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“Simpsons Christmas Stories” is the ninth episode of The Simpsons‘ seventeenth season, which originally aired on December 18, 2005.

Couch gag: On the front page of the Springfield Shopper, there is a picture of the Simpsons sitting on the couch. The title of the article is “Couch Gag Thrills Nation.”
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Synopsis

The First (Annoyed Grunt)-El

When Reverend Lovejoy can’t attend the Christmas sermon due to his train set catching on fire, Flanders immediately takes over. However, he gets a paper cut and faints. Homer decides to lead the sermon and tells the story of the first Christmas, with Marge as Mary, Homer as Joseph, Lisa as the angel Gabriel, Mr. Burns as King Herod, and Bart as Jesus.

Mary tells Joseph that she is pregnant, even though she’s a virgin. The angel Gabriel appears to them and explains that Mary is going to give birth to the Son of God. The three wise men (Dr. Hibbert, Principal Skinner, and Professor Frink) tell King Herod that they are going to give gold, frankincense, and myrrh (which Professor Frink is re-gifting) to the King of the Jews. When Herod thinks that the gifts are for him, the men explain to him that they’re for the baby Jesus. Herod becomes angry and claims that he will kill the baby.

At the Bethlehem Inn, the innkeeper (Moe) tells Mary and Joseph that he has plenty of rooms available with brand new carpeting. However, when Mary’s water breaks, he forces them to stay in the barn. Mary successfully gives birth to the baby, and the three wise men, along with the two shepherds (Lenny and Carl) come to see Jesus. Joseph is upset because he isn’t Jesus’ father, and when he drinks some wine, the baby turns it into water.

When Jesus keeps crying, Mary gives him to Joseph. He entertains him by hurting himself and one of the wise men (Skinner). When Jesus finally falls asleep, Herod and his troops find the manger that they’re staying in. They escape and trick the soldiers by putting Jesus’ halo on a duck. On top of the hill, Joseph cuts down a pine tree, and as it rolls down, the soldiers get caught in it. The soldiers, along with Herod, are arranged like ornaments on the tree, and the duck, still wearing the halo, stands on top of the tree. Mary calls it a Christmas tree, and Homer concludes his service.

I Saw Grampa Cussing Santa Claus

When Bart and Lisa find Grampa trying to stick a bear trap on top of the chimney, Grampa tells them that he’s trying to get his revenge on Santa Claus. Bart asks why, and to their dismay, Grampa tells them one of his many stories.

Back in World War II, Grampa and his brother Cyrus (never mentioned until now) were fighting off Japanese planes when Cyrus got shot down. Shortly after, Grampa, who was accompanied by Mr. Burns, also get shot down and are stranded on an island. After a few months, they see a plane in the sky, and Mr. Burns shoots it down. However, when they go over to investigate, they see that it is actually Santa Claus. They build him a new sleigh and gather up all the presents. When Santa is about to leave, Mr. Burns knocks him unconscious with a coconut and flies away in the sleigh and claims that he is going to keep all the presents. Grampa catches up to him on a reindeer and jumps onboard the sleigh. After he beats Mr. Burns with a tricycle, he gives the sleigh back to Santa. As Santa leaves, he tells Grampa that he’ll be back in a few days. However, he never comes back, and Grampa has to get off using a jet ski he made out of coconuts.

Bart and Lisa believe that it’s just another one of Grampa’s far-fetched tales, but when they hear a thump in the den, they find that Santa is there. He tells them that Cyrus didn’t die, but instead crashed into Tahiti. Santa takes Grampa there, and they meet up with Cyrus and his fifteen wives. Santa explains to Grampa that he didn’t come back for him on the island due to his procrastination and eventually feeling embarrassed about it.

The Nutcracker…Sweet

After the children of Springfield Elementary perform The Nutcracker, everyone begins to go along their day singing to the tune of the songs from the play. This is done after mentioning that the songs in The Nutcracker are in the public domain and thus can be and are played constantly for free. After the opening number (sung to the tune of “Marche”), Moe continues his holiday tradition and attempts suicide thrice, first by hanging himself, next by riding a sleigh into open traffic, and then by shooting himself, and naturally, fails each time (done to the tune of “Dance of the Flutes”).

That evening, Marge tells Homer that he’ll like the present that she got him. Not wanting to upset her, Homer tells her that his present for her is outside and goes to buy her a present (sung to the tune of “Trepak”). Every store is closed, and all Apu has at the Kwik-E-Mart is some jerky made out of trout. Homer searches in garbage cans, gutters, trees, and he even chases down Milhouse, but he can’t find anything.

When he gets home, Marge gives Homer his present (done to “Pas De Deux”). He opens it and sees that it is another present with a tag that reads, “To Marge, From Homer.” Marge tells him that she knew that he would forget to give her a present, so she gave him one to give to her. He gives it to her and she unwraps it, and Homer sees that it is a picture of him dressed up as Santa with Marge on his lap. They hug and kiss and Moe, for the fourth time, attempts to commit suicide by riding a sleigh into the road, missing an eighteen-wheel semi.

Cultural references

• Homer amuses Bart with Three Stooges gags.
• Homer ends his Christmas sermon with a terrible imitation of Paul Harvey saying “Did you know that Baby Jesus grew up to be…Jesus?”
• Krusty’s sidekick in 1964 bears a striking resemblance to Woody Allen, though his hairdo is very much like Sideshow Mel‘s.
• The island Abe and Burns are trapped on (along with the fact they survived a plane crash in the South Pacific) appears to be an allusion to Lost.
• After being shot, Cyrus’s plane disappears in a cloud, just like Clevinger’s in Catch-22.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Christmas_Stories

The Last of the Red Hat Mamas is the seventh episode of the seventeenth season of “The Simpsons.” The episode originally aired in North America on November 27, 2005, however due to its Easter theme it did not air in the UK until April 16, 2006 (Easter Sunday 2006).

Couch gag:The Simpsons sit in a bird’s nest and Homer eats a worm the motherbird gives them.
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Synopsis

The Simpsons children participate in the annual Easter celebration at Mayor Quimby’s mansion. When Maggie is unable to gather any Easter eggs, Homer decides to take the other children’s eggs. Maggie is delighted, but Hugs Bunny, who is refereeing the egg hunt, voices his displeasure. Homer and Hugs get into a huge fight. Meanwhile, Marge goes on a tour of the mansion, led by Quimby’s estranged wife, but things quickly go downhill when the fight spills into Quimby’s office. Marge is embarrassed by Homer’s childish actions, and her friends determine she is bad news and shun her.

At home, Marge tells Homer exactly how she feels, leading Homer to try to make amends by trying to find some new friends for Marge. He goes to the supermarket to find one, but fails by behaving too much like a stalker.

Where Homer fails, Marge succeeds. At a restaurant, she meets up with members of the Cheery Red Tomatoes. She quickly impresses the group’s leader, Tammy, and – after participating in a few low-key meetings – is soon invited to become a member of the women’s group.

However, when it comes time for the initiation, Tammy asks Marge to assist in their efforts to break into Burns’ mansion to steal $1 million in Fabergé eggs. They explain they are a group that raises funds for charity, and that Burns once promised them that amount to donate to a children’s hospital; however, at a press conference, the selfish millionaire announces he plans to keep the money for himself (to undergo a procedure that will extend his life by 10 minutes). Marge tells the Cheery Red Tomatoes members she cannot go ahead with the robbery, however bad of a person Burns is, but when told her membership rides on her participation, she decides to cast her morals aside and proceed with the robbery.

At home, Homer finds Marge’s Tomatoes folder laying around the house and after rummaging through it, learns about the group’s plans to break into Burns’ safe. As he tries to get to the mansion to stop her, his reckless driving gets the attention of the police, who follow him, after leaving Officer Eddie behind to direct traffic. (Eddie’s body movements, and a comment about his not having a girlfriend, seem to suggest that he might be gay.) Meanwhile, Marge is able to sneak onto Burns’ grounds through an air duct and unlock a gate; from there, the women crack open the safe and begin helping themselves to the Fabergé eggs that sit inside.

As the women are leaving, Chief Wiggum and Burns arrive at the mansion to arrest the women. Burns is disgusted by Chief Wiggum and Lou arguing over Wiggum’s pants size. Homer arrives to stop Marge from doing something she’ll regret, but finds himself a prime suspect in the heist. However, once everything is explained, Marge realizes she doesn’t need the group to make friends; after all, she already has one very special friend – Homer. Marge does, however, give the group the Fabergé egg she took.

In the subplot, Lisa is seeking summer opportunities and settles on traveling to Italy. She tries to convince Principal Skinner that she speaks fluent Italian, but the principal is skeptical. Rather than putting her on the spot, he decides to test Lisa later. This gives Lisa time to hire a tutor, who turns out to be Milhouse. Milhouse is actually quite good at teaching Lisa, and before long, Lisa is speaking fluently and apparently forms a friendship with Milhouse. However just as it seems that Milhouse’s unrequited feelings for Lisa would be reciprocated, he is caught…with Angelica.

Trivia

• The very next episode (“The Italian Bob“), The Simpson family goes to Italy. Lisa speaks some Italian in that episode, but due to the really bad translation everything she says is barely understandable for an Italian person.
• Luigi Risotto was apparently born in Italy, since he got a visit from the US Immigration Department in Marge vs. Everyone, but according to this episode this episode his parents only spoke fractured English at home, which suggests that the family moved to America when he was a child.
• In his fight against Hugs Bunny, Homer breaks a chocolate bunny rabbit identical to the one seen in “Simpsons Bible Stories“.

Cultural references

• Aliens – Homer’s line, “Game over man … game over” (when the police arrive at Burns’ mansion) is taken from the movie.
• “Dancing Cop” – Eddie’s animated style of traffic direction is likely a reference to Tony Lepore, the “Dancing Cop” of Providence, Rhode Island.
• The Godfather Part II – When Lisa and Milhouse go to Little Italy, Milhouse acts like Don Fanucci from the movie. His clothes in that scene are similar, too.
• Looney Tunes – Hugs Bunny, the referee of the Springfield Easter Celebration, is an obvious pun on the famous cartoon lagomorph Bugs Bunny. Mrs. Quimby also mimics Elmer Fudd‘s speech impediment in introducing Hugs. Later, Homer mentions the Road Runner, surprised to learn there is an actual bird by that name.
• Oval Office – Mayor Quimby’s office is styled after the White House Oval Office. Mrs. Quimby’s trip around the mayor’s office is vaguely reminiscent of a spoken word track on the record, The First Family, wherein Mrs. Kennedy led the paparazzi around the White House, leaving everything “just the way it is.”
• Red Hat Society – The Cheery Red Tomatoes organization is a spoof of the women’s group, focusing on fun and companionship.
• “Rigoletto” – Lisa sings new lyrics to the aria “La donna è mobile” from Verdi’s opera.
• “Sophie Tucker – The Last of the Red Hot Mamas” – The episode title is a play on the movie title, about the life of the Vaudeville entertainer.
• Trix – During his fight with Hugs Bunny, Homer remarks, “Silly rabbit. Kicks are for ribs!” This is a play on the catchphrase for the children’s breakfast cereal.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Red_Hat_Mamas

“See Homer Run” is the sixth episode of the 17th season of The Simpsons. The synopsis is a takeoff of the 2003 California recall election.

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Couch gag: The family appears as usual, afterwards the angle zooms out to reveal they are on display as earth humans in a zoo for the alien species to which Kang and Kodos belong.
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Synopsis

On Father’s Day, Homer is impressed by Bart’s gift – a Leather Buddy multi-function knife, and proudly tells Bart that it’s the greatest gift any father could receive. As for Lisa’s gift (a book she created, with caricatures of herself and Homer as unicorns), it doesn’t go over so well, even though Homer still likes it. In a half-hearted attempt to make Lisa feel better, Homer hangs the book on the refrigerator, but it quickly becomes a water-soaked glob of paper.

Lisa takes out her frustrations at school, leading her into trouble, and her parents are called to talk with Principal Skinner. School psychiatrist Dr. Pryor determines Lisa has a development disorder, which can only be resolved by Homer trying to make amends. He does so by deciding to dress as the Safety Salamander and giving safety talks at school. However, a fireworks display during a school assembly causes a fire.

Meanwhile, Bart – on a dare from the bullies – steals a “Bart Blvd.” street sign. This leads to a fiery multi-car pileup when Cletus is unable to find Bart Boulevard. Police cars, fire trucks and ambulances race to the scene but crash into the wreck, making matters worse.

Homer, still dressed in his Safety Salamander costume, runs to the rescue, extricating people who were trapped in their cars just before the pileup explodes in a fireball. Homer gets a rousing reception, and Mayor Quimby is blamed for the bumbling response. Springfield residents pick apart Quimby’s administration for other failures, and demand a recall election.

On Lisa’s suggestion, Homer decides to run for mayor, playing on his popularity as the Safety Salamander. However, Marge washes the costume, and it falls apart during a debate forum, disappointing the crowd. Eventually, none of the new candidates gain enough of the vote to oust Mayor Quimby. However, Lisa confides in Homer that she is very proud of him and glad he is her father.

Trivia

• This is the first appearance of both Dr. J. Loren Pryor (the school psychiatrist), and Freddy Quimby (Mayor Quimby’s nephew) in many years. The voices of each character are very different from their original forms (particularly Quimby).
• Dolph stealing The Scream is a reference to one of The Scream paintings being stolen from the Munch Museum in 2004. The Scream itself, however, was first depicted on The Simpsons in Treehouse of Horror IV.
• In the last scene, when Homer is dancing with Lisa, he experiences phantom limb syndrome.

Cultural references

• 2003 California recall election – The Springfield mayoral recall election, Rainier Wolfcastle‘s campaign in particular, is an obvious parody of the 2003 California recall election, which saw incumbent governor Gray Davis ousted and replaced by Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, who in this episode is representated by Rainier Wolfcastle (“… a steroid abusing, pot-smoking, women-groping son of a Nazi, washed up has-been movie star…”).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See_Homer_Run

“Marge’s Son Poisoning” is the fifth episode of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons.

Couch gag: Dozens of couches are seen attacking Springfield residents.
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Synopsis

The family is at Paradise Pier, where Marge was looking forward to ride the Ferris wheel all her life, only to find out that it is being dismantled with some of its equipment being sold. Homer purchases a dumbbell while Marge gets a tandem bicycle. When Marge wants to take the bike for a ride, she finds that Homer is a less than willing participant.

She tries it on her own and falls. Realizing that his mother might actually be lonely, Bart offers to go for a ride with her. They ride into an unincorporated part of the county and come upon a small village that features a tea house. Later the tea house closes forever causing Bart to invite his mother to his treehouse for tea.

Marge redecorates the treehouse and the pair goes off to get a new tea service where he gets a Krusty Teapot. Outside the store the bullies, Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearney accuse Bart of being a mama’s boy, which causes Bart to rebel on Marge. Marge goes into a depression and eventually sells the bike.

Feeling bad, Bart offers to compete with her in a karaoke contest. While seeing Skinner and his mother perform, Marge has visions of a terrible future for Bart and she stops the show to let Bart know that he can make his own ways of life and that he shouldn’t worry about her, it’s her job to worry about him. To make things better, she gives him a fire extinguisher to spray in front of the audience, along with the bullies that teased him. Bart still tries to help her by going home and dialing 9-1 so he will only have to dial another one later if he needs to call 9-1-1.

Meanwhile at Moe’s Homer shows off the strength in one of his arms he’s gained from working with the dumbbell and Moe has an idea on how to capitalize on it. Moe takes Homer to the arm wrestling championships, where Homer readily wins, but finds that he really misses his wife.

Cultural references

• The store Marge and Bart go to is called “The China Syndrome”. A “china syndrome” is a catastrophic nuclear accident and a 1979 movie of the same name.
• The tea shop Marge and Bart go to, named “The Leaf Garrett Tea Shop” is a reference to Leif Garrett, a teen idol, actor and singer popular in the 1970s.
• In the “attack of the couches” couch gag, Professor Frink’s couch loosely resembles a war machine from The War of the Worlds.
• The sign for Paradise Pier is identical in design to the sign on Brighton Pier
• After Bart abandons Marge, the end theme from Midnight Cowboy plays during the scenes where she is lonely; she also takes the tandem bicycle on a bus to Miami, in direct reference to the end scene of the film.

Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge%27s_Son_Poisoning

“Treehouse of Horror XVI” is the fourth episode of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons, as well as the sixteenth Halloween episode. The episode originally aired November 6, 2005, six days after Halloween in the US.

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Synopsis

Opening segment

In the opening, using an accelerator-beam, Kang and Kodos hope to speed up a World Series baseball game to air The Simpsons. Things later go sour, and the baseball stadium is drawn in to a specific point where the gravity is high. Afterwards the stadiums’ surroundings are drawn into this point and then the whole city of Springfield, then Earth’s oceans, the whole Earth, the solar system, numerous galaxies and finally God is drawn into this singularity, a form of a Big Crunch. Kodos says to Kang, “Smooth move, space-lax! You’ve destroyed the totality of existence.” Kang replies, “It’ll be fine. I’ll just leave a note.” The note says: “Treehouse of Horror XVI”.

B.I.: Bartificial Intelligence

In a parody of the film A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, Bart ends up in a coma after attempting to jump from the roof to the swimming pool at Spinster Arms Apartments. In an effort to cope with the loss of their boy, the family takes in a robotic boy, named David, who quickly proves to be a better son. Later, Bart is found to be alive. He escapes from the hospital and seeks to plot revenge on David, and in the end, he cuts both Homer and David in half after becoming a cyborg. Eventually, Homer, who no longer has his legs, now has to be fused with David’s legs. Then this Segment ends up being a dream of Homer’s, and that he’s just possessed by the devil, with a brief parody of The Exorcist.

Survival of the Fattest

In a parody of The Most Dangerous Game; Homer, Lenny, Carl, and the rest of the gang come to Mr. Burns’ mansion to go hunting. Unbeknownst to them, they are the prey to be hunted. Homer manages to survive the night as his friends are killed, but Burns closes in on him. Just as he is about to shot, Burns and Smithers are both knocked out with frying pans by Marge, who then hits Homer for being away from home for eighteen hours and not calling. In the episode, Marge says, “I knew there was something wrong when I saw the cover of the TV guide.” It shows a picture of Homer being chased by Burns and Smithers.

I’ve Grown a Costume on Your Face

Titled as a play on the song I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face from My Fair Lady, and with a plot device similar to the classic Twilight Zone episode The Masks, as well as the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode Halloween. The citizens of Springfield dress in their Halloween costumes for a costume contest. A wicked witch is declared the winner. But after revealing that she isn’t wearing a costume, and is really a witch, she is disqualified and her prize is taken away. In a vengeful fury she turns everyone into their costumed characters. The only person who can reverse the spell is Maggie, who was costumed as a witch, and now really is one. Half the townspeople want to be turned back into their normal selves while the other half wants to stay as they are. Maggie then turns them all, including guest star Dennis Rodman, into pacifiers with their normal heads.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_XVI