Sirens
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Sirens
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Character Information
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The Sirens live on an island that Odysseus and his crew passed by while trying to return to Ithaca.
History
After Poseidon blew their ship off course, Odysseus and his crew ended up in the Crazy Islands. They heard music which Lenny thought was "kinda catchy". Carl pointed out the island where the music was coming from and suggested steering heedlessly towards it. Lenny concurred: "Heedlessly it is!"
As the crew sailed toward the island, they failed to notice the jagged rock formations and shipwrecks encircling the island. Instead, they were totally engrossed in listening to the Sirens' song, which prompted Odysseus to remark, "If they kiss as good as they lure ... Wow!" Odysseus quickly changed his tune, however, when they got close enough to see the Sirens: "Oh, God! They're hideous!" After similar cries of disgust from the other crewmen (including Professor Frink, who said, "Someone save me from the ladies!" as his glasses broke), they hastily turned the ship around and went back the way they came, leaving the island behind.
Professor Frink wasn't seen after that point in the voyage, so it's possible that the sight of the Sirens killed him, drove him insane, and/or prompted him to commit suicide.
Behind the Laughter
- The Sirens appear only in the "D'oh Brother Where Art Thou?" segment of "Tales from the Public Domain". The segment is a re-telling of the Odyssey with Homer cast as Odysseus, Patty and Selma as the Sirens, and other Springfieldians as the other characters in the story.
- The song "Island of Sirens", which is heard as the ship nears the island, is a parody of the {{w}Barry Manilow}} song "Copacabana".
- In the Odyssey, Odysseus and his crew were forewarned about the Sirens. They safely passed the island by means of the crew using wax to block their ears so they wouldn't be lured by the Sirens' song into crashing on the rocks. Odysseus, however, wanted to hear their song, so he left his own ears unblocked and had his crew tie him to the mast, giving them strict orders not to untie him or obey any orders he gave until they were a safe distance away from the island.
