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*The opening act spoofs '']'' including the falling ]. The episode's title is also a reference to the movie.] *The opening act spoofs '']'' including the falling ]. The episode's title is also a reference to the movie.]
*During the opening act, Moe impersonates '']'' and Dr. Hibbert impersonates ]. Both are arrested because of an ordinance that banned impersonations of movie characters. *During the opening act, Moe impersonates '']'' and Dr. Hibbert impersonates ]. Both are arrested because of an ordinance that banned impersonations of movie characters, although Homer is not arrested for his impersonation of Forrest Gump.
*When ] steps toward the podium, ] is heard. *When ] steps toward the podium, ] is heard.
* In this episode Kang asserts that the Earth was created 5,000 years ago by ], and ] then make the ]. This is an apparently satirical reference to ]. * In this episode Kang asserts that the Earth was created 5,000 years ago by ], and ] then make the ]. This is an apparently satirical reference to ].
*At the beginning of the clip show song, there is a picture of Homer ], which is a term that describes when a television show has reached its peak and is now declining in quality or has done something to cause a sudden decline in quality. The term is a reference to an episode of '']'' in which ] actually jumped a shark. *At the beginning of the clip show song, there is a picture of Homer ], which is a slang term that describes when a television show has reached its peak and is now declining in quality or has done something to cause a sudden decline in quality. The term is a reference to an episode of '']'' in which ] actually jumped a shark on water skis similarly to how Homer is shown.
*Agnes Skinner wears the same dress that ] wore to the Grammy Awards in 2000. *Agnes Skinner wears the same dress that ] wore to the Grammy Awards in 2000.
*The song sung at the end is a take-off on ]'s song "]." *The song sung at the end is a take-off on ]'s song "]."


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Episode of the 13th season of The Simpsons
"Gump Roast"
The Simpsons episode
File:Gump-Roast-The-Simpsons.jpg
Episode no.Season 13
Directed byMark Kirkland
Written byDeb Lacusta and
Dan Castellaneta
Original air datesApril 21, 2002
Episode features
Couch gagThe couch is a slot machine that shows Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa in the windows. Maggie, however, is replaced by lucky number “7” as a jackpot siren is heard and a pile of gold coins spill out
Episode chronology
The Simpsons season 13
List of episodes

Gump Roast” is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsonsthirteenth season, and the second of four episodes written by Simpsons voice actor Dan Castellaneta and his wife Deb Lacusta. The episode aired on April 21, 2002.

Plot

Homer is on a park bench, telling a story that Chief Wiggum isn’t interested in, but he builds interest when Homer uses flashbacks (clips from previous episodes) to help him tell the story.

The family then arrives to take him to the Friars’ Club, where Homer is roasted by Krusty the Clown and other prominent citizens of Springfield. Among those roasting him are Bart and Lisa, Grampa and Agnes Skinner, and, Reverend Lovejoy and Ned Flanders in a Smothers Brothers-like act, and even Mr. Burns. The roasters utilize more clips from previous episodes.

Soon, Kang and Kodos arrive at the roast and declare that humans are stupid, as demonstrated by more clips. However, when they probe Maggie's mind (via more clips), they find something on Earth that makes it worth sparing: celebrities.

The episode ends with a song, “They’ll Never Stop the Simpsons,” sung by Dan Castellaneta. The song recounts additional past plots, possible future (and ridiculous) plots, and an apology for airing this episode as a clip show.

Cultural references

External links

Template:Simpsons clip shows

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