Catch 'Em If You Can
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| "Catch 'em If You Can" | |
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| Episode no. | 331 |
| Prod. code | FABF14 |
| Orig. Airdate | April 25, 2004 |
| Writer(s) | Ian Maxtone-Graham |
| Director | Matthew Nastuk |
| Chalkboard | None |
| Couch gag | The family is decorated on top of a giant cake. |
| Guest star(s) | None |
| SNPP capsule | |
| Season 15 November 2, 2003 – May 23, 2004 |
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"Catch 'em If You Can" is the 18th episode of The Simpsons' fifteenth season, first aired on April 25, 2004.
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[edit] Synopsis
Bart lectures the other students on water balloons and after hitting Lisa with one he gets into a fight with her all the way home. Marge stops them and tells the pair that they are going to Dayton, Ohio to celebrate Uncle Tyrone's birthday. Bart and Lisa aren't thrilled with the idea and get to stay home. As a family activity they rent the film Love Story; Bart and Lisa are bored by it such that they ruin any moment the film might have created for Homer and Marge. Homer and Marge look forward to their trip without the kids. At the airport, they see a whole bunch of people, dressed in Hawaiian shirts and skimpy tops, going to Miami. On a whim, they decide to forgo seeing Uncle Tyrone and get on a plane to Miami as a second honeymoon.
Lisa and Bart, while watching TV with Grandpa, find out that the hotel in Dayton where Marge and Homer are supposed to be staying has been wiped out by a tornado. They get a call from their parents, informing them that all is well. Suspicious, Bart uses *69 to find out the last incoming phone number and discovers their parents are in Miami. They get Grandpa to take them there, promising him that many single beautiful pensioners will be around there. While Bart and Lisa go off in search of their parents, Grandpa goes looking for companionship. Marge and Homer see the kids waiting for them, so they take off again, only Bart and Lisa are on their trail. They won't have any trouble paying for the trip, considering Homer has Ned Flanders' credit card and Bart has Rod Flanders' junior credit card.
Homer and Marge are in Atlantic City when they spot the kids, so they go on the run from them in an instrumental musical montage and an animated sequence. Meanwhile Abe has found companionship in Miami with a man named Raoul who "appreciates" his rambling stories, by turning his hearing aid off. Homer and Marge finally find themselves in Niagara Falls, but the kids are there as well. The kids confront them and Homer and Marge finally give up and allow the kids to stay with them. The kids start to mess about in the room, making Homer and Marge even more despondent.
Later at night, Bart and Lisa, feeling a little guilty, decide to give their parents their space and go to an amusement park, only to find their parents are already there. Homer and Marge, thinking the children are chasing them again, run from the pair to find refuge in a giant inflatable castle, which their lovemaking antics cause to fall into the Niagara River. The couple floats toward the falls and certain death only to be saved by their large floatation device. Later they pass by the Maid of the Mist, whose captain asks them if they need help. A naked Marge and Homer shout they don't need any from inside the inflatable castle, as it floats away.
Later back in Springfield, Ned and Rod Flanders receive their monthly bills and gasp at the size of the bills Homer and Bart caused.
[edit] Trivia
- Homer is seated on an airplane next to Colin Powell reading The Economist and he says, "Look at me. I'm reading The Economist. Did you know Indonesia is at a crossroads?". Sure enough, in that week's issue of The Economist, there was an article entitled, "Investing in Indonesia: at a Crossroads." This is typical of the publication's dry wit.
- In the video store, there's a poster for Futurama in the background. Also, the name, Lackluster Video, is used in the Family Guy straight to DVD feature Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story.
- It is revealed that Abe Simpson played the wicked witch of the east in the 1939 film adaption of The Wizard of Oz.
[edit] Cultural references
- The title, as well as some of the storyline, and an extended animation sequence, are based on the 2002 movie Catch Me if You Can, directed by Steven Spielberg.
- Marge says, "I'm usually in the mood for a triple-X throwdown", which is a play on Sir Mix-A-Lot's Baby Got Back.
[edit] Quotes
- Ralph Wiggum: (while watching Bart and Lisa fight) Why can't you get along better? Like me and Mr. Finger! (attempts to pick his nose, but accidentally pokes himself in the eye) You betrayed me for the last time! (pulls out a pair of scissors) audio clip
- Uncle Tyrone: Why won't I die?
- Bart: Say it ain't so, ho.
- Homer: As the Bible says..."Screw that!"
- Homer: There's a first class?
- Lisa: I'm going into the Gold Medallion club, with Silver level membership! (laughs insanely)
Check-in guy: The hell you are! (whips out a shotgun)
Bart: Hmmm, mom and dad are going to Atlantic City - but their luggage isn't. And Homer's getting a low fat meal.
(Scene cuts to a plane in the sky)
Homer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! - Grandpa: I can't go to Miami! I'm expecting calls from telemarketers.
- Marge: Here's to life without children!
Woman: Well, we can't wait to have kids.
(Homer and Marge burst into laughter)
Marge: Can't wait! (they continue laughing)
Man: Seriously! With the new breast pumps and diaper genies and corporate flextime, childrearing ought to be a snap!
(Marge and Homer fall to the ground laughing and rolling around) - Old woman on the beach: You're more boring than my last husband. And he's dead.
Grampa: Well, I bet I smell better!
Old woman: At the moment, it's about even.
Grampa: I can't wait until we bury the last of you Hepburn types. - Grampa: For many years I was a tater farmer, but the shameful truth is the taters farmed me!
- Stewardess: What'll you have today, sir? A steak or two steaks?
Homer: Can I have both?
Stewardess: Of course. audio clip - Homer: As long as we have those kids, we'll never be alone! Not until Lisa's in college and we've lost contact with Bart.
- Homer (While inside a moonbounce castle) This must be what it is like to be in space!
Marge You've been to space.
Homer And yet, I've never been to me. - Bart: I'd say bury her, before she starts to smell!
Marge: Bart!
