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""This is a real adventure!"

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―Homer Simpson


"The Call of the Simpsons"
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Episode Information
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"The Call Of The Simpsons" is the 7th episode of Season 1. It was the very first episode shown in the United Kingdom, when Sky One began airing the show on September 2, 1990, as well as being on the first UK VHS release in 1990. The episode deals with The Simpsons' family vacation in their new RV.

Featuring:Homer,Bart,Maggie,Marge,Lisa

Also Appearing:Ned Flanders,Rod,Dr. Marvin Monroe,Cowboy Bob,Four Bears

Synopsis

Homer is envious of neighbor Ned Flanders' new mobile home and goes to Bob's RV Round-Up to buy one of his own. Because of his poor credit, he only qualifies for a dilapidated one. Thrilled with the new RV, Homer takes his family on an excursion. Driving on remote back roads, he loses control of the camper and comes to a halt on the edge of a cliff. The family abandons the vehicle just before it plummets into an abyss.

Stranded in the wilderness, Homer and Bart set out for civilization, unaware that baby Maggie is tagging along. Separated from Homer and Bart, Maggie is soon adopted by a family of bears. Homer and Bart lose their clothes in a fast-moving river and use plants and mud to cover themselves. A nature photographer, mistaking Homer for Bigfoot, vidoes some badly shot footage and flees. Soon the forest is inundated with Bigfoot hunters and souvenir stands. Reporters find Marge and warn her about the hideous creature roaming the woods. When she sees the picture of Homer, Marge identifies the grotesque monster as her husband.

Cold and near exhaustion, Homer is captured by hunters, shot with a tranquilizer gun, and taken to a lab for tests. Scientists observe Homer, but are unsure if he is Bigfoot or a below-average human being. They allow Homer to return to his family until they can determine to what species he belongs.

Debut Appearances

Characters making a first appearance in this episode are:

Miscellanea

  • Flanders makes $27 more a week than Homer does (although this is based on Ned's original job at a pharmaceutical company, not the Leftorium).
  • Signs at Bob's RV-Roundup (formerly RVs R Us): "We want to make friends :-) Not Profit :-(" "We give credit to everyone!"; "Bad Credit. Good!"; "Bankruptcy Shmankruptcy."
  • The Ultimate Behemoth RV: two-stories high with a fireplace, a full kitchen, four deep fryers---"one for each part of the chicken," a big-screen television set, and its own satellite, the Vanstar I.
  • The breaking Bigfoot report interrupts the president's address.
  • Signs advertising the Bigfoot cottage industry include "Half-Man, Half-Ape Burgers" and "Get Your Photo Taken with Bigfoot."
  • The fact that Homer is indeed the missing link is referenced again in season 16's "The Monkey Suit".
  • This is the first episode to feature Albert Brooks as a guest star. Like all his appearances, he is credited as A. Brooks.
  • Bart wears his "lucky red hat" for the first time in this episode (but coughs it out multiple times in Bart the General). Also, this is the only time the hat is totally red (other episodes depict it as red with a white visor).
  • This is the first episode in which Rod Flanders appears, but it is very brief, and he does not make a second appearance until the next season, and would not speak again until Bart the Daredevil.
  • This episode was the theme of a Burger King promotion including kids meal toys and collectable cups.
  • At the time of production, the writers and producers felt that this episode had the potential to be made into a two-part story. However, they eventually decided to make it as a single episode.

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Cultural references

  • The tune for the camping scenes is called "The Happy Wanderer".
  • The episode title is a reference to the novella "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London.
  • When Homer is shot with tranquilizer darts, his last words to Bart before he loses consciousness are "Avenge my death." This is similar to Harry Dean Stanton yelling out to his two sons in Red Dawn.
  • When the camper is filming the deer grazing in the mud which Homer falls into, there is a short excerpt from the main theme of Claude Debussy's 'Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune'

Trivia

  • The motto of Bob's RV Roundup is "We'd rather make a friend than a profit."
  • The episode marks the first appearance of recurring guest star Albert Brooks. In this episode, and all of his subsequent appearances he is credited as A. Brooks.

Appearances

Characters

Vehicles

Locations


Season 1 Episodes
Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire • Bart the Genius • Homer's Odyssey • There's No Disgrace Like Home • Bart the General • Moaning Lisa • The Call of the Simpsons • The Telltale Head • Life on the Fast Lane • Homer's Night Out • The Crepes of Wrath • Krusty Gets Busted • Some Enchanted Evening
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