore]]
|DVD features = yes
}}

"'''Lisa the Greek'''" is the fourteenth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the forty-ninth episode overall. It originally aired on January 23, [[1992]]. The episode was written by [[Jay Kogen]] and [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] and directed by [[Rich Moore]]. It guest stars [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Smooth Jimmy Apollo]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Homer]] becomes aware that [[Lisa]] can predict football results with incredible accuracy, and the two bond when watching the games. However, Homer secretly takes advantage of Lisa's ability and uses it to place bets with Moe, making a bundle. However, when Lisa finds out what Homer's been doing, she calls off the bets - leaving him with a final prediction for the Super Bowl - if Washington win, she loves him, but if Buffalos win, she won't. Washington come from behind and win.}}

== Plot ==
Armed with high-cholesterol snacks, Homer sits down to another Sunday of football. Lisa enters the room to show her dad a shoebox apartment she made for her Malibu Stacy dolls. Homer is not really that interested, though, especially after Denver – on whom he has bet $20 – gives up a quick touchdown.

Lisa complains to Marge, who suggests spending some "quality time" with Homer by taking up his interests. Lisa decides to join her father on the couch, and an annoyed Homer reluctantly agrees. By now, New England is crushing Denver 35-7 and has just forced another Broncos fumble. In the end, Denver loses 55-10, and Homer angrily blames the TV (and sports anchorman "Smooth" [[Jimmy Apollo]]) for losing his bet.

Homer decides to try again on the Miami-Cincinnati game and calls a 1-900 "guaranteed pick" service for advice; however, it soon becomes clear the only thing "The Coach" wants is the caller's money. A desperate Homer turns to Lisa to pick a winner, and she picks the Dolphins, and Homer quickly calls Moe's Tavern to place his $50 wager. Lisa questions Homer about the call, and likens sports betting to putting a lot of toppings on ice cream. In the end, the Dolphins win, and Homer and Lisa celebrate. Meanwhile, Marge has taken Bart shopping for new (dorky) clothes that the bullies taunt him for.

Lisa becomes very adept at choosing winners of football games, and Homer declares every Sunday "Daddy-Daughter Day." However, Homer secretly takes advantage of Lisa's ability to pick the winning football teams and uses it to gamble money off of Moe. Lisa remains perfect in her picks, earning Homer more and more money as Super Bowl approaches. Using his new money, Homer buys his family expensive presents and treats them to fine dining. One night, Marge gets suspicious of where Homer is getting the money from, and realizes the truth, but Homer says it's not a big deal and that gambling has brought him and Lisa together. However, earlier that day, Homer had decided to go bowling with Barney on the Sunday after the Super Bowl instead of going on a mountain hike with Lisa, showing that Homer had only used Lisa for gambling.

The next day at breakfast, Lisa says she is looking forward to spending the "Daddy-Daughter Day" after Super Bowl XXVI going hiking at Mount Springfield. However, Homer announces he is going bowling with Barney, and that "Daddy-Daughter Day" is over until the next football season, casuing Lisa to realize that Homer only used her to help him gamble and never wanted to be with Lisa at all. Marge calls Homer a "very selfish man," and Bart taunts him with the new swearing device that Homer bought for him. A heartbroken Lisa then gives up all the Malibu Stacy toys that Homer bought for her with his money.

Homer realizes he needs to make amends with Lisa, but she is too hurt to even talk with him. In fact, she makes a cryptic prediction as to the winner of the game: If she still loves Homer, Washington will win; if she doesn't, Buffalo. Homer becomes even more anxious over his relationship with Lisa as Super Bowl Sunday approaches. When he hears Lisa mournfully play her saxophone, he leaves for Moe's Tavern to watch the game.

Homer mopes throughout the game, especially after Buffalo gets a 14-7 halftime lead. The game is highlighted by a corny halftime commercial for Duff Beer, an equally silly halftime show and Troy McClure's promo for his new situation comedy, which premieres right after the Super Bowl. In the end, Washington rallies in the second half and scores at the last second to win the game. Homer is happy and Bart proudly says to Lisa that she still loves Homer, in which she agrees.

Homer cancels his bowling date with Barney and – on the Sunday after the Super Bowl – makes good on his promise to go hiking up Mount Springfield with Lisa.

== Reception ==
[[Yeardley Smith]] won a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance}} in the {{W|44th Primetime Emmy Awards}} for voicing [[Lisa Simpson]] in this episode.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-voice-over-performance Television Academy - "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - 1992"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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|deName=Der Wettkönig
|deTrans=The betting king
|br=yes
|brName=Lisa Palpiteira
|brTrans=Hinting Lisa
|jp=yes
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|jpTrans=Homer and Lisa's Bond
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Radio Bart

2023-07-12T22:14:15Z

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{{Episode
|name= Radio Bart
|image=Radio Bart.png
|number=48
|season=3
|snumber=13
|prodcode=8F11
|airdate=January 9, [[1992]]
|blackboard=I will not carve gods
|couchgag=The family bounces up and down on the couch
|guests=[[Sting]] as {{Ch|Sting|himself}}
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer=[[Jon Vitti]]
|director=[[Carlos Baeza]]
|DVD features = yes
}}

"'''Radio Bart'''" is the thirteenth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the forty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on January 9, [[1992]]. The episode was written by [[Jon Vitti]] and directed by [[Carlos Baeza]]. It guest stars [[Sting]] as {{Ch|Sting|himself}}.

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|It's [[Bart]]'s tenth birthday, and one of his presents is a [[Superstar Celebrity Microphone|radio microphone]], which he promptly uses to play practical jokes on everyone. Things spin out of control, however, when Bart pranks [[Groundskeeper Willie]] by making him think a little boy named [[Timmy O'Toole]] has fallen down a local well, and the whole town ends up getting involved.}}

== Plot ==
[[Homer]] doesn't know what to get [[Bart]] for his birthday. He sees an ad on TV for the [[Superstar Celebrity Microphone]], which can be used to send voices over the radio. Homer jumps on the idea and orders one for Bart's birthday. However, at his birthday party (held at [[Wall E. Weasel's]]), Bart is less than enthralled by it, and is unenthusiastic about his other gifts as well. He ends up showing the most interest in the label-maker that [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] get him, and uses it to put "Property of Bart Simpson" labels on many things in the house, including a radio, a can of beer (to Homer's dismay), and [[Santa's Little Helper]].

Homer tries to show Bart how great the microphone is, but Bart isn't convinced, largely due to Homer's loud-voiced demonstrations producing massive amounts of distortion and feedback over the radio. However, Marge also tries it out (keeping her voice down), and Bart is sold and decides to have a little fun of his own with the microphone. After trying it out on a few unsuspecting victims (among other pranks, he manages to make [[Rod]] and [[Todd Flanders]] believe that God is talking to them through the radio), Bart lowers his radio down into an old, abandoned well and calls for help over the radio, pretending to be a boy who has fallen into the well. [[Groundskeeper Willie]] falls for the prank and tells the whole town about the boy in the well. Then a number of townspeople gather around the well, and Bart explains that he is an orphan named [[Timmy O'Toole]]. Due to the size of the well, none of the city's police force can fit inside it to go rescue Timmy, and they can't simply pull him out with a rope because (as "Timmy" explains) his foot is caught under a rock.

A number of townsfolk attempt to come up with solutions to free the boy. A carnival is held near the well to benefit Timmy O'Toole, and [[Krusty the Clown]] decides to work with musician {{Ch|Sting}} to create a song called "[[We're Sending Our Love Down the Well]]", also as a benefit for Timmy. On TV, [[Channel 6 News]] provides frequent updates about Timmy, and an ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show|Itchy & Scratchy]]'' episode ("[[Cat Splat Fever]]") is dedicated to him.

However, Bart's ruse is broken when [[Lisa]] sees him wrestling the microphone away from [[Santa's Little Helper]]. The dog's growls through the microphone make the townspeople believe that something is wrong with Timmy, and the local news immediately reports on his "possibly feral condition". Lisa confronts Bart, warning him that his prank is going to end up backfiring. Bart scoffs at this, until he remembers that he used his label-maker to put a "Property of Bart Simpson" label on the radio in the well.

Later that evening, Bart returns to the well to retrieve the radio, and attempts to climb down into the well using a rope. When [[Springfield Police]] Officers [[Lou]] and [[Eddie]] see the rope, they untie it, sending Bart plummeting down into the well, where his foot ends up trapped under a rock—much like the story he made up to fool everyone. Bart calls for help, and explains to Lou and Eddie about his prank. The two officers then decide to leave Bart in the well.

The next day, Marge asks what the police are doing to help Bart. [[Chief Wiggum]] says that because Bart tricked the whole town, there is very little public support to help him. [[Mayor Quimby]] considers helping Bart, but in the wake of negative public opinion, he renounces his support and proclaims "Let him stay down there!", which draws cheers from his brainwashed constituents.

Later that evening, Marge and Homer return and drop a sweater down for Bart to wear. As Bart ponders his situation, and considers that he'll be trapped down in the well for the rest of his life, Homer is suddenly inspired to dig a tunnel to get Bart out. Before long, a number of other citizens (including Sting) have joined in the effort. After several days, they manage to reach Bart. Homer assures Bart that they'll make sure that no one else will ever fall down the well.

The final shot shows Groundskeeper Willie posting a small sign nearby that says "Caution: Well" (instead of the more sensible option of just boarding up the well). As Willie finishes pounding the signpost into the ground, he says, "That should do it!"

== Production ==
*The episode's plot is inspired by the media frenzy around [[wikipedia:Jessica McClure|"Baby Jessica" McClure]] in 1987. Jessica, age 18 months, fell down a well in Midland, Texas and was rescued in a highly publicized incident.

*When this episode was being made, the producers approached {{W|Bruce Springsteen}} to appear. He rejected doing the episode, and got [[Sting]] to appear in his place.

*According to the DVD Commentary, the producers originally wanted [[Homer]] to sing "{{W|The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald}}" by {{W|Gordon Lightfoot}} rather than "{{W2|Convoy|song}}." [[Jon Vitti]] said the reason "''Fitzgerald''" was not used was because Lightfoot had signed over the rights to the song to the families of the 29 people who died on the ship. Using the song on TV would have required obtaining approvals from all 29 families, which was deemed too much trouble just to have Homer sing a couple of lines from the song.

*In one scene, [[Bart]] uses his radio to make Homer believe aliens are invading Earth, which prompts Homer to brandish a shotgun in panic. According to the commentary, Homer's original reaction was to mix Kool-Aid and rat poison, ostensibly to spare his family the horror of alien invasion. This was deemed too dark and was changed.

== Reception ==
"Radio Bart" was nominated for a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}} in the {{W|44th Primetime Emmy Awards}}. However, it lost to ''{{W|Claymation Easter}}''.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"]</ref>

== Gallery ==
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== In other languages ==
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|jpTrans=The Price of Mischief
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I Married Marge

2023-07-12T22:13:36Z

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{{Episode
|name= I Married Marge
|image=i married.png
|number=47
|season=3
|snumber=12
|prodcode=8F10
|airdate=December 26, [[1991]]
|blackboard="I will not torment the emotionally frail"
|couchgag=The family cartwheeel into a "ta da!" pose. Maggie then jumps onto the couch with them and strikes the pose as well.
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer=[[Jeff Martin]]
|director=[[Jeffrey Lynch]]
|DVD features = yes
}}

"'''I Married Marge'''" is the twelfth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the forty-seventh episode overall. It originally aired on December 26, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Martin]] and directed by [[Jeffrey Lynch]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|In flashback, the year is 1980, and [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] are dating. After seeing a ''Star Wars'' movie, they get busy afterwards - and Marge finds out she is pregnant with [[Bart]]. When Homer finds out, he proposes to her, and then tries to find a higher paying job. He goes to the new power plant, only to be rejected. When the baby's things are repossessed, Homer decides they'll be better off without him - until Marge comes to find him.}}

== Plot ==
Marge and Homer are worrying that Marge may be pregnant again. After a home pregnancy test gives inconclusive results, Marge drives to Dr. Hibbert's office. Homer begins to tell Bart, Lisa, and Maggie about how he and Marge got married, and Bart's birth thereafter.

Homer begins his story in 1980, while he was working at a miniature golf course and still dating Marge. One night on a romantic date, after seeing The Empire Strikes Back, Homer and Marge make love inside of a golf course castle. Shortly after, Marge discovers that she is pregnant. Homer decides to propose to Marge, and she eagerly accepts. The two marry in [[Shotgun Pete's|a small wedding chapel across state lines]], while Marge is visibly pregnant. The two spend their "wedding night" at Marge's parents' house, sleeping on a couch in the living room. Needless to say, this aggravates Marge's mother and sisters extremely.

Unfortunately for Homer and Marge, Homer's wages are not enough to pay for his new family. Homer attempts to get a job at the recently opened Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, but his interview goes horribly. After many of Homer and Marge's newly purchased baby supplies and Marge's wedding ring are repossessed, Homer decides to leave and find a job, in order to provide for Marge and his unborn son. Marge is brought to tears by Homer's absence. In a parody of Raising Arizona, Homer leaves a letter to a sleeping Marge describing the above. However, even in sorrow, Homer still winds up irritating Patty, who complains for Homer to "not scratch the pen so loud".

Homer gets a job at a [[Gulp 'n' Blow]] taco restaurant, where Patty and Selma find him, after nearly choking on a taco filled with hair. Patty, who has absolute hatred for Homer, insists that they remain silent about it to Marge, simply to let her find him by "reading about it in the Society Pages". But Selma, feeling sorry for Marge and some pity for Homer, decides to tell Marge the truth. Marge, now well into her third trimester of pregnancy, finds Homer and convinces him to come back home with her. Homer feels ashamed and unworthy to be Marge's husband as he is not able to afford an appropriate wedding ring, but Marge tells him any ring is fine, so long as it is from him. Homer decides to try to apply for a job at the Nuclear Power Plant once more, this time marching into Mr. Burns' office and telling him dramatically that he will be the perfect spineless employee. Mr. Burns is so impressed that he hires Homer on the spot. Homer, glad that he has this well-paying job, is able to now buy back the repossessed wedding ring and baby items.

When Homer returns to Marge's house, he discovers she has gone into labor and is already at the hospital. Marge's mother Jacqueline offers to take Homer to the hospital (on the condition he never calls her "mother" again). Homer arrives shortly before she gives birth, where Patty snipes at Homer, saying he doesn't belong in the delivery room. Homer bites back, then Patty insults him again ("Hey, listen, fat boy!"). Then, in a rare fit of passionate rage, he angrily snaps at Patty, demanding respect with such verbal force that it actually intimidates Patty into silence. He then turns to Marge, telling her of his success. The rest of the delivery goes smoothly, except for one minor incident ("Homer, for God's sake, let the doctor deliver the baby!"). After the baby is born, Homer and Marge decide to name him Bart. Bart takes Homer's cigarette lighter and lights his tie on fire. Homer quickly dips the tie into a glass of water, gets mad at Bart ("Why you little--!!") and tells Marge that he did it on purpose, but Marge tells Homer that Bart is ten minutes old.

After Homer finishes telling his flashback story, he tells Bart that the day he was born, Homer received the greatest gifts for the family. Marge arrives home with the news that she is not pregnant. Homer and Marge are overjoyed and high-five.

== Production ==
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== Reception ==
[[Julie Kavner]] won a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance}} in the {{W|44th Primetime Emmy Awards}} for voicing [[Marge Simpson]] in this episode.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-voice-over-performance Television Academy - "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - 1992"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk

2023-07-12T22:12:44Z

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{{Episode
|name= Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
|image=Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk.gif
|number=46
|season=3
|snumber=11
|prodcode=8F09
|airdate=December 5, [[1991]]
|blackboard="The Christmas pageant does not stink"
|couchgag=Santas Little Helper is sat on the couch. He growls at the family when they approach the couch so they back off.
|guests=[[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]], [[Horst]] and the [[stock broker]]
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer=[[Jon Vitti]]
|director=[[Mark Kirkland]]
|DVD features = yes
}}

'''"Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"''', translated to "'''Burns to Sell the Power Plant'''", is the eleventh episode of [[Season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the forty-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on December 5, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Jon Vitti]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]], [[Horst]] and the [[stock broker]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Mr. Burns]] sells the Nuclear Power Plant to a pair of German businessmen for $100 million. As a result of the takeover, [[Homer]] loses his job, and falls into a state of depression. Homer sees Burns and [[Smithers]] in Moe's, and speaks his mind to him. He realises he no longer has his position of power, and buys the power plant back for $50 million - and immediately rehires Homer.}}

== Plot ==
Homer learns he owns stock in the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], and sells his 100 shares for 25 cents apiece to a shady stock broker, netting $25, which he spends on beer. Soon after the sale, he learns that the value of the stock had kept rising over the course of the day to end at $52 per share. While Homer misses out on the windfall – he could have made $5,200 – other employees make small fortunes.

The reason for the stock's inflated value is because a depressed Mr. Burns wants to sell the plant to pursue other interests. The sale is completed at a value of $100 million to two German businessmen, {{ap|Hans|Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk}} and [[Fritz]], who have been hanging out in Moe's looking for just such an opportunity. They immediately begin a thorough evaluation of the plant and its employees. When they interview Homer, he is unable to intelligently answer their questions and begins slipping into a now-infamous fantasy about cavorting through "{{ap|The Land of Chocolate|location}}." It isn't long before Homer gets laid off.

A depressed Homer mopes around the house, insisting he is a competent safety-minded worker. Meanwhile, Burns is not having a good time in retirement and decides to go to [[Moe's Tavern]] to have a drink. There, Homer and the other bar patrons laugh scornfully at Burns. Burns realizes that only his ownership of a nuclear plant gave him power over ordinary men and is resolved to buy back the plant.

Meanwhile, Fritz and Hans are finding all sorts of serious problems and learn it will cost another $100 million dollars to bring the plant up to code. Burns, noting their desperation to sell and saying so offers them $50 million for the plant saying that, "you will find it {his offer} most unfair." Burns conspires to make Homer pay for the embarrassment at Moe's Tavern at some unspecified point in the future, noting it will come at a time when he least expects it. The episode ends with Homer telling his family "Woo-hoo, I got my job back!"

== Production ==
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Flaming Moe's

2023-07-12T22:11:58Z

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{{Episode
|name= Flaming Moe's
|image= Flaming Homer.png
|caption = Moe serves the Flaming Moe.
|number= 45
|season=3
|snumber=10
|prodcode= 8F08
|airdate= November 21, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "Underwear should be worn on the inside"
|couchgag= Two thieves steal the couch.
|guests= [[Aerosmith]] {{small|([[Steven Tyler]], [[Joe Perry]], [[Brad Whitford]], [[Tom Hamilton]] and [[Joey Kramer]])}} as {{Chs|Aerosmith|themselves}} [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]]
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[Robert Cohen]]
|director= [[Rich Moore]] [[Alan Smart]]
|DVD features = yes
}}

"'''Flaming Moe's'''" is the tenth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the forty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on November 21, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Robert Cohen]] and directed by [[Rich Moore]] and [[Alan Smart]]. It guest stars [[Aerosmith]] as {{Chs|Aerosmith|themselves}} and [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]].

== Synopsis ==
[[File:Flaming Moe's promo.jpg|thumb|left|The promo image for the episode]]
{{Desc|[[Homer]] tells [[Moe]] how he invented a bizarre drink called the [[Flaming Homer]]. It's so good that Moe steals his recipe, renames it the Flaming Moe and takes credit for inventing it. The Flaming Moe revitalizes business, turning [[Moe's Tavern]] into the hottest spot in [[Springfield]], and causing Homer's and Moe's relationship to splinter.}}

== Plot ==
Lisa was having a sleep over at the house with some of her friends, and Bart became the main target to the fun. Homer then decided to go to Moe's Tavern to get a drink of beer. Once Homer arrives at the tavern, he found that
Moe and his tavern are in serious financial trouble. After he runs out of beer, Homer decides to tell him about a drink recipe that he accidentally invented one night, called the "[[Flaming Homer]]."

Homer explains that after Patty and Selma made the Simpson family watch slides from their latest vacation, he was unable to find a beer. He then decided to mix together drops of liquor from near-empty bottles and accidentally included a bottle of cough syrup. When Patty dropped cigarette ash in the drink and set it on fire, Homer discovered that fire greatly enhanced the flavor of the drink.

Moe, however, steals Homer's idea, renames the drink, and begins serving the "Flaming Moe" as his own concoction. Moe sees his business boom, and his tavern soon becomes one of the trendiest nightspots in Springfield and Aerosmith's official hangout. At this time, Bart attempts to [[Bart's prank calls|prank him over the phone]], but it backfires due to someone who goes by Hugh Jass. Homer becomes angry with Moe and vows never to return to the tavern. He subsequently becomes obsessed with Moe and how he betrayed him. He also tries to attend his "[[The Aristocrat|new watering hole]]".

During this time, a man from an establishment called Tipsy McStaggers attempts to buy the recipe from Moe. After Moe rebuffs him the first time, the man takes the drink and sends it to a lab to analyze what the formula is made of. Shortly after this, the man returns to offer Moe $1,000,000 for the recipe. Moe declines for a second time, but the guy warns him under his breath that their company has almost figured out the recipe, except for one ingredient.

After the waitress Moe has hired discovers that Moe stole the recipe from Homer, she convinces him to sell the drink and give half of the money to Homer. Moe is about to accept the deal when a seemingly insane Homer appears standing in the rafters and laughing madly. He angrily reveals to everyone in the bar that the secret ingredient is merely just cough syrup. With the secret revealed, the man from Tipsy McStaggers tears up the check and leaves. Within days, nearly all restaurants in Springfield are serving Flaming Moe's (under slightly altered names), and Moe's business has greatly decreased. Homer stops in and finds that Moe is not angry at him. Moe even serves Homer a Flaming Homer on the house.

== Production ==
It was written by [[Robert Cohen]] and directed by [[Rich Moore]] and [[Alan Smart]]. [[Aerosmith]] appears in the episode and were the first band to make a guest appearance on the show.

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== In other languages ==
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|deName=Das Erfolgsrezept
|deTrans=The recipe for success
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Saturdays of Thunder

2023-07-12T22:11:27Z

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{{Episode
|name= Saturdays of Thunder
|image=day.png
|number=44
|season=3
|snumber=9
|prodcode=8F07
|airdate=November 14, [[1991]]
|blackboard="I will not fake rabies"
|couchgag=The family fall into the couch
|guests=[[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]] [[Larry McKay]] as the TV announcer
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer=[[Ken Levine]] [[David Isaacs]]
|director=[[Jim Reardon]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Saturdays of Thunder'''" is the ninth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the forty-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on November 14, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Ken Levine]] and [[David Isaacs]] and directed by [[Jim Reardon]]. It guest stars [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]] and [[Larry McKay]] as the TV announcer.

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Bart]] becomes deeply immersed in competitive soapbox racing while [[Homer]] begins to realize that he's not as good a father as he thought. After attending a lecture at National Fatherhood Institute, Homer becomes a more attentive father, helping Bart build the ultimate soapbox racer. But Bart decides not to use it in his big race against [[Nelson Muntz]], instead opting to borrow [[Martin Prince]]'s scientifically engineered aerodynamic racer.}}

== Plot ==
When the local Soap Box Derby is held in Springfield, Bart has his heart set on first prize. But the catch is that he must build his own Soap Box Racer. In the meantime, after taking a fatherhood quiz, Homer discovers he knows next to nothing about his son. He goes to the national fatherhood institution, at the institution they give a book on fatherhood. He offers to help his son by building the racer together, Bart eventually agrees. Unfortunately, Homer's less than adept building skills brings Bart a very shoddy, rickety piece of junk for a racer (named Li'l Lightnin'). This is especially so in comparison to Martin Prince's personally designed and built space shuttle-like racer, Honor Roller. Martin and Bart form an alliance vowing that either must somehow beat bully Nelson Muntz and his very intimidating racer, the Roadkill 2000, armed with every dirty trick in the book.

When the race is underway, Bart can barely reach any kind of noticeable speed with Homer's racer. Meanwhile, Martin has difficulty controlling his racer, as it is moving too fast, which eventually causes him to crash. After being injured, Martin finds that he can no longer race and opts for Bart and himself to combine forces by having Bart race Martin's racer over the racer he and Homer built. Bart seeing no other way to win agrees, which breaks Homer's heart. When Bart later apologizes and desires Homer's best wishes, Homer selfishly denounces both Bart and Martin telling Bart to do whatever he wants. Dejected, Bart gets ready to race in the final match with Martin's newly tuned racer. As he does this, Homer thinks to himself about how selfish he's been, realizing he has learnt a lot about his son, he goes straight to the fridge in the kitchen and reads the test that came from the institution, he does the test, and, passes! He rushes off to the race. At the starting line, Homer wishes Bart luck and tells him that no matter how the race ends he'll still be proud of him. The race is tough as Nelson pulls every dirty trick in his arsenal, but eventually through his skill Bart comes out on top and the "team" enjoy their victory. Bart even meets his hero, three time soap box champ [[Ronnie Beck]], who turns out to be a small kid!

== Production ==
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== In other languages ==
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|deTrans=The soapbox race
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Lisa's Pony

2023-07-12T22:10:59Z

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{{Episode
|name= Lisa's Pony
|image= Lisa's Pony.gif
|number= 43
|season=3
|snumber=8
|prodcode= 8F06
|airdate= November 7, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "Bart bucks are not legal tender"
|couchgag= Homer gets to the couch first and lays down on it then the rest of the family arrive and sit on it.
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|director= [[Carlos Baeza]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''Lisa's Pony'''" is the eighth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the forty-third episode overall. It originally aired on November 7, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] and directed by [[Carlos Baeza]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Homer]] makes up for his latest example of fatherly ineptitude (failing to get [[Lisa]] a saxophone reed in time for the school talent show) by buying Lisa the one thing she's always wanted: a pony. But keeping the animal ends up costing the family money and Homer takes a second job at the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] to make Lisa happy.}}

== Plot ==
[[Lisa]] requires a new reed for her saxophone, because there is a talent show that evening. After calling [[Marge]], [[Ned Flanders|Flanders]], [[Reverend Lovejoy]], [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] and "the nice man who caught the snake in our basement", she finally calls [[Homer]] at work, asking him to get her one. Homer agrees, and arrives at the music shop five minutes before closing time. [[Moe's]] is right next door, and Homer goes in there first, thinking he has enough time for a beer beforehand. He walks out with 15 seconds to spare, but is too late, as the shop is closed. Dejected, he goes back to Moe's and finds the shop owner is in there enjoying a drink. Moe helps Homer convince the man to re-open his store. Homer, who barely remembers what he is supposed to pick up for Lisa, purchases the reed and heads for the school. Unfortunately he is (again) too late: He arrives just in time to hear Lisa humiliate herself by butchering the song she chose to play.

Homer tries to make it up to Lisa, but all his attempts meet with rejection. Marge suggests that Lisa just needs time, and she'll forgive him. However, Homer decides that a 'quick fix' is needed, and decides to get her a pony (called [[Princess]]). Lisa immediately forgives Homer, though Marge is not at all happy with his decision. In order to pay for all the care it requires, Homer takes a second job working for [[Apu]] at the Kwik-E-Mart. Homer becomes more and more exhausted after trying to work both jobs. Finally, Marge admits to the kids that their father has been working two jobs to pay for the pony. Making a heart-wrenching decision, Lisa agrees to give up the pony, allowing Homer to go back to solely working his regular job. Lisa tells Homer that there's a "big dumb animal" she loves even more than her horse, that being Homer himself.

== Reception ==
[[Dan Castellaneta]] won a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance}} in the {{W|44th Primetime Emmy Awards}} for voicing [[Homer Simpson]] in this episode.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-voice-over-performance Television Academy - "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - 1992"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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|deName=Lisas Pony
|deTrans=Lisa's Pony
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|brTrans=A Pony for Lisa
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Treehouse of Horror II

2023-07-12T22:10:33Z

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{{Quote|Ahem. Hello, everyone. Before last year's Halloween show, I warned you not to let your children watch. But you did anyway. Mm. Well, this year's episode is even worse. It's scarier, more violent, and I think they snuck in some bad language, too. So please, tuck in your children and... [sighs] Well, if you didn't listen to me last time, you're not going to now. Enjoy the show.|[[Marge Simpson]]}}
{{Episode
|name= Treehouse of Horror II
|image= Treehouse of Horror II - Title Card.png
|number= 42
|season=3
|snumber=7
|prodcode= 8F02
|airdate= October 31, [[1991]]
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]] [[Jeff Martin]] [[George Meyer]] [[Sam Simon]] [[John Swartzwelder]]
|director= [[Jim Reardon]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Treehouse of Horror II'''" is the seventh episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the forty-second episode overall. It is also the second installment in the [[Treehouse of Horror series|''Treehouse of Horror'' series]] and consists of three parts. It originally aired on October 31, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Al Jean]], [[Mike Reiss]], [[Jeff Martin]], [[George Meyer]], [[Sam Simon]] and [[John Swartzwelder]] and directed by [[Jim Reardon]].

== Synopsis ==
[[File:Homer and Kids Eating Candy - Treehouse of Horror II.png|thumb|left|Homer and the kids eating candy.]]
{{Desc|In 'The Monkey's Paw', Lisa dreams Homer purchases a monkey's paw granting the family four wishes. In Bart's nightmare, he dreams he has the power to read minds, and he punishes people if they aren't happy - subsequently turning Homer into a jack-in-the-box. In Homer's dream, his brain's put into a Frankenstein-style robot.}}

== Plot ==
=== Act I: Lisa's nightmare ===
When [[Homer]], [[Lisa]], and [[Bart]] come back from trick-or-treating, they get a load of candy. [[Marge]] tells them not to eat too much, or they'll get nightmares. They all scoff at her, but they do have nightmares.

The Simpson's visit [[Morocco]], where Homer buys a mysterious monkey paw granting wishes but with great misfortune. Once back home, the family begins to wish upon the paw. [[Maggie]] wishes for a golden pacifier, and [[Bart]] wishes for the family to be rich and famous. The pacifier seems to have no negative connotations, but the money and fame cause a public backlash to grow around the Simpsons, because they appear on everything from T-shirts to billboards for mammogram tests. [[Lisa]] wishes for world peace, but when [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] see the Earth's vulnerable, they conquer it, enslaving humanity. Homer wishes for a turkey sandwich without any "weird surprises", he claims, a wish which can't backfire. The sandwich appears to be perfect... except the turkey's a little dry. This 'abnormality' causes Homer to fly into a rage, before throwing the monkey paw away. When [[Ned Flanders]] sees Homer throwing it out, Homer offers the paw to him, assuming wishes with misfortunes will soon plague his neighbor. However, Ned's first wish (to get rid of the aliens) frees the human race, and he's considered a hero. Shortly afterward, Flanders wishes for his home to become a castle, as Homer watches, seething, and says, "I wish I had a monkey's paw."

=== Act II: Bart's nightmare ===
After Lisa has her nightmare, she goes into Bart's room and wakes him up to ask if she can sleep in his bed. Bart tells her to get lost, so she offers him a candy necklace. He eats it, spits out the string, and tells her she can sleep with him. She climbs into his bed and thanks him. He replies with "less talk, more sleep" as he spends the last moment staring at the [[Krusty the Clown]] Jack-in-the-box on his nightstand before falling back to sleep...

Bart's a boy able to bend reality with his mind, as well as read the minds of others, and he'll turn anyone who thinks badly about him into a creature. The whole town lives in fear of him because of this, constantly forced to be happy and fulfill his every demand. Bart comes home from school, and Homer and Lisa are watching TV. Bart demands to watch Krusty. After Homer refuses, Bart replaces the football on the TV with him, and he smacks into the field post. When Homer comes back, he tries to bash Bart over the head with a chair. Bart reads his mind and turns him into a {{W|Jack-in-the-box}}. Upon discovering this, Marge takes them to see Dr. Marvin Monroe, who suggests Bart and Homer spend more time together doing father/son activities. Homer takes Bart to a baseball game, fishing, shooting a BB gun, church, and an amusement park. Bart becomes less mean because he enjoyed the time with his father and decides to turn Homer back to normal. Homer gives Bart a fatherly kiss, and Bart wakes up, horrified. This is a parody of [[wikipedia:It's a Good Life(The Twilight Zone)|It's a Good Life]] Episode.

=== Act III: Homer's nightmare ===
After Bart has his nightmare, he and Lisa run into Homer and Marge's room and ask to sleep in their bed. Homer looks at the clock and comments in 2 hours he'll have to go to work.

Homer's fired from his job, and he becomes a grave digger. He falls asleep in an open grave. [[Mr. Burns]] and [[Smithers]] are out looking for a brain for their experiment to create the ultimate worker. They find Homer, and, thinking he's dead, take him to their lab, remove his brain, and place it in a robot. The robot acts like Homer, (clumsy and lazy), to Mr. Burns's disappointment. Smithers convinces him to put Homer's brain back where it came from, but, after this is done, the robot falls on top of Mr. Burns, crushing his body.

Homer wakes up from his nightmare, and realizes Mr. Burns' head is sewn onto his body.

As the Simpsons are eating breakfast, Lisa reminds Homer that evening, the kids' school will be having an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner. Homer looks forward to it, but Mr. Burns reminds him that same evening, they'll be attending the reception for Queen Beatrix in [[The Netherlands]]. Homer complains he hates having two heads.

== Production ==
"Treehouse of Horror II," the second edition of the Treehouse of Horror series of episodes, was written by Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jeff Martin, George Meyer, Sam Simon, and John Swartzwelder. Jim Reardon was the director.
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== Reception ==
Composer [[Alf Clausen]] was nominated for a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series}} in the {{W|44th Primetime Emmy Awards}} for "Treehouse of Horror II". However, it lost to "The Strangler" from ''{{W2|Matlock|TV series}}''.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-music-composition-for-a-series-original-dramatic-score Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – 1992"]</ref>

Sound mixers [[Brad Brock]], [[Anthony D'Amico]], [[Peter Cole]], [[Gary Gegan]] received a nomination for a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation}} in the {{W|44th Primetime Emmy Awards}} for the episode. However it lost to "Lonesome Doog" from ''{{W|Doogie Howser, M.D.}}''<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1993/outstanding-individual-achievement-in-sound-mixing-for-a-comedy-series-or-a-special Television Academy - "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special – 1993"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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Like Father, Like Clown

2023-07-12T22:09:38Z

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{{Episode
|name= Like Father, Like Clown
|image=Like Father, Like Clown promo.jpg
|number=41
|season=3
|snumber=6
|prodcode= 8F05
|airdate= October 24, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "I will finish what I sta"
|couchgag= Bart jumps into the entire family's lap.
|guests= [[Jackie Mason]] as [[Rabbi Krustofsky]]
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[Jay Kogen]] [[Wallace Wolodarsky]]
|director= [[Jeffrey Lynch]] [[Brad Bird]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Like Father, Like Clown'''" is the sixth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the forty-first episode overall. It originally aired on October 24, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Jay Kogen]] and [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] and directed by [[Jeffrey Lynch]] and [[Brad Bird]]. It guest stars [[Jackie Mason]] as [[Rabbi Krustofsky]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|Krusty finally drops by to have dinner with the Simpsons to thank [[Bart]] for believing him (see "[[Krusty Gets Busted]]"), and drops a bombshell: his real name is Herschel Krustofsky, and he is estranged from his rabbi father, who disowned him when Krusty decided to be a clown instead of a rabbi. Now, Bart vows to reunite Klown and rabbi.}}

== Plot ==
[[Krusty]] cancels a dinner with [[Bart]] apparently not for the first time. This makes Bart extremly upset even to the point of turning in his membership badge, he sends a letter to Krusty and his secretary reads it, she is very disappointed and forces Krusty to go. [[Marge]] tells Bart that Krusty is coming and he instantly cheers up. At dinner they ask Krusty to say grace and he starts to recite a Jewish prayer, he tells a story about how when he was younger he was called Herschel Krustofsky lived on the [[Lower East Side]] of [[Springfield]], his father was a Rabbi and he wanted Krusty to be a Rabbi too but Krusty wanted to be a clown, one day Krusty gets a chance to perform but he was sprayed by water, his make-up fell off and his father recognized him and disowned him.

After the story is over Krusty seems very emotional and stays at the Simpson home until one AM looking at photo albums, he finally leaves and trys calling his dad but afraid that his dad will reject him again he doesn't say any thing. Bart and Lisa noticing him getting increasingly depressed (even to the point of crying during his TV show) they deceide to try to locate and reunite Krusty with his father. They find him in a radio studio where a framed [[The Larry Davis Experience|"Larry Davis Experience"]] gold record hangs on the wall. His father is still mad at Krusty, so after several tries they finally convince [[Hyman Krustofsky|Hyman]] to forgive Krusty by saying the quote of a famous singer, [[Sammy Davis, Jr.]]. Bart, Lisa, and the now proud father meet Krusty on the set of his show, where they reconcile their differences.

== Production ==
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== Reception ==
[[Jackie Mason]] won a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance}} in the {{W|44th Primetime Emmy Awards}} for voicing [[Hyman Krustofsky]] in this episode.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-voice-over-performance Television Academy - "Outstanding Voice-Over Performance - 1992"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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Homer Defined

2023-07-12T22:09:06Z

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{{Quote|If you spare this town from becoming a smoking hole in the ground, I'll try to be a better Christian. I don't know what I can do... Mm... Oh, the next time there's a canned food drive, I'll give the poor something they'd actually like, instead of old lima beans and pumpkin mix.|[[Marge Simpson]]}}
{{Episode
|name= Homer Defined
|image=Homer word.png
|number=40
|season=3
|snumber=5
|prodcode=8F04
|airdate=October 17, [[1991]]
|blackboard=I will not squeak chalk.(As Bart does this, he creates a very eerie squeaky sound)
|couchgag=When the Simpsons come in, they find an alien drinking beer on the couch. When he sees them, he escapes through a trap door, allowing them access to the couch.
|guests=[[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Aristotle Amadopolis]] [[Magic Johnson]] as {{Ch|Magic Johnson|himself}} [[Chick Hearn]] as {{Ch|Chick Hearn|himself}}
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer=[[Howard Gewirtz]]
|director=[[Mark Kirkland]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Homer Defined'''" is the fifth episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fortieth episode overall. It originally aired on October 17, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Howard Gewirtz]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Aristotle Amadopolis]], [[Magic Johnson]] as {{Ch|Magic Johnson|himself}} and [[Chick Hearn]] as {{Ch|Chick Hearn|himself}}.

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|During a near-fatal meltdown at The [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], [[Homer]] frantically presses buttons on his console until he hits the right combination and saves the day. Homer becomes a hero even though he knows in his heart that what he did was a fluke. Meanwhile, [[Bart]]'s friendship with [[Milhouse]] becomes strained when Milhouse's mother bars him from hanging out with her son.}}

== Plot ==
On the bus ride to the plant, Bart gives Milhouse one of a pair of Krusty walkie-talkies as a birthday present. Bart is crushed to discover Milhouse had his birthday party the previous Saturday, but had not invited Bart. Milhouse seems unwilling to talk to Bart and avoids him for the rest of the day.

Meanwhile, at the plant, as Homer eats jelly donuts, one of them splatters onto a dial nearing the red zone. The plant is on the verge of a meltdown, and Homer seems to be the only person who can stop it. He has no skills and cannot remember any training (actually, according to a flashback, he never paid attention to the training as he was busy playing with a [[Rubik's Cube]]), however, and in desperation chooses a button via eeny, meeny, miny, moe. Miraculously, Homer presses the button that stops the meltdown; Springfield is saved, and Homer is honored as a hero.

Milhouse finally tells Bart why he was not invited to the party. His mother, Luann, thinks Bart is a bad influence and ordered Milhouse to stay away from him. Suddenly deprived of his best friend, Bart resorts to playing with Maggie.

Mr. Burns rewards Homer for saving the plant with an "Employee of the Month" award (displacing longtime holder Smithers), a ham, a plaque, a discount coupon book, Burns' personal "thumbs-up", and a call from Magic Johnson. Even Lisa begins to admire Homer as a role model, but Homer's conscience haunts him. He knows (and fears that everyone else will realize) that his "heroism" was nothing but luck. Burns introduces Homer to Aristotle "Ari" Amadopoulos, the owner of the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant. Ari wants Homer the hero to give a pep talk to his plant's lackluster workers. Homer is hesitant to accept, but Burns forces him into it.

Marge visits Milhouse's mother to try to repair their children's friendship. Marge admits that Bart really does influence Milhouse badly, but begs Luann Van Houten to let Bart and Milhouse be friends again. Upon realizing that both Bart and Milhouse are miserable without each other, Luann relents. At that rate, Milhouse invites Bart over to his house, and Bart happily pulls out a BB gun to play with.

As Homer gives his fumbling "motivational" speech, an impending meltdown threatens the Shelbyville plant. The crowd marches Homer to the control room, asking him to perform his heroic deeds once again. In front of everyone, Homer repeats his juvenile rhyme and presses a button blindly. By sheer dumb luck, he manages to avert this meltdown as well. He is even more widely derided as a lucky imbecile than he was hailed as a hero, and "to pull a Homer" becomes a widely-used phrase meaning "to succeed despite idiocy" (even entering the dictionary illustrated with a small portrait of Homer). However, the episode ends with Lisa giving encouragment to Homer by saying "Our dad, now he belongs to the ages".

== Production ==
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Bart the Murderer

2023-07-12T22:07:57Z

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{{Episode
|name= Bart the Murderer
|image= Bart the Murderer.gif
|number= 39
|season=3
|snumber=4
|prodcode= 8F03
|airdate= October 10, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "High explosives and school don't mix."
|couchgag= The family form a pyramid, with Maggie on top.
|guests= [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]] and {{Ch|Joe Mantegna|himself}} [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]] and {{ap|Joey|mafia}} [[Neil Patrick Harris]] as {{Ch|Neil Patrick Harris|himself}}
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[John Swartzwelder]]
|director= [[Rich Moore]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Bart the Murderer'''" is the fourth episode of [[Season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the thirty-ninth episode overall. It first aired on October 10, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[John Swartzwelder]] and directed by [[Rich Moore]]. It guest stars [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]] and {{Ch|Joe Mantegna|himself}}, [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]] and {{ap|Joey|mafia}} and [[Neil Patrick Harris]] as {{Ch|Neil Patrick Harris|himself}}.

== Synopsis ==
''After having a very lousy day at school, [[Bart]] accidentally stumbles into `The Legitimate Businessman's Social Club', a mobster front. He becomes a bartender, but when he shows up late at work and blames [[Principal Skinner]], Skinner disappears.''

== Plot ==
The day begins with Bart preparing for the school day, during which he is supposed to go on a field trip to the chocolate factory. But his day quickly turns sour, as Homer steals his cereal prize, [[Santa's Little Helper]] eats his homework, and he misses the school bus and arrives late for school. During recess he rips his pants, and finally, he realizes he forgot his permission slip for the field trip, and is forced to spend the day at school with Principal Skinner.

On his way home from school, he slips on his skateboard in front of a local mafia hangout. They take him in and after he coincidentally picks a winning horse for mafia don [[Fat Tony]], begins to mix drinks for them, and they hire him as their personal bartender. Bart is skilled at making a Manhattan cocktail because he read a chart on how to mix drinks, something the mobsters neglected to do. Not knowing his new boss is a mafia don, Bart begins to unwittingly help Fat Tony, accept gifts from him, and even hiding a stolen cigarette shipment in his bedroom. But soon, it becomes apparent Bart has been taken in by criminals, and Marge instructs Homer to go talk to Fat Tony about Bart. However, Homer's greed and stupidity get the better of him, as he approves Bart's job after the mobsters are intentionally losing at poker in order to curry Homer's favor. Carrying over his new persona into the schoolyard, Bart gets a detention for trying to bribe Principal Skinner.

As a result, he is unable to attend a meeting of Fat Tony's, where the mafia don promised his guests would sample Bart's drink-mixing expertise. Bart arrives later, and is reprimanded by Fat Tony. When Bart explains his absence was due to Principal Skinner, Fat Tony decides he and his associates will go to 'meet and greet' him. Shortly afterwards, Skinner goes missing. Bart suspects Tony may have something to do with it, and begins to have nightmares about Skinner's death. Bart approaches Tony who denies having anything to do with Skinner's disappearance. During their chat, Chief Wiggum and his officers enter Tony's hangout, arresting everyone in there for Skinner's apparent murder.

A trial begins, and [[Lionel Hutz]] acts as Bart's lawyer. On the stand, Bart is upset to find Fat Tony and his gang name Bart as the head of their organization, pinning any issues regarding Skinner's disappearance (as well as everything else they did) on him. Just when it seems Bart is going to be found guilty, Skinner bursts into the courtroom, and tells everyone he was, in fact, trapped under a pile of newspapers in his garage for a week. The case is dismissed, and Bart quits his job.

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When Flanders Failed

2023-07-12T22:07:12Z

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{{Episode
|name= When Flanders Failed
|image=When Flanders Failed - Homer's Imagination.png
|prodcode=7F23
|number=38
|season=3
|snumber=3
|airdate=October 3, [[1991]]
|blackboard="Nobody likes sunburn slappers"
|couchgag=They do a little dance.
|showrunner=[[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer=[[Jon Vitti]]
|director=[[Jim Reardon]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''When Flanders Failed'''" is the third episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the thirty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on October 3, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Jon Vitti]] and directed by [[Jim Reardon]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|When [[Ned Flanders]] announces at a barbecue that he's starting his own general store catering to the left-handed, [[Homer]] wishes that his goody-goody neighbor will suffer financial ruin. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] takes karate class, but ends up cutting it when he realizes that it's not as exciting as it's cracked up to be.}}

== Plot ==
[[Ned Flanders]] invites the Simpsons over for a barbecue. Initially the entire family attends, but Homer declines because he doesn't like Ned. However, once he smells the food cooking, he quickly reconsiders. While they eat, Ned announces that he is quitting his job and opening a specialty store for left-handed people, called [[The Leftorium]]. Almost immediately, Homer begins to hope that Ned fails in his new venture, even wishing on a wishbone for him to bottom out.

In a side plot, after a lecture from Marge about exercise, Bart asks to take karate lessons. While taking him on his first day, Homer gets his first look at Ned's new store. Business doesn't seem to be going very well, which pleases Homer. On his first lesson, Bart finds that karate isn't what he thought it would be, having been given Sun Bin's Art of War to study before techniques, and takes to the arcade to play karate video games during his following lessons, merely pretending he is actually learning karate.

Things progress in this vein, and even when Homer begins to witness left-handed people who would benefit from patronizing Ned's store, he does nothing to send them in that direction. Soon after, Flanders begins to experience financial hardship as a result of his failing business venture. Rather than helping him, he buys most of Ned's belongings at a garage sale. Eventually, Ned loses his store and is forced to close.

On the school playground, bullies antagonize Lisa, and she calls upon Bart to defend her with his martial arts skills. Predictably, he gets pummelled. That night, Homer finds the Flanders family living in their car after losing their house, and Homer has a heart-to-heart with him. Stricken with guilt, Homer decides to take it upon himself to make several phone calls and get everyone to start buying there.

== Production ==
The episode featured an unusual amount of animation glitches because the animation studio in Korea was training a new group of animators, and this episode was one of their first efforts. [[Mike Reiss]] said he will always remember it as the episode "that came back animated with a thousand mistakes in it and was just a complete and utter mess." Reardon said there was "literally a mistake in every other scene" when the episode came back from Korea. Several scenes had to be re-animated in the United States because of these glitches, but according to Reardon, "you can still see the lesser ones that got through, such as line quality problems particularly in the first act."
== Reception ==
In its original American broadcast, "When Flanders Failed" finished 29th in the ratings for the week of September 30–October 6, 1991, with a Nielsen rating of 13.9, equivalent to approximately 12.8 million viewing households.

In 2003, "When Flanders Failed" was utilized in a Roanoke Presbyterian Church Sunday School class to stimulate a discussion among both children and adults about why unfortunate things happen to good people. Phil Brown, the teacher of the class, said the reason they used episodes of The Simpsons was "to get something that would get the kids excited and be more than just a traditional Sunday School lecture series."

== In other languages ==
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Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington

2023-07-12T22:06:38Z

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{{Episode
|name= Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
|image= Simpsons 8FO1.png
|number= 37
|season=3
|snumber=2
|prodcode= 8F01
|airdate= September 26, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "Spitwads are not free speech"
|couchgag= The family sits, then Homer pulls Santa's Little Helper from under him.
|showrunner= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|writer= [[George Meyer]]
|director= [[Wes Archer]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington'''" is the second episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the thirty-seventh episode overall. It originally aired on September 26, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[George Meyer]] and directed by [[Wes Archer]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|Thanks to Lisa's patriotic and winning essay in a contest sponsored by ''Reading Digest'' magazine, the Simpsons win a trip to Washington DC. However Lisa's faith in democracy is shaken, when she sees her local representative taking a bribe for a permit, to cut down Springfield National Forest.}}

== Plot ==
=== Act one ===
In the kitchen, Homer goes through the mail and discovers a check for one million dollars from a Publishers Clearinghouse type company. Homer quickly rushes over to the bank and tries to cash the check. The bank teller explains to Homer over and over that the check isn't real and that it is null and void. Back at home a downtrodden Homer is upset that the check wasn't real, and Marge tries to cheer him up by telling him they got a free sample of the magazine, Reading Digest (Parodying Reader's Digest) out of the ordeal. Homer takes a shine to the magazine after reading a funny cartoon, and a montage ensues. The montage shows Homer with his nose in the magazine at work, at home, in bed, and even at the dinner table; all while constantly praising the magazine.

In the magazine, Homer notices an ad for an essay contest in which the winner receives an all expense paid trip to Washington D.C., but when he reads that entrants to the contest must be children, he quickly tosses the magazine aside. However, an interested Lisa retrieves the magazine and reads more about the essay contest, which is for children under twelve and must be pro-American; she decides to write an essay and enter the contest. In her room Lisa skims through her history book and tries to come up with some inspiration for her essay. After a few unsuccessful tries at an opening for her essay, Marge suggests that she take a bike ride to try and help her clear her mind. Lisa grabs a pad of paper and rides her bike to the Springfield National Forest. She picks a giant tree to sit and lean against, and asks nature to help inspire her. With mountains sprawling in the background, a bald eagle perches on a branch directly in front of her and spreads its wings. Lisa becomes instantly inspired by the majestic sight and begins writing.

A few days later, after Lisa writes her essay, Homer brings her to the regional finals for the essay contest, at the Veterans of Popular Wars building in Springfield, so that Lisa can present her essay in front of a panel of judges. When the two walk into the building, Nelson Muntz is midway through his fiercely patriotic speech about the evils of burning the flag, which sends the crowd into applause and cheers. A montage ensues that shows kids, including Lisa, from different parts of the country reading their patriotic essays at their respective regional finals. As Lisa finishes her essay, the judges give her high marks. However, one of the judges thinks that her essay was too good, and that she might have gotten help from her parents. The judge confronts Homer and after a brief conversation with him, she realizes that Homer couldn't have helped Lisa, and the judge gives Lisa extra points for having a less than intelligent father. The judge informs Homer and Lisa that Lisa has won her region and that they will be going to Washington D.C. for the national finals of the contest.

=== Act two ===
On a plane at 30,000 feet, the Simpson family makes their way to Washington D.C. On the way, Bart, after constantly bothering the passenger behind him, is sent up to the cockpit to be kept busy. Inside the cockpit, a bored Bart listens to the pilot ramble on about airplane technical jargon, and out of boredom Bart presses the button that causes all the oxygen masks in the cabin to drop down. Upon seeing the masks drop down in the cabin, Homer promptly screams, "We're all gonna die!" This of course sends the rest of the passengers into a screaming frenzy. The plane lands at Dulles International Airport in D.C. and the family takes a cab to their room at the Watergate Hotel. Up in their room, Marge and Homer marvel at all the amenities provided; Marge is impressed with the welcoming mints, while Homer falls in love with the shoe horn. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa hang out in their room and later at 2:00 in the morning, Bart prank calls Homer in his room, by giving him a wakeup call.

The next day, Lisa and all the other contestants and their families, gather for a welcoming luncheon, as Faith Crowley, patriotism editor at Reading Digest, introduces herself. She gives the family their V.I.P passes, and the Simpson family explores Washington D.C. for a day. On their V.I.P. tour of the White House, they visit the historical one lane bowling alley where Richard Nixon bowling back to back 300 games, and they invade Barbara Bush's privacy by touring the White House bathroom as she takes a bath. Their V.I.P. tour continues at the U.S. Mint, where Homer drools over the large amounts of money; The National Air and Space Museum, where Bart plays around in the Spirit of St. Louis; and the Washington Monument, where Marge makes and adult joke to Homer, regarding the monument.

The Simpson family tour of Washington D.C. concludes on Capitol Hill at the office of Bob Arnold, a Congressman from Springfield. The family waits for Congressman Arnold, who is in a closed door meeting with a lobbyist, who is trying to get Arnold to support the demolition of Springfield National Forest. The lobbyist offers Arnold a bribe and the Congressman chuckles, as he tells the lobbyist that he has a place to meet for the exchange. Their meeting concludes, as Arnold's secretary buzzes him and lets him know that Lisa Simpson is waiting for a photo op. Congressman Arnold puts a pleasant face on and hams it up with Lisa for the camera. In an aside to the lobbyist, Arnold whispers to him, "Tot shot always plays in the sticks." Quick cut to Moe, who is reading the next day's newspaper with a picture of the Congressman and Lisa on the cover; Moe comments to Barney about how great Congressman Arnold is.

Very early the next morning, with everyone still asleep, Lisa gets up and pays a visit to the fictional "Winifred Beecher Howe" memorial for some added inspiration, for the essay finals that day. As Lisa admires the monument, Congressman Arnold and the lobbyist from the day before meet together, believing that they are alone. Lisa watches in horror as Congressman Arnold accepts a suitcase full of money from the lobbyist in exchange for some logging permits for Springfield National Forest. An angry Lisa rips up her essay and runs away, with tears welling in her eyes.

=== Act three ===
Lisa wanders around Washington D.C. alone and is torn about what to do with her essay, now that she no longer believes in what she has written. She gazes up at the Lincoln Memorial in the distance and decides to pay a visit to him for some advice. Lisa makes her way to the statue, but as she tries to address Lincoln her questions are drowned out by other visitors also expressing their troubles to the statue. She heads over to the much less crowded Jefferson Memorial and asks President Jefferson for some advice. However, Jefferson is upset that Lisa only came to see him because the Lincoln Memorial was too crowded, and as he begins ranting and complaining, Lisa just walks away to look for advice and new inspiration elsewhere. On the steps of Capital Hill, Lisa watches the politicians mill about, and laugh in conversation; Lisa suddenly comes up with an idea for a new essay saying, "The truth must be told."

Back at the hotel, Bart's room is full of empty food trays and a bellman brings him some fresh laundry, as he relaxes while receiving a massage. Homer peeks his head in, and when he sees all the expensive things Bart has ordered, he quickly angers and attempts to choke Bart. But, Bart quickly reminds Homer that the trip is all expenses paid, and soon after, Homer can be seen smoking a cigar while receiving a massage.

The finals for the essay contest are held at the Kennedy Center; a musician plays a corny little song and dance solo on the piano, about the National Deficit to warm up the audience. Faith Crowley introduces the panel of judges to the audience, and she introduces the first essayist, Lisa. Lisa is nowhere to be found and the audience begins to murmur when, suddenly a scowling Lisa stomps in from outside. The door slams behind her as she makes her way to the podium. She requests to read a different essay that she has prepared and Faith grants her permission. Lisa reads her newly written essay that is filled with anger and rage towards the United States government and divulges the information she learned about Congressman Arnold and his bribe taking. The audience gasps and murmurs as Lisa finishes her essay; one of the judges for the contest happens to be a Senate page, and he rushes to a phone to inform his superior Senator that a little girl has lost faith in democracy. The Senator gasps at this news and quickly a plan is put into place to restore Lisa's faith and nab Congressman Arnold.

Within minutes, in Congressman Arnold's office an F.B.I. agent poses as a lobbyist who would like to drill for oil inside Mount Rushmore. When Congressman Arnold goes along with idea and accepts a bribe, more F.B.I agents storm the office and take him under arrest. A short time later in the House of Representatives, a vote is taken on House Bill 1022, regarding the expulsion of Congressman Arnold. Shortly after the vote an intern at the White House delivers Bill 1022 to President George H.W. Bush for him to sign. All of this takes place within a few short hours, just as the last of the finalists at the essay contest reads his essay. At the contest a brief recess is called so that the judges can tabulate their votes for the best essay and the Simpson family waits outside the Kennedy Center during the recess. Homer purchases a newspaper from a newsy touting the headline about the expulsion of Congressman Arnold. When Lisa sees the headline, her faith in democracy is restored.

Back inside the Kennedy Center the musician is back on stage, this time with a corny song and dance about the Trading Gap. As he finishes his number, Faith steps to the podium to announce the results that have been tabulated; Lisa, with her faith restored, sheepishly stands up on stage with the other finalists. Not surprisingly, Lisa does not win the contest, but she does teach Bart an important lesson. As the musician plays a final corny song and dance number, Bart pulls out his slingshot and pelts the musician on stage, causing him to halt mid-song. Lisa asks Bart why he did that and he replies, "Lis, you taught me to stand up for what I believe in."

== Production ==
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== Behind the Laughter ==
=== Controversy ===
This episode was met with controversy from the timber industry due to a major part of the plotline involving a timber lobbyist trying to bribe a corrupt congressman to cut down the entirety of Springfield Forest.

== In other languages ==
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Stark Raving Dad

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{{Episode
|name=Stark Raving Dad
|image=Stark Raving Dad promo.jpg
|number=36
|season=3
|snumber=1
|prodcode=7F24
|airdate=September 19, [[1991]]
|blackboard=I am not a dentist
|couchgag=The couch tips over backwards, sending them through the wall.
|guests=[[Michael Jackson]] as [[Leon Kompowsky]]
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer=[[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]]
|director=[[Rich Moore]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Stark Raving Dad'''" is the first episode of [[season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the thirty-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on September 19, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]] and directed by [[Rich Moore]]. The episode guest starred [[Michael Jackson]] as [[Leon Kompowsky]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|Thanks to [[Bart]] leaving his lucky red hat in a laundry load of white shirts, [[Homer]] ends up wearing a pink shirt to [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|work]]. He is promptly committed to a mental institution where he meets up with a heavy-set, bald, white man, Leon Kompowsky, who walks and talks like Michael Jackson.}}

== Plot ==
At the opening of the show, [[Lisa]] reminds Bart that her birthday is coming up and not to forget to get her a present. Homer's traditional white shirt turns pink in the wash, and he is forced to face the ridicule of his co-workers by wearing pink to work. He catches the attention of [[Mr. Burns]], who pegs him as "some kind of free-thinking anarchist", and orders him to be examined by [[Dr. Marvin Monroe]]. After receiving a take-home psychological test from him, he has Bart fill it out for him. After handing it in, he is promptly judged to be insane and committed to a mental institution. There he is bunked with a large white man who claims he is Michael Jackson. The two quickly become friends.

The day of Lisa's Birthday, "Michael" calls the Simpson household to let Bart know that Homer has been committed, and [[Marge]] starts working on a way to get him out. Marge tries to convince the institution that Homer is not really crazy, and is eventually successful when they find out that they're really is a 'Bart'. Homer invites "Michael" to their home for the night. Bart, believing that Leon is really Michael Jackson, begins to inform all his friends that he is on his way. Meanwhile, in all the commotion, Lisa seems to be forgotten.

The word that Michael Jackson is on his way to [[Springfield]], begins to spread through the town, and a large crowd forms around the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson house]]. When the two of them arrive, and the crowd sees a large, white man instead of Michael Jackson, the crowd gets angry and disperses. After the melee, Bart admits to Lisa that he forgot to buy her a birthday present. Lisa storms off, crushed. That evening Lisa writes a letter to Bart saying she is disowning him. "Michael" hears everything and then approaches Bart and tries to convince him to write Lisa a song to make up to her. After Bart confronts him about his obvious delusion about being a famous recording star, they get down to writing, and eventually compose a ballad called, "[[Happy Birthday, Lisa]]". The next day they perform it for her, and all is well again.

After this, "Michael" tells them all that his real name is [[Leon Kompowsky]], and he's a bricklayer from [[Paterson]], [[New Jersey]]. He tells them that he was an angry and unhappy man until he started talking like Michael Jackson and saw that it made everyone around him happy, which in turn made him happy, so he just kept on doing it. Leon then takes his leave, walking down the street singing Lisa's birthday song in his normal voice.

== Production ==
=== Michael Jackson's appearance ===
[[Michael Jackson]] himself voiced Leon Kompowsky's dialogue, and sound-a-like [[Kipp Lennon]] performed all the singing parts. Jackson's guest appearance was credited to "John Jay Smith." The DVD commentary for this episode indicates that Jackson approached the Simpsons team wanting to appear on the show, but due to a contract obligation, was not allowed to sing. However, he did write "[[Happy Birthday, Lisa]]" for the show. Great secrecy surrounded the guest appearance for some time, and even [[Matt Groening]], when appearing on the Jay Leno show, did not openly reveal that it was Jackson (although he hinted strongly). It wasn't until the episode "[[Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie|Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie]]" that a more open clue was given to viewers, when Lisa mentions that [[Dustin Hoffman]] and Michael Jackson made cameo appearances in the movie, stating, "They didn't use their real names, but you could tell it was them..." (Dustin Hoffman, of course, voiced [[Mr. Bergstrom]] in the episode "[[Lisa's Substitute]]", and his guest appearance was similarly shrouded).

=== Alternate opening ===
After [[Barbara Bush]] commented on how much she didn't like the show and contacted the writers, The Simpsons show runners produced a new opening for a re-run of "Stark Raving Dad".

The scene begins in the Simpsons' living room. They all stare at the television, watching [[George H. W. Bush|Bush]]'s speech. When Bush says "to make American families a lot more like the Waltons and a lot less like the Simpsons", Bart replies, "Hey, we're just like the Waltons. We're praying for an end to the Depression, too."

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== Reception ==
The episode was watched by 12.8 million households, and received overwhelming positive reviews from TV critics. Critics praised it's writing: "The greatness of 'Stark Raving Dad' has a lot more to do with The Simpsons' writing staff than with Jackson's voice-over talents. The show's scripters came up with a plot device far more ingenious than simply dropping the singer into Springfield."

=== Removal from airing ===
In March [[2019]], following the sexual abuse allegations against Michael Jackson that publicly came to light in the documentary ''{{W|Leaving Neverland}}'', the producers of the show decided to pull "Stark Raving Dad" from syndication, [[Simpsonsworld.com]], [[Disney+]] and future DVD releases, resulting in the season beginning with "[[Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]" instead.<ref>[https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/the-simpsons-michael-jackson-leaving-neverland-stark-raving-dad-1203158114/ Variety.com - "Michael Jackson Episode Removed From 'The Simpsons'"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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|huTrans=Some is crazy, some isn't
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Blood Feud

2023-07-12T22:04:14Z

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|name= Blood Feud
|image=7F22.png
|number=35
|season=2
|snumber=22
|prodcode=7F22
|airdate=July 11, [[1991]]
|couchgag= The family sits; the couch falls through the floor with a crash.
|blackboard="I will not sleep through my education."
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer=[[George Meyer]]
|director=[[David Silverman]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Blood Feud'''" is the twenty-second and final episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the thirty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on July 11, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[George Meyer]] and directed by [[David Silverman]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Homer]] discovers that [[Bart]] has a rare blood type that can save [[Mr. Burns]]' life, Homer convinces Bart to give blood (in the hopes that Burns will give The Simpsons a cash reward), but when all Mr. Burns gives Bart is a "Thank You" card, Homer writes a nasty letter to his boss...which ends up getting sent to Burns by Bart.}}

== Plot ==
Mr. Burns becomes deathly ill. He is diagnoses with (the fictional ailment of) hypohemia, an affliction that leaves a person without enough blood to sustain life. Desperate to save his boss, Smithers issues a plea to the plant's employees for a double-O-negative blood donor. Thinking Burns will reward him richly, Homer volunteers, but he does not have the right blood type. Bart happens to be a match, and Homer has the boy donate blood to his boss. After the transfusion, Burns is more alive than ever. He even decides to pen his autobiography.

Homer deems Burns' meager thank-you card to be an inadequate response to the gift of life. He immediately writes his millionaire boss a venomous letter, but [[Marge]] stops him from mailing it. The next morning, Homer is grateful that Marge's cooler head prevailed and goes to tear up the letter. Unable to the find the hate-filled note, he discovers that Bart has already mailed it. Homer tried unsuccessfully to retrieve the letter, but Burns sees it. Angered, Burns vows to make Homer's life miserable.

[[File:Olmec Head.png|thumb|150px|left|Xtapolapocetl (and [[Snowball II]])]]
First, Burns signs Homer's pink slip, then he orders Smithers to have Homer beaten to a pulp, but Smithers refuses, explaining that he is unable to harm the man who saved his boss' life. Coming to his senses, Burns realizes the good deed the Simpsons have done, and buys them an extravagant present, a rare [[Olmec head|Olmec head statue]]. Bart thinks it's cool, but Homer doesn't think it is a fitting reward. The family cannot decide on the moral of the story, or even if it has one. They do however agree that is has been a memorable few days.

== Reception ==
This episode was part of the second season production run, but was completed behind schedule,<ref>Curtright, Guy (1991-07-11). "Today's TV Tips". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.</ref> so it was broadcast after the normal season run as part of Fox's "premiere week", which during, Fox aired new episodes of their top shows. The reason for this is so they could gain new viewers for the fall. This episode is considered a second season episode, being part of ''[[The Complete Second Season]]'' DVD boxset.

This episode finished 24th in the ratings for the week beginning July 8, 1991, with a Nielsen rating of 10.9. It was the second highest rated program on Fox, only beaten by ''{{W|Beverly Hills, 90210}}''.<ref>The Associated Press (1991-07-17). "Nielsen ratings/July 8–14". Long Beach Press-Telegram.</ref>

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Three Men and a Comic Book

2023-07-12T22:03:32Z

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|name= Three Men and a Comic Book
|image= Three Men and a Comic Book.png
|number= 34
|season=2
|snumber=21
|prodcode= 7F21
|airdate= May 9, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "I will not show off." (Written in a fancy font)
|couchgag=The family sits; the couch tips over backwards, and [[Maggie]] pops up from behind.
|guests= [[Cloris Leachman]] as [[Mrs. Glick]] [[Daniel Stern]] as the narrator
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[Jeff Martin]]
|director= [[Wes M. Archer]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Three Men and a Comic Book'''" is the twenty-first episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the thirty-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on May 9, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Martin]] and directed by [[Wes M. Archer]]. It guest stars [[Cloris Leachman]] as [[Mrs. Glick]] and [[Daniel Stern]] as the narrator.

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Bart]] becomes obsessed with buying the first issue of Radioactive Man, but can't scrape together the $100 he needs to make it his own. Enlisting [[Milhouse]] and [[Martin Prince]], Bart is finally able to buy the comic, but ends up fighting with his two best friends over who gets to keep it.}}

== Plot ==
[[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] go to the [["Close Encounter of the Comic Book Kind" Convention]] in the hopes of getting some new comic books. Whilst at the convention, Bart attends a session with [[Fallout Boy]] actor [[Buddy Hodges]] and ends up making him cry. After this session, Bart is shown a copy of ''{{ap|Radioactive Man 1|in-show}}'' by [[Comic Book Guy]] and is told it costs $100 for him to buy. After leaving the convention, the family goes to [[Krusty Burger]] where Bart repeatedly asks Homer for $100 for the comic. Homer refuses and Bart starts to try and get the money together to buy it.

Bart searches around the house for loose change, drains bottles to take to the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] to exchange for cash and trades in his foreign coin collection for American money. However, this doesn't get him very much. He then tries to open a lemonade stand outside of his house but fails to attract any customers, only getting people laughing at him. Bart then starts to sell cheap beer until Homer gets home and stops him.

Meanwhile, [[Marge]] is at [[Jake's Unisex Hair Palace]] where she speaks to [[Alice Glick]], who wants someone to come to her house to do chores. Bart accepts and ends up doing many hard and unpleasant chores, such as clearing the weeds out of the garden and cleaning the sludge out of the gutters. Bart hates it, especially when he gets hurt doing the chores as Mrs. Glick puts iodine on his wounds. Finally, pay day comes along and Mrs. Glick gives Bart two quarters for all his work, which annoys Bart greatly.

Bart goes to [[The Android's Dungeon]] anyway to try and get the comic for $35, but [[Martin]] is already there, also trying to buy it. [[Milhouse]] then comes into the store wanting to buy a [[Carl Yastrzemski]] trading card. Bart then decides that the three of them should put their money together to buy the comic book. However, as the three of them try and go home, they realize that they have a problem as they all want to take the comic with them. They then go to [[Bart's treehouse]] to read the comic and discuss who gets the comic on each day. Martin tries to come up with a plan which Bart and Milhouse weren't happy about. They then decided to have a sleepover in the treehouse instead.

During the night, Martin tries to go to the toilet but Bart stops him and ties him to a chair. As tempers start to pick up between Bart and Milhouse, strong winds and rain start up outside. This causes the comic book to fly to the side of the treehouse. Bart and Milhouse's fight causes Milhouse to dangle out of the treehouse, with Bart holding onto his sleeve. Bart has to choose between saving the comic or saving Milhouse, with him ultimately choosing Milhouse. The comic book then gets ruined. The next morning, the three of them try and piece the comic back together but decide they can't do so. The final page of the comic was seen lying in a bird's nest.

== Production ==
This episode featured the first appearance of Comic Book Guy. The producers wanted to come up with a name for him later, but Comic Book Guy ended up sticking. In earlier seasons, the producers were worried with clearance for copyrighted characters, so they used a lot of their original characters as costumes in the comic convention.<ref name="Jean">{{Com|Jean, Al|Three Men and a Comic Book|Second|(2002).}}</ref>

Mrs. Glick is based on an old woman that writer Jeff Martin knew from his childhood, who would get Martin and his brother to pull weeds in her garden until their hands bled.<ref name="Martin">{{Com|Martin, Jeff|Three Men and a Comic Book|Second|(2002).}}</ref> The name of [[The Android's Dungeon & Baseball Card Shop]] came when they threw a bunch of words in, and [[Mike Reiss]] thought the name was "clunky".<ref name="Reiss">{{Com|Reiss, Mike|Three Men and a Comic Book|Second|(2002).}}</ref> The original act 3 for the episode had Bart form a union with kids, which then became corrupt. Martin decided that it didn't work and they ended up going with a ''{{W|The Treasure of the Sierra Madre}}'' instead.<ref name="Martin"/>

== Reception ==
This episode was the first episode of ''The Simpsons'' to beat ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' in ratings.<ref name="Martin"/>

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The War of the Simpsons

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|name= The War of the Simpsons
|image= Homer Leers - The War of the Simpsons.png
|number= 33
|season=2
|snumber=20
|prodcode= 7F20
|airdate= May 2, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "I will not do anything bad ever again."
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[John Swartzwelder]]
|director= [[Mark Kirkland]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''The War of the Simpsons'''" is the twentieth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the thirty-third episode overall. It originally aired on May 2, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[John Swartzwelder]] and was directed by [[Mark Kirkland]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Marge]] and [[Homer]] host a dinner party, and Homer gets drunk and makes an oaf of himself. Angry and embarrassed, Marge signs the two of them up for a marriage retreat. When Homer learns the retreat is being held at a popular fishing spot, he tries to bail out of the retreat to go fishing. Meanwhile, [[Grampa]] babysits [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]], who trick the old man into letting them do whatever they want—including throwing their own party.}}

== Plot ==
[[Marge]] and [[Homer]] throw a dinner party. Homer gets drunk and humiliates himself by telling off total strangers, pulling a very juvenile (and probably medically dangerous) practical joke on [[Dr. Hibbert]] involving a fly in an ice-cube, dancing while wearing a lampshade as a hat, ogling [[Maude Flanders]]' cleavage and generally making an oaf of himself. Homer then passes out on the living room floor and sleeps until morning. (Hibbert suggests to Marge that, '''if''' she wants Homer to live through the night, she should roll him onto his stomach). The next day, in church, Marge enrolls the two of them in a weekend retreat of marriage counseling hosted by [[Reverend Lovejoy]] and [[Helen Lovejoy]]. When Marge hires a babysitter for the weekend, the sitter takes one look at [[Bart]] and runs away screaming, as she had been emotionally scarred by watching Bart when he was a baby. Marge ends up recruiting [[Grampa]] as a last-minute replacement to babysit for the weekend.

Homer finds out that the retreat will be held at [[Catfish Lake]] and plans to spend some time fishing, even though Marge tells him that the weekend will be spent resolving their differences and there won't be any time for fishing. Even so, Homer sneaks his fishing gear in with the luggage. Before they leave, Marge gives Grampa a list of numbers in case accidents happen, and secretly gives [[Lisa]] a number to call if Grampa falls in the tub. On the way to the retreat, Homer learns of the legendary catfish, [[General Sherman]], and vows to catch the elusive fish.

Meanwhile, at home, Bart and Lisa decide to take advantage of being left with Grampa, with Bart creating a phony list of what foods they can and cannot have. This leads to a shopping trip where Bart smokes a cigar; Grampa gets candy, ice cream and other items for the kids; and Bart makes Grampa chauffer them to [[Krusty Burger]] and then to [[Noiseland Video Arcade]].

During the first meeting at the marriage retreat, each couple is asked to explain the faults of the other person. When it is Marge's turn, her list is so long that she talks for several hours, and Reverend Lovejoy has to cancel plans for a luau. The next morning. Homer gets up at 5:00 am to sneak away and go fishing, but Marge wakes up and catches him. Marge is angry that Homer would choose fishing over their marriage, but the message is at first lost on Homer, who visualizes Marge turning into a catfish. Homer asks if he can take a walk instead, and Marge agrees. On the dock, Homer finds an abandoned fishing pole, picks it up, and gets yanked off the pier into a small rowboat and onto the lake. It appears that the rod has hooked the legendary catfish, General Sherman. From the cabin window, Marge sees Homer on the lake, and assumes that he has ignored her again.

Back at home, Bart and Lisa throw a party that ends with the house in a total mess. Watching Grampa cry, and fearing that he will get in trouble, Bart and Lisa start to feel remorse for taking advantage of Grampa, and they frantically work to clean the house up before Homer and Marge return. However, unbeknownst to them, Grampa secretly chuckles while they clean.

Marge attends the marriage workshops alone while Homer is still attempting to catch the fish. Finally he wrestles it into the boat, and after it stops moving, he returns to the dock, triumphantly singing, "I am the Champion." He finds Marge waiting for him, and she tells him their marriage is in trouble if he values a fish more than her. To prove that he loves Marge more, he lets the fish go (despite having battled it for several hours), Marge forgives him, and they return home to a clean house. Grampa admits he fooled Bart and Lisa into obedience by pretending to cry ("I can turn it on like a faucet!"), and the entire Simpson family realizes how clever he is.

Back at Catfish Lake, General Sherman still swims free, but the story of how Homer nearly caught him is added to the tale of the legendary fish, as told by the [[Worm man|bait shop clerk]].

== Production ==
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== Reception ==
This episode did very well with the critics but [[Matt Groening]] was very disappointed with the scene where [[General Sherman]] surfaces and winks at the camera while [[Homer]] and [[Marge]] are embracing in the background. Groening felt that it made the episode unrealistic.

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Lisa's Substitute

2023-07-12T22:02:12Z

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{{Episode
|name= Lisa's Substitute
|image= L Substitute.png
|number= 32
|season=2
|snumber=19
|prodcode= 7F19
|airdate= April 25, [[1991]]
|blackboard=
|guests= [[Dustin Hoffman]] as [[Mr. Bergstrom]]
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[Jon Vitti]]
|director= [[Rich Moore]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Lisa's Substitute'''" is the nineteenth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally aired on April 25, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Jon Vitti]] and directed by [[Rich Moore]]. It guest stars [[Dustin Hoffman]] as [[Mr. Bergstrom]].

== Synopsis ==
[[File:CG 013.gif|thumb|right|Couch Gag.]]
{{Desc|When [[Lisa]]'s teacher [[Miss Hoover]] gets Lyme Disease, Mr. Bergstrom takes over the class. Lisa finds Mr. Bergstrom's teaching methods incredibly inspiring and discovers an entirely new love for learning, but when Mr. Bergstrom leaves, Lisa doubts that anyone else in her life (including her own father) can be the man that Mr. Bergstrom was. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] runs against [[Martin Prince]] for class president.}}

== Plot ==
[[File:Lisa's Substitute.gif|thumb|left|Promo image for the episode]]
[[Lisa]]'s teacher, [[Miss Hoover]], thinks she has come down with Lyme disease and is replaced by substitute teacher [[Mr. Bergstrom]]. Because of his unorthodox teaching methods, Lisa takes a friendly, even romantic, liking to him. [[Bart]]'s class, meanwhile, prepares to elect a class president. [[Mrs. Krabappel]] nominates [[Martin]], while [[Sherri]] and [[Terri]] nominate Bart. During a debate with Martin, Bart tells jokes that win the class over.

Lisa runs into Mr. Bergstrom at a museum and is embarrassed when Homer displays his ignorance. Sensing that Lisa is missing something in her relationship with her father, Mr. Bergstrom takes Homer aside to suggest he be a more positive role model. After venting to her mother about Homer ruining her 'one chance' to get to know Bergstrom outside of the classroom, Lisa is given permission to invite him to family dinner, only to be shattered when she finds Miss Hoover back and Mr. Bergstrom gone. She rushes to his apartment and finds him having left for another job. She rushes to the train station to catch him, and confesses to that she will be lost without him. To comfort her, he writes her a note and tells her that if she ever feels alone and like she can't rely on anybody, its contents are all she needs to know. He then boards the train and departs. It reads, "You are Lisa Simpson." Meanwhile, certain of Bart's inevitable victory thanks to his popular campaigning, none of the children in his class–including himself–actually voted, giving Martin the victory with just two votes; one from himself, and the other from [[Wendell Borton]].

Devastated by Mr. Bergstrom's departure, Lisa blames Homer for Mr. Bergstrom's departure, calling him a baboon. [[Marge]] tells Homer to console Lisa, explaining how her daughter is very hurt emotionally and is in need of her father. Homer enters Lisa's room and finds her crying over her desk. He is uncertain of how to deal with Lisa's sadness, and is uncomfortable seeing his daughter crying. Homer explains to Lisa how he cannot really understand how it feels to lose someone important: everyone he has ever loved and cared about lives with him still. He then alludes to Lisa calling him a baboon, and in a loving manner mimics a monkey, cheering her up. Lisa apologizes to Homer for calling him a baboon, and he accepts the apology. Finding Bart still seething over the election result, Homer cheers him up by reminding him that all the job of class president would have really meant was a lot of extra work with little reward, making Bart feel happy that he lost the election. Finally going by [[Maggie]]'s room, he places her pacifier in her mouth. Proud that he helped all three of his children, Homer goes to bed with Marge happily, stating he is "on the biggest roll" of his life.

== Production ==
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Brush with Greatness

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|name= Brush with Greatness
|image= Brush with Greatness promo.jpg
|caption = {{Ch|Ringo Starr}} looking at one of Marge's many paintings of him.
|number= 31
|season=2
|snumber=18
|prodcode= 7F18
|airdate= April 11, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "I will not hide behind the Fifth Amendment"
|guests= [[Ringo Starr]] as {{Ch|Ringo Starr|himself}} [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Professor Lombardo]]
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[Brian K. Roberts]]
|director= [[Jim Reardon]]
|DVD features=yes
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'''"Brush with Greatness"''' is the eighteenth episode of [[Season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the thirty-first episode overall. It originally aired on April 11, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Brian K. Roberts]] and was directed by [[Jim Reardon]]. It guest stars [[Ringo Starr]] as {{Ch|Ringo Starr|himself}} and [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Professor Lombardo]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Marge]]'s interest in art is reawakened when [[Homer]] finds old portraits of Ringo Starr that Marge painted when she was a teenager. She takes an art class at the local college, wins an art competition, and is commissioned to paint a portrait of [[Mr. Burns]]. Meanwhile, Homer begins exercising after getting stuck in a water park ride and humiliated on the evening news.}}

== Plot ==
After [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] see [[Krusty]] do his show at the [[Mt. Splashmore]] water park, they ask Homer if they can go there. [[Homer]] gets annoyed, but reluctantly decides to take them there. The family goes to Mt. Splashmore, where they ride H2WHOA!, a crowded water slide. As Homer goes on H2WHOA!, he gets lodged in a section of a pipe, and after a rescue crew removes him from the ride, with the help of a large crane, he realizes that he needs to lose weight and announces that he will go on a diet.

While Homer is looking for his weights, Bart stumbles on paintings of {{Ch|Ringo Starr}} that [[Marge]] made as a student in high school, when she had a crush on him. Lisa asks Marge what her painting talent was as a schoolgirl, and she says that as a high school student, she was scolded for doing a painting of Ringo Starr. She sent a painting to Starr for an "honest opinion," but never got a response. Lisa suggests that Marge take a painting class at Springfield Community College, which she does. She makes a painting of Homer, which her teacher, [[Professor Lombardo]], praises. It wins the college art show.

Meanwhile, [[Mr. Burns]] grows exasperated as a number of hired artists fail to paint a suitable portrait of him for installation in the Springfield Museum of Fine Arts. After seeing Marge's winning painting in the newspaper, [[Smithers]] has Mr. Burns consider Marge. She reluctantly agrees, and Burns insists that the painting portray him as a beautiful man. During the sessions to paint him, Burns constantly heckles different members of the Simpsons family, causing Marge's patience to wear thin. When Homer announces that he weighs 239 pounds, which means he's lost 21 pounds, Burns insults Homer and belittles his weight-loss efforts by calling him "the fattest thing he's ever seen." That's the last straw for Marge, and she tells Mr. Burns to leave the house, saying that she can finish the picture without him.

Marge concedes that given Mr. Burns' personality, she can't paint a beautiful picture of him. Homer encourages Marge to finish the painting, and in the mail she gets a reply from Ringo Starr, who answered her letter, apologizing for replying late and praising the picture she had sent him years earlier. Now inspired, Marge finishes the painting of Mr. Burns, and at the opening of the Burns Wing, she unveils the painting. The painting depicts a naked, frail, and weak Burns. The people are shocked, until Marge explains that it depicts what Burns actually is: Despite all his evil, he is at the end of it all a vulnerable human being which will, one day, be no more, something as beautiful as anything else in the world. Everyone, even Burns, who is at first outraged but then accepts his new glory, praises Marge's painting.

== Production ==
The episode was written by [[Brian K. Roberts]] and directed by [[Jim Reardon]]. Ringo Starr guest stars as himself (the first member of ''The Beatles'' to appear on the show) as well as [[Jon Lovitz]].

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== Reception ==
"Brush With Greatness" has received almost universal critical acclaim for TV critics and is often cited as a "superb episode". The episode finished thirty-seventh in the ratings for the week it aired, with a Nielsen rating of 12.0.

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Old Money

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{{Episode
|name= Old Money
|image=Old Money.png
|number=30
|prodcode=7F17
|season=2
|snumber=17
|airdate=March 28, [[1991]]
|blackboard="I will not grease the monkey bars."
|guests=[[Audrey Meadows]] as [[Beatrice Simmons]] [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]]
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer=[[Jay Kogen]] [[Wallace Wolodarsky]]
|director=[[David Silverman]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Old Money'''" is the seventeenth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the thirtieth episode overall. It originally aired on March 28, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Jay Kogen]] and [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] and directed by [[David Silverman]]. It guest stars [[Audrey Meadows]] as [[Beatrice Simmons]] and [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Grampa]] falls in love with [[Bea Simmons]], a fellow resident of the [[Springfield Retirement Castle]]. During the course of their brief romance, Bea passes away and leaves Grandpa her entire savings, $100,000. Grandpa decides to give the money to charity but can't decide which one is worthiest, but when he can't decide, Grampa heads for a casino to gamble it away.}}

== Plot ==
[[Grampa]] returns to the retirement home after another lackluster Sunday outing with the family. The same day, he meets [[Beatrice Simmons]] when their pills are mixed up at the [[Retirement Castle]]. They fall in love and then begin dating.

In a month's time, Grandpa plans to present Beatrice with a present on her birthday. However, [[Homer]] comes for their monthly outing with Grampa. Grampa explains that he can't go, as it is his girlfriend's birthday. Homer thinks this is just Grampa acting cranky and not wanting to come along. Grampa ends up being dragged along with the family to Discount Lion Safari. At the refuge, the family's car becomes stuck in the mud and, to make matters worse, hungry lions begin circling the car, trapping the family in the car overnight. After a hunter helps run the lions off the next morning, Grampa returns home expecting to see Bea. However, Homer pulls up just in time for the ambulance to pull away. It turns out that Bea had died of a burst ventricle while he was out with the family.

A devastated Grampa attends her funeral, mentioning that Bea must have really cared for him, in that she didn't request that he be a pallbearer at her funeral. Homer tries to explain how sorry he is, but Grampa is too angry to listen. Blaming Homer for not only making him miss Bea's birthday, but also making him not be with Bea in her final moments, he vows never to forgive Homer, causing Homer to become very saddened as a result.

After returning to the retirement home to mourn her death, Grampa is visited by [[Lionel Hutz]], who was the executor of Bea's estate. It turns out that Bea was a wealthy widow, and left an inheritance of $106,000 to Grampa. Bea's stipulations say that Grampa can enjoy this money any way he sees fit. He tries everything from buying a fez (which is claimed to have belonged to Napoleon), to going to an amusement park, but none of these things make him happy. While on the rollercoaster at the park, Bea appears to Grampa in the form of a ghost, telling him that if the money isn't helping him, it should go to those who it could benefit.

Also at Bea's request, Grampa goes to visit Homer and his family. At dinner, Grampa announces his intentions to give Bea's money away. He plans to have people come talk to him, and then he will decide who is most needing of it. This announcement soon gains local media attention, and a line forms for people to make requests of Grampa for the remaining money (even reporter Kent Brockman reports on this, then gets in line).

After a number of interviews, Grampa still hasn't made up his mind. At a suggestion by Jasper, he goes on a senior citizen gambling trip, with the possibility that he could double or triple the remaining funds. When Homer finds out about this, he races to stop Grampa, and succeeds when Grampa almost loses the money in a game of roulette. This gesture causes Grampa to forgive Homer.

Outside the casino, Homer asks Grampa if he has figured out yet what to do with his inheritance. Looking at his hands, Grampa explains that he has. With the inheritance, Grampa helps renovate the retirement home, and has the dining room named in Bea's honour.

== Production ==
The episode was written by Jay Kogen and directed by David Silverman. [[Professor Frink]] also makes his first appearance on the show in this episode. In the credits of this episode, under the actor's name is the characters they voiced in the episode, being the first and only episode to have this.

== Reception ==
The episode has received mixed to positive reviews from TV critics.

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Bart's Dog Gets an "F"

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|name= Bart's Dog Gets an "F"
|image= Bart's Dog Gets an F.png
|number= 29
|season=2
|snumber=16
|prodcode= 7F14
|airdate= March 7, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "I will not sell school property."
|guests= [[Tracey Ullman]] as [[Emily Winthrop]]
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[Jon Vitti]]
|director= [[Jim Reardon]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Bart's Dog Gets an "F"'''" is the sixteenth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the twenty-ninth episode overall. It originally aired on March 7, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Jon Vitti]] and directed by [[Jim Reardon]]. It guest stars [[Tracey Ullman]] as [[Emily Winthrop]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|After [[Santa's Little Helper]] gets in trouble for destroying [[Homer]]'s new sneakers, Homer's large macadamia nut cookie, and [[Marge]]'s heirloom quilt, [[Bart]] enrolls the dog into an obedience school, which Santa's Little Helper must pass if he wants to continue being The Simpsons' pet.}}

== Plot ==
The Simpsons' dog, Santa's Little Helper, has been causing the family all sorts of grief. He doesn't obey commands, and is constantly making a nuisance of himself.

Lisa has the mumps and has to spend a few days home from school. While Marge teaches her sewing, Homer goes to the mall to buy some magazines for her. There he sees and purchases some expensive shoes known as 'Assassins', which he saw [[Ned Flanders]] with earlier, as well as a large cookie.

Marge shows Lisa a patchwork quilt which is a family heirloom. Lisa makes her own contribution to it, but then Santa's Little Helper rips it up, also destroying the shoes and cookie. Homer wants to get rid of the dog, but Lisa convinces them to take it to an obedience school first.

Santa's Little Helper does not do well at the Obedience School as Bart is unwilling to use a choke chain. The night before the final exam, Homer threatens that if Santa's Little Helper fails the exam, he'll have to go, but Bart and Lisa are very upset about this and ask to give the dog another chance. Bart and Santa's Little Helper play, thinking it will be their last few hours together. This bonding breaks down the communication barrier, allows Santa's Little Helper to understand Bart's commands, and to pass obedience school. Lisa marks the occasions by creating a new quilt to replace the one destroyed.

== Production ==
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Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

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|number= 28
|season=2
|snumber=15
|prodcode= 7F16
|airdate= February 21, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "I will not sell land in Florida."
|guests= [[Danny DeVito]] as [[Herb Powell]]
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[Jeff Martin]]
|director= [[Wes Archer]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?'''" is the fifteenth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the twenty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on February 21, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Martin]] and directed by [[Wes Archer]]. It guest stars [[Danny DeVito]] as [[Herb Powell]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|Fearing death, [[Grampa]] tells [[Homer]] that he has a half-brother. This half-brother, [[Herb Powell]], is a carmaker in [[Detroit]], and wants Homer to design a car for the average man to save his car company.}}

== Plot ==
After watching the latest [[McBain]] movie, Abe Simpson suffers a mild heart attack, which prompts him to confess a long-hidden secret; Homer has a half-brother. As Grampa explains, he had met a carnival floozy and prostitute before marrying Homer's mother. They had a son, and left him at the [[Shelbyville]] Orphanage. Determined to find his brother, Homer and his family go to the orphanage and find out that Abe's son was adopted by a Mr. and Mrs. Powell and named [[Herbert Powell|Herbert]].

Herb Powell (who looks just like Homer, except with more hair and a little less gut) is the head of [[Powell Motors]] car company (in danger of being taken over by the Japanese because of otherwise poor management). He is very rich, but is quite unhappy not knowing who he is and where he comes from. He is overjoyed upon hearing of his half-brother and invites the entire Simpson family to stay at his mansion in Detroit.

Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are enthralled by Herb's wealthy lifestyle (though Marge constantly worries about spoiling her kids), and Herb decides that Homer, being an "average" American, is the perfect person to design a new car for his company, which has been losing business due to foreign car manufacturers. Herb introduces Homer to his company's design team, who soon use his lack of vehicle knowledge to try and design 'their' perfect vehicle.

When Herb asks Homer how the car design is coming along Homer can't give him a straight answer. Herb feels that Homer is not being forceful enough with his ideas, and gives Homer a pep talk. Pretty soon, Herb has invigorated Homer, who returns to the designers and begins demanding weird items like bubble domes, fins and several horns that play "La Cucaracha". While Homer becomes more a businessman, Herb spends time with Marge and the kids, becoming more of a family man like Homer. Herb's money and prestige enables the kids to enjoy life in style, but Marge is worried they may becoming spoiled.

At the unveiling of "[[The Homer]]", Herb is horrified to discover that the car is a monstrosity that costs $82,000 (significantly more when inflation adjusted for today). Herb's company folds, his mansion is sold off and he leaves regretting that he ever met his brother. As he departs on the bus he angrily remarks to Homer that he "has no brother". Lisa laments, "His life was an unbridled success... until he found out he was a Simpson". In the end of this episode, while Homer drives the family home, Bart tells him that the car he built was great. Homer became relieved that at least one person he cares about seems to like it.

== Production ==
"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" was written by Jeff Martin and directed by Wes Archer. Homer's mom, [[Mona Simpson]] and his half-brother, [[Herb Powell]], make their first appearances on The Simpsons in the episode. Danny DeVito guest stars as Herb.

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== Reception ==
The episode has received a large amount of positive reviews since airing. ''Total Film''' ranked DeVito's performance as the 10th best guest appearance in the show's history.

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Principal Charming

2023-07-12T21:46:10Z

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|image= Principal Charming.png
|number= 27
|season=2
|snumber=14
|prodcode= 7F15
|airdate= February 14, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "I will not belch the national anthem."
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[David M. Stern]]
|director= [[Mark Kirkland]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Principal Charming'''" is the fourteenth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the twenty-seventh episode overall. It originally aired on February 14, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[David M. Stern]] and was directed by [[Mark Kirkland]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Marge]] enlists [[Homer]]'s help to find Aunt [[Selma]] a husband—and ends up pairing [[Principal Skinner]] with Aunt [[Patty]]. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] gets in trouble for using sodium tetrasulfate (a potent herbicide) to spell his name out in the grass and gets sentenced to reseed the field.}}

== Plot ==
[[Patty]] and [[Selma]] visit the wedding of a man who could have easily been Selma's husband, had Patty not gotten in the way. Selma realizes she needs to find a husband and begs [[Marge]] to help her. Marge enlists Homer's help but he fails to find anyone suitable. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] pulls a big prank by pouring the fictional chemical sodium tetrasulfate onto the grass. As Bart had used it to spell his name, [[Principal Skinner]] easily catches him. In the principal's office, Bart is told to call his father, who is at [[Moe's Tavern]].

After Bart asks for Homer Sexual, Skinner takes the receiver as [[Moe]] verbally assaults the principal, thinking Skinner is the person who has been making prank calls to his tavern for years. (Bart, of course, is the culprit.) Realizing his error, Moe hands Homer the phone. Homer goes to the school and decides Skinner is the perfect man for Selma. He invites Skinner to meet her, but he falls for Selma's identical twin sister, Patty, instead. Skinner starts to go out with a slightly unwilling Patty, who has not come out of the closet yet, much to Selma's increasing chagrin. Meanwhile, Bart takes advantage of the opportunity to get out of his punishment of re-seeding the grass field and soon takes control of the school. Skinner enlists Bart's help to get Patty to marry him, while Homer fixes a date between Selma and Barney.

Skinner takes Patty to the top of the Bell Tower to propose. Following Bart's lead, he has written "Marry Me, Patty" in 40-foot letters using the sodium tetrasulfate that got Bart in trouble. Patty is flattered, but declines. In his grief, Principal Skinner sees what has happened to the school, and takes back control by putting Bart back on his punishment. Patty informs Selma of events, so she breaks up her own date. Things then return to normal.

== Production ==
[[File:Principal Charming Moleman, Man With Nice Stride.jpg|thumb|left]]
This was [[Groundskeeper Willie]]'s first appearance and [[Dan Castellaneta]], who was assigned to voice him, didn't know which voice to use. [[Sam Simon]] suggested he use an accent and after going through a Spanish and "big dumb Swede" voice, they settled on a Scottish accent.<ref name="Reiss">{{cite video |people=Reiss, Mike |date=2002 |title=The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Principal Charming" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref>

[[Josh Weinstein]] revealed in a tweet that [[Hans Moleman]] was originally known as "Kindly Old Gent" in the planning stages.<ref>[https://twitter.com/Joshstrangehill/status/557289435021058049 Josh Weinstein's Twitter]</ref>

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== Reception ==
"Principal Charming" holds a rating of 7.5 on {{W|IMDb}}.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0767445/ "Principal Charming" on IMDb] (Retrieved 2016-07-01)</ref> Nathan Rabin of {{W|AV Club}} says "This stellar episode ends on an appropriately bittersweet note: "Principal Charming" does justice to both the tragic and comic side of these tragicomic and brilliantly conceived supporting players." The episode also holds an A- rating on AV Club.<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/the-simpsons-classic-principal-charming-48926 AV Club - The Simpsons (Classic): "Principal Charming"]</ref>

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Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment

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|name= Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
|image= Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment.png
|number= 26
|season=2
|snumber=13
|prodcode= 7F13
|airdate= February 7, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "I will not make flatulant noises in class."
|guests= [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]], the [[cable guy]] and [[Moses]]
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[Steve Pepoon]]
|director= [[Rich Moore]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment'''" is the thirteenth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the twenty-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on February 7, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Steve Pepoon]] and was directed by [[Rich Moore]]. It guest stars [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]], the [[cable guy]] and [[Moses]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Homer]] becomes the most popular guy in town when he gets an illegal cable hook-up. But [[Lisa]] doesn't approve and fears that Homer will go to hell for violating the Eighth Commandment ("Thou shalt not steal").}}

== Plot ==
After seeing [[Ned Flanders]] reject an offer to get an illegal cable hook-up, [[Homer]] chases after the cable man and wants to be hooked up for free. He likes the new channels he gets, which the family watches with him. However, [[Lisa]] feels suspicious. Following a Sunday School lesson regarding the existence and nature of [[Hell]], Lisa becomes terrified of violations of the {{W|Ten Commandments}}, the adherence to which she is assured will keep one's soul safe from Hell. Lisa imagines her house melting, and the devil sits at their couch with them. He tells her that watching T.V. will cost her nothing, but "Her Soul". She fears that because Homer violated the Eighth Commandment ("Thou Shalt Not Steal"), he will go to Hell when he dies. She additionally opposes other examples of common and harmless thievery, including her mother's tasting of grapes in a grocery store which she has not paid for. Lisa pays a visit to Reverend Lovejoy at church, where he suggests that Lisa cannot turn her father into the police (as she must Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother), and instead encourages Lisa to not watch anything on Homer's cable hook-up, setting a good example.

Homer invites his friends from the power plant, as well as [[Apu]], [[Moe]] and [[Barney]] to watch "The Bout to Knock the Other Guy Out!", on the pay-per-view movie channel The Blockbuster Channel. ([[Mr. Burns]] and [[Waylon Smithers, Jr.]] show up as well). Meanwhile, [[Bart]] has set up posters on the back door for his showing of the adult-only channel "Top Hat Entertainment" for 50 cents (although his age requirement is 8), but is caught a few seconds later by Homer, whose conscience eventually bothers him, more so in the form of his daughter's distress than a moral objection to stealing cable, and he gives in to Lisa's protests, begrudgingly choosing not to watch the fight. [[Marge]] and [[Maggie]] join them as well. Bart, on the other hand, decides to go back to see the fight, but Homer stops him for good. He sits the fight out and when it is over, he hesitantly (and unprofessionally) cuts his cable hook-up, despite Bart's objection. He accidentally manages to cut the electricity to all of [[Springfield]] in his random wire-cutting, before finally cutting the cable wire.

== Production ==
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== Reception ==
"Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" won the {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}} in the {{W|43rd Primetime Emmy Awards}}.<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1991/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1991"]</ref>

Sound mixers [[Brad Brock]], [[Gary Montgomery]], [[Jim Fitzpatrick]], [[Brad Sherman]] received a nomination for a {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation}} in the {{W|43rd Primetime Emmy Awards}} for the episode. However it lost to "Doogenstein" from ''{{W|Doogie Howser, M.D.}}''<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1991/outstanding-sound-mixing-for-a-comedy-series-or-a-special Television Academy - "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special – 1991"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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The Way We Was

2023-07-12T21:44:04Z

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|name= The Way We Was
|image= Homer meets Marge.png
|number= 25
|season=2
|snumber=12
|prodcode= 7F12
|airdate= January 31, [[1991]]
|blackboard= "I will not get very far with this attitude."
|guests= [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Artie Ziff]] and [[Mr. Seckofsky]]
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[Al Jean]] [[Mike Reiss]] [[Sam Simon]]
|director= [[David Silverman]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''The Way We Was'''" is the twelfth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the twenty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on January 31, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Al Jean]], [[Mike Reiss]] and [[Sam Simon]] and directed by [[David Silverman]]. It guest stars [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Artie Ziff]] and [[Mr. Seckofsky]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|When the TV breaks down, [[Marge]] and [[Homer]] decide to tell their children a story. After refusing to tell the story of how [[Bart]] was born, they decide to tell the story of how Homer and Marge met in high school—and how Marge almost went out with a nerd named [[Artie Ziff]].}}

== Plot ==
When the TV breaks down Marge tells the kids the story of how she and Homer first met. We flashback to 1974, when they were both in their senior year of high school. While Homer was quite the slacker, Marge was a responsible student, but when she attends a feminist rally and burns a bra on the school grounds, she's sent to detention. It just so happens that Homer and [[Barney]] are already there, having been busted for smoking in the school restroom. Upon seeing Marge enter the room, Homer is smitten and wants to ask her to the Prom.

To get to be around her more, Homer joins the debate team that Marge is on. However, Marge is more interested in the more... articulate [[Artie Ziff]]. As a plan B, Homer pretends to be a French student so that he can be tutored by Marge. It appears to be working, and when Homer asks Marge to the senior prom, she says yes. However, when Homer reveals he doesn't really take French, Marge grows furious and storms out of the house, yelling after her that she hates Homer. The next day, due to her lack of sleep, Marge is unprepared for her role on the debate team. Afterwards, Artie Ziff asks Marge to the Prom, whom she gladly accepts.

Homer doesn't realize (or perhaps, refuses to believe) that Marge has rejected him, and so shows up for prom night to pick her up. After being insulted by Marge's sisters, Homer realizes his assumptions were incorrect when Artie shows up to pick up Marge. Homer still decides to go to the Prom, since he already rented his tuxedo, a limousine, and paid for the two dinners at the event. At the Prom, Homer's night seems to get worse: from having a Prom photo taken only of himself, and watching as Marge and Artie are crowned Prom King and Queen.

Later, Marge and Artie leave the prom and go off to have an intimate moment. Marge is rather unsure about this, and grows angry when Artie clumsily steps over the line. Upon her demand, Artie drives her home, wishing her good night, and asking that she not tell anyone about his 'busy hands.' Marge is about to enter her house when she hears her parents arguing through the door, saying how uncouth Homer was, and how lucky Marge was for going to the Prom with Artie. Marge then gets in her car, and finds Homer walking along the side of the road, having lost his ride. Marge gives him a ride, and says that she should have taken him instead. At these words, Homer mentions that he's a little afraid, because "Once you stop this car, I'm going to hug you, and kiss you, and then I'll never be able to let you go." The episode ends with Homer happily embracing Marge as the Simpson children look on. While Lisa and [[Maggie]] look pleased, Bart (as is expected), is grossed out.

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One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish

2023-07-12T21:43:28Z

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|name= One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
|image=One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish.png
|number=24
|season=2
|snumber=11
|prodcode=7F11
|airdate=January 24, [[1991]]
|blackboard=I will not cut corners." followed by lines of ditto marks
|couchgag=The couch tips over backwards. Maggie pops up from behind it.
|guests=[[Larry King]] as {{Ch|Larry King|himself}} [[George Takei]] as [[Akira Kurosawa]] [[Sab Shimono]] as the [[Master Sushi Chef]]
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer=[[Nell Scovell]]
|director=[[Wes Archer]]
|DVD features=yes
}}

"'''One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish'''" is the eleventh episode of [[season 2]] and the twenty-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on January 24, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[Nell Scovell]] and directed by [[Wes Archer]]. It guest stars [[Larry King]] as {{Ch|Larry King|himself}}, [[George Takei]] as [[Akira Kurosawa]] and [[Sab Shimono]] as the [[Master Sushi Chef]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Lisa]] convinces the family to try a new Sushi restaurant, [[The Happy Sumo]]. A menu mix-up leads to [[Homer]] eating a poisoned blowfish. [[Dr. Hibbert]] gives him twenty-four hours to live. He sets about placing his affairs in order.}}

== Plot ==
[[Homer]] takes his family to a new sushi bar, The Happy Sumo. After sampling most of the items on the menu, he tries sushi made from the fish fugu. The chef in charge is busy having sex with [[Edna Krabappel]], so his apprentice has to slice the fugu, of which certain parts are toxic. The apprentice tries to do it carefully, but Homer starts yelling impatiently, and disturbing the apprentice and forcing him to serve it. Homer considers it a treat, but the chef soon returns and finds that the fish has not been prepared correctly and tells Homer that he may have been poisoned. Homer and Marge go to the hospital, where Dr. Hibbert informs Homer he is indeed very likely to die and has twenty-four hours left to live. At night with [[Marge]] by his side, he decides not to tell his children about the bad news and makes a list of all the things he wants to do before he dies.

On his last day, after oversleeping, Homer attempts to do all the things on his list. He has a man-to-man talk with [[Bart]], listens to Lisa play her saxophone, and borrows [[Ned Flanders|Flanders]]'s camcorder to make a video for [[Maggie]] that she can look at when she is older. Homer finally reconciles with his father [[Abe Simpson]], which takes up far more time than he expects and forces him to give up doing some of the things on his list. After trying to catch up on time he lost doing these things, Homer is arrested for speeding. He calls [[Barney]], who is asked to pay $50 to bail him out. Leaving jail and with not much time left, he tells off his boss [[Mr. Burns]] and has one last drink at [[Moe's Tavern]] with his friends, causing him to miss dinner with his waiting family. He then hurries home in time to say goodbye to his children and make love to Marge.

At midnight, Homer quietly gets out of bed, visits each family member, who are all asleep, and says goodbye. Feeling glum, he goes to the living room and listens to {{Ch|Larry King}} read the Bible on tape. The tape plays out to which suddenly his head drops and it appears he has succumbed to the poison. Marge awakens the next morning and is panicked that Homer is not there. She runs downstairs and finds him, collapsed in the armchair. As she mourns, she realizes that his drool is still warm. She wakes him up and drums in the fact that he is alive. Homer then prances around in an overjoyed state and vows to live life to its fullest. In typical Homer fashion, he is soon back on the couch watching a bowling tournament and eating pork rinds.

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Bart Gets Hit by a Car

2023-07-12T21:42:50Z

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|name= Bart Gets Hit by a Car
|image=Bart Gets Hit by a Car.png
|number=23
|season=2
|snumber=10
|prodcode=7F10
|airdate=January 10, [[1991]]
|blackboard="I will not sell school property."
|couchgag=When the family jumps on to the couch, [[Homer]] bumps everyone off so he can have it for himself.
|guests= [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]], [[Larry]], and the Heavenly voice
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[John Swartzwelder]]
|director= [[Mark Kirkland]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Bart Gets Hit by a Car'''" is the tenth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the twenty-third episode overall. It originally aired on January 10, [[1991]]. The episode was written by [[John Swartzwelder]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Lionel Hutz]] and as the Heavenly voice.

== Synopsis ==
{{desc|[[Bart]] is knocked off his skateboard by [[Mr. Burns]] in his car. After a brief trip to [[Heaven]], and a slightly less brief visit to [[Hell]], he falls to Earth. With the help of dodgy lawyer [[Lionel Hutz]], [[Homer]] tries to sue Burns for a million dollars. And [[Marge]] and [[Lisa]] discover there are many ways you can arrive at the truth.}}

== Plot ==
While out riding his skateboard with reckless abandon, Bart is hit by a car driven by Homer's boss, [[Mr. Burns]]. While Burns and [[Smithers]] argue about what to do about him, Bart's soul floats out of his body and he ascends a luminous stairway to Heaven. When Bart spits over the edge, the stairway turns into a chute and sends him directly to Hell. After the [[Devil]] looks over Bart's case history on his computer, he sees Bart is not due to arrive in Hell for nearly another century. As Bart begins to regain consciousness, the Devil tells him to be rebellious and listen to heavy metal music. Bart wakes up in a hospital bed with Homer, Marge, Lisa and a strange man hovering over him. Asking the strange man, Lionel Hutz, who he is, Lionel presents Homer with his card and tells him if he wants to make a lot of money, to give him a call. Acting on his lawyers' advice, Burns offers Homer money to ensure he does not take legal action against him. But he only offers Homer a paltry $100. Homer turns it down and calls Lionel Hutz. After learning Homer is going to sue him, Burns becomes furious and decides to fire him. After Smithers reminds him firing a man who's son he hit with a car would be bad for his image, Burns has no choice but to settle the lawsuit in court or talk the Simpsons out of it.

Hutz assures Homer if he does exactly what he says, he can get a settlement for a million dollars. But to do it, Bart has to lie about the extent of his injuries. To further stack the deck in their favor, Hutz uses the legal testimony of a shady doctor, Dr. [[Nick Riviera]], to come up with his own diagnosis. Both Bart and Burns present exaggerated memories of the accident on the stand, but the civil jury is more accepting of Bart's fabricated story. In a last attempt to get them to drop the lawsuit, Burns invites Homer and Marge to his home. He offers them $500,000 to settle the case, then leaves the room to let them discuss it. Burns listens in on their conversation in the next room by looking through the cut-out eyes of a painting. Marge, feeling guilty they have been lying, asks Homer to drop the case. She only wants Burns to pay Bart's medical bills and to make an apology for the accident. But Homer wants to hold out for the full million. Upon hearing they are using a quack, Burns walks back into the room, tells them to leave and releases the hounds.

In court the next day, Burns' lawyer calls Marge to the stand and reminds her she is under oath. Marge testifies that Hutz and Dr. Riveria made Bart lie about his injuries. A stunned Homer listens in disbelief as his million dollars slips away. That night at dinner, Bart is disappointed that they lost the million, thinking of the great life they could have bought, but Marge reprimands him that honor is more important than easy money. Homer, aghast at how Marge cost him a million dollars, leaves and goes to [[Moe's]]. Marge follows him to Moe's Tavern to apologize, he says he has lost his chance to make anything of his life and is worried that he no longer loves her. Marge, shocked at this, says that if Homer no longer loves her after making eye contact with her will accept their marriage is over. When Homer looks his wife in the eyes, he says he loves her more than ever.

== Production ==
The episode's plot was based on {{W|Billy Wilder}}'s 1966 film, ''{{W|The Fortune Cookie}}'' in which [[Walter Matthau]] plays a dishonest lawyer who convinces [[Jack Lemmon]]'s character to fake an injury for a large cash settlement. While working on the court room scenes, director [[Mark Kirkland]] watched ''{{ap|To Kill a Mockingbird|film}}'' and ''{{W|The Verdict}}'' to get ideas for different angles he could use. Although the episode was written by [[John Swartzwelder]], a lot of the ending was pitched by executive producer [[James L. Brooks]], who felt the episode needed a more emotional ending, so some shots were reworked so that voice-overs could be added.

The episode includes the debuts of three recurring characters, Lionel Hutz, Dr. Nick and the [[Blue-haired lawyer]]. Lionel Hutz was designed by Mark Kirkland, who gave him a evil design, but was asked to make him more "bland looking." He gave him a powder blue suit to make him stand out more. [[Phil Hartman]], who voices Hutz, also guest stars for the first time. He would later become one of the most frequently appearing guest stars, with Hutz and [[Troy McClure]] (who was introduced later in the second season) being his most well-known characters.

Dr. Nick Riviera is voiced by [[Hank Azaria]], who used a "bad Ricky Ricardo" impression. The animators modeled Dr. Nick after then-supervising director [[Gabor Csupo]], because they mistakenly believed that Azaria was impersonating him. The Blue-haired lawyer, who does not have a proper name, was based on Roy Cohn, who became famous as Senator Josepth McCarthy's lawyer. His voice, provided by [[Dan Castellaneta]], was also an impression of Cohn. The devil is also shown for the first time, and he was designed by Mark Kirkland, who originally tried to give him a scary design, but the writers asked him to use a more comedic look. The show's then-script supervisor [[Doris Grau]] also appears in the show for the first time. She was used because of her unique voice, and appears as a minor character in this episode, but would later become known for voicing [[Lunchlady Doris]].

== In other languages ==
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Itchy & Scratchy & Marge

2023-07-12T21:41:18Z

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{{Quote|Dear Purveyors of Senseless Violence: I know this may sound silly at first, but I believe that the cartoons you show to our children are influencing their behavior in a negative way. Please try to tone down the psychotic violence in your otherwise fine programming. Yours truly, Marge Simpson.|[[Marge]]'s letter to [[Roger Meyers, Jr.]]}}
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|number= 22
|season=2
|snumber=9
|prodcode= 7F09
|airdate= December 20, [[1990]]
|blackboard= I will not pledge allegiance to Bart.
|couchgag= The couch is missing.
|guests= [[Alex Rocco]] as [[Roger Meyers, Jr.]]
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
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"'''Itchy & Scratchy & Marge'''" is the ninth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the twenty-second episode overall. It originally aired on December 20, [[1990]]. The episode was written by [[John Swartzwelder]] and directed by [[Jim Reardon]]. It guest stars [[Alex Rocco]] as [[Roger Meyers, Jr.]]

== Synopsis ==
{{desc|After watching an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon, [[Maggie]] strikes [[Homer]] with a mallet. Horrified, [[Marge]] vows to put a stop to violence on children's television. But when the ball of censorship starts to roll, where will it all end?}}

== Plot ==
Homer attempts to build Marge a spice rack. While he is doing so, Maggie sneaks up and hits Homer on the head with a mallet. Marge is at first clueless as to why Maggie would do such a thing, but Maggie sees an episode of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show]]'', a cartoon which is known for its violence, and tries to stab Homer with a pencil. Marge immediately blames ''The Itchy & Scratchy Show'' for Maggie's actions and bans [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] from watching the show. Despite the ban, Bart and Lisa still manage to watch ''Itchy & Scratchy'' at friends houses. Marge writes a letter to the producers of the show asking them to tone down their violence and in response, [[Roger Meyers, Jr.]] (the CEO of Itchy & Scratchy International) writes a letter to Marge, telling her one person can not make a difference and calls her a "screwball". In response, Marge decides to "show what one screwball can do!"
[[File:I&S&M.png|thumb|left|The [[Disapproving squirrel|Marge squirrel]] confronts Itchy and Scratchy]]

Marge forms "[[Springfield]]ians for Nonviolence, Understanding, and Helping" (SNUH) and forces the family to picket outside the Itchy & Scratchy Studios. Unknown to her, Bart and Lisa have been sneaking off to their friend's houses to watch the shows, under the guise of 'playing sports,' or 'making the most of their childhood years.' Marge's protest gains momentum and soon more people join the group and even start to picket {{Krusty show}}, on which ''Itchy & Scratchy'' is shown. Marge appears on [[Kent Brockman]]'s show, ''Smartline'' where she confronts Roger Meyers over the violence and suggests that concerned parents send letters to Meyers. Enough angry letters to fill several trucks are sent to the Studio and Roger Meyers concedes defeat, and agrees to eliminate violence in ''Itchy & Scratchy''.

Eventually, the first of the new shorts is released, in which Itchy & Scratchy sit placidly on a porch drinking lemonade. Marge finds the cartoon to be better, but Bart, Lisa, and the other kids across Springfield reject the cleaned-up show. A lengthy montage follows, in which the children of Springfield go outside and engage in various wholesome activities and that night Bart and Lisa brag about their various outdoor activities while Marge listens happily. Meanwhile, [[Michelangelo]]'s {{W|Michelangelo's David|David}} goes on a coast-to-coast tour of the U.S. and will stop in Springfield. The members of SNUH urge Marge to protest the sculpture, insisting it is offensive and unsuitable. However, Marge argues that the sculpture is a masterpiece. [[Dr. Marvin Monroe]] argues that Marge is being hypocritical in believing that it wrong to censor one form of art but not another, to which Marge is forced to agree and admits defeat.

She decides to give up her anti-cartoon violence protest, although she expresses disappointment that there is no discrimination between centuries-old classic art like the statue of David and the filth meant for the lowest common denominator. ''Itchy & Scratchy'' immediately returns to its old form and Springfield's children abandon their wholesome activities. Homer and Marge go to see David and Marge expresses her disappointment that the kids are watching "a cat and mouse disembowel each other" rather than seeing the sculpture. She cheers up when Homer tells her that [[Springfield Elementary School|the school]] will be forcing them to go.

== Production ==
The episode dealt with censorship issues and allowed the writers to have a lot of ''[[The Itchy & Scratchy Show|Itchy & Scratchy]]'' cartoons which many fans had been clamoring for.<ref name="Jean">{{Com|Jean, Al|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge|Second|(2002).}}</ref> The episode was written by [[John Swartzwelder]], who loved ''Itchy & Scratchy'' and wrote several episodes that have them at the center.<ref name="Reiss">{{Com|Reiss, Mike|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge|Second|(2002).}}</ref> The episode was partially inspired by activist {{W|Terry Rakolta}}, who protested FOX over the show ''[[Married... with Children]]''.<ref name="Jean"/> For the episode, the writers tried not to have a point of view and looked at both sides of the argument, despite what the writers personally felt.<ref name="Reiss"/> During the original airing of the episode, the Fox satellite blew out and the entire West coast of the United States missed the first act of the episode.<ref name="Reardon">{{Com|Reardon, Jim|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge|Second|(2002).}}</ref>

This was the first episode directed by [[Jim Reardon]]. Reardon had previously made a student film called ''Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown'', which was very violent which gave him experience to direct this episode.<ref name="Reardon"/> There are several characters who work at I&S studios who are caricatures of real people: the cartoonist who drew the [[disapproving squirrel]] is based on Eddie Fitzgerald, who worked at Filmation and the three people with Roger Meyers when he is asking Marge for suggestions are caricatures of [[Rich Moore]], [[David Silverman]] and [[Wes Archer]].<ref name="Reardon"/>

[[Alex Rocco]] makes his first of three appearances as Roger Meyers. Many people behind ''The Simpsons'' were huge fans of ''[[The Godfather]]'' and Jim Reardon looked for a way to shoot him in the eye as a reference to Rocco's character, Moe Greene.<ref name="Reardon"/>

The long montage of the Kids of Springfield playing was directed by [[Bob Anderson]]<ref name="Reardon"/> and was making a satirical point by saying the opposite of what the writers believed.<ref name="Groening">{{Com|Groening, Matt|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge|Second|(2002).}}</ref> The segment was written by John Swartzwelder and the idea of using [[Beethoven]]'s {{W2|Symphony No. 6|Beethoven|6th Symphony}} was in the original script. [[James L. Brooks]] had wanted the episode to end with the montage, but the writers disagreed.<ref name="Reiss"/>

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== Reception ==
"Itchy and Scratchy & Marge" was watched by approximately 22.2 million viewers and was the highest-rated show on [[FOX]] the week it aired.<ref>{{cite news |title=NIELSENS; Special help in ABC win |work=[[USA Today]] |author=Brian Donlon |page=03.D |date=December 28, 1990}}</ref>

The episode has received critical acclaim. [http://www.avclub.com/ The A.V Club] has since named the episode "a classic." Awarding the episode an A rating, the A.V Club summed up, "[The episode] got to make a relevant point in line with writer [[John Swartzwelder]]'s libertarianism without sacrificing the momentum of the episode or losing track of the characters and turning them into mere sounding boards for their creator's beliefs" and praised the episode for its satire and humor.<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/the-simpsons-classic-itchy-scratchy-marge-47251 A.V Club.com - By Nathan Rabin, Nov 7, 2010 - "The Simpsons (Classic): "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge" - Season 2, Episode 9"]</ref>

The ''[[Psycho]]'' parody has received consistent praise and is considered an iconic reference and hallmark within the series. [http://www.totalfilm.com/ Total Film] ranked the parody at #22 on their list of " "The 50 Greatest Simpsons Movie References"<ref>[http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-50-greatest-simpsons-movie-references/page:18 Total Film - By Nathan Ditum, June 6th, 2009 - "The 50 Greatest Simpsons Movie References: Smart and funny riffs on classic cinema moments..."]</ref>

As of July 2018, the episode has an 8.1 rating on {{W|IMDb}}<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701140/ IMDb - "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"]</ref> and an 8.6 rating on {{W|TV.com}}.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/itchy-and-scratchy-and-marge-1307/ TV.com - "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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Bart the Daredevil

2023-07-12T21:40:31Z

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{{Quote|Ladies and gentlemen, the ten-year old who's brave and bold, when he's not in class, he's risking his ass, the world's greatest daredevil, Bart Simpson!|Announcer in Bart's dream}}
{{Episode
|name= Bart the Daredevil
|image= Bart the Daredevil.png
|number= 21
|season=2
|snumber=8
|prodcode= 7F06
|airdate= December 6, [[1990]]
|blackboard= I will not drive the [[Seymour Skinner|principal's]] car.
|couchgag= [[Homer]]'s weight tips the couch.
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[Jay Kogen]] [[Wallace Wolodarsky]]
|director= [[Wes Archer]]
|DVD features = yes
}}

"'''Bart the Daredevil'''" is the eighth episode of [[Season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the twenty-first episode overall. It originally aired on December 6, [[1990]]. The episode was written by [[Jay Kogen]] and [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] and directed by [[Wes Archer]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Bart]] attempts to follow in the footsteps of his hero, a daredevil named [[Captain Lance Murdock]]. As part of becoming a daredevil himself Bart does increasingly dangerous stunts leading to his final stunt: jumping the [[Springfield Gorge]].}}

== Plot ==
[[Homer]] and Bart are highly anticipating a trip to the monster truck rally featuring [[Truckasaurus]], a giant robotic dinosaur which ultimately crushes the Simpson family car and the owner of the robot pays the damage. The rally's grand finale features a death-defying stunt by "the world's greatest daredevil", Lance Murdock. Despite the fact that the act leaves Murdock badly hurt and hospital-bound, Bart is enamored and dreams of becoming a daredevil.

Bart quickly injures himself during his first skateboard stunt. At the hospital, [[Dr. Hibbert]] shows Bart a ward full of children who have been hurt from attempting stunts. Nonetheless, Bart is persistent and continues, jumping over a swimming pool, some animals, and Homer on his hammock. On a class trip to [[Springfield Gorge]], Bart announces that on the coming Saturday he will jump over the gorge. [[Lisa]] talks Bart into visiting the hospital to see Murdock, hoping that the daredevil will talk him out of the dangerous stunt. Unexpectedly, however, Murdock supports Bart's plan. In hopes to deter him, Lisa tells the family.

Even after a punishment, several orders, and a "heart-to-heart talk" with Homer, Bart still goes to the gorge and tries to jump it but he is stopped at the last second by Homer. Homer angrily resolves to jump the gorge himself to show Bart what it is like to see a family member needlessly risking their life for no reason. Bart, not wanting to see his father injured, recants his wish to jump the gorge. However, Homer finds himself on Bart's skateboard rolling down the ramp toward the jump. Homer becomes airborne but does not quite make the distance and plummets. He is put into an [[ambulance]] via a helicopter, which ultimately rams into a tree, sending Homer down the gorge again, and is eventually taken to the hospital in the same room as Lance Murdock, when he says, "You think you've got guts? Try raising my kids!"

== Production ==
The episode was written by [[Jay Kogen]] and [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] and directed by [[Wes Archer]]. The main inspiration for the episode came from the real-life world famous daredevil, [[Evel Knievel]]. The writers were huge fans of Knievel and decided to write an episode about stunts with Bart in the spotlight.
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== Reception ==
[[Matt Groening]] said in an interview that this episode was his favorite ''Simpsons'' episode. This would likely explain why footage of this episode is that which is most often used for the series clip shows. The scene of Homer plummeting down Springfield Gorge has become one of the most used Simpsons clips ever; it was featured in the [[1993]] episode "[[So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]" and referenced in "[[Treehouse of Horror XIII]]" to the point in an episode far down the line, many seasons later, Homer is about to flash back on the moment, only to be interrupted by Lisa, who says "Everyone's sick of that memory".

This episode was once again referenced in'' [[The Simpsons Movie]]''. There is a scene where Bart and Homer jump over Springfield Gorge on a motorcycle and when they land on the other side, the ambulance from this episode can be seen (still stuck against the tree) in the background. It also ranked #18 in the "TV's Funniest Moments" special by the Museum of Television and Radio. In the episode, the footage of Homer falling down the cliff shows him falling down on the skateboard, bouncing off the cliff and finally landing at the bottom, where the skateboard lands on his head. After being loaded into the ambulance, it crashes into a tree, and the gurney rolls out, and Homer goes over the cliff again. However, when the clip is shown in "[[So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]", additional footage is seen of Homer bouncing down the cliff once again, and after he lands at the bottom, the gurney lands on his head.

The premiere of this episode was cut short as the music video for ''[[The Simpsons Sing the Blues]]'' song ''[[Do the Bartman]]'' premiered afterwards. The scene cut was Homer falling down the cliff a second time.

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Bart vs. Thanksgiving

2023-07-12T21:38:26Z

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{{Episode
|name= Bart vs. Thanksgiving
|image= Bart vs Thanksgiving.png
|number= 20
|season=2
|snumber=7
|prodcode= 7F07
|airdate= November 22, [[1990]]
|blackboard= "I will not do that thing with my tongue."
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|guests= [[Carol Kane]] as [[Maggie Simpson]]
|writer= [[George Meyer]]
|director= [[David Silverman]]
|DVD features = yes
}}

"'''Bart vs. Thanksgiving'''" is the seventh episode of [[Season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the twentieth episode overall. It originally aired on November 22, [[1990]]. The episode was written by [[George Meyer]] and directed by [[David Silverman]]. It guest stars [[Carol Kane]] as [[Maggie Simpson]], although she was uncredited.

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|It's Thanksgiving at the Simpsons place-with [[Homer]] betting on football and [[Marge]]'s mother criticizing everything. [[Bart]] gets the entire family mad at him and he runs away from home. When he sees what life is like on the seedy side of town (and ends up on the evening news), he realizes how good things are for him and returns home.}}

== Plot ==
It is Thanksgiving, and [[Lisa]] is making a centerpiece for Thanksgiving which honors the women Georgia O'Keefe, Susan B. Anthony and Marjory Stoneman Douglas (who worked her whole life to preserve the Florida Everglades). Meanwhile, Bart gets in Marge's way in the kitchen while she is trying to cook Thanksgiving dinner, while Homer watches Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and football on TV.

When the guests -– [[Abe]], [[Patty]], [[Selma]], and [[Jacqueline Bouvier]] –- assemble at the table, Lisa brings in her carefully-crafted centerpiece and then shows it off. Bart brings in the turkey, and he complains that the centerpiece is blocking the only space for the turkey. Bart and Lisa get into a fight, and in the ensuing chaos, the centerpiece gets thrown in the fireplace and quickly burns up. Lisa runs to her room as she bursts into tears, and Bart's parents send him to his room as punishment. After Marge consoles Lisa, she tells Bart he can come downstairs to dinner on the condition he apologize. Bart scoffs and is told to stay in his room. Bart decides he does not have to take her punishment and decides to run away. Homer throws out [[Santa's Little Helper]] when he tries to eat the turkey, and Bart takes the dog with him.

First, Bart sneaks into [[Burns Manor]], where he attempts to grab a baked pumpkin pie. However, Bart gets caught. He and Santa's Little Helper then wander to the seedy part of town, and Bart donates his blood-plasma at a blood bank for $12. Bart then goes to a soup kitchen, which is serving Thanksgiving dinner to homeless people. There, [[Kent Brockman]] is doing a report on the dinner, where he delivers a self-serving commentary on how the patrons – vagrants, the homeless and alcoholics – are forgotten on Thanksgiving. Later, Brockman interviews Bart, where – on live TV – he mocks his family and refuses to apologize. The family sees the report on TV, and Homer immediately calls the police, by calling the operator asking, "Get me the number for 9-1-1!".

As Bart walks out of the shelter, one of the bums asks Bart if he has got a home. Bart reveals he stays with his own home, and seeing how the bums need the money more than he does, offers the money he got from his blood donation to the bums. A remorseful Bart, realizing how he has more than the bums he shared Thanksgiving with, decides to return home. But once he arrives home, Bart considers what his family might say to him. He imagines himself being greeted warmly and offering an apology, but then they scornfully mock him and laugh in his face as he grovels an apology. Bart decides to wait outside a little bit longer to sort out his feelings.

Meanwhile, as Homer and Marge are interviewed by the police, Lisa is upstairs, writing in her diary and conceding defeat. She begins to cry, after which Bart – who is on the roof – calls her outside. They both discuss what happened, and Bart still refuses to apologize at the belief that he has done nothing wrong. Lisa tells him to look deeper. Bart comes to realize that he hurt her feelings by destroying something that she had considered. Bart apologizes and Lisa happily accepts and kisses him. Homer and Marge watch them from the window feeling pleased.

Finally, Homer leads the family in prayer, as they thank God for "one more crack at togetherness," as they enjoy an 11 p.m. Thanksgiving of leftovers and displaying the thankful spirit that was absent.

== Production ==
[[Carol Kane]] voiced [[Maggie Simpson]]'s line "It's your fault I can't talk.", although she wasn't credited.<ref>''[[Springfield Confidential]]'' Chapter 7</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1011833857023172609 Al Jean on Twitter - "Carol Kane"]</ref> She was uncredited because she did not want a credit.<ref>[[Mike Reiss]] via a Twitter DM with @simpsonswiki</ref>

When [[Bart]] goes to donate blood to raise money, the scene was originally supposed to be longer and show the interior, with Bart having his blood taken. The scene was cut in the final version.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ThatGuy3002/status/1062763978911289344 That Guy on Twitter - "Bart donating blood scene"]</ref>
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Dead Putting Society

2023-07-12T21:37:08Z

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{{Episode
|name= Dead Putting Society
|image= Dead Putting Society.png
|number= 19
|season=2
|snumber=6
|prodcode= 7F08
|airdate= November 15, [[1990]]
|blackboard= I am not a 32 year old woman.
|couchgag= [[Santa's Little Helper]] and [[Snowball II]] jump on the couch.
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[Jeff Martin]]
|director= [[Rich Moore]]
|DVD features = yes
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"'''Dead Putting Society'''" is the sixth episode of [[Season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the nineteenth episode overall. It originally aired on November 15, [[1990]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Martin]] and directed by [[Rich Moore]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|When [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] bump into [[Ned]] and [[Todd Flanders]] at the [[mini golf]] course, Homer is convinced that his son could beat Todd in the upcoming miniature golf tournament. They both enter, and they place a bet on who will win - the loser having to mow the lawn in his wife's Sunday dress. [[Lisa]] researches and helps Bart, but when it comes down to the final, the pair give up and split the prize in half.}}

== Plot ==
On a beautiful day, [[Homer]] is mowing his lawn. [[Ned Flanders]] invites Homer into his beautiful rumpus room to have some beer and club sandwiches. Homer accepts, but eventually protests against Flanders and accuses the Flanders family of having things better than the Simpsons do, and in a rare example of anger, Flanders asks Homer to leave. After discussing things with [[Marge]], who reminds him that Ned is a perfect neighbor, Homer goes for a walk. Meanwhile, [[Maude Flanders]] suggests to Ned that he should try to patch things up with Homer, and he writes a note to Homer with humorous "Flanderisms" in it, after hearing from [[Reverend Lovejoy]] that the Bible says that a gentle answer turns away wrath. Homer doesn't take the note seriously.

Later on, Homer takes [[Bart]] for a round of miniature golf at [[Sir Putt-A-Lot's Merrie Olde Fun Center]], where they unexpectedly run into Ned and his sons [[Rod]] and [[Todd]]. Homer continues to have a bad attitude towards Flanders. Bart and Todd learn of a miniature golf tournament in a few days, with the first prize being $50, and they both decide to enter. Although Todd is very good at miniature golf, Homer is confident that Bart will win the tournament. Homer unsuccessfully tried to help Bart practice for the tournament, complete with putting a picture of Todd Flanders in Bart's room and making him stare at it angrily for 15 minutes every day. [[Lisa]] provides better help for Bart through her reading spiritual books that calm Bart's mind, and she goes to the fun center to help him practice. Homer, still angry with Flanders, forces him into a bet with him; the father of the boy "who does not win" the tournament will mow the lawn of the house of the boy who wins, in his wife's Sunday dress.

It is the day of the tournament, and Bart and Todd are both doing well, proceeding to the final round of the tournament. In an extremely close match, Bart and Todd each do well, and are tied by the time they reach the eighteenth hole. Bart and Todd are both nervous, so they decide they are equally good, and call it a draw. Because of the way the bet was written down, both Homer and Ned are the fathers of "boys who didn't win", so both Homer and Ned must wear each wife's best Sunday dress and mow each other's lawn. Homer namely didn't care if he had to suffer the humiliation, as he felt that as long as Ned was humiliated as well, he'll be fine with it but Ned actually enjoyed the experience, much to Homer's disgust.

== In other languages ==
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Dancin' Homer

2023-07-12T21:36:24Z

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{{Episode
|name= Dancin' Homer
|image= Dancin' Homer.png
|number= 18
|season=2
|snumber=5
|prodcode= 7F05
|airdate= November 8, [[1990]]
|blackboard= "I will not trade pants with others"
|couchgag= [[Maggie]] appears in [[Marge]]'s hair
|guests= [[Tony Bennett]] as {{Ch|Tony Bennett|himself}} [[Tom Poston]] as the [[Capital City Goofball]]
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[Ken Levine]] [[David Isaacs]]
|director= [[Mark Kirkland]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Dancin' Homer'''" is the fifth episode of [[Season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the eighteenth episode overall. It originally aired on November 8, [[1990]]. The episode was written by [[Ken Levine]] and [[David Isaacs]] and was directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Tony Bennett]] as {{Ch|Tony Bennett|himself}} and [[Tom Poston]] as the [[Capital City Goofball]].

== Synopsis ==
:''"[[Homer]] becomes a baseball mascot for a local team, thanks to his butt-swinging dance to The Baby Elephant Walk. The team's subsequent high scores bring him to the attention of the major league head hunters and big commercial sponsors. But will success spoil Homer?"''

== Plot ==
One night at [[Moe's]], [[Homer]]'s drinking buddies ask, "What happened in [[Capital City]]?" Through a series of flashbacks, he recounts his recent adventures, beginning with the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant|Nuclear Plant]] Employee, Spouses, and No More Than Three Children Night at the local minor league baseball stadium. Homer's hope of letting loose at the ballpark are ruined when [[Mr. Burns]] and [[Smithers]] sit next to him, but to his surprise, Mr. Burns buys him several rounds of beer to show good company relations, and they are soon enjoying the game together. With the [[Springfield Isotopes]] down by three runs, an inebriated Homer excites the crowd with an impromptu dance that rallies the team to victory.

The owner of the Isotopes offers Homer a job as team mascot, and the team goes on a winning streak. Before long, Homer receives a big league job offer with the Capital City Capitals. After some initial resistance, the family warms to the idea of the move to the big city. [[Simpson family|The Simpsons]] say their farewells, sell their belongings and move. Homer fills in for the Capitals' mascot, the [[Capital City Goofball]], but his small-town routine flops in front of the jaded crowd. Homer is fired that night, and [[Marge]] and the kids do their best to cheer him up. Homer remembers fondly how his family stood by him but glumly notes how little that helped. Back in [[Springfield]], the patrons of Moe's Tavern do not care about Homer's failure, only about his adventure. Homer takes solace in having gotten a good story out of it.

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Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

2023-07-12T21:35:44Z

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|name= Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish
|image= Two Cars.png
|number= 17
|season=2
|snumber=4
|prodcode= 7F01
|airdate= November 1, [[1990]]
|couchgag= The couch springs out into a bed.
|blackboard= "I will not Xerox my butt.", or "It's Potato, not Potatoe" to honor {{W|Dan Quayle}}. Sometimes no chalkboard.
|showrunner= [[James L. Brooks]] [[Matt Groening]] [[Sam Simon]]
|writer= [[John Swartzwelder]] [[Sam Simon]]
|director= [[Wes Archer]]
|DVD features=yes
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"'''Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish'''" is the fourth episode of [[season 2]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the seventeenth episode overall. It originally aired on November 1, [[1990]]. The episode was written by [[John Swartzwelder]] and [[Sam Simon]] and directed by [[Wes Archer]].

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|[[Bart]] catches a three-eyed fish named [[Blinky]] in the river by the power plant, and it makes headlines. State nuclear inspectors find numerous safety violations, and order [[Mr. Burns]] to fix them or face having the plant closed down. Burns decides to run for governor so he can pass laws which will keep the plant open (by doing away with the regulations costing him so much money). Burns comes very close to having enough support to win the election, and his advisors propose a publicity stunt to put him over the top. As the TV cameras roll, Burns visits the Simpson house for a meal, but the plan backfires when he is presented with Blinky as the main course, and he takes a bite and spits it out.}}

== Plot ==
Bart and [[Lisa]] go fishing downstream of the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]], and [[Springfield Shopper]] reporter [[Dave Shutton]] pulls up just as Bart catches a three-eyed fish, Blinky. From the resulting publicity, the governor, [[Mary Bailey]], calls for an investigation of the power plant and its owner, Montgomery Burns. After an inspection, Mr. Burns is presented with a list of over 342 violations, which will cost $56 million to rectify. Distraught, Burns talks to underperforming Homer who half-heartedly suggests Burns run for Governor, which he does. [[Marge]] wants nothing to do with Homer's campaigning for Burns, even though Homer implies he may move up to an executive position this way, because she believes Mr. Burns is attempting to gain political office in order to cover up problems at the plant. Homer's support for Burns divides the Simpson house because Marge and Lisa support Bailey. It is unsure whether Bart himself supports either Bailey or Burns, but he is seen wearing a "Vote for Burns" T-shirt, probably because Homer made him do so.

Burns's political advisors break the news to Burns he is not well liked and force Burns to try being friendly and even smile. Burns makes a TV commercial, discussing Blinky with an actor portraying Charles Darwin, who claims Blinky is an evolutionary step. Combined with a smear campaign against Mary Bailey, this eventually leads to Burns tying Bailey in the polls. The night before the election, Smithers and his other advisors suggest Burns have dinner at the Simpsons' house as an opportunity to put Burns "over the top". To everyone's surprise, Marge serves Blinky, the three-eyed fish Bart caught, for dinner. On the advice of his campaign team, Burns tries to act like it does not bother him, but is unable to keep from spitting it out. The cameras flash as the bite flies through the air, but the press is gone, and his gubernatorial campaign is over by the time the chunk hits the floor. But nevertheless, it brought the Simpson family back together again.

== Production ==
"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" was written by show developer [[Sam Simon]] and [[John Swartzwelder]]. It was directed by [[Wes Archer]]. Blinky, the three-eyed fish seen in this episode, previously appeared in "[[Homer's Odyssey]]" but the writers loved his design and subsequently planned a whole episode around him. [[Mary Bailey]] and [[Springfield Shopper]] reporter [[Dave Shutton]], who make several appearances throughout the series, made their first appearance on the show in this episode.

The episode was the first show produced for season two. However, "[[Bart Gets an "F"]]" was aired beforehand because of Bart's growing popularity. The producers also wanted to steal viewers from ''The Cosby Show''.

== Reception ==
"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" won a [[1991]] {{W|Environmental Media Award}} in Best Television Episodic Comedy.<ref name="EMAWinners">[https://www.green4ema.org/ema-awards/ema-awards-past-recipients-and-honorees Environmental Media Awards - "EMA Awards Past Recipients & Honorees"]</ref>

== In other languages ==
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|brName=Peixe de Três Olhos
|brTrans=Three-eyed Fish
|hu=yes
|huName=Háromszemű halat – micsoda jó falat!
|huTrans=Three eyed fish – what a dainty morsel!
|de=yes
|deName=Frische Fische mit drei Augen
|deTrans=Fresh fish with three eyes
|jp=yes
|jpName=バーンズ知事選に出馬!!
|jpTrans=Burns Runs for Governor!!
}}

== References ==
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