Blood Feud

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The Simpsons episode
"Blood Feud"

Smithers watches on as Mr. Burns receives a blood transfusion
Episode no.	35
Prod. code	7F22
Orig. Airdate	July 11, 1991
Show Runner(s)	James L. Brooks Matt Groening Sam Simon
Written by	George Meyer
Directed by	David Silverman
Chalkboard	"I will not sleep through my education"
Couch gag	The couch falls through the floor with the family on it.
DVD commentary by	Matt Groening Al Jean David Silverman
Season 2 October 11, 1990 – July 11, 1991
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"Blood Feud" is the last episode of the second season of The Simpsons. However, according to The Simpsons Archive,"Blood Feud" technically does not belong to any season, as it aired after the formal end of the second season and before the beginning of the third season.

1 Synopsis
2 Trivia
3 Cultural references
4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

When Mr. Burns falls ill and desperately needs a blood transfusion, Homer discovers Bart has Mr. Burns' rare blood type, and Homer urges his son to donate, promising that they will be handsomely rewarded. However, Mr. Burns knows nothing of this promise, or even of the Simpsons' desire for a reward, and having received the blood, all he does is send the family a card. Enraged, Homer writes an insulting reply, but Marge convinces him at the last minute not to send it. Later the letter goes missing, as Bart has mailed it, still thinking its message is called for.

Homer and Bart's attempts to stop the mail delivery end in failure, and Mr. Burns is furious at the insult and demands that Homer be beaten. Waylon Smithers calls off the beating, however, on the grounds that this action is no way to thank the man who saved Mr. Burns' life. Just as Marge had convinced Homer to refrain from sending the letter, Smithers has a calming influence on Mr. Burns, and the two men decide instead to buy the family a present. The Simpsons receive an antique Xt'Tapalatakettle, an Olmec head (a massive, Tiki-god-like affair) that Bart, the blood donor, likes, and in which Homer hates.

[edit] Trivia

The Xt'Tapalatakettle (also known as the Olmec Head) that the Simpsons receive from Mr. Burns is kept in their basement and is still seen to this day.

[edit] Cultural references

Burns' line about getting "A frabulous, grabulous, zip-zoop-zabulous present" is similar to lines used in many Dr. Seuss books. Burns also has Dr. Seuss-inspired lines in "Last Exit to Springfield" and a few other episodes.
In an attempt to explain why it's good for Bart to donate his blood, Homer mistells the story of "Androcles and the Lion" (as "Hercules and the Lion").
When Homer and Bart go to donate blood at the "blood mobile", operated by Otto, he tells them to wait while he cleans up with a wet napkin from a "Shakespeare Chicken" bucket of fried chicken. This is a reference to KFC, which had been abbreviated from Kentucky Fried Chicken five months before this episode aired. He is also heard humming the Black Sabbath tune "Iron Man".
The title is a reference to the TV game show "Family Feud".