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"'Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!'" is the 20th episode of ''The Simpsons''' eighteenth season, which originally aired May 13 2007. The title is a reference to the movie ''Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!''. It was written by John Frink and directed by Matthew Faughnan. Stephen Hawking guest starred as himself. This episode marks Police Officer Sergeant Lou's largest role.
Homer, excited about going to Oktoberfest, is disappointed when he discovers that Marge has tricked him and the kids into going to a Harvest Festival which allows no alcohol. While attempting to leave, Homer accidentally leads the family into a cornfield maze. Lisa crafts an escape plan with Tremaux's Algorithm, a real life maze-solving method but Homer is left behind. Santa's Little Helper is called upon by Bart to find him. Santa's Little Helper manages to sniff out Homer and drag him out of the maze. Santa’s Little Helper becomes a hero for the first time and the Simpsons, persuaded by Chief Wiggum, enrol him in the Springfield Animal Police Academy, where he’s teamed with Lou, foiling crimes.
Santa's Little Helper catches Snake Jailbird who is taken to court, but freed on a technicality. This makes the dog jaded, and when he returns home, he bites Bart. The Simpsons send the dog away to live with Lou.
As a replacement, Marge buys Bart a huge pet python, which he names "Strangles". Bart takes Strangles to show and tell at school, where Strangles escapes into a school lab and unintentionally knocks over chemicals, causing a toxic cloud. Bart collapses inside the building.
Both Santa's Little Helper and Strangles arrive to save Bart, who chooses his faithful dog as his preferred saviour. Santa's Little Helper goes back to living with the Simpsons. Strangles becomes adopted by Groundskeeper Willie, who places him in the fire hose coil.
★ The song played when Santa's Little Helper looks for Homer in the maze is Korn's "Freak on a Leash". The scene follows Santa's Little Helper's path; the video for "Freak on a Leash" follows the path of a bullet.
★ At the end of the episode Groundskeeper Willie says "That'll do, Snake. That'll do." This is a reference to the line "That'll do, pig. That'll do." from the film ''Babe''.
★ When Strangles tries to eat the computer, a paper clip shows up on the screen and it says "You look like you're trying to eat me. Need help?" The paper clip is a parody of clippy on Microsoft Word.
★ Bart's fantasy sequence features cameos by Jason Voorhees and Pinhead.
Rudy Giuliani was originally announced in the official press release as appearing in this episode. As a result, several images of him recording his part as well as a promotional image of him in Simpsonized form, were released. However, his appearance was not included in the final version of the episode. [1] According to executive producer James L. Brooks in an interview with Charlie Rose, the show was not allowed to use Giuliani's appearance because he had become a presidential candidate.[1]
Giuliani's absence marks the second time during season eighteen that a guest was announced in the official press release but did not appear in the final episode. For the episode Homerazzi, Harry Hamlin and Peter Wolf were announced as guest stars but neither appeared.
Originally, the episode was slated to air on April 29, 2007. However, less than two weeks prior to the intended airdate, the Virginia Tech Shootings occurred. Out of sensitivity to the victims of the shooting, Fox decided to delay the premiere of the episode for a few weeks as a prominent scene in the episode has Brandine firing a number of shots at Cletus. They swapped the premiere of The Boys of Bummer for this one. [2]
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"'Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!'" is the 20th episode of ''The Simpsons''
| Contents |
| Plot |
| Cultural references |
| Casting |
| Airdate |
| References |
Plot
Homer, excited about going to Oktoberfest, is disappointed when he discovers that Marge has tricked him and the kids into going to a Harvest Festival which allows no alcohol. While attempting to leave, Homer accidentally leads the family into a cornfield maze. Lisa crafts an escape plan with Tremaux's Algorithm, a real life maze-solving method but Homer is left behind. Santa's Little Helper is called upon by Bart to find him. Santa's Little Helper manages to sniff out Homer and drag him out of the maze. Santa’s Little Helper becomes a hero for the first time and the Simpsons, persuaded by Chief Wiggum, enrol him in the Springfield Animal Police Academy, where he’s teamed with Lou, foiling crimes.
Santa's Little Helper catches Snake Jailbird who is taken to court, but freed on a technicality. This makes the dog jaded, and when he returns home, he bites Bart. The Simpsons send the dog away to live with Lou.
As a replacement, Marge buys Bart a huge pet python, which he names "Strangles". Bart takes Strangles to show and tell at school, where Strangles escapes into a school lab and unintentionally knocks over chemicals, causing a toxic cloud. Bart collapses inside the building.
Both Santa's Little Helper and Strangles arrive to save Bart, who chooses his faithful dog as his preferred saviour. Santa's Little Helper goes back to living with the Simpsons. Strangles becomes adopted by Groundskeeper Willie, who places him in the fire hose coil.
Cultural references
★ The song played when Santa's Little Helper looks for Homer in the maze is Korn's "Freak on a Leash". The scene follows Santa's Little Helper's path; the video for "Freak on a Leash" follows the path of a bullet.
★ At the end of the episode Groundskeeper Willie says "That'll do, Snake. That'll do." This is a reference to the line "That'll do, pig. That'll do." from the film ''Babe''.
★ When Strangles tries to eat the computer, a paper clip shows up on the screen and it says "You look like you're trying to eat me. Need help?" The paper clip is a parody of clippy on Microsoft Word.
★ Bart's fantasy sequence features cameos by Jason Voorhees and Pinhead.
Casting
A promotional image for the episode, featuring Rudy Giuliani as a ''Simpsons'' character.
Rudy Giuliani was originally announced in the official press release as appearing in this episode. As a result, several images of him recording his part as well as a promotional image of him in Simpsonized form, were released. However, his appearance was not included in the final version of the episode. [1] According to executive producer James L. Brooks in an interview with Charlie Rose, the show was not allowed to use Giuliani's appearance because he had become a presidential candidate.[1]
Giuliani's absence marks the second time during season eighteen that a guest was announced in the official press release but did not appear in the final episode. For the episode Homerazzi, Harry Hamlin and Peter Wolf were announced as guest stars but neither appeared.
Airdate
Originally, the episode was slated to air on April 29, 2007. However, less than two weeks prior to the intended airdate, the Virginia Tech Shootings occurred. Out of sensitivity to the victims of the shooting, Fox decided to delay the premiere of the episode for a few weeks as a prominent scene in the episode has Brandine firing a number of shots at Cletus. They swapped the premiere of The Boys of Bummer for this one. [2]
References
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