Lemon of Troy

Season 6, Episode 24, Aired
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The children of Springfield wage war on Shelbyville, after their beloved town lemon tree comes up missing. The fathers of Springfield take Ned's RV to search for their boys.
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  • perfect

    10
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    By futuramarama, Aug 19, 2011 Report Abuse
    what i liked- the ending, "There's a lemon behind that rock!", Bsrt complaining that the school never tried to teach roman numerals, "This is what it feels like when doves cry", Homer saying he is "stupider like a fox!", Homer and Bart saying "Eat out shorts" and ned thinking they were saying 'shirts', "Bart's a tutor now. Tute on, son, tute on."
    bart leading the other kids to war against Shelbyville is very fun to watch, as is the episode as a whole. lot of good gags and an enjoyable outing. A+moreless

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  • Alternate Springfield

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    By sh811a, Sep 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    This is a favorate epiosode of mine because not just is it Bart at his best once again but we get to finally see what Shelbyville looks like and it's really not all that different from Springfield.

    The epiosode is formated and feels almost like an espanase thriller. Bart and his fellow Springfield kids are all like soilders that have crossed enimy lines to inflitrate the enimy base.

    There are just lots of great moments, from seeing parts of Shelbyville which are similar to Springfield which makes it funny. Both Martin and Nelson forced into a buddy cop dynamic, one really funny moment was seeing Martin in trouble and then Nelson walks up casually and is wearing that look that says I really don't want to save this guy but I have to that feeling I can emphasize with, Nelson of course does that and then Martin is just dancing around Nelson and Nelson then tries to punch Martin but misses, comic silver.

    But my favorate part was the skateboard chase which I thought was awesome the only disapointment was that it didn't last long enough. And that's one of the things I really miss about the character Bart, he hasn't been using his skateboard often; it's that same problem the charcter Ash has in "Army of Darkness" where he only used his chainsaw once.

    The ending was both funny and kinda sad when we see the Shelbyville kids have to drink turnup juice, why the hell the kids don't go to a grocery store for Lemon Juice is beyond me but I don't live in Shelbyville.moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, Sep 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep bart learns of a good lemon tree where they have been making lemonade but when they go back to the tree they have learned that it was stolen and bart and others want to get it back and they trace the leamons into shelville. and so bart goes undercover as a new kid in shelville and pretends to be there friend but thing is he gets info in town were the tree is being kept and the kids find out and he runs from theam and homer and the others go and get the tree back and save the lemon tree . this was a good epmoreless

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    By meatboys, Sep 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    The children of Springfield wage war on Shelbyville, after their beloved town lemon tree comes up missing. The fathers of Springfield take Ned's RV to search for their boys.

    I am browsing the simpsons episodes reviewing episodes in honor of the 10th anniversary of when i started following the simpsons!

    Any way Lemon of Troy is a very good episode, and a little underrated

    I like how the kids head into shelbyville, a big resemblance of springfield

    *Cough* Joes tavern *Cough*

    I like episodes like this, especially when they work out.

    The lemon tree is clearly a relic of springfield

    My final rating is a 9.1. ..moreless

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  • That yellow shaped rock has classic

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    By petesmah, Sep 11, 2010 Report Abuse
    When Bart draws on some drying cement, Marge catches him and gives him a lecture on "destroying public property". Bart sees that he can learn from his mistakes, and when he goes to find a lemon tree for Milhouse's Lemonade stand - of which Lisa buys a pity glass - He finds that the tree has gone! He, Milhouse and co trek into Shelbyville, following the tracks of the lemon tree, where they discover Shelbyville parodies of Springfieldians. They saw Joe's Tavern and the Speed-E-Mart. They even had a Milhouse! Meanwhile, the parents had no idea of this until one remembered what their child had said. They took Flanders' RV into Shelbyville where they found the kids and the lemon tree in a car compound lot! They hatched a plan to sneek in and toe it back to Springfield, and yet it still remains there today. And the Uncapable Shelbyvillians live with the turnips!moreless

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    • Shelbyville Daily's motto: "Once a week, every week." Edit
    • Shelbyville appears to be Springfield's parallel universe. There is a "Speed-E-Mart" (instead of "Kwik-E-Mart"), a "Joe's" (instead of "Moe's"), and Shelbyville Elementary School has a female Willie. Edit
    • The citizens of Shelbyville drink Fudd beer. This is the same beer sold at the "Beer 'N' Brawl" bar where Homer discovers Lurleen Lumpkin, in the season three episode "Colonel Homer." Edit

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    • Blackboard Joke: The first amendment does not cover burping. Couch Gag: The Simpsons walk in as old-fashioned cartoons. Edit

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    • Grampa #2: And with that, a mighty cheer went up from the heroes of Shelbyville. They had banished the awful lemon tree forever, because it was haunted. Now let's all celebrate with a cool glass of turnip juice. (The Shelbyville kids grimace as they drink their turnip juice) Edit
    • Shelby: You know, I wish there was a Springfield kid here right now. I'd fill his mouth with stink bombs. Bart: No, not in my mouth! (Pause) Is what that kid would say. Edit
    • Homer: This is the darkest day in the history of Springfield. If anyone wants me, I'll be in the shower. Edit

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    • Cuyahoga River Fire The Springfield Lake catching on fire mirrors what happened to the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio in 1969. Edit
    • Prince When Milhouse bonds with the Milhouse from Shelbyville, he sobs, "This is what it feels like when doves cry", a slightly paraphrased line from the 1984 Prince song "When Doves Cry". Edit
    • Bart: Rocky II plus Rocky V equals Rocky VII: Adrian's Revenge! Rocky II and Rocky V were both sequels to Rocky, a 1976 movie portraying a boxer who goes from rags to riches. However, Adrian's Revenge is not real. Edit

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