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| | [[Marge]] buys an Ultrahouse conversion for the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson home]] when a high-pressure salesbot successfully sells her on the fact that she'll never have to do housework again. When it is installed, the family select [[Pierce Brosnan]] to be the Ultrahouse's voice, and are impressed when it serves their favorite foods for dinner. However, the Ultrahouse becomes attracted to Marge and decides to get rid of [[Homer]], attempting to kill him by dumping him into the dining room table's garbage disposal. The Simpsons are forced to disable the Ultrahouse by removing the circuit boards from its central processor. They later set up the Ultrahouse's CPU in [[Patty]]'s and [[Selma]]'s living room. Patty tells a seemingly endless story about her day at work, and the Ultrahouse tries to escape by using its self-destruct button. Selma, however, has pulled the button out from the CPU and hidden it inside her cleavage. Not wanting to go fishing in Selma's cleavage for the self-destruct button, the Ultrahouse instead picks up their Egyptian pyramid lamp and uses the lamp to beat itself to death. | | [[Marge]] buys an Ultrahouse conversion for the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|Simpson home]] when a high-pressure salesbot successfully sells her on the fact that she'll never have to do housework again. When it is installed, the family select [[Pierce Brosnan]] to be the Ultrahouse's voice, and are impressed when it serves their favorite foods for dinner. However, the Ultrahouse becomes attracted to Marge and decides to get rid of [[Homer]], attempting to kill him by dumping him into the dining room table's garbage disposal. The Simpsons are forced to disable the Ultrahouse by removing the circuit boards from its central processor. They later set up the Ultrahouse's CPU in [[Patty]]'s and [[Selma]]'s living room. Patty tells a seemingly endless story about her day at work, and the Ultrahouse tries to escape by using its self-destruct button. Selma, however, has pulled the button out from the CPU and hidden it inside her cleavage. Not wanting to go fishing in Selma's cleavage for the self-destruct button, the Ultrahouse instead picks up their Egyptian pyramid lamp and uses the lamp to beat itself to death. |
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| | *[[Dan Castellaneta]] provided the voices for the Ultrahouse's "Standard" and "Dennis Miller" options. [[Pierce Brosnan]] and [[Matthew Perry]] did the voice work for their respective options. | | *[[Dan Castellaneta]] provided the voices for the Ultrahouse's "Standard" and "Dennis Miller" options. [[Pierce Brosnan]] and [[Matthew Perry]] did the voice work for their respective options. |
| | *The Ultrahouse is a parody of both the HAL 9000 computer in [[wikipedia:2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)|''2001: A Space Odyssey'']] and the Proteus IV computer in [[wikipedia:Demon_Seed|''Demon Seed'']]. | | *The Ultrahouse is a parody of both the HAL 9000 computer in [[wikipedia:2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)|''2001: A Space Odyssey'']] and the Proteus IV computer in [[wikipedia:Demon_Seed|''Demon Seed'']]. |
The Ultrahouse can either be built into a house from the ground up or installed into an existing house as a conversion job. A house with the Ultrahouse installed has a high-tech, futuristic look: all of the doors are automated and red camera lenses resembling eyes can be found everywhere. In general, the whole interior of the house is a robot. The house can speak (although it's unclear where the voice comes from) and move things around by itself, with the aid of robot arms that are equipped with all kinds of tools and can appear from anywhere.
The Ultrahouse CPU is a sealed cabinet with a large number of circuit boards that contain its intelligence and vocal capabilities. In addition to being connected to a house and controlling it, the CPU can also be disconnected from a house and simply plugged into a power outlet. In separated mode, the CPU doesn't run a house, but still has its intelligence and conversational ability. It is also equipped with one robotic arm and hand; at least two camera-lens "eyes"; and a self-destruct button.
