Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind
Appearance
"Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
File:Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind.jpg | |
Episode no. | Season 19 |
Directed by | Chuck Sheetz |
Written by | J. Stewart Burns |
Original air dates | December 16, 2007 |
Episode features | |
Chalkboard gag | The Capital of Montana is not Hannah |
Couch gag | The camera pans out from the living room, to outer space and beyond, through DNA and atoms, and back into Homer's head. Homer then says "Weird". |
"Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" is the ninth episode of The Simpsons' nineteenth season and first aired on December 16, 2007.
Plot
Homer wakes up in the snow after drinking Moe's "Forget-Me-Shot", and does not remember anything from the night before and discovers his family is gone. He worries that he may have done something awful to drive them away, so he tries to regain his memories and piece together the events from the night before with help from Professor Frink THE END?.[1]
Cultural references
- The title is a spoof of the film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
- The chalkboard gag refers to Hannah Montana.
- Scrat the Squirrel from Ice Age makes an appearance.
- The plot pays homage to It's a Wonderful Life.
- The closing song is "Day After Day" by Badfinger.