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Bonfire of the Manatees

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Bonfire of the Manatees

Rating: 3.5 (73 votes)

Plot

After taking bad advice on football gambling, Homer is in debt to the mafia who loaned him the money. To repay them, he lets them shoot a "gentleman's film" at his house. Homer sends Marge and the kids off to "Santa's Village" while this is going on, however, Marge finds out when they return early. She leaves in a fit of rage and ends up at the beach, where she meets Caleb Thorne, a marine biologist trying to save the endangered manatees. Marge takes a shine to Caleb, even though he seems to care too much about his mission. She decides to join him and take a chance to find herself. Meanwhile Homer searches for Marge, and ends up staying with a 'country cousin'. When he eventually finds her he apologises, but Marge won't take him back so easily. Homer decides he must help save the manatees to win her back. After a run in with some jet-skiers, Marge sees that Homer is 'the real endangered species' - a devoted husband and father.


Memorable quotes

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?
Homer: (his hand is hammered by Legs) OWW! It's not my fault the Raiders lost. It's Professor Pigskin's!
Fat Tony: If he mentions that pig again, use two hammers.
Homer: But the pig! (gets both hands hammered) OWW! OWW!
Homer: Okay!! You guys can shoot your gay adult film at my house!!
Fat Tony: Gay? Who said anything about gay?
Homer: Look, we've been through this road before, I do something stupid, your mom leaves, we eat waffles!
Homer: Now if you'll excuse me I have to use the out-house again.
Cousin 1: We don't have an out-house.
Cousin 2: My recording studio!

Notes

  • The gag about Homer using the recording studio as an outhouse was done in "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part 2". Grampa told Homer he was going to go use his outhouse, which really was his toolshed.

References

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Vitals

PCode
GABF18

Index
17×1

Aired
11 Sep, 2005

Aired (UK)
11 Dec, 2005

Written by
Dan Greaney

Directed by
Mark Kirkland

Starring
Dan Castellaneta
Julie Kavner
Nancy Cartwright
Yeardley Smith
Hank Azaria
Harry Shearer

Also Starring
Pamela Hayden
Tress MacNeille
Karl Wiedergott

Special Guest Voice
Alec Baldwin as Caleb Thorn
Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony

Season 17

  1. Bonfire of the Manatees
  2. The Girl Who Slept Too Little
  3. Milhouse of Sand and Fog
  4. Treehouse of Horror XVI
  5. Marge's Son Poisoning
  6. See Homer Run
  7. The Last of the Red Hat Mamas
  8. The Italian Bob
  9. Simpsons Christmas Stories
  10. Homer's Paternity Coot
  11. We're on the Road to D'ohwhere
  12. My Fair Laddy
  13. The Seemingly Never-Ending Story
  14. Bart Has Two Mommies
  15. Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife
  16. Million Dollar Abie
  17. Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore
  18. The Wettest Stories Ever Told
  19. Girls Just Want to Have Sums
  20. Regarding Margie
  21. The Monkey Suit
  22. Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play