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"'''Rome-old and Juli-eh'''" is an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> eighteenth season.  
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"'''Rome-Old and Juli-Eh'''" is the fifteenth episode of [[season 18]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundred and ninety-third episode overall. It originally aired on March 11, [[2007]]. The episode was written by [[Daniel Chun]] and directed by [[Nancy Kruse]]. It guest stars [[Jane Kaczmarek]] as Judge [[Constance Harm]].
  
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== Synopsis ==
[[Homer Simpson]] surprises the family with a newly decorated basement, now a [[rec room]] with a pinball machine, a ping-pong table and other luxury items, prompting his wife [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] to ask how Homer could afford all this. He says he has a plan and in the next scene files for [[bankruptcy]] before [[List of recurring characters from The Simpsons#Judge Constance Harm|Judge Constance Harm]], believing that this will save him from paying his debts. Unfortunately, Judge Harm tells him that the [[Bankruptcy in the United States#The creditors|bankruptcy laws have changed]] and under the new laws, he has to pay everything back. When looking though the family's expenses, Homer decides to save a lot of money by moving his father [[Abraham Simpson|Abraham]] out of the retirement home and having him live with the family. The rec room now doubles as Grampa's room.
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{{Desc|The court appoints an accountant for Homer when he incorrectly files for bankruptcy, which results in his cutting back on all of his expenses, including Grampa's nursing home. In an unexpected turn of events, Grampa and Selma fall in love and move in together, and Homer and Patty plot to break up their love connection. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa con a delivery man into giving them the most sought-after commodity in the neighborhood's cardboard boxes. Their alliance is put to the test when the delivery man realizes he was duped.}}
  
One night Homer and Marge go out, and they ask Abe to babysit. Not entirely trusting Abe's competence as a babysitter, Marge also asks her sister [[Patty and Selma Bouvier|Selma Bouvier]] to come over and watch Abe watch the kids. During the evening, Abe and Selma end up kissing and eventually fall in love with each other, and are unaware that they are caught by Homer, much to his dismay, as he wants his dad to end up old and lonely. Grandpa previously dated Selma's mother [[Jacqueline Bouvier (The Simpsons)|Jacqueline Bouvier]] in "[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]". As is the case in this episode, Marge is happy with the arrangement while Homer is not. Homer calls Selma's twin Patty, and asks her how she feels about this pairing. Patty is no happier than him and she enlists his help to break them up. Patty impersonates Selma and Homer dresses up as "Esteban de la Sexface", a Spanish lover-type, and the two arrange for Abe to catch them kissing. Their plan is foiled though, when the actual Selma comes by and catches them. Angry at being manipulated, Abe proposes to Selma. She accepts; they are married and move in together.
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== Plot ==
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[[Homer Simpson]] surprises the family with a newly decorated basement, now a rec room with a pinball machine, a ping-pong table and other luxury items, prompting his wife [[Marge]] to ask how Homer could afford all this. He says he has a plan and in the next scene files for bankruptcy before [[Judge Constance Harm]], believing that this will save him from paying his debts. Unfortunately, Judge Harm tells him that the bankruptcy laws have changed and under the new laws, he has to pay everything back. When looking though the family's expenses, Homer decides to save a lot of money by moving his father [[Grampa]] out of the retirement home and having him live with the family. The rec room now doubles as Grampa's room.
  
With Abe unable to find work, Selma is the sole breadwinner in the family, working hard in her new, more stressful job as department manager at the DMV. Abe, meanwhile, screws up their kitchen with his ignorance of how things work by putting [[pancake]] batter into a CD player, a blender cup on the stove, and a tape into the microwave. This causes the microwave to explode, the stove to catch on fire, and the radio to leave a burnt smell around the house. This makes Selma realize that maybe love is not everything you need after all, and she dances with him one last time. They presumably divorce with Abe moving back to the retirement home and Selma moving back to her and Patty's room at Spinster Arms Apartments.
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One night Homer and Marge go out, and they ask Abe to babysit. Not entirely trusting Abe's competence as a babysitter, Marge also asks her sister [[Selma Bouvier]] to come over and watch Abe watch the kids. During the evening, Abe and Selma end up kissing and eventually fall in love with each other, and are unaware that they are caught by Homer, much to his dismay, as he wants his dad to end up old and lonely. Grandpa previously dated Selma's mother [[Jacqueline Bouvier]] in "[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]". As is the case in this episode, Marge is happy with the arrangement while Homer is not. Homer calls Selma's twin Patty, and asks her how she feels about this pairing. Patty is no happier than him and she enlists his help to break them up. Patty impersonates Selma and Homer dresses up as "Esteban de la Sexface", a Spanish lover-type, and the two arrange for Abe to catch them kissing. Their plan is foiled though, when the actual Selma comes by and catches them. Angry at being manipulated, Abe proposes to Selma. She accepts; they are married and move in together.
  
Kicked out of the rec room, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] order a lot of complimentary shipping boxes from the A.S.S. (American Shipping Services), getting the idea from [[Ned Flanders]], and build a fort out of them. When the [[List of recurring characters from The Simpsons#Wiseguy|Sarcastic Man]] (who is a delivery man in this episode) becomes angry and asks for them back, they refuse, whereupon he threatens to come back and get them by force. Bart and Lisa think he is bluffing, but in fact he comes back with an army of delivery men and women. Bart and Lisa put up a brave fight, first by releasing a barrage of cardboard tubes to trip the enemies, then using cardboard squares to throw like [[shuriken]]. The delivery men and women set up a siege ladder and Lisa wraps the lead man in tape and pushes the ladder down. They are aided by [[Nelson Muntz|Nelson]], who arrives unexpectedly to aid Lisa, who could have been hit by a barrage of cardboard arrows. He dives down with twin cardboard tubes and fends off a large number of delivery men and women.  
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With Abe unable to find work, Selma is the sole breadwinner in the family, working hard in her new, more stressful job as department manager at the DMV. Abe, meanwhile, screws up their kitchen with his ignorance of how things work by putting pancake batter into a CD player, a blender cup on the stove, and a tape into the microwave. This causes the microwave to explode, the stove to catch on fire, and the radio to leave a burnt smell around the house. This makes Selma realize that maybe love is not everything you need after all, and she dances with him one last time. They presumably divorce with Abe moving back to the retirement home and Selma moving back to her and Patty's room at Spinster Arms Apartments.
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[[File:Boxingham Palace.png|200px|thumb|left|Bart and Lisa in their fort.]]
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Kicked out of the rec room, [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] order a lot of complimentary shipping boxes from the A.S.S. ([[American Shipping Services]]), getting the idea from [[Ned Flanders]], and build [[Box Fort|a fort]] out of them. When the Sarcastic Man (who is a delivery man in this episode) becomes angry and asks for them back, they refuse, whereupon he threatens to come back and get them by force. Bart and Lisa think he is bluffing, but in fact he comes back with an army of delivery men and women. Bart and Lisa put up a brave fight, first by releasing a barrage of cardboard tubes to trip the enemies, then using cardboard squares to throw like shuriken. The delivery men and women set up a siege ladder and Lisa wraps the lead man in tape and pushes the ladder down. They are aided by [[Nelson]], who arrives unexpectedly to aid Lisa, who could have been hit by a barrage of cardboard arrows. He dives down with twin cardboard tubes and fends off a large number of delivery men and women.
  
 
The army swarms while Bart uses a cardboard tube to shoot down enemies with bricks, beehives, egg cartons and Snowball II. The A.S.S. legion fails and flees, but the kids immediately lose interest in their fort and melt it with the garden hose.
 
The army swarms while Bart uses a cardboard tube to shoot down enemies with bricks, beehives, egg cartons and Snowball II. The A.S.S. legion fails and flees, but the kids immediately lose interest in their fort and melt it with the garden hose.
  
==Cultural references==
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*The title of this episode is a pun on [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''.
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*The battle sequence with Bart, Lisa, and the box salesmen uses ''The Fields of the Pelennor,'' a portion of the score from the ''[[The Lord of the Rings film trilogy]]'', and the scene itself is a parody of the [[Battle of the Hornburg]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)|The Two Towers]]'' and the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (film)|The Return of the King]]''. One of the A.S.S. delivery men even flies a [[Fell beast]] like the [[Nazgûl]].
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*When the A.S.S. legions show up at the Simpsons, Bart asks Lisa "Who knew a bunch of guys in brown shirts could cause so much trouble?" The reference is to the Brown Shirts of the [[Sturmabteilung]] (SA) who were the most violent members of the German National Socialist (Nazi) Party before they took over Germany in 1933.
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*Lisa calls the box fort Boxingham Palace, a reference to [[Buckingham Palace]].
 
  
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Season 18 Episode
392 "Yokel Chords"
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"Rome-Old and Juli-Eh"
"Homerazzi" 394
"Rome-Old and Juli-Eh"
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Episode Information
Episode number: 393
Season number: S18 E15
Production code: JABF08
Original airdate: March 11, 2007
Couch gag: A parody of the opening of Bonanza. A map of Springfield is on-screen; a hole is burnt through it and the family ride from the distance on horseback.
Guest star(s): Jane Kaczmarek as Judge Constance Harm
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Daniel Chun
Directed by: Nancy Kruse


"Rome-Old and Juli-Eh" is the fifteenth episode of season 18 of The Simpsons and the three-hundred and ninety-third episode overall. It originally aired on March 11, 2007. The episode was written by Daniel Chun and directed by Nancy Kruse. It guest stars Jane Kaczmarek as Judge Constance Harm.

Synopsis[edit]

"The court appoints an accountant for Homer when he incorrectly files for bankruptcy, which results in his cutting back on all of his expenses, including Grampa's nursing home. In an unexpected turn of events, Grampa and Selma fall in love and move in together, and Homer and Patty plot to break up their love connection. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa con a delivery man into giving them the most sought-after commodity in the neighborhood's cardboard boxes. Their alliance is put to the test when the delivery man realizes he was duped."


Plot[edit]

Homer Simpson surprises the family with a newly decorated basement, now a rec room with a pinball machine, a ping-pong table and other luxury items, prompting his wife Marge to ask how Homer could afford all this. He says he has a plan and in the next scene files for bankruptcy before Judge Constance Harm, believing that this will save him from paying his debts. Unfortunately, Judge Harm tells him that the bankruptcy laws have changed and under the new laws, he has to pay everything back. When looking though the family's expenses, Homer decides to save a lot of money by moving his father Grampa out of the retirement home and having him live with the family. The rec room now doubles as Grampa's room.

One night Homer and Marge go out, and they ask Abe to babysit. Not entirely trusting Abe's competence as a babysitter, Marge also asks her sister Selma Bouvier to come over and watch Abe watch the kids. During the evening, Abe and Selma end up kissing and eventually fall in love with each other, and are unaware that they are caught by Homer, much to his dismay, as he wants his dad to end up old and lonely. Grandpa previously dated Selma's mother Jacqueline Bouvier in "Lady Bouvier's Lover". As is the case in this episode, Marge is happy with the arrangement while Homer is not. Homer calls Selma's twin Patty, and asks her how she feels about this pairing. Patty is no happier than him and she enlists his help to break them up. Patty impersonates Selma and Homer dresses up as "Esteban de la Sexface", a Spanish lover-type, and the two arrange for Abe to catch them kissing. Their plan is foiled though, when the actual Selma comes by and catches them. Angry at being manipulated, Abe proposes to Selma. She accepts; they are married and move in together.

With Abe unable to find work, Selma is the sole breadwinner in the family, working hard in her new, more stressful job as department manager at the DMV. Abe, meanwhile, screws up their kitchen with his ignorance of how things work by putting pancake batter into a CD player, a blender cup on the stove, and a tape into the microwave. This causes the microwave to explode, the stove to catch on fire, and the radio to leave a burnt smell around the house. This makes Selma realize that maybe love is not everything you need after all, and she dances with him one last time. They presumably divorce with Abe moving back to the retirement home and Selma moving back to her and Patty's room at Spinster Arms Apartments.

Bart and Lisa in their fort.

Kicked out of the rec room, Bart and Lisa order a lot of complimentary shipping boxes from the A.S.S. (American Shipping Services), getting the idea from Ned Flanders, and build a fort out of them. When the Sarcastic Man (who is a delivery man in this episode) becomes angry and asks for them back, they refuse, whereupon he threatens to come back and get them by force. Bart and Lisa think he is bluffing, but in fact he comes back with an army of delivery men and women. Bart and Lisa put up a brave fight, first by releasing a barrage of cardboard tubes to trip the enemies, then using cardboard squares to throw like shuriken. The delivery men and women set up a siege ladder and Lisa wraps the lead man in tape and pushes the ladder down. They are aided by Nelson, who arrives unexpectedly to aid Lisa, who could have been hit by a barrage of cardboard arrows. He dives down with twin cardboard tubes and fends off a large number of delivery men and women.

The army swarms while Bart uses a cardboard tube to shoot down enemies with bricks, beehives, egg cartons and Snowball II. The A.S.S. legion fails and flees, but the kids immediately lose interest in their fort and melt it with the garden hose.

Production[edit]


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