The Spy Who Learned Me

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	Season 23 Episode
← "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again"	506 "The Spy Who Learned Me"	"Ned 'N' Edna's Blend" →

Template:EpisodeHD "The Spy Who Learned Me" is the twentieth episode of season 23. It originally aired on May 6, 2012. Bryan Cranston guest-starred as superspy Stradivarius Cain and Eric Idle guest starred as Declan Desmond.

Synopsis

Homer and Marge go through marriage problems, and when Homer suffers a concussion at work and gets two months off, he imagines the crime fighter Stradivarius Cain, to help Homer be a better man. Meanwhile, Bart learns a way to stop Nelson stealing his lunch money - giving him Krusty Burgers until he's too fat to punch anyone.

Plot

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Homer and Marge are watching a movie featuring the master spy Stradivarius Cain, and Homer keeps making remarks throughout it. Marge disapproves of it, but Lenny and Carl congratulate him. On the way home, Homer is chuckling but Marge is still angry.

At Springfield Elementary School, Skinner informs everybody that in order to cut down on the embarrassing YouTube videos of teachers, they have to take away the students' SmartPhones. The students also have to put their money on a plate, and when the children come out, Nelson steals it. Bart gets annoyed at this.

At work, Homer is on a stepladder when Lenny and Carl come up to him.

Reception

The episode gathered 4.74 million households viewers in its slot on Fox. It remains the third least watched episode in The Simpsons history, in front of "The Daughter Also Rises" with 4.33 million households viewers and "Ned 'N' Edna's Blend" with 4.00 million households viewers.

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