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−	| episode_name = Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy	+	{{EpisodePrevNext|Homer Badman|Fear of Flying}}
−	| image        = [[Image:2f07.gif|200px]]	+	{{Quote|Step right up, folks, and witness the magnificent medicinal miracle of Simpson & Son's patented revitalizing toniiic. ''[deep breath]'' Put some ardor in your larder with our energizing, moisturizing, tantalizing, romanticizing, surprising, her-prizing, revitalizing tonic.|[[Abraham Simpson]]}}
−	| image_caption    = The episode's promotional image.	+	{{Episode
−	| episode_no  = 113	+	|image=Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy.png
−	| prod_code    = 2F07	+	|number=113
−	| airdate      = [[December 4]], [[1994]]	+	|season=6
−	| show runner  = [[David Mirkin]]	+	|snumber=10
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−	[[Bill Oakley (TV writer)|Bill Oakley]] <br>[[Josh Weinstein]]	+	|couchgag=The family runs past a repeating background shot of the living room.
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−	"'''Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy'''" is the tenth episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> [[List of The Simpsons episodes#Season Six (1994-1995)|sixth season]].	+	"'''Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy'''" is the tenth episode of [[season 6]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the one-hundred and thirteenth episode overall. It originally aired on December 4, [[1994]]. The episode was written by [[Bill Oakley]] and [[Josh Weinstein]] and directed by [[Wes Archer]]. It guest stars [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]].
−	==Synopsis==	+	== Synopsis ==
−	{{spoiler}}	+	{{Desc|[[Homer]] and [[Marge]] are having a troublesome sex life until [[Grampa]] introduces Homer to a home remedy love tonic. They soon go on the road together, trying to make some money off Grampa's potion. All the while, all the adults in [[Springfield]] are taking advantage of their new love lives, leaving the children thinking that UFO's are to blame.}}
−	[[Image:Grampa Vs. Sexual Inadequacy.jpg|thumb|left|Homer and Grampa in the car after Grampa saying "Homer was an accident".]]When [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] and [[Marge Simpson|Marge's]] marriage comes under threat due to their fading sex lives, [[Abraham Simpson|Grampa]] pieces together a [[medication|tonic]] that is guaranteed to help the bad situation. The effectiveness of the tonic results in Homer and Grampa going into business together, selling “Simpson and Son’s Tonic” to the public. They travel from town to town selling the product, but when they visit the farmhouse where Homer grew up, the two have a disagreement. Grampa calls Homer an “accident” which makes Homer angry, but also causes him to change the way he acts as a father to his own children.  He vows to show his children the attention they deserve, but they feel he is overcompensating, preferring the “old” Homer. He goes back to the farmhouse, coincidentally at the same time as Grampa, and after accidentally setting fire to the building the two both admit they are “screw-ups”. Thus creating a plot hole in the later episode "[[E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)]]", in which the Simpsons temporarily move to the Simpson farm.
−	In a subplot, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and friends attempt to figure out why all of the adults disappear after they buy "Simpson and Son's Tonic".  They come up with numerous imaginative ideas, none of which have to do with the tonic.	+	== Plot ==
−	{{end spoiler}}	+	[[File:Grampa vs. sexual inadequacy promo.gif|thumb|left|Promo image for the episode]]
−	== Cultural references ==	+	[[File:Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy Marge and Homer naked.png|thumb|left|Homer and Marge's sex lives interrupted by Bart who believes he saw a UFO.]]When [[Homer]]'s and [[Marge Simpson|Marge's]] marriage comes under threat due to their fading sex lives, [[Grampa]] pieces together a {{W|tonic}} that is guaranteed to help the bad situation. They begin selling it at a mall, and then in [[Spittle County]]. They begin visiting multiple towns to cure frigidness and become quite successful. However, while all the parents of [[Springfield]] spend more time with each other, the children are banished from the house. [[Bart]] and the other kids believe their parents are acting peculiar, under the influence of aliens or the government. They are unaware of Homer and Grampa selling their tonic, so they continue to believe that their parents have turned into reverse vampires: they have to get home before dark, which in the children's view explains the adults' behavior of running inside and closing the blinds as soon as they get home.
−	* Homer accidentally grabs a nutty photography book by [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] at the bookstore.
−	*Lisa references [[Occam's Razor]], a real 14th century theory.
−	*Milhouse's line "We're through the looking-glass here, people" is from [[Oliver Stone]]'s [[JFK (film)|JFK]].
−	* Prof. Frink transforming into a suave man with a deep voice is a reference to [[Jerry Lewis]] transforming into Buddy Love in ''[[The Nutty Professor]]''.
−	*Abe Simpson is mostly seen dressed as a quintessential Southern Colonel, an image most associated with Colonel Sanders, the founder of [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]].
−	== Trivia ==	+	During one sales trip, Homer and Grampa visit the farmhouse where the family used to live. Grampa reminisces about the time the family lived in the house, but Homer asks why his father never gave him any encouragement when he was growing up. They keep talking as they drive away, and the conversation turns into an argument. Grampa says he never encouraged Homer because he was a screw-up, and Homer says he's had enough of Grampa and the tonic. Grampa then becomes angry and says that Homer was an accident and wouldn't even exist if it weren't for the tonic, and adds that he wishes Homer had never been born. Furious with his father, Homer quits selling the tonic and abandons Grampa on the roadside.
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−	*When Homer leaves to 'do some serious thinking' he drives away from the house in the red station wagon (Marge's car), but arrives at the farmhouse in his purple sedan.
−	*When Homer and Marge are in the car, between scenes, the [[windscreen]] goes missing. It becomes noticeable when the [[mirror]] appears and disappears, and Abe's head manages to pop out when he and Homer argue over the getaway music.
−	*When Abe first makes the tonic is his sink, the sink has a normal looking faucet. When they cut back to the sink, the faucet has changed into a penis (or some phallic-looking thing).
		+	Homer goes back home and tries to be a better father to his kids, but fails. Grampa, for his part, tries to keep selling his tonic (with [[Barney Gumble]] standing in for Homer), but it doesn't work. The two of them return to the old farmhouse, each unaware of the other, and both of them manage to accidentally start fires which quickly spread through the house. As the house burns, Grampa and Homer agree that they're both screw-ups, and they forgive each other.
−	[[Category: Season 6]]	+	== In other languages ==
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		+	|deTrans=Grandpa Against Sexual Failure
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		+	|esTrans=Grandpa against sexual impotence
		+	|la=yes
		+	|laName=El Abuelo y la ineficiencia romántica
		+	|laTrans=Grandpa and romantic inefficiency
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		+	|frName=La Potion magique
		+	|frTrans=The Magic Potion
		+	|qu=yes
		+	|quName=Le Tonique
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		+	|itName=Il nonno contro l'incapacità sessuale
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		+	== Production ==
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Latest revision as of 13:06, March 28, 2024

	Season 6 Episode
← 112 "Homer Badman"	113 "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"	"Fear of Flying" 114 →

"Step right up, folks, and witness the magnificent medicinal miracle of Simpson & Son's patented revitalizing toniiic. [deep breath] Put some ardor in your larder with our energizing, moisturizing, tantalizing, romanticizing, surprising, her-prizing, revitalizing tonic."

―Abraham Simpson

"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"

Episode Information Episode number: 113 Season number: S6 E10 Production code: 2F07 Original airdate: December 4, 1994 Chalkboard gag: "My homework was not stolen by a one-armed man" Couch gag: The family runs past a repeating background shot of the living room. Guest star(s): Phil Hartman as Troy McClure Showrunner: David Mirkin Written by: Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein Directed by: Wes Archer DVD features

"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" is the tenth episode of season 6 of The Simpsons and the one-hundred and thirteenth episode overall. It originally aired on December 4, 1994. The episode was written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein and directed by Wes Archer. It guest stars Phil Hartman as Troy McClure.

Synopsis[edit]

"Homer and Marge are having a troublesome sex life until Grampa introduces Homer to a home remedy love tonic. They soon go on the road together, trying to make some money off Grampa's potion. All the while, all the adults in Springfield are taking advantage of their new love lives, leaving the children thinking that UFO's are to blame."

Plot[edit]

When Homer's and Marge's marriage comes under threat due to their fading sex lives, Grampa pieces together a tonic that is guaranteed to help the bad situation. They begin selling it at a mall, and then in Spittle County. They begin visiting multiple towns to cure frigidness and become quite successful. However, while all the parents of Springfield spend more time with each other, the children are banished from the house. Bart and the other kids believe their parents are acting peculiar, under the influence of aliens or the government. They are unaware of Homer and Grampa selling their tonic, so they continue to believe that their parents have turned into reverse vampires: they have to get home before dark, which in the children's view explains the adults' behavior of running inside and closing the blinds as soon as they get home.

During one sales trip, Homer and Grampa visit the farmhouse where the family used to live. Grampa reminisces about the time the family lived in the house, but Homer asks why his father never gave him any encouragement when he was growing up. They keep talking as they drive away, and the conversation turns into an argument. Grampa says he never encouraged Homer because he was a screw-up, and Homer says he's had enough of Grampa and the tonic. Grampa then becomes angry and says that Homer was an accident and wouldn't even exist if it weren't for the tonic, and adds that he wishes Homer had never been born. Furious with his father, Homer quits selling the tonic and abandons Grampa on the roadside.

Homer goes back home and tries to be a better father to his kids, but fails. Grampa, for his part, tries to keep selling his tonic (with Barney Gumble standing in for Homer), but it doesn't work. The two of them return to the old farmhouse, each unaware of the other, and both of them manage to accidentally start fires which quickly spread through the house. As the house burns, Grampa and Homer agree that they're both screw-ups, and they forgive each other.

In other languages[edit]

Language Name Translation Deutsch "Grandpa gegen sexuelles Versagen" Grandpa Against Sexual Failure Español "El Abuelo contra la impotencia sexual" Grandpa against sexual impotence Español "El Abuelo y la ineficiencia romántica" Grandpa and romantic inefficiency Français "La Potion magique" The Magic Potion Français "Le Tonique" The Tonic Italiano "Il nonno contro l'incapacità sessuale" Grandpa against sexual inability

Production[edit]

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