The Crepes of Wrath

Season 1, Episode 11, Aired
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It’s bon voyage Bart, when he is sent to France as part of a student exchange program. Meanwhile, another exchange student takes Bart's place at home.
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    9.5
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    By jmbsonic555, Oct 17, 2011 Report Abuse
    The episode begins with Bart coming home from school and leaving his things on the floor at the top of the stairs. Homer walks through the hallway and steps on Bart's skateboard and falls down the stairs throwing his back out. No one comes to his rescue until several hours later when Marge and Lisa discover him after coming in the front door. Marge yells at Bart to clean his room and tells him that if he would have picked up after himself, Homer's back would still be fine. While Bart cleans his room, he finds a lone cherry bomb. Cut to the next day at the schoolyard where Principal Skinner is giving his mother a tour. Bart shows Milhouse, Richard, and Lewis the cherry bomb and he decides to go for a classic, and he flushes the lit bomb down a toilet in the boy's bathroom. At the same time Skinner's mom uses the girl's bathroom. When the bomb explodes it causes all the toilets to overflow with a geyser like effect, and Skinner's mom gets drenched. The boys run out of the bathroom laughing and Principal Skinner catches them. Cut to after school, Homer is on the couch with his ailing back and being pampered by Marge, when Skinner arrives at the doorstep with Bart in tow. Skinner meets with Marge and Homer and tells them what happened at school. Instead of suspension or expulsion, Skinner suggests deportation by way of a student exchange program. Bart would be sent to France for 3 months to live with another family while Homer and Marge would take care of an Albanian student for 3 months. Marge runs the idea by Bart who agrees to participate in the program, much to the excitement of Homer and Skinner.
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  • After Bart gets in trouble for a school prank (again), Principal Skinner suggests Bart be sent to France as part of a student exchange program. In return the Simpsons have an Albanian boy named Adil stay with them. Homer couldn't be happier.moreless

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    By meathead704, Sep 12, 2010 Report Abuse
    "The Crepes of Wrath" is the first episode of "The Simpsons" I ever saw. It's still as funny today as it was when I first saw it in 1990. From the terrific opening scene ("I like to play with you!".) to when Bart saves the day, the laughs just never stop coming. One criticism of the first season is that many characters portrayed in it change dramatically over time. That is true in the case of Agnes Skinner. She is certainly not the character she is today (Spanky?). However, the episode makes up for that with its many clever laughs.moreless

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  • The Crepes of Wrath: Bart is exchanged with a young French boy who is snooping around Homer and the Power Plant.

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    By Sabrespongebob, Jul 20, 2010 Report Abuse
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    This was another great episode from the first season. The plot was very good and very well excicuted. I must admitt that this episode was good at the start sort of went down hill in the middle then really picked up near the end. This was probably the first funny episode the others were sort of funny but this one was funnier. Another thing is that this episode just didn't really feel very Simpsonish (If that is a word) The scenes in France felt like they belongs to a different show and they just threw in Bart. Settings aside this was another great season 1 episode.

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  • a instant classic for the simpsons

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    By cube2k8, May 04, 2010 Report Abuse
    bart goes to france for a forein exchange program and he ends up with two bad guys and they make him work non stop and dring anit freeze thing is the guy that the simpsons get is a person that comes out as nice and smart and does things that bart would not really do make him look nice and charming but he is only there to take pictures of the powerplant to come back with secrets for the two men. bart find away to get out of it by sending messages and things and this was a really good ep.moreless

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  • perfect

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    By futuramarama, Apr 05, 2010 Report Abuse
    bart grows to france and works with two evil guys who force him to work nonstop and drink their antifreeze.

    an albanian boy comes to live with the simpsons, and everyone loves him- but he is in fact a spy taking pictures of the power plant.

    a good episode, this is one of the first episodes that felt, to me, like a classic. i like bart's french dialogue near the end and the whole plot i found funny and very well-written. My grade would easily be an A+, such a funny, creative, and good plot deserves nothing less then an Amoreless

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    • Springfield International Airport offers direct flights from Tirana, Albania and Paris as announced by the PA. Edit
    • Principal Skinner's nickname is "Spanky". Edit
    • Adil is from Tirana, the capital of Albania. Edit

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    • It's said on the Season 1 DVD commentary that the tenting of the fingers and the phrase "excellent" was taken from the actions of James Downey, who some of the staff worked with on Letterman and Carson. The action was later passed onto Mr. Burns as homage to their former head writer. Edit
    • The name of Adil Hoxha was created by the writers. It wasn't until the show went into production that they found out it was the real last name of the former Albanian president, Enver Hoxha, who ruled Albania from World War II until his death in 1985. Edit
    • The entire idea behind using Albania as the country the exchange student comes from was a combination of the fact that it was a country many didn't know about, and that John Belushi was Albanian and that quote "the staff liked him." Edit

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    • (Adil clears the dishes after dinner.) Homer: Did you see that? You know, Marge, this the way I've always wanted it to be. We've become a fully functioning family unit. We've always blamed ourselves, but I guess it's pretty clear which cylinder wasn't firing. Marge: Homer! Lisa: Your paper-thin commitment to your children sends shivers down my spine! May I be excused? (Lisa gets up and leaves.) Marge: Lisa! Homer: Oh, she's just jealous. She'll get over it. And if she doesn't, we can always exchange her. (Laughs) Marge: Homer! Homer: Just kidding! Edit
    • (Adil and Lisa debate at the dinner table.) Adil: How can you defend a country where 5 percent of the people control 95 percent of the wealth? Lisa: I'm defending a country where people can think, and act, and worship any way they want! Adil: Can not. Lisa: Can too. Adil: Can not! Lisa: Can too! Homer: Please, please kids! Stop fighting. Maybe Lisa's right about America being the land of opportunity, and maybe Adil has a point about the machinery of capitalism being oiled with the blood of the workers. Edit
    • (After mixing some anti-freeze with the wine, Cesar makes Bart test the wine.) Cesar: Drink this. Bart: Oh, no thanks. Cesar: Do not worry. This is France. (Chuckles) It is customary for children to take a little wine now and then. Bart: Yeah, but it's got anti-freeze in there. Cesar: Drink it! Edit

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    • The Twilight Zone When Homer falls down the stairs and lands next to a Krusty doll that says "I like to play with you", it is reminiscent of The Twilight Zone episode "The Living Doll" when Telly Savalas tries to kill the doll Talky Tina. Edit
    • Bart: Yeah, but it's got anti-freeze in there. The anti-freeze is a reference to an actual case in which small amounts of diethylene glycol were found in wine. In the commentary to the Season 1 DVD, the writers indicate that it was probably a mistake, but that's not the whole truth. Ironically, the 1985 Austro-Germanic Diethylene Glycol Wine Scandal caused Austria to implement extremely strict wine laws, such that Austrian wine is now very highly regarded. Edit
    • Le Ballon Rouge Maggie holding the red balloon at the end of the episode is a quick homage to the 1956 French film Le Ballon Rouge, also known as The Red Balloon. Edit

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