Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times
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"Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times" is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons' eighteenth season, which originally aired on January 28, 2007. It was written by Joel H. Cohen, and directed by Michael Polcino.
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[edit] Synopsis
After the Simpsons' car is cut off by the Rich Texan, Homer's lust for revenge prompts his family to tell three stories of vengeance, hoping to convince Homer that pursuing revenge is not a good idea.
[edit] The Count of Monte Fatso
Marge offers a cautionary tale of revenge from 19th-century France, based on Alexandre Dumas, père's The Count of Monte Cristo.
Homer and Marge are married, and Moe decides to break them apart by framing Homer for submitting to England. When Moe marries Marge, Homer, now in a French prison, swears revenge on Moe. His cellmate, Mr. Burns, tells him to find treasure through a tunnel he dug. Homer finds the riches and becomes the Count of Monte Cristo. 5 years later, Moe and Marge are invited to the party Homer is throwing. At the party, Homer kills Moe in a revenge machine he made. However, Marge has been with Moe for so long that she doesn't care for Homer anymore and angrily rebuffs him for killing Moe. Marge, along with her children leaves Homer's mansion, putting him in misery. Back at the present, Marge tells Homer that revenge can lead to misery, but he's still blinded for revenge on the Rich Texan.
[edit] Revenge of the Geeks
Lisa's story revolves around Milhouse's campaign to fight back against the school bullies, and the consequences when he goes too far. The school geeks, tired of being tormented by the bullies, make a machine to fight back. The machine resembles a glove that can give wedgies, purple nurples, wet willies, noogies, and other forms of schoolyard torment. Since the machine requires some hand-eye coordination, Milhouse takes it. He goes power-crazy, tormenting everyone who has wronged him over the years. Finally, Lisa manages to convince him that he has become corrupted, and he throws away the glove. Unfortunately, Nelson Muntz comes and takes the glove. He says that they forgot about him because he had the mumps, and begins using all of the glove's settings to torture Milhouse. Just like the first story, it tells that revenge can make you go bad as the person who harms you, but Homer still doesn't fall for it by saying the moral of that story is "never let go of your weapon".
[edit] Bartman Begins
Bart recounts the "origin story" of Bartman, based on Batman's origin in the film Batman Begins. Snake Jailbird kills Homer and Marge, and Bart swears revenge; after the funeral, Grandpa convinces Bart to put up in good shape to gain revenge, thus giving birth to his superhero ego, Bartman. He flies around, defeating enemies on his way for justice. Once "Serpent", an alter ego of Snake , tries to steal jewels from a musuem, Bartman comes in, fights back, and kills Serpent by impaling him on the fangs of a snake statue. In the end, a reporter, who is actually Lisa, tells Bartman that the Serpent's death did not and will not bring his parents back alive. Bartman usually agrees with that, but he said to the reporter that he feels better now and that no parents will tell him what to do, since he's rich. Unlike the first two segments, this story tells that revenge, which is terrible, is good to get; nevertheless, it triggers Homer to reconcile with the Rich Texan.
[edit] Cultural references
- Bartman faces the Toker (a play on The Joker, actually Otto Mann), the Diddler (a play on the Riddler, actually Ned Flanders), Mr. Mole (Hans Moleman), Sugar and Spice (Patty and Selma), and Poison Lenny (Poison Ivy) who explains he's not a villain but a transvestite.
- At the end, the screen reads "Dedicated to all who died in the "Star Wars" films". The list includes: Darth Vader, Darth Maul, Greedo, Uncle Owen, Storm Trooper #5, Jango Fett, General Grievous (Droid), Storm Trooper #22, Dak, Obi Wan (Ben) Kenobi, "Whoever Jimmy Smits Played" (Bail Organa), Hutt, Jabba the, Sy Snoodles, "Unfortunately, not Jar-Jar Binks," and "everyone on both Death Stars when they blew up".
- Groundskeeper Willie makes fun of Milhouse, saying that he's wearing a "Power Glove," referring to the NES accessory.
- The title of the "Revenge of the Geeks" segment is a reference to the film Revenge of the Nerds.
- Milhouse mentions "prevenge" in "Revenge of the Geeks." This is also the name of a song by They Might Be Giants.
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