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The Simpsons: The Bonfire of the Manatees

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Homer gets into trouble with football gambling debts. As compensation, Fat Tony wants to use the Simpson home for shooting the adult film �Lemony Lickit: A Series of Horny Events.� Homer gets Marge and the kids to leave the house by sending them off to �Santa�s Village.� Marge and the kids return home to find the production is still underway. Marge, outraged by Homer�s latest bit of idiocy, leaves. Homer, home alone with the kids tries to figure out what to do next. Just when Marge is about ready to reconcile with Homer, she encounters Caleb Thorn, a good looking scientist with a passion for saving the endangered manatee. Homer and the kids go on a quest to find Marge and they stop and stay with some �country cousins,� meanwhile Marge is finding herself while helping to save manatees. Homer tries to win Marge back by save a herd of manatees from a gang of jet skiers. His effort pays off as Marge takes home the endangered species of her own, the endangered devoted husband. The family decides to take a mini-vacation and Homer gets a manatee sent to the power plant to fill in for his job for the next few days. Add a recap »

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Writers:: Dan Greaney

Director:: Mark Kirkland

Stars:: Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier); Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others); Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson); Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others); Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others); Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others)

Recurring Role:: Tress MacNeille (Agnes Skinner, Brandine Del Roy, Dolph and others); Karl Wiedergott (Additional Voices); Joe Mantegna (Fat Tony); Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others)

Guest Star:: Alec Baldwin (Caleb Thorn)

Carl has a tattoo of Foghorn Leghorn on his right thigh. edit »

This episode was rated TV 14. edit »
Blackboard Joke: Does any kid still do this anymore?
Couch Gag: The family enters the living room via a metal detector, only Homer sets off the alarm and must takes his clothes off; but even in his underwear, Homer still sets off the detector. Then the security guard used the hand metal detector but it still goes off. edit »

Homer: Who's gonna watch the kids?
Marge: You are.
Homer: Me? But I'm the father. edit »
Marge: My Christmas Present to myself this year was leaving that place early.
Lisa: Mom, I got a rash where the reindeer licked me�
Bart: When they put Santa in the ambulance, why�d they pull the blanket all the way up over his head?
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(catching Homer letting an adult film be made in their house)
Marge: Homer! Is this a snuggle film!?!
Homer: Errr�You're in the wrong house lady! edit »
Homer: Look, we've been down this road before, I do something stupid, your mom leaves; we eat waffles! edit »
Homer: Gotta find your mom, gotta find your mom�
Bart: (caged in a dog carrier) Dad, I promise I'll be good� can I get out of the dog carrier?
Homer: It was hard enough getting you in there; I'm not letting you out. edit »

"I've got my groove back!"
This line references the 1998 film How Stella Got Her Groove Back, starring Angela Bassett as a stock broker who travels to Jamaica and starts a romance with a much younger man. edit »
Casino
When Homer has his hands hammered, it is reference to the 1995 film Casino, where Sam Rothstein orders a casino cheat to have his hand hammered. edit »
Lemony Lickit: A Series of Horny Events:

The title of the adult movie is clearly a parody of the books and the movie called Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. edit »
Bonfire of the Vanities
The title of this episode is a take-off of the title of the Tom Wolfe novel and Brian De Palma film, Bonfire of the Vanities. edit »

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Iverson82094
member since: Aug 23, 2007
The Bonfire of the Manatees
The Bottom Line: "Cleverly plotted"
Amazing way to kick off a season... Very funny and very touching. ...Continue »
12/26/07 08:47am | report abuse
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lboavetura
member since: Oct 14, 2006
The Bonfire of the Manatees
The Bottom Line: "Painful to watch"
Let´s save the manatee ...Continue »
10/13/06 12:08pm | report abuse
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zone46
member since: Nov 27, 2005
The Bonfire of the Manatees
The Bottom Line: "Bottom of the barrel"
Embarrassingly bad. ...Continue »
08/21/06 03:52pm | report abuse
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profegadd1
member since: Jun 8, 2006
The Bonfire of the Manatees
The Bottom Line: "Average"
Not the best way to start off the season, but it was an okay episode. ...Continue »
08/19/06 11:26am | report abuse
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kikindoonoots
member since: Dec 11, 2005
The Bonfire of the Manatees
The Bottom Line: "Painful to watch"
A boring plot, boring jokes, and an overall bad episode. ...Continue »
04/13/06 08:47am | report abuse