Bart vs. Australia

Season 6, Episode 16, Aired
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A prank call from Bart to Australia results in a $900 dollar phone bill. When Bart refuses to pay the charges, Australia indicts him for fraud and the family takes a trip to the land down under so Bart can apologize for his shenanigans.
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  • Dull stereotypes packaged with another corny overseas plot.

    5.0
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    By LisasPony, Dec 03, 2010 Report Abuse
    In the usual tradition of the Simpsons' foreign adventures, typecast stereotypes and zany plots reign. Another prime example of "some small action of the Simpsons leads to this really big adventure"... The jokes are few and far between, the pacing skips around, and the characters are cardboard! The only good part of this show was the scientific argument between Lisa and Bart about how water drains, and the clever references to invasive species. Definitely not something worth watching over and over! I would give five stars for the said references, two for the plot, two for the humor, and one for the pacing. Sad.moreless

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  • Bart angers Australia!

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    By Southparkfa, Jul 14, 2010 Report Abuse
    I this episode, Bart calls Australia to see if the water goes to south there, as opposed to the North there. However, he leaves the line long enough for a $900 bill to come in the mail. A lawyer then suggests that Bart go to Australia and make a public apology. He does so, however they also want to add an additional punishment... a BOOTING!I thought this episode was great in terms of hilarity, like with homer screwing with the guard at the embassy. The end was hilarious with the Bullfrogs eating all their crops, and the kola bear going to US. Overall, definitly worth a watch. 10/10 A+moreless

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  • Bart Angers Australians!

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    By futuramarama, Jul 02, 2010 Report Abuse
    Bart angers Australians so he and the family go there so he can make an apology. However, he and Homer end up getting them madder than they were before.

    A good episode, has some stereotypes, but there is pretty much a stereotype for anything... it is a pretty good and funny episode of the show, I think. Only main complaint is I do not find the ending funny, more weird than anything, but the rest was very good and of course, very funny, this episode gets a well deserved A+ in my books. Just an outstanding and funny episode of the showmoreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 20, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the simpsons bart makes a phone call to autraila to find out what side the toliet water goes when it is flushed. and it ends up costing 900 dollars. and he does not want to pay so they arrest him on fraud and is brouth to austrail to face his crimes but he ends up about to get a boot in the but when he moons the prime mister over there and it makes matters even worser and the simpsons are on the run. this was a good ep i tought and it was funny and that is why i gave it a 8.5moreless

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  • Hilarious episode that will always be remembered in the hearts of all true Simpsons fans...

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    By Iverson82094, Jan 27, 2008 Report Abuse
    After a prank phone call to Australia goes awry, Bart and his entire family must fly out to the land down under and apologize to the Australian people. Once there, Evan Conover, the Undersecretary of State for International Protocol, Brat and Punk Division, tells the Simpsons that in Australia, the only acceptable apology is for the guilty party to receive a swift kick in the pants from the Prime Minister. Appalled by such savagery, Homer refuses to allow the Australians to "boot" his son, further fraying already tenuous Australio-American relations. Trapped in the American embassy, surrounded on all sides by enraged Australians polishing their booting boots, Bart decides to accept his punishment the only way he knows how: He pulls down his pants and moons the Australians with the words "Don't Tread on Me" written on his butt. The Simpsons escape the embassy with the Australians in hot pursuit and make it back to America, where freedom to pull pranks is a Constitutional right.moreless

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    • Right before agreeing to be booted, when Bart looks out the window at the American flag, it has 14 stripes, not 13. Edit
    • The incriminating slide eaten by Evan Conover depicts Fidel Castro in a gun's sight with the caption "CUBA PLAN B." Edit
    • The Simpsons fly Transhemispheric Airlines. Edit

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    • This episode was nominated for the 1995 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special. Edit
    • Blackboard Joke: I will not hang donuts on my person. Couch Gag: The family swims to the couch. Edit

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    • Australian Dad: 900 Dollary-doos? Tobias! Did you accept a 6-hour collect call from the States? Tobias: It was an emergency call from the International Drainage Commission in Springfield. Australian Dad: Oh, my God! There's nothing wrong with the bidet, is there? Edit
    • Conover: Well, it's too late to merely pay back the money, but as a sign of good faith to our Australian friends, we'd like to imprison Bart for five years. Homer: (thinks briefly) That's tough but fair. Boy, go with the man. Marge: (picks up Bart) No, no, no! No! I'm not going to have my son go to jail over some silly tiff with Australia. You'll just have to find some other country to have relations with. Conover: You're sure, now? The prison train is sailing. (Marge hugs Bart tighter) OK, I'm not hearing a lot of support for prison. (Bart is sitting on Marge's lap) Conover: There is one other option. They'll drop the charges if Bart makes a public apology in Australia. Homer: All Bart has to do is apologize and we get a free trip to Australia? Conover: Mm, hmm. Bart: (gets off Marge's lap) I can handle that. I'm an expert at phony apologies. Marge: (reproachful) Bart! Bart: (with phony sincerity) I'm sorry. Marge: That's better. Bart: Heh heh heh… Edit
    • Homer: Are we going to be landing on an aircraft carrier? Pilot: No, the nearest Navy vessel is the USS Walter Mondale... It's a laundry ship. Edit

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    • Michael Fay The plot of Bart committing a crime in a foreign country and as punishment receiving a booting was in part inspired by the Michael Fay incident where Fay committed a crime in Singapore and as punishment received a caning. Edit
    • Gadsden Flag The writing on Bart's butt - "Don't Tread On Me" - is the legend from one of the earliest flags of the American revolution, known as the Gadsden flag. Edit
    • Bart: I think I hear a dingo eatin' your baby. This quote refers to the infamous Azaria Chamberlain case. 10-week old Azaria was taken from her tent by a dingo at Uluru on August 17, 1980. In the subsequent trial her mother Lindy was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, with father Michael convicted as an accessory. Both were acquitted of all charges in a later inquest. Edit

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