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'''The Wettest Stories Ever Told''' is the eighteenth episode of [[season 17]].
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"'''The Wettest Stories Ever Told'''" is the eighteenth episode of [[season 17]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three-hundred and seventy-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on April 23, [[2006]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Westbrook]] and directed by [[Mike B. Anderson]].
  
 
== Synopsis ==
 
== Synopsis ==
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While waiting for the dinner at the Frying Dutchman, the family starts telling three stories about ships: "Journey on the Mayflower", "Mutiny on the Bounty", and "The Neptune Adventure".
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{{Desc|While waiting for the dinner at [[The Frying Dutchman]], the family starts telling three stories about ships: "Mayflower Madman", "Stupidity on the Bounty", and "The Neptune Upending".}}
  
 
== Plot ==
 
== Plot ==
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=== Opening ===
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The Simpsons go to a dinner at [[The Frying Dutchman]], but [[Captain McCallister]] makes excuses for not bringing them their food. It begins with the cook having trouble with the special (an octopus), then McCallister goes out to play basketball telling them their food will be ready soon. The Simpsons decide to tell stories about nautical theme - [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] tells about the ''Mayflower'' voyage, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] tells about mutiny in Tahiti, and [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] tells about capsizing cruise ships.
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The Simpsons are at [[The Frying Dutchman]] where they are waiting for a meal. [[Captain McCallister]] comes out to inform them that their meal will be late because the chef is having trouble with the day's special. Captain McCallister then suggests that an old sea yarn may pass the time, but then says that he doesn't know any. [[Lisa]] then offers to tell a story.
  
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=== Lisa's Story (The Journey of The Mayflower) ===
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=== Mayflower Madman ===
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[[Marge Simpson|Marge]], [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] are about to board the [[Mayflower]] to head for the new world, but [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] runs ahead of them and hides in a barrel. The police is looking for him because of questioning why that era is called the "Jacobean era" when the king is named James, so they take him with them, only because they hear him praying (although he is actually praying for the family to be killed instead of him). Marge starts to like Homer when she sees how he strangles Bart in the same way her former husband used to, but [[Moe]] likes her as well and is instantly jealous of their friendship. To get Homer out of the way, Moe takes him down to the storage room where all the beer is held and tells him to drink whenever a wave hits the boat. However, it is actually forbidden to drink beer on board the ship. He gets drunk along with almost all of the other passengers. Captain [[Flanders]] and [[Reverend Lovejoy]] discover them and place Homer in a stock after Moe blames him. Then, a storm approaches, and Flanders gets knocked out. Homer claims that he steers better when he is drunk so, while drinking a bottle of wine, he leads them safely out of the storm. He and Marge get together, and they all make it to the New World. While having the first Thanksgiving with the Native Americans, Flanders says that he is almost sorry for what the Pilgrims will do to them later, take their land and kill them.
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[[File:Mayflower Madman.png|thumb|left|Homer drunk steering the ''Mayflower''.]]
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At [[Plymouth Harbor]] in [[England]], [[Constance Prudence Chastity Goodfaith|Marge]], [[Bart]], and Lisa go aboard the ''[[Mayflower]]'' to journey to the New World. As they are getting on board, [[Homer]] runs up to the ship and hides in a barrel as he is being chased by two Beefeaters. Marge and the kids offer to disguise him so that he can go on the journey with them. Homer is introduced to the ship's captain, [[Ned Flandish]], and told that they are all Puritans. Homer is upset to learn that they don't drink booze. When Homer tries to make a move on Marge, [[Moezekiel]] tells Homer that he is engaged to Marge, although Marge denies it.
  
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=== Bart's Story (Mutiny on the Bounty) ===
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During the voyage, Homer thinks that Moezekiel will marry Marge instead of him. Homer then strangles Bart for a comment that Bart made, which impresses Marge as her ex-husband used to strangle Bart in the same way. Homer and Marge then grow closer on the journey. Moezekiel gets jealous of how close the two of them are getting, so he comes up with a plan to make Marge hate Homer. Moezekiel shows Homer where the booze is stored and pours Homer a drink. Homer then quickly corrupts the crew, who are then discovered by Moezekiel, Captain Flandish, [[Reverend Lovejoy]], and Marge. Homer is put into the stocks for his crimes and Marge is disappointed in him. At that point, a large wave hits the ship and causes Captain Flandish to bang his head, knocking him unconscious. Homer offers to steer the ship whilst drunk, as nobody else could do it. Homer then successfully got the ''Mayflower'' to the new world.
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The HMAV ''[[Bounty]]'' sets sail from England, commanded by Captain Bligh ([[Skinner]]). He severely mistreats his young crew, tossing their mail off and confiscating it for himself. They arrive in Tahiti, where the kids have an unforgettable vacation, but Captain Bligh later orders them to forget the vacation. [[Willie]] warns him of a mutiny, but Bligh ignores him. Eventually, First Mate Bart Christian leads a mutiny. Bligh, now realising Willie may have been right, says they could have a suggestion box, before [[Nelson]] points out that Bligh already made one out of the head of the last kid who had a suggestion. They then send Bligh and Willie off in a lifeboat. Bligh taunts Willie into mutiny and is sent away on a sea turtle, who he then starts to mistreat before it dives. Bart, now the captain, orders the crews to set sail for Tahiti then he throws away the ship's wheel and they crash into [[Antarctica]], where the crew tell him he is going the wrong way.
 
  
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=== Homer's Story (The Neptune Adventure) ===
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A year later, the Puritans thank the natives for their help settling in. Flandish then says that it makes him feel bad that the Europeans will eventually wipe them out and steal all their land, which scares [[Great Chief Wig-Gum]].
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Homer's story takes place on the luxury liner ''[[Neptune]]'' on New Year's Eve. Captain [[Burns]] doesn't see a massive freak wave and the ship capsizes. With the ship upside-down, the survivors Homer, Bart, Lisa, Marge, [[Lenny]], [[Carl]], [[Comic Book Guy]], [[Old Jewish Man]], his wife and [[Sideshow Mel]], all led by [[Selma]], ignore Purser [[Wiggum]]'s advice to stay put in the ball room. They instead decide to climb up the decks to the engine room and, while climbing up through the smokestack, Lenny panics and falls to his death. They encounter in rooms in flames, tigers, and Homer doing his business in an upside-down bathroom. [[Comic Book Guy]] swims through a flooded deck with a rope to help the others get to the engine room, but he has a heart attack when he swims back and dies. The group makes it to the engine room, but [[Sideshow Mel]]'s hair is set on fire because of a blowtorch from the rescue team and he passes out. The rest of the original group makes it off the ship, at which point they encounter the walking skeletons of the ''[[Bounty]]'' crew (from the previous story), who are still trying to get back to [[Tahiti]]. Captain [[Bart]] asks them where is [[Haiti]], then the other complain about being lost for years.
 
  
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After Lisa finishes her story, Homer says that he has a story. Marge tells Homer to wait for the third story and says that Bart can go next, as the middle story is usually the worst. Bart then goes on to tell his story.
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=== Stupidity on the Bounty ===
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[[File:Stupidity on the Bounty.png|thumb|right|The crew of the ''Bounty'' mutiny against Bligh.]]
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In England, the ''[[Bounty]]'' gets ready to set sail. [[Fletcher Christian]] tells his captain, [[William Bligh]], that [[Admiral Nelson]] is trying to send them a message. Bligh looks through and sees Nelson share the message "Bligh eats dolphin boogers". The ship then sets sail. Seven hundred and eighteen days later, the ship starts to run low on fresh water, so Bligh tells the crew that they're now forbidden from drinking water. He then has [[Willie]] throw all their mail from home overboard as someone had drawn a sketch of Bligh making out with a merman. The crew start to get annoyed at Bligh and Willie warns him that there could be a mutiny. However, Bligh shrugs it off.
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The ''Bounty'' stops at [[Tahiti]] to restock and let the crew rest. All the crew have a really good time at Tahiti and are disappointed when they have to leave. Bligh then orders the crew to forget Tahiti and then orders them to sing "[[Row, Row, Row Your Boat]]" as a round. The crew quickly gets sick of this and decides to mutiny and go back to Tahiti. After Bligh and Willie are thrown off into a rowboat, Willie also decides to kick Bligh off, who is then dragged under sea by a turtle. Christian becomes the new captain and decides to get rid of the ship's steering wheel as it is "evidence of the previous regime". This causes the crew to lose control of the ship and they end up at [[Antarctica]].
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After Bart finishes his story, Captain McCallister still hasn't returned as he is out playing basketball. Homer then goes on to tell his story.
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=== The Neptune Upending ===
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[[File:The Neptune Upending.png|thumb|left|Homer shows off his great ass suction.]]
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On the cruise ship ''{{ap|Neptune|The Wettest Stories Ever Told}}'', [[Disco Stu]] introduces [[Captain Burns]] to the passengers. Captain Burns tells everyone how the ship is unflippable and tells everyone to relax and have fun. The Simpsons then go on stage to perform as they are the ship's band. During the song, a large wave hits the ''Neptune'' and causes it to flip. In the aftermath, hundreds of people are killed, leaving only a handful of survivors.
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As the survivors make their way up the ship, they work together to keep each other safe, but still lose people along the way. They eventually make it to the bottom of the ship, which is now above the surface. A rescue crew then cuts through the hull and the survivors get out and onto the lifeboat. As they escape, the ''Bounty'' passes by. The crew had all become skeletons in the many years that had passed since the ''Bounty'' mutinied. Fletcher Christian asks them if they know where Tahiti is, but doesn't get an answer. The ''Bounty'' then sails off, still in search of Tahiti.
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== Production ==
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[[Dan Greaney]] was the person who pitched doing non-Halloween trilogy episodes.<ref name="Jean">{{Com|Jean, Al|The Wettest Stories Ever Told|Seventeenth|(2014).|link=Al Jean}}</ref> When the storyboards were sent to the writers, the ships in the first two segments looked almost identical. [[Jeff Westbrook]] then went on the Internet to get many pictures of ships to show to the animators for inspiration.<ref name="Westbrook">{{Com|Westbrook, Jeff|The Wettest Stories Ever Told|Seventeenth|(2014).|link=Jeff Westbrook}}</ref>
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== Reception ==
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As of December [[2021]], the episode has a 6.7 rating on {{W|IMDb}}.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795278/ IMDb - "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"]</ref>
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"Until then, perhaps an old sea yarn may pass the time. Too bad I don't know any."
―Captain McCallister
"The Wettest Stories Ever Told"
HABF11.png
Episode Information
Episode number: 374
Season number: S17 E18
Production code: HABF11
Original airdate: April 23, 2006
Couch gag: The Simpson's are in a puzzle. Homer inserts his head on Maggie's and vice versa, but quickly corrects it.
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Jeff Westbrook
Directed by: Mike B. Anderson


"The Wettest Stories Ever Told" is the eighteenth episode of season 17 of The Simpsons and the three-hundred and seventy-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on April 23, 2006. The episode was written by Jeff Westbrook and directed by Mike B. Anderson.

Synopsis[edit]

"While waiting for the dinner at The Frying Dutchman, the family starts telling three stories about ships: "Mayflower Madman", "Stupidity on the Bounty", and "The Neptune Upending"."


Plot[edit]

Opening[edit]

The Simpsons are at The Frying Dutchman where they are waiting for a meal. Captain McCallister comes out to inform them that their meal will be late because the chef is having trouble with the day's special. Captain McCallister then suggests that an old sea yarn may pass the time, but then says that he doesn't know any. Lisa then offers to tell a story.

Mayflower Madman[edit]

Homer drunk steering the Mayflower.

At Plymouth Harbor in England, Marge, Bart, and Lisa go aboard the Mayflower to journey to the New World. As they are getting on board, Homer runs up to the ship and hides in a barrel as he is being chased by two Beefeaters. Marge and the kids offer to disguise him so that he can go on the journey with them. Homer is introduced to the ship's captain, Ned Flandish, and told that they are all Puritans. Homer is upset to learn that they don't drink booze. When Homer tries to make a move on Marge, Moezekiel tells Homer that he is engaged to Marge, although Marge denies it.

During the voyage, Homer thinks that Moezekiel will marry Marge instead of him. Homer then strangles Bart for a comment that Bart made, which impresses Marge as her ex-husband used to strangle Bart in the same way. Homer and Marge then grow closer on the journey. Moezekiel gets jealous of how close the two of them are getting, so he comes up with a plan to make Marge hate Homer. Moezekiel shows Homer where the booze is stored and pours Homer a drink. Homer then quickly corrupts the crew, who are then discovered by Moezekiel, Captain Flandish, Reverend Lovejoy, and Marge. Homer is put into the stocks for his crimes and Marge is disappointed in him. At that point, a large wave hits the ship and causes Captain Flandish to bang his head, knocking him unconscious. Homer offers to steer the ship whilst drunk, as nobody else could do it. Homer then successfully got the Mayflower to the new world.

A year later, the Puritans thank the natives for their help settling in. Flandish then says that it makes him feel bad that the Europeans will eventually wipe them out and steal all their land, which scares Great Chief Wig-Gum.

After Lisa finishes her story, Homer says that he has a story. Marge tells Homer to wait for the third story and says that Bart can go next, as the middle story is usually the worst. Bart then goes on to tell his story.

Stupidity on the Bounty[edit]

The crew of the Bounty mutiny against Bligh.

In England, the Bounty gets ready to set sail. Fletcher Christian tells his captain, William Bligh, that Admiral Nelson is trying to send them a message. Bligh looks through and sees Nelson share the message "Bligh eats dolphin boogers". The ship then sets sail. Seven hundred and eighteen days later, the ship starts to run low on fresh water, so Bligh tells the crew that they're now forbidden from drinking water. He then has Willie throw all their mail from home overboard as someone had drawn a sketch of Bligh making out with a merman. The crew start to get annoyed at Bligh and Willie warns him that there could be a mutiny. However, Bligh shrugs it off.

The Bounty stops at Tahiti to restock and let the crew rest. All the crew have a really good time at Tahiti and are disappointed when they have to leave. Bligh then orders the crew to forget Tahiti and then orders them to sing "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" as a round. The crew quickly gets sick of this and decides to mutiny and go back to Tahiti. After Bligh and Willie are thrown off into a rowboat, Willie also decides to kick Bligh off, who is then dragged under sea by a turtle. Christian becomes the new captain and decides to get rid of the ship's steering wheel as it is "evidence of the previous regime". This causes the crew to lose control of the ship and they end up at Antarctica.

After Bart finishes his story, Captain McCallister still hasn't returned as he is out playing basketball. Homer then goes on to tell his story.

The Neptune Upending[edit]

Homer shows off his great ass suction.

On the cruise ship Neptune, Disco Stu introduces Captain Burns to the passengers. Captain Burns tells everyone how the ship is unflippable and tells everyone to relax and have fun. The Simpsons then go on stage to perform as they are the ship's band. During the song, a large wave hits the Neptune and causes it to flip. In the aftermath, hundreds of people are killed, leaving only a handful of survivors.

As the survivors make their way up the ship, they work together to keep each other safe, but still lose people along the way. They eventually make it to the bottom of the ship, which is now above the surface. A rescue crew then cuts through the hull and the survivors get out and onto the lifeboat. As they escape, the Bounty passes by. The crew had all become skeletons in the many years that had passed since the Bounty mutinied. Fletcher Christian asks them if they know where Tahiti is, but doesn't get an answer. The Bounty then sails off, still in search of Tahiti.

Production[edit]

Dan Greaney was the person who pitched doing non-Halloween trilogy episodes.[1] When the storyboards were sent to the writers, the ships in the first two segments looked almost identical. Jeff Westbrook then went on the Internet to get many pictures of ships to show to the animators for inspiration.[2]

Reception[edit]

As of December 2021, the episode has a 6.7 rating on IMDb.[3]

In other languages[edit]

Language Name Translation
Germany.png Deutsch "Drei nasse Geschichten" Three wet stories
Spain flag.png Español "Las historias más húmedas jamás contadas" The Wettest Stories Ever Told
Hispanic America.gif Español "Las historias más mojadas jamás contadas" The Wettest Stories Ever Told
France.png Français "Histoires d'eau" Water stories
Flag of Quebec.svg.png Français "Histoires d'eau" Water stories
Italy Flag.png Italiano "La storia più bagnata del mondo" The wettest story in the world

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Jean, Al (2014). Commentary for "The Wettest Stories Ever Told", in The Simpsons: The Complete Seventeenth Season.
  2. ↑ Westbrook, Jeff (2014). Commentary for "The Wettest Stories Ever Told", in The Simpsons: The Complete Seventeenth Season.
  3. ↑ IMDb - "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"


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