Moonshine River

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Moonshine River

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Moonshine River
Episode Number	509
Production Code	PABF21
Original Airdate	September 30, 2012
Blackboard Text	I will not wear white after Labor Day (Bart is wearing a white suit)
Title Screen	Arnie Pye flies by and falls out of his helicopter.
Billboard	McBain Capital: Consider This a Hostile Takeover
Couch Gag	The Simpsons are butterflies that come out of their cocoons and nearly get smashed by Gerald (the baby with a unibrow whom Maggie hates). Maggie prevents Gerald from smashing the butterfly Simpsons, and all four of them fly off into the sunset.
Special Guest Voices	Ken Burns as himself Zooey Deschanel as Mary Spuckler Sarah Michelle Gellar as Gina Vendetti Anne Hathaway as Jenny Maurice LaMarche as Charlie Sheen Don Pardo as himself Natalie Portman as Darcy Kevin Michael Richardson as Jamaican musician Al Roker as himself Sarah Silverman as Nikki McKenna
Show Runner(s)	Al Jean
Written By	Tim Long
Directed By	Bob Anderson

"Moonshine River" is the first episode of Season 24. The episode was also dedicated to Andy Williams, who died from bladder cancer five days before the episode aired.

Synopsis

Bart discovers that Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's daughter, Mary, is the only girl who ever liked him, and the Simpsons head to New York City (again) so Bart can be with her after hearing that Mary got a job as a Saturday Night Live writer.

Full Story

During a dance following a disastrous joint celebration of the Springfield Grand Prix and the final stage of the Tour de Springfield, Bart makes fun of Lisa and Milhouse while they are dancing. Lisa opposes that she is with someone who likes her, to which Bart replies of how he has had relationships before. However, Lisa mentions that he never had a relationship that lasted long. Seeing all of the pictures of all his girlfriends he realizes Lisa is right, so he chooses to visit his girlfriends and see if they'll give him another chance.

Bart and Milhouse go to visit Bart's ex's but ends up being rejected by several of Bart's previous girlfriends, including:

1. Jenny, the nursing home volunteer and Good Samaritan from "The Good, the Sad and the Drugly"; she yells, "Eat my shorts!"
2. Darcy, the then-pregnant teenager from "Little Big Girl"; she says, "Drop dead."
3. Gina Vendetti, the juvenile delinquent from "The Wandering Juvie"; who punches him and says, "Eat fist jerk." and
4. Nikki McKenna, Bart's temporary classmate from "Stealing First Base". who gives a back and forth of "I hate you! I like you!"

Finally they go to see Mary Spuckler, Cletus Spuckler's daughter from Apocalypse Cow. Milhouse notices how good looking Mary is and Bart points out she was the only one of the children to be breast fed. At the Spuckler house, Bart asks Cletus if she is here. Cletus and Brandine inform Bart and Milhouse that Mary ran away after being engaged and don't know where she went. Dubya Spuckler then informs them that Mary is in New York City. Bart then asks the family if they can go to New York, and after some thinking, they agree to go. Bart and Homer search for Mary, and just when he thinks that he will never find Mary, he comes across her and sees that her appearance changed. As Bart and Mary go around the city and chat, Mary sings a song for Bart while playing the guitar. She then admits her love for Bart. However, before the two get a chance to kiss, Cletus suddenly arrives, saying he is here to bring Mary back especially because her mother misses her.

As Cletus and the family are occupied, Mary reveals to Bart that she is leaving them again. After kissing Bart, Mary says goodbye and leaves on a train. When Cletus sees she is gone, he orders Bart to reveal what happened. Bart refuses, as he says that Mary is proof that a girl will like him. Cletus then realizes that it is time to let Mary go. The family and Cletus go back to Springfield, and during the ride, Cletus gives Bart a picture of Mary so he can remember her.

Simultaneous to Bart and Homer's search for Mary, Lisa and Marge try to find some entertainment. They try a broadway show but get a view that prevents them from seeing the show. Eventually go to a show of Romeo and Juliet, only to realize that the cast has quit due to a disagreement. Marge and Lisa choose to stage their own play of Romeo and Juliet, only for the pair to get arrested. During the train ride back to Springfield, Lisa becomes outraged to see bad reviews of her show in the paper but calms down to see that the critics like her.

Behind the Laughter

First Appearances

The episode also marks the first appearance of Mary Spuckler.

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