In contrast to the believable midlife crisis seen in that episode, here, Homer is instead confronted with the possibility of dying at age 42 thanks to a quiz that he took in a magazine. I wanted Captain Jack Sparrow Oscar hissed. Oh, you thought he was insane before? Animation Apr 30, 2000 21 min Information Genre Animation Released 2000 Run Time 21 min Rated TV-PG Party! He hitchhiked until a white truck of Frat boys and Sorority girls picked him up and took him to the nearest party or gig. Cooooool! "Kill the Alligator and Run" is the nineteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. Spring break! Seriously, it feels like the writers wrote themselves in a corner, and when coming up with how to resolve the episode, they decided eh, make it so he wasnt really dead. Because the show did, as apparently that night, the sheriff manages to hitch the trailer up to his sedan (just go with it), and still nobody singles him out as the cause of this whole nightmare. Homer read another of those dumb magazine quizzes in womens afternoon weekly magazines. 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. If anybody has a counterargument, however, Im all for it. Despite the fact that Homer is the sole guilty culprit, the whole family is charged for killing the alligator. Florida? Oh, dont forget Diedrich Baker. What is your life expectancy. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 30, 2000. Oscar winced exasperated. 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. With a Nielsen rating of 7.4, the episode finished 46th in the ratings for the week of April 2430, 2000. It aired on the FOX Network, in front of 7.46 million American homes figure, at the very least, 15 million people. '," Scully jokingly told the Detroit Free Press. 'Kill the Alligator and Run' is the nineteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television sitcom The Simpsons . Audio commentary for "Kill the Alligator and Run", in, Meyer, George. Homer was breastfeeding a plastic baby doll. 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. Scully has said that the episode is "kind of three stories in one. (Anybody care what this guy thinks? NO!), But you know what? Were not flippin going to Disney World! Bart groaned. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. How stupid do you need to be, and how much of my brain do I need to turn off? Show: The Simpsons Episode: 245 Year: 2000 Writer(s): John Schwartzwelder Director(s): Jen Kamerman. 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Score: 1. surely this has to link at least marginally somewhere; if not, it would be fascinating fanfiction material). Some of us have Grammar school today! Lisa groaned. There are none. Marge darling, can they be honey braised? Homer asked. (Of course, Ill be sad for the storyboard artists that will have to look for new work. Eh? Homer laughed. (Girlish giggle) My, you are the cats pajamas. said Tiny Tim seeing some potential in Weird Al Yankovich. But that's America's wang. said Homer. He sighed. What am I supposed to do? Wiiteen's Horrible Animations (Season 3): Episode 7: Kill the Alligator and Run (The Simpsons) Wiiteen Chilly Follow After making his fans rage with his previous reviews and videos, Wiiteen has to please them by reviewing one of the most hated Simpsons episodes ever. Marge spotted Homer still tied to the bed in the crowd. Something, something day . Click here for your invite! Learn how your comment data is processed. Take them off of the glass! Dont be offensive about vertically challenged people! Lisa yelled. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E19KillTheAlligatorAndRun. Unlike this episode, those four are downright offensive in their sheer awfulness. Cant sleep gonna die cant sleep gonna die Homer groaned in his sleep. Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Scullyfied Simpsons: Kill the Alligator and Run (Season 11, Episode19), But as I mentioned in my review of Take My Wife, Sleaze, The Review Nebula Ranks Red Dwarf (AKA, "Happy 35th, Red Dwarf! Sorry to inform you, but Reddit has denied the notion of this being the worst episode ever as of 5 years ago, when a post with zero upvotes declared the same accusation. Here is a great collection of Simpsons Scripts . And I still insist yeah, its terrible. Or that time you dreamt Heckle and Jeckle were at your funeral with President Lenny and Cardinal Flanders Oscar sighed exasperated. That comedian dressed as a mime who smashes watermelons. said Bart. Im not paying you just for getting me the mail that I could have got myself. AAND, CDD, LGG, and maybe Boys of Bummer ARE worse than this episode, in that those episodes are too bad to even obtain ironic enjoyment from their ineptitude. Im not even going to make a snarky remark about that lets just move on. Which Marge even buys into. While assigned to work at a party held by a judge in front of the capitol, the family once again try and fail to escape. There were imaginary cowboys pointing guns at him and snarling. Oh, God! Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow was wading in the swamp. Well aint that a kicker! to Spring Break in Florida to Getting in trouble with the local authorities. Edit Clip Timeline Auto-GIF. The Simpsons on trial But, it does its job in wrapping up the plot, albeit in the most moronic way ever the Simpsons are exonerated, and the judge decides to drop the other charges on the grounds that they never set foot in Florida ever again. Lisa: You can't drive, dad. Dad thats not a kid thats Joe C, a famous rapper who is vertically challenged. Lisa sighed. And theyll destroy us all! This ones just dumb and annoying and all over the place, but its not so bad that it offends me (maybe it would if I lived in Florida, but I dont). Seriously I think that episode is an absolute smash, combining American satire with great character work for Lisa. Then an albino midget in a sweater and a hip hop woolly hat arrived. Yeah, screw both of these stories. Dedicated to The Simpsons and host to thousands of free TV show. ? Bart yelled. What you need is a good, long rest. But at least you tried, unlike Bart. its a cartoon. "Take them off the glass! I love this couch said Homer. You win. 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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. Mom, Bart's sitting next to me! Lisa whined pushing him. Look, how can the clowns enslave us with all these oranges! Oscar yelled. But here, the insanity of the children being arrested just dragged on and on and on CHILDREN. His wife died six months ago! Marge yelled. Kill The Alligator and Run, meanwhile, really has neither. Season 11 > Kill the Alligator and Run. The reason why were in Florida is because Homers frightened of dying young again but this time instead of aspiring to be an inventor he went crazy at work. Tell these two imbeciles to sit and be quiet! Hugo yelled. Im madder than Homer seethed at Bart. And then it just keeps going with the chain gang, and when the scene lasted long enough that I was forced to think why the children were part of the chain gang in the first place yeah, THAT was when I gave up. To calm himself down, he and the rest of the Simpson . At least with previous episodes (and even the previous scenes, including the Spring Break one), there was some level (however small) of logical consistency for a cartoon where its just filled with short gags that had no lasting effect (the Teletubbies shooting lasers in Battlesore Galactica, for example, didnt cause the BBC or any Springfieldian to examine whats essentially sentient Teletubbies in another arc). Live TV. Make an account! After Homer accidentally kills the beloved town alligator, the family must go into hiding to avoid being arrested. Season 6, Episode 8: Lisa on Ice. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 30, 2000. Besides Kid Rock and Joe C, the episode has two other guest stars as themselves journalist Charlie Rose (since disgraced) and film producer Robert Evans as themselves, in what appears to be a pastiche of Roses PBS talk show. Homer laughed. He didnt care. Partying college Frat boys swapped the letters in Fart back to Frat and cheered. "[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! Kid Rock guest stars in this episode. Nah hes locked up still after his last escapade and Matts used him a lot for reoccurring bad guy episodes Lets try something else. TV Shows. His mental behavior almost costs the Power Plant to be closed down by asking the inspector to hide him wearing nothing but a mail sack. Uh no we got a gator stuck in our toilet once when Mom got arrested for shoplifting at the Kwik E Mart. Random Events Plot: Most of the episode deals with various obstacles the family encounter while running from the law after seemingly killing a valuable Florida alligator. I hope so! It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 30, 2000. It sends Homer insane, to the point where he commits a couple of misdemeanors in the process, but gets off easily thanks to the town sheriff. There, they end up in the middle of a raucous spring break. Kill the Alligator and Run Homer once again has a midlife crisis after reading a life expectancy quiz in a magazine. Boom, you have the Villain of the Week. Everything The Simpsons Has Predicted in 2022 and Beyond Richard Branson's trip to space is the latest in a long line of Simpsons predictions. Seconds later, without the car moving an inch. His black alarm clock radio went to radio. (echoes throughout the zoo causing the animals to run riot)(all arrive at the Springfield Shopper and Homer is holding a balloon that says "Zoo")Newspaper editor: .And to protect Mother Earth, each copy contains a certain percentage of recycled paper. But thats Americas wang! They prefer The Sunshine State., 3) Redditor 3: Its absolutely not the worst episode ever. Hannah Montana money Oscar laughed. The jazz pianist didn't show up. Destroy us all! One night when they are working, the alligator appears - He had been stunned, not killed. Its Dr Demento again! Bart whined mentioning his other arch enemy. It originally aired on April 30, 2000. Hmmmmmmm! Audio commentary for "Kill the Alligator and Run", in, Maxtone-Graham, Ian. The end in which Captain Jack makes an appearance is lifted from Alligator from 1980, only this time with less gory results. Probably the only other thing close to an amusing bit in the episode has to be one of the MTV Spring Break Hosts getting hauled away when she announces that shes turned 25 (a reference to, Also, I guess I could argue that Homers fascination with We Built This City actually almost works, as well a quasi-rebel who instead comes off like a madman, singing a song about rockers arguing with executives, that just so happens to be written off by some rock publications as corporate rock. Of course not. The first three you mentioned are objectionable in one way or another, and the last one effectively drove me away from new episodes for good (with a few rare exceptions, none of which were worth it). On advice of the power plant's psychiatrist, the family head for a restful vacation in Florida. Mmmmmm Florida oranges Ahhhh, I think Im recovering from my scurvy. said Hugo. Quality-wise, on a minute-by-minute basis, Kill the Alligator and Run might be the single worst script in terms of quality, at least as far as I can remember. Chris was dealing with the evil monkey in his closet. And three makes three. He paid Bart three dollars. Having to choose between KTAAR and Twin Dilemma is a rather sobering choice. Embarrassing. In a way, its sort of like the show is having its life flash before its eyes as it slips into a fate worse than death. Bart, Lisa and Oscar yelped and shivered. Dr Dementos mansion. Views: 268. OF course, that also makes it ironic, given the path that. People often ask me to review "Saddlesore Galactica" as it's considered one of the worst Simpsons episodes of all time.I disagree because THIS episode is much, much worse! 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. (Politicians merely got a fur coat to make investigations go away.) Im not surprised Bart. said Oscar. Elsewhere Homer broke out of the hotel room still tied to the bed. No. Staff members Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, Matt Selman, Julie Thacker, and Steven Dean Moore, as well as cast member Dan Castellaneta and guest star Diedrich Bader, participated in the DVD audio commentary for the episode. The Simpsons BABF16 Episode Script - Dr. He's got your license. 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. Homer cheered and partied with the students. Oh no! "Kill the Alligator and Run" was heavily derided in its day as one of the worst episodes in the history of the show. [3], Actor Diedrich Bader guest starred in the episode as the sheriff. Wanting Homer to get the rest and recuperation he needs, Marge tries to confine him to his hotel room, but he escapes to party and attends a concert featuring Joe C. and Kid Rock. July 15, 2020, 1:30 PM PDT By Gwen Aviles A North Carolina man is hoping he doesn't see the alligator who slammed into his boat later. Homer? Bart, Lisa and Oscar peaked over the bushes and saw the sort of celebrities who were at Dr Dementos pool party and possibly part of his Legion of Doom. "Kill the Alligator and Run" is the nineteenth episode of season 11 of The Simpsons and the two-hundred and forty-fifth episode overall. I mean, all through the 90s and 2000s, Spring Break was the legendary college experience, and nobody even noticed? A mother can't die. Really, it reads like a five year old describing how their day went while playing with friends at recess! Scully thought it looked like the singer enjoyed the experience and was surprised to see that he arrived on time. In the episode, Homer has a nervous breakdown after taking a quiz that suggests he only has three years left to live. This time the family takes him to Florida. 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. They had to pull up because there was a loud cheerful crowd partying. Whats up chew toys? said Kid Rock to the fans. Oh my guity secret! Hi Santa! Teddy, Oscars living teddy bear creature yelled. simpsons:Kill_the_Alligator_and_Run. And when you cant invest in the characters, your plot is all but guaranteed to have no impact. 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