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The Devil Wears Nada

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Season 21 Episode
445 "Treehouse of Horror XX"
446
"The Devil Wears Nada"
"Pranks and Greens" 447
"The Devil Wears Nada"
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Homer and Carl in France with Carla Bruni
Episode Information
Episode number: 446
Season number: S21 E5
Production code: LABF17
Original airdate: November 15, 2009
Title screen: Homer floats by on a lawn chair with a bunch of balloons tied to it.
Billboard gag: Don't Face This Christmas Sober
Chalkboard gag: I do not have the hots for my mom.
Couch gag: The Simpsons are Neanderthals who sit on a log that sinks into the La Brea Tar Pits. Their skeletons are then shown on display in a museum.
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Tim Long
Directed by: Nancy Kruse


"The Devil Wears Nada" is the fifth episode of season 21 of The Simpsons and the four-hundred and forty-sixth episode overall. It originally aired on November 15, 2009. The episode was written by Tim Long and directed by Nancy Kruse.

Synopsis

"Marge poses for a calendar for charity, but she is soon the talk of the town after she reveals a little too much during her photo shoot. Meanwhile, Carl receives a promotion at the plant. He then promotes Homer to be his executive assistant and drives him up the wall with requests."


Plot

The episode opens at a retirement party for the current Sector 7G supervisor, Ted. Just as Homer, Lenny, and Carl are celebrating their freedom from supervison, Mr. Burns arrives and chooses Carl as the new supervisor (after quickly deducing that he is the only semi-competent employee of the three). Meanwhile, in an effort to raise money, Marge and her "Charity Chicks" philanthropic group decide to follow the Police Department's lead and pose for a history-themed sexy calendar. At the photo studio, however, Marge as Babe Diderick, is a bit reluctant to reveal any skin. The photographer (voiced by Hank Azaria) loosens her up on red wine, and Marge ends up revealing more than she planned to. Marge and her pin-up poses are soon the talk of the town.

At school, Bart is embarrassed by the comments that many students make about his mom, shooting Milhouse using his slingshot and then he attacks Nelson. In Skinner's office, he and Superintendent Chalmers ogle Marge's calender, much to Bart's chargin.

Back at the plant, Carl makes Homer his new executive assistant. That evening, Marge's libido—pumped up by the whole town's positive feedback on her calendar—is running high, but Homer is too overworked and exhausted to satisfy her. This becomes an unhappy trend, and Marge feels ignored. Homer tries to make up for it by taking Marge out to a fancy hotel for a special night, but they are interrupted again by a phone call from Carl, informing Homer that the two of them will be attending the Annual Nuclear Power Expo in Paris. Homer leaves the next morning, and a frustrated Marge throws a croquet mallet after his retreating cab. She accidentally knocks out Ned Flanders instead, and invites the Flanders over for a family dinner by way of apology.

In Paris, Carl is having a great time flirting with a beautiful Frenchwoman, and he reveals that he plans to extend their stay indefinitely. Homer is devastated, and walks forlornly through Parisian streets where everything reminds him of Marge. Back in Springfield, Bart and Lisa bail on Marge's dinner, and Ned also shows up alone, explaining that he has grounded Rod and Todd (Rod for watching a Grey's Anatomy commercial and Todd for waiting to tell him). The innocent dinner soon turns romantic, and Marge and Ned nearly kiss—until Marge catches sight of her wedding photo in Ned's glasses and realizes that it would be wrong. Homer, meanwhile, has blackmailed Carl to give him his old job back by revealing that the woman Carl has been flirting with is actually Carla Bruni, wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and threatening to tell Sarkozy everything. Homer arrives home just as Marge is bidding Ned goodnight, and the two of them have sex, undisturbed at last.

Gallery

In other languages

Language Name Translation
Germany.png Deutsch "Der Teufel trägt Nada" The Devil wears Nada
Spain flag.png Español "El diablo viste de nada" The devil wears nothing
Hispanic America.gif Español "El diablo no usa nada" The devil wears nothing
France.png Français "Le diable s'habille en nada" The devil wears nada
Flag of Quebec.svg.png Français "Le diable s'habille pas pantoute" The devil doesn't dress
Italy Flag.png Italiano "Il diavolo veste nada" The devil wears nada


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Season 21 Episodes
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