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"At Long Last Leave" is the fourteenth episode of Season 23. It is the 500th episode broadcast.

Synopsis

After everyone in Springfield (except Ned Flanders) decides they've had enough of the Simpsons, the family is officially banished from the town. Moving to a deranged "off the grid" commune, the family embraces a new lifestyle as wild mountain people. Upon learning that the Simpsons actually enjoy their new home, the rest of Springfield decides to move in, too.

Full Story

The Simpson family are at home watching Channel 6 News when Kent Brockman announces that there is a disaster... drill, and that all Springfieldians must take cover immediately, for the next three hours. The Simpsons obediently head to their shelter in their backyard.

Stuck in the bunker, the family soon grows bored and decides to venture out to explore the empty city. Noticing a bunch of parked cars at city hall, they decide to investigate. Covertly sneaking in, they learn that the city is holding a secret meeting to discuss expelling the destructive Simpsons out of Springfield once and for all.

The Simpsons speak up in their own defense, but the town just gets angrier at discovering they've snuck into the meeting, and Mayor Quimby makes a case against their antics. Offended, Ned Flanders vainly pleas for the city to give the Simpsons a break. After Quimby boots him out, it is decided: The Simpsons are to be expelled. In a grand ceremony, the family is formally exiled and cramming all their possessions into their car, they drive off into the unknown.

After driving for a while, Bart says that he needs to take a leak. Homer pulls off by the side of the road only to be confronted by a Mountain Man with a shotgun. After Marge explains their situation, he welcomes the family to a commune of "off-the-grid" outlaws and derelicts called The Outlands.

Homer, Bar, Lisa and Maggie all quickly take to their new life in the Outlands' anarchic, broken-down civilization (including a fondness for their new neighbor, Julian Assange), but Marge has a hard time settling in. The family soon realizes that she is just homesick for Springfield. Homer decides to cheer his wife up by sneaking her back into Springfield.

The-simpsons-500th-episode-at-long-last-leave article story main — The Family in their new home watching Fox.

Homer and Marge, poorly disguised as Mr. Burns and Waylon Smithers, sneak back into their old town, easily tricking a gullible Chief Wiggum into letting them in. They have a romantic night together then head to their old home where they make love in their old bed. Jimbo, Dolph and Kearney then sneak into what they assume to be an abandoned home, and Homer and Marge are found out.

As a crowd gathers around the Simpson house, Chief Wiggum explains that he actually saw through their disguises earlier and merely pretended to be fooled in order buy himself time to gather the town's residents together.

Marge is nervous but Homer sarcastically challenges the residents of Springfield intend to do something about it. What are you going to do, he says, "throw us out again?". In response, the Angry Mob shouts all sorts of gruesome punishments, with Gill suggesting the cops simply shoot them. Wiggum, Lou and Eddie accordingly prepare to do just that.

Marge, who has remained silent until this point, tells the cops not to bother shooting them. As Wiggum and the other cops lower their weapons, she reveals to the onlookers that despite everything the citizens of Springfield wished upon them, the Simpsons have actually found a new home they love, and that their new community accepts them for who they are. She admits that whilst their new home doesn't possess all the luxuries they had in Springfield, it does have the one thing that Springfield will never have, which Homer declares to be "non-jerks."

This criticism visibly shocks all the residents of Springfield, who are stunned to learn what Homer and Marge really think of them, and that even when faced with permanent exile the Simpsons consider themselves better off for it. Mayor Quimby begrudgingly admits that Homer is right about their attitude.

Homer and Marge make their way through the dejected crowd, which parts to let them through. From their expressions, it is clear that the citizens of Springfield (with the exception of a dismissive Mr Burns) regret throwing the Simpsons out.

Back in their new home in the The Outlands, the family is surprised when Lenny and Carl turn up. Though Bart and Maggie are initially suspicious, Carl explains that after hearing what Homer and Marge said, they too decided they wanted a better life and a fresh start. Eventually, Moe turns up too, opening Moe's Cavern which they and Homer patronize.

One by one, more and more Springfielders turn up — even Mayor Quimby — all wishing to abandon their lives in Springfield and start over in The Outlands. Soon, all of Springfield has arrived to start new lives with the Simpsons and they begin rebuilding the city in the image of Springfield, complete with a giant tire fire.

As for the Mountain Man, who originally welcomed the Simpsons in, he gets irritated with the modernity of his new community and vows to leave, declaring himself unwilling to live somewhere with medical care.

The final scene depicts Principal Skinner, now the last person left in Springfield, alone and confused.

At the end of the episode, a title card appears stating: "Thanks for 500 Shows. All we ask is that you go out and get some fresh air before logging on the Internet and saying how much this sucked."

Just before the rest of the credits start to roll, Bart rescues Skinner in a wooden helicopter, crashing him into several buildings and landmarks along the way.

None of the events in this episode carried over into the next one, which depicts everyone back in Springfield, living as normal.

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The 500th Episode! Season 28 THE SIMPSONS

Citations

◄ Season 22	Season 23 Episodes	Season 24 ►
The Falcon and the D'ohman • Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts • Treehouse of Horror XXII • Replaceable You • The Food Wife • The Book Job • The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants • The Ten-Per-Cent Solution • Holidays of Future Passed • Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson • The D'oh-cial Network • Moe Goes from Rags to Riches • The Daughter Also Rises • At Long Last Leave • Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart • How I Wet Your Mother • Them, Robot • Beware My Cheating Bart • A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again • The Spy Who Learned Me • Ned 'N Edna's Blend • Lisa Goes Gaga

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-"'''At Long Last Leave'''" is the fourteenth episode of [[Season 23]]. It originally aired on February 19, 2012. It is the 500th episode broadcast.
+"'''At Long Last Leave'''" is the fourteenth episode of [[Season 23]]. It is the 500th episode broadcast.
 ==Synopsis==
-Everybody in Springfield (Except the Flanders) have had enough of the Simpsons' shenanigans, and decide to banish them from town. The family settle in a deranged town, where they pick up new skills like Maggie hunting with a crowbar. Lenny and Carl miss the family and decide to pay a visit. Soon, everybody in Springfield decides to rebuild Springfield where the Simpsons live now.
+After everyone in Springfield (except Ned Flanders) decides they've had enough of the Simpsons, the family is officially banished from the town. Moving to a deranged "off the grid" commune, the family embraces a new lifestyle as wild mountain people. Upon learning that the Simpsons actually enjoy their new home, the rest of Springfield decides to move in, too.
 ==Full Story==
-The Simpson family are at home watching Channel 6 News where Kent Brockman announces that there is a disaster and that everyone has to go into their underground bunkers. After saying it was a drill, and then acting like there was an actual disaster again, he tells everyone to go into their shelters for three hours and not to come out. The Simpsons head to their shelter.
+The [[Simpson family]] are at home watching Channel 6 News when Kent Brockman announces that there is a disaster... drill, and that all Springfieldians must take cover immediately, for the next three hours. The Simpsons obediently head to their shelter in their backyard.
+Stuck in the bunker, the family soon grows bored and decides to venture out to explore the empty city. Noticing a bunch of parked cars at city hall, they decide to investigate. Covertly sneaking in, they learn that the city is holding a secret meeting to discuss expelling the destructive Simpsons out of Springfield once and for all.
-After a while, the family is all bored and decides to head out of their shelter to explore Springfield while it is empty. They then go to Springfield Town Hall where they realize that there is a secret meeting going on. They sneak in to find that the town has voted to kick them out of Springfield. After making themselves known to the rest of the town, the townspeople act angry at them. Mayor Quimby reveal that the town has gone bankrupt due to their family's shenanigans over the years. He mentions it was a mixture of Homer's recklessness, Bart's vandalism in school and in town, Lisa's environmental pleas (though much cheaper, yet was very annoying) and Marge's attempts to see the family in a positive light that got them kicked out. Even Mayor Quimby declared Marge to be the "worst Simpson of all." Offended by this, [[Ned Flanders|Ned]] attempts to defend them and tells the citizens to give the Simpsons a break. He mentions it was Quimby's own corruption in his reckless spending that lead to the town's bankruptcy. However, this serves to further anger the residents and reveals the Flanders family as the only residents who voted against exiling the Simpsons. Quimby tells Ned off that his attempt to defend the Simpsons reveals his family own corruption and intentionally ejects the Flanders out of the hall. Before his family leaves, Ned warns the delusional residents that they'll regret exiling the Simpsons one day. The Simpsons are then paraded out of Springfield during a big celebration that the Flanders refuses to attend, still angered how the residents are acting like pariahs themselves.
+The Simpsons speak up in their own defense, but the town just gets angrier at discovering they've snuck into the meeting, and [[Mayor Quimby]] makes a case against their antics. Offended, [[Ned Flanders|Ned Flanders]] vainly pleas for the city to give the Simpsons a break. After Quimby boots him out, it is decided: The Simpsons are to be expelled. In a grand ceremony, the family is formally exiled and cramming all their possessions into their car, they drive off into the unknown.
-After driving for a while, Bart says that he needs to pee. They stop to let him go and are then held up by a guy with a shotgun. After Marge explains their situation to him, he welcomes the family to The Outlands. The family starts new here and enjoy life more, but Marge is having a hard time settling in. When introduced to their new neighbor and creator to WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, he is friendly with Homer and the kids. However, he is very rude to Marge and she dislikes him for it. When Homer, Bart and Lisa confronts Marge about her lack of effort in settling in the Outlands, they come to the realization that she is [[Wikipedia:homesickness|homesick]] for Springfield. She voices her concerns that Maggie is falling in with the wrong crowd. Marge also admits to missing Ned's cheerful personality and the women of Springfield critiquing her brownies. Despite Bart's warning to stay away by reminding Homer that they're in exile, he decide to cheer Marge up by sneaking her back into Springfield.
+After driving for a while, Bart says that he needs to take a leak. Homer pulls off by the side of the road only to be confronted by a [[Mountain Man]] with a shotgun. After Marge explains their situation, he welcomes the family to a commune of "off-the-grid" outlaws and derelicts called [[The Outlands]].
+Homer, Bar, Lisa and Maggie all quickly take to their new life in the Outlands' anarchic, broken-down civilization (including a fondness for their new neighbor, [[Julian Assange (character)|Julian Assange]]), but Marge has a hard time settling in. The family soon realizes that she is just homesick for Springfield. Homer decides to cheer his wife up by sneaking her back into Springfield.
 [[File:The-simpsons-500th-episode-at-long-last-leave_article_story_main.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Family in their new home watching Fox.]]
+Homer and Marge, poorly disguised as Mr. Burns and Waylon Smithers, sneak back into their old town, easily tricking a gullible Chief Wiggum into letting them in. They have a romantic night together then head to their old home where they make love in their old bed. [[Jimbo]], [[Dolph]] and Kearney then sneak into what they assume to be an abandoned home, and Homer and Marge are found out.
-Homer and Marge, disguised as Mr. Burns and Waylon Smithers, sneak back in, presumably tricking Chief Wiggum in the process. They have a romantic night together then head to their old home where they go to bed. In bed, they hear [[Jimbo]], [[Dolph]] and Kearney come in and are found out. Before the bullies can tell anyone, the police come to the house along with the rest of the town. Chief Wiggum tells Homer and Marge that he had seen through their disguises and pretended to be fooled in order buy himself time to gather the residents together. He and the other cops are prepared to arrest them, but Homer is upset. He calls the crowd jerks for trying to arrest them just because they wanted to visit Springfield, but the residents are unmoved by his crude nature in insulting them. Upon realizing how much they hated the Simpsons (minus the Flanders), Marge is furious and tells them off to not bother arresting them. She admitted that after knowing the truth, Marge prefers to return to the Outlands because her new community accepts the Simpsons for who they are and the family is free to love each other without the constant spite and judgment from their former neighbors. Homer and Marge leaves for their new home, leaving the townspeople to start having second thoughts on kicking the Simpsons out, especially Smithers, Lenny and Carl when they realize that the Simpsons had accepted their homosexuality.
+As a crowd gathers around the Simpson house, Chief Wiggum explains that he actually saw through their disguises earlier and merely pretended to be fooled in order buy himself time to gather the town's residents together.
-Marge is finally settling into life in The Outlands until Lenny and Carl, turn up. Bart and Maggie acts hostile towards them, claiming they were part of the crowd who exiled them. Carl explains that after hearing what Homer and Marge said, they wanted a better life too. Lenny admit Springfield wasn't the same after the Simpsons were exiled out of the town and he along with Carl wants a fresh start. Eventually, Moe turns up too, opening Moe's Cavern which they and Homer patronize at. After that, Mayor Quimby, and many other Springfield residents show up, wishing to abandon their lives in Springfield and start over in The Outlands. Soon, all of Springfield moves there to start new lives with the Simpsons and they begin rebuilding a new city. Mayor Quimby names it Springfield, which Marge is truly against stating it takes away the charm of being known as The Outlands and has always disliked the corruption from the old Springfield. The man whom the Simpsons befriended decides to pack up and move further away from the people. Eventually, Seymour Skinner is the last person left in Springfield, until Bart rescues him in a wooden helicopter, crashing him into several buildings and landmarks.
+Marge is nervous but Homer sarcastically challenges the residents of Springfield intend to do something about it. What are you going to do, he says, "throw us out again?". In response, the [[Angry Mob]] shouts all sorts of gruesome punishments, with Gill suggesting the cops simply shoot them. Wiggum, Lou and Eddie accordingly prepare to do just that.
-At the end of the episode, a title card appears stating:
-"Thanks for 500 Shows.
-All we ask is that you go out
-and get some fresh air
-before logging on the Internet
-and saying how much this sucked."
+Marge, who has remained silent until this point, tells the cops not to bother shooting them. As Wiggum and the other cops lower their weapons, she reveals to the onlookers that despite everything the citizens of Springfield wished upon them, the Simpsons have actually found a new home they love, and that their new community accepts them for who they are. She admits that whilst their new home doesn't possess all the luxuries they had in Springfield, it does have the one thing that Springfield will never have, which Homer declares to be "non-jerks."
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+This criticism visibly shocks all the residents of Springfield, who are stunned to learn what Homer and Marge really ''think of them, ''and that even when faced with permanent exile the Simpsons consider themselves better off for it. Mayor Quimby begrudgingly admits that Homer is right about their attitude.
+Homer and Marge make their way through the dejected crowd, which parts to let them through. From their expressions, it is clear that the citizens of Springfield (with the exception of a dismissive Mr Burns) regret throwing the Simpsons out.
+Back in their new home in the The Outlands, the family is surprised when Lenny and Carl turn up. Though Bart and Maggie are initially suspicious, Carl explains that after hearing what Homer and Marge said, they too decided they wanted a better life and a fresh start. Eventually, Moe turns up too, opening Moe's Cavern which they and Homer patronize.
+One by one, more and more Springfielders turn up — even Mayor Quimby — all wishing to abandon their lives in Springfield and start over in The Outlands. Soon, all of Springfield has arrived to start new lives with the Simpsons and they begin rebuilding the city in the image of Springfield, complete with a giant [[tire fire]].
+As for the Mountain Man, who originally welcomed the Simpsons in, he gets irritated with the modernity of his new community and vows to leave, declaring himself unwilling to live somewhere with medical care.
+The final scene depicts Principal Skinner, now the last person left in Springfield, alone and confused.
+At the end of the episode, a title card appears stating: "Thanks for 500 Shows. All we ask is that you go out and get some fresh air before logging on the Internet and saying how much this sucked."
+Just before the rest of the credits start to roll, Bart rescues Skinner in a wooden helicopter, crashing him into several buildings and landmarks along the way.
+None of the events in this episode carried over into the[[Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart| next one]], which depicts everyone back in Springfield, living as normal.<gallery widths="154">
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