Florida? In retrospect, I did immerse myself in the purist section of Simpsons fandom, as I call it, and it might have impacted my perception of how the fandom operates. I mean, within the first three minutes, we have the recurrence of an earlier plot in the magazine usage. To calm himself down, he and the rest of the Simpson . Unlike most other bad Scully-era episodes which start off on a good note (or at least a good idea buried under zaniness), this episode already misfires at the starting gate. Fan reception was more negative; former showrunner Mike Scully later noted that the episode is considered by many fans to be one of the worst Simpsons episodes due to its outlandish and erratic plotline. Learn how your comment data is processed. Homer! And no, I am not repeating or contradicting myself this time. In many ways, it is the dorkier equivalent to the study of the implosion of the Roman Empire. (Of course, Ill be sad for the storyboard artists that will have to look for new work. Wheres the rum gone?. Your father got out and is in the mosh pit!. 25.000. Conversely, to fill the void of the WordPress comment box (and with no superior point in this project to insert it into asides from the zenith of Scully-era Homer here), I honestly have to wonder if Homers decline into Jerkass Homer during the Scully years is some form of bizarre character development, as Ive theorized for years. Show: The Simpsons Episode: 245 Year: 2000 Writer(s): John Schwartzwelder Director(s): Jen Kamerman. Oscars doing a Jurassic Park reference Bart groaned. Im not even going to make a snarky remark about that lets just move on. His wife died six months ago! Marge yelled. Lisa seethed at him. Do you eat a lot? Nah I prefer Nick. Marge sighed pulling Oscar away from them. [4] The Simpsons producer Ian Maxtone-Graham directed Bader during his recording session, telling the guest star to do a Southern accent. No, Im actually from Africa said the Evil Monkey. Spoiler alert the word divorce is not mentionedonce in this episode. I mean, all through the 90s and 2000s, Spring Break was the legendary college experience, and nobody even noticed? One, he hasnt met her yet! This is a terrible activity! It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 30, 2000. Homer cheered and partied with the students. I think Sideshow Bobs after me again Bart shivered. surely this has to link at least marginally somewhere; if not, it would be fascinating fanfiction material). Lets just get this over with theres a party, the Simpson clan are taken to aid the upper crust of the party, and use it as an excuse to escape. Bart jogged Hugo making him drop his book. It's printed by the Montana Militia. said Bart annoyed Homer gave him fake money. Review is spot on as per. When they sit down, the soles of their feet are black and smoldering. Although your reference to the Sixth Doctors infamous debut story got me thinking and Im undecided if Id rather sit through 20 minutes of this or all 4 parts of Peri getting strangled, Peri getting lusted after by a giant alien slug, obnoxious twins who cant act and a costume department on some serious drugs. "My first reaction to that was, 'What kind of rock star is this? A mother can't die. OOPS, SPRING BREAK TIME! S11E19: Kill the Alligator and Run. Given that The Simpsons Season 11 was clearly trying to be more like South Park or Family Guy, to apparently rip off plots from King of the Hill one the most grounded adult animated sitcoms out there, outside of maybe Bobs Burgers is an exercise in combining oil and water. This listing has been adopted by the State of Florida. Summary: Homer is suffering from insomnia due to stress. Or whats left of it. Elsewhere Lenny and Carl asked each other which member of the Backstreet Boys they liked. Freebase Data Dumps. Its perfect! It's easy, free, and your work on the wiki can be attributed to you. Forums. Granted, the execution of this change (as well as the whole serial) was so terrible that it discredited the franchise. Mmmmmm.. We are at the third episode this season that is almost universally considered a contender for the worst episode ever, and this one is probably the most universally and virulently despised overall. The family is acquitted, but they are banned from entering Florida again. Homer cried in pain as he was being beaten up. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jen Kamerman. And Ill say it again, there are even cartoons made for kids that have blown the few Modern Simpsons that Ive seen out of the water. Its pretty ironic that Im reviewing an attempt to satirize Spring Break a few days after Lori Loughlin got nailed (alongside many other people) in a college application scam for her daughter so that she could experience partying and going to USC games. Marge suggests a few lifestyle changes to make that number go up, naturally Homer is against that and has a mental breakdown, developing insomnia and going insane. How'd you do on your science test? Hugo asked him. Watch online Download Subtitles Searcher. They had to pull up because there was a loud cheerful crowd partying. What does Homer sing just before hitting Jack. Because Florida is known for its orange juice. maybe the writers were in spring break., 6) And Redditor 6 just has a Simpsons meme picture of Velma (from the episode) saying, Youre usin hyperbolic statements to try and justify your unpopular opinion I like that.. Unlike this episode, those four are downright offensive in their sheer awfulness. MediaWiki page ID. [15], Scully, Mike. When fleeing the Sheriff, the Simpsons jump over a railroad crossing onto what is clearly pavement. gonna try to-. Its nonsensical! This is a more insane and nonsensical lizard-related end to an episode than Threshold, from the aforementionedVoyager andthathad two characters devolve into salamanders and mate with the theory that humans would evolve that way. Dad can you not like any celebrity that supports Dr Dementoid? Bill, bill, bill Death threat from Sideshow Bob to Bart bill bill Oh! You win. Kid Rock!. For Homer Simpson running over an alligator. Maybe this: the plot is two King of the Hill episodes smashed together, The Order of the Straight Arrow (a character kills a whooping crane/alligator who later conveniently returns to life to save the heroes) and Escape from Party Island (characters go to a quiet vacation spot to relax, only to find Spring Break has beat them there). Before you go can you turn off the- But we never find out what it was. Even if you compare his persona from The Twin Dilemma? Referensi [ sunting | sunting sumber] Pranala luar [ sunting | sunting sumber] " Kill the Alligator and Run " is the nineteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. Still wanting to party, Homer rents an airboat and makes his family join him on a joyride through the local swamp. It is so insane, so incoherent, so mad, and so incompetent that, for the first time in my years of reviewing this show, I have to sincerely question the sanity of Mr. Michael Scully. There, they end up in the middle of a raucous spring break. It passed testing. It aired on the FOX Network, in front of 7.46 million American homes figure, at the very least, 15 million people. Show everyone your boobs! Oscar exclaimed. This is easily one of the worst episodes ever. Consider it this way George Meyer, being a show veteran behind many of the shows best gags for the previous decade and a leading writer of S9-12 (assuming that he held significant influence over script rewrites, or the content that ultimately ended up broadcast during this period of the shows lifetime) and notable for his darker sense of humor (which is visible in Brothers Little Helper, itself unusually macabre comedy-wise by S10 standards), served as one of the writers on Behind the Laughter, an intended finale which satirized Homers flanderization from none-too-bright but well-meaning family breadwinner to irredeemable and physically indestructible omnipotent cartoon egotist by assigning his successively plummeting intellect to physical injury and resultant addiction to painkillers.It may be a stretch to interpret it this way (although the popularity of the Pixar Theory confirms that outlandish and barely-supported theories can gain significant following and external credence regardless), but one has to wonder if Meyer actually utilized this theory as a kind of guideline for Jerkass Homers character, particularly as BTL presents the show itself as a semi-documentary on the casts everyday life, with the external/executive crews desire to push the Simpson family into increasingly outlandish situations for comedy/viewership/ratings resulting in Homer sustaining head injuries and the effects of heavy painkiller usage/over-dosage (due to the demands of filming the series) inflicting further psychological damage by spacing out Homer into a more childlike and delusional figure to the extent where the damage becomes a permanent malady. The Simpsons are barefoot and briskly walking across a bed of hot coals in order to reach the couch. "), Steven Universe Review: "Political Power" (Season 1B, Episode 25), Steven Universe Review: "Earthlings" (Season 3, Episode 22), Scullyfied Simpsons: "New Kids on the Bleech" (Season 12, Episode 14), Gravity Falls Review: "The Last Mabelcorn" (Season 2, Episode 15), Steven Universe Review: "Steven's Birthday" (Season 2, Episode 22), Steven Universe Review: "We Need to Talk" (Season 2, Episode 8), Scullyfied Simpsons: "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" (Season 11, Episode 6), The Review Nebula Ranks Red Dwarf (AKA, Happy 35th, RedDwarf!), Theyll Need Stories for Years The Simpsons Renewed Through Season36, Steven Universe Review: Raising The Barn (Season 5, Episode7). He called security to beat up Homer. Im amazed Oscars dumb filler filled up a page said Bart. This time the family takes him to Florida. Freebase ID /m/05x54w. Predicted: 1994. Barts room. Homer yelped. But here, the insanity of the children being arrested just dragged on and on and on CHILDREN. Homer? "[12] While reviewing the eleventh season of The Simpsons, DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson commented on the episode, writing: "Wow this may be the most jumbled Simpsons to date! He wanted to introduce himself as 'the pimp of the nation.' In the episode, Homer has a nervous breakdown after taking a quiz that suggests he only has three years left to live. Eh? Homer laughed. Kid Rock and Joe C. also made guest appearances as themselves in the episode, performing at a concert in Florida that Homer attends. Which Marge even buys into. While there, they accidentally kill Captain Jack, the crocodilian mascot of the town, and so are chased by the sheriff. A shadow wearing a top hat covered them as the got the most peculiar feeling they were being watched. Kill the Alligator and Run/Appearances - Wikisimpsons, the Simpsons Wiki Page Discussion Edit this page History Wikisimpsons needs more Featured Article, Picture, Quote, Episode and Comprehensive article nominations! (Anybody care what this guy thinks? NO!), But you know what? Even Kid Rocks guest appearance was funny and Homer's response to him is priceless "Mouua" Homer's little pennant that says Mental, great T.V. Unless this was meant to be a riff on the strictness of the Southern legal system, this is taking the Sins of the Father cliche a bit too seriously, right? Lost in the wilderness and on the run, the family come across a diner, where they are given employment. Nice character writing there. How the hell did the family get banned from 48 out of 50 United States? The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 30, 2000. I love this couch said Homer. King of the Hill might have gotten a bit weaker in its final few seasons, but it still went out with some dignity, and even gained some pop cultural power in the years since. All I know is that this time, I have watched aSimpsons episode that I sincerely believe wouldve been better off if it was penned and edited by a room full of cocaine users. Oooooh! As you can probably gather, the writers didnt do a good job at many of these forays, because even in normal episodes, the show was becoming increasingly outlandish in lieu of silly, callous instead of merely cynical, and downright incompetent in terms of framing a story, characters, et cetera. No way! animated, comedy, situation comedy Sunday 30 April 2000 Homer has a mental breakdown, so the family goes to Florida so he can unwind. A magazine with those light hearted quizzes I take too seriously and annoy people by asking them their answers to! Later on he takes his own test, which determines how long he has left to live. Destroy us all! I tried to find room for argument that I could just hate-watch the cartoon with my brain turned off as long as I pretend its a dumb cartoon then the incest joke happened. To calm himself down, he and the rest of the Simpson family go to Florida for vacation. You fell in the open grave! With around 60 Scully-era episodes under my belt, Ive mulled over quite a few contenders for the shows event horizon, the moment when the shows collapse was cemented forever. Jimmy crack corn and I don't care . That comedian dressed as a mime who smashes watermelons. said Bart. Change a few lines beforehand to make him less unsympathetic), and maybe make his mental breakdown a bit more realistic (as in, dont put him in a burlap sack and have him pretend a baby doll is human on the grounds that being a mother would make him immortal, have you seen any Disney movies), and who knows, maybe you could have something slightly compelling here. Is the monkey from Narnia? Oscar asked. (2008). Homer frowned slightly but wasnt too disappointed. One night when they are working, the alligator appears - He had been stunned, not killed. So maybe calling it universally condemned as the worst ever might have been a stretch. In an attempt to heal, the family takes a vacation to Florida. Bart swapped the letters in Frat around so it now said Royal Fart Hotel. The Simpsons is a registered trademark of 20th Century Fox. Of his familys station wagon. I think its a testament to how FOX treats their properties that everybody involved in the production wasnt fired the morning after. Its baffling that the show remains on the air, and as it seems, will remain on the air for the foreseeable future. Quiet, you two. "Kill the Alligator and Run" was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jen Kamerman. In fact, Dead Homer Society has not once used the episode for a "Quote of the Day" - they've gone back to the aforementioned wells on some occasions, even though they consider Season 11 the show's last gasp of dignity being stripped away. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Well I just googled him and hes blogging about a pool party hes having at his mansion. said Lisa. Other times, they thought they could juggle an ability to tell an emotionally moving story with revenge against an errant voice actor and the quest for ratings. He rents an airboat and they go through the swamp, accidentally running into the town's most famous resident, an alligator named Captain Jack. 0 references. In fact, he actually gets some amusing lines, albeit drowned out by the sheer insanity of this episode. What is your life expectancy. Is this man an employee? An inspector asked. This is pure art. Report Browse more videos Playing next 14:26 Kill the Alligator and Run is the nineteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television sitcom The Simpsons. Homer: Well, here we are, kids, the zoo. The couch gag is the Simpsons walking over hot coals and yelping in pain as they walk over the hot coals to get to the couch. Because, you know, a Simpson going on vacation to restore their mental health hasnt been done before. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. English. For their crimes (and Homer's foolish attempt at defending himself in court - calling the jury "drunken hicks"), the family is put into forced labor. Came true: 2007. Some of us have Grammar school today! Lisa groaned. Homer wakes up the next day, rushing outside ready to party, but spring break is over: The students are returning home. Lisa Goes To Washington wasnt, you know, my personal favorite episode of theentire frigging show. Hmmmmmmm! What the else do I have to say here? But thats Americas wang! They prefer The Sunshine State., 3) Redditor 3: Its absolutely not the worst episode ever. Bart, Lisa and Oscar yelped and shivered. At least Janeway had to deal with a ship getting launched halfway across space. Spring break! Students cheered. Kid Rock was there. Granted, Reddit isnt exactly representative of the majoritys voice but it also tends to attract sheep and shills (and it was from the official Simpsons Reddit), so Id say its at least a somewhat accurate representation of what a significant portion of the fandom thinks. What are you doing?! Here is a great collection of Simpsons Scripts . Destroy us all! There is something for everyone in this episode, with political humor, satire, a play on spring break rowdiness, jokes about handcuff's for Maggie, and even one thrown in about Bart and Lisa getting married. Destroy us all! Were leaving a manic depressive who is worried about dying young, alone tied to a bed! Gahahahaha! Dr Demento laughed hurling exploding skulls at them. Homer you need to see a doctor. Gahahahaha! said a wacky voice on the radio. I also own none of the screenshots, nor do I own 99% of the images here. If I wasnt so lazy. how are you this upset about a cartoon show wtf. Either way, pray to whatever deity you believe in because theres no saving this episode. Its a Frankensteins Monster of plot elements that were forced together in the most insane way possible, many of which were done far better in earlier episodes. Or that time you dreamt Heckle and Jeckle were at your funeral with President Lenny and Cardinal Flanders Oscar sighed exasperated. Animation Apr 30, 2000 21 min Information Genre Animation Released 2000 Run Time 21 min Rated TV-PG https://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Kill_the_Alligator_and_Run&oldid=1188973, "I am not here on a fartball scholarship.". 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