Eight Misbehavin'
| "Eight Misbehavin'" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 11 |
| Directed by | Steven Dean Moore |
| Written by | Matt Selman |
| Original air dates | November 21, 1999 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "Indian burns are not our cultural heritage." |
| Couch gag | Once the family sits on the couch, it turns around and shows a Vincent Price-like scientist chain an upside-down Ned Flanders to the wall. The scientist laughs maniacally as Ned screams. |
"Eight Misbehavin'" is the seventh episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons. It aired on November 21, 1999. The episode's story is loosely based on those of the McCaughey septuplets and Dionne quintuplets. The title is a parody of the famous song "Ain't Misbehavin'".
Synopsis
Template:Spoiler The family visits Shøp, a Swedish furniture store chain, and when they eat there, they meet Apu and Manjula. They say that they would like to have a baby. They eventually do, and Manjula gives birth to octuplets because the Simpsons and Apu slipped her fertility drugs (Which she had been taking herself, already). It makes headlines across Springfield, with local companies giving the Nahasapeemapetilons free products. However, their feat is eclipsed when a family in Shelbyville give birth to nine babies (All of the gifts given to the Nahasapeemapetilons were instantly revoked upon the hearing of the Shelbyville birth). After the feat is made, Apu and Manjula have to deal with raising eight kids all at once.
Later, Apu is met by the owner of the Springfield Zoo, a man named Larry Kidkill. Kidkill offers to put Apu's children in a nursery. Although Apu is not open to the idea at first, he caves in and reluctantly accepts. The children are the stars of a show at the zoo named "Octopia", but Apu is not impressed and he wants to liberate his children from the zoo's owner, but he won't let them because they are under contract. Apu talks with Homer, and he suggests that they, with Butch Patrick's help, perform at the zoo through a new contract. Template:Endspoiler
Trivia
- 'Welcome to the Jungle' by Guns N' Roses was used in this episode
- When Apu says "How do you get cradle rash when you sleep in a suitcase?", closed captions read "How do you get cradle rash when you sleep in a turkey pan?"
- The names of the babies are Poonam, Sashi, Pria, Uma, Anoop, Sandeep, Nabendu, and Gheet (Manjula´s favourite who resembles Apu's brother, Sanjay).
- Two of Apu's pet names for Manjula are "Curry Face" and "Chutney Butt".
- Homer's conversion about being sterile is a reference to the third season finale edisode, Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? in which his sterility was first discovered.
Cultural references
- The mega-store SHØP is most likely a parody of real-life furniture shop IKEA, but may have also been influenced by the name of the similar California-based STØR chain (which was acquired by and rebranded as IKEA several years prior to this episode's first airing).
- The eight babies being placed in an exhibition mirrors the fate of the young Dionne quintuplets.
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