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In a frantic search for food [[Homer]] finds a box of thirty-year-old animal crackers, which contains a gold giraffe - which means he has just won an African safari. |
In a frantic search for food [[Homer]] finds a box of thirty-year-old animal crackers, which contains a gold giraffe - which means he has just won an African safari. |
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| − | When [[Maggie]] eats a magazine, [[Marge]] demands that [[Homer]] go to the grocery store to pick up some food. While there, Homer (and all the other shoppers) insult, abuse and make unreasonable demands of the bag boy (Homer constantly demanding that the bags be arranged in different orders, Agnes Skinner demands all her items put into one bag without the bag being heavy), causing all the bag boys in [[Springfield]] to go on strike. The bag boys also prevent anyone from carrying their groceries to their cars. When all the food in the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|house]] is gone, Homer becomes desperate and goes in the search of some food. [[Santa's Little Helper]] finds a 30 year old box of [[wikipedia:Animal cracker|Animal crackers]] which Homer steals away and despite protests about the cookies expiry Homer digs in without hesitation. He bites into a giraffe-shaped cracker and realizes it's made of gold, which means that the family has won a trip to [[wikipedia:Africa|Africa]]. The makers of the animal crackers (who point out that not only did the contest end decades ago, they no longer make animal crackers and that the box is not a binding contract) refuse them the trip, but when Homer hurts himself on the corner of the box, they reconsider, as they don't want to be sued. |
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| + | [[Marge]] is at the hospital emergency room with [[Maggie]] (who swallowed an issue of ''Time Magazine''), making [[Homer]], [[Bart]], and [[Lisa]] go grocery shopping. While there, Homer and all the other shoppers insult, abuse and make unreasonable demands of the bag boys, causing all the bag boys in [[Springfield]] to go on strike. The bag boys also prevent anyone from carrying their groceries to their cars. When all the food in the [[742 Evergreen Terrace|house]] is gone, Homer becomes desperate and goes in the search of some food. [[Santa's Little Helper]] finds an old box of [[wikipedia:Animal cracker|animal crackers]] that, according to Marge, was made in the 1960s, which Homer steals away and eats without hesitation. He bites into a giraffe-shaped cracker, but it turns out that giraffe is made of solid gold. Lisa reads the box, and it says, "Find the golden giraffe, and we'll send you and your family on a trip to [[wikipedia:Africa|Africa]]." This gets the family excited, but when Homer goes to the company that produced the animal crackers, the trio of executives (two men and one woman) he talks to initially refuse to give Homer and his family the vacation, explaining that the contest ended thirty years earlier and how their company doesn't even make animal crackers any more (the woman of the trio explains that the company now makes household poisons and Christmas lights). One of the men tries ending the discussion with "an old box of cookies is not a legal contract," but just then, a string on the box breaks and a corner of the box hits Homer in the eye, hurting him. The executives, realizing that Homer could sue them for what happened, reconsider and give him and his family the trip to Africa. Homer returns home and announces that "the Simpsons are going to Africa;" instantly afterwards, a tribesman in Africa tells his fellows that "evil is coming" and runs laughing crazily into the night. |
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| ⚫ | When they arrive in [[wikipedia:Ngorongoro Conservation Area|Ngorongroro]], [[wikipedia:Tanzania|Tanzania]], the Simpsons see billboards with messages such as "Hail President [[Muntu]]", who their guide, Kitenge, informs them recently seized power. We then see the family staying in a treetop hotel, then going on safari in the [[wikipedia:Masai Mara|Masai Mara]], visiting [[wikipedia:Olduvai Gorge|Olduvai Gorge]], and spending a day with some Maasai tribesmen. The family then join the tribesmen in a tribal dance, and Homer, while attempting to play the drums, accidentally beats the rear end of a sleeping hippopotamus, which enrages it. Kitenge distracts the hippo, while they use a tribal shield as a makeshift raft to escape down the river, but take a wrong turn, and end up far from the Maasai village. Homer tries to reassure the family that everything will be fine, only to immediately get attacked by a crocodile. They then see a few tribesmen along the riverbank, who sound menacing in their native language but are actually speaking kindly of the Simpsons. Marge suggests they not engage with them, but Homer throws a spear at them. After escaping the tribesman possible retaliation, they think they're safe, but then realize they about to reach Victoria Falls and are swept over a waterfall. They survive, landing in an enormous flower, make it to land and then try to find a way back to the village. |
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| + | While walking through the savanna, Homer tells Bart to climb a nearby "hill" and see if he can find their hotel. Bart points out that the hill is Mt.Kilimanjaro but Homer sternly tells him to "go". Suddenly, a chimpanzee appears, and lead them to "Joan Bushwell's Chimp Refuge", which is run by Dr. [[Joan Bushwell]] (who is voiced by [[Tress MacNeille]]). Dr. Bushwell tells the Simpsons that she is in Africa because she is researching chimpanzees, but, when [[wikipedia:Greenpeace|Greenpeace]] arrive at the refuge, the family discover that she has enslaved the apes and is making them work in a diamond mine beneath the refuge. Fearing the repercussions for what she has done, Dr. Bushwell attempts to bribe the Simpsons and the people from Greenpeace with handfuls of diamonds. The next scene starts with the family sitting on the plane to go back to Springfield, with all of them but [[Lisa]] carrying a small fortune in diamonds. Out of the window of the plane, they see a new billboard which reads "Hail President Kitenge," with a picture of their old guide in the presidential robes that Muntu was wearing earlier in the episode. |
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| + | Marge questions, "What happened to President Muntu?" Muntu then appears dressed as a flight attendant and says, "I don't want to talk about it." Muntu begins handing out peanuts, and the family all laugh as the plane takes off, as they quickly realize he got overthrown. |
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| ⚫ | When they arrive in [[wikipedia:Ngorongoro Conservation Area|Ngorongroro]], [[wikipedia:Tanzania|Tanzania]], the Simpsons see billboards with messages such as "Hail President [[Muntu]]", who their guide, Kitenge, informs them recently seized power. We then see the family staying in a treetop hotel, then going on safari in the [[wikipedia:Masai Mara|Masai Mara]], visiting [[wikipedia:Olduvai Gorge|Olduvai Gorge]], and spending a day with some Maasai tribesmen. The family then join the tribesmen in a tribal dance, and Homer, while attempting to play the drums, accidentally beats the rear end of a hippopotamus, which enrages it. |
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- “... and on my free African safari I want to everything on this box. I want to shoot a lion in the face, fight Muhammad Ali, and ride in a convertible with two happy zebras.”
- ―Homer Simpson
"Simpson Safari" is the seventeenth episode of Season 12.
Synopsis
In a frantic search for food Homer finds a box of thirty-year-old animal crackers, which contains a gold giraffe - which means he has just won an African safari.
Full Story
Marge is at the hospital emergency room with Maggie (who swallowed an issue of Time Magazine), making Homer, Bart, and Lisa go grocery shopping. While there, Homer and all the other shoppers insult, abuse and make unreasonable demands of the bag boys, causing all the bag boys in Springfield to go on strike. The bag boys also prevent anyone from carrying their groceries to their cars. When all the food in the house is gone, Homer becomes desperate and goes in the search of some food. Santa's Little Helper finds an old box of animal crackers that, according to Marge, was made in the 1960s, which Homer steals away and eats without hesitation. He bites into a giraffe-shaped cracker, but it turns out that giraffe is made of solid gold. Lisa reads the box, and it says, "Find the golden giraffe, and we'll send you and your family on a trip to Africa." This gets the family excited, but when Homer goes to the company that produced the animal crackers, the trio of executives (two men and one woman) he talks to initially refuse to give Homer and his family the vacation, explaining that the contest ended thirty years earlier and how their company doesn't even make animal crackers any more (the woman of the trio explains that the company now makes household poisons and Christmas lights). One of the men tries ending the discussion with "an old box of cookies is not a legal contract," but just then, a string on the box breaks and a corner of the box hits Homer in the eye, hurting him. The executives, realizing that Homer could sue them for what happened, reconsider and give him and his family the trip to Africa. Homer returns home and announces that "the Simpsons are going to Africa;" instantly afterwards, a tribesman in Africa tells his fellows that "evil is coming" and runs laughing crazily into the night.
When they arrive in Ngorongroro, Tanzania, the Simpsons see billboards with messages such as "Hail President Muntu", who their guide, Kitenge, informs them recently seized power. We then see the family staying in a treetop hotel, then going on safari in the Masai Mara, visiting Olduvai Gorge, and spending a day with some Maasai tribesmen. The family then join the tribesmen in a tribal dance, and Homer, while attempting to play the drums, accidentally beats the rear end of a sleeping hippopotamus, which enrages it. Kitenge distracts the hippo, while they use a tribal shield as a makeshift raft to escape down the river, but take a wrong turn, and end up far from the Maasai village. Homer tries to reassure the family that everything will be fine, only to immediately get attacked by a crocodile. They then see a few tribesmen along the riverbank, who sound menacing in their native language but are actually speaking kindly of the Simpsons. Marge suggests they not engage with them, but Homer throws a spear at them. After escaping the tribesman possible retaliation, they think they're safe, but then realize they about to reach Victoria Falls and are swept over a waterfall. They survive, landing in an enormous flower, make it to land and then try to find a way back to the village.
While walking through the savanna, Homer tells Bart to climb a nearby "hill" and see if he can find their hotel. Bart points out that the hill is Mt.Kilimanjaro but Homer sternly tells him to "go". Suddenly, a chimpanzee appears, and lead them to "Joan Bushwell's Chimp Refuge", which is run by Dr. Joan Bushwell (who is voiced by Tress MacNeille). Dr. Bushwell tells the Simpsons that she is in Africa because she is researching chimpanzees, but, when Greenpeace arrive at the refuge, the family discover that she has enslaved the apes and is making them work in a diamond mine beneath the refuge. Fearing the repercussions for what she has done, Dr. Bushwell attempts to bribe the Simpsons and the people from Greenpeace with handfuls of diamonds. The next scene starts with the family sitting on the plane to go back to Springfield, with all of them but Lisa carrying a small fortune in diamonds. Out of the window of the plane, they see a new billboard which reads "Hail President Kitenge," with a picture of their old guide in the presidential robes that Muntu was wearing earlier in the episode.
Marge questions, "What happened to President Muntu?" Muntu then appears dressed as a flight attendant and says, "I don't want to talk about it." Muntu begins handing out peanuts, and the family all laugh as the plane takes off, as they quickly realize he got overthrown.
Behind the Laughter
Reception
The episode received mixed reception from fans and critics.