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| ⚫ | | couch_gag = The Simpsons travel through iconic sitcoms from four different decades ('']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'') before finally returning to their own living room. | ||
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| ⚫ | }}"'''How the Test Was Won'''" is the eleventh episode of the ] of the American animated television series '']''. It originally aired on the ] in the United States on March 1, 2009.<ref name="verdict"/> It was written by ] and directed by ]. The episode features cultural references to the television shows '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'', and the film '']''. | ||
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| Since airing, the episode received mostly mixed reviews from television critics. | |||
| ⚫ | "'''How the Test Was Won'''" is the eleventh episode of the ] of '']''. It originally aired on the ] in the United States on March 1, 2009.<ref name="verdict"/> It was written by ] and directed by ]. The episode features cultural references to the television shows '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']'', and the film '']'' |
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| ==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
| The episode starts as Marge and Homer celebrate the start of the new year of school ( |
The episode starts as ] and ] celebrate the start of the new year of school (although ] and ]'s classes remain the same). | ||
| Bart is informed that he received a perfect score on a practice test for the upcoming Vice President's Assessment Test, by writing "Slurp My Snot" across his page. This enables him to attend a pizza party by helicopter. However, it all proves to be a ] ruse to purge the school of all low-achievers. Bart actually failed the test, and the helicopter is a disguised school bus. He, ], ], ], ], and ] are driven to ] by ], along with ], who was pushed on board the bus by ] for the same reasons as the other passengers. | |||
| On the way, Ralph stops for a bathroom break, and the bus is disassembled and stolen by vandals (while Otto is still sitting in it). The group attempts to walk the rest of the way, but they lose Ralph on a garbage barge. Skinner signals for a slingshot cargo ship to rescue Ralph with its crane, but he accidentally stuns the driver. Skinner rescues Ralph himself by jumping on board the Shipping Container hoisted by the crane and using the law of ]. Eventually the container rotates into a position that allows Skinner, the boys, and ] to run along its top and jump onto the barge. As it turns out, the barge is headed towards ]. The boys now believe that education is impressive due to Skinner's saving the day, and so Skinner reads '']'' to the boys until they arrive, which they enjoy. | |||
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| At school, Lisa is unable to focus on the test, as the thought of Bart being smarter torments her. When the test ends, she has not answered a single question, along with the fact that the test is nearly impossible (the choices to a question's answer all mean the same thing, and there is a penalty for guessing). However, Skinner returns just in time to cancel the test and lift the school's "ban on dancing". | |||
| ⚫ | Meanwhile, Homer is late making an insurance payment, and will not be insured until 3:00 PM, so he cannot hurt himself until then. Images of injuries flood his mind when he gets home, envisioning Marge's book club being killed by a series of freak accidents (and Marge making out with ]). He has to keep the entire book club safe while he is still uninsured, but ends up throwing a knife in ]' head at 3:01 as he randomly walks onto the Simpsons' property. Marge, however, is pleased to know what Homer can and cannot do. | ||
| ==Production== | ==Production== | ||
| The clips where Homer remembers when he got hurt are flashbacks from 33 episodes: | The clips where Homer remembers when he got hurt are flashbacks from 33 episodes: | ||
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| When Homer finishes reminiscing, he remarks, "What a week!" | |||
| This episode was written by ], who based it on his experience as a former high school English teacher.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1440569636685185026|first=Michael|last=Price|author-link=Michael Price (writer)|user=mikepriceinla|title=@AnimatedTVBlog @JaydenLibran Very glad you like HOW THE TEST WAS WON. As a former HS English teacher, that one is very dear to me.|date=22 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922170932/https://twitter.com/mikepriceinla/status/1440569636685185026|archive-date=September 22, 2021|access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref> In an earlier draft of the third act, Skinner and the boys would learn that the Vice President is in Capital City, and plan to meet him to explain why they missed taking the test.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1440730399856992261|first=Michael|last=Price|author-link=Michael Price (writer)|user=mikepriceinla|title=@bnhywhyman @RobbyDarling420 Mostly in Act 3, which was very long. Skinner and the boys were going to scheme their…|date=22 September 2021|access-date=November 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923031343/https://twitter.com/mikepriceinla/status/1440730399856992261|archive-date=September 23, 2021}}</ref> | |||
| ==Cultural references== | ==Cultural references== | ||
| The episode ends with the characters dancing in the same manner as the characters at the conclusion of the 1984 film '']''; the scene is also set to ]' titular song from the film.<ref name="verdict"/><ref name="ult">{{cite book |title=] |publisher=] |year=2010 |editor=Bates, James W. |editor2=Gimple, Scott M. |editor3=McCann, Jesse L. |editor4=Richmond, Ray |editor5=Seghers, Christine |isbn=978-0-00-738815-8 |edition=1st |pages=980–981}}</ref> Ralph believes a rat is the character ] from PBS's '']'', while Skinner reads the students ]'s '']''.<ref name="ult"/> The episode's couch gag includes the family recreating scenes from sitcoms from different decades: '']'' from the 1950s, '']'' from the 1960s, '']'' from the 1970s and '']'' from the 1980s. As an in-joke, ] walks in on the ''Cheers'' segment of the gag dressed as Dr. ]; both characters are played by ].<ref>Bates et al., pp. 1024-1025</ref><ref name="IGN"/> |
The episode ends with the characters dancing in the same manner as the characters at the conclusion of the 1984 film '']''; the scene is also set to ]' titular song from the film.<ref name="verdict"/><ref name="ult">{{cite book |title=] |publisher=] |year=2010 |editor=Bates, James W. |editor2=Gimple, Scott M. |editor3=McCann, Jesse L. |editor4=Richmond, Ray |editor5=Seghers, Christine |isbn=978-0-00-738815-8 |edition=1st |pages=980–981}}</ref> Ralph believes a rat is the character ] from PBS's '']'', while Skinner reads the students ]'s '']''.<ref name="ult"/> The episode's couch gag includes the family recreating scenes from sitcoms from different decades: '']'' from the 1950s, '']'' from the 1960s, '']'' from the 1970s and '']'' from the 1980s. As an in-joke, ] walks in on the ''Cheers'' segment of the gag dressed as Dr. ]; both characters are played by ].<ref>Bates et al., pp. 1024-1025</ref><ref name="IGN"/> | ||
| Homer's premonition of the massive accident in his house is similar to the premonitions seen in the ] franchise. | Homer's premonition of the massive accident in his house is similar to the premonitions seen in the '']'' franchise. | ||
| When Homer realizes that he is uninsured, he exclaims, "I'm not in good hands!" and "Like a bad neighbor, no one is there!", contradictions to the well-known slogans for Allstate and State Farm, respectively. | |||
| Otto hums ]'s '']'' while believing he is flying a helicopter, a reference to the helicopter attack sequence in the 1979 film '']''.<ref name="ult" /> The "Ode to Joy" segment of ]'s ], ]'s "Fantasie Impromptu 66" and "]", the theme from the 1976 film '']'' are both played in the episode, while Ralph sings "]" by the ].<ref name="ult" /> | Otto hums ]'s '']'' while believing he is flying a helicopter, a reference to the helicopter attack sequence in the 1979 film '']''.<ref name="ult" /> The "Ode to Joy" segment of ]'s ], ]'s "Fantasie Impromptu 66" and "]", the theme from the 1976 film '']'' are both played in the episode, while Ralph sings "]" by the ].<ref name="ult" /> | ||
| ==Reception== | ==Reception== | ||
| ===Viewing figures=== | |||
| Since airing, the episode received mixed reviews from television critics. Steve Heisler of '']'' wrote: "I'm sorry, but 'How The Test Was Won' was about as low as things get these days—the worst of the season by far, and quite possibly one of the worst episodes I've watched in this brave 'new' era of yellow people."<ref>{{cite web |last=Heisler |first=Steve |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/how-the-test-was-wonmaster-of-puppetslive-and-let,24497/ |title="How The Test Was Won"/"Master Of Puppets"/"Live And Let Fry" | TV |publisher=A.V. Club |date=|accessdate=2009-03-02}}</ref> Erich Asperschlager of TV Verdict commented: "Despite three strong set-ups and a great first act, the episode barely got off the ground, crash landing long before its what-the-heck Footloose finale. There might have been enough time for Homer hilarity if they hadn’t dedicated so much time to the meandering and ultimately boring story of Skinner trying to keep his dull charges safe after they get stranded in Capital City."<ref name="verdict">{{cite web |url=http://www.tvverdict.com/2009/03/02/the-simpsons-2011-how-the-test-was-won/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305203956/http://www.tvverdict.com/2009/03/02/the-simpsons-2011-how-the-test-was-won/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2009-03-05 |title=The Simpsons 20.11: "How The Test Was Won" | |publisher=Tvverdict.com |date= |accessdate=2009-03-02 }}</ref> Robert Canning of ] gave the episode an 8.8/10, calling it "a smart, very funny half hour" and praising the couch gag and Homer's sub-plot but adding that the ending "didn't quite live up to what preceded it".<ref name="IGN">{{Cite web |title=The Simpsons: "How The Test Was Won" Review |url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/958/958260p1.html |author=Canning, Robert |publisher=IGN |date=2009-03-02 |accessdate=2009-03-03}}</ref> The episode was also named the best of the season by the website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/01/08/the-simpsons-20-seasons-20-episodes?page=3|title=The Simpsons: 20 Seasons, 20 Episodes - IGN - Page 3|website=IGN|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> | |||
| The episode earns a 2.3 rating and was watched by 6.53 million viewers, which was the 43rd most-watched show that week.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=] Medianet|date=March 3, 2009|url=https://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=030309_04|title=Weekly Program Rankings (Feb. 23-Mar. 1)|work=ABC Medianet|access-date=June 11, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925075147/http://www.abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=030309_04|archive-date=September 25, 2012}}</ref> | |||
| ===Critical response=== | |||
| Since airing, the episode received mixed reviews from television critics. | |||
| Steve Heisler of '']'' wrote: "I'm sorry, but 'How The Test Was Won' was about as low as things get these days—the worst of the season by far, and quite possibly one of the worst episodes I've watched in this brave 'new' era of yellow people." He gave the episode a C−.<ref>{{cite web |last=Heisler |first=Steve |url=https://www.avclub.com/how-the-test-was-won-master-of-puppets-live-and-le-1798205760 |title="How The Test Was Won"/"Master Of Puppets"/"Live And Let Fry" |website=] |date=March 1, 2009 |access-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110052126/https://www.avclub.com/how-the-test-was-won-master-of-puppets-live-and-le-1798205760 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| Erich Asperschlager of TV Verdict commented: "Despite three strong set-ups and a great first act, the episode barely got off the ground, crash landing long before its what-the-heck Footloose finale. There might have been enough time for Homer hilarity if they hadn’t dedicated so much time to the meandering and ultimately boring story of Skinner trying to keep his dull charges safe after they get stranded in Capital City."<ref name="verdict">{{cite web |first=Erich |last=Asperschlager|date=March 2, 2009|url=http://www.tvverdict.com/2009/03/02/the-simpsons-2011-how-the-test-was-won/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305203956/http://www.tvverdict.com/2009/03/02/the-simpsons-2011-how-the-test-was-won/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-03-05 |title=The Simpsons 20.11: "How The Test Was Won" |publisher=TV Verdict|access-date=2009-03-02 }}</ref> | |||
| Robert Canning of '']'' gave the episode an 8.8/10, calling it "a smart, very funny half hour" and praising the couch gag and Homer's sub-plot but adding that the ending "didn't quite live up to what preceded it".<ref name="IGN">{{Cite web |title=The Simpsons: "How The Test Was Won" Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/02/the-simpsons-how-the-test-was-won-review |author=Canning, Robert |website=] |date=2009-03-02 |access-date=2022-01-10 |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110052126/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/03/02/the-simpsons-how-the-test-was-won-review |url-status=live }}</ref> The episode was also named the best of the season by the website.<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Robert|last1=Canning|first2=Eric|last2=Goldman|first3=Dan|last3=Iverson|first4=Brian|last4=Zoromski|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/01/08/the-simpsons-20-seasons-20-episodes|title=The Simpsons: 20 Seasons, 20 Episodes|website=]|date=8 January 2010|access-date=2016-03-20|archive-date=June 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629194530/http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/01/08/the-simpsons-20-seasons-20-episodes|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
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This article is about The Simpsons episode. For the Kid vs. Kat episode, see List of Kid vs. Kat episodes.11th episode of the 20th season of The Simpsons
| "How the Test Was Won" | |||
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| The Simpsons episode | |||
| Episode no. | Season 20 Episode 11 | ||
| Directed by | Lance Kramer | ||
| Written by | Michael Price | ||
| Production code | LABF02 | ||
| Original air date | March 1, 2009 (2009-03-01) | ||
| Episode features | |||
| Chalkboard gag | "March Madness is not an excuse for missing school" | ||
| Couch gag | The Simpsons travel through iconic sitcoms from four different decades (The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Brady Bunch, and Cheers) before finally returning to their own living room. | ||
| Episode chronology | |||
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| The Simpsons season 20 | |||
| List of episodes | |||
"How the Test Was Won" is the eleventh episode of the twentieth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 1, 2009. It was written by Michael Price and directed by Lance Kramer. The episode features cultural references to the television shows The Honeymooners, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Brady Bunch, and Cheers, and the film Footloose.
Since airing, the episode received mostly mixed reviews from television critics.
Plot
The episode starts as Marge and Homer celebrate the start of the new year of school (although Bart and Lisa's classes remain the same).
Bart is informed that he received a perfect score on a practice test for the upcoming Vice President's Assessment Test, by writing "Slurp My Snot" across his page. This enables him to attend a pizza party by helicopter. However, it all proves to be a ship-of-fools ruse to purge the school of all low-achievers. Bart actually failed the test, and the helicopter is a disguised school bus. He, Nelson, Ralph, Kearney, Dolph, and Jimbo are driven to Capital City by Otto, along with Principal Skinner, who was pushed on board the bus by Superintendent Chalmers for the same reasons as the other passengers.
On the way, Ralph stops for a bathroom break, and the bus is disassembled and stolen by vandals (while Otto is still sitting in it). The group attempts to walk the rest of the way, but they lose Ralph on a garbage barge. Skinner signals for a slingshot cargo ship to rescue Ralph with its crane, but he accidentally stuns the driver. Skinner rescues Ralph himself by jumping on board the Shipping Container hoisted by the crane and using the law of conservation of angular momentum. Eventually the container rotates into a position that allows Skinner, the boys, and Otto to run along its top and jump onto the barge. As it turns out, the barge is headed towards Springfield Elementary School. The boys now believe that education is impressive due to Skinner's saving the day, and so Skinner reads Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to the boys until they arrive, which they enjoy.
At school, Lisa is unable to focus on the test, as the thought of Bart being smarter torments her. When the test ends, she has not answered a single question, along with the fact that the test is nearly impossible (the choices to a question's answer all mean the same thing, and there is a penalty for guessing). However, Skinner returns just in time to cancel the test and lift the school's "ban on dancing".
Meanwhile, Homer is late making an insurance payment, and will not be insured until 3:00 PM, so he cannot hurt himself until then. Images of injuries flood his mind when he gets home, envisioning Marge's book club being killed by a series of freak accidents (and Marge making out with Lindsey Naegle). He has to keep the entire book club safe while he is still uninsured, but ends up throwing a knife in Mr. Burns' head at 3:01 as he randomly walks onto the Simpsons' property. Marge, however, is pleased to know what Homer can and cannot do.
Production
The clips where Homer remembers when he got hurt are flashbacks from 33 episodes:
- "Homer at the Bat"
- "Bart's Friend Falls in Love"
- "Homer's Triple Bypass"
- "Marge in Chains"
- "Deep Space Homer"
- "Bart Gets an Elephant"
- "Homer Badman"
- "King-Size Homer"
- "Two Bad Neighbors"
- "Homerpalooza"
- "A Milhouse Divided"
- "The Homer They Fall"
- "Homer to the Max"
- "Faith Off"
- "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"
- "Tennis the Menace"
- "Bye Bye Nerdie"
- "Simpson Safari"
- "Weekend at Burnsie's"
- "I Am Furious (Yellow)"
- "Helter Shelter"
- "Pray Anything"
- "Dude, Where's My Ranch?"
- "Brake My Wife, Please"
- "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays"
- "Blame It on Lisa"
- "Lost Our Lisa"
- "Lard of the Dance"
- "Trilogy of Error"
- "Million Dollar Abie"
- "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs"
- "Papa Don't Leech"
- "Treehouse of Horror XIII"
When Homer finishes reminiscing, he remarks, "What a week!"
This episode was written by Michael Price, who based it on his experience as a former high school English teacher. In an earlier draft of the third act, Skinner and the boys would learn that the Vice President is in Capital City, and plan to meet him to explain why they missed taking the test.
Cultural references
The episode ends with the characters dancing in the same manner as the characters at the conclusion of the 1984 film Footloose; the scene is also set to Kenny Loggins' titular song from the film. Ralph believes a rat is the character Elmo from PBS's Sesame Street, while Skinner reads the students Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The episode's couch gag includes the family recreating scenes from sitcoms from different decades: The Honeymooners from the 1950s, The Dick Van Dyke Show from the 1960s, The Brady Bunch from the 1970s and Cheers from the 1980s. As an in-joke, Sideshow Bob walks in on the Cheers segment of the gag dressed as Dr. Frasier Crane; both characters are played by Kelsey Grammer.
Homer's premonition of the massive accident in his house is similar to the premonitions seen in the Final Destination franchise.
When Homer realizes that he is uninsured, he exclaims, "I'm not in good hands!" and "Like a bad neighbor, no one is there!", contradictions to the well-known slogans for Allstate and State Farm, respectively.
Otto hums Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries while believing he is flying a helicopter, a reference to the helicopter attack sequence in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now. The "Ode to Joy" segment of Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Frédéric Chopin's "Fantasie Impromptu 66" and "Gonna Fly Now", the theme from the 1976 film Rocky are both played in the episode, while Ralph sings "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls.
Reception
Viewing figures
The episode earns a 2.3 rating and was watched by 6.53 million viewers, which was the 43rd most-watched show that week.
Critical response
Since airing, the episode received mixed reviews from television critics.
Steve Heisler of The A.V. Club wrote: "I'm sorry, but 'How The Test Was Won' was about as low as things get these days—the worst of the season by far, and quite possibly one of the worst episodes I've watched in this brave 'new' era of yellow people." He gave the episode a C−.
Erich Asperschlager of TV Verdict commented: "Despite three strong set-ups and a great first act, the episode barely got off the ground, crash landing long before its what-the-heck Footloose finale. There might have been enough time for Homer hilarity if they hadn’t dedicated so much time to the meandering and ultimately boring story of Skinner trying to keep his dull charges safe after they get stranded in Capital City."
Robert Canning of IGN gave the episode an 8.8/10, calling it "a smart, very funny half hour" and praising the couch gag and Homer's sub-plot but adding that the ending "didn't quite live up to what preceded it". The episode was also named the best of the season by the website.
References
- ^ Asperschlager, Erich (March 2, 2009). "The Simpsons 20.11: "How The Test Was Won"". TV Verdict. Archived from the original on March 5, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2009.
- Price, Michael (September 22, 2021). "@AnimatedTVBlog @JaydenLibran Very glad you like HOW THE TEST WAS WON. As a former HS English teacher, that one is very dear to me" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 22, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Twitter.
- Price, Michael (September 22, 2021). "@bnhywhyman @RobbyDarling420 Mostly in Act 3, which was very long. Skinner and the boys were going to scheme their…" (Tweet). Archived from the original on September 23, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Bates, James W.; Gimple, Scott M.; McCann, Jesse L.; Richmond, Ray; Seghers, Christine, eds. (2010). Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1–20 (1st ed.). Harper Collins Publishers. pp. 980–981. ISBN 978-0-00-738815-8.
- Bates et al., pp. 1024-1025
- ^ Canning, Robert (March 2, 2009). "The Simpsons: "How The Test Was Won" Review". IGN. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- "Weekly Program Rankings (Feb. 23-Mar. 1)". ABC Medianet. ABC Medianet. March 3, 2009. Archived from the original on September 25, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- Heisler, Steve (March 1, 2009). ""How The Test Was Won"/"Master Of Puppets"/"Live And Let Fry"". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- Canning, Robert; Goldman, Eric; Iverson, Dan; Zoromski, Brian (January 8, 2010). "The Simpsons: 20 Seasons, 20 Episodes". IGN. Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
