The Simpsons: The Bonfire of the Manatees

Episode score 7.4 Good

The Bonfire of the Manatees

  • 357.
  • Season: 17
  • Episode: 1
  • First Aired: 9/11/2005
  • Prod Code: GABF18
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TRIVIA

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

  • 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 »
  • Homer: Now if you'll excuse me, I have to use the outhouse again.
    Female Cousin: Well, we don't have an outhouse…
    Male Cousin: My recording studio! edit »
  • Marge: I found a place where I'm needed.
    Homer: You're needed at home!
    Marge: And treated like I deserve.
    Homer: (pause) You're needed at home! edit »
  • (Homer tries to stop the Jet-skiers from hurting the manatees)
    Homer: Why don't you pick on someone your own size?!?
    Jet-skier #1: They are roughly our size.
    Jet-skier #2: In fact, they're bigger than us. edit »
  • Bart: I wanna see Santa. He can explain why he gave me a Playstation box with nothing inside but a coloring book.
    Homer: It got your hopes up, didn't it? edit »
  • Lisa: Those reindeer look really uncomfortable.
    Elf: (annoyed tone of voice) That's because they don't thrive in this environment! edit »
  • Jet Skier: We respect two things, bravery and tattoos that look like barbed wire. edit »
  • Homer: (on phone) Hello, Marge? Does the pizza guy take a check? If so, where do we keep the checks? And lastly, how do you write a check? edit »
  • Homer: Manatees, defend!
    (The manatees swim away.) edit »
  • Homer: Rugged? Is that the same as handsome?
    Diner Chef: No senor. Handsome means he look at himself in a mirror all day. Rugged means you look at him. edit »
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NOTES

  • 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 »
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ALLUSIONS

  • "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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