Much Apu About Nothing
"Much Apu About Nothing"
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Episode Information
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"Much Apu About Nothing" was the 23rd episode of the Simpsons 7th season
Synopsis
It all begins with a bear in the middle of the road. Flanders comes home and is quite scared by the bear and runs to his home. Chief Wiggum shoots the bear with a blow dart, but accidentally mistakes it for Barney. Shortly after he shoots the bear as well. When the neighborhood sees what the bear did, Homer leads an angry mob to city hall to get the mayor to start a bear patrol to make sure no bears ever come into Springfield. The Mayor approves and starts the bear patrol. Unfortunately, the Bear Patrol is using hi-tech equipment (more than necessary); and this waste of money is reflected in the high taxes the citizens have to pay to keep the patrol running. When Homer sees how high his taxes are, he once again leads another mob to city hall declaring how they they want low taxes but still want Bear Patrol. Mayor Whimbley says(makes up) that the reason taxes are so high is because of illegal immigrants. He says that they will vote on whether to deport these immigrants. Throughout the show you see people putting up signs to vote to deport the immigrants, like at Moe's.When homer goes to talk to Apu, Apu tells him that he is an illegal immigrant. Apu decides he desperately does not want to be deported so he gets a fake United States citizenship card. After trying to act like an American for one day Apu decides he has to get American Internship the fair way because of a memory of his mother and father telling him always to be himself. He decides to take the United States Citizenship test. Homer takes him home and gives him his 9th grade history notes. As Apu studies throughout the night he gets tired and accidentally falls asleep. When Apu wakes up he realizes he fell asleep and did not study. As he starts to panic Lisa steps in and helps him. You then see him taking the test along with (Dr. Nick, Bumblebee man, Willie, and Moe, which is funny because throughout the episode he was being mean to immigrants.) Apu passes and The Simpsons throw him a party congratulating him on becoming an American. At the very end of the episode you see Willie on a ship being deported and saying "Oh!Crap!". Otto33360 01:16, 27 June 2008 (UTC) Ralph123 22:25, 29 June 2008 (UTC)
California references
In the commentary Bill Oakley states that one of the reasons they started the episode with a bear was because at the time California had a problem when some bears would roam neighborhoods in search of food. Another reference to California in this episode is California at the time, had a problem with so many illegal immigrannts. They even threatend to take away health care and education from immigrants (Which passed, but was declared uncontitutional.) This is one reason they made this episode at the current time.
