The Parent Rap
"The Parent Rap"
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Episode Information
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"The Parent Rap" is the second episode of The Simpsons' thirteenth season. The episode was originally planned to air on November 4, 2001, but was pushed back a week due to the World Series going to 7 games, as the playoffs started late due to the rescheduling of a week's worth of regular season games postponed by the September 11 attacks. This episode introduced Judge Constance Harm, voiced by Jane Kaczmarek.
Plot
Abandoned by a prize seeking Homer, Milhouse and Bart go for an unintentional joyride in Chief Wiggum's squad car. In juvenile court, Milhouse gets his case dismissed. When Bart goes up before Judge Snyder, he is just about to get out of it when the judge's vacation starts. The replacement judge isn't a pushover, and citing Homer's negligence she orders that Bart and Homer be tethered together.
The pair attend school, work and Moe's together and begin bonding. Frustrated by the whole situation Marge cuts the tether and is caught. Judge Harm decides that both Bart's parents are unfit, so she has Homer and Marge put into stocks and put on public display. Homer and Marge break free and retaliate, only to get caught. When brought before Judge Harm again, they are about to have the book thrown at them when Judge Snyder returns from vacation. He declares that boys will be boys and dismisses the case.
Audio vs. Closed Captioning
- On the radio, the sound bite was of Charlton Heston yelling, "You damn dirty ape!" On the close captions, the line was, "Drop the gun, Johnny!"
- When Bart and Homer spent time eating sandwiches on top of the cooling towers at the nuclear plant, Homer asks Bart, "Is that our house?" and Bart says, "Our house doesn't have a steeple". In the closed captions, the lines are "Is that Lenny's house?" and "Lenny's house doesn't have a steeple".
- When Homer and Bart hug each other while tethered, Homer says, "That's my boy!" In the closed captions, the line is "I'm...so...proud...of...you!"
- When Moe kicks Bart out of the bar, Moe tells Homer, "The heat's been on ever since those Bush Girls have been in here." The closed captioning says, "The heat's been on ever since that bad tricycle wreck."
- When Homer tells Bart to pee in a bottle, Marge admonishes, "Don't use the bottle. That's what hobos do!" In the closed captioning, the line is "Don't use the bottle. That's what animals do!" (the "animals" version of that line was also used in the promos for this episode).
- During the wrestling match, the announcer says, "Dr. Bonebreak just married Rumbelina and they're already whaling on each other!" In the closed captions, the line was "Dr. Bonebreak just married Rumbelina five seconds ago and they're already going at it!"
