THE SIMPSONS SEASON 11 by deathmule

THE SIMPSONS SEASON 11 by deathmule





227. Beyond Blunderdome

Community Score8.1

Great 4

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First aired: 9/26/1999 Production Code: AABF23

Homer test drives an electric car so that he can win a free gift. The free gift is being part of the test audience for Mel Gibson's new remake of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Everyone loves the film except Homer. Mel Gibson shows up after the screening and they all worship him...except Homer. The audience fills out cards about the movie and every single one of them loves it...except Homer. Mel reads the cards personally, but Homer's card disturbs him so much that he flies back to Springfield and asks Homer to help him re-edit the film. Homer agrees and the Simpson family goes to Hollywood. Homer has no idea what he is doing, but has no qualms about butting in and voicing his opinions. He walks all over Gibson and his ideas are terrible. The redone movie has a lot more action and it shocks the executives. The executives threaten to destroy the film, so Mel and Homer take it and run. They premiere it in Springfield and everyone hates it, Mel's career is ruined. Homer pitches more movie ideas, but Mel refuses to listen.



Writer: Mike Scully

Director: Steven Dean Moore

Guest star: Maggie Roswell (Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and others), Karl Wiedergott (Additional Voices), Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others) , Jack Burns (Edward Christian), Mel Gibson (Himself)



228. Brother's Little Helper

Community Score8.9

Great 4

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First aired: 10/3/1999 Production Code: AABF22

Skinner introduces a fire safety skit to the students. When Flanders catches on fire, the fire department tries to extinguish him, but it doesn't work because Bart is pulling a prank with the fire hose. Skinner has Homer and Marge come to the school, where he recommends a behavior drug called Focusyn. Bart is very reluctant about taking it, so Homer tries to trick him. Marge ends up convincing him to take it and Bart soon changes into the perfect student and son. Returning from a movie, Homer and Marge find that Bart has flipped out and become paranoid. When they take him to the doctor, he runs away. The cops search for him. Bart goes to a military base and steals a tank. He aims it at the sky and shoots down a Major League Baseball satellite, saying that MLB is spying on everyone. Mark McGwire comes out of nowhere to talk to them. Marge then takes Bart off of Focusyn and puts him on Ritalin.



Writer: George Meyer

Director: Mark Kirkland

Guest star: Marcia Mitzman-Gaven (Maude Flanders), Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others), Karl Wiedergott (Additional Voices), Russi Taylor (Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri and others), Tress MacNeille (Agnes Skinner, Brandine Del Roy, Dolph and others) , Mark McGwire (Himself)





229. Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner

Community Score8.8

Great 4

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First aired: 10/24/1999 Production Code: AABF21

Homer takes the kids to the zoo, and then they take a newspaper tour. Homer reveals his talent for identifying food and coincidentally, it is the food critic's last day at the newspaper. Homer writes a sample review on a typewriter. The typewriter has no "e" key, so it turns out to be a pretty bad review. Also in it, he makes threatening statements to the U.N. and repeats the phrase, "Screw Flanders." He pretends that it is a joke and vows to rewrite it. Lisa helps him this time and he gets the job. Homer and Lisa soon give positive reviews to every restaurant in town. At the advice of other food critics, he decides to change his style and he starts giving nothing but bad reviews. Lisa doesn't like his new style, so she leaves him to write the articles on his own. Homer has to review a food festival. Local restaurant owners meet and conspire to kill him with a spectacularly fattening éclair called "La Bombe." Bart overhears them, so he, Marge, and Lisa try to find him before he eats the deadly pastry. Lisa stops him in time and the cops arrest the culprits.



Writer: Al Jean

Director: Nancy Kruse

Guest star: Karl Wiedergott (Additional Voices), Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others), Tress MacNeille (Agnes Skinner, Brandine Del Roy, Dolph and others), Maggie Roswell (Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and others) , Edward Asner (Editor)



230. Treehouse of Horror X

Community Score8.9

Great 9

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First aired: 10/31/1999 Production Code: BABF01

I Know What You Diddily-Iddly-Did The family (with Marge driving) runs over and believes that they've killed Ned Flanders. After covering up their misdeed, the family is haunted by someone who knows what they diddily-iddly-did, Ned Flanders himself. Desperately Xeeking Xena Lisa and Bart are blasted with radiation, get superpowers and become "Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl". In the episode "Enter...The Collector", they must stop Comic Book Guy (a.k.a. "The Collector") who has kidnapped Xena to add his collection. His collection also includes, Yasmine Bleeth, Doctor Who (Tom Baker), Matt Groening and many other recognizable icons. Life's a Glitch, Then You Die Homer is the nuclear plant's Y2K compliance officer. His negligence causes the Y2K bug to get out and spread across the networks of the world, causing mass destruction. Causing the government's "Operation Exodus" program to be activated, taking the best and brightest off the Earth to a new civilization on Mars.



Writer: Donick Cary, Tim Long, Ron Hauge

Director: Pete Michels

Guest star: Marcia Mitzman-Gaven (Maude Flanders), Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others) , Tom Arnold (Himself), Dick Clark (Himself), Lucy Lawless (Herself)



231. E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)

Community Score9.0

Superb 3

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First aired: 11/7/1999 Production Code: AABF19

The Simpson family goes to see a Zorro movie. Snake is rude after the movie, so to protect Marge's honor Homer challenges him to a duel, but Snake runs away at the onset of conflict. Overfilled with confidence, Homer starts challenging everyone to a duel by slapping them his glove. It gets him his way, until he slaps a Southern Colonel. The Colonel accepts his challenge and shows up at his front door at dawn. Homer chickens out and the family flees town. The man and his wife set up camp on Homer's lawn, while the Simpson family searches for a place to stay. Homer remembers Abe's old farm, so they go there and they become farmers. Homer has the repeated misfortune of tractors tipping onto him and he has no luck growing crops. He decides to use plutonium from the nuclear plant as a fertilizer. Radioactive tomatoes grow overnight, but they taste like ashtrays and are highly addictive. Apparently, they are tomatoes mixed with tobacco, which Homer starts marketing as "Tomacco." Lisa has moral problems with it. The Laramie tobacco company offers Homer $150,000,000 for the plant. Homer is not very good at negotiating, so he fails to cash in. When they return home, animals are addicted to the plant. They revolt, a la "Animal Farm" and a sheep destroys the last plant. The family returns home and Homer finishes the duel with a mere flesh wound and a hilarious "Glove Slap" rounds out the episode.



Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham

Director: Bob Anderson

Guest star: Maggie Roswell (Maude Flanders, Helen Lovejoy, Miss Hoover, and others) , The B-52's (Themselves)



232. Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder

Community Score8.8

Great 4

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First aired: 11/14/1999 Production Code: BABF02

Homer shows up REALLY late for work and as a punishment he has to eat toxic waste. Instead he blows off his punishment and goes bowling with Lenny and Carl and he bowls a perfect 300 game. He gets on the news and becomes a local hero. He speaks to schoolchildren and he appears on "Springfield Squares." His celebrity begins to fade. He compares himself to Jesus. He gets depressed and goes to the top of a tall building and jumps off, but a bungee jumping Otto saves him. He thinks that God has saved him for a higher purpose, so he begins to look for it. He decides it might be his children, but he thinks that it isn't Bart or Lisa since they don't appear to need him. So he takes an interest in raising Maggie. He teaches her how to swim, but she has a fear of the water. When Homer almost drowns, she saves his life. So he teaches her how to bowl and she scores a 295 game.



Writer: Al Jean

Director: Mike B. Anderson

Guest star: Ron Howard (Himself), Penn Jillette (Himself), Teller (Himself), Pat O'Brien (Himself), Nancy O'Dell (Herself)



233. Eight Misbehavin'

Community Score8.1

Great 3

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First aired: 11/21/1999 Production Code: BABF03

Apu decides it's time to have children. When he and Manjula don't have any luck conceiving, they get some advice from Homer. Nine months later, Manjula gives birth to octuplets. The free stuff donated to them helps them out, but them a couple from Shelbyville gives birth to nine babies and the free stuff dries up. Then the owner of the local zoo makes an offer to help out, but the catch is the babies are going to be put on display.



Writer: Matt Selman

Director: Steven Dean Moore

Guest star: Jan Hooks (Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon), Marcia Wallace (Edna Krabappel) , Garry Marshall (Larry Kidkill), Butch Patrick (Himself)



234. Take My Wife, Sleaze

Community Score8.0

Great 3

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First aired: 11/28/1999 Production Code: BABF05

Homer and Marge win a Harley in a dance contest. Bart teaches Homer how to ride. Homer bonds with the bike and takes it everywhere, becoming a nuisance. Homer even takes his cycle to church. He forms a motorcycle gang called "Hell's Satans", over runner-up name, "The Christ Punchers". The gang consists of Homer, Moe, Carl, Lenny and even Ned Flanders. The gang gives Chief Wiggum a hard time. They get into a cycle magazine, where the real "Hell's Satans" of Bakersfield see them. The real "Hell's Satans" crash at Homer's place, and destroy everything. Chief Wiggum turns his back on Homer. One day real "Hell's Satans" leave with Marge and Homer goes to try to find her. He goes to biker bars and gets the crap beaten out of him; meanwhile, Marge transforms the gang. She trains them to become upstanding members of society. Homer finds them and starts a brawl. He challenges the leader to a motorcycle duel (they actually duel with motorcycles). Homer wins and reclaims his old lady. On their way back to Springfield, Homer steals a keg from the biker bar.



Writer: John Swartzwelder

Director: Neil Affleck

Guest star: Jan Hooks (Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon), Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others) , John Goodman (Meathook), Jay North (Himself), Henry Winkler (Ramrod), NRBQ (Themselves)



235. Grift of the Magi

Community Score8.5

Great 3

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First aired: 12/19/1999 Production Code: BABF07

Bart and Milhouse jump on the bed in drag and Bart breaks his coccyx and he has to begin using a wheelchair. The school is not equipped for a handicapped student, so Skinner makes a deal with Fat Tony. The mob will build ramps. Soon after the ramps are completed, they crumble. To add to the troubles, Fat Tony charges $200,000 for the job. Skinner opts to pay it, but he has to close the school. The neighborhood has a meeting to figure out how to give the kids an education. They try to get Mr. Burns to donate by performing a play. It doesn't work. Then a private company buys the school and reopens it. The new teachers encourage students to break books, and then they ask students about what kinds of toys they like. Lisa makes a shocking discovery about the new ownership; they are a top company and they using the children for research to design the hot new Christmas toy. Lisa and Bart go to investigate the company without success; the company's security guard is Gary Coleman. The kids do discover that the toy, Funzo, destroys other toys. They go to take all of the town's Funzos from people's homes. Homer helps them out and they go to burn them all. Homer, Lisa, and Gary Coleman get into an in depth philosophical discussion that lasts all night (but what sort of philosopher would celebrate Christmas anyway?). When Christmas comes, Homer invites Gary Coleman. It is a wonderful Christmas, thanks to the Simpson family.



Writer: Tom Martin

Director: Matthew Nastuk

Guest star: Joe Mantegna (Fat Tony), Russi Taylor (Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri and others), Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others) , Clarence Clemons (Narrator), Gary Coleman (Himself), Tim Robbins (Jim Hope)



236. Little Big Mom

Community Score8.3

Great 3

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First aired: 1/9/2000 Production Code: BABF04

Marge tries to get rid of the junk in the attic but Homer won't let her; especially the skis he hasn't used in years. The family goes skiing and Marge manages to break her leg while the rest of the family is out on the slopes. Marge has to stay in the hospital, so Lisa volunteers to take over Marge's duties of the house. She finds that it is quite a challenge when Homer and Bart don't do anything to help. After working hard at it, she finds out what a thankless job it is. Marge is having a good time in the hospital, because they are pampering her. Lisa is starting to get fed up with Homer and Bart, so she makes them think that they have leprosy. Leprosy comes from unclean living conditions, so Lisa thinks her trick will get them to clean the house. They don't; instead they go to Flanders for help. Flanders sends them to a leper colony in Hawaii. There they get carved up by needles and sanders. When they figure out that they don't have leprosy, they go on pretending that they do. Why, becauseâ?¦ hey, it's Hawaii!



Writer: Carolyn Omine

Director: Mark Kirkland

Guest star: Marcia Mitzman-Gaven (Maude Flanders), Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others) , Elwood Edwards (Virtual Doctor)



237. Faith Off

Community Score8.3

Great 4

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First aired: 1/16/2000 Production Code: BABF06

Remember "Homer Goes to College?" Well, Homer visits his college for old times' sake and reunites with the old nerds. He organizes a prank, but somehow ends up with a bucket stuck on his head. Nothing will get it off, so the Simpson family goes to a faith healer. While there, Brother Faith has Bart pull it off. Bart sees the potential of being a faith healer, so he starts performing miracles of his own. After a while, he forms his own church; but after a miracle performed on Milhouse goes horribly wrong, he realizes that he should quit. Meanwhile, Homer has to build a homecoming float for Springfield University. The family goes to the big homecoming football game. Everyone roots for the star player, a kicker. Until a drunken Homer drives the float onto the field and runs over his leg. Fat Tony threatens Homer with an ice pick, but Homer gets Bart to perform another miracle on the leg. With a taped-up leg, the kicker attempts a big field goal. In doing it, his lower leg breaks off and kicks the ball again in mid-air. The kick is good!



Writer: Frank Mula

Director: Nancy Kruse

Guest star: Joe Mantegna (Fat Tony), Russi Taylor (Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri and others), Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others) , Don Cheadle (Brother Faith)



238. The Mansion Family

Community Score8.5

Great 2

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First aired: 1/23/2000 Production Code: BABF08

Springfield is going to give an award to the town's oldest man, but when that guy dies, Mr. Burns gets the award instead. He decides to get a c