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"The Girl Who Slept Too Little" is the second episode of The Simpsons seventeenth season. It aired September 18, 2005. The Simpsons Official Site has the title for this episode mistakenly as "The Girl Who Knew Too Little".

Synopsis

The Simpsons protest the construction of a stamp museum next to their home and successfully have it relocated to a cemetery lot, but are dismayed to see the old cemetery moving next door. Lisa soon finds herself suffering fright-induced sleepless nights and runs to her parents' bed. Homer and Marge attempt spending a night in their daughter's room to convince her that it's safe, but are quickly scared away. They turn to a psychiatrist for advice, but Lisa decides to face her fears alone one night in the cemetery, with dramatic results.

Trivia

• Groundskeeper Willie has a cousin named "Gravedigger Billy", who may be as disturbed as he, if not more. He looks a lot like Willie, but with white whiskers and a cataract in his left eye. Billy is also short for William.
• Homer acknowledges his mental acumen and memory may be affected by his numerous head injuries.
• As a baby, Lisa powders and diapers herself. Maggie did a similar trick in another episode while staying with Marge's sisters.
• This was originally scheduled to air May 15, 2005, as the sixteenth season finale, but due to the changed broadcast date of "The Father, The Son and The Holy Guest Star" it had to be cancelled for that time.

Cultural References

• The Title "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" is a take on the 1997 movie titled "The Man Who Knew Too Little" starring Bill Murray.
• It is also possibly a take on the 1956 movie "The Man Who Knew Too Much" starring James Stewart and Doris Day. This is not the first time this title has been parodied; see "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" and "The Dad Who Knew Too Little".
• The book The Land of Wild Beasts is an obvious parody of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, right down to the artwork.
• The song played during the protest sequence is "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire.
• The stamp museum sign "The Fathers (and mothers) of Invention" is a reference to Frank Zappa's first band, The Mothers of Invention, of whom Matt Groening is a big fan.

Quotes

• Homer: Stupid Stamp Museum! Why didn't they build this closer to our house?
  Lisa: Dad, you fought tooth and nail to get it away from our house.
  Homer: Lisa, when you've sustained as many blows to the head as I have, consistency is something, something, that something - I love you, Marge!
• Slug Milhouse: I don't know how we'll reproduce, but we'll have a great time figuring it out!
• Homer:(Upon learning that treatment for Lisa will cost $4,000) Well, that's okay because...(Grabs manual from the DR.) Marge, quick, start the car! (Homer takes chairs and bookshelves and throws them in front of the Doctor)
  Doctor: Mr. Simpson, I'm not chasing you.
  Homer: (Lighting match) And you won't, unless you can jump through FIRE!
  Marge: (Blows out the match)
• Lisa (being confronted by the Wild Things): I'm not afraid of monsters. I'm not afraid of monsters.
  Wild Thing 2: What? Lisa, you're eight years old. You're gonna be afraid of some things.
  Lisa: But I'm too smart to be scared.
  Wild Thing 2: Everyone has something to fear, not matter how smart or brave they are. I'm scared of her.
  Female Wild Thing: No, you're afraid of intimacy.
  Wild Thing 2: That's because I know you'll eat me after we mate.
  Female Wild Thing: Your brother didn't seem to mind.
  Lisa: Ya know, you look scary, but when you see past that, (giggles) you're just funny! (the beasts make affectionate noises) But wait. What am I gonna do with that creepy cemetery?
  Female Wild Thing: You can draw the blinds, you silly goose!
  Wild Thing 2: Or get a night light.
  Lisa: My dad says they're too expensive.
  (the beasts make annoyed noises)
  Wild Thing 1: Oh, for God's sake, they're four bucks a piece!
• Lou: Chief, you gotta come down now.
  Wiggum (naked with his eyes closed in a tree): I don't wanna, Lou!
  Lou: I got a pizza bagel.
  (camera pulls out, showing Wiggum already down and dressed)
  Wiggum: Let's roll.
• Slug Milhouse: What is it about slime that chicks don't dig?
• In the stamp museum, where there are giant, interactive stamps:
  Alexander Graham Bell stamp: I'm Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone.
  Elisha Gray stamp: You stole it from me, Elisha Gray
  Alexander Graham Bell stamp: Read the patent number, bitch.
  Bell shows a medal with "Patent 174465"[1] on it
• Homer (salutes): No soldier left behind.
• Homer: Look on the bright side, Marge. When I die, you can mourn me from the bathroom. That's multi-tasking. audio clip
• Gravedigger Billy: Now, Willie, that pot of gold I found is right down there.(indicates an empty grave)
  Groundskeeper Willie (looks into the grave): All I see is an empty grave. Why don't ya fill it, you lazy bastard? (Billy swings the shovel upon Willie, but the scene cuts to Homer, Marge, and Lisa.)
• Giant prawn in Commercial: "Maximum two servings!"
  Homer(Leans in doorway): That is bull (Bleep), Man!

Broadcasting Information

USA/Canada

• 1st Airdate: Sunday, September 18, 2005
• 2nd Airdate: Sunday, December 4, 2005
• 3rd Airdate: Sunday, January 8, 2006

UK

• 1st Airdate: Saturday, April 22, 2006
• 2nd Airdate: Monday, June 12, 2006
• 3rd Airdate: Saturday, August 5, 2006
• 4th Airdate: Saturday, August 26, 2006

Australia

• 1st Airdate: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 (This episode aired as a 2006 sneak peek episode)

Brazil

• 1st Airdate: Sunday, July 23, 2006