Natural Born Kissers/References

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Natural Born Kissers

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Censorship

• Initially, this episode was banned from airing in the UK by Sky because of strong sexual content and extended scenes of nudity. The episode ended up airing as a season ten holdover episode rather than the last episode of season nine under the title, "Margie, May I Sleep With Danger?" When it did air on Channel 4, the following scenes were edited (most were for sexual content, but one scene was cut due to depicting a dangerous, imitable stunt):
  • Marge and Homer struggling to have sex under their blanket.
  • The scene at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is severely shortened in Channel 4 airings: Homer's line, "Nah it'll just be awkward what with the sex and all." is shortened to "Nah, it'll just be awkward"; Carl's line, "I always thought that Marge would be a dynamo in the sack, you know." is shortened to "I always thought that Marge would be a dynamo."; and Marge's line "Oh, knock it off you perverts." is shortened to "Oh, knock it off."
  • Marge's line "You know, the fear of getting caught is kinda a turn-on." and Homer's reply, "There's that dirty girl I married.'' were cut. Surprisingly, Marge and Homer having sex behind the curtain while a group of people put together a jigsaw puzzle wasn't censored.
  • The sequence of the people at the mini-golf course are trying to figure out what's inside the windmill and how to get it out shortened Moe's line "Who cares what it is. Let's monoxide it!" to "Who cares what it is" and cut the part showing Moe holding a long hose attached to the exhaust pipe of a beat-up car and sliding it into the windmill to suffocate Homer and Marge. The edited version goes from Moe's line "Who cares what it is." to Homer knocking the windmill over and he and Marge escaping.
• Over in Australia, this episode aired with an M rating (which allows anyone over 15 to watch it, but anyone under 15 must have adult supervision) for sexual content. Normally, The Simpsons is rated PG (parental guidance suggested) on Australian television. In America, the episode initially aired with a TV-14 rating for suggestive dialogue (D) and moderate sexual content (S), but now airs with a TV-PG rating for suggestive dialogue (D), offensive language (L), and mild-to-moderate sexual content, including scenes of extended nudity (S).
  • Despite the UK's TV edits to this, the episode was shown uncut and uncensored on home media releases, such as The Simpsons Too Hot for TV (both the VHS and DVD versions) and the season nine DVD set.

Previous Episode References

• "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy":
  • Homer and Marge worry that the romance is gone from their marriage.
  • Homer goes to an old barn.
  • Homer and Marge go to a love motel
• "Some Enchanted Evening": Homer and Marge go on a date to rekindle their waning romance.
• "I Married Marge":
  • Homer and Marge make out at the mini golf course.
  • Homer mentions "knocking up" Marge.
• "A Milhouse Divided": Marge asks Homer if their current mundane situation is how they envisioned their married life.
• "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson": The lawn ornaments Homer and Marge hide behind are the same ones outside of the funeral home when Homer confronts the man who told Marge to sell pretzels.
• "Much Apu About Nothing" and "In Marge We Trust": Moe steals Helen Lovejoy's line, "Won't someone please think of the children?!"
• "The Otto Show": "The Little Spanish Flea" plays on the radio.
• "Marge vs. the Monorail": A plane gets rocked (Lyle Lanley's Tahiti flight/the "Up, Up, and Buffet" restaurant)
• "The War of the Simpsons", "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie", and "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily": Grampa babysitting the kids goes wrong (Bart and Lisa manipulate Grampa into letting them do whatever they want/Grampa falls asleep and Bart steals and breaks his dentures/child welfare officers take the kids away after finding Grampa asleep on the couch and Maggie drinking from a dog bowl with "I'm A Stupid Baby" [a prank sign Bart made for Lisa] on her back/Grampa thinks Rod and Todd Flanders are Bart and Lisa).
• "Homer's Enemy": Frank Grimes and his funeral are mentioned.
• "Whacking Day" and "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"": Grampa fought in World War II.
• "Krusty Gets Kancelled": The Crazy Old Jewish Man has a career (becomes so famous for singing "The Old Gray Mare She Ain't What She Used to Be" with his pants around his ankles that he has his own TV special and chorus/was the producer for Casablanca and It's A Wonderful Life).

Cultural References

• The episode title references Oliver Stone's 1994 satirical black comedy crime movie Natural Born Killers.
• The restaurant shaped like an airplane, Up, Up and Buffet!, is based on a (now defunct) submarine-shaped restaurant named "Dive" that was located near the Fox studio.
• Marge getting excited as Homer kisses her arm repeatedly is a reference to The Addams Family, in which Gomez frequently performs the same action with Morticia.
• The supposed alternate ending to the 1942 film Casablanca is shown in the episode, and the Old Jewish Man gives Bart and Lisa a copy of It's a Wonderful Life with a "killing spree ending".
• The song played over the end credits is Rock the Casbah by The Clash. Marge also refers to sex as "rocking the Casbah" while in bed after the Up, Up and Buffet!.
• The church with a glass ceiling that has the sky visible is a reference to the Crystal Cathedral in California.

Goofs

Rod with gray hair

• The windmill was in such a place that when it decapitated the Abraham Lincoln statue, it could have also caused injury to Seymour Skinner.
• There is a shot at the golf course where Rod Flanders has gray hair.
• After the farmer leaves his barn, some of the hay around Marge's neck turns yellow instead of tan.
• When the cloud of dust gathers, Ned Flanders seems to peek at Homer and Marge, but doesn't seem to notice afterwards.

Marge without legs

• Frank Grimes is mentioned in this episode as his funeral invitation is in the suit Homer was wearing. Homer wasn't wearing his blue suit at the funeral in "Homer's Enemy".
• When Homer and Marge are seen in the barn, there is a closeup of Marge which shows her dress above her knees. However, in the next shot, her dress is below her knees.
• When Homer and Marge enter the barn, Homer closes the door behind him, however in the next shot of the barn, the door is wide open. In the shot after that, the door is closed again.
• While there is a fight scene in the plane restaurant, the food splattered on Marge's dress is the same color as the seat behind her, which may be misconstrued as a part of her body being missing.

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