We are at the third episode this season that is almost universally considered a contender for the worst episode ever, and this one is probably the most universally and virulently despised overall. Hrrrrrrrmmmmm! Homer thought the TV was trying to kill him. Fan reception was more negative; former showrunner Mike Scully later noted that the episode is considered by many fans to be one of the worst Simpsons episodes due to its outlandish and erratic plotline. While there he accidentally kills a beloved alligator. Alright, if it seems like Im recapping the third act more than reviewing it this is really just a bunch of stuff that happens. "[14] Corey Deiterman of the Houston Press listed Kid Rock at number one in his list of the top five worst musical guests in Simpsons history. without checking to see if the creature in question is actually dead, The Simpsons S 11 E 18 Days Of Wine And Dohses, The Simpsons S11 E20 "Last Tap Dance in Springfield". Oscars doing a Jurassic Park reference Bart groaned. Homer? How'd you do on your science test? Hugo asked him. Its an Oompa Loompa! Oscar yelled. Why the Underworld do you want to help the clowns?! Kid Rock!. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E19KillTheAlligatorAndRun. Wiiteen's Horrible Animations (Season 3): Episode 7: Kill the Alligator and Run (The Simpsons) Wiiteen Chilly Follow After making his fans rage with his previous reviews and videos, Wiiteen has to please them by reviewing one of the most hated Simpsons episodes ever. No. The Simpsons Kill the Alligator and Run Available on iTunes, Disney+ S11 E19: After a terrible bout with insomnia, Homer takes the family to Florida during spring break. Ive read fanfictions that treat their original characters more realistically than this episode treats Homer Jay Simpson. Im not crazy! This page was last edited on 17 October 2022, at 16:22. Conversely, to fill the void of the WordPress comment box (and with no superior point in this project to insert it into asides from the zenith of Scully-era Homer here), I honestly have to wonder if Homers decline into Jerkass Homer during the Scully years is some form of bizarre character development, as Ive theorized for years. Quality-wise, on a minute-by-minute basis, Kill the Alligator and Run might be the single worst script in terms of quality, at least as far as I can remember. He continued reading the quiz. Grrrr! Or never paid attention to the burgeoning Spring Break culture? See?. Because the show did, as apparently that night, the sheriff manages to hitch the trailer up to his sedan (just go with it), and still nobody singles him out as the cause of this whole nightmare. He visits sick kids in hospital dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow! Oscar yelled. People often ask me to review "Saddlesore Galactica" as it's considered one of the worst Simpsons episodes of all time.I disagree because THIS episode is much, much worse! [15], Scully, Mike. There, they end up in the middle of a raucous spring break. Are you a good lover. Even without stretching it that far, the second act inadvertently demonstrates that Homer Jay Simpson didnt belong in Florida so much as he belonged in a mental hospital. Wanting Homer to get the rest and recuperation he needs, Marge tries to confine him to his hotel room, but he escapes to party and attends a concert featuring Joe C. and Kid Rock. No because that would be murder Feck off ya bastards! Everything The Simpsons Has Predicted in 2022 and Beyond Richard Branson's trip to space is the latest in a long line of Simpsons predictions. Oscar! And theres Gallagher. With a Nielsen rating of 7.4, the episode finished 46th in the ratings for the week of April 2430, 2000. Captain Jack was rolling about in the stagnant water with the other gators. Waste this beeeeeyotch! Joe C yelled. IMDb ID. Kill the Alligator and Run is the nineteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television sitcom The Simpsons. So, yeah, for every idiotic, selfish, deluded, insane, and horrific thing that he did in this episode, Homer is allowed to practically walk scot free, leaving behind a stunned town, and taking with him a family that would be traumatized in any other show by which I mean, earlier in this show, when the writers actively wrote moments for other characters rather than as add-ons. But, it does its job in wrapping up the plot, albeit in the most moronic way ever the Simpsons are exonerated, and the judge decides to drop the other charges on the grounds that they never set foot in Florida ever again. Review is spot on as per. I suggest Florida. said Dr Payne. Were not flippin going to Disney World! Bart groaned. I think those are the only gig or concert arenas in Florida Oscar snapped his finger or Thanos Snapped. Death/The Grim Reaper was there laughing maniacally. Nothing is natural about this series anymore. Spoiler alert the word divorce is not mentionedonce in this episode. Hes not possessed by a demon! Oscar yelled. This time the family takes him to Florida. Nice character writing there. Kid Rock guest stars in this episode. Its pretty ironic that Im reviewing an attempt to satirize Spring Break a few days after Lori Loughlin got nailed (alongside many other people) in a college application scam for her daughter so that she could experience partying and going to USC games. Summary: Homer is suffering from insomnia due to stress. His wife died six months ago! Marge yelled. I mean, I personally consider Alone Again worse on the grounds that it was trying to be sincere, whereas this is just a bunch of stuff that happened in the worst way possible. which, of course, ends the Homer is suffering a mental breakdown plot in favor of the Homer is a psychopath who should be tranquilized plot. Hes so good to his mother. said Carl. Unfortunately, Homer's less than stellar health and eating habits add up to only three more years to live. tt0701143. [6][10] It was viewed in approximately 7.46 million households that night. I have to go on a tangent here this time, about Homer Goes To College. Season 11 > Kill the Alligator and Run. Destroy us all! get over it. Unfortunately, when they arrive it is spring break, one of the loudest weeks of the year. Sorry to inform you, but Reddit has denied the notion of this being the worst episode ever as of 5 years ago, when a post with zero upvotes declared the same accusation. Regardless, its still probably the most consistently awful episode of the Scully era a failure on virtually every level possible. One attempt to defend himself and his family in court later (Drunken hicks of the jury), theyre breaking rocks on the chain gang. OOPS, SPRING BREAK TIME! A shadow wearing a top hat covered them as the got the most peculiar feeling they were being watched. Right now, what Im sensing is that the show collapsed due to a fatal combination of arrogance, inexperience, and the limitations of the traditional story engine, sourced from the writers room and the FOX Network executives, at war with both increasingly disillusioned fans and worn-down staff (animators and voice actors, respectively.) There was a bull alligator swimming about in the mire. Now, I will admit that Captain Jack does work as a joke, a riff on the quirkiness of small towns that need something to attract tourists in the offseason, and for that joke, Jack works. Elsewhere Lenny and Carl asked each other which member of the Backstreet Boys they liked. We came during spring break! Marge groaned. Whats up chew toys? said Kid Rock to the fans. Hmmmmm! Awwwww! Take them off of the glass! ! Marge comforted Homer but he had got out of the car! I dont know how people can say that when shit like Alone Again, Co-Dependents Day, Boys of Bummer, and Lisa Goes Gaga exists. Homer cheered and partied with the students. I dont think The Simpsons has had any genuine effort in the writers room for 20 years. All I know is that this time, I have watched aSimpsons episode that I sincerely believe wouldve been better off if it was penned and edited by a room full of cocaine users. Wheres the rum gone?. The family flees in their car but the sheriff gives chase until the family are pushed down the rails by an oncoming train. My pockets hurt. said Homer depressed about dying. "Kill the Alligator and Run" was heavily derided in its day as one of the worst episodes in the history of the show. He rents an airboat and they go through the swamp, accidentally running into the town's most famous resident, an alligator named Captain Jack. Click here for your invite! (Girlish giggle) My, you are the cats pajamas. said Tiny Tim seeing some potential in Weird Al Yankovich. Teddy are you gonna mistake everyone for Santa?!. Tell these two imbeciles to sit and be quiet! Hugo yelled. A magazine with those light hearted quizzes I take too seriously and annoy people by asking them their answers to! We went to Maudes funeral! Mmmmmm Florida oranges Ahhhh, I think Im recovering from my scurvy. said Hugo. Im sorry Mom but Im obsessed with Chef Boyardee for some reason said Lisa. Consider it this way George Meyer, being a show veteran behind many of the shows best gags for the previous decade and a leading writer of S9-12 (assuming that he held significant influence over script rewrites, or the content that ultimately ended up broadcast during this period of the shows lifetime) and notable for his darker sense of humor (which is visible in Brothers Little Helper, itself unusually macabre comedy-wise by S10 standards), served as one of the writers on Behind the Laughter, an intended finale which satirized Homers flanderization from none-too-bright but well-meaning family breadwinner to irredeemable and physically indestructible omnipotent cartoon egotist by assigning his successively plummeting intellect to physical injury and resultant addiction to painkillers.It may be a stretch to interpret it this way (although the popularity of the Pixar Theory confirms that outlandish and barely-supported theories can gain significant following and external credence regardless), but one has to wonder if Meyer actually utilized this theory as a kind of guideline for Jerkass Homers character, particularly as BTL presents the show itself as a semi-documentary on the casts everyday life, with the external/executive crews desire to push the Simpson family into increasingly outlandish situations for comedy/viewership/ratings resulting in Homer sustaining head injuries and the effects of heavy painkiller usage/over-dosage (due to the demands of filming the series) inflicting further psychological damage by spacing out Homer into a more childlike and delusional figure to the extent where the damage becomes a permanent malady. No, Im actually from Africa said the Evil Monkey. Scully has said that the episode is "kind of three stories in one. But at least you tried, unlike Bart. Wikisimpsons has a Discord server! Simpson, we got a problem. And since it's my birthday, we'll party extra hard! (Beeping) She has a red Logans Run hand crystal. While assigned to work at a party held by a judge in front of the capitol, the family once again try and fail to escape. Well I just googled him and hes blogging about a pool party hes having at his mansion. said Lisa. Granted, the execution of this change (as well as the whole serial) was so terrible that it discredited the franchise. Also, remember back when during plant inspections, he hid the most incompetent employees deep into the basement? Unlike this episode, those four are downright offensive in their sheer awfulness. For Homer Simpson running over an alligator. Im trying to sleep! A hobo on the hovercraft shouted. Uh no we got a gator stuck in our toilet once when Mom got arrested for shoplifting at the Kwik E Mart. This ones just dumb and annoying and all over the place, but its not so bad that it offends me (maybe it would if I lived in Florida, but I dont). The family comes across closing train tracks, and despite Marges plea that the family will be killed by an oncoming train (as it prepares to strike on the passenger side), Homer decides to jump the tracks anyway. Hi Santa! Teddy, Oscars living teddy bear creature yelled. just take this frame in. Captain Jack, the alligator. said the tour guide. Gahahahaha! Dr Demento laughed hurling exploding skulls at them. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 30, 2000. We kept that in the show. Simpsons Scripts - Springfield! The ones no one takes seriously Homer read it. English. In many ways, it is the dorkier equivalent to the study of the implosion of the Roman Empire. Homer cried in pain as he was being beaten up. "[3] Meyer, a writer and producer on the show, said in the DVD audio commentary that the fans thought it was "kind of a frenetic and crazy, chaotic episode," adding: "I can't disagree. Saturday 30 April 2022 08:55 . I can't find a single violation or employee acting strangely. said another. It guest stars Diedrich Bader as the sheriff, Kid Rock as himself, Robert Evans as himself, Charlie Rose as himself and Joe C. as himself. This is probably second only to Lady Gaga in terms of most egregious guest stars this show ever did, although at leastthisfits the spirit of Spring Break. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Such a waste of good melon Oscar sighed. The reviews are protected under Fair Use more specifically, Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. This is easily one of the worst episodes ever. Bill, bill, bill Death threat from Sideshow Bob to Bart bill bill Oh! ! Lisa groaned. Other times, they thought they could juggle an ability to tell an emotionally moving story with revenge against an errant voice actor and the quest for ratings. Poison green monkeys said Dark Oscar in spirit form. Nah I prefer Nick. Deleted scenes from the episode were also included in the box set. Kill the Alligator and Run - Vicipid Kill the Alligator and Run Alt Pl Ligh Cuir in eagar Cuir foinse in eagar Fach ar stair Craoladh an nao eipeasid dag, "Kill the Alligator and Run", den aon sraith dag The Simpsons ar an 30 Aibren 2000. "[12] While reviewing the eleventh season of The Simpsons, DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson commented on the episode, writing: "Wow this may be the most jumbled Simpsons to date! Oz were not cutting ties with Sergio just because you dont like him said Bart. In a way, its sort of like the show is having its life flash before its eyes as it slips into a fate worse than death. Does Captain Jack eat smart mouthed little girls He asked annoyed. (Though Homer rejects the former state because he dislikes its odor. Teacher says I'm whittling at a tenth-grade level. Its nonsensical! Go on now! imported from Wikimedia project. 4830. Remember those jokes you and Seth McFarlane wrote about all of Johnny Depps exes?!. They're only in Florida in the first place because Homer came down with a bad case of Sanity Slippage due to Mortality Phobia after his death was predicted by a magazine quiz. I love this couch said Homer. What the else do I have to say here? Alice Cooper had a python or some other large constricting snake with him. " Kill the Alligator and Run " is the nineteenth episode of season 11 of The Simpsons and the two-hundred and forty-fifth episode overall. One of the Frat boys partying outside was smoking pot. It also says something that Homer was more antagonistic in this episode than Charles Montgomery Burns. Around 7.46 million American homes tuned in to watch the episode during its original airing. Hugey! Oscar squealed and hugged Hugo. The reception of "Kill the Alligator and Run" by critics was mixed. maybe the writers were in spring break., 6) And Redditor 6 just has a Simpsons meme picture of Velma (from the episode) saying, Youre usin hyperbolic statements to try and justify your unpopular opinion I like that.. When it is then revealed that Captain Jack was never dead, simply knocked out, the family are released but are banned from the state of Florida - leaving them only able to travel to Arizona or North Dakota. The Simpson family get off the railway and end up at a secluded diner, where they work until the sheriff tracks them down. [13] Nancy Basile of About.com thought the best scene of the episode is the one where the Simpsons have become hillbillies and are sitting on their porch, and Bart says "I'm getting used to this country life. This wouldnt irritate me as much if Mr. Im serious we had Jerkass Homer before, but this episode has him at probably his most sociopathic for a consistent length of time. No joke she said that. (Anybody care what this guy thinks? NO!), But you know what?
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