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| "Simpson Safari" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 12 |
| Directed by | Mark Kirkland |
| Written by | John Swartzwelder |
| Original air date | April 1, 2001 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I will not flush evidence" |
| Couch gag | The Simpsons join a kickline of Rockette-style dancers as the living room turns into a showbiz extravaganza, with fire-eaters, performing animals, magicians, and unicyclists. |
| Commentary | Mike Scully Ian Maxtone-Graham Matt Selman Tim Long Yeardley Smith Mark Kirkland Michael Marcantel |
"Simpson Safari" is the seventeenth episode of the twelfth season of The Simpsons.
Plot
While Marge takes Maggie to the hospital after Maggie (somehow) swallowed an issue of Time magazine whole, Homer, Bart, and Lisa go grocery shopping. Homer and many others mistreat the bag boys at the grocery store, and every bag boy in Springfield goes on strike. Homer goes on a search for food when it runs out, and Santa's Little Helper finds a box of animal crackers which is more than 30 years old. Homer bites into a giraffe, but he does not know that it is made of solid gold, which indicates Homer has won a trip to Africa. The makers of the animal crackers (who actually do not even make food anymore) originally refuse to honor the prize, but when Homer is injured by the sharp corner of the box, they reconsider, to avoid a lawsuit.
When the family is in Africa, they experience such sights as the Masai Mara, Olduvai Gorge, and meet with a group of Maasai tribesmen. However, during a vigorous tribal dance, Homer manages to enrage a hippo. It chases after the family, who escape on a raft going down a raging river. After surviving the plunge over Victoria Falls, the family is saved by the scientist Dr. Joan Bushwell (loosely parodying Jane Goodall). Dr. Bushwell claims to research the monkeys, but a group of poachers come to take the monkeys, which the Simpsons try to hold off. However, the poachers are revealed to be members of Greenpeace, who prove that Dr. Bushwell is actually a chimp slave master, exploiting their labor at a nearby diamond mine. Worried that the Simpsons will report her to the authorities, Bushwell offers the diamonds to everyone as a bribe. The Simpsons leave Africa, and return to Springfield with the diamonds offered to them by Dr. Bushwell. On the plane, it is revealed that their former tour guide, Kitenge, is now president of the country, with the former president now the Simpsons' flight attendant (while the bagboy strike from the beginning of the episode has been left unresolved).
Notes
- During the safari with the tour guide Kitenge, the Simpsons see a beautiful sunrise with the sillouettes of many animals walking in it. Homer however is more interested in the van's mile-o-meter turning 10,000. This is a parody of scenes associated with The Lion King.
- When the Simpsons have to choose between going left or right on their river journey, the 'bad' right-hand route shows a huge bull-elephant's skull as well as many other animal skeletons. This is a parody of the Elephant Graveyard from The Lion King.
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