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Bart schemes to reunite them by pretending to fall off Springfield Gorge into a river, using a dummy--but Milhouse's poor eyesight queers the deal, and Bart ends up really taking the plunge. Homer leaps into the rapids and rescues Bart, and through a little trust, Marge saves them both from going over the falls. The Simpsons reconcile, once safely on the bank. Milhouse, not wishing to live in a world without his best friend, leaps over the cliff. Marge worriedly asks if he can swim. "What do you think?" asks Bart.
 
Bart schemes to reunite them by pretending to fall off Springfield Gorge into a river, using a dummy--but Milhouse's poor eyesight queers the deal, and Bart ends up really taking the plunge. Homer leaps into the rapids and rescues Bart, and through a little trust, Marge saves them both from going over the falls. The Simpsons reconcile, once safely on the bank. Milhouse, not wishing to live in a world without his best friend, leaps over the cliff. Marge worriedly asks if he can swim. "What do you think?" asks Bart.
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== Trivia ==
 
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*The Springfield parents' scheme of purposely exposing their kids to Maggie's chicken pox recalls the [[South Park]] parents' scheme of exposing their kids to [[Kenny McCormick|Kenny]], who was sick with the virus, in the "Chickenpox" episode.
 
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*This is the second time Milhouse's therapist Dr. Sally Wexler is referred to, the first time being "[[Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming]]".
 
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*Doctors are actually [http://tvguide.webmd.com/content/article/112/110552.htm?src=rss_tvguide against] the idea of pox parties that was used in this episode, claiming people should get the chickenpox vaccine instead as a safer alternative.
 
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*Bart's fall over the cliff references two past Simpson moments. First, Bart falling on the rocks references Homer's famous fall over Springfield Gorge in "Bart the Daredevil". Second, the idea of having a Simpson use a dummy over a cliff to fake their death was used by Homer in "Mother Simpson".
 
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*The term "Pox Box" is a play on the former name of [[4Kids TV]], ''Fox Box.''
 
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*The beginning of this episode (the Pox Party) is similar to the [[South Park]] episode [[Chickenpox (South Park)]]. Ironically, this is a case where [[Simpsons Already Did It|South Park Already Did It]].
 
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*In the scene parodying ''[[The O.C.]]'', in addition to the cheating scene, it also involves the O.C. gang going to [[Knott's Berry Farm]] (along with a person dressed as [[Snoopy]]), with ''The O.C.'''s theme song ''[[California (song)|California]]'' playing (Snoopy then forces the O.C. kids to take out money from an ATM at gunpoint). ''California'' is also played over the ending credits.
 
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*In one scene, Bart and Milhouse are acting out a song from the play ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', "[[The Farmer and the Cowman]]".
 
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*[[Marge Simpson|Marge]] worries adult-onset chicken pox will render Homer [[infertility|sterile]]--but years of working in a [[nuclear power]] plant have already done that. However, only [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns]] and [[Waylon Smithers|Smithers]] know this, and they covered it up to avoid paying compensation (although this is unnecessary as they already tricked Homer into signing a liability waiver in "[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]"). Then again, Homer asks if he's sterile in "[[Eight Misbehavin']][[Eight Misbehaving'|']]", and Marge assures him he is. So either he found out at some point or she was fibbing to avoid an awkward conversation.
 
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*Milhouse (apparently) already had the chicken pox once, in "[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]", but it is possible to contract the disease twice.
 
  
 
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"Milhouse of Sand and Fog" is the third episode of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons. The title is a parody of the book/movie House of Sand and Fog.

Synopsis

Inspired by Flanders' suggestion of purposely exposing the boys to the chicken pox, Homer Simpson invites all the neighborhood kids over to the Simpson house for a "pox party" (at fifteen bucks a head). However, he ends up catching it himself, having no childhood immunity. One good thing comes of it, though: Milhouse's folks reconcile.

Or so it seems. However, Milhouse feels neglected because his parents aren't fawning over him as they once did, competing for his love. Milhouse schemes to break up his parents again, and enlists both Bart and a plot borrowed from The O.C.. The boys leave a bra conspicuously located in Kirk's bed--unfortunately, it's one of Marge's. Luann thinks Marge is having an affair with her husband, and soon she has Homer questioning his wife's fidelity. An argument ensues, and Bart realizes he may have split up his own parents instead of Milhouse's.

Bart schemes to reunite them by pretending to fall off Springfield Gorge into a river, using a dummy--but Milhouse's poor eyesight queers the deal, and Bart ends up really taking the plunge. Homer leaps into the rapids and rescues Bart, and through a little trust, Marge saves them both from going over the falls. The Simpsons reconcile, once safely on the bank. Milhouse, not wishing to live in a world without his best friend, leaps over the cliff. Marge worriedly asks if he can swim. "What do you think?" asks Bart.

Quotes

  • Milhouse: I don't want to live in a world without Bart! (jumps down a cliff into the water)
    Marge: Can he swim?
    Bart: (cool) What do you think?
  • Marge: Maggie, that's not what you do with a hymn book! (sees Homer flossing his teeth with a Bible's bookmark) Homer!
    Homer: What? I forgot to floss today.
  • Bart: We tried to break up your parents and we broke up mine!
    Milhouse: Wanna call my therapist and tell her how you feel? (dials into his cell phone) Hello, Dr. Wexler?
    Wexler (over phone): Stop calling me! I'm on my honeymoon! (to her husband) Yeah, it's that weird kid again.
  • Homer: Fifteen dollars to infect your kids! Now featuring the Pox box! (disclaimer fast) Pox Box not recommended for pregnant or nursing women. As with any disease box, results may vary. (normal) Pox box!
  • Bart: I'd pay you a kajillion dollars for you and Marge to get together again.
    Homer: (thinks) Make it 2 kajillion.
    Marge: Homer!
    Homer: We'll lose the first kajillion to taxes.

Marge threatens Bart that she will delete all his custom ringtones on his cell phone but then in season 20, Bart doesn't have a cell phone

Broadcasting Information

USA/Canada

UK

Australia

Brazil

  • 1st Air date: Sunday, July 30, [[2006]


Season 17 Episodes
The Bonfire of the Manatees • The Girl Who Slept Too Little • Milhouse of Sand and Fog • Treehouse of Horror XVI • Marge's Son Poisoning • See Homer Run • The Last of the Red Hat Mamas • The Italian Bob • Simpsons Christmas Stories • Homer's Paternity Coot • We're on the Road to D'ohwhere • My Fair Laddy • The Seemingly Never-Ending Story • Bart Has Two Mommies • Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife • Million-Dollar Abie • Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore • The Wettest Stories Ever Told • Girls Just Want to Have Sums • Regarding Margie • The Monkey Suit • Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play
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